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I don't think, for once, you can dismiss this as poor writing or research. What a court would have to decide is what is in the best interests of the child and, in this case, it may be that the best interests of Simon is to be with Leanne. As his (ex) step-mother, she has every right to try and get custody of him.
Leanne's past ought to show it's ugly head in this battle too.Quote:
Originally Posted by shalagee
No doubt it will. She may well receive the backing of Dreary and KennethQuote:
Originally Posted by Ruffed_lemur
its a pity blanche is no longer with us. she would have plenty to say.
Who?Quote:
Originally Posted by alan45
Tommy isQuote:
Originally Posted by Dennis tanner
Sunita and Karl are so boring I have no interest in their affair
I agree that there is little and no chemistry between these 2 actors and a romance even of the most mild kind, isn't believable. Even though Dev is a behaving like a total jerk.Quote:
Originally Posted by lizann
Dev has always been a complete jerk!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by shalagee
Yes but he is hot :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Dennis tanner
mondays eps were very good again. loved carla's line to peter in the cafe after letting simon spend time with leanne, 'bless you my child.' ali kings delivery is first class!
So Tommy plans to take Tina around the world with his £12,000. Has he looked at holiday brochure prices lately!?
Sunita didnt think much of talking to her kids intead making a move on Karl surprised she make the first move
I hope Leanne gets custody of Simon
I though Stella was a bit too quick to take Karl back,even if he did sell his football shirt.
Hardly rich.Quote:
Originally Posted by sarah c
agree with you now the size of the bequest has been revealed!!!??Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennis tanner
I'm moving to Weatherfield if 12k makes you rich....
You can get a round-the-world plane ticket for about £1.5k, I think he was thinking about the backpacker route like he's talked about before rather than top hotels. I think the idea would be great, although they haven't been together long. I think Tina would go in real life, but she has to stay on the Street obviously.Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
That's the way to treat your girl!Quote:
Originally Posted by LostVoodoo
Ozzie!!! yeahhh, wondered what happened to him :D
I feel sorry for Leanne and Peter just tells Carla now she is Simon's new mummy now :angry:
I lol'd at David's boss asking was Kylie his wife or sister or both :lol:
I thought David had the perfect job working as a skivie,I don't know why the salon manager even let him do Kylie's hair in the first place and it definately wasn't worth £50.
Surely it must be illegal for David and Kylie to start living in the salon,I hope that they have just made matters worse and they don't have any chance of getting their hands on the salon ever.
Did Audrey sign over the business and the building? I suspect that it was just the business.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.Fan
I would say you're right as Maria is still renting the flat from Audrey?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennis tanner
I thought it was funny when Audry decked the cop,didn't think she should have got charged with police assualt and criminal damage.It should have been David and Kylie that was charged for being annoying characters.:)
It was rather farcicalQuote:
Originally Posted by N.Fan
AgreedQuote:
.It should have been David and Kylie that was charged for being annoying characters.:)
Quite disappointed with Betty's demise very poor acting from all involved expected better from the older cast
made me cry (not the acting I mean!!) the episodeQuote:
Originally Posted by lizann
Corrie won't be the same without Betty,she was a legend.
She was a legend and it will not be the same but it can't be said that she will be missed as she died some time ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.Fan
It was a bit of a shock to find out that it was Betty who owned the Rovers Return,especially for Stella.
Especially as it was sold BEFORE Annie Walker died!Quote:
Originally Posted by N.Fan
who did Annie Walker sell it to?Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
Jack and Annie Walker bought the lease of The Rovers Return and moved in on 4 February 1937.Quote:
Originally Posted by sarah c
Annie continued the tenancy until 1984 when she signed The Rovers Return over to her son Billy making him landlord.
The brewery, Newton and Ridley, unhappy with the way the pub was being run into the ground by Billy Walker's wayward behaviour, made him an offer he couldn't refuse for the licence. Rather than resell the licence, the brewery decided to hire a manager instead and appointed Bet Lynch who became the brewery's first single manageress of the Rovers.
The following year Newton and Ridley decided to sell the licence to the pub and offered Bet first refusal. However Bet couldn't raise the money and Alec Gilroy lent her the cash to purchase the licence allowing her to become the landlady.
Either way, Annie Walker, who died c. 1995, was neither owner nor licensee at the time of her death so she couldn't have bequeathed it to anyone, let alone Betty.
so if it was more frequently the licence that was being sold on, presumably the Brewery always owned the building itself?Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
It certainly was a shock for two reasonsQuote:
Originally Posted by N.Fan
1. She never owned the pub
2. If she did own the pub, she sold it long before she died.
NB. Breweries sell tenancies but not licences. Licences were a matter for the local magistrates.
i know there has been a lot of hoo ha over whether betty owned the rovers , but i dont really mind. i can over look this lapse in corrie history.
i enjoyed the scenes for bettys funeral/wake. they were excellent, a joy to watch and a fitting tribute to the legendary betty driver. corrie at its best.
From Daran Littles book as posted on Corrieblog
The Rovers Return was one of several hostelries in the area, including the Flying Horse, owned by local brewery Newton and Ridley. Originally to be called the Queen Victoria, following the ‘Old Queen’s’ death in 1901 the pub was renamed the Rovers Return Inn instead. It had 4 bedrooms (one was needed for paying guests for the Rovers to be considered an Inn) and a laundry room which was later converted into a bathroom. The Rovers Return opened its doors on 16th August 1902.
Jack and Annie Walker moved in to the Rovers in 1938. There were quite a few lodgers in the course of their tenancy, including Emily (Nugent) in 1968. Jack died of a heart attack in 1970 and Annie stayed on as manager, appointing Betty Turpin as head barmaid, and Bet Lynch as assistant barmaid.
In October 1983 Annie retired from the Rovers to go and live with Joan in Derby, and the pub was taken over by her son Billy Walker as a condition of Annie paying off his gambling debts of £6000. Billy’s reign as manager wasn’t too successful and he left to go back to Jersey, leaving the managership open for grabs. Betty Turpin urged Bet Lynch to apply for it, and to their delight Bet Lynch became manager of the Rovers Return.
In 1986 the Rovers burned down as a result of Jack Duckworth trying to mend a fuse, but the pub was rebuilt and given a nice new modern look by the brewery. Delighted with the new look Rovers, Bet tried to buy the licence from the brewery, but was overwhelmed by the size of the repayments and fled to Torremolinos.
Alec Gilroy’s name was put over the door of the Rovers, helped by Betty Turpin and Gloria Todd, and after Bet and Alec married in 1987 Alec ‘gave’ bet the Rovers by putting her name over the door instead.
When Alec left Weatherfield in 1992, Bet remained as manager of the Rovers. In 1994 Bet heard that the Rovers was up for sale by the brewery and she could have it for £66,000. With no money of her own, Bet approached Rita for a loan. Rita briefly considered a partnership with Bet but backed out when she realised Bet had neither money nor business sense either, and turned Bet down.
Consequently, the Rovers went under the hammer and was bought by Jack and Vera Duckworth, the first in a line of outright owners of the Rovers Return.
I thought that the nonsense about the ownership spoilt it somewhat. It just wasn't neededQuote:
Originally Posted by flappinfanny
AT last a bit of sense from Daran Littlle apart from the fact that the Brewery do not sell licences, They sell tenancies and they sell propertiies. Licences were a matter for the local magistrates.Quote:
Originally Posted by alan45
I thought Bet or Alec or others who worked with Betty like Becky, Raquel etc might return for the funeral
agreed, at least some old faces couldve been persuaded to come backQuote:
Originally Posted by tammyy2j