As one of Coronation Street’s greatest fans, I was very sad to learn of the passing of Betty Driver – Betty Turpin and Williams to the millions of Coronation Street followers. A brilliant actress, who looked twenty years younger than she actually was, the vegetarian famed for her Rovers’ hot pot, she will be [...]
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And, what a superb week it has been on The Street at 50!
As many of you know, I am a great fan of Coronation Street, and today marks the 90th birthday of Coro legend Betty Williams (although Betty Driver, the actress who has played Betty for 40 years isn’t 90 in real-life until May!) It turns out that Betty of Hot Pot fame is actuallly a vegetarian! [...]
A couple of years ago, I mentioned on the blog that Glenda (aka Flaming Nora) editor of Corrieblog had sent me a nice e-mail following a blog entry I had made about Coronation Street, my favourite TV programme. See http://www.dundeewestend.com/2006/10/ok-corrie-over-heres-rest.html Anyway, I heard from Glenda again today : From: Glenda Young Sent: 25 [...]
Apart from a whole load of ‘day job’ activities today, I had the pleasure of attending the fascinating guided walk at Western Cemetery, ably led by Ann Prescott of the Western Cemetery Association and Iain Flett, Dundee City Council Archivist. An excellent turnout – here’s a couple of photos (above). Later I attended the [...]
Ok, more tomorrow was more Monday than Sunday ..
Posted: October 16, 2006 in Coronation Street, FOCUS, Magdalen Green, Perth Road, Step RowWe had a dreadfully busy Sunday between constituent replies (serves me right for going to Brighton! – backlog now cleared) and finishing FOCUS newsletter delivery (accomplished!) so blog is a day late. I suppose it sums up the power of a blog that the fact you are a day late with the next entry is [...]
Ok, Corrie over, here’s the rest …
Posted: October 11, 2006 in Coronation Street, Homebase, SeabreasAnd taking of Corrie, got a really nice e-mail from Glenda (aka Flaming Nora) editor of Corrieblog following my earlier blog about Coronation Street and www.corrieblog.tv – and she tells me LibDems have already been mentioned on the Corrie Blog (click on headline above to view!) Ok, back to business! Homebase site – lots of [...]
Lots to report back on…
Posted: October 11, 2006 in Coronation Street, West End Christmas Week, West End Community CouncilOk, the last couple of days have been seriously busy, so I’ll start with the chronology .. Tuesday: 4 pm : West End Christmas Week meeting – very good progress – on launch day (2nd December – art mural and street football for primary children from St Joseph’s, Park Place & Blackness Primaries); on 6th [...]
FOCUS for Tait’s Lane – and sad demise of Fred Elliot …
Posted: October 9, 2006 in Coronation Street, Tait's LaneDelivered a special edition of FOCUS today to the residents in Tait’s Lane about the road resurfacing – click on the headline above to view. Been doing my filing – various parts of the West End spread across the lounge, dining room, hall … you get the picture! Janet awfully impressed, not. Anyway, all filed [...]
