General Chat

and then with shaking hands lifted the camera to his eye only to drop it in bowl of sangria which he had prepared earlier - Rosie was furious - but whether it was because she could not have her photos taken now or how she was going to explain the camera to her dad who knows but

Norris!! yes, he knows everything said the editer of The Weatherfield Rag. 'Ken Barlow Dons Pinny and washes Pots in a Greasy Spoon' screamed the headlines

ex editor and schoolteacher hits alltime low in order to make his old age pension stretch ran the article. Ken spluttered with rage, grabbed his pinny and sank on to

the never-ending sinkful of crocks while Becky smacked on her gum and gazed wistfully out of the window.'Ken,..do you think I'll ever be good enough to get a job at 'Costa' she asked'.....oooohhoo...I dont know about that Becky, afterall Costa is very upmarket

and you might need elocution lessons but perhaps I could help with

mopping the floor and degreasing the oven then we may have time to fit in a few lessons over a coffee at Costas in the High Street....ooohh errrr cried Becky, would'ya do all that for meeee Ken,,,

must pop out and have a fag break - excitement is getting to me

Becky pictured herself kitted out in the burgandy coloured overalls that was worn by all those posh birds in Costas while blowing smoke rings.

so she agreed to kens offer, within weeks she
was not only speaking perfect english she
thought she would have a make over to match,
off she went into town,had the works and on her
way home met

young Paul who invited her to lunch in his restaurant - halfway through the meal Becky let herself down badly by

throwing up all over the table!
Paul was not imrpessed -no one had ever critised his food like this.
He had to find a way of getting back at her, but how?

He called a friend (Paul with a friend?) who owed him a favour, they poured Becky into the car and the friend then drove Becky to Corrie St and handcuffed her to the bench outside 'Audreys'. At least she had somewhere to lie or sit on until

she worked it out they were plastic handcuffs and she could get home before sunrise before anyone

spotted her wearing a black bin bag as her top had vanished - however - Norris (who else) was just leaving Emily's house in order to open the shop for the newspaper delivery when he

sighted flying saucer hovering over The Cabin. My oh my he mumbled,I hope whoever's inside is carrying sterling if its a paper their after!

He was very thankful it did not land but when he tried to tell Rita about it and she laughed he thought that Ken (as an educated and broadminded man) would

understand. Ken seeing an opportunity to pay off his huge debt, (caused by tracey's court case), wrote an article and sold it to the nationals. Soon the street was full of

Reporters and sightseers,diedre turned up in a new belt, blache put £300 on the nags so whatever ken made was soon

to disappear in the family purse - however there was a light at the end of the tunnel as

deirdre found a lottery ticket down the back of the sofa. "We're millionaires, Ken, we can go and live at one of those posh penthouse thingies at Salford Quays." Ken wasn't so keen so he