The official PH Coronation Street thread

[Wacky Racer]

To the best of my knowledge I have missed only one episode since I got married 33 years ago, and that was only because I set the VHS video to record BBC1 by mistake when I was on holiday....

Likewise Mrs WR, who had no interest before, has probably only missed around ten.

I accept we should seek help.....

[DSLiverpool]

One useless character culled

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Wacky Racer said:

To the best of my knowledge I have missed only one episode since I got married 33 years ago, and that was only because I set the VHS video to record BBC1 by mistake when I was on holiday....

Which one was it and I'll tell you what happened.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Mr GrimNasty said:

I wish Ken and Deirdre would get a new stereo - looks almost like an Amstrad music center from a 1980 Littlewoods catalogue!

Sorry, I digress, back to the riveting plots..........

Was trying to read the name of the manufacturer tonight. Quite short, I think it may be a Bush.

[Wacky Racer]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Wacky Racer said:

To the best of my knowledge I have missed only one episode since I got married 33 years ago, and that was only because I set the VHS video to record BBC1 by mistake when I was on holiday....

Which one was it and I'll tell you what happened.

I can't remember, but it was summer 1993....

As DS says, Lloyd's daughter won't really be missed, although I had to laugh when she hugged him and said words to the effect It was nice knowing you, when she was only going to Burnley.

Poor Kirky, is he ever going to get to propose?

Big Jim's showing a more sinister side to his character (so he is), I suspect Peter is in for a bumpy ride....

[Mr GrimNasty]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Was trying to read the name of the manufacturer tonight. Quite short, I think it may be a Bush.

So was I, sad isn't it. I couldn't make it out either.

At least it's a reason to keep watching.

[226bhp]

Wacky Racer said:

Big Jim's showing a more sinister side to his character (so he is), I suspect Peter is in for a bumpy ride....

He certainly is, Peter ends up in Hospital so he does, probably down to his cellmate.

[Mr GrimNasty]

He probably proffered a half box of French Fancies instead of a nice richly fruited packet of Garibaldii!

[Wacky Racer]

Exclusive picture from inside "the big house"..

[Mr GrimNasty]

They're clearly enjoying themselves at her majesty's pleasure.

Aside: That's the other thing about soaps - cups of tea/coffee. Why are they always empty? Watch carefully, the way they drink/sip and throw the cup around, it's just plain daft.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Peter's cellmate was angry that Peter had stolen his wine gums, but they looked like a bag of mint Aero bubbles to me.

[berlintaxi]

Wacky Racer said:

Exclusive picture from inside "the big house"..

Why is Jim in his own clothes? I thought you only wore your own gear whilst on remand, once convicted, prison uniform.

[HonestIago]

I'm looking forward to a potential alpha-male tussle between "The Landlord" and Tony...assuming Jim gets out!

[andymc]

berlintaxi said:

Wacky Racer said:

Exclusive picture from inside "the big house"..

Why is Jim in his own clothes? I thought you only wore your own gear whilst on remand, once convicted, prison uniform.

depends on prison

[Highway Star]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Peter's cellmate was angry that Peter had stolen his wine gums, but they looked like a bag of mint Aero bubbles to me.

Peter got off lightly. If he'd nicked my wine gums, I'd have gone The Full McDonald on his ass. Especially if they were Waitrose or M&S ones

[nicanary]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

I wish Ken and Deirdre would get a new stereo - looks almost like an Amstrad music center from a 1980 Littlewoods catalogue!

Sorry, I digress, back to the riveting plots..........

Was trying to read the name of the manufacturer tonight. Quite short, I think it may be a Bush.

I agree - Bush. I stopped my recording to read it, and although it was a bit blurred, I reckon that's right. It's in the correct position for a Bush logo of that era. I looked up Google Images for the period, and it looks a ringer for a Fisher, but Ken would be the type to buy Bush ( and I don't mean a hooker) because they were cheap, and sounded British (I'm not sure where they were made).

You've got to give it to Corrie - they get a lot of detail right.

(BTW that boy scout etching on Ken's hallway wall - have you seen how camp it is? The lad is standing in a very coy position, with one foot in a girlie pose, and Jesus has one hand on his shoulder. All very Operation Yewtree).

[Wacky Racer]

nicanary said:

(BTW that boy scout etching on Ken's hallway wall - have you seen how camp it is? The lad is standing in a very coy position, with one foot in a girlie pose, and Jesus has one hand on his shoulder. All very Operation Yewtree).

Can't say I have ever noticed tbh. I'll have a look on Friday....

Can't wait for Jason's MDF floor to collapse.......

[TwigtheWonderkid]

nicanary said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

I wish Ken and Deirdre would get a new stereo - looks almost like an Amstrad music center from a 1980 Littlewoods catalogue!

Sorry, I digress, back to the riveting plots..........

Was trying to read the name of the manufacturer tonight. Quite short, I think it may be a Bush.

I agree - Bush. I stopped my recording to read it,

I can't help thinking we need to get out more.

[Mr GrimNasty]

Well that one's put firmly to bed.

[nicanary]

I was just pondering on things, and just realised that Corrie hasn't really reflected on the Great War centenary, apart from the kerfuffle when Tracy sold Uncle Albert's MM. Like most soaps, the characters don't refer to football results or what was on TV the night before, but usually the writers of Corrie mention social events. I recall that Norris was a volunteer at the Manchester Commonwealth Games.

Although there's only the knicker factory left in the area, I should imagine that 100 years before, Weatherfield would have been a centre of the textiles industry - wasn't Victoria Court built on an old mill site? And that makes me think that they would have supplied a "Pals" battalion - yet there's no mention of anything. Just a thought.

(Completely and absolutely OT, but today I watched the documentary from BBC2 last night about foreigners who served in WW1 - the sight of the cemetery full of Chinese coolies, with gravestones engraved in Chinese characters, really came as a shock. And the makeshift mosque in a bunker in a Belgian field. Food for reflection.)