maybe it was there to show that the rovers does have a beer delivery once very 40 odd years despite the fact there is no external cellar door in the pavement like on most pubs.
good scenes with mike though, especially when he could not get out of the taxi and was looking across the road wondering where the factory was, i was expecting him to ask why he was being taken in to curley's house
I was half expecting him to ask "Why is there a house where that gap used to be?"
Seriously though, this storyline seems very well presented so far and I liked the scenes with Mike, Leanne, Ken and Deirdre.
maybe it was there to show that the rovers does have a beer delivery once very 40 odd years despite the fact there is no external cellar door in the pavement like on most pubs.
good scenes with mike though, especially when he could not get out of the taxi and was looking across the road wondering where the factory was, i was expecting him to ask why he was being taken in to curley's house
I was half expecting him to ask "Why is there a house where that gap used to be?"
Seriously though, this storyline seems very well presented so far and I liked the scenes with Mike, Leanne, Ken and Deirdre.
And tonight Deirdre should have said "and this is Ken, remember, you used to punch him in the Rovers every few years"
I'm not totally sure they've completely done their homework on Alzheimers. From my knowledge and experience (both my grandmothers had the condition), it's short term and more recent memories that disappear first. Then as time goes on, the things you can't recall begin to stretch back further in time until eventually not much more than childhood memories remain.
I don't believe that someone with Alzheimers wouldn't recognise long-standing friends from many many years back such as Ken and Deirdre, and yet would recognise relatively recent acquaintance, Leanne, and remember, without prompting, that her father is Les.
maybe it was there to show that the rovers does have a beer delivery once very 40 odd years despite the fact there is no external cellar door in the pavement like on most pubs.
good scenes with mike though, especially when he could not get out of the taxi and was looking across the road wondering where the factory was, i was expecting him to ask why he was being taken in to curley's house
I was half expecting him to ask "Why is there a house where that gap used to be?"
Seriously though, this storyline seems very well presented so far and I liked the scenes with Mike, Leanne, Ken and Deirdre.
I expected that he would have expected Len and Rita to be living in number 7 and think that he was still sleeping with Deirdre.
I guess it affects people differently as he goes back to different years, wondering where alma is, then talking about elsie tanner, it is odd that he mixes up the people he knows but hasn't noticed changes to the street such as no7 being rebuilt and of course his factory no longer existing. he might try to get into the battersbys as he used to live there in the 70s with bet lynch.
considering he fluffed his lines in the live 2000 episode he was obviously starting with the effects of it six years ago.
seriously though it's one of many good story lines this year which makes up for the relative calm of last year
i find the story line with the peacocks good and wonder where that is going to lead, i would guess dr ramsden would be struck off for proffessional misconduct the way he is stalking the child to nursery and just walking into his garden with a present for him, i was expecting ashely to punch him back into his ex-back garden
interesting how the child ran indoors but was then outside against the salon wall when ashley threw the scooter over the fence
Audrey was getting her money's worth yesterday as well wasn't she. Being in practically every scene, involved in the Mike storyline, the Peacock storyline and her own!
Those scenes with Audrey and Matt were good, especially when she slapped him. I cant believe he has the nerve to come back after what he did.
The Mike storyline is well written but difficult to watch on times. Leanne said he called her Susan at one point last night as well, so sometimes he thinks he's married to Alma, other times Susan.
Here is the article from the Mirror (contains spoilers)
AFTER 30 YEARS ON THE STREET.. I'LL GET ME COAT
By Brian Roberts
SIXTY-NINE year-old Corrie star Johnny Briggs got a standing ovation from fellow cast members and crew yesterday as he bowed out after 30 amazing years as Mike Baldwin.
An insider said: "It was very emotional. It's hard to imagine that he won't be around any more."
But for a bloke who's just been killed off, Johnny looked remarkably cheerful.
He has been working hard on harrowing scenes recently as factory boss Mike battles Alzheimer's, falls seriously ill and finally dies of pneumonia.
Soaps are hardly ever filmed in the order viewers see them. So Mike's death on the steps of his beloved underwear factory was actually done last week.
Johnny was called in to shoot some of the emotional scenes that will actually appear before he goes to that big green room in the sky.
His final one was on the set of his daughter-in-law Frankie Baldwin's living room. And the last words Mike uttered were shared with Frankie, played by Debra Stephenson and Mike's grandson Jamie Baldwin (Rupert Hill).
The Corrie source said Debra and Rupert told cast and crew members they were thrilled to be involved in such a momentous storyline.
But they were also saddened that the scene marked the last words ever spoken in the Street by such a legendary character - and a close friend.
The Mirror can reveal that in his closing moments, Mike is being looked after by Jamie, but suddenly he begins to have trouble breathing.
Frankie arrives home and says that Mike looks terrible and that she is calling an ambulance.
Mike is woken by Frankie's return and mistakes her for his late wife Alma (Amanda Barrie).
He smiles as he says to her: "Alma. I knew you'd come back." Then, as he starts to cough and holds his chest in agony, Mike's final whispered words are: "What's happening to me, Alma?"
The insider added: "It's such a moving moment. There won't be a dry eye in the country."
His final one was on the set of his daughter-in-law Frankie Baldwin's living room. And the last words Mike uttered were shared with Frankie, played by Debra Stephenson and Mike's grandson Jamie Baldwin (Rupert Hill).
I thought he dies in Ken's arms in the pouring rain.
His final one was on the set of his daughter-in-law Frankie Baldwin's living room. And the last words Mike uttered were shared with Frankie, played by Debra Stephenson and Mike's grandson Jamie Baldwin (Rupert Hill).
I thought he dies in Ken's arms in the pouring rain.
It does say that his death scenes outside were filmed last week and that yesterday's scenes were the final
filmed
scenes rather than the final ones to be shown.
His final one was on the set of his daughter-in-law Frankie Baldwin's living room. And the last words Mike uttered were shared with Frankie, played by Debra Stephenson and Mike's grandson Jamie Baldwin (Rupert Hill).
I thought he dies in Ken's arms in the pouring rain.
It does say that his death scenes outside were filmed last week and that yesterday's scenes were the final
filmed
scenes rather than the final ones to be shown.
Yes, just about to post that. I'd read it wrong, sorry.
