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It's Alf's funeral and Les and Janice stay away to spite Martin.
Audrey finds out that Alf's insurance expired at 12 midnight on
December 31st and there's no way of knowing yet if Alfie passed
away before midnight, or after. Cllr. Mrs. Roberts goes to see
the insurance company but they just waffle on and so she's resigning
herself to a life without the little luxuries that life with Alf
gave her. Audrey is asked by civic leaders to take on Alf's role,
and to become "Mrs" Millennium. At the funeral, Deirdre's
mum makes a few tasteless remarks and Deirdre storms off, but
Blanche looks like she's here to stay, for a while at least, when
she returns to the Rovers saying she'd decided not to pack up
and leave after all, as she'd threatened to do.
It's the tribunal for Platt vs Battersby. Les tells Janice
that Alf, being their Leanne's husband's grandfather, must have
pulled some square dealing strings to stop Martin getting the
sack from the hospital after he tried to kill Les by giving him
the drug overdose. Janice, incensed, says she's not having this
and threatens to go to the police to tell all, but Les has to
stop her and tell her the truth before the coppers are brought
in and he's found out. Anyway, as Les and Janice are discussing
what to do with the money they're likely to get from the compensation
claim, Toyah overhears, finds out that Les took the tablets himself
and threatens to tell. However, Les and Janice manage to persuade
her to keep quiet. So, Les wants to fly to Las Vegas with the
money and Janice wants a romantic break in Paris, so Les tells
her if she won't go to Las Vegas, he'll find someone who does.
And he does. Jacqui Dobbs is over the moon when Les asks her on
holiday to Vegas but when Janice finds out, which she does, she's
not best pleased. So, at the tribunal, Martin isn't sacked, but
he resigns after the hospital want him to keep his job but "re-train"
when he admits fault by not keeping the drugs trolley locked.
A sum of money is agreed to offer Les Battersby, who turns up
with that dodgy solicitor of his. Anyway, as the hospital boffins
are about to offer Les his compensation, in walks Janice and turns
the whole thing upside down by letting everyone know the truth
about her scheming, scum-bag husband.
Natalie gets the decorators in at the Rovers to give the living
quarters a bit of a sorting out. "I like this wallpaper"
Lorraine tells Natalie. "It's very you - bold and classy".
(I thought it was tasteless and stripey, but what do I know?)
Roy gets a second hand espresso machine delivered to the cafe
and although he puts it in place, it won't work properly and the
instructions are in Italian. Hayley comes to the rescue by translating
some of the key words but soon realises the instructions are for
a washing machine, not a coffee maker. Anyway, Steve McDonald
helps out and gets the machine working but steam gushes out all
over the place and Hayley goes to put the kettle on instead. Roy's
having doubts about moving his business to the new cafe now but
Hayley has every faith in Roy and his new venture.
Kev and Alison, the factory girl, go out on a date together
after he asks Sally to babysit the girls. He lies and tells Sally
he's going to Leeds for the night and then he apologises for turfing
her out on Christmas day. Anyway, Kev and Alison have dinner and
then he drives her back home at the end of the night and they
play a bit of tonsil hockey. Just as Alison is about to invite
Kevin inside (well, her mam and dad are on holiday) Alison notices
Kev checking his watch to see how long he has to get back to Sally
and the girls. Kev drives back home and Alison tells him she wants
to put the relationship on hold until he gets his family life
sorted out.
Jacqui gives Alma a letter from Curly's building society which
says that Curly hasn't been making the mortgage payments over
the last few months. What to do? Jacqui has a plan - she suggests
Alma treats her like a proper tenant, charge her rent, for which
the DSS will pay and the rent will cover the mortgage payments.
Mike advises Alma to tread carefully with Jacqui but Alma decides
it's a good plan and that she'll go for it.
Ashley and Fred start their new jobs at the butcher's counter
at Freshco. Fred isn't too happy, I say, none too pleased to see
tins of corned beef on sale opposite their counter, so he sends
Ashley out onto the shop floor, handing out (British) beef sandwiches
to the shoppers as a way of attracting custom. Alma is incensed
when she sees this and tells Fred he can do what he likes to attract
trade to his stall but he must do it from behind the counter.
Cue strings of union jacks, "Land of Hope and Glory"
blaring out on the cassette recorder and a roaring trade for the
butcher - all from behind the counter. In the corner shop, a young
Asian girl, Nita, starts as Ashley's replacement. She's a little
too assertive for Maude who now takes her lunch break in the Rovers
to get out of Nita's way. Ashley's taken quite a shine to Nita,
and offers her a drink in the Rovers to answer her questions about
the "shop's profile", just as soon as he's figured out
what it is. Fred tells Ashley to leave Nita alone, advising him
not to "dally on your own doorstep".
And that is just about that for this week.
Glenda ;-)
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