...and your point is? It's no secret that Corrie's writing has been on the skids since around 2005/6 (so, about ten years ago then!) with only some brief spikes in quality since.

becky!

Really, I have no idea who Mavis is or was, I've never seen her in it.

Indeed. Plus the fact that, in most cases, any reason for any character coming back to a street they used to live in years ago but where they have few family or friend links these days would be really contrived...

Not to mention the fact that everybody on this forum would moan that they "weren't as good as they used to be"

Geoffrey Spider Nugent...to visit his Aunty Em. He brings Toyah Battersby with him so she can visit her sister Leanne.
Janice can stay away forever for all I care. Ditto Les

Ha ha he gets my vote too. I really wish they hadn't killed him off. He could have gone to a psychiatric unit & returned after a few years to accidentally kill off some deadwood.

Yes Spider was ace & he has a plausible reason to return to visit Emily

I would so love to see Mavis pay Rita a visit for a few weeks or so!
They had such a fantastic chemistry!

Actually Max was happy with Becky, she really cared for him.

And in that period Corrie has won more BAFTAs than at any other point in its history. So your point would be...?

Your assertion is subjective, not objective. The writing might have declined in your opinion, but that is not a fact.

There has only been a best soap/continuing drama award since 1999.