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?!

Ken is a prize dick isn't he? He thinks he's better than Deidre. Thinks she's too common for him, because she doesn't read books and play classical music and she doesn't speak 'posh' like him... 🙄

Does he really think being holed up in a tiny narrowboat 24/7 with this other woman is going to be living the dream? Where is his income going to come from? How will he survive? How is she surviving? She said she's going away for some months ...(Was it The Cotswolds she said?) She must have some money put away!

Yeah, Ken is acting like someone who has been on a fabulous sunshine holiday in Spain or Portugal or Australia, or Greece, as a tourist, with surplus spending money, and 24/7 sunbathing and tootling around the town and the shops and the sights, and loving the holiday so much that they choose to move there. Thinking it will be exactly the same when they're living there, paying rent or a mortgage, and working and paying taxes, and paying bills, and trying to become part of the community in a foreign country.

Actually living somewhere you loved visiting, is NOT the same as being on holiday there, and moving in with your affair partner and leaving your wife and family behind, is NOT going to be the same as the carefree existence you both had when you were having an affair.

Totally agree i also think hes mistaking the novelty of Martha for true love hes been with Deirdre on and off for nearly 40 years they are bound to irtitate each other at times most long term relationships have peaks and troughs

Oh yes he was just.vile
No matter how " forward " paula was she was 14 FFS she was a young teen and he was 38 there is no justifying it.

And it was vile as well when Julie said something about her mother making the moves or something, I can’t remember the exact wording

Yes she said something like she wasent forrced
But he was 38 and an adult Paula was 14
We would call it grooming now nobody in their right mind would think it was an accetable relationship.

Ken looks too old for Martha.

Ken is such an absolute snob that he loves the idea of him being with a “classy intellectual” woman because that’s how he sees himself. I hate him at the moment
not as much as I hate Colin though. What a gross disgusting abuser who can’t even see he’s done anything wrong

Yes, he does a bit. Will Roache is 15 years older than Stephanie Beacham in real life. (Him born 1932, her born 1947.) The character (Ken) is meant to be 7 years younger than the actor (Ken was born in 1939.) Ken was 21 when Corrie started in 1960, (he was in the very first episode of course.)

So Ken was roughly 70 in the Classic Corries we are seeing now

Stephan Beacham was born in 1947 and was 62 in Classic Corrie 2009, and I think the character of Martha was meant to be roughly the same age as the actress.

So Martha is 8 years younger than Ken. I agree that he does look too old for her though, as she (IMO) looks more like mid 50s, whilst Ken looks late 60s.

Oh Ken. What a dilemma.

I know Dreary or Sable Colby ?

Sable/Martha (Stephanie Beacham) is indeed very glamourous and attractive. I can see why any man would fall for her.

But I wonder why Ken changed his mind, grabbed his suitcase, and ran off the boat.

Bit fat chicken! Peter is right (though he has no right to hold the moral high ground!) Ken is a coward, and he is weak.

But I wonder at what point exactly, Ken did a 180 on his decision?

Giving up.his whole life i think
ken and Deirdre know each inside out yes they irritate each other and its boring sometimes
And Martha is very glamarous but giving up.his entire life ,i can see why he wouldnt think its worth it .

I think Ken's mind changed when Martha started saying poor poor Deidre. I think he should have gone off to Tamworth with her though. Weak man.

Yes @thenightsky and @x2boys a bit of both I think. Not wanting to upend his life, (he seemed to have a bit of doubt when he said 'what if it doesn't work out?') And feeling pangs of guilt for what he was doing to Deidre. She had done nothing to deserve what he was doing, and I think the enormity of what he was doing hit him suddenly as he and Martha were about to set sail...

I'm guessing we won't see Martha again...

Fat chicken?

Where did that come from?

I'm guessing a typo!

Fat chicken!

You made me chuckle 🤭

Yes, I meant to say Fearful Chap.

😆

Unfortunately, young girls, back in the 1970s, were "fair game". There was a group, consisting mainly of young, educated, professional men, known as "PIE" (Paedophile Information Exchange), which was an openly pro-paedophile group which campaigned for the removal of the age of consent. The group was in existence for about 10 years.

It is unfathomable how they were able to exist. I think it was quite open, not an underground organisation.

So, as vile as it is, Colin may well have felt he was doing nothing wrong, and that Paula, being "forward" was fully consenting.

I think she returns in 2022, along with Wendy Crozier! I never saw the episodes but looked it up.

Oh does she?! I remember Wendy coming back, (briefly,) but I don't remember Martha coming back. And it was only 2022 too?

Memory like a sieve! 😆

Was Wendy involved with Abi or Lauren? As a foster mother who also supported mothers to look after their child?

Me too Sabrel!

So, am I understanding this right?

Did Jason fuck his Auntie?

Wow!😱

No he didn’t, nothing actually happened