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Wednesday 20 June 2012

Coronation Street Weekly Update - Apr 23 1996

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Steve and Vicky are in BIG trouble. Remember when they paid off Malcolm Fox in the stolen whisky episodes a while back? Well, it's come back to haunt them now. The police call round to the flat where Vicky is on her own, they intimate they know what has happened and ask Vicky to tell them the truth, but she keeps quiet. When she tells Steve the police have been round to see her, he goes ballistic. He tells Vicky she must keep her mouth shut, whatever the police say to her. The police come round again and take Vicky down to the station for questioning, and her uncle Nick, the solicitor, goes with her. Vicky tells her uncle the whole story about the pay-off and also tells Alec what's happened. Uncle Nick advises Vicky to tell the truth to the police before things get worse but Steve says if she does this then one or both of them could end up in prison.

The ladies of the street (Alma, Maureen, Liz, Deirdre, and Audrey) have a boozy night in Liz McDonald's house in an attempt to cheer up Maureen who is still crying over Reg. However, Maureen's fighting spirit comes back and she's decided to seek revenge on Reg when she learns that he is selling his flat above Rita's shop and may plan to sell the corner shop from under her feet too. The flat is being offered for sale with vacant possession, so Maureen moves out of her (overbearing) Mother's house and into the flat in an attempt to dissuade any prospective purchasers.

The racehorse owners spend the day at Thirsk races. When they all come back to the Rovers drunk and in a celebratory mood, everyone is surprised to learn that the horse didn't actually win the race. "Ah, but it didn't lose!" is their reply. The costs of stabling and training are mounting up and the chaps don't think they can afford to keep the horse on a long term basis so decide on selling it. Fred Elliott has contacts with butchers in Belgium and the syndicate agree to sell the horse there, where they know it will be used for horsemeat. They agree not to tell their wives as they know how upset the women will be about this idea. However, Fred's nephew Ashley comes into the Rovers and tells Judy Mallet the truth about the horse's fate.

Vera calls on Mrs Smedley to help out in the Rovers when they have a busy spell. Mrs Smedley tells Vera their Judy would be good behind the bar and that she's a hard worker. Vera has her doubts but hires Judy anyway and so the Rovers have a new barmaid in the shape of Judy Mallett. Don is causing tension with his workforce when he tells Kevin that he wants his friends cars and taxi-cabs serviced as a priority over other cars in the garage. Kevin tells Don he's sounding just like Baldwin, not something that Don wanted to hear, I think.

Jim McDonald is released from prison. Andy and Bill go to collect him. He has been ordered to pay damages to Liz to the tune of £140. Deirdre has been interviewed by the temping agencies and now she's worrying about the fact that she's been out of the employment market for so long she doesn't know anything about computer software. (Perhaps when she does learn, we might see Deirdre log on to the net and find herself a nice bloke in cyber space?)

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