Coronation Street Monthly Update February 2012
NICK TILSLEY shows worrying signs of maturity this month when Eva decides he’s too old to be still living with his mum – and he doesn’t disagree. Egged on by Eva, he goes to view a flat, with Gail tagging along for the ride. And her verdict after the viewing? “I could sense death in [...]
Coronation Street Monthly Update January 2012
CIARAN AND Michelle forge ahead with their wedding plans and Michelle gives him a wad of cash to take to the hotel to put down the deposit on the wedding venue. Well, he puts the deposit down all right but not at the hotel. He loses the whole lot in a poker game in the [...]
Coronation Street Monthly Update December 2011
IT’S EILEEN GRIMSHAW’S 50th birthday and she’s got a face like a wet weekend in Weatherfield. In serious need of cheering up, she registers with an online dating agency but only after Rosie has photoshopped Eileen’s picture so she looks all sleek and wrinkle free and her face resembles a new potato. Anyway, Eileen doesn’t [...]
Coronation Street Monthly Update November 2011
IT’S BEEN a harrowing month on Coronation Street with freaky Frank Foster arrested for the rape of Carla Connor. The rape aftermath has been played out emotionally as the residents of the Street get dolled up in their best bib and tucker for Carla and Frank’s wedding that was never meant to be. The cake [...]
Coronation Street Monthly Update October 2011
THERE’S ALL sorts going on at Roy’s Rolls this month when Roy’s mum Sylvia decides to take charge, and charge she does. She charges for the ketchup, the salt, the pepper and the loo. The customers are up in arms, complaining hither and thither but it’s water off a duck’s back to Sylvia, she’s intent [...]
Coronation Street Monthly Update September 2011
BACK ON civvy street Gary Windass is going through post traumatic stress after his short stint in the army and the death of his mate Quinny. Pretending to be ok is a recipe for disaster when he goes into meltdown. He takes his role as protector of girlfriend Izzy just a little further than she [...]
Coronation Street Monthly Update August 2011
THE BIG story this month is that ex-EastEnders actress Michelle Collins, who played Cindy Beale, has joined the Street as Stella Price, the new manager at the Rovers Return. Stella’s blonde and brash with a faux Northern accent that wavers in the way that Whitney Houston’s singing voice wavers, using forty-seven notes when you only [...]
Coronation Street Monthly Update July 2011
THERE’S A funny smell coming from underneath Underworld. The drains are blocked and Carla’s not pleased. She blames Owen for shoddy refurbishment work and he rightly takes neither the blame nor the responsibility, he just tells Carla if she wants diagnostics done on her drains, it’ll cost her. Oh, it’s gonna cost her alright when [...]
Coronation Street Monthly Update June 2011
TWO CORRIE regulars leave the Street this month as Eddie Windass says auf wiedersehen and heads to Germany, leaving wife Anna to look after foster daughter Faye. And Liz McDonald hangs up her barmaid’s apron and skimpy thongs to skip town after husband Jim was sent to prison, again. We also have two weddings this [...]
Coronation Street Monthly Update May 2011
THERE’S underhand dealings at Underworld when Carla takes on fishy Frank Foster, the knicker factory’s newest and biggest customer. When Frank asks to see a sample of the pants and wants to agree on a final price, Carla entrusts this task to Maria with her extensive knowledge of the rag trade after two minutes on [...]







