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She came on to the street like a breath of fresh air. She was comedy,
lightness and not stick-thin (I always like that). Now, Eileen
Grimshaw is as bitter and twisted as the bad perm she wears on her head.
I dunno when she started to change, but I wish she'd soon change back. This
week she's moaning and groaning at golden boy Todd who decides he's not going
to study at Oxford, he's going to work to support Sarah and the baby.
No-one's best pleased about this arrangement and Eileen throws Todd out on
the street. Ken has a word with Todd and encourages him to resit his
exams.
There's strange goings-on when an ad in The Gazette announces Ashley's
engagement to nanny Claire. Fred assumes it's Claire up to no good,
and advises her, I say he tells her to think on. Next thing you know
there are posters in the street congratulating the happy pair on their engagement,
with love from Maxine, kiss, kiss, kiss.. Both Ashley and Fred have
a go at Claire, but poor thing it's not her fault although she takes it right
badly. "I've brought nothing but trouble to your door" she says, and
what a classic Coronation Street line that is. Usually said by a woman, usually
in tears and usually wearing a nightie. With frills. Anyway,
turns out all the malice is caused by Claire's jealous (now ex-)boyfriend
and Ashley goes round there, does the manly thing and tries to smash his face
in, held back only by Kirk, Tyrone and Fred.
Dev tries his best to charm Sunita all week but she turns down his offer
of a trip to Barcelona. Finally she relents and in her flat, in a sari, with
Simperly Red on the stereo, champagne in the fridge, chicken jalfrezi pie
in the oven and lurve in the air, the scene is set for seduction and primed
for proposal. With his grandmother's antique wedding ring in his pocket,
Dev gets down on one knee and as he's about to pop the question, you know,
THE question, the door opens and in walks Ciaran: "Have oi come at a bad
toime?". Arguments ensue and Sunita throws them both out, only for
Ciarian to sneak back in later and although he was hoping to worm his way
back into Sunita's charms, she makes him sleep on the sofa. He tells
her he sent her a letter but she assumes that he's lying, that is until Dev
comes clean and hands over the letter that he kept from her when it arrived
at the shop. Sunita had already told Ciaran that he had no place in
her life, she was going to marry Dev but after the letter business, Sunita
storms out of the shop and into a sulk.
Meanwhile at the factory things are tense. Joe has the kind of face you
just want to slap (and I hear this week from updater Barry who is chairing
a conference in Portsmouth, that he looks much the same in real life, spotted
as he was walking along the harbour with the actor who played Jez Quigley).
Karen's ear rings continue to expand in direct proportion to the amount
of stress she's under (so they're quite back at the moment) and she wanders
around looking worried, hugging her clipboard to her chest, going: "But what
about the girls?". Well, the girls aren't paid this week because there's
no money and it's becoming clear to Karen that Joe's loyalties lie with himself,
not her or her mates in the factory.
There's more marital disharmony for the Watts this week as Emma leaves
baby Ben with anyone but Curly, whom she allows to see his son only with
a fortnight's notice, in between three and three-ten in the afternoon and
only if it's raining, or looks likely to. Poor Curly. Oh well,
he should have known better than to marry a career woman, they never stick
around on Coronation Street, it wouldn't be what it is if they did.
And that's just about that for this week. Once again, very many thanks
to John Dean, Richard Whitbread and the lovely Barry Smith.
Glenda
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