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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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x2boys · 30/08/2026 12:36

SabreIsMyFave · 30/08/2026 12:23

Yeah, I would have chosen Jason. Solid, dependable, hard working young man, and he is very good looking. And yes, he adores Becky.. Steve's not awful looking, and is quite easy on the eye but he is a philanderer, and he is unreliable.... He was horrible to his first wife Vicky - though tbf he was very young, he cheated on Karen, then eventually just finished with her because she was high maintenance (which he knew when me married her,) and he was vile to Michelle. Treated like shit on his shoe.

AND he messed Becky about something awful too. He's one of these people who wants what they can't have, and then if they DO get it they grow bored with it quickly, like a child with a new toy.

Yes you have described Steve down to a tee
He gets bored in his relationships very quickly hence his many marrisges
I recently watched how Becky eventually leaves the street on you tube
And i wont give anything away but its very satisfying
Both Steve and Becky get what they deaerve...

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 30/08/2026 12:41

I'll probably get flamed for saying this, but I was cheering Steve on when he was being horrible to Michelle.

She was just so nasty and controlling.

Making him move out of the pub premises he owns was a step too far for me.

I'm so glad she's gone. I didn't like her.

x2boys · 30/08/2026 12:45

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 30/08/2026 12:41

I'll probably get flamed for saying this, but I was cheering Steve on when he was being horrible to Michelle.

She was just so nasty and controlling.

Making him move out of the pub premises he owns was a step too far for me.

I'm so glad she's gone. I didn't like her.

Yes i agree she was very controlling and i would have told her were to go if she tried to make me move out of the pub i owned!
But he could have just told her straight.

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 30/08/2026 13:01

x2boys · 30/08/2026 12:45

Yes i agree she was very controlling and i would have told her were to go if she tried to make me move out of the pub i owned!
But he could have just told her straight.

Yes, he could have.

I just wonder why Liz never said anything when Michelle kicked Steve out of his own pub!?

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 30/08/2026 13:48

I would have kicked Michelle and her sulky son out pronto. They were detestable 🤑

JewelleryCat · 31/08/2026 16:58

Surely all Tina has to do is say she’s being intimidated by her neighbours into changing her statement

JenniferBooth · 31/08/2026 17:15

I remember Beckys huge pink wedding dress.

If i remember rightly My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding was running on Channel 4 at the time. Im guessing thats where the idea came from

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 31/08/2026 17:25

I just love how Katherine Kelly is playing Becky!

Totally manic sometimes, but really vulnerable and just wanting to someone to love and look after her.

Her one-liners are so funny!

It's just so realistic when she stands outside the café having a cigarette break.

I'm so glad she's got Roy and Hayley to look after her.

Flowertrees · 31/08/2026 20:12

Can’t believe Carla knows that Tony is a murderer but has just buggered off without telling anyone, esp police! Maria could well be in danger for all she knows

SabreIsMyFave · 31/08/2026 21:58

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 31/08/2026 17:25

I just love how Katherine Kelly is playing Becky!

Totally manic sometimes, but really vulnerable and just wanting to someone to love and look after her.

Her one-liners are so funny!

It's just so realistic when she stands outside the café having a cigarette break.

I'm so glad she's got Roy and Hayley to look after her.

Agree 100%. KK is a brilliant actress, and Becky is such a good character. She's a gobshite and a bit of a nightmare, but she's got such a big heart, and a good sense of humour, and her friendship with Roy and Hayley is lovely.

I am LOLing at her moving in with Steve though. Straight away he's got her living with him, (was it necessary for her to move in so quickly?) and working full time behind the bar, (probably for minimum pay with her rent and board and lodgings taken out of her wages.) Then he will have her looking after Amy next. She's just a new Michelle IMO. Someone to man the bar, do stuff for Steve/cook dinner, and look after Amy. If I'd been her, and Steve had suggested I move in, I'd have been like 'errrrm I'm OK where I am right now....' Like hell would I have moved in.

He's got her right where he wants her now. As was said on a thread earlier on, most men who are older - usually 50+ but sometimes younger - when they break up with a woman, they are on the hunt for another woman pretty damn quick, to be his maid, and servant, and cook, and look after his children. (And then eventually look after him.) Genuine true love is rarely the motive for a man trying to get a woman into his life when he is older. Many of them are looking for a maid, a cook, and a carer.

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WheresThatCatGoneNow · 01/09/2026 01:25

SabreIsMyFave · 31/08/2026 21:58

Agree 100%. KK is a brilliant actress, and Becky is such a good character. She's a gobshite and a bit of a nightmare, but she's got such a big heart, and a good sense of humour, and her friendship with Roy and Hayley is lovely.

I am LOLing at her moving in with Steve though. Straight away he's got her living with him, (was it necessary for her to move in so quickly?) and working full time behind the bar, (probably for minimum pay with her rent and board and lodgings taken out of her wages.) Then he will have her looking after Amy next. She's just a new Michelle IMO. Someone to man the bar, do stuff for Steve/cook dinner, and look after Amy. If I'd been her, and Steve had suggested I move in, I'd have been like 'errrrm I'm OK where I am right now....' Like hell would I have moved in.

He's got her right where he wants her now. As was said on a thread earlier on, most men who are older - usually 50+ but sometimes younger - when they break up with a woman, they are on the hunt for another woman pretty damn quick, to be his maid, and servant, and cook, and look after his children. (And then eventually look after him.) Genuine true love is rarely the motive for a man trying to get a woman into his life when he is older. Many of them are looking for a maid, a cook, and a carer.

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Ooh, that's a deep analysis, Sabre.

I think Steve is a decent man deep down.

He just wants someone to love and be loved by (as we all do, don't we?)

Michelle was totally wrong for him, but Becky just seems very right.

Katherine Kelly is a brilliant actress.

Becky tries to come across as so tough, wisecracking and devil may care, but you can just see how brittle and so vulnerable she is behind that facade, can't you?

JewelleryCat · 01/09/2026 17:10

Luke has a nice voice. I think whoever plays him has done voiceovers

FlibbertyGibbitt · 01/09/2026 17:58

Just watched Classic Corrie then switched to The Professionals ( was always keen on Lewis Collins ) anyhoo a youngish Fred Elliott is in it !

JenniferBooth · 01/09/2026 19:53

FlibbertyGibbitt · 01/09/2026 17:58

Just watched Classic Corrie then switched to The Professionals ( was always keen on Lewis Collins ) anyhoo a youngish Fred Elliott is in it !

Have you seen the Jack The Ripper drama Lewis Collins did with Michael Caine. LC looked great and was very good in it It was originally broadcast in the autumn of 1988 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the murders.
I watched the original broadcast when i was fifteen Talking Pictures TV has shown it a few times.

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 02/09/2026 03:28

Oh cripes!

Michelle's back ☹️

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 02/09/2026 09:19

I've always liked Craig Kelly (Luke) from way back when I first saw him in Queer as Folk.

The effect he's having on Tony is really fun to watch!

Tony is absolutely seething, isn't he?

justthecat · 02/09/2026 09:24

Yes I like this new Luke character he’s got Tony rattled

FlibbertyGibbitt · 02/09/2026 09:39

JenniferBooth · 01/09/2026 19:53

Have you seen the Jack The Ripper drama Lewis Collins did with Michael Caine. LC looked great and was very good in it It was originally broadcast in the autumn of 1988 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the murders.
I watched the original broadcast when i was fifteen Talking Pictures TV has shown it a few times.

I’ll have a look for it. Lewis Collins was my crush as a teenager. Taken too soon bless him ☹️

JewelleryCat · 02/09/2026 09:48

@WheresThatCatGoneNow I knew I recognised the voice! He voices Rich House Poor House

x2boys · 02/09/2026 09:55

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 02/09/2026 09:19

I've always liked Craig Kelly (Luke) from way back when I first saw him in Queer as Folk.

The effect he's having on Tony is really fun to watch!

Tony is absolutely seething, isn't he?

Yes i remember him in Queer as folk!
Hes a good actor.

ForAmberPoster · 02/09/2026 14:18

I have no recollection of Luke but must have been watching at this time because Kimino Ken has made an appearance. What on earth was Liz wearing at the dinner party?

SabreIsMyFave · 02/09/2026 15:42

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 01/09/2026 01:25

Ooh, that's a deep analysis, Sabre.

I think Steve is a decent man deep down.

He just wants someone to love and be loved by (as we all do, don't we?)

Michelle was totally wrong for him, but Becky just seems very right.

Katherine Kelly is a brilliant actress.

Becky tries to come across as so tough, wisecracking and devil may care, but you can just see how brittle and so vulnerable she is behind that facade, can't you?

Oh I agree about Becky and I don't dislike her, as I said, she has a good heart and is a decent person deep down. and I said KK is a good actress. I just feel that Steve is one of these men who can't be without a woman, falls in and out of love too easily and I just feel like Becky is just a replacement for Michelle, and is going to be a bit of a skivvy. He's already got her working full time at the pub, and she will be looking after Amy next. Steve isn't a bad man, but I don't think he treats women very well.

JMO.

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SabreIsMyFave · 02/09/2026 15:43

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 02/09/2026 03:28

Oh cripes!

Michelle's back ☹️

Yeah, I was hoping we'd seen the last of her. 😆

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SabreIsMyFave · 02/09/2026 15:45

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 02/09/2026 09:19

I've always liked Craig Kelly (Luke) from way back when I first saw him in Queer as Folk.

The effect he's having on Tony is really fun to watch!

Tony is absolutely seething, isn't he?

Agree! Luke is quite easy on the eye too.

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WheresThatCatGoneNow · 02/09/2026 17:07

SabreIsMyFave · 02/09/2026 15:43

Yeah, I was hoping we'd seen the last of her. 😆

So was I.

Although, I must admit her amazingly shiny hair looks so much nicer now she's grown it a bit longer.