Corrie

A few years back a very elderly (totally 'with it') Lady I knew wanted to transfer ten thousand pounds over to her son in Oz. He was very ill, and wanted an extension on his house. At no time had he asked her for this money. She wanted him (her only child) to have it.
She was asked to come into her Bank, and saw one of the Advisers there who really quizzed her (in a nice way), as exactly why she was sending such a large sum of money. They asked if she really knew where it was going, and if she was being, in any way, persuaded to do this.
Only when the bank was perfectly satisfied that she really understood the amount of money she was sending, and they also verified that he was her son, etc. did they permit this to go ahead.

I am pretty sure that no bank in UK would just hand over nine grand in cash to an elderly person without a lot of questioning.
It was all done for dramatic effect, but very unrealistic. Is Rita going to put that money back in the Bank, or will one of Sharon's 'employees' steal it?he c

With regard to Kirsty's death. Many years ago, I fostered a little boy, he came to us when he was eleven months. His parents were permitted to visit (mainly supervised), every few weeks - but they were often not well enough for this to happen. Over the following two or three years he did get to know them as visitors who always brough a present.

He was 4 years old when his biological Dad died, and his Mum asked me to 'break' this 'devastating' news to him. I did tell him, gently. However, as it made absolutely no difference to his life he just said 'Okay' and went off to play.

As far as we (the watchers of Corrie) are aware, Kirsty has never even seen Ruby since she was a small baby. Seems just to be part of the plot to start to get Fitz and Tyrone back together again.

Doodledog

Sorry, I've no idea, but I want to know whether Sharon had helped herself to Rita's money before she left?

And also, is it possible to go to a bank and withdraw £10k in used notes?

Did we actually see the cash or was it just assumed to be the handbag? Can’t remember

Well back to the masks on/off/half on half off,it`s a bit like real life.
And thats possibly why the masks are worn or not as the case maybe.
I don`t watch Eastenders or Emmerdale and Corrie is only on when dd is in the house.
And yes,some of the acting leaves alot to be desired.

Yes we did see the cash, Rita had a pile of notes on the table in front of her.
My bank will give you that amount over the counter because I have an account that allows it.
Not sure that banks check every transaction as I have written a handful of cheques for five figure sums in the last year or two and nobody has queried what they were for.

Yes harrigran but cheques are a bit different to taking large sums of cash out. You can see who they are payable to, whereas cash could be given to anyone, the con man who has sent a courier to collect it, scams, the controlling relative, an unscrupulous neighbour, the list is endless.

Plus with all the money laundering regulations nowadays, cash is viewed with suspicion. Dirty money being laundered.

I know you can’t pay large sums of notes into a personal account without questions. Rita might have been using a business account though, and I’m guessing that that’s different.

Ruby might be going to leave money to Tyrone, or to Ruby. If it’s the latter it would make an interesting storyline. As we were discussing on the premium bond thread it would be really difficult to have a rich child and a poor one under the same roof, although the girls are so young it wouldn’t really matter yet. Unless the scriptwriters have other ideas . . .

Did you mean Kirsty Doodledog ?
Wonder how Alina would feel about it all now she is pregnant. I do find her character annoying and can't understand Tyrone falling for her apart from the obvious of course.

Did you mean Kirsty Doodledog ?

Oh yes! Ruby couldn't really leave money to herself?.

I find Alina annoying, too. I know she's young, but she seems remarkably selfish and lacking in empathy, particularly given her backstory.

I think I meant superficial, rather than selfish. I do wish we could review our posts and edit on here.

Doodledog

I try and preview my message before posting, as that enables me to check spelling or auto corrections.

But sometimes miss mistakes even then.

When Alina first came into the show, she was a sweet and vulnerable girl, but now she is incredibly annoying, all posing and squeaky voice! Unfortunately with the pregnancy storyline it looks as if she's staying.

Alina did start off as a very sweet vulnerable young lady and she played that part well however she’s become the dominant partner now and not very likeable at all and yes her voice is a real put off ( I guess that’s her real voice she should train it down a few notes) Sharon at the opposite end of the scale sounds almost like a cigar smoking man
They are all a bit like cartoon characters
Why do I watch and not only watch but look out for it and swear when football or something else knocks it off, why oh why ?

And as Calendargirl says, her business must be paying well! She’s certainly, and implausibly, turned her life right round during the pandemic.

There has certainly been an outbreak of bad acting and implausible storylines recently, but I still watch it….but usually on catch up and skip a lot of it!

I’m always amazed at how some of them seem to get by financially too.

Corrie has got so many unbelievable story lines now with some dreadful acting, especially from Eddie and family. Thank goodness Aggie is out of the picture. Is she tending to a sick aunt? That’s the usual reason for characters missing for so long. I do like the comedy Corrie provides occasionally though - like easily-led Tyrone in his trendy gear, wearing trousers so tight he couldn’t bend down to pick up manipulative Alina’s make-up from the floor of the Bistro. Fizz was looking on, smirking and commenting on how ridiculous he looked. I still watch Corrie regularly though - habit of over 60 years that I can’t give up! There is some good acting of course - Maureen Lipman! Legend.

Hardly dare write this, but Ronnie is growing on me. Now he isn’t seen in the bosom of his amateur acting ‘family’, he doesn’t seem too bad.

I can see him running the Rovers alongside Jenny, it’s now the horrendous Daisy I want to see get her comeuppance.

Bumping this up too!

MawBe

Bumping this up too!

I did try but it seems no more likely to stay up than a tart’s drawers

Obviously the powers-that-be want us to chat about something more highbrow than the soaps.

I think the woman playing Nina is a brilliant actress

I actually know so many men Tyrone's age who have left their marriage and got a younger woman pregnant <sigh>

Thanks JaneJudge you have succeeded where others have failed, getting this thread noticed again, up there in the ‘Actives’

ITV hub is showing the whole weeks episodes in advance while the football is on so you can binge watch

Please don't put any spoilers on here as I can't get ITV hub.

I thought Aggy was working as a nurse and isolating from her family. The actress
( can't remember her name ) was much better as Mrs Tembe in Doctors

I think there are worse actors in Corrie than the Baileys (looking at you, Dev, Daisy and Sharon), and it's about time there was a black family on the street. I warmed to Eddie when he made his speech in the bistro about racism. The storyline round James's sexuality and his footballing career looks to be back in the forefront this week (according to the Radio Times). Much more interesting imho than all these daft bumbling gangster plotlines (Debbie and Ray, Todd and Mick, Sharon and Harvey, Scott, Gary Windass and his loan-sharking goons). Every time new characters appear in the Rovers these days I'm expecting them to be wrong 'uns.