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It's Valentine's day and after last year's shame-faced attempt
by Blanche to send Ken a card from Deirdre and Deirdre a card
from Ken, Deirdre is less than pleased when she thinks Blanche
has been up to her old tricks again. But no, what's this? That
Valentine's card that Deirdre's just torn up and thrown in the
bin, was actually for Blanche, not from her. And so we meet Blanche's
beau, Archie Shuttleworth who gets the measure of Deirdre immediately.
"Five foot eight, if I'm not mistaken!" he tells her,
but then he would, 'cos that's his job, being an undertaker. Blanche
has met Archie "Shuffle off with Shuttleworth" at the
cemetery and the pair of them are stepping out together, providing
more wonderful lines for Blanche and a comic part played by Roy
Hudd (no, not him with the Emu). So it's all going on at the Barlow's
this week. After a chance remark from Charlie about the lack of
supply teachers, Ken decides to sign up with an agency to get
him back into work. Blanche is all for it: "Champion!",
she says but Deirdre is less enthusiastic, worried that Ken won't
be wanted to teach, not at his age, not now, not with those cardigans.
But she needn't have worried for he's accepted by the agency to
go back into teaching next week.
After the inquest records a verdict of accidental death, Duggie's
body is released for his funeral to take place. Duggie's son Tom
- who, if you recall, is mincing about on a cruise ship cutting
hair - stays away from the funeral so there's no family, just
friends from the Rovers and rugby club to say their goodbyes.
Floral arrangements at the funeral are suitably naff, with the
word Crusher picked out in crysanths from the Rovers.
Now that Duggie's buried, Richard can breathe a sigh of relief
as it looks like he's got away with the perfect crime. He moves
in with Gail and the kids and acts the family man. He gives Gail
his old car and buys one of those damn-huge-purple-people-eater-vans
(in red). He still needs to find someone to take over as gaffer
on the house remodel and finally Steve McDonald says he'll do
it, on condition that he gets first refusal on one of the apartments
at a reduced price. As Richard gets his feet firmly under Gail's
table, he spends a day working from home while the kids are off
school during half-term. Matt and Charlie are spending half-term
on a ski-ing trip with the school and have left their house keys
with Gail. As Sarah Lou and Candice pop next door to feed the
Ramsden's goldfish, Candice reckons it's a shame to let the Ramsden's
house stand empty and makes herself at home. It all starts off
innocently enough until Candice finds the drinks cupboard and
invites Todd round. Then Jason turns up and things start to get
rowdy until Richard can hear noises coming from next door. He
goes to investigate and Sarah knows she's in trouble but fortunately
he doesn't find them as they all crouch on the floor and he can't
see them through the window. As Sarah takes Bethany back home,
Candice persuades Jason to get the Ramsden's house keys copied
for her so she has a set of her own. As she downs the booze and
brings up the puke, Candice staggers around the house wearing
Charlie's clothes until the noise level brings Gail to the door
to split up the party and do a bit of shoutingÖ and as they
are all forced to leave, Candice flashes the house keys at JasonÖ.
With Duggie's flat now vacant, Janice and Toyah sign the lease
to move in. This could be interesting but so far it isn't, and
I'll leave it for now.
Vik is in turmoil over Hazel and not sure what's going on.
One minute she's on him like a rash and the next she's telling
him to leave her alone; she's married, she has a 19 year old son
and she's never done anything like this before. As Vik drives
to her house, Steve warns him to be careful: "She'll have
you up them stairs before you can say Roger Roger". Over
and out, good buddy, ten-four and turn down your squelch.
Over at the garage, Kev's having a hard time coping with the
workload now he's let Tyrone go and there's only him and Sam to
deal with the work. He puts an ad in the paper looking for a new
mechanic but it gets him nowhere until Molly persuades Kevin to
give Tyrone another chance.
It's Mike's 60th birthday and Ken and Deirdre throw him a surprise
party at their place - and what a party it is. (You always know
it's going to be one of the better episodes when the writer's
Daran Little). Over whisky at the party, Fred, Ken, Mike and Jack
discuss how they're turning into their fathers; Audrey's in tears
as she's missing her Alf and Emily sings of lost love to Adam
when he tells her he's missing his mum. But the best bit by far
was Deirdre in the back lane having a quiet cigarette on the sly.
Dev pops out to see her and starts to patronise her little life
in her little house but she soon puts him straight. "This
is my life." she tells him. "It might not be glamorous
but it's real and I like it". And much the same can be said
of Corrie itself.
And that's just about that for this week.
Glenda
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