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Last week we left Toyah on the doorstep of a strange man in
London, announcing to him that she is his long lost daughter.
Strange bloke invites Toyah in and she's as happy as Larry thinking
she's found her dad. Care in the community obviously doesn't work
dawn sarf - this bloke is a real nut case but it takes Toyah longer
to figure that one out than the millions of viewers who are shouting
at their TV screens "Run, Toyah, Run!". Anyway, while
all this is going on, Les and Janice are besides themselves with
worry and head for London to find their daughter. Janice finds
her ex-husband Ronnie Clegg "Useless Dreg" and she's
wondering why Toyah isn't with him. Ronnie tells Janice he moved
to his present house only 2 years ago and suggests that Toyah
might have gone to his old flat, where he remembers some complete
nutter, called Neil, is living now. Off Les and Janice go to Ronnie's
old flat to find Neil the nutter. By this time, he's got Toyah
bound and gagged in the living room but denies ever seeing Toyah
when Janice questions him at his front door. With Les and Janice
out of the way, Neil the nutter drags Toyah to a wood where he
no doubt intends to do more to her than point out interesting
tree species. Fortunately, she manages to run away and hide >from
him. Anyway, all's well that end's well and in the police station,
Toyah is finally reunited with Les and Janice. There are hugs,
tears and Les gets all protective and father-like. Back home on
the Street, Les apologises to Ken for thumping him the other week,
and more private tuition is agreed on for Toyah. Toyah gets a
phone call >from her cousin who is going to Ibiza with a group
of girls, but one of them has dropped out as she's gone into labour,
and she's wondering if Toyah wants to go instead. Janice and Les
raise the money, eventually, to send Toyah on a well deserved
holiday.
Will they? Won't they? Well, it doesn't look like they will,
after all. Rita rings Mavis to tell her about the forthcoming
nuptials and we overhear her on the phone telling Mavis "..
yes, I know you think he's a devious little twit, so do I, at
times...". Alec overhears Rita on the phone and isn't best
pleased. A great scene between Alec and Rita in the back room
of the Rovers, discussing ways they can keep the cost of the wedding
down. A bargain here, a cut there, no buffet here, no new wedding
outfits there. They even start to wonder if they should bother
getting married at all, and in the end, agree it's a waste of
time and decide to live together instead. Rita isn't so sure about
moving in with Alec so he comes up with a plan to put a doorway
in the dividing wall between their flats so they can have their
own independence with friendship only a door away, as it were.
Alec gets a little man in called Pat to give them a quote and
Rita isn't too sure about this plan at all. "Oh come on,
" says Alec. "It's not like you're giving up sovereignty,
after all". Pat reminds Alec he'll need planning permission
to put a doorway in the dividing wall and Alec assures him it's
all taken care of, which of course, it isn't. Alec tells Rita
his plans for the Rovers and confides that he really wants to
get rid of Jack and Vera and have himself and Rita running the
pub. Wise old Rita suggests to Vera that she gets something in
writing from Alec regarding the new arrangements and threatens
Alec not to be so devious and underhand in his business dealings
with the Duckworths.
Greg and Sally are caught snogging, yes snogging, in the factory.
And who catches them at it? Kevin! He changes the locks and won't
let Sally into the house, refusing to let her see the girls. Oh,
he's hurt and oh he's angry, and oh, he's only got himself to
blame after running after that Natalie one last year. Anyway,
in the Rovers, Kevin throws his drink all over Greg and tells
him he's only interested in Sally because of her money. Sally
gives Greg a cheque for £12,500 for their new "business
venture". Greg and Sally meet with a solicitor, who is probably
a friend of Greg's and he acts as if he's looking after Sally's
interests, but from the gleam in Greg's eye, you know she'll lose
her money, lose her kids, lose her husband and eventually, lose
the plot, if she hasn't done so already. Kick him in the trousers
now Sal, you know you'll want to do it in a week's time when you
find out the truth.
So, now that Greg is with Sally, he tells Maxine it's all over
and tells her about Sally. Maxine can't quite believe what she's
hearing. She storms in the factory and in front of all the girls
there, lets them know about Sally and Greg. Word spreads, of course,
and when Rita finds out about it, she can't believe it. She confronts
Sally and is very, very disappointed in her. Janice Battersby
is also quick to point out Greg's shortcomings to Sally, and tells
her she needs her head examined for giving up Kevin and the girls
for Greg.
What was a quiet lunch together for Fiona and Steve without
baby Morgan, soon turns into a slanging match between them both
and Fiona storms off in a huff. Steve goes back to the salon to
see if she's turned up there but there's no one there except Maxine.
Anyway, Steve and Max go to the Rovers, Max needs someone to moan
to about Greg, and he listens and moans about Fiona. The two of
them end up going back to the salon as Max has left her purse
there. In the salon, before you know it, well, there are knowing
looks, drunken smiles and snogging lips and as he leads her up
the stairs to the flat he shares with Fiona, I don't think I need
to point out (but I'll do it anyway) there'll be bed springs creaking
and bodily fluids exchanged. Eeuch.
So, just what is Anne Malone up to then? The letter arrives
at Freshco, addressed to Norman Watts. It's an extortion letter
demanding £50,000 to be delivered in cash and threatens
poison and contamination of food in the store if the money isn't
delivered. Curly, daft as he is, asks Anne's opinion on what he
should do with the letter. She's all for bringing in the police
but he decides not to and waits to see if another letter arrives.
It does. At first, Curly accuses Spider of writing the letter,
but we know he'd never do anything like that, don't we? (Well,
I know!) The police are called in and they aren't best pleased
with Curly for not calling them in sooner when the first letter
was received, and accuse him of not caring about the welfare and
safety of the public. Anne smiles that demonic smile she keeps
specially for scenes with Curly and Curly just looks bewildered,
as usual.
And that is just about that for this week's update. Oh, I forgot,
so I did. Jim gets a twinge in his leg. Michael the physiotherapist
tells him not to get too hopeful, it could be phantom pains or
something. But, this being Coronation Street, we all know full
well it will just be a matter of, oh, say, 6 episodes before Jim
is up there doing the can-can on the Rovers bar with the best
of them.
Glenda :-)
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