Right, Iâve written me cards, the treeâs up, the tinselâs twinkling and the turkeyâs been ordered. Itâs time to crack open the sweet mince pies. And so, without any further ado, here we go with this weekâs Coronation Street update.
Cast your mind back to last week as we left the Rovers Return in a state of disarray. The Vicars and Liz party was in full swing with Graeme in full drag as Mrs Mutton McDonald. He even goes into the ladiesâ loo, enjoying himself in his new frock and pouting his lips in the mirror. Meanwhile, Liz is fuming behind the bar and she steals into Lloydâs flat to get her revenge by putting his Northern Soul records in the oven to melt. Poor Lloyd, itâs not even his fault, he still loves his Liz, itâs that Teresa woman thatâs caused all this bother. And as Lloyd tries to apologise to Liz, he somehow ends up down on his knees on the cobbles in front of Ma Morton who accepts the marriage proposal that Lloyd didnât even know that heâd given. Men, eh? They always say that.
Across the Street, John Stapeâs arrested after Rosie cries wolf and says John attacked her. Heâs carted off to the cop shop where they know him so well in there by now I wouldnât be surprised if he gets an invitation to the coppersâ Christmas party. As opposed to the Croppersâ Christmas party, to which he might get an invite, but thatâs more likely to be an evening of festive Scrabble and Radio 4. Anyway, when heâs released, John makes a stand in the Rovers and cross questions Rosie as to the how, where, why and when he attacked her. The jury leaned in close to the bar, all ears turned to Barrister Stape who put forward a clear cut case for his innocence, mâlud. Rosie crumbles and does that weird thing with her mouth, Sallyâs humiliated and Kevinâs too busy ogling Mollyâs cleavage to care. But for once, Corrie fans up and down the country cheered on John Stape as Rosie Webster finally got what for. Not that itâll stop her from doing it again.
You know itâs getting near Christmas when families get together for some festive fun. Itâs just like that at the Barlowsâ but instead of having fun they fight. Itâs the war of the Granddads Round 1 as Ken takes on George and you can probably guess who will win. Ken starts work as Santa to earn money to buy little Simon some paper planes and wooden trinkets for Christmas. And heâs good with the old âHo, Ho, Hoâ is Ken, although itâs probably best for him not to say that when Leanneâs in the room.
Meanwhile, in the blue corner, Granddad George not only ingratiates himself with Peter and Leanne by bankrolling their new bar venture, but he also promises little Simon mega-gadgets and bumper-bling in his Christmas sock. No old tat from Grandad George, no, heâs loaded, he is, and likes to splash the cash. Heâs got a huge house too. So George takes little Simon to see Santa in store, not realising itâs Ken behind the beard and wig. Simonâs confused when Santa starts telling him that Christmas is not all about presents and how much you get people to give you (it isnât? oh). No, itâs all about paper planes and wooden trinkets, Ken/Santa says, so
George has a dig and Santa and George come to blows. The store manager comes over and throws Ken out, warning him never to return and we see a forlorn Ken in his Santa outfit, feeling very sheepish and sorry for his elf. Kenâs also taken against George for offering Peter the money for the bar. âFor every bit of help that George gives you, I will give you ten times the hindrance. You will not open that bar!â he hisses at Peter, who couldnât care less. I like this Ken/George animosity, itâs like having Baldwin back.
Meanwhile, thereâs a dull, dull, dull story going on around the golf course as Dev and Steve take up golfing again and Devâs fallen in lust with Bernie the golf coach who doesnât drink wine. Itâs all a ploy for Dev and Sunita to get back again, through a contact at the golf club. But thatâll all come out in the wash next week. Be patient, and letâs hope itâs worth it.
Claire and Becky decide to do a panto in the Rovers, which is great news. They look back through some old photos of pantos past and Betty reminisces, which is always nice. The pantoâs to be Cinderella, written and directed by John Stape. But who will play the lead roles of Prince Charming and Cinderella? I predict more fights.
And finally this week, Gary Windass decides to join the Army, itâs a decision which leaves his mum Anna in tears.
And thatâs just about that for this week.
Coronation Street writers this week were John Kerr, Martin Allen, Mark Burt, Chris Fewtrell and David Lane. Find out more about the
Coronation Street writing team.
at you and the sweetie tins. We always get some of these in at Christmas time.
So I stood on a bench and waited for over an hour in the cold and rain, but it was worth it. He sang 4 songs, on a stage set up ouside the shops. He sounded better live than he did on X factor. Kids said I embarressed them, but I did manage to coax them into videoing him. 
Then when we went to TKMax after, they were playing Mariah Carey, so I felt I had to practice my dance routine in the middle of the shop, because you see, I only have a week now to practice before the Chrsitmas concert, so I couldnt resist. 
I will enjoy reading that before bed now. 
oh I wouldn't want to subject you to such a site....
...., now we are all happy living here, the only jobs seem to be the other side of the world. Lets hope something turns up here, but it is not looking good. In fact he has never known such a shortage of jobs in his field as there is right now here. If nothing turns up by Feb next year, he may go over to Oz to contract for a few months at a time. With the pound tanking, the rates of pay would be good, when converted.