There was sad news this week when Gordon Clegg turned up
to break the news of Betty's death. Rita's in tears in the
Rovers when Gordon gives her the answer to her question when she
asked how Betty was: "She's dead, Rita." Emily helps Gordon form
filling at the council and everyone gathers at the Rovers for a
farewell bevvy to barmaid Betty. Thankfully, Corrie had the good
sense and decency not to involve St. Ella in this storyline and
Steve offered to help out behind the bar: "For Betty?. But when the Rovers regulars
find out that Gordon's intending to have Betty buried down in that
London, they're up in arms and rightly so. It's left to a gently,
coaxing, teary-eyed Rita to persuade Gordon to do the right thing
and give her a send off in style, in Weatherfield. It's what she
would have wanted.
Meanwhile at the factory, Carla sets her
perma-grin to max when Sally tells the girls and Sean that she's
going to be buying Frank's share of Underworld when they come up for
sale. "In a lot of ways,"she muses, "I'm the answer to Carla's
prayers."And soon she could become her worst nightmare. As Sally
fusses over the frillies and gurgles over gussets, Michelle and
Carla swap looks over the sewing machines, looks that suggest
Sally's stash of cash will be more welcome in the factory office
than Sally ever will.
With a bob or
two in his pocket now that Grandad Jeff Horton left Tommy money in
his will, Tommy rushes out and splashes the cash on a clamped out
campervan, ready to take Tina touring all over the world. It's fair
to say that the campervan needs a bit of attention and Tina's not
taken with touring, not yet. Anyway, the van's parked next door to
the Bistro and Owen's getting a froth on because it's blocking his
entrance into the unit that's just been rented by a fella who's
hired Owen to work inside. So, the said fella turns up, all beefy
and dark. The sort of fella that would be tall, dark and handsome if
he was handsome, the sort of fella that uses his fists to sort Tommy
out when his campervan won't move. Tommy's hit to the ground
just as Tyrone rushes over to see what's going on and the shock on
Tyrone's face says it all. "Do you know who this
is?"Tommy asks Tyrone. "It's yer dad!"Tyrone replies, as Terry
Duckworth makes his unwelcome appearance back on the Street. And if ever you've wondered
who did eat all the pies, I think we know now it was Terry, who's
being played by Brian Blessed.
Down the Street, the silly
salon war continues with Audrey and David at odds, mainly because of
Kylie winding things up between grandson and gran. Audrey tries to
run her business from Mary's motorhome and heaven only knows if
there was hair clippings left on Mary's muu-muu. The battle of the barbering
continues apace and causes no end of stress for Audrey, who gets
arrested and questioned at the cop shop and given an harassment
order to stay away from her own shop. Poor Aud. Kylie's even had
Owen take down Audrey's sign. Alma must be spinning in her
grave.
Mind you, at
the Barlows' there are secrets being kept as Ken allows Leanne to
spend time there with little Simon. Peter's against it but what he
doesn't know won't hurt him, for now any road.
And that's just about that for this week. Remember, sign
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This week's writers were Debbie
Oates, David Lane and Chris Fewtrell. Find out more about the
Coronation Street writing team at:
http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2008/11/exclusive-all-current-corrie-writers.html
Glenda Young
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