Great food, good conversation, bar fridge and room service. Clean bed linen daily. The finest Egypt can produce. Livin' large is luke. Yes sir, livin' large.

Had a postcard from her the other day. She's having a wonderful time apart from the gippy tummy she had for the first couple of weeks

Congratulations....great post.

Unfortunately, I don't think that ITV care anymore about recovering and maintaining the past and now lost reputation of Coronation Street

Thank goodness. Did she say how Spider was?

She said she was puzzled as to why Spider had to drive a truckload of poppy seeds to the Columbian border twice a week

I think I read somewhere that...........



and if it were the case



Poor Hope, living in such a filthy home, having dirty scrap brought in.

with reference to the street signs how the hell can the council remove the signs for cleaning, visitors and emergency services would get lost.

I've yet to see of hear of a council cleaning ANY road signs

And couldn't they just clean them in situ? (It's not anything that's ever occurred to me to be honest.)

given council cuts on public transport and children's centres I doubt any of them are spending limited resources cleaning street signs

No wonder the poor mite got so poorly!

How silly imo Maria babysitting, who is looking after her child while she does that?

Don't forget, 'If you don't tell him/her/them I will'

Cringiest soap line ever award goes to Maria on releasing her husband to the wilds;
"Go out there and be fabulous!"

Seriously, who writes this drivel?!

I feel sorry for Samia Ghadi....between having to spout that rubbish and dressing up as a lion, her comeback has been one big ridiculous cringefest.

But councils divide the money into specific "pots", so, for instance, any money in the public transport pot can't be spent on childrens' services. Of course we all do that as well - wouldn't dream spending what we put aside for children's pocket money on snacks for ourselves, would we?

Sorry but I've actually enjoyed it as far as it goes!!

The ridiculous bit is that that is now the last we will ever see or hear of Pablo, the sham marriage & any consequences she ought to face for breaking the law!!

But as a bit of light hearted entertainment give me Maria 'making herself look stupid cos she'd made Luke look stupid' anyday over yet more Tracy/Carla crap or Sally flamin Metcalfe making out she's better than everyone else AGAIN!!

As regards the comment to Pablo, I don't think , given the flamboyant character he was portrayed as, that it was that unlikely a thing to say to a gay Argentinian really!!

Just my opinion!!

Uncle Kirk? Not like he hasn't done it before plenty of times!!

I cant imagine him and Beth being happy to stay at Maria's for an unspecified time, like if Fiz and Tyrone went clubbing, as was suggested, and Liam could hardly go and stay with them in the house of lurgi.

Is uncle Kirky fit to be in charge of a child?

I don't have a problem with her accent, just her acting.
As it 'appens I was born and grew up in Morecambe less than a mile from where her family had their photography shop in Bare Lane and her accent is exactly how I remember sand grown 'uns spoke back in the day.
To me it sounds pretty authentic of someone brought up in this locality. Admittedly I don't think you'll hear it elsewhere, especially Salford... though I always thought Wigan sounded similar.
Remember Thora Hird ? Well she lived in the next road to the Houstons.

Good point. Given the family's trauma with a child who's just been treated for cancer, you'd think the sl would be more 'Fiz develops OCD trying to keep the house hygienically clean' rather than 'Fiz smiles indulgently as Ty turns the house into a scrapyard'.


Yes, it feels wrong if that phrase hasn't been uttered at least twice in the week.

Another favourite: 'I was only trynoo elp!'. It's usually Sawfie or Kylie who do the honours with that one, but most people get a turn. Izzy had a go last week. Handled it okay, maybe needs a bit more practice.

Got to agree Makson. Poor Mariuh, they've tried her for size as girl-next-door arm candy, husband-stealing psycho, wronged girlfriend of a gay man, and I can't remember what else without googling it. Now say hello to reckless, ditzy, heart-of-gold Mariuh, who lives only for the moment and gets into all sorts of scrapes.

We all know she's best as girl-next-door, please don't make her act otherwise, it's just cruel!

Jack P Shepherd (David Platt) opened a refurbished Poundland Store in our area last week, such a shame that he didn't take the opportunity to buy a belt for his trousers, then he wouldn't have to slouch around with his hands in his jean's pockets to hold them up!

Mind you, his brother Nick is just as bad, always having his hands in his pockets but by the weird looks on his face I think he could be playing a very different game.

I suppose it's feasible that the Rovers could be empty in the late afternoon but Liz McDonald dancing around?

What a surprise when her latest squeeze appeared. When he asked her for another date -
that face she pulled.

And bang on cue, both of them slouching outside the bistro in the closing scene tonight.

The bistro seemed to be closed when the party was on. Is that likely? The christening was booked at short notice and Gail's party was only decided on today. And is it likely all her children and grand-daughter would forget her birthday?

Busy, busy Michelle. Busy doing FA in the Rovers. Again.

And Fiz.

Fiz was also busy cooking her usual shite and chips for tea. Of course it will be served with her speciality; lard and dripping sauce - a la Fiz.

Sophie Webster seemed to be lurking in the background whenever Kate Connor was around. Poor Kate. Corrie should play the first couple of notes from the Jaws theme to warn Kate that the street's local lesbian is sniffing about looking for fresh meat.

And how dare that Liz McDonald woman insult Miss Saigon. It's one of my favourite musicals.