Update - Tuesday 31 December 1997

[ste...@globalnet.co.uk]

Betty see's Jack moving his stuff out of the cottage and assumes he is
moving on. She makes the comment that some folk think it should be
Rachel that is moving away from the village.
Jack lets Betty know that he is moving back to the farm.
Betty asks "She's never having you back is she?".
As a parting shot Betty mutters "Nowt like having your cake and eating
it".

Steve is still going on at Kim for him to help her with the
blackmailer. He want's to go and see the blackmailers instead of Kim.
Kim won't let him and explains that by dealing with the blackmailer
herself it will show that she isn't frightened and thus will be in
control.
She tells Steve that if he interferes the engagement is off.

Lisa and Mandy are hanging the washing out.
Evidently the men folk in the Dingle household have agreed to have
their smalls washed as a new years resolution.

Lisa reminds Mandy, Butch and sam that it's Zak's birthday that next
week.
Butch and Sam tell Lisa that they have already got their dad a
surprise present.
Just then Zak comes out and everyone goes quite. He then gives a
subtle hint about his forthcoming birthday.

Jack moves his stuff back into the farm and passes the comment to
Sarah that its just like coming back after a holiday. Sarah tells him
that it hasn't been like a holiday for her.
Ned comes in and Sarah tells him that she and Jack are giving it
another go.
When asked how Jan is getting on, Ned explains that it's simply bad
nerves.

Rachel bumps into Robert at the Post Office.
She asks how he is and Robert lets her know that Jack has moved back
in.

Marlon, still homeless, is in the Tea Room having his breakfast.
Butch and Sam turn up.
Butch say, "Oh look, its Marilyn".
Butch ends up emptying a salt cellar over Marlon's meal.

Mandy invites Paddy to her flat for the afternoon as all of the family
will be out.

Chris bumps into Steve and tells him that it looks like the gloss
didn't take long to wear off (referring to Steve's relationship with
Kim).
Tony Cairns wanders in and asks Steve if he can talk to him about the
outward bound idea. Steve tells him he isn't interested as the idea
doesn't appeal to him now.
When Steve has gone, Chris tells Tony that he may be interested in the
idea.

Roy tells his dad that he doesn't fancy the idea of visiting his
mother in hospital.

Mandy and Paddy arrive at the Dingles.
They are disappointed to find Butch and sam there, both acting
suspiciously.
Butch tells Sam "She's brought vetinary back to give him a good seeing
to", Mandy and Paddy run up the steps to her flat.

Zak and Lisa are in the Woolpack talking to Terry.
Terry asks why Zak has got a long face and asks what is up.
Zak admits that he has no value and folk think he hasn't got any
feelings.
He asks Lisa what is happening next Tuesday (that's his birthday),
Lisa (kidding him along) thinks about it, then tells him its market
day.

Turner asks Terry where the hammer is. Terry wants to know why Turner
wants a hammer.
Turner shows Terry, Zak and Lisa a framed photograph of Terry and Vic
which he wants to hang up behind the bar. (this is the photograph from
the gay bar)

Paddy and Mandy are in the flat. Paddy is lying on the bed.
Mandy appears in some exotic night wear and flings herself on top of
Paddy.
Whilst they are snogging they hear a the sound of a pig, Mandy asks
Paddy if that was him, Paddy tells her he thought it was her.
A pig then appears from under the bed.

Butch and Sam are in the house, Butch asks Sam if he has hidden the
present in a good place.
Mandy and Paddy burst in, it appears the pig is Zaks present and Sam
hid it in her flat. Mandy complains because it has eaten a pair of her
knickers.

Jan is shown in the hospital looking at an old photograph of a baby.
Ned and Roy arrive to visit her.

Kim goes off to see the blackmailer. She tries to sneak out but is
caught by Steve.
Kim tells him that she alone is going to see the blackmailer.

Cathy and Eric complain to Marlon about him sitting in the Tea Rooms
all day. Marlon is there because he has no where else to go.
Eric tells him he is putting off the customers due to his smell.
Eric suggests Betty takes him in a s a lodger. Betty refuses.
Betty then suggests that Cathy has a spare room.
Cathy isn't sure. She then tells Marlon he can stay for a couple of
days providing he has a bath. Marlon tells Cathy she can scrub his
back, icy stare back from Cathy.

Kim arrives at a phone box out in the wilds.
After a while the blackmailer arrives, gets into her car and tells her
to drive.

At the hospital, Jan seems to recognise only Ned and ignores Roy.

Zak tells his family that he is sick of the whispering that is going
on behind his back. He wants to know what's going on.

Kelly bumps into Roy.
Roy asks her if everyone is talking about his mother, especially Viv.
Kelly tells Roy that she thinks Jan is 10 times better than her
mother.
Roy tells her that she wouldn't be saying that if she knew that Jan
thought she was a right little trollop.
Roy explains about Jan not recognising him.

Paddy is having a drink with Zoe in the Woolpack and tells her that he
hasn't stopped all afternoon (reference to his antics with Mandy) and
asks if there is a limit to what a body can take because he has been
to the edge.

Kim and the blackmailer arrive at the quarry where the lady in the
lake was found.
The blackmailer tells Kim to get out.
He tells her to open her coat so he can check for a bug.
The blackmailer tells Kim that it was she who arranged for the murder.

Ned comes into the Woolpack and orders a drink.
Zoe comes over and asks Ned what type of flowers would be Ok to send
to Jan.
Ned tells her that sending flowers would only lessen her guilt and not
to bother. He then walks out of the pub without his drink.
Terry passes the comment that Jan may not have gone that way if Zoe
hadn't sacked her.

In the Woolpack Jack bumps into Rachel.
She complains to Jack about having to hear from Robert that he had
moved back home. She tells him that he didn't have the guts to tell
her himself.

back at the quarry the blackmailer tells Kim he wants Ł50,000.00 she
offers Ł5000.00 for his cheek.
The blackmailer explains that he needs the money to get out of the
country.
It turns out that the blackmailer was the one who killed the lady in
the lake.
Kim tells him that she didn't tell him to kill her.
The blackmailer tells her that he has a video tape of him and Kim
discussing the original deal and threatens to see it to the tabloid
press if she doesn't pay up.
Unbeknown to Kim and the blackmailer Steve is standing above them
watching what has been going on.

And that's how it ended.

Cheers

Steve

Ste...@globalnet.co.uk
From
Whitley Bay
North East England
( Ah, well, back to work tomorrow)