CLASSIC CORRIE THREAD. Now in March 2008.

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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?!

i can’t remember when we last had a canal with lumps of ice floating in it, looked really strange watching those scenes with a frozen footpath!

I don't know, but whether it was or not, they shouldn't have made ANY dog go in that freezing cold water.

I don’t know what the filming schedule was then but nowadays, isn’t it filmed 6 weeks in advance or a bit longer so it might have been summer/autumn but looks like winter

Hes such a lady killer
He takes his glasses off chews one end of them whilst looking thoughtful
And he women falling at his feet 🤔

I thought that the Stephanie Beacham storyline was terrific at the time and I’m enjoying it again.

Obviously the character is beautiful and intelligent, but that aside I completely understand why Ken was attracted to this relaxed, calm home environment when his home life was so noisy and tiring. It really rang true. I understand why he let her believe he was a widower too, very deceitful, but credible.

The writers needed to be careful with new characters after the Mortons and the Masons didn’t work out, and they got this one right I think.

Bringing back Jed Stone was inspired, too.

And Mary is very good, reminds me a little of Maureen, a bit of a nervous type with the controlling mother.

Vicky looked heavily pregnant when she took the call about her mum being ill and having to go home. It’s very fertile on Coronation street!

She was apparently
Its a shame they didnt do more with her character .

I don’t think Eccles was actually in the canal, I thought it was noticeable that they zoomed in very close when ?he/she was in the water so assumed it was filmed inside somewhere else (warm)

I didn't notice that Wiki was heavily pregnant but Carla and Leanne are looking fit to deliver very soon.

Also I'm an avid Brookside viewer and was watching today and wondered if Justine Kerrigan (Tracy Corkhill) was pregnant at the time of filming. But I've made a mistake of googling something in the past and seeing a massive spoiler so I'm loathe to look it up!

I didn't know the actress who plays Wiki was pregnant! So that is why she's left now. Wonder if she will be back?

Carla and Leanne will go soon as they're both heavily pregnant. Obviously they come back!

Re Ken and the snow and ice, the scenes at the frosty canal were very likely real ice, as they would have been filmed mid December 2008. (They are on early February 2009 now and they film 6-7 weeks or so in advance.)

Poor Janice wanting to be a nurse, but it's a long shot for her. Would be nice to see her do well for herself.

Yes she would probably be better off aiming for a health care assistant role
And theres nothing wrong with that they are the back bone of the NHS
Its still a very rewarding role.

Totally agree!

Not sure I’d want Janice Battersby to be my carer 😐

Probably drop cigarette ash over you as she was putting you to bed! 😬

Why does everyone turn to ken when they need help education wise ? I know he was a teacher but i think he taught English
He didnt teach every subject under the sun
Janice would be better off doing an access course at college .

Agree @x2boys Janice needs 5 GCSEs, no way would Ken be able to teach her everything she needs to know. He's an educated man and quite intelligent, but as you say, like with many teachers, he specialises in 1 main subject. Some teachers will teach 2, (like Geography and PE, or English and Music,) and occasionally you will get a few that teach 3, (like French, Drama and Art,) but not that often. And Ken only ever did English I think.

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Tony Gordon's secret is out now then. Carla knows he killed Liam... I wonder where Carla has gone. She's due to leave to have a baby in real life soon. I wonder if she's gone for a few months now then?

Will Carla tell Maria she was right? I think that is the least she can do

Countdown to Kimono Ken!

Ah yes, the kimono has made its appearance on set! I'd forgotten it arrived as a gift from a potential love interest.

This Tony/Carla/Liam saga has gone on far too long now, I’m bored senseless with it.
I do think this a Corrie flaw, they don’t know how to finish a storyline. The David/neighbours rumble has also gone on too long.
Where is Ashley’s wife? She hasn’t been seen for ages.

Our Clur had a baby IRL
They have been staying with Clurs mum whilst.their house was rewired
Ashley occasionally pops up in the rovers but Clur is presumabley busy with Josh and Freddie untill her maternity leave ends .

I'm flouncing off my lovely ladies. I've been lurking and contributing now and then under numerous usernames for many years.

I've been watching CC since 2017ish the 1991 episodes of the show and I've reached my limit. I'm 35 episodes behind and just don't have it in me to catch up.

Thank you all for your very witty commentary while I've been watching, some of your zingers (especially of late) have me laugh harder than the show has.

Bye bye @PlattyCat Bon Voyage. 😘