Well, I don't know about you but I've rather enjoyed the re-appearance of Weatherfield's Wicked Wench of the 80s, the delightful Wendy Crozadopoulos. The latter-day town hall trollop is now living it large in the leafy suburbs of Manchesterford. She is everything that Deirdre isn't - successful, assured, well-groomed, sober . . . Not for her a ridiculous night in with a "Delia's 1001 Marrow Recipes" cookbook and a vase full of cooking sherry. Oh no. Our Wendy is all granite surfaces and capo de monte figurines. She probably has a Spanish Lady toilet roll holder and a salad spinner.
Seriously though, it's been good to see philandering Ken and Winsome Wendy hitch up again after over twenty years. Thanks to the popularity of Friends Reunited and Facebook, it is possible to catch up with people you have not bumped into (i.e. avoided) for decades. It's not something that happens a great deal in Corrie land. There was the clumsy and horrible re-introduction of Billy Walker and Linda Cheveski back in 1984 plus the parachuting in of Sharon Gaskell and, bizarrely, Eunice Gee in the late 1990s. The writers fiddled around with the latter's history in order to have us believe that her and Fred-face had enjoyed numerous happy years together. I digress . . .
Should Weatherfield friends be reunited? I'm not sure that they should. I live in forlorn hope that Suzie Birchall will one day clomp across t'cobbles or failing her, Trisha Hopkins. Gail could do with a good chin-wag (pun intended . . .) with an old mate. Trisha could catch up on the decades of birth, death and intrigue that she's missed. And that's just Gail. Ken recently mentioned his forgotten son - you know, thingy, the one he had with the wanton Denise. Surely time for another father and son reunion.
Audrey never mentions her elderly Canadian son and even Gail has forgotten her Gielgud-esque old dad. How about we all join hands and summon, if you will, Spider Nugent? Or Curly Watt's dull second wife? Let's hear it for morbid Zoe Tattersall, the eeb-bah-gum charms of Gary Mallet or even that colossal Hattie Jacques-sized nanny who got all jiggy with Ashley back in the day? Three cheers for the Molly who Kevin squired but who didn't die! Where is she now?
Let's bring back those minor characters for one last hurrah. One last forgotten storyline to tempt us all with. Friends of Harry Flagg - your time is now!
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