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This week's update written by Barry Smith as Glenda was away.
Jack's deafness seems to be getting worse. While looking after
the crossing outside the bookie's he forgets all his Lollipop
Man training and steps out into the road without looking just
as Steve MacDonald comes round the corner and he gets knocked
over. 'I didn't hear him coming' says Jack, 'He just stepped out'
says Steve. Fortunately Jack isn't hurt, well nothing that a couple
of brandies can't fix, but he's becoming a bit of a menace and
Sally thinks he should jack his job in and she won't trust him
seeing the grrrls across the road. Vera nags him into seeing the
doctor but he's not happy about it. As he describes his nightly
routine to Vera, 'I take a pill to make sure me 'eart doesn't
stop while I'm asleep; I take me glasses off; I take me teeth
out; now it's going to be an 'earing aid. There's going to be
more of me on the table than in the bed. I'm just a bucket full
of spare parts', it's clear he's worried by the onset of old age.
Things aren't as bad as it seems though. When he gets to see the
too tall doctor it turns out that his ears are full of wax and
there's nothing wrong with him. A quick session with Molly and
a syringe soon sorts him out but never slow to miss an opportunity
he tells Vera that there's nothing that can be done for him and
she falls for it hook, line and sinker as she has done so many
times before. Enjoy it while you can Jack.
It's the night of the big date in the precinct between the
two cyber-sweethearts. Sarah Lou waits expectantly for the man
of her dreams to turn up and is shocked when it turns out that
TJ is none other than Todd James Grimshaw. She's not half as shocked
as Candice though who does her nut when she finds out what her
boyfriend has been up to. It doesn't take long before they're
all friends again (it's amazing what a bag of chips will do to
soothe things out) and Sarah-Lou is back online quicker that you
can say 'Internet Relay Chat', complaining 'This is Louise, is
it just me or does life suck?' as Bethany wails in the background.
She is befriended by Gary who tells her he also likes Badly Drawn
Boy.
Janice still can't find work but with a bit of not too subtle
hinting and a wee bit of cajoling, Roy offers her a job at the
cafe. Vera tries to assert her seniority but as you'd expect,
Janice gives as good as she gets. This could be the start of an
interesting relationship. Sam and Toyah continue to go out together
but she's still dead nervous after the rape and wants to take
things very carefully. Sam is very supportive and understanding
but he still feels hurt every time he gets knocked back by her.
Janice tries to talk to her about it but it all comes a lot better
from Charli who's been through it all herself when she tells her
that it's perfectly normal but when she feels ready for it she
should get out there and test the waters, especially when she's
got someone as gentle and kind as Sam around.
Alex calls to see Roy and tells him that he needs Wayne to
come round for an hour or so as there's to be a visit from Social
Services. Roy and Hayley are very concerned that the authorities
have found out about the arrangement but duly deliver Wayne. They're
absolutely frantic with worry when he hasn't returned after 4
hours and they haven't heard anything. Things are so bad for Roy
that he even resorts to a medicinal brandy. Wayne eventually turns
up and tells them he's been visiting his gran in hospital and
that there had been no visit from the social workers. It's just
another ploy by Alex to get at Roy and Hayley and not content
with worrying them so much he then comes round to demand more
money. He wants £100 a week from them.
Audrey seems rather taken with Alma's cousin, Richard. She
gets him to take her to a nice restaurant and then invites him
round to dinner. Their cosy twosome at Grasmere Crescent is interupted
by Gail who calls round to see her mam at which point Richard
perks up immensely. Audrey soon gets rid of her and gets back
to staring at Richard like a love-sick puppy while he tells her
all about ISAs and stuff. Audrey is convinced that there's a spark
between them but Richard has a word with Gail about her and she
breaks the bad news to her mam who puts on a brave face.
As one couple return from holiday (Dev and Geena) another (Steve
and Karen) prepare for theirs. Karen is waiting for her passport
to turn up and so Steve pinches it when it arrives and gets Karen
worried they'll have to cancel the holiday. Steve tells Eileen,
Eileen tells Karen and then she nicks the passport back and pretends
to have cancelled the holiday. Much hilarity ensues (well it doesn't
but we can dream). Geena's had a great time with Dev in Barbados
and thinks that it's time to take things a step further and move
into Dev's flat. We get the tell-tale look over the shoulder from
Dev at the end of the episode and later on he plucks up the courage
to tell her he's not ready for that yet. While away they've missed
the goings on between Mike and Linda but once they've caught up
with events of a horizontal nature, Dev tells Mike that he should
dump Linda. There's only one thing wrong with that plan though
- Mike still loves Linda.
Martin and Kevin put their heads together and with their collective
brain cell decide to take the kids away camping. Sarah-Lou doesn't
want to go but David is dead keen and asks if Wayne can come instead.
Preparations get under way but there is a setback as Kevin gets
a heap load of work from a fleet manager that Molly put him in
touch with and it looks like the holiday will have to be cancelled.
Unless........
So what else has been going on? After talking it over with
all and sundry, Rita has decided not to go to New Zealand to see
Anthony; Matt wants kids and Charli doesn't; and a couple of minor
flunkies have been sacked over the smear test scandal but Alma's
friends vow to fight on for justice.
And that's all for this week. See you all soon.
Barry Smith
Annie: 'What a charming outfit that is you're wearing'
Elsie: 'Oh you like it do you?'
Annie: 'My dear, I've always liked it'
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