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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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JewelleryCat · 29/04/2026 20:06

PlattyCat · 29/04/2026 19:59

Yes. It's kind of juttery? My husband even commented on it

Yeah, it’s juttery and just weird, maybe a bit not in focus. It’s the same in Classic Emmerdale too if you watch that

JewelleryCat · 29/04/2026 20:08

@SabreIsMyFave even in Classic, Carla was man mad and now she’s married to Lisa lol

Flowertrees · 30/04/2026 12:59

I know this has been said before but I just can’t believe how much of a nasty person Carla really is. I can’t remember how she “becomes” nice, or is it just one of those annoying soap things where someone’s personality changes with no good explanation.
every time dev is on the screen, I mourn how they changed his character. Rewatching it on classic Corrie, it feels like he only had a few years before they made him a complete blundering comedy character. He wasn’t like that when he first came into it, all the way until the mad maya and then sunita storyline. After that he turned stupid.
talking of sunita, she must be coming back soon??

JewelleryCat · 30/04/2026 15:18

I asked this on the Classic Emmerdale thread but I’ll ask here too because I know some people only watch one

Has anyone got used to Classic Emmerdale and Classic Corrie being on later in the afternoon? I never really have and much preferred them when they were on from 1.30pm onwards instead of 3.30pm onwards

Flowertrees · 30/04/2026 15:23

JewelleryCat · 30/04/2026 15:18

I asked this on the Classic Emmerdale thread but I’ll ask here too because I know some people only watch one

Has anyone got used to Classic Emmerdale and Classic Corrie being on later in the afternoon? I never really have and much preferred them when they were on from 1.30pm onwards instead of 3.30pm onwards

Completely agree!

eggandonion · 30/04/2026 16:17

I like to sneakily watch before my husband gets in from work.

JewelleryCat · 30/04/2026 16:27

@Flowertrees not just me then. I’ve no idea why they changed the Classics times when they decided on the power hour for evening Emmerdale and Corrie

UrsulasHerbBag · 01/05/2026 12:20

I'm really far behind so just up to the babies funeral and I'm livid with Carla (far too involved I know). She's got her claws all over Liam, I remember the storylines so none of it's a shock but my god! She needs a good old fashioned scragging!!! Who behaves like that to a couple who've just lost a baby, not only that she had to give birth to the poor little thing. The devastation of that on it's own should make even the biggest manhunter back off. I feel better now I've got that off my chest. Now I'm back to rolling my eyes at Claire and Sally 🤣

SabreIsMyFave · 01/05/2026 22:10

I had to laugh when Clurr and Ashley thought they had found an original Lowry painting in the loft of their new house (Sally and Kev's old house,) and it turned out to have been done by Hilda and Stan Ogden's daughter! 😆

Although, I have to admit I never knew Hilda and Stan Ogden had a daughter (Irma...?) She married Ken Barlow's brother David apparently. (Didn't know Ken had a brother either!) 😆 This all happened in the mid 1960s though, and they both left (Irma and David) in 1968. This was genuinely before my time. I didn't start watching it until 1975/1976...

Stan and Hilda had 3 other children too... Trevor, Sylvia, and Tony. Don't remember seeing, or hearing about any of these.

Michelle today, 'threatening Leanne' and acting all sinister and 'hard' was about as scary as a mouse with a cotton wool ball! 😆Leanne would knock her out, with both hands tied behind her back!

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x2boys · 02/05/2026 07:51

SabreIsMyFave · 01/05/2026 22:10

I had to laugh when Clurr and Ashley thought they had found an original Lowry painting in the loft of their new house (Sally and Kev's old house,) and it turned out to have been done by Hilda and Stan Ogden's daughter! 😆

Although, I have to admit I never knew Hilda and Stan Ogden had a daughter (Irma...?) She married Ken Barlow's brother David apparently. (Didn't know Ken had a brother either!) 😆 This all happened in the mid 1960s though, and they both left (Irma and David) in 1968. This was genuinely before my time. I didn't start watching it until 1975/1976...

Stan and Hilda had 3 other children too... Trevor, Sylvia, and Tony. Don't remember seeing, or hearing about any of these.

Michelle today, 'threatening Leanne' and acting all sinister and 'hard' was about as scary as a mouse with a cotton wool ball! 😆Leanne would knock her out, with both hands tied behind her back!

A similar thing happened to my mum when she was clearing out my Grandmas house after she died
She found a painting in the style of van gogh
On a copper background
I dont thnk she truely beileived it original but she had it valued just in case
It turned out to be an amature
But its nice to dream!

justthecat · 04/05/2026 16:28

It’s a Bank holiday and it’s on!

JewelleryCat · 04/05/2026 17:09

justthecat · 04/05/2026 16:28

It’s a Bank holiday and it’s on!

Thank goodness! I hate it when they take it off but I think they do when it’s the bigger holidays like Easter or Christmas even though in my eyes, there is no reason to replace them then

SabreIsMyFave · 04/05/2026 19:47

I was surprised it was on too on Bank Holiday Monday! (May The Fourth Be With You..)

Can't believe Michelle bought that load of horsecrap from Lloyd about Steve planning to propose, and 'arranging the wedding with Andy in Spain!' It was so obvious he was lying! 😆

Poor Vernon! Liz actually told him HE was the reason she didn't want to buy a new pub for the two of them, as she couldn't stand the thought of being with him all day!

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WheresThatCatGoneNow · 05/05/2026 04:48

Just caught up with last week's episodes.

There seemed to be a lot of sandwich eating action going on 🥪

That big ham barmcake that David was eating looked delicious.

I'm not a fan of the new timeslot either.

thenightsky · 06/05/2026 13:16

God that Michelle is a miserable cow.

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 06/05/2026 15:04

Sally is really starting to get on my nerves now.

Always absolutely convinced that she is right about everything.

I bet she loves being on Mumsnet.

thenightsky · 06/05/2026 18:00

Clurr is annoying me more than Sally. She should have kept her mouth shut about the cheque she got for the old fan magazines instead of sitting there looking smug.

x2boys · 06/05/2026 21:28

I think Becky and Roy are brilliant together
They clearly care a great deal about each but as she says are so very different
Roy handled Beckys outburst really well for once
He knew she didnt mean it .

SabreIsMyFave · 09/05/2026 11:48

thenightsky · 06/05/2026 18:00

Clurr is annoying me more than Sally. She should have kept her mouth shut about the cheque she got for the old fan magazines instead of sitting there looking smug.

Yeah, I was annoyed when Clurr blabbed about the seven grand. Silly moo! 😆

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SabreIsMyFave · 12/05/2026 21:40

Ken's gone all weird. Dropping Roy in it, and finishing at the cafe, in case one of his old school mates (from his reunion) comes to the street and sees him serving in a cafe! 😱

Steve is an idiot. And Lloyd is too. Telling a load of baloney to Michelle to cover Steve's one night stand with Becky. Eeeeeejits! Felt sorry for Michelle today actually.

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justthecat · 12/05/2026 21:44

I thought the reunion would lead to Ken meeting a old female friend and leading onto one of his liaisons

SabreIsMyFave · 12/05/2026 21:45

justthecat · 12/05/2026 21:44

I thought the reunion would lead to Ken meeting a old female friend and leading onto one of his liaisons

Ooooh, yeah, he did have a few didn't he?!

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WheresThatCatGoneNow · 13/05/2026 08:47

I keep wondering what Rosie is going to do with that incriminating photo of Carla and Liam kissing.

Blackmail, more than likely, but who?
And what for? 🤔

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 13/05/2026 16:36

Just had a thought!

I hope she uses that photo to persuade Carla to put pressure on her Scottish partner (can't remember his name) to stop harassing Kevin to sell the garage to him to expand the factory.

SabreIsMyFave · 13/05/2026 17:51

WheresThatCatGoneNow · 13/05/2026 16:36

Just had a thought!

I hope she uses that photo to persuade Carla to put pressure on her Scottish partner (can't remember his name) to stop harassing Kevin to sell the garage to him to expand the factory.

Edited

Oooooh, I hope she does. And it's Tony Gorrrrdon! Grin

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