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It's been a bit of a classic week on the Street. A 'classic'
week normally involves either a singalong in the Rovers, someone
running off with someone else's wife/husband/gnome/budgie or a
fight between Ken and Mike in the Rovers. And what a fight it
was! Mike tells Deirdre to flee the country, gives her Alma's
passport and books her onto a flight to Spain. The reason he's
done this is because Deirdre's future is looking pretty grim.
The barrister and Frankie don't quite believe her story, or that
anyone could be that stupid, and Jon's lies are pretty convincing
when he's arrested and questioned. He, of course, blames Deirdre
for the fraud and denies all knowledge of the gold card. Ken is
implicated when he admits to the police that he knew Jon wasn't
actually a pilot but kept quiet about the secret as he didn't
want to hurt Deirdre. Mike finds out that Ken has been called
as a witness for the prosecution, calls him treacherous and says
"If Deirdre goes down, it's because of you, Barlow!"
Fists fly in the Rovers between Mike and Ken over Deirdre, once
again. Alma is jealous enough of Mike's attention to Deirdre over
this whole sorry mess (he puts up her bail and offers to pay her
legal fees on the condition that nobody - i.e. Alma - ever finds
out), but when she finds out, from Deirdre mind you, that Mike
took her passport, quite naturally she goes ballistic. Anyway,
Ken stops Deirdre from leaving on a jet plane, and takes her back
again to his house. Mike calls at the house to see Deirdre and
is thrown onto the street by Barlow, as Deirdre looks on helplessly.
So, Deirdre is staying with Ken for now, but is still friends
with Mike who calls round to see her and offers more financial
and emotional support to his "old mate". Deirdre asks
where Ken is off to when she sees him all dressed up in a suit
and tie, and Ken admits he's a male escort. Deirdre's face is
a picture, the first time we've seen her smile since October 1987.
His date is with a retired peripatetic violin teacher from Wythenshawe
(who we'll meet in next week's update, she's 'Thelma' from the
Likely Lads, should be good).
Toyah decides to make a move on Spider and tarts herself up
in a skimpy top of Leanne's, pulls her hair into the sort of style
my dog wears when she's just been brushed, and piles on the make
up for a romantic evening in Aunty Em's, watching a video about
trees with Spider. Unfortunately for her, Log, an old girlfriend
of Spider, turns up and he becomes somewhat distracted. Log has
just returned from her travels in South America and mentions some
of the places she's been to. Wanting to impress with her vast
geographic knowledge, Toyah says "Tossa. We've been to Tossa
del Mar". Unfortunately, it doesn't work and as Log and Spider
go upstairs to become er.. reacquainted, Toyah leaves in tears
(and my heart went out to her, it really did). Log certainly doesn't
endear herself to Toyah by saying the perfume she was wearing
"smells like a tart's knicker drawer". Wanting to discredit
Log, Toyah sends a letter to Curly at Firman's saying that the
person who sabotaged the prawns lives at No. 3 Coronation Street
but isn't Emily or Spider. It doesn't take Curly or Aunty Em very
long to figure out Toyah sent the letter. Both Curly and Spider
have a word with Toyah, and Toyah is in tears again when Spider
tells her all they'll ever be is "comrades in arms"
and just friends. Aunty Em, worried about what might happen if
she's caught with maryjane in the house, takes it from both Log
and Spider and flushes it away.
Roy and Hayley's uneasy friendship continues. Alma tells Roy
that she knows the truth about Hayley and advises Roy to write
down his feelings for Hayley, and to let Hayley know that he values
her friendship. This he does, and in a truly touching scene, he
reads out his letter to Hayley in the middle of a crowded street.
"Dear Hayley..." it begins. The letter goes on to describe
how Roy is touched by Hayley's friendship and how much he wants
to remain friends with her. I choked back a tear as Roy finished
the letter by saying "Yours faithfully, Roy...... Cropper".
Gail invites them both to tea at her house, but Roy offers to
cook dinner for Hayley, Gail and Martin in the cafe instead. Gail
assumes they're a couple, and Roy feels uncomfortable with this,
although Hayley doesn't.
As Steve and Fiona settle down nicely playing happy families,
Jim isn't best pleased, so he isn't. He catches Fiona outside
of the salon and asks her not to take Steve back. She tells him
to leave her alone and stop pestering her. Yeah Jim, just leave
her alone.
Kevin puts two and two together about Chris and Sam, and tells
Sally, in confidence. Sally asks Chris if it's true about him
and Sam and he admits the relationship but says it's purely sexual.
Sally wonders if she too, was just a notch on his bed post but
he says he had strong feelings for her and that his relationship
with Sam is not as deep as the one he had with her. When Kevin
finds out that Sally has betrayed his confidence by speaking to
Chris, he isn't best pleased and comes over all jealous like.
He ends up telling Des about Sam's infidelity. At first Des doesn't
believe him, but once the nagging doubts are there, he starts
watching Sam like a hawk and wonders if there really is something
to what Kevin has told him. With Des away at the races, Sam and
Chris arrange to meet for a lunch time quickie but their plans
are foiled when Des returns early.
Glenda :-)
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