Help end medical misogyny. Sign our petition.

Help end medical misogyny.
Sign our petition.

Sign the petition

Please or to access all these features

Telly addicts

CLASSIC CORRIE THREAD. Now in March 2008.

410 replies

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

OP posts:
JewelleryCat · 03/07/2026 17:37

Simon was cute when he was younger

justthecat · 03/07/2026 18:53

Yh Simon was cute but he was very annoying later in life!

Fransgran · 05/07/2026 13:41

Chesney likewise

justthecat · 05/07/2026 15:25

Very true 😂

thecatdidit · 05/07/2026 18:55

Has anyone explained why Simon is apparently of dual heritage yet both his bio parents are white? No offence intended , I'm not sure if my wording is correct.

SabreIsMyFave · 05/07/2026 21:03

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?

Edited

Ooooh, that has made me wonder what happened to the man's cat (who Tony gave a heart attack to!) he said 'you're on your own now!' (to the cat) when the man was carted off by paramedics. That broke my heart for a second! 😢

.

OP posts:
thenightsky · 05/07/2026 22:15

thecatdidit · 05/07/2026 18:55

Has anyone explained why Simon is apparently of dual heritage yet both his bio parents are white? No offence intended , I'm not sure if my wording is correct.

I think this has been mentioned quite often on the regular Corrie thread over the years. If I was Peter I'd be doing a DNA test, but Corrie is Corrie.

JenniferBooth · 06/07/2026 17:17

Did Stape really think he could keep her there forever. I often wonder what goes through the mind of people like this

SabreIsMyFave · 06/07/2026 17:21

JenniferBooth · 06/07/2026 17:17

Did Stape really think he could keep her there forever. I often wonder what goes through the mind of people like this

I know right. Unless he kills her, how is he going to get out of this?!

OP posts:
SabreIsMyFave · 06/07/2026 17:34

thenightsky · 05/07/2026 22:15

I think this has been mentioned quite often on the regular Corrie thread over the years. If I was Peter I'd be doing a DNA test, but Corrie is Corrie.

Yes I agree. @thecatdidit it has been noticed/mentioned before that Simon looks very little like Peter and Lucy (the florist,) and did indeed look like someone of mixed heritage. And yeah, I do find it baffling that the men on Corrie just wilfully accept/believe that a baby/child is his usually with zero evidence!

Nick with Sam.

Peter with Simon.

Steve with Oliver.

Imran with Frankie.

Did Kit have one to prove Brodie was his?

There are probably more......

OP posts:
ForAmberPoster · 06/07/2026 21:33

Did anyone mention why Michelle’s bio son (the one without the family jet black hair) wasn’t at uncle Liam’s funeral or see his grandparents before they flew back to Ireland?

CorporaINobbyNobbs · 07/07/2026 11:13

SabreIsMyFave · 05/07/2026 21:03

Ooooh, that has made me wonder what happened to the man's cat (who Tony gave a heart attack to!) he said 'you're on your own now!' (to the cat) when the man was carted off by paramedics. That broke my heart for a second! 😢

.

Edited

I think that is explained at some
point! Jed’s cat (happy ending).

what happened to Tracey’s cat also? Remember she had a little black and white one when she lived in the flat with Steve and Amy and Liz?

CorporaINobbyNobbs · 07/07/2026 11:19

And where is Steve’s dog gone??

x2boys · 07/07/2026 11:54

CorporaINobbyNobbs · 07/07/2026 11:13

I think that is explained at some
point! Jed’s cat (happy ending).

what happened to Tracey’s cat also? Remember she had a little black and white one when she lived in the flat with Steve and Amy and Liz?

Living monica and Shmichael.?

CorporaINobbyNobbs · 07/07/2026 12:13

Well we know they died 😢 along with Ozzy and Eccles

Flowertrees · 07/07/2026 20:01

ForAmberPoster · 06/07/2026 21:33

Did anyone mention why Michelle’s bio son (the one without the family jet black hair) wasn’t at uncle Liam’s funeral or see his grandparents before they flew back to Ireland?

Alex disappeared as quickly as he appeared, was a stupid storyline and was dealt with stupidly. He comes back in a few years though.
Michelle seems to be getting over Liam pretty quickly. Not that I’m judging a bereavement, but Maria and Carla are a complete mess and Michelle is planning gigs. Bad writing I think. Michelle has lost a husband and two brothers so she’d be all over the place in real life. I did think it was a bit weird how Liam’s parents were laughing and singing in the pub also

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 08/07/2026 08:32

What were the elderly couple in the back of John's taxi doing all that time he was in Grandma's house explaining everything to Fiz?

I'm sure he told them that he'd take them to the restaurant after he'd dealt with an 'emergency' at his Gran's 🤔

Surely they weren't sitting outside in the car the whole time - I kept expecting one or both of them to appear at the door in search of John.

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 08/07/2026 22:11

Why do Corrie men always go in with their fists when they're upset about something?

Surely, talking it out, and resolving matters in a much more peaceable way would be far better.

I'm getting heartily sick of fast-forwarding past fights on the cobbles.

justthecat · 13/07/2026 17:05

Oh god, the Windasses !

Middlemarch123 · 13/07/2026 17:31

Oh bloody hell, look what the Wind ‘ass blown in…

thenightsky · 13/07/2026 17:34

When did Tara and Dev make up? I must have missed some episodes because he'd finished with her at the request of her father last time I saw a scene with them in.

SabreIsMyFave · 13/07/2026 22:16

Flowertrees · 07/07/2026 20:01

Alex disappeared as quickly as he appeared, was a stupid storyline and was dealt with stupidly. He comes back in a few years though.
Michelle seems to be getting over Liam pretty quickly. Not that I’m judging a bereavement, but Maria and Carla are a complete mess and Michelle is planning gigs. Bad writing I think. Michelle has lost a husband and two brothers so she’d be all over the place in real life. I did think it was a bit weird how Liam’s parents were laughing and singing in the pub also

I thought this too. I know a funeral is meant to be a celebration of a person's life, but if your son was taken tragically in his early 30s, how the hell could you join in with a sing song at the wake?!

Also agree that the Michelle baby swap storyline was shite. I remember people saying this at the time (on the ITV forums and Digital Spy) and that Corrie was going downhill. In 2008. So yeah, as a few posters have said (on here) before, I think this 2007-2008 era (when the Connors came into it,) is where the decline started.

OP posts:
SabreIsMyFave · 13/07/2026 22:18

thenightsky · 13/07/2026 17:34

When did Tara and Dev make up? I must have missed some episodes because he'd finished with her at the request of her father last time I saw a scene with them in.

Yes, that baffled me too. I thought I had missed an episode or two, because Tara had gone off - all upset and angry when Dev went cold on her, and that's the last I saw of her. When did they make up? Confused

Him saying 'I love her' made me a bit 🙄 He's only known her about 3 weeks, and seen her maybe 3 times?!

OP posts:
SabreIsMyFave · 13/07/2026 22:22

@WheresThatCatGoneNow · 08/07/2026 08:32

What were the elderly couple in the back of John's taxi doing all that time he was in Grandma's house explaining everything to Fiz?
I'm sure he told them that he'd take them to the restaurant after he'd dealt with an 'emergency' at his Gran's 🤔
Surely they weren't sitting outside in the car the whole time - I kept expecting one or both of them to appear at the door in search of John.

LOL I wondered that too. I wonder if they're still there, outside waiting? 😂

@WheresThatCatGoneNow · 08/07/2026 22:11

Why do Corrie men always go in with their fists when they're upset about something?
Surely, talking it out, and resolving matters in a much more peaceable way would be far better.
I'm getting heartily sick of fast-forwarding past fights on the cobbles.

I know right. I don't see this in real life. The occasional spat between 3 or 4 pissed up blokes after spilling out of the pub, (maybe 3-5 times a year,) but not like in Corrie, where the men just shout and fight in broad daylight, -sober. Kevin is the worst!

OP posts:
SabreIsMyFave · 13/07/2026 22:23

Middlemarch123 · 13/07/2026 17:31

Oh bloody hell, look what the Wind ‘ass blown in…

😂

OP posts: