eastenders - bizarre and shit

[harpo]

Hasn't she always lived there?

That's what I thought. Isn't that where she lived with Charlie Cotton?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Hasn't she always lived there?

Maybe. Doesn't mean it's not council though

 

[harpo]

Maybe. Doesn't mean it's not council though

That's true. But it's never been mentioned before. All kinds of people move in and out of Dot's and it's quite well known that the council gets arsey about things like that and Dot being the type to need smelling salts at the mere mention of criminal intent. It's just a bit weird to suddenly shoehorn in.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

That's true. But it's never been mentioned before. All kinds of people move in and out of Dot's and it's quite well known that the council gets arsey about things like that and Dot being the type to need smelling salts at the mere mention of criminal intent. It's just a bit weird to suddenly shoehorn in.

True, but then why's she owe £1000?

 

[harpo]

True, but then why's she owe £1000?

Because the deal was Cora paid the rent while Dot was gone, and she hasn't. I imagine. Blatant sub-letting. Dot's going dahhhn.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Because the deal was Cora paid the rent while Dot was gone, and she hasn't. I imagine. Blatant sub-letting. Dot's going dahhhn.

Ah, didn't realise that

 

[harpo]

Ah, didn't realise that

Well I don't know for sure but that's what I think it must be.

Unless it's a Dot secretly living in poverty and being too proud to say storyline on the horizon. .

 

[_angel_]

Maybe. Doesn't mean it's not council though

Didn't she live somewhere else as well?
I noticed they shoehorned in Tanya's house was let, when I'm sure they owned it to begin with. Something might have changed I dunno.
I don't think the writers remember stuff sometimes, like Dot getting a letter from Nigel several years after he'd died (off screen).

 

[Geri]

I don't think the writers remember stuff sometimes, like Dot getting a letter from Nigel several years after he'd died (off screen).

Nigel isn't dead, he is living in Scotland!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Didn't she live somewhere else as well?
I noticed they shoehorned in Tanya's house was let, when I'm sure they owned it to begin with. Something might have changed I dunno.
I don't think the writers remember stuff sometimes, like Dot getting a letter from Nigel several years after he'd died (off screen).

hm, this needs investigating I think

 

[_angel_]

Nigel isn't dead, he is living in Scotland!

He had a heart attack and died! His daughter said so when she came back briefly a few years ago.

 

[Geri]

He had a heart attack and died! His daughter said so when she came back briefly a few years ago.

Oh, I missed that. Must be why Dot is always "going to visit Jim" rather than "going to visit Nigel" then.

 

[Looby]

That wasn't originally Dots house I don't think. The Jacksons lived there and Dot moved in when she married Jim.

 

[zoooo]

I cannot at all picture Dot's old house...
*tries to imagine Ethel sitting somewhere holding Willie*

 

[twentythreedom]

I miss Derek now, with his ugly, pudgy face, nasty mouth and piggy eyes. Always wearing a suit, being head of the faaahmily, with knock-off gear in his lock-up. Gawd bless 'im.

mmm? mmmm?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You can see Dot's addresses here. 3B, 25 and 23A Albert Square.

Doesn't say whether they're council houses/HAs though, but the fact that she swapped No. 23A for 25 suggests maybe she is a council/HA tenant

Ex Residents of No. 25

Past Residents:

• Tom Clements 1986–1987
• Dot Branning 1987—1993, 2002—12, 2013-
• Charlie Cotton 1987—1993
• Nick Cotton 1987—1993, 2008—2009
• Alan Jackson 1994—1997
• Billie Jackson 1994—1997
• Blossom Jackson 1994—1997
• Carol Jackson 1994—1997, 1999
• Bianca Jackson 1994—1997, 1999
• Robbie Jackson 1994—1997, 1999—2003
• Sonia Jackson 1994—1997, 1999—2004
• April Branning 1995—1996
• Jim Branning 1999—2007, 2008, 2009—2011
• Bradley Branning 2006—2007, 2007—2008, 2009, 2009
• Clare Bates 2008
• Dotty Cotton 2008—2010
• Liz Turner 2009—2010
• Max Branning 2009
• Syd Chambers 2009
• Noah Chambers 2009
• Peggy Mitchell 2009
• Denise Johnson 2010
• Kim Fox 2010
• Fatboy 2011-12
• Andrew Cotton 2011-12
• Rose Cotton 2011-12

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

23 Albert Square

23 Albert Square ("Ventnor") is where Reg Cox was found dead in the first episode of EastEnders. Originally it was split into two flats, one being occupied by Mary Smith and her baby, Annie, and the other by Ali and Sue Osman and their baby Hassan. Ali and Sue moved out in 1986 and Dot Cotton moved in. Later she did a swap with her neighbour, Tom Clements. Rod Norman came to live with Mary in 1987, and her father Chris also lived with her for a while.

After Mary left in 1988, Mo Butcher lived in the lower flat and took in Trevor Short as a lodger. Roly the dog also lived with Mo before returning to The Vic. Following Mo's departure in 1990, Disa O'Brien stayed in the flat with her baby Jasmine, then newlyweds Ricky and Sam Butcher squatted there. Mark and Gill Fowler also squatted in the upper flat. When Gill died, Mandy Salter moved in with Mark. The squatters were all evicted by the council in 1992.

The property was then converted back into a house and in 2000, the Slater family moved in

 

[zoooo]

Punk Maryyy!
Ali and Suuue!
Oh, the good old days.
I was only about 5, but by God I loved me a bit of Walford.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Punk Maryyy!
Ali and Suuue!
Oh, the good old days.
I was only about 5, but by God I loved me a bit of Walford.

I was in my late teens. You've made me feel old!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Do you remember this guy?

I think he lived in Brixton or nearby as I frequently saw him on the bus and local pubs and got chatting to him

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Norman

 

[zoooo]

Oops. I was feeling old too!
At least I feel better now.

 

[zoooo]

Do you remember this guy?

I think he lived in Brixton or nearby as I frequently saw him on the bus and local pubs and got chatting to him

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Norman

Hmm, he does look familiar.
Blimey, heroin and gang rape? Eastenders used to be a lot darker.

 

[Mephitic]

Hmm, he does look familiar.
Blimey, heroin and gang rape? Eastenders used to be a lot darker.

much darker indeed, i remember some of the Nick Cotton stuff being fairly grim, in comparison todays story-lines almost have a comical farce feel to them, even when they are meant to be serious.

 

[zoooo]

Even Grange Hill back then was probably darker than Eastenders is now.
In fact it definitely was. Zammo and Danny Kendall? Plus Bronson was scarier than 100 Dereks.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Even Grange Hill back then was probably darker than Eastenders is now.
In fact it definitely was. Zammo and Danny Kendall? Plus Bronson was scarier than 100 Dereks.

I remember Zammo and Sue Tully and Todd Carty and Roly

 

[twentythreedom]

Max is such a dick

 

[zoooo]

He really doesn't deserve two attractive, fairly intelligent women after him.

 

[crustychick]

He really doesn't deserve two attractive, fairly intelligent women after him.

I mean, like, really... AS IF! *such* a twat...

 

[zoooo]

Also, the way he shuffles his feet really loudly ANNOYS ME. Honestly, in every scene he's in, all you can hear is his shoes scraping across the floor. Very odd.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Also, the way he shuffles his feet really loudly ANNOYS ME. Honestly, in every scene he's in, all you can hear is his shoes scraping across the floor. Very odd.

Maybe he lived in the Far East in a previous life.