Corrie

I don't like Tracy's daughter either Charley but I do like Gemma from the kebab shop. I really like Mary and have read a spoiler that she and Norris get married ??? ( not sure how true it was ) but surely she's far too young for him .

There has not been any Blanche type humour in Corrie for a long time. I now find it easier to understand what the youngsters are saying by switching on sub titles. I also never liked the Simon character and I also do not like Tracy's cheeky brat of a daughter or that girl whose name escapes me but works in the kebab shop. There is little else on to watch and it is the only soap that I do watch.

I have watched Corrie since it started. I have happy memories of watching it with my mum who died when I was 7. I think that is the only reason I've stuck with it. Like many of you I
am getting tired of the dramatic storylines. Every character is hiding something and not being honest with each other. And there is always someone having an affair! Bring back the days when the highlight of the episode was Ena and Elsie having a row!! I blame the script writers. They don't seem to have any imagination!! I really miss Blanche. I have always liked the humour in Corrie unlike Eastenders which has none.

Oh, thank goodness for that, I thought I was a horrible person for disliking a child.

I know this will sound horrible but I really dislike the Simon character. He's so weird and creepy.

I thought Corrie was in my blood rubylady. I stopped watching when they did the pregnancy with Anna's adopted child. I know that 12 year olds getbpregnant and I know it's a soap but, I felt that child had been through enough. Ridiculous I know, but I did. I disliked the awful time Simon went through because his parents were hopeless. I disliked the Simon hitting Leanne story line so I've never returned. I loved the old Corrie, brilliant, well drawn cast. Humour and pathos, set in the north west, great dialogue. I miss it but not enough to try again

I had 5 weeks to catch up on recently but managed it.

Daniel should be put in prison for Ken falling downstairs for not doing the job right and finishing the boring fella off! He's always been so tedious and self-righteous.

I love Amy though, brilliant little actress and a well deserved award at the recent Soap Awards. Just as sharp as her great gran, Blanche, who is very much missed by me. (Pause for putting a Daddy Long Legs and a tiny moth out of the window.)

But very much a born and bred Corrie fan, it's in the blood.

Ken was taking the kettle upstairs because if you recall the psychopath Phelan was busy installing a new kitchen downstairs and the water was turned off.

I agree some of the story lines are bordering on the ridiculous. The who pushed Ken down the stairs "thing" was just plain boring although them 2 hapless detectives made up for it . You could have wrote a comedy script for them.

Yes and Tracey running away with Rob and Amy was ridiculous. Tracey said it was because she thought it was Amy who attacked Ken and wanted people believe it was her. Perhaps Ken was filling his hot water bottle.. lol . Daniel has turned into some sort of murderous psychopath instead of the softly spoken shy bookish boy he was to start with. I think the Eva Maria love triangle could be fun and Jenny's wedding is heading for disaster. What really annoys me is how many sewing factories allow their workers to sit and gossip all day, doing no work, also drink tea and eat biscuits and cakes whilst sitting at the machines? I think Underwiorld in reality would have relocated to the Far East long ago.

I too think it's become very far fetched the Barlow storyline has been farcical
Can someone put me out my misery and tell me why Ken was taking the kettle upstairs The police part has been ridiculous, the police barely come out for any crime less than a full blown murder nowadays and taking each of them into jail one by one then releasing them is so daft The story about Sally's sister and niece was very poorly written too it's like the scriptwriters have an idea, but start it without an end ..in their heads so it peters out into something quite ridiculous
How come Pat has got away with murdering at least two people, stealing ' whatsits' business and buggering up the flats stealing peoples deposits and is still happily one of the community with no suspicion falling on him
I m still wanting to watch but it's getting a bit close now

I still enjoy it (although I agree some storylines are ridiculous) and I think there is still quite a bit of humour in it.

I must admit I have great difficulty remembering past storylines even when they were quite explosive at the time.

if Deidre had life insurance that's probably how comes Ken has money now?

The Barlow clan story is ridiculous and so are the police doing the investigation. Daniel seems to have had a character transplant and wasn't it a co-incidence that his mother returned just at that moment?

Used to watch it when it was lighthearted and funny but, these days, it's like a Northern East Enders - too depressing and convoluted. Wonder what Tony Warren would think of it now?

I seem to remember that,several years ago, Ken,& Deirdre re-mortgaged their house to pay for Tracy's defence counsel when she was accused of murdering her husband. Ken is probably still making repayments on his second mortgage; and as he hasn't worked for many years he will have very little, 'put by' for his loving family to inherit.

Agree, massive fan of Steve, I've always thought he's a really talented actor, just chose to spend his career in a soap.

I'm loving Corrie at the moment.
The relationship between Norris and Mary is lovely.
Mary is a riot.
Gemma is great.
Always been a big fan of Steve.

Thank goodness the awful Nick's b*ggered off! Can't believe Leanne was going to take him back yet again, he's such a prat...

Norris and Rita are still funny, although we don't see enough of them these days.

Quite!

I can't get over how incredibly rich Ken seems to be. All on his teacher's pension and odd newspaper articles that he wrote ages ago.
I like the comic characters though. Brian is a gem. Eileen used to be good fun. Gemma's stylist should get a special award for the awful outfits she turns up in.
The Bethany story is sickening but probably worth doing. Horrible to think that it may reflect reality.
I like that Steve fluctuates between comedy and being serious. Quote like real life.

I am also at the stage where I have to put on sub titles because I cannot always understand the mumblings of the younger ones. There is very little gentle comedy or one liners any more. It is death and destruction every week now.

I used to love the one liners from Roy's mother, cannot remember her name, she was in Tenko, I am showing my age!

I agree, I also have forgotten who has slept with who and who is the father of which baby/child. It needs a re-write,

It's highly unlikely that Ken Barlow with all his wives/girlfriends would have stayed in the same house for 70+ years. Surely one of them would have said they wanted to move. It seems only Audrey is allowed to live away from the street. No one is on benefits and everyone finds a job on the Street. I know soaps don't reflect real life but the number of people crammed into each house is ridiculous.

Having watched Corrie from the very first episode, I am about to give up and desert from the ranks of fans.
What do the script writers think they are doing? We have had five characters in life- threatening situations in one episode.
When I was in infant school, we had a new box of Plasticine at the start of every term, and all the colours were bright and clean. Now, the lives of the Corrie characters are like that Plasticine at the end of every term; all mixed up and a gloomy muddy brown colour.
It seems that immediately any character who,finds them self temporally at odds, or apart from their usual partner,is impelled to impregnate/become impregnated by, any passing member of the opposite sex. (Unless they are gay, in which case, they pounce upon anyone who looks as if they could possibly be, 'turned'.
No one ever brings anyone new onto,'the street' from outside the half-square mile area; because no one works more than 100 yards from home.
This lot have become as inbred as the hillbilly communities of the deep-south of America. Their motto seems to be, 'if it's got a pulse, it's available.

Loved, Blanche, Hilda and loads of the old characters. Life Morris and a couple of characters, but fed up with Toyah, Michelle, Nick and the one that had the abortion, This lot are all sleeping with each other, can't work out who is related to who anymore and switched over last night as can't watch tge Bethant storyline know it's based on real life, but so sordid.

I won't be giving up on Corrie any time soon, but some of the plots are too convoluted, and dragging on far too long. I think the grooming plot is excellent, and could well raise awareness where it's badly needed. The Ken down the stairs saga descended quickly into farce, with the comical Corrie police turning up every other day to arrest and stare sternly at every Barlow except Eccles (usually in full view of the rest of the street). This week's episodes should be worth watching though - I'm hoping to see the back of some of the dead wood.

There are still flashes of comedy genius, especially with Tim and Mary, who have some great one liners.