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Old 30-11-2016, 21:39
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What a load of contrived tosh.

Sally suddenly gives Tim an allotment.

Tyrone and Freddie randomly turn up with some old pottery.

Tim then sets out on an hilarious scam.

Garbage.
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Old 30-11-2016, 21:45
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The whole episode was garbage
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Old 30-11-2016, 21:55
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Sally likes giving things to workshy scrounger Tim.

Keys, stake in Streetcars, now this.
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Old 30-11-2016, 23:22
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Sally likes giving things to workshy scrounger Tim.

Keys, stake in Streetcars, now this.
It's hard for Tim to look for work when he's not accustomed to it.
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Old 30-11-2016, 23:35
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Did anyone else not help but burst into uncontrollable laughter when Sally fell over in the allotment? Comedy gold.
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Old 01-12-2016, 13:11
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Did anyone else not help but burst into uncontrollable laughter when Sally fell over in the allotment? Comedy gold.
Yes me !!
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Old 01-12-2016, 13:18
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One mans allotment is another mans place to lounge about swigging homebrew.
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Old 01-12-2016, 13:37
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Did anyone else not help but burst into uncontrollable laughter when Sally fell over in the allotment? Comedy gold.
Best part of the episode that
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Old 01-12-2016, 18:26
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It's hard for Tim to look for work when he's not accustomed to it.
I thought it was quite a clever way for Tim to get away with doing any actual work, get some other folk to dig it up for him...
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Old 01-12-2016, 19:47
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This plotline has been used before.

Albert Tatlock had an allotment that needed digging over so he made out he had found some valuable coins in the soil. He encouraged Eddie Yeats and Stan Ogden to take their metal detector over it and they ended up digging up lots of useless junk while digging over the allotment at the same time.

Job done.
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:24
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Did anyone else not help but burst into uncontrollable laughter when Sally fell over in the allotment? Comedy gold.
She's living The Good Life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y-mZaphP5U
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Old 02-12-2016, 03:34
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What a load of contrived tosh.

Sally suddenly gives Tim an allotment.

Tyrone and Freddie randomly turn up with some old pottery.

Tim then sets out on an hilarious scam.

Garbage.
It would not fool Phil Harding
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Old 02-12-2016, 06:31
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This plotline has been used before.

Albert Tatlock had an allotment that needed digging over so he made out he had found some valuable coins in the soil. He encouraged Eddie Yeats and Stan Ogden to take their metal detector over it and they ended up digging up lots of useless junk while digging over the allotment at the same time.

Job done.
So is that Tim's plan? To have the archaeology society dig the allotment over for him?

In that case, you're absolutely right about the story with Uncle Albert, Stan and Eddie. A like-for-like copy of a (far superior) story from the very same show!

What's annoying here is that, with a bit of thought, the writing team could've included the original storyline in this rehash. Why not have Tim chatting to Ken about the new allotment and the big task he has ahead of digging it all over with Ken then mentioning that Uncle Albert was a keen allotment holder. Ken could then share the the story of the coins for Tim to then copy. That kills two birds with one stone - giving viewers some nostalgia, but also making the fact that they are copying the story more believable.
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Old 02-12-2016, 10:03
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Originally Posted by KornerKabin;84764022[B
]So is that Tim's plan? To have the archaeology society dig the allotment over for him?
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In that case, you're absolutely right about the story with Uncle Albert, Stan and Eddie. A like-for-like copy of a (far superior) story from the very same show!

What's annoying here is that, with a bit of thought, the writing team could've included the original storyline in this rehash. Why not have Tim chatting to Ken about the new allotment and the big task he has ahead of digging it all over with Ken then mentioning that Uncle Albert was a keen allotment holder. Ken could then share the the story of the coins for Tim to then copy. That kills two birds with one stone - giving viewers some nostalgia, but also making the fact that they are copying the story more believable.

It's either that or he's hoping that they won't allow any digging at all in case it's a protected archaeological site and let's him off doing any work on there. He is a lazy heap after all.

Having said, that Tony Robinson and the 'Time Team' could tell from a hundred paces it is a modern pot.
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Old 02-12-2016, 20:02
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Yes, it seems they did nick the plot from Albert Tatlock.
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Old 02-12-2016, 20:27
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Seeing as Corrie repeat the same storylines with affairs, wrongful imprisonment and murders year in and year out, I don't see the problem with them copying a 40 year or so plot.
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Old 02-12-2016, 20:54
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I didn't really say it was a problem, I just mentioned it had been used before.
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Old 02-12-2016, 21:28
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Originally Posted by Sandra Bee;8475909

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This plotline has been used before.

Albert Tatlock had an allotment that needed digging over so he made out he had found some valuable coins in the soil. He encouraged Eddie Yeats and Stan Ogden to take their metal detector over it and they ended up digging up lots of useless junk while digging over the allotment at the same time.

Job done.
I thought of Albert Tatlock. They are repeating storylines from 40 years ago...
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Old 02-12-2016, 21:30
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I'm getting bored of Tim and his "escapades"
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Old 03-12-2016, 00:03
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Another one of those pointless comedy plots that Corrie seem to love so much. Just like the footballer thing with Steve and Tim. It'll be forgotten in a week or two that Tim even has an allotment.
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Old 03-12-2016, 05:36
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They would not dig in an allotment where a jug had been found in the top soil
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Old 03-12-2016, 19:23
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It was a play on the old chestnut of a man sending his wife away on holiday. While she is away, he digs firtively in the overgrown garden and the neighbours send for the police, who send a team along to dig up the whole garden looking for a body. It wasn't funny when It came out of a Christmas cracker many years ago, and it wasn't funny last night.
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Old 03-12-2016, 19:45
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It was a play on the old chestnut of a man sending his wife away on holiday. While she is away, he digs firtively in the overgrown garden and the neighbours send for the police, who send a team along to dig up the whole garden looking for a body. It wasn't funny when It came out of a Christmas cracker many years ago, and it wasn't funny last night.
As in the 1975 movie Diagnosis :Murder. With Christopher Lee.
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