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I saw that Mike Leigh in our Safeway the other week, I really did. The
reason I tell you this is that there's been secrets and lies (geddit?)
in the Barlow's this week when Deirdre tells Ken she's been sacked from
the shop although she doesn't tell him why. Sunita calls on Deirdre to
say that Dev's spreading tales that Deirdre poisoned Geena towards him
and Deirdre storms right in there to have a few words with Dev. She
tells him that if he won't stop telling lies about her, she'll simply
start telling the truth about him. And before you know what's happened,
he gives her her job back. Confused? You will be, and I was. Has
Deirdre got no pride? Has Dev got no sense? Have the Tunnocks been
given an action shot this week? Oh yes, indeed they have as they went
from shelf to hand to basket when Molly picked them from obscurity to a
starring biscuit role. They got a round of applause in our house.
So while Deirdre's sorting out her own problems, Ken's got worries too
as pupil Aiden Critchley continues to give him a hard time at school.
If Ken was younger, would he have handled it differently? It's starting
to get him down, especially when his car gets vandalised and Critchley
is number one suspect. Ken goes round to see Aiden's dad, but when he
answers the door with cheap lager in his hand it's obvious Ken's going
to get nowhere with him. When a shopping trolley full of rubbish turns
up outside Barlow's front door at home, Ken's livid, Deirdre's confused
and Peter storms off to sort out Aidan's dad.
At the betting shop all is sorted out when Karen finds the missing
betting slip underneath the sofa. (Although if it had turned up in her
peg bag, much like something I lost and found this week, it would have
been funnier still or am I the only person to have a peg bag these days
and have I just embarrassed myself hugely?). Steve wants to make Peter
sweat and won't let Karen take the betting slip to the bookies but she
can't wait to get her mits on the money. She shows Peter the betting
slip and reminds him that his customers are staying away from the
bookies so in a fine display in the Rovers, Peter pays Steve his money
and reminds the punters that their local honest bookie is still open for
business.
Eve shows her face this week when she turns up in the Rovers to see
Fred. "Send 'er through" he sighs but the smile soon leaves Eve's face
when she finds Mike in the back room with Fred. And a good job he is
too. Fred wavers, his emotions all over the place but Mike stands firm
and reminds Fred what he's up against. What Eve wants is the Rovers.
After all, she says, it's her name above the door. But what legal name
would that be - Eve Elliott or Eve Sykes? Mike's already been on the
phone to his lawyer who tells him Fred's got a good case for keeping the
Rovers as Eve has broken the law with her bigamy. Fred offers Eve money
to give her a fresh start but Mike tells him he doesn't have to do
that. "I do" he says, downcast. "It's in me nature." And then it should
have gone: "That's big 'o yer" says Mike. "Big 'o me?" says Fred.
And so Eve turns to leave and walk out of the Rovers but before she
does, she wavers. She tugs at her wedding ring as if the emotion is too
much but you know, you just know, she isn't going to leave it behind,
not when she could get at least £20 in Cash Generators for it. But
Fred's a broken man. In the back room of the Rovers in tears and a vest
with a whisky in his hand, Audrey visits then Ashley to remind him he's
not alone.
At the Platts, Richard's ex-wife Patricia turns up wanting to cash in
her share of the business which she reckons is worth about £30,000.
After some haggling and vitriol, they agree on £25,000 and Richard gives
her a cheque and waves her out of his life. Meanwhile, the Duckies ask
Dicky for advice on their dosh but Dicky does his best to ignore them,
assuming they've got no money to spend.
And finally this week, Molly's miffed when she cooks a meal for Kevin
only for it to grow cold and stale as he spends a happy hour in the
Rovers chatting and drinking with Sally.
And that's just about that for this week.
Glenda
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