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A drunken Janice and a desperate Les get merry on cheap vodka as they
toast to friendship on the sofa in Les' front room. Cheap vodka,
as anyone who's ever drunk it will know, can cause all sorts of problems
and in this case leads Janice and Les by the hand up the stairs and to bed.
Next morning Jan's regretting her night of passion and tries to slip away
quietly without being seen. Too late. Kirkeh spies her and spreads the word
to Fiz and the girls. Les thinks he's on to a good thing and hopes that the
two of them can get back together while Janice just wants to forget it ever
happened.
Sally's spent so much time and energy coaching their Rosie into stardom
she's hardly noticed her other daughter go through face-altering plastic
surgery just to get some attention. Yes, there's a new Sophie on the
street and Sally spies swimming skills in her offspring. The school
needs volunteers to help out at the pool and Sophie's distraught to hear
Sally's offered to help and coach her young daughter. At Rosie's
parents evening at School, Sally and Kev discover Rosie does have talent
after all * in chewing gum, being lazy and strangely, being good at maths.
It all adds up to a glint in Sally's eye as she calculates a career as a
professional mathematician for her filial first born.
The Todd and Karl saga rumbles along. Katy knows everything, Sarah knows
nothing. What will Katy do next?
At the salon flat Claire's being taken for granted. Her cooking
and cleaning skills outweigh those of Fiz and Candice and little Chesney
does his best to persuade Claire he hasn't eaten for days when he's just
had dinner with Les. But Claire's not such a soft touch as her flatmates
think and after she finds Fiz and Kirk have been sleeping in her room,
she throws a wobbly. Claire moves all the rubbish in the flat into Fiz and
Candice's rooms. Trying to bring a bit of order to the flat, she draws
up a rota of chores and makes Fiz and Candice pull their weight around the
place. If they don't, she threatens to move out, leaving Fiz and Candice
to pay extra rent that they can't afford.
She's more Bolton than Bangkok but Fred stumps up for the urr-furr and
she miraculously appears at the airport the day after Dennis posts Fred's
picture on the net. Oh, what a web of deceit this is. Dennis
drives Orchid Pattiya, for that is what Dennis has named her, to the airport
and she mingles with the crowds coming in from the Thailand flight.
Fred loses his heart to Orchid, mysterious flower of the East and the blokes
in the Rovers drool when they meet her. Betty's not best pleased to
see Fred make a fool of himself over "Thailand Tilly" and Audrey and Mike
do their best to give him some advice. But it's no good, he won't listen,
even if he is 30 years older than she. Ashley and Claire are stuck for
words when they meet her, they can't believe what Fred's gone and done this
time. Orchid says she can't stay at the Rovers, it would be improper,
so she's staying with the cousin of an uncle's daughter or something, which
means in reality, she's going to stay in her own home while she and Dennis
fleece Fred for all that he's worth, I say, for every penny.
Candice witters on about how wonderful boyfriend Tim is but Fiz and Maria
know he's not all he seems. When Candice and Tim are in her bedroom, probably
reading Harry Potter or something, Maria goes through Tim's jacket pockets
and finds a gold wedding ring. Audrey confronts Tim in the Rovers and
he spins a line about it belonging to his brother - it's only Candice that
believes him. Audrey warns the girls that she was just like Candice
at her age, wanting to believe everything every man ever told her. "I've
got our Gail to prove it." she says wistfully.
Shelley gets a date with Charlie but he rings to cancel when some last
minute building work comes in. Bev takes the call and Betty overhears
but Bev doesn't pass on the message to her daughter. So, Shelley gets dolled
up, trussed up and waits, and waits, and waits in the Rovers for Charlie to
appear. When he strolls in 3 hours later she gives him a piece of her
mind and won't believe he left a message with her mother. It's left to Betty
to tell Shelley the truth but warns her not to be too harsh on her mum.
Harsh? I'd give the old jealous cow a slap, I really would.
And that's just about that for this week.
Glenda
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