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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 · 12/08/2026 17:42

I find Molly quite annoying, and I can't articulate why...

I didn't used to find her annoying, but this past few months she's been grating on me.

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JewelleryCat · 12/08/2026 19:39

She was quite annoying in this episode with her seeming to shout Ty all the time. Nice wedding though

JenniferBooth · 13/08/2026 17:26

Steves been a complete bastard

JewelleryCat · 13/08/2026 18:41

@SabreIsMyFave Steve said the OA-Peadophile line in today’s episode just to let you know. Nothing was edited out

SabreIsMyFave · 14/08/2026 23:08

JewelleryCat · 13/08/2026 18:41

@SabreIsMyFave Steve said the OA-Peadophile line in today’s episode just to let you know. Nothing was edited out

Yes, I saw that! Grin I thought it was a few weeks back (when he found out,) I'm glad to see they didn't edit it out!

Also agree with pps that Steve is being a vile bastard to Michelle. Poor woman has been high maintenance but she didn't deserve this. He is so callous and devil may care. She has had her heart broken and her life upended.

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SabreIsMyFave · 14/08/2026 23:09

Also, isn't Tyrone's mum Jackie an absolute cow stealing the Paris tickets?

But..... wouldn't they have been in Tyrone and Molly's name?

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JewelleryCat · 15/08/2026 09:27

Maybe identification was different in 2009? Knowing Jackie, she’d probably have a fake passport saying she was Molly and just say she was on her own

x2boys · 19/08/2026 01:41

Poor sophie
Sally and kev should be utterly ashamed of themselves shes had to invent a pregnany to finally get noticed.

thenightsky · 19/08/2026 10:52

Sophie used to be a really good character.

JewelleryCat · 19/08/2026 12:05

And now Sian is in it. I do feel sorry for Maria, she’s grieving and pregnant and we all know Tony got someone to do it but the way she’s going about it isn’t right because no one is believing her. Even the police don’t

I know Tony did put Jed in the hamper but then didn’t he whimper and was alive so Tony put him in a van?

thenightsky · 19/08/2026 12:18

I know Tony did put Jed in the hamper but then didn’t he whimper and was alive so Tony put him in a van?

Yes, Tony told Jed he'd give him a nice new flat miles away, but then we saw him tied up in the back of the van. Later we saw Tony scrubbing out the back of the van.

thenightsky · 19/08/2026 12:19

And I don't understand why Audrey is so unbelieving of Maria after she herself was called a liar and a mad woman when she thought Richard Hillman was going to kill her. Only Archie Shuttleworth believed her.

JewelleryCat · 19/08/2026 12:45

I forgot Tony scrubbed out the back of the van. Maybe he got his lackey to kill Jed in the van then, we shall see

Housewife2010 · 19/08/2026 16:53

Stephanie Beacham has arrived. I always thought that she was a much better fit for literary Ken than Dreary Deirdre of the stuffed marrow.

justthecat · 19/08/2026 20:21

Yes but Ken was no Mike Baldwin was he

ForAmberPoster · 20/08/2026 09:49

Is Ken in the kimono from this era or has it already happened?

thenightsky · 20/08/2026 11:08

ForAmberPoster · 20/08/2026 09:49

Is Ken in the kimono from this era or has it already happened?

I think we might be coming up to this part very soon.

justthecat · 20/08/2026 13:05

🙈

SabreIsMyFave · 21/08/2026 13:51

Nice to see Stephanie Beacham in it now. I also agree that she and Ken are a much better fit, than Deidre and Ken.

Also feel for Maria, but I do think she's not helping herself with her ranting. She's making herself look unhinged. I am also a bit disappointed though in her friends not believing her, like Audrey and Fizz.

But Carla has seen Jed's neck now, where Tony tried to strangle him to death. And Tony did mean for him to die because he thought he was already dead as he put his body in his car boot and was about to dump his 'body.'

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FlibbertyGibbitt · 21/08/2026 19:18

Bloody Ken. I thought he was a nice fella until he forgot a) picking his grandson up and b) he’s already got a wife while he’s sniffing round Martha and her homemade (probs Convent Garden) soup !

thecatdidit · 21/08/2026 19:45

Bloody Ken has always behaved like a tom cat around any woman who shows an interest. I don't know how he attracts the ladies 😂

SabreIsMyFave · 21/08/2026 20:01

FlibbertyGibbitt · 21/08/2026 19:18

Bloody Ken. I thought he was a nice fella until he forgot a) picking his grandson up and b) he’s already got a wife while he’s sniffing round Martha and her homemade (probs Convent Garden) soup !

You can see where Peter gets it from! 😬

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SabreIsMyFave · 21/08/2026 20:03

thecatdidit · 21/08/2026 19:45

Bloody Ken has always behaved like a tom cat around any woman who shows an interest. I don't know how he attracts the ladies 😂

He doesn't half get them too! And they're pretty much all attractive, and posh - except Deidre! She's attractive, but definitely not posh! 😆

They're attracted to his smooth talking! I mean he's not bad looking to be fair, but no better than lots of men.

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WheresThatCatGoneNow · 21/08/2026 22:51

I was absolutely horrified that Eccles was made to go into that sub-zero freezing cold canal 😲

There were sheets of ice floating on it!

It's a wonder the poor dog didn't have heart failure from the shock and/or develop hypothermia.

Doy · 21/08/2026 23:08

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 21/08/2026 22:51

I was absolutely horrified that Eccles was made to go into that sub-zero freezing cold canal 😲

There were sheets of ice floating on it!

It's a wonder the poor dog didn't have heart failure from the shock and/or develop hypothermia.

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Strange how Eccles came out dry, did they use a stunt border terrier do we think?