- “Little Sid will see what a lovely person big Sid was”
- Quite right Kenton!
- Fallon’s dicing with death-by-Lynda-Snell
- Jolene’s sewer of a mind
- Helen in eating shock!
- What more do we have to give?
“Little Sid will see what a lovely person big Sid was”
Ah, a nice idea to give wee Sid a nice photo of a happy big (now dead) Sid.
Funny that. I don’t remember him ever being that jolly …
Quite right Kenton!
It’s not often I agree with our Kenton, but he was quite right to step in and harass that antiques dealer if he was being dodgy
[Kenton] “I couldn’t just stand by and watch my dear poor aunty be ripped off”
Of course, it’s probably the way Kenton went about it that’s set Elizabeth off on one again. I can just imagine his macho posturing.
[Kenton] “I am now persona non grata at Lower Loxley until the end of the Antiques Fair”
Poor chap. He also can’t get anyone to go to lunch with him, and even resorts to begging Helen and Ian to let him join them.
Fallon’s dicing with death-by-Lynda-Snell
Cripes! Fallon has some nerve saying that Lynda’s panto script is a “bit rubbish in parts”
I would even utter that if I was on a different planet from Lynda. She has her way of hearing these things …
Jolene’s sewer of a mind
Jolene mistook Fallon for saying she’d been doing something rather more intimate with Harry than rhyming couplets
[Fallon] “Then we got a bit carried away … one you start you … once you get into the rhythm of it, it’s hard to stop”
Come on Jolene – keep up! Fallon and Harry are starring together in the panto.
Still, it’s nice that Jolene even registers when someone is speaking to her. It was oh so different just a few months ago.
Helen in eating shock!
Ian’s been a quiet as of late, and certainly wasn’t around to berate Helen for getting too anxious about food and exercise while pregnant.
But now that Helen’s a bit happier – up he pops.
Hmmm. Smacks a bit of ‘fair-weather friend’. Which I hate even thinking, as we all do love a bit of Ian.
Anyhoo, Ian’s offers to sort the nursery will at least stop Helen painting the flat again.
[Ian] “I’m not having this baby come into this world without a properly equipped nursery”
Aw, sweet!
Which is the exact opposite to Tony’s behaviour. I really do feel for Helen about Tony still not accepting the inevitable:
[Helen] “But no amount of disapproval will make this baby go away … I so want him to celebrate his grandchild, but he just won’t … it makes me so sad”
Despite her problems with her dad, Helen does seem a bit perkier. A chat with Amy really seems to have done wonders.
[Helen] “I really am going to try and relax some more … and eat”
*thud*
And, she’s also even though of some names – Henry for a boy, Megan for a girl.
Henry Archer or Megan Archer – we await you with eager anticipation! And we’ve started a fund for the therapy you’ll need to untie those mother’s apron springs …
What more do we have to give?
That’s gratitude for you.
Harry makes a website and a Twitter profile. I even created a bloomin; Facebook cause (now at 540). The residents come up with ideas, do a lot of the work AND put money through the till. Even the BBC made t-shirts (though I doubt The Bull say any of that income!).
After all that, Jolene is still thinking of “jacking the pub in”.
Ya boo to you!
Well, actually, to be fair, Jolene was talking to Kenton about how
[Jolene] “Every bit of it (the pub) still reminding me”
But Kenton came back with some very sound advice (eh? Kenton???)
[Kenton, on running away to sea and Australia] “It wasn’t Ambridge I had a problem with … it was me”
[Kenton] “Why would you want to go somewhere that didn’t remind you of him?”
He has a point. Jolene doesn’t want to forget, just be able to move on.
By the way – if Kenton and Jolene are to ‘get it on’, can they do so quickly and quietly, please.
The Archers: Hayley's already irritated by Kate ... Lucy's had her baby ... Jolene seems back on form ... We Love The Bull gathers pace ... Elizabeth's a really bad sister (I mean REALLY bad)
- Those Peregrines are awfully fickle
- Fallon's more interested in Harry's 'furniture'
- Hello Sidney Gemmell
- I'd forgotten about the Golf Club Dinner
- Jolene speaks!
- How we can show We Love The Bull
- Hayley needs to be "a saint"
- Really Elizabeth! There was no call for that.
Those Peregrines are awfully fickle
Is it just me, or is there actually no story to tell about the Peregrines?
It's almost edging on there being some controversy, but no-one actually seems to really have a problem with them.
Maybe we'll have 'Lynda's Peregrine 101' lessons alongside Jill and her bees.
Fallon's more interested in Harry's 'furniture'
Actually, I shouldn't have put quotation marks around the word furniture - as it was only the furniture that Fallon was indeed interested in.
Or was it?
Helping to save Harry from his "underfurnished existence", Fallon's too engrossed to even listen to Harry properly about the We Love The Bull campaign.
[Fallon]"surely you want a deep sumptuous rug to roll around in?"
Hmmm.
The later on:
"I didn't manage to persuade harry to buy the rug that i liked"
Aha!
So, can we take it that Fallon wants a roll in the rug with Harry?!?
Hello Sidney Gemmell
Lucy has had a baby boy, and named him after her dad.
Erm ... and that's all there is to say. The poor chap has hardly been born to trumpeting angels!
I'd forgotten about the Golf Club Dinner
And that was why Nigel was talking to Kenton about his lack of control when drinking.
Is the moral of the tale going to be Kenton's descent in alcoholism?
Jolene speaks!
Hurrah! Jolene held a whole conversation, gave advice and had an opinion.
Is this sign of a recovery?
Bad timing though. She finally manages to engage with another human being, but it's a damn shame it was Kathy AND Jolene was telling her that maybe Kenton was trying to make things better.
If you're going to try and keep Kathy and Kenton together, you probably should just go back to your aimless wandering, Jolene. That's though, but Kenton and Kathy have been very tough on us.
How we can show We Love The Bull
The Ambridge residents have decided to make t-shirts (ready for next week), for Jim to run a quiz night (hmmm. Will anyone get an answer right?) and for the flower tubs to be tidied.
But there seems to be a problem about changing the menu. Fallon seems to think that even suggesting it would tip Jolene back over the edge.
(am I missing something? Was Sid fanatical about the menu? Does it staying the same keep his memory alive?!?)
Yet her worries were unfounded. Delighted about the quiz and flower tubs:
"oh no ... you're not serious? .. oh! ... that's fantastic ... thank you!"
Jolene sounded like she was bear hugging Harry and Fallon when they (very gently) raise the issue of the menus:
"I ain't worried darling ... oh come here you two ... you're gorgeous ... so nice you care about the pub"
Hurrah and hooray! Is Jolene back? Has The Bull already been saved by simply showing how much We Love The Bull through a few flowers, some old academic bloke asking questions and changing from straight cut chips to curly fries?!?
We shall see.
But just in case - make sure you support The Bull on Twitter (follow @welovethebull) and Facebook (click here for the We Love The Bull cause)
The BBC article should also bring on more supporters - click see to see it
By the by - another thought I had was that maybe we should be actually going to The Bull when doors open, until doors close.
That seemed to be Jazzer's approach. Bum on seat. Beer in hand. Cash in till.
Now where did I put The Bull's address ....
Hayley needs to be "a saint"
Hayley's still livid about Phoebe going to stay with Kate for a week.
Seemingly Kate's while attitude is wrong, wrong, wrong.
Somehow, I think it;s Roy who's going to have to be the saint in all of this.
Regardless of whether Kate does 'do a Kate' or not, Hayley's going to find fault.
(and all this without Kate saying a word today!)
Really Elizabeth! There was no call for that.
Well, Kathy did ask for honesty, but Elizabeth didn't really need an excuse to drop Kenton in it.
After having had a chat with Jolene, Kathy seems to think it;s worth talking to Elizabeth to see if Kenton has indeed changed. That he's been making an effort with Jamie has given her some hope.
And who better to ask than his own sister. Who never holds back from criticising, blaming. judging (etc. etc.) Kenton.
[K] "what do you think?"
[E] "I'm not sure it's for me to say ..."
[K] "maybe I've blamed Kenton too much."
[E] "I really can't answer"
But it felt like one of those moments when you offer a friend petrol money, they refuse, but you know you're both just being polite until they take it.
Except, in this instance, it's a bit more of a sensitive subject.
I felt really sad for Kathy (which is the first in many, many weeks), as she did seem to genuinely hope that Kenton was being more "mature and responsible".
After all of those heated arguments, maybe she did realise that she loves him.
Or, at least was lonely without him.
Either way, Kathy felt that maybe she had been unfair, and maybe they should give it another go, or at least give Kenton another chance.
After all, Nigel told her to. As did Jolene, Clarrie and Pat.
Maybe she could have saved herself a lot of time by heading straight to Elizabeth:
[K] "Just tell me - do you think i should give Kenton another chance? You can be honest"
[E] "My brother's not going to change. As far as I can see, he will always be the same ..."
(here it comes)
[E] "He was with somebody else, Kathy"
[K] "but ... who ... no, forget it ... no, it doesn't matter ... oh ..."
(after Elizabeth saying it was only a one night stand)
[K] "and that's meant to make me feel better?"
[K] "Of all the things he could have done ... and after everything ... right ... well ... that's that I suppose. Thank you for telling me ... I can never forgive him for this ... There is nothing to say. As far as I'm concerned, it's all over"
Phew! That was a long time coming.
But at the end, quite sad.
If I did believe the The Archers wasn't real, I'd have said that the 'actor' 'playing' Kathy did a wonderful performance tonight.
But as that's not what I believe - Kathy, I think you were impeccable.
