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Well, Jack and Vera set off to spend Christmas in Blackpool
with little Tommy and the Hortons. Alec realises this could be
his chance to get rid of the Duckies once and for all and as soon
as they leave the street, he's thrown all their clothes out of
the living quarters, changes the locks and decides he's not going
to let them back in the Rovers, he's had enough of them. Bah humbug,
or what? Anyway, Rita rings the Duckies in Blackpool to let them
know what's happened and they come straight back, straight upstairs
to their bedroom where they barricade themselves in their room
in protest against Alec trying to throw them out. The neighbours,
willingly assisted by the lovely Spider, bring food, drink and
Christmas cheer up a ladder and through the bedroom window for
the Duckies, and Alec isn't best pleased. And when Rita tells
him it was she who rang the Duckies in Blackpool to tell them
what Alec was up to, he really isn't chuffed at all and builds
an erection to block the doorway between his flat and Rita's.
Their friendship has been soured forever. Grand-daughter Vicky
is back helping out behind the bar of the Rovers for now, and
Alec confides in her that he's not happy living in Weatherfield
any longer. When he tells Natalie this also, she offers to buy
the Rovers from him but expects a good price as there are two
sitting tenants upstairs. Alec offers Jack and Vera a thousand
pounds to move out so he can get a decent price for the pub when
he sells to Natalie, but Natalie offers Jack and Vera a plate
of sandwhiches and persuades them to stay in their room for a
few more days, but doesn't tell them why. Vicky is planning on
opening a cafe-bar and Alec offers to invest the money from the
Rovers and go into partnership with her.
Judy Mallett gives birth on Christmas day to twins - one of
each, but no names have been decided on yet. Emily knits pink
and blue booties, bless her.
Fred draws his raffle and lo and behold, Audrey Roberts is
the winner of the hamper full of comestibles. What a suprise.
Anyway, Fred's plan backfires a little when Audrey tells him he
can't come round for Christmas dinner after all as she and Alfie
are going to Gail and Martin's. Now then, Gail and Martin want
Leanne and Nick there for Christmas dinner and so do Janice and
Les. So as not to upset any of the parents, they decide to stay
at home with Ashley for Chrimbo dinner and invite Fred and Maude
along too. However, Leanne walks out and back across the road
when she finds a Christmas present for Nick "with love from
Miranda". Nick tries to talk to Leanne at the Battersby household
but Les throws him out.
Jacqui Dobbs and son Tyrone are still squatting in Curly's
house. Jack, worried about his pigeons, offers Tyrone a pound
to feed the birds, which he does. In the back yard of the Rovers,
Tyrone finds bin bags full of Jack and Vera's clothes which Alec
has thrown out, and he takes Jack's overcoat and silk scarf, selling
them to Les Battersby for a fiver. When Jack spies Les from his
bedroom window of the Rovers, walking around in his overcoat and
scarf, he isn't best pleased. Jacqui is sacked from Underworld
when Mike Baldwin catches her stealing underwear. He wants to
call the police but Deirdre talks him out of it, which is a pity,
as Jacqui would've then been nicked for nicking knickers.
Sally warns Maxine that Greg owes a ton of rent money to Fred
Elliot and that he beat her up also. As Maxine now lives in the
flat above the salon, Sally warns her that Greg is likely to ask
to move in with Maxine as he's going to be homeless when Fred
throws him out, and sure enough Greg tries to wheedle his way
in. Fortunately, for the first time in her life, Maxine sees sense
and walks out on Greg, leaving him to ask Les if he can move in
with the Battersbys. Greg follows Sally back to Rita's flat one
night and shouts threats to her through the letterbox, and then
later he rings her at Rita's flat, threatening her again. Poor
Sally, it hasn't been the best Christmas for her. She goes to
see Kevin and the girls on Christmas day, only to find the girls
have already opened their presents (after Kevin agreed he'd make
them wait until she arrived) and then he throws her out without
any stuffing, pudding or crackers and off she has to trundle back
to Rita's place again.
Gail tells Roy she's made a decision about the cafe - she's
decided to sell her share. When Hayley tells Roy she wants to
be supportive of him in his new venture, he takes this to mean
she wants to be his business partner and tells Gail he'll not
be needing her any more anyway, as Hayley is going to help out
in the new place. However, this isn't what Hayley meant at all,
so to clear up the confusion, Hayley asks Gail if she'll stay
on at the new place and she tells Roy she'll invest in the cafe.
Right, that's all sorted then.
My favourite character at the moment has got to be Deirdre's
mum, Blanche. I hope she's going to stay around for a long time.
Every time we see Blanche and Deirdre together, Blance wastes
no time in pointing out her daughter's faults and telling her
where each of her marriages went wrong. Sounds a bit familiar,
then.
Anyway, that's it for now. See you next week!
Glenda ;-)
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