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It's all hands to the pumps in the Rovers again when Linda
offered to go in there and run the place. Offering a 10% pay rise
and a £50 bonus if the bar staff went back to work immediately,
Linda quickly made her mark and impressed the boys in charge.
She's well above her station as landlady of the Rovers and looks
out of place behind the bar, fag in hand, but hey, that's Linda
for you. It looks like it might just work although Betty, having
seem them come and go, come back and go again, isn't convinced.
Toyah tells Linda she'd prefer someone living with her in the
Rovers, it's too spooky at night there all on her own. Linda says
she knows just the person. "Is it a bloke?," asks Toyah.
"Is he gorgeous?". Well, it is a bloke and well, it's
Duggie, so draw your own conclusions as to the gorgeous part.
Toyah isn't best pleased to learn she's going to be sharing living
space with her arch enemy and things get off to a bad start with
an argument over muesli and the hot water rota. Later in the bar,
Toyah slices her hand when she's playing with a sharp knife and
a box and it's up to Duggie to get her to the health centre. Sitting
in the reception area together, Duggie tells her he's sorry for
the eviction of Phil Simmonds, saying "it were wrong and
stupid". It's not going to happen quickly, but it looks like
Toyah and Duggie might just become friends.
So, the big secret finally comes out. Susan arrives from Scotland
to see Ken. The pair of them are ill at ease with each other,
there's no hugs, no kisses and no warmth between them at first.
And then she tells him. When Susan walked out of her marriage
to Mike Baldwin 12 years ago she never had the abortion that everyone
assumed she had. She has a 12 year old son, Adam. Of course, this
makes Ken the grandfather of Mike Baldwin's son, but Susan is
adamant that Mike must never, ever know. Ken can keep schtum but
can Deirdre keep mum? Armed with the most explosive piece of gossip
she's ever known, Deirdre just can't contain herself and tells
all to Dev in the corner shop. Never mind that anyone could walk
in at any time or that the sausages might be listening. (Walls
have ears, right?). Deirdre thinks it's only right to tell Mike
but Ken, quite rightly, asks her to think about who her loyalty
lies with - him, or Mike. Deirdre does that face she does, and
you just know she hasn't got a clue.
Rita's a bit put out when Anthony tells her he can't stay for
dinner as he has to get back for Ovaltine with Amanda at 4pm.
Rather than argue with him, Rita simply says she's not prepared
to dance to Amanda's tune - it's probably "Jake the Peg"
by Rolf Harris. I know not why. Fortunately, Anthony puts his
foot down later on and turns up for a drink in the Rovers with
Rita, risking the wrath of the devil daughter.
The Croppers find out that Wayne has been given another foster
home. It unsettles them a bit as they would have dearly loved
to have fostered him themselves. Trying not to let the foster
issue fester, they talk things through with that very nice man,
Mr Hartnell. Then, Wayne's dad (played by top SAFC supporter)
comes in to the cafe and starts by telling Roy how much he'd have
liked Wayne to have been fostered by the Croppers. He then goes
on to say Wayne wants to go on a school trip but they can't afford
to send him. It's too much for Roy who loses his temper, gets
angry in his pinny and chases the bloke out of the cafe.
Danny's decided that he and Sally and the girls are all moving
house and off he goes into town to pick up leaflets and information
packs on mortgages and houses with gardens. There's one problem
though, Sally's not keen. She confides in Gail who tells her she
must tell Danny before he gets carried away, but it's too late.
Next thing you know, Danny's painting the walls in a shade that
can only be described as "pee green" and much to his
displeasure, Kevin turns up to pass judgement on the move and
the paintwork, both of which he, and Sally, think are mistakes.
Liz legged it to Leicester this week, another exit in another
taxi, and up went the 'For Rent' sign at No. 11. And before you
can say "Sue Cleaver's fab", Eileen and her two boys,
Todd and Jason, move in, much to the delight of Dennis. However,
Eileen's sons aren't too happy to be having yet another bloke
hanging around their mum and tell Dennis as much. He ends up thinking
he's just one in a string of Eileen's men but she tells him she
wants more from their relationship. And so does he... but Todd
and Jason might think a bit differently, we'll see.
Tyrone and Maria have a romantic meal at the Duckworths and
then, at the end of the night, Maria leads Tyrone upstairs, dot,
dot, dot
dot, dot, dot and then the next day, Tyrone's like the cat
who got the cream, like a dog with two tails, like a Budgie with
extra Trill. He's so happy about the way things went, he's keen
to tell Dennis and Kevin at work. "The first time were great,
the second time were great, the third time were great, then the
fourth were great, and then the fifth were great.... " However,
Maria's not too happy that Tyrone's been telling tales behind
her back, especially now that he's priding himself on the fact
he's getting better at his new game: "I can do it in two
minutes now!"
Curly and Emma return from their New York honeymoon. As Curly
holds Emma in his arms to carry her over the threshold, she goes
and snaps the front door key in the lock. Not a good start, and
off they go chez Peacock for tea and a sit until Steve MacDonald
sorts out the lock problem. Maxine and Ashley are still off booze
and in bed as much as possible, trying for a Peacockling, without
any success so far. Which is probably just as well. Would you
want Maxine for a mother? And finally this week, Vikram and Karen,
two people with no personality and no storyline, got together.
And that's just about that for this week.
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