Coronation Street weekly updates

November 1, 2010

Greetings and welcome to another weekly update. Without any further ado, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.

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When some people go on holiday overseas they bring back a stuffed donkey. Kylie's no exception and returns with Dmitri in tow from Ayia Napa. He doesn't speak any English but irons like a demon and wears a shower-cap well. Kylie spends her time back on home turf getting her stuff together to return to Cyprus for good, taking little Max with her. Becky collapses on the cobbles and begs her sister to let little Max stay but Kylie's a hard faced cow and demands twenty grand cash in exchange for her son. Becky went into meltdown, smashed a few things in the back room of the pub and went manic when she thought she'd never have a child of her own. Give her a kid though, and with Becky, it'd be summat else she'd decide she can't live without. Steve decides to raise the cash against the pub and Streetcars so that Becky can play happy families with her nephew. But if they really wanted the best for little Max and to prove that Kylie really is an unfit mother, all they had to do was pick up the phone and call social services. Would've cost a lot less than twenty grand, even for a peak-time call. Eventually and predictably Kylie gets her money and Becky gets the kid.

Over at the Peacock's, Claire's gone all ooh-la-la in an attempt to get Ashley to get in the mood for moving to France. She sits him down to dinner but he's not impressed. "French food, French wine, I'm surpised we haven't got Edna Piaf playing on the stereo." I love that Edna Piaf, me. Je ne regret nowt chuck. Anyway, the stress of Claire harping on at him to move away to France brings on chest pains in Ashley and he's rushed to t'hospital where the doctor tells him he's not having a heart attack, he's got indigestion. Must be all the French food, French wine. But that's not what Ashley tells Claire, he just doesn't say much when Claire assumes Ashley's got angina. Ashley puts his indigestion pills into a tablet box in the cupboard and Josh feeds little Freddie some of the pills while they're playing. Of course, this sets Claire off again and a sheepish Ashley has to confess that's nowt wrong with his chest, but he still doesn't want to move to la France.

At the factory, another wreath is left on the Underworld steps. This time it's a wreath in the shape of the letter C. The girls assume it's for Carla from Tony Gordon, beyond the grave. But when John finds out about the flowers, he's shaking in his boots because he knows what the C's for - and he's been a stupid one too. When he receives a letter in the post with letters cut out of a newspaper spelling out the sentence: I Know What You Did, he Knows Who Sent It and tracks down loopy Charlotte. She denies she's the ones sending the flowers or the cut-out and paste letters and even says she's received one of the letters herself, trying to pin the blame on Fiz who's just had her 20 week baby scan.

Meanwhile at the Rovers, Ciaran leaves his job behind the bar to work for Nick in the new place. He's planning Lancashire tapas with mini hot-pots on the menu and searches through Betty's recipe book for inspiration. Ooh, she'll not be happy when she finds out. And Liz wasn't best pleased when Ciaran handed his notice in at the pub either. In fact she was so put out, she barred him from the bar resulting in Michelle walking out in solidarity after calling Liz a tart. Kettle? Pot? Michelle plans to take up a new job working as Carla's PA in the knicker factory.

And finally this week, Molly says NA to a DNA test that Kev wants to prove whether he's the father of baby Jack Dobbs.

And that's just about that for this week.

Coronation Street writers this week were John Kerr, Debbie Oates, David Lane and Peter Whalley.

Glenda Young
Blogging away merrily at http://flamingnora.blogspot.com

November 8, 2010

Greetings and welcome to another weekly update.

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Without any further ado, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.

I don't think I've ever written a weekly update with tears in my eyes before. But you'll excuse me I hope, when I tell you that I've just this minute watched the legend that is Jack Duckworth die in front of my eyes. As Jack slipped away in the comfy chair in his living room, the ghost of Vera appeared for a final dance and a kiss as Jack went up to the pigeon coop in the sky. Heart-breaking, not just because Jack Duckworth cultural icon has gone from the Street, but that actor Bill Tarmey won't be in our living room at least once a week any more. He dies on his 74^th birthday after a do in the Rovers where he makes a speech telling everyone that Tyrone's the son that he's never had. But he's got more words in private for Molly when he tells her that he knows Kev's the dad of baby Jack. When Jack passes away, a look passes across Molly's face, she knows her secret's safe now that Jack's gone. Tyrone falls to his knees at Jack's side, tears everywhere, in their living room and ours as he tells Jack: "Bye, dad."

Meanwhile, life goes on elsewhere on the Street. Over at the Webster's, it's Sophie's 16^th birthday. It starts off a sedate affair with Christians from the church sitting around Sally's living room, fondling the cushions and thinking holy thoughts. But when Rosie's cherry-vodka girl friends turn up giving free vodka shots to all, it turns into what a 16 year old birthday party should be. I don't think Sally's front garden will ever recover, there's debauchery and drunkenness in the shrubbery and a drag king called Tom Crude arrives. But so does the pastor from the Church and when he sees what's happening, he walks out in disgust. In the Rovers Gail and Sally talk about the party without knowing what's going on. "They'll be on those facial internet sites," Gail muses when Sally worries about the young �uns nicking her twisted shag. Sophie and Sian try to make amends with the pastor but he patronises them and preaches from the Bible, warning them both they'll be struck down for their sins. The awful thing is that Sophie starts to believe he might have a point.

At Underworld, Michelle starts work as Carla's new whipping-post, also known as assistant trainee manager. She finds it hard at first cracking down on her mates, especially Sean when he skives off his overtime but soon gets to grips with controlling her mates at their machines,

The new bar sallies forth towards opening night. Betty's not happy when she finds out that Ciaran's nicked her recipe for hotpot and that he's serving up tapas style hotpots. In fact, so incensed is she that the rings the council and gets revenge by reporting rats in the kitchen at the new bar. With Nick and Leanne working closely together, tensions arise and Nick confesses his love for his ex as Peter and Carla start to cosy up too.

And finally this week, loopy Charlotte continues to stalk the Stapes, turning up and peering through their windows, sending letters and phoning at all hours before hanging up. She's crackers, is Charlotte, absolutely hat-stand mad.

And that's just about that for this week. Don't forget to sponsor me, thanks! http://www.justgiving.com/Glenda-Young

Coronation Street writers this week were Mark Burt, Jayne Hollinson, Jonathan Harvey, Martin Allen � and the man who killed off Jack Duckworth �Simon Crowther.

Glenda Young
Blogging away merrily at http://flamingnora.blogspot.com

November 15, 2010
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November 29, 2010

Hello, it's me! I'm back off me jollies and sending a Tunnocks caramel wafer sized hunk of thanks to both Richard Whitbread and Karen Jankel for writing the weekly updates while I've been away. I'd also like to thank all of you who donated funds to Cancer Research UK for the sponsored walk I took part in last weekend. You can see a couple of pictures from the walk on my personal blog and find out how much we raised, http://flamingnora.blogspot.com/ And now, with business completed and without any further ado, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.

Gary-love is back from Afghanistan but he's not the same lad as he was when he went, no. Shocked by what he's seen and stunned by the death of his mate Quinny, he chickens out of meeting Quinny's mam and dad and reneges on his promise to his dead mate that he'd tell his parents the truth about what had really happened to their son. He can't. Not yet, perhaps not ever. He drowns his sorrows in the Rovers and belts seven bells out of the fruit machine, thumping it hard enough to bring down some loose plaster from the walls of the pub. Anna and Eddie do their best, tiptoe round their son, hoping he'll want to open up, soon.. "Gary-love, do you want to talk?" "No,mam," etc.

David's sent home after having his charge dropped for attempted murder of the local butcher. He's been diagnosed as an idiopathic epileptic, as well as being an evil scum bucket too. Gail loves having her two sons at home, Nick and David, David and Nick, ooh, those lovely boys, so clean, so squeaky, so tied to her apron strings. She still doesn't know that Nick's boffing his ex-wife Leanne upstairs in his room while he's mum out at the shops. Speaking of Leanne, she begs Nick to stop their sordid affair but as he's billy-no-mates he says he can't live without her. Leanne's heart tells her she loves Peter and her head tells her she loves Peter too but it's those wobbly warm and squishy bits that are drawing her to Nick.

Meanwhile, Ciaran and Michelle get suspicious of Carla when they find out she's been ringing Peter. When Michelle drops Carla off at her flat and spies Peter walking in, she confronts Carla who confesses all. Well, almost all. She confesses the drinking, the driving, the court case, the lost license but she keeps the bit quiet about how she's tried to seduce Peter wearing nothing but her bath towel and a welcoming smile.

The Fishwick farce carries on with John discovering that Charlotte was the one who nicked their house keys, the one who made the DVD that scared Fiz witless, the one who's been sending scary notes to Fiz made from letters cut out from newspapers. But what does he do when he discovers all of this? He sits down to enjoy a steak dinner with the loopy woman after she threatens to blackmail him over what he knows about Colin's death. So John's stuck between a rock and a hard face who tells him she wants him (that's how loopy she is) even if she has to share him with Fiz.

Over at the butchers, Graeme's turned down by the bank when he asks for a loan so he can buy the butchering business.

And Katie moves in with Chesney, Fiz and John. Where's Schmeichel these days, then?

And that's just about that for this week.

Coronation Street writers this week were David Lane, Peter Whalley and Damon Rochefort.

Glenda Young
Blogging away merrily at http://flamingnora.blogspot.com