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SEPTEMBER 8
As Emily knits legwarmers for the church pilates
class, Norris rifles through her drawers and finds racy photos of
Rita. What's to do? Was Ernest taking saucy snaps of Rita all those
years ago? And if so, why has Emily kept them in an envelope marked
“Not to be opened until after my death”? He tells Rita what he's
found because Norris can never keep owt to himself and Rita wants to
tell Emily but she can't bring herself to talk about it for fear of
upsetting her friend. Rita and Norris have a big falling out in the
Kabin and Norris throbs with guilt. The three of them have a pow wow
at Emily's over the tea-pot as she demands to know what's going on
but Rita's still unable to tell her what Norris has
found.
Over in Roy's Rolls there's a couple of bad ‘uns in
the caff. You know they're bad ‘uns ‘cos one of them's got a beard
and both are unshaven. They're two nasty fellas and Vernon
brandishes an iced finger at them, from behind the safety of the
serving counter, of course. When Roy asks them to go, they leave a
mobile phone behind. Roy picks up the phone and tries to get a
signal outside on the Street so he can find out whose phone it is,
do the right thing and return it. But as he waves the phone around,
there's a couple of cops in a car taking photos of Roy, assuming him
to be a friend of the bad ‘uns they were keeping an eye on. What? No
Scouse cop? Anyway, all this rigmarole is a set up for Roy and Ken
to get arrested as suspected drug dealers. Roy's bag is taken in as
evidence and Ken's quizzed too. “I bet you keep your pitbull terrier
at home,” the cops tell Ken, which was a cruel way to refer to
Deirdre, I thought. But guess who comes to Roy and Ken's aid? Who
gets them out of clink? Becky Grainger, no less. Who needs Wonder
Woman when we've got Barmcake Becky? Roy's upset when the cops give
him his anorak and shopping bag back, both are torn and he dumps his
famous bag in a bin. Not the bag! Not the bag! And Becky only goes
and buys him a replacement. This was such a sweet moment. Roy was
touched, I was choked and Becky gets her job back in Roy's Rolls.
In the corner shop, Amber does up Dev's cufflinks as he
prepares to shop for soft furnishings with Nina. “How are you?” he
drools as Nina comes into the shop. “Scintillating, thank you,” she
replies. I love this woman's dialogue but Dev's ardour is dampened
when Nina tells him that she's off to London to look after her
daughter Tara. Dev's face drops as his soft furnishing shopping goes
out of the window. “But… the cushions, curtains, pouffes,” he
bleats. “All on hold,” she replies as she wafts out of the
shop.
Sean's in a state as Marcus leaves the Street. Yes,
it's another tearful farewell, another hug on the cobbles as another
one leaves in a taxi. Marcus claims Sean's too needy and pleady (he
is) although Sean does his best to come on to Liam's cousin Tom. Tom
swears he's not gay and turns Sean down but there's a look in his
eyes that says there just might be summat soon between Sean and
Tom.
Mind you, cousin Tom's got worries when his LadsRags
business with Liam gets turned down for a bank loan. The company
could be onto a winner with an exclusive contract from All American
Booty (don't ask me, I just write the update) who sell t-shirts for
men. Just remember, guys: LadsRags, because you're worth it. Tom
doesn't tell Liam the bad news about the loan, he just goes to Carla
Connor and asks her to invest. It was like a bad episode of Dragons'
Den. “I'll offer you tuppence-ha'penny for 99.9% of your business.
Deal or No Deal?” Carla could have purred. It's a deal, of course
and one that Liam's all a fluster about when he finds out. Carla
doesn't want evil Tony to know about this new business partnership
and Liam doesn't want Maria to know so there'll be lots of secret
meetings between the pair of them, Carla reminds Liam as he leaves
her flat in a state. Now then, I don't know about Carla Connor. Most
women like to come in from work, shower off the day, change clothes
and slip into something more comfortable. You can picture it, can't
you? Trackysuit bottoms, fleece socks, oatmeal face-pack and a Bay
City Rollers t-shirt. But not Carla Connor, no. She cooks spag bol
in her designer finery and bling. Hmm… maybe that's where I'm going
wrong?
Elsewhere, John Stape's grandma Nell died this week
leaving John upset and in need of some loving that Fiz is only too
happy to give. She was once on 15 to 1, was grandma Nell, it was the
most exciting afternoon of her life. “Must have had a dull life,”
notes Lloyd. “Yes, but she had a lovely little house,” muses
Fiz.
And finally, Mel and Abi hit the town to celebrate Mel
passing her policeladywoman exams but she ends up in a fight in the
centre of town. She was trying to stop a gang of girls from fighting
but the girls turn on Mel and Abi and Abi ends up in hospital with a
detached retina after getting smashed on the head by a bottle of
blue WKD by some loon wearing trackysuit bottoms, fleece socks,
oatmeal face pack and a Bay City Rollers t-shirt. Fortunately, Abi's
taken to the same hospital where Jerry Morton's in so Mel pops to
see her dad for a cuddle and a cry while she's there. Jerry gets
sent home and does his best to fend off the poisonous Theresa who
claims she's there to see her kids and not to cook him curry with
her special spices in.
Five things we learned in Corrie this
week.
1. Liam Connor doesn't like
mushrooms 2. Aunty Pam knows where to buy
novelty fish that sing in Japanese 3. Norris'
phone ringtone is Wagner's Ride of the
Valkyries 4. Tyrone's so skint, he's selling
his body to medical research 5. Julie likes to
spend an hour in the bath with Dean Koontz
Coronation Street
writers this week Jonathan Harvey, Martin Sterling, Damon Rochefort,
Mark Burt and Simon Crowther.
Glenda
Young
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