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Telly addicts

CLASSIC CORRIE THREAD. Now in March 2008.

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SabreIsMyFave · 04/03/2026 19:53

Wow soooo much has happened since the last thread was started - almost a year ago... We were in June 2006, and now we're in March 2008.

Keith was still in the street then, (who was dating Audrey,) and had just been booted out of his house by Charlie Stubbs. Now Charlie is dead after being killed by TracyLuv who is in prison now, and is never seen!

Les Battersby left in 2007 after going to work as a roadie with a band.

Ronnie was in it (Steve's girlfriend at the time) and was trying to set Steve up for a hit and run she had done. And Lloyd had just joined. Streetcars.

Mike Baldwin had just died. (Early 2006.)

Leanne Battersby and Mike's son Danny Baldwin were still together (after he left his wife Frankie for Leanne.). And in late 2006 Danny's son Jamie Baldwin (who was dating barmaid Violet Wilson) started having an affair with Danny's ex - wife Frankie... (His stepmum!) Obviously Violet finished with him.

Now Jamie has just left the street with Violet, (after they made it up,) with a baby she has had with Sean Tully. (Sean and Violet were platonic friends.) Sean is distraught that they have left, and he doesn't know where they've gone.

Janice and Cilla were at each others throats, but now Cilla has gone - to live in Las Vegas, leaving poor Chesney with Kirk and Fiz.

Amber had just arrived back then - Dev's daughter, and now she's part of the furniture!

Ashley was fighting for the right to keep Joshua after his bio dad Matt said he wants him. They had a court order for Matt to have access, but Matt has hardly been seen since!

Poor old Fred Elliot has died! (October 2006.) He was just about to marry Shelley's mum Bev too. Ashley's butcher shop is starting to have problems. (Financially.) Bev and Shelley are no longer on the street.

And now we have Tina McIntrye who only came into Corrie a few weeks ago, and is with David Platt, and currently pregnant by him!

The Mortons joined not long ago, and have the kebab shop, and new owners of the bookies have surfaced. Father and son. (Harry and Dan.) Both currently sort of dating Kelly Crabtree and her long legs! But Dan is starting to have eyes for Leanne.

Jason and Sarah got married in late 2007, but it didn't last long, after Jason saw Sarah as spoilt and selfish, and uncaring (after her brother David ran his car into the canal and she only cared about her wedding.) David was offered a job with his uncle Stephen (In Milan,) and Sarah tricked Stephen into thinking David was a drug addict, and she had the job instead! (David had had some drugs a little while back that Bethany had accidently eaten, so Stephen believed Sarah.) Jason and Sarah have now split and Sarah is now living in Milan with uncle Stephen, and she's taken Bethany with her!

Vera Duckworth died very suddenly just a few weeks ago, leaving Jack devastated. His grandson Paul - and Molly and Tyrone have been consoling him. Although Paul did just steal £3000 off Jack via a betting slip that Jack had lost and Paul found. So he takes after his father - Terry!

Big Jim McDonald came back after trying to stop Elizabeth (his ex wife Liz) from marrying Vernon. The slightly-annoying-and-ever-so-bonkers-but-still-nice-and-stable musician she has been dating for a while (on and off!) They were dating for a while, then Liz had an affair with Derek - Newton and Ridley delivery man! That was quite short lived and Vernon forgave her and Liz and Vernon got married in December 2007.

Rosie Webster has had a fling with her teacher, John Stape - who was dating Fiz! That caused a big furore, as Kevin hit John, and then went to jail for 2 weeks for it.

Roy Cropper just got back from Mozambique where he has been visiting his wife Hayley who is a volunteer out there.

Maria is pregnant by Liam Connor, and Liam's sister in law Carla is jealous and has tried to come between them. Liam got hurt on a recent trip to the Lake District with Maria, and called out Carla's name when he was drifting in and out oof conciousness! Despite this Maria still agreed to marry Liam!

Oh, and Leanne is getting bored running her restaurant! And Chesney is starting to really struggle at home with no mother or father there.

Probably much more that I have missed out.

Wonder where we'll all be at when this thread ends?! Grin

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SabreIsMyFave · 25/06/2026 13:14

OnTheBoardwalk · 24/06/2026 18:41

I wasn’t watching at this time but I didn’t realise the Carla/Liam was a thing that went on so long. I thought it was just a one night stand

I can't even remember them as an item at all! And I WAS watching it at the time! (Obviously not very well 😆) I don't remember Liam's cousin either, who he has that business Ladz Ragz with (or whatever it's called!)

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thecatdidit · 25/06/2026 14:04

@SabreIsMyFave same here, I don't remember them being an item.

JewelleryCat · 25/06/2026 14:46

Why all this rigmarole? Liam knew he wanted to be with Carla but married Maria instead when she knew something was going on and now, Liam is ruining the relationship between Carla and Tony

CorporaINobbyNobbs · 25/06/2026 16:08

It is so frustrating to watch! Even more so second time round. And the ending is grim.

thenightsky · 25/06/2026 17:19

Did the police really put so much effort into dealing with a few broken windows back in the 2000s?

JenniferBooth · 25/06/2026 17:20

I remember the copper thats harassing Becky

JenniferBooth · 26/06/2026 16:34

Dont see the appeal of Liam Always looks like he needs a good wash

Fransgran · 26/06/2026 16:54

I am a very peaceable, easy-going person but there's something about that Teresa that makes me want to slap her. Hard. Carla was such a horrible character back then that my aversion to her continues to this day but my fingers don't itch the way they do when Teresa appears

justthecat · 26/06/2026 17:01

Darts !! It’s not even a bank holiday!

JewelleryCat · 26/06/2026 17:35

Yes, I wasn’t happy with darts either. I’ve been liking the repeats of Heartbeat after Classic so was peeved it wasn’t on. First the football ruins a soap schedule and now darts

JewelleryCat · 29/06/2026 17:39

Poor Maria

justthecat · 29/06/2026 20:18

Poor Maria that doesn’t know half of it!
I always thought Liam was stabbed in the alley but obviously not

SabreIsMyFave · 29/06/2026 21:37

Ooooh, so that's Liam gone then! And yes I feel sorry for Maria, she doesn't deserve all the shit that Liam and Carla have put her through. All she has done is love Liam and be there for him, yet he and Carla have been piss-arsing around like a couple of teenagers, upsetting Maria and messing with her mind. And now Liam is gone and Maria is left alone with the (unborn) baby, and Carla is stuck with Tony who she only ever stayed with to stop him cancelling a big order she wanted for the factreh IIRC.

What a mess!

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Fransgran · 30/06/2026 11:39

Tony's jeering speech to the dying or dead Liam was chilling. "Roadkill!" The actor plays the villain very effectively and makes poor Maria's vapours seem a bit pathetic for all the wrong reasons. Tony and Carla deserve their spot together in the 9th Circle of Hell.

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 30/06/2026 11:53

Just had a thought.
What happened to Maxine's cat, Bella, after Maxine was murdered?

That cat has never been mentioned ever since then.

I don't think Ashley and Claire still have her.

?? 🤔

And, if they've recently been so strapped for money, how come they've suddenly got a brand new 2008 Citroen Picasso?

??🤔

We have to suspend belief sometimes, don't we?

FlibbertyGibbitt · 30/06/2026 11:55

And what about that old boy’s cat who Tony chucked out onto the street when he was evicting him ?

JewelleryCat · 30/06/2026 11:55

Maxine had a cat? I don’t remember the cat but then again, Josh never goes and sees Grandma Doreen either. You’d think Ashley would want to keep up that relationship

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 30/06/2026 11:58

Yes, Maxine had a cat.

A big fluffy white one.

If I remember correctly 😽 I could be wrong, perhaps she was a tabby 🤔

thecatdidit · 30/06/2026 15:41

@WheresThatCatGoneNow definitely was a big fluffy one, white or cream colour.

JewelleryCat · 30/06/2026 17:29

Does Liam even see his grandparents? I don’t think it’s long until more Connors come in is it?

JewelleryCat · 30/06/2026 19:19

I’ve just seen in the DM that the actor who played Ted has died

ForAmberPoster · 30/06/2026 19:24

The John actor is very skilled and highlights those who aren’t ie Kirk, Maria, Michelle

x2boys · 01/07/2026 13:43

ForAmberPoster · 30/06/2026 19:24

The John actor is very skilled and highlights those who aren’t ie Kirk, Maria, Michelle

Corrie did do serial killers well
Both Richard Hillman and John Stape were quite likeable apart frim their psychopathic tendancies
I always felt neither of them intended that path but circumstances led thrm there .

thenightsky · 02/07/2026 18:36

Corrie did do serial killers well

And proper funerals. I'm just watching Liam's on classic now. Proper hearse and black mourners limos. Proper church and loads of people attending.

Flowertrees · 02/07/2026 19:30

thenightsky · 02/07/2026 18:36

Corrie did do serial killers well

And proper funerals. I'm just watching Liam's on classic now. Proper hearse and black mourners limos. Proper church and loads of people attending.

Edited

I was just going to say I was surprised at how few people were at his funeral! A man of his age, the church should have been packed, and not just with the factory workers who’ve known him for a couple of years