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CLASSIC CORRIE THREAD. Now in June 2006.

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SabreIsMyFave · 26/03/2025 13:51

Well here we are, a new thread a full year (almost) after the last one. Almost 2 years have passed (in Classic Corrie) since the start of the last thread (we were at September 2004, and it's now June 2006.)

So we have Keith still in it, about to be booted out of his house, after trying to get one over on Charlie Stubbs, who bought the house Keith is living in and gave him notice to move out. (And Keith and Audrey are finished now.)

Steve's girlfriend Ronnie appears to trying to set Steve up for the hit and run that she did in a Streetcars taxi.

Lloyd - Steve's new Streetcars partner has been dating Kelly Crabtree, who has recently been set up for a theft she didn't do by street newcomer Becky. In a drunken stupor, Kelly slept with Steve!

Janice is back (much to Cilla's disgust!)

Leanne and Danny have just got engaged. (Though Danny clearly is still in love with his ex wife Frankie...) Frankie has gone off to Spain leaving Nathan (her new fella) moping around without her. Les adopting Chesney has recently been approved.

Dev's 'long lost' daughter Amber has just moved in with him in his flat. And Dev is making the house he bought for him and Sunita, nice, in the hope that she will return soon with the baby twins (Asha and Aadi.)

Poor Ashley is fighting in court to keep his own son, after the 'bio father' (Matt) turned up trying to make a claim on him FOUR years after his birth, and after FOUR years of having nothing to do with him, (he wants him now because his new wife can't have children!) Ashley's wife Claire is quite heavily pregnant.

Sean has just recently met his dad, who was very cold and had a very unwelcoming wife when he went to see him. His dad came to Coronation Street shortly after to see Sean, but bottled out very quickly and drove off before Sean could see him. Sean prays he comes back.

We still have Blanche in it, being her nosey intrusive self, and also the equally nosey and intrusive Norris. Rita got caught in Norris's wardrobe recently after he had brought a woman home who he'd met in a lonely hearts club. That only lasted 5 minutes though after Norris decided he is better off alone!

Not much going on with the Barlows at the moment, apart from Tracey using everyone she can to look after Amy so she doesn't have to! And Gail is resuming normality as much as possible, after discovering that her son David was the one sending greetings cards signed 'Richard Hillman' for the past few months. David's punishment is to work at Audrey's salon. (Must be how he started working with hair!'

Sarah and Jason are due to be married, and Sarah is super excited about it. Jason, not so much. Sally and Kevin finally accepted the relationship with their daughter Rosie and her boyfriend Craig (the goth.) After many MANY months of resistance, and Rosie becoming a goth too. Rosie and Craig have recently de-gothed themselves though!

Oh, and we recently lost long-standing character Mike Baldwin who died of a massive heart attack. (April 2006.) Sad

I'm sure I've missed bits out, but I think these are the main bits for now. Grin

Let's see where it's all at when this thread finishes!

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SabreIsMyFave · 03/09/2025 10:44

x2boys · 02/09/2025 22:40

I vaguely remember sinbad and his family( funny how we all call him sinbad🤣)
The baby holly storyline is ridiculous surely social services would have checked Holly/Chloe was actually being cared for like DNA tests?by family before allowing her to stay with the grimshaws,?
And now it's been established that holly/chloe isnt related to Eileen or jason on what grounds. Does Eileen think she can keep her?

Yep, LOL at how we all call him Sinbad! 😆

Also, I agree about the 'Holly' storyline. First of all, Jason Grimshaw should have got a DNA test. Just assuming Holly was his, and him and his mum Eileen getting attached to her is ridiculous. Imagine just accepting it that any given man is a father to a baby, and not finding out for sure before taking on said child?! 🙄

And as you said, it's farcical that 'Emma' (Holly's mother) has just waltzed back into the baby's life - after 4 months - and is demanding her back! And social services are saying 'well she is her mother Mrs Grimshaw!' Some mother! Just abandoning her baby on a random doorstep, without even checking it's the right place/the father's home.

I'm not saying The Grimshaws should get to keep her, I mean she isn't Jason's (apparently!) but the mother doesn't deserve to just have her back immediately.

I do actually think the whole 'Holly' storyline was pointless.

Changing the subject, I really do loathe Vernon, and will be glad when he's gone! I find him such an irritating and pointless character. And the way he keeps 'fake' drumming, with his fingers (or any random object nearby,) is making me want to throw something at the TV! 😠

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thecatdidit · 03/09/2025 14:38

I thought Liz was still married to Jim, who I believe is still in the big hoose (prison)
How can she accept a marriage proposal..and bloody hell Vernon gets right on my nerves, too.

JenniferBooth · 03/09/2025 15:39

Vernon gives me the right ick!

eggandonion · 03/09/2025 15:49

Poor stupid Vernon. Liz is going to bat her eyelashes at the other man. Jim will have a lot of sorting out do do so he will.

JenniferBooth · 03/09/2025 16:14

I remember this storyline with the accident at Carlas factory.
SPOILER for the younger posters..................

She gets away with it if i remember rightly

x2boys · 03/09/2025 16:24

thecatdidit · 03/09/2025 14:38

I thought Liz was still married to Jim, who I believe is still in the big hoose (prison)
How can she accept a marriage proposal..and bloody hell Vernon gets right on my nerves, too.

Didn't they get divorced agsin after he battered somone and got his sentence extended ?I'm sure Liz went to see him in the big Hoose to tell him it was all over so she did .

eggandonion · 03/09/2025 16:30

I remember the factory accident...but I thought it was the other Polish lady who died. I don't remember baby Holly or Liam and Jamie living together . Or Sean being ordinary and not flouncy.

x2boys · 03/09/2025 17:11

eggandonion · 03/09/2025 16:30

I remember the factory accident...but I thought it was the other Polish lady who died. I don't remember baby Holly or Liam and Jamie living together . Or Sean being ordinary and not flouncy.

Wiki?
I think she, s in it for a while .

SabreIsMyFave · 03/09/2025 18:06

thecatdidit · 03/09/2025 14:38

I thought Liz was still married to Jim, who I believe is still in the big hoose (prison)
How can she accept a marriage proposal..and bloody hell Vernon gets right on my nerves, too.

The big hoose! 😆 Yep, he's incarcerated, so he is! Grin

Glad I'm not the only one who can't abide Vernon! 😬

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thecatdidit · 03/09/2025 18:34

@x2boys I don't really know (as Mavis would've said 😂) whether Liz is still married to Jim.

Middlemarch123 · 03/09/2025 18:35

Ah, miss Jim, “Catch yerself on now, our Elizabeth!”

JewelleryCat · 03/09/2025 18:37

I can’t see what Liz sees in Vernon or why she agreed to marry him

eggandonion · 03/09/2025 19:05

Poor Vernon and his lovely hair. He is so silly.

SabreIsMyFave · 03/09/2025 19:31

Just watched today's episode. OMG, poor Kasia! Can't believe they just left her lying there... DEAD! 😱While they invented a tale to cover Carla's ass!!!

And now Salleh has walked into the factreh! 😳

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x2boys · 03/09/2025 19:46

SabreIsMyFave · 03/09/2025 19:31

Just watched today's episode. OMG, poor Kasia! Can't believe they just left her lying there... DEAD! 😱While they invented a tale to cover Carla's ass!!!

And now Salleh has walked into the factreh! 😳

I know! You would have least of locked the door!
Why is Salleh, not looking for Drama schools for Sawphie,?
When Rawsie was in the school play Salleh,though she was the next big Hollywood superstar but when Sawphie want ,s to be in the school play the best she can do is look for a bit of material
I get irrationally annoyed s
How differently she treats them .one going to a posh private school and the other going to weatherfield comp.

SabreIsMyFave · 03/09/2025 20:42

I know right. Rawsie defo gets better treatment than Sawphie, and she is soooo ungrateful too. I think Mr Stape may make an appearance soon! 😮 (Another couple of weeks I think!)

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Glammar · 03/09/2025 22:21

I'm so glad everyone else hates Vernon as much as me. He gets right on my tits, he gives me the ick!

HurdyGurdy19 · 04/09/2025 06:35

eggandonion · 03/09/2025 16:30

I remember the factory accident...but I thought it was the other Polish lady who died. I don't remember baby Holly or Liam and Jamie living together . Or Sean being ordinary and not flouncy.

Yes, I thought it was Wiki too.

I can't remember how she leaves eventually - does she also have an accident? I have a vague recollection of a fire at the factory, but we've already had that when Janice started one with a cigarette, so I don't think it can be.

Another Vernon-hater here 😂

Middlemarch123 · 04/09/2025 06:48

We call him Vermin not Vernon in our house!

TennisWithDeborah · 06/09/2025 07:20

Vernon is such a grifter. It’s a realistic storyline though. You see plenty of similar stuff on the Relationships board on here, where women are supporting useless articles financially AND doing most of the graft domestically. You just want to shout, “raise your bar!” Beverley C and Ian R play their characters so well.

x2boys · 06/09/2025 07:24

TennisWithDeborah · 06/09/2025 07:20

Vernon is such a grifter. It’s a realistic storyline though. You see plenty of similar stuff on the Relationships board on here, where women are supporting useless articles financially AND doing most of the graft domestically. You just want to shout, “raise your bar!” Beverley C and Ian R play their characters so well.

Yes I don't even know why Liz is with him she gets plenty of male attention she could do so much better.

NewGirlInTown · 07/09/2025 03:02

Tourist29 · 03/09/2025 06:56

I’m fast forwarding through most of the sinbad and grimshaw family stuff. Seem to have been bombed by the Conners and the Sinbads. Deidre/Ken and Liz keeping it afloat for me at the moment.

100% agree.
I detest that new chav family and fast forward through their every scene.
Anyone know how long they last, they are just revolting and how do they all fit in that house?
The Grimshaw baby saga is beyond ridiculous.
Is this the start of Corrie going downhill ? I thought I had a few years to go!

TennisWithDeborah · 07/09/2025 08:05

I fast forward the Sinbads too. I don’t know if it’s because I’m not enjoying them or because I know in retrospect that they were mostly axed quite quickly so I’m not getting invested pointlessly.

I feel a bit sorry for the actors. You think you’re maybe set for money/work for at least a decade and then for whatever reason your character is written out. It must be disappointing.

Luckily, the youngest girl went on to have a consistent career and she married the son of Henry Winkler (the Fonz). Not sure about the others.

x2boys · 07/09/2025 11:55

TennisWithDeborah · 07/09/2025 08:05

I fast forward the Sinbads too. I don’t know if it’s because I’m not enjoying them or because I know in retrospect that they were mostly axed quite quickly so I’m not getting invested pointlessly.

I feel a bit sorry for the actors. You think you’re maybe set for money/work for at least a decade and then for whatever reason your character is written out. It must be disappointing.

Luckily, the youngest girl went on to have a consistent career and she married the son of Henry Winkler (the Fonz). Not sure about the others.

The " Sinbads"🤣🤣
I think part of the problem is he's typecast as Sinbad and nobody can see him as anything but sinbad from Brookie.

x2boys · 07/09/2025 12:04

I have just read on a Facebook classic corrie group that Kayleigh was supposed to have the lesbian storyline but as she was written out they gave it to Sophie instead
And Mel was going to have an anorexia storyline.

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