Coronation Street - Yasmeen’s free and Year 61 starts here! NO SPOILERS - and don’t mention Izzy!

[StillCoughingandLaughing]

In case she comes back!

Bright and shiny new thread to mark Corrie’s next decade

I think the story writers are in competition with each other to see which one can jump the shark the best. “To hell with the law, and normal procedures, and grieving process. Just eat a load of cheese before bed then write whatever you dreamt.”

Very proud that I guessed what Brian was saying

AS IF.

If you've bribed the local planning officer, you'd hardly parade her round in a restaurant that night.

And having been in planning meetings before I can tell you, there are usually at least 4 officers there. Not one solitary woman who's on the make.

@YouBoughtMeAWall

I think the story writers are in competition with each other to see which one can jump the shark the best. “To hell with the law, and normal procedures, and grieving process. Just eat a load of cheese before bed then write whatever you dreamt.”

😂😂

But... but... but... Yasmeen hasn't sold her house, she refused to sign anything, and Gary isn't selling the factory so Nick doesn't need a new factory, and why haven't the residents taken legal action because they were tricked into selling under false pretenses and, actually no, i don't care.

@Deadringer

But... but... but... Yasmeen hasn't sold her house, she refused to sign anything, and Gary isn't selling the factory so Nick doesn't need a new factory, and why haven't the residents taken legal action because they were tricked into selling under false pretenses and, actually no, i don't care.

I was confused about Nick having to look for new premises, but I didn't know if I'd missed something

I thought there was a concerted effort to add more comedy tonight.

Did anyone else think it sounded like Nina was addressing Evelyn as ‘Evil Lyn’, like the villainess from He-Man?

@Roussette

AS IF.

If you've bribed the local planning officer, you'd hardly parade her round in a restaurant that night.

And having been in planning meetings before I can tell you, there are usually at least 4 officers there. Not one solitary woman who's on the make.

It might be even worse than that. I'm sure Ray called her 'Madam Chairperson' or similar, ie the Chair of the Planning Committee - who is an elected councillor, surrounded by other elected committee members and planning officers, in public, recorded and minuted, required to act lawfully, reasonably and in accordance with the local plan(s).

It's such a wrong, wrong story I can't even be arsed going into how and why any more. Will just say that planning corruption cannot be and is not done like this.

Exactly *ivwhole row of houses to build a whatever it is. And you aren't told there and then about any decision like this. It's a huge thing, not a five minute give-a-speech each and there's yer answer!

So unrealistic it's untrue!

Oh hell... I pressed a delete button. That doesn't make sense!

Just saying the planning meeting was Ridiculous and agreeing with Jamie

I'm in Ireland, planning corruption was massive here. Wads of cash in brown envelopes featured.
Can you nip over to Canada tomorrow, has Canada not got travel restrictions.

Yeah I've been to planning meetings in a professional capacity.
Corrie's was a joke!!

That footballer lad is so bloody handsome but dear God he can't act.

Eh ?
No wake because of COVID-19 but let’s nip on a plane to Canada because they fancy a change
Why didn’t he just ask Evelyn to bunk up with him ? Much more realistic
I think they should make a coronation street cock ups bingo board game

They’re not taking ML out of the show are they? Or perhaps ML has seen the light and wants out.

Presumably they rotate actors so have to explain absence, Tyrone can only yell up the stairs to nana a few times before we realise she isn't there.
Adam has recovered well from his trophy to the head whack. He can save the community from Rotten Ray and Dasterdly Debbie.

Did anyone else wonder why they made a point of referencing Deirdre last night? I looked it up and it’s the fifth anniversary of Anne Kirkbride’s death in a couple of weeks - early tribute maybe?

Goodness, how I miss Anne Kirkbride's Deidre.

What would Deidre do?

That made me smile.

I was on a thread here the night she died, and everyone was saying how she'd had to take time off, and wondered when she'd be coming back. Then someone saw elsewhere that she had passed away, and everyone was stunned. A great character - and by all accounts - a great person.

Because, Sally, a fishcake (no matter how posh it might be) is absolutely no substitute for a lovely piece of battered cod!

That's why he's going to the chipshop

Anybody thinking what I'm thinking?

Ditsy barmaid learns foreign language.

Now where have we seen that before, I wonder? 🤔😁

(For the benefit of younger readers, Ken Barlow tried to teach Raquel to speak French back in the 1990s!)

She is very like Racquel character wise. I’ve always thought so.

Raquel to Ken,"Voulez-vous dormir avec moi ce soir?"

Ken: 😳

Goodness, how I miss Anne Kirkbride's Deidre

Me too. I miss 'OH DO SHUT UP MOTHER' to Blanche!!

I've probably mentioned it before but I did meet her and she was lovely, quite shy but with a very dirty laugh! We were all out for a meal with about 20, she was up the other end but my goodness that laugh carried down the table! My best friend's DH had a number of years of playing golf with her DH.