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Fred announces to all he's selling the shop and Ashley finds
out from Linda the truth about Nita - that her dad owns a chain
of corner shops called Desai's. Ashley tells Fred what's going
on and they realise Nita has been sent in to spy on them so Fred
devises a cunning plan. He has a word with his lady councillor
friend, Mrs Roberts, and she just happens, by coincidence as she
was passing, to pop into the shop later on that day to have a
word with Fred, in confidence, like. Nita 'overhears' Audrey telling
Fred she's just had word from t'council that they're going to
build a new housing estate on the red rec which could push the
value of his shop up, and advises him not to sell. Quick as you
like, Nita's on the phone to her dad, telling him the news. Nita's
dad comes into the shop later but Fred tells him the shop is no
longer up for sale. They do a bit of bargaining and agree a price
of £7,000 higher than the original asking price and Fred
is pleased his little plan worked. But all is not well. Maude
asks Fred what will become of her when the new owner takes over.
Fred tells her it's time to hang up her hat, I say, hang her hat
up, and when she asks him for a redundancy package - he gives
her a bottle of sherry! So, Maude wheels herself outside to talk
to Nita's dad (I'm not sure if he's called Ravi or Desai) and
tells him he's being diddled and there isn't a new estate being
built on the red rec at all. Furious, he storms back into the
shop and confronts Fred about good business practise. Fred retorts
that putting his daughter in the shop was hardly fair either,
and they continue to argue until Nita locks them all inside the
shop and makes them both sit down to thrash out a deal.
Vera gets her job back in the Rovers as a cleaner as money
is tight although Eunice Gee can't understand why everyone can't
be a lady of leisure, like herself. Vera pretends it's because
she misses the company, not the money. Anyway, in the Rovers,
Jack overhears Mike Baldwin telling Fred that the steward of his
golf club has teed off to the 19th hole in the sky. Jack persuades
Vera to look at the golf club and talks her into applying, as
a couple, for the vacant jobs of club steward and stewardess.
Vera thinks it's too posh for someone like her, but Jack reckons
if they get the job they can stick at it for a couple of years
before going into running a B&B later in life.
Martin has an interview for the post of assistant manager at
an old folks home. He gets the job, but gets called upon to do
the plumbing and general odd-jobs around the place which he's
not best pleased about. One of the old folks in the home, 74 year
old Walter, confides in Martin that his sister is in a different
home and he misses her, that's why he's not eating. Martin takes
it upon himself to get involved on behalf of Walter and asks Gail
if he should get Audrey involved to help Walter and his sister
be reunited. "It's about time she did something for her constituents"
he says, and rightly so.
Sally has a right to-do in the corner shop when she sees Alison
buying sweets for her girls - the whole thing leads to Alison
walking out on Kevin when she says the relationship is too much
hassle. However, they make up and get back together. Sally has
the girls at her house and they play tea-party in the back yard.
When Kevin sees them playing in the garden, it makes him realise
Sally can offer his daughters a better home than he can, and calls
off his date with Alison to spend time with the girls.
Sharon's fiancé Ian comes for dinner at Rita's, but
beforehand he has a couple of drinks in the Rovers and gives Natalie
the glad-eye in the Rovers. He doesn't know it, but he's standing
next to Rita at the bar in the Rovers while he's flirting with
Natalie and Rita recognises him when he's introduced to her back
at her flat. Sharon moans that Ian is always working away, so
Rita suggests that Sharon moves in with Sally until Leanne returns
from holiday
After Blanche's shenanigans last week, Ken invites Deirdre
out for a drink in the Rovers. He asks her if she's really happy
in her life and is quite confused when Deirdre tells him she loves
living alone and doesn't want to change it. Strange. This isn't
what Blanche told him. Later, he buys some flowers for Deirdre
but the bouquet ends up on the pavement when Deirdre throws them
away when she realises what's going on and how far her mother
has been interfering. Blanche sheds a few tears and says "But
I only wanted to see you happy". (And don't they all. My
mother would be ecstatic if I'd married that kid from school she
liked so much. I wouldn't have minded so much but his nose was
always running and his brother had nits).
In the Rovers, Linda and Janice start talking about men (as
usual) and Linda complains that she'll never meet anyone decent
in Weatherfield. (Oh, I don't know about that, there's a certain
eco-warrier that's not half bad). Anyway, they decide to have
a Valentine's Day party and Hayley offers to be social secretary
to help organise it all. Les says he'll do the disco for £50
as it's going to be a 70's night and he's got a load of 70's records
handy. Roy is somewhat put out that Hayley has got quite a life
of her own these days - operatic society, organising the valentine's
party, etc., but Hayley puts her foot down and tells him not to
worry, she'll make sure Roy isn't neglected.
And that's that for this week.
Glenda ;-)
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