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There's tension this week in the Platt household, voices are
raised and nostrils are flared. Alf rings Martin on holiday with
the news that Nick is missing and Martin comes straight home to
Alf and Audrey, giving them both a right earful for not calling
him sooner. Gail and the other children arrive home later and
Gail calls the police who start a campaign to find Nick but admit
there's little chance of finding him if he doesn't want to be
found and yes, he HAS taken his passport!
Audrey is trying to help, she really is, but she's being of little
use and Gail argues with her mother and tells her to leave the
house. Audrey goes straight round to the Rovers and demands a
double brandy to steady herself as she prepares for another argument
with Don. She tells him it's all his fault that Nick has walked
off. Audrey blames Don for the disappearance and they both have
a good argument in Don's house after she accuses Don of telling
lies to the police, claiming he said that Martin is a cruel stepfather
and that Nick had an unsettled home life.
Kevin has a new job at the same garage where Tony works. Sally
has now been promoted to supervisor in Baldwin's factory (much
to Ida's disgust, as she was expecting the promotion!) as the
firm branches out into making ice- hockey team uniforms. Sally
isn't sure she wants the job, which involves looking after the
factory while Mike takes his son away on holiday for a few days,
and especially when Ida tells Sally she has to buy the round of
drinks in the Rovers as she's earning more than the other girls.
Trisha doesn't want Baldwin to know she's pregnant as she's afraid
that he'll think she's slacking off work and give her the sack.
Trisha isn't sure what to do about baby Duckworth. She tells Vera
that she wants to have an abortion and Vera tells Jack the news.
Unbeknown to Vera, Jack goes to see Trisha, and he clumsily offers
to pay for an abortion for her, if that is what she's decided.
Later, Vera sneaks round to see Trisha, intent on offering her
words of support but Trisha jumps down Vera's throat before she
can say anything.. "so you think you can soften me up with
your money, do ya? Well.. I'm telling ya, I'm keeping this baby,
I am!" and who should walk in then but young Jamie who hears
it all. He's been wondering for a while now what's up with his
mother and when he finds out this news, he brings her breakfast
in bed (burned toast and cold tea) and tells her he hopes it's
a boy. Trish goes to see Jack and Vera in the Rovers the next
day and apologies for shouting at them but tells them she has
made a decision to keep the baby after all and Jack and Vera offer
their support. However, Vera tries to warn Trish about Terry without
actually telling her that as soon as the baby's born, Terry will
most likely run out of the delivery room with it in his arms offering
the poor little thing to the highest bidder he can find. Jack
tells Vera not to get too used to the idea of being a grandmother,
just in case anything should happen, like Terry returning.
Liz and Jim are still fighting with each other over the sale of
the house. Liz can't get a mortgage to buy it and as Jim already
holds the mortgage on the house, he can't get a second mortgage
to buy Liz out, and she won't sell him his half of it (confused?
you will be!). "You're vindictive, Elizabeth, so you are"
he tells her.
Nick's disappearance has caused Rita some problems - she doesn't
have a paper boy any longer! So she gets her number one employee
to deliver the papers but when Mavis starts complaining of aches
and pains Derek protests to Rita on Mavis' behalf. Good old Rita
then gets Derek to deliver the papers instead before recruiting
another paper boy. Both Mavis and Derek are now complaining of
aches and pains and Rita sends them both home, to lie down with
their hot water bottles and complain to each other instead of
complaining to her.
Andy asks Ann if there are any vacancies going at Firmans (not
Bettabuys as I wrongly said last week!) and she tells him he can
start next week stacking shelves for some cash, even though Curly,
as manager, said there was nothing Andy could do there.
And that's about it for this week. I just wish Jim and Liz would
get themselves sorted out, that story line has ran too long for
my liking, but I suppose in real life, this sort of thing would
drag on for months too.
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