Ashes to ashes .... and more ashes!

Lorks! Poor old Fred and his ashes have been divied up - some for Bev and some for Ashley- what could be fairer?. What happened was Blanche told Bev that there was real pain and emotion over at the butcher shop (she saw Ashley crying) and that Bev wasn't the only one who was suffering and "putting on a twice daily performance". So Bev puts half the ashes into an instant gravy jar, stating "I know he couldn't abide instant gravy, but it was all I had". Oh, how I laughed. And also, when she said "Well I suppose there's a lot of him to share around" True enough Bev.

Also on the street last night .... David Platt discovers (by reading their mail) that Maria and Charlie are carrying on. Will Tracy find out? . . . . let's hope not - she's got a real temper when riled!

We saw more of Rita scaring poor Norris about the Hungary trip, in particular the possibility of nude bathing!

And we saw silly Sally hiding a letter from Craig that was meant for Rosie . . . but gives it to her in the end.

Oh, and more scenes with an unhappy looking Frankie with happy Danny while poor Jamie looks longingly at his step-mum.

All in all, a great episode.

Yours doggedly,

Schmeichel's Aunty

Frankie & Jamie

I just don't know. On the one hand they suit each other. I mean, they really do. They'd be a great couple.
If it wasn't for the small fact that she's his
STEPMUM.

P.S. Check out the new poll!

neugeblogger

Poor lovesick Jamie

Aw, poor Jamie with those big puppy-dog eyes howling out to Frankie up in Danny's apartment. I do feel for him but honestly, where will it all end? Reading a few other Coro sites and came across a some choice comments from viewers:

"it's even worse than the martin-katy storyline. what is wrong with the corrie writers?"

"I'll make sure I go out the night this barrel-scraping storyline screens, and I won't be taping it either. Own goal, Corrie writers."

"OMG yay so happy i know what you mean wierdly they go so well together !!! HAve been waiting ages for this"

These were from http://shinymedia.headshift.com/cgi-bin/mtshiny/mt-tb.fcgi/26167

So as you can see not everyone likes the storyline, but those who do love it. I like it - it adds a bit of forbidden spice .... it's not incest after all. What do you think Corobloggers?

Schmeichel's Aunty

Public Apology

I missed Coro last night!!!

I've been crying about it like Big Brandy Bev.

neugeblogger

Oooh la la

Oh dear, Sally Webster's turning into the new Gail Platt. Her distressed mother scene at the train station was so over the top that I actually had to push the mute button! I know Rosie was running away and all, but it was only to Berlin!! Last I heard, the wall had come down and they even had them thar telephone contraptions. They may even that internet thing.

And as for drunken Bev. Let's face it, she's not really crying for Fat Fred (as one of our non-Coro watching readers called him), she's crying for herself. Being stood up at the altar, retirement plan in ruins, no longer the centre of attention, etc. And as for the appalling acting going on...I just about choked on my vodka and tonic when Liz and Sean had to take an over-acting Bev out the back. It reminded me of my Life and Times of St Cuthbert play, standard four, circa 1987 (I was meant to be the Archbishop of Canterbury but you miss one practice due to sickness and my, how quickly they forget you - I got demoted to a pict. I bet you don't even know what a pict is. Let me just say that the pict next to me was wearing a brown paper rubbish sack as her costume and it looked authentic.)

And don't even get me started on that evil Charlie Stubbs. Can't wait for Tracey to wipe the smile off his face.

P.S. Loved it when Sally pushed Sophie aside (onto a railway track?...) to get to her beloved Rosie. Classic Coro.

Poor Fred's dead, dead aye say, dead.

I'm not ashamed to admit I cried. "Be happy, aye say, be happy", but how could you when you knew what was coming next? Fred Elliott, purveyor of fine meats, dead as a doe-doe on Audrey's front step. Actually, was he dead as a doe-doe? Surely Audrey could have tried a little CPR?

Now what I don't understand, aye say, what I don't understand, is why everyone is so quick to think the worst of poor dead Fred! Audrey, well perhaps she is a tease, like Ashley said, but not Fred. Fred had a good heart and there's no way, aye say, no way he'd cheat on anyone. Generous to a fault he was, generous to a fault.

Here's hoping the Street calms down and gets a touch of the guilts for their poor treatment of Fred and Audrey. Honestly, where's the respect people, where's the respect??

So much news!!

Not only is tonight Fred's big night...but big news has just hit Coro land! Liz Dawn, who plays Vera Duckworth, will be leaving the show in early 2008 (UK time)!! Liz has emphysema in real life and only has 1/4 of her lungs still working (the poor woman).

Liz's departure also means Vera's (permanent) departure. She's been a Coro character for 33 years so she'll be sorely missed! The Coro writers are keeping mum about how Vera dies and have even written three possible endings. You can read more at the BBC's website. Sad times, viewers, sad times.

Get Fred to the church on time !!!

OMG .... it was edge-of-the-seat stuff last night on Coro. What with Fred doing his will-he, won't-he routine and then taking off in Dev's car to see Audrey at the last minute. Ashleys plea of "Audrey's no good for yer - she's a tease!" - fell on deaf ears. I cracked up when Fred, explaining how it felt to be torn between two women, announced "I feel like I've been filleted!" Who wrote that script - they should be filleted!
Actually, I feel like a nice piece of fillet steak for tea. With Fred away from the shop perhaps I could sneak round and see if Boris will give me some.
TTFN fellow Coro watchers ... tune in next week to see IF Fred makes to th'alter to wed the lovely Bev.
SA