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Roy and Hayley have dominated the week's events in a bitter
sweet storyline. I always know when something has upset my mother
cos she always sucks in air through her teeth and makes that awful
"zzzzssst noise. Well, I found myself doing that this week
quite a lot while watching the Street, usually just before uttering
"Oh Roy! or "Oh Hayley!. Baldwin spends much of this
week picking on Hayley at work and the other girls just can't
figure out what he's up to. In the Rovers he greets Roy and Hayley
at the bar with "evenin, lads! and bellows out "Patterson!
to Hayley across the factory floor. Hayley, certain that Mike
is going to tell the girls what he knows about her, decides to
tell them herself. Roy is against her plan, he wants her to keep
quiet - after all, what will it do to him when people find out
he "can't find a real woman? (zssst - Oh Roy!). Well, Hayley
comes right out with it and tells the girls in the factory that
she's a transsexual. Only Liz McDonald shows any concern for Hayley's
feelings, the others, including Janice, make jokes and one ratbag,
Linda, refuses to let Hayley use the ladies toilet, calling her
a pervert (zsst - Oh Hayley!). Baldwin tells her just to use the
gents loo so the girls will go back to work (zssst) but Hayley
refuses, rightly so. Word spreads, as it does around Coronation
Street, and now everyone knows about Hayley. Only Alma (who, by
the way, looked extra gorgeous this week - I hope I look that
good when I'm her age - oh, who am I kidding, I wish I looked
that good now) and Gail and Martin "You'll always be my favourite
couple says Gail "come round to us anytime for supper (funny
how she wasn't that keen the other week...) and Liz (to some extent)
are being supportive. Toyah wants to be supportive to Roy and
Hayley but seems a bit confused. Les is proving true to type -
being downright ignorant and rude, and unfortunately, telling
all and sundry exactly what he feels about Hayley being "a
fella in a dress with his tackle chopped off. Roy is less concerned
with everyone's reaction to Hayley than he is to their reaction
to him. Hayley asks if he wants her to move out. He thinks for
a while and tells her no, he wants her to stay. If she moved out,
he says, life wouldn't be worth living.
In a drunken stupour at the Rovers, Des somehow ends up asking
Les Battersby to be his best man at the wedding. When Nat finds
out, naturally she's not best pleased and nags Des to tell Les
he's not going to be best man, but Des seems reluctant to do anything
(he's scared). So, Nat goes off to see Les at home and tells him
he's not wanted. Les has had a bit too much to drink and when
he finds out he's not going to be best man after all, bursts into
tears. It's too much for Natalie to take and she changes her mind,
saying if it means that much to him, then he can be best man after
all. Not the best of ways to start married life, but there you
go. Alec suggests a menu for a wedding buffet in the Rovers and
isn't best pleased with Natalie tells him she's having her wedding
do nowhere near the Rovers.
Now that Baldwin knows about Greg and Sally's plans to take
his clients and set up in business on their own, he does the only
thing he's good at - he humiliates them both in front of everyone
at the factory and sacks the pair of them. They move into their
new office, with Greg not best pleased that Sally is refusing
to invest any more of her money. Soppy Sal cleans and tidies the
office for him, as requested, and he starts referring to her as
his secretary. There's also a fight in the cafe between Kev and
Greg, and later Sally takes the girls to the cafe for a chat with
Gail, who tries to make her realise a few home truths about Greg,
but will she act on the advice of her friend? Rita also tries
to have a few words with Sally but she ends up walking out of
Rita's flat in a strop when Rita tries to force her to see what
Greg is really like. Sally - don't say you weren't warned, ladeh.
Deirdre puts in an appearance this week, lusting after physio
Michael in the Rovers. However, Michael tells Jim he feels he
can no longer look after him, but doesn't tell him the reason
is that he's been snogging his missus. So, while Jim me laddo
is thinking everything is okay but wondering why his mucker Michael
has deserted him, Liz is starting to make plans for a defection
any day now. And Deirdre will have to make do with a quiet night
in on her own in front of the telly with a bottle of Concorde.
Again.
And that's been that for this week. The Duckies came back from
Tenerife too and now the whole street is full of gossip about
Hayley, many of them not knowing what a transsexual actually is.
Let's just hope it'll be the same learning experience for them
as it's been for the millions of Street viewers who've come to
love Hayley dearly.
Glenda :-)
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