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In the factory there were duelling banjos on the sewing machines when
Karen and Janice fought for Mike's attention. He's looking for a new
manager and both think they're in with a chance but neither of them
compare with an ex-con who's been inside for fraud. Enter Joe Carter,
good enough looking geezer 'spose, bit dodgy, little bit whey, little
bit woo but he's got the Street's women falling over him already. He's
got a look about him of that Vegas magician bloke, David Copperfield,
he's all dark skin, dark eyes and vanishing aeroplanes. Karen tries to
trap him in the factory by saying her machine has broken down but he
mends it, tells her to stop it, and clearly marks her card. I love that
expression, me. Dev is clearly not amused that with Joe's arrival he is
no longer the stud of the cobbles.
Richard breathes a sigh of relief when Patricia's body gets covered in
concrete at the building site. He thinks he's safe until Steve finds a
silver bangle close to where the concrete's been poured. Richard fobs
him off with a lie about it belonging to some women he's showed round
and when Gail finds it in his pocket later as she's sorting things out
for dry cleaning, he fobs her off too saying it was an heirloom, a
wedding present to her, that's why he's upset she's found it. More
family friction at the Platts when Sarah decides her life is like, just
so boring? And Candice is like yeah, so? And yadda yadda, teenage mum
stuff, you get the picture, I'm sure.
There's been more wonderful dialogue this week especially from Norris
who must be just a writer's dream, his delivery is great stuff. Roy's
historic battle re-enactment which Fred has been edging his way into has
become more of a Fred vs Roy fight than an historical event. Fred
wants things done his way, injecting more humour and action into the
event while Roy wants it done proper, historic, authentic. And Norris?
He turns from Roy's camp to Fred's with the lure of a fancy costume, a
pie and free ale. "If you can't fight, wear a big hat. It's a saying
round our way," Norris opines in the cafe. Fred tells Maxine and Ashley
he's been thinking of roles for each of them to play in the battle.
"I've been cultivating my personae dramatis" he says. "Are you entering
a flower show?" asks Max. Fred casts Ashley as the dashing Prince
Rupert, Maxine as a maid in distress, himself as Earl of Lindsey and
Norris as Lindsey de Paul (just kidding, he's the Earl of Beaulieu.
With ostrich feathers). Roy is clearly disappointed that no one wants to
take the event as seriously as he although Hayley's doing her best to
cheer him on. After he bars Norris from the cafe he storms out and
returns home later with a long pointy stick with a thing on the end. I
don't know what it was but you can bet your life it was authentic.
In Blackpool this week it was all a bit dull really. Goran the Croatian
proposed marriage to Toyah but she saw sense and told him no. However,
she didn't forget her training from Spider and tried to make up for his
marital disappointment by saying she'd start a campaign for him
instead - Save the Whorey Ground Wort Mark II?. Fiz ended up telling
fortunes on the pier as well as getting arrested when the owners of the
caravan Kirk had broken into turned up. Kirk and Jason scored with the
bland blondes and while I can't vouch for the fact that the earth moved
for them, I'm sure the caravan must have rocked a bit. They always do.
And that's just about that for this week.
Glenda
Glenda
Young, writer of Corrie weekly updates for the internet since 1995
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