Fab Photo Friday, April 9

I was looking through my Corrie images (you end up with quite a collection when you write for blogs!) and these two jumped off the screen. I thought they might bring back some fun memories. The photo above looks like Fred is just carrying on as he often did, postulating about something to Sunita. But no...what's happening is he felt a drop or two of water fall on him from the ceiling. This is what happened next!

Corrie - Friday's fantastic photo - June 19, 09

The ever expressive Eileen Grimshaw provides this week's fantastic photo.

It's October 2006 and here she is having a quick bite in Roy's Rolls. Unfortunately, something has made our Eileen want to retch, but what could it be? Well, it certainly isn't the quality of Mr Cropper's fare that's for sure! No, Eileen has just witnessed one of Danny Baldwin's numerous attempts to woo back his estranged wife, Frankie.

Yes, it's the exit storyline we'd rather all just forget - so let me remind you anyway. Danny and Frankie have split up after he had an affair with his son's girlfriend, Leanne Battersby. But now that it's all over, Danny's trying to win her back, except the daft mare's only gone and got herself (ahem) "torn" between him and (oh dear) her stepson, Jamie. Still awake? Yes, it was all very messy, violent and, frankly, rather tedious to watch.

No wonder Eileen looks ready to puke - she's only expressing what the whole nation was thinking. [Sky Clearbrook]

Corrie - Friday's fantastic photo - June 12, 09

Look very closely at today's fantastic photo. There's something very odd about it, but what could it be? Here's Hilda Odgen in 1971, nagging Stan who's just lost another job. Nothing unusual that, I hear you say. And you'd be right!

The reconfiguration of No.4's interior a couple of years back, caused outrage amongst many Coronation Street fans, but Ashley and Claire Peacock's staircase wasn't the first one to mysteriously move. Oh no, siree. If you take a real, close look at this shot, you will see that the Odgens' staircase and doorway to the front parlour have swapped to opposite sides of the hallway - and for no apparent reason either! And then, as if by magic, it all moved back again a couple of months later. Weird.

Another staircase to move was the one in the Rovers, but whilst the actual layout (and size) of the pub interior has always been highly questionable - not to mention fluid - at least that move was included as part of the post-fire storyline in the mid-1980s. [Sky Clearbrook]

Corrie - Friday's fantastic photo - June 5, 09

So, it's the end of another Coronation Street week and let's treat ourselves to another fantastic photo!

This time, we've opted for this relatively recent snap of Jed Stone in the Rovers with Emily Bishop. Kenneth Cope returned to the role of Jed in 2008 after an absence of an incredible 42 years (easily smashing the record previously held by Neville Buswell, as Ray Langton, who returned after 27 years away). As it turned out, Jed played a pivotal role in the storyline following the murder of Liam Connor, leading ultimately to the break up of Tony and Carla Gordon's marriage.

Wither Jed Stone? Is he now destined to see out his days in Wigan, or is there a chance we'll one day see him back on the cobbles again? Let's hope so! [Sky Clearbrook]

Corrie - Friday's fantastic photo - May 29, 09

Ahhh! It's the end of another week and here at the Coronation Street Blog, we await the predicted good weather with eager anticipation.

To celebrate the sunshine, what better than this sunny and upbeat publicity shot of Violet Carson? Just look at that radiant smile. You'd never see Ena Sharples crack one like that! Come on folks... what's not to like? [Sky Clearbrook]