Alternative Coronation Street

Craig Tinker lived on Coronation Street with his mother Beth.  They once were forced to share a house with Tracy Barlow, but he seems to have coped without any obvious trauma. He once accompanied his mother on a date with Steve McDonald. Had things worked out, he could have been Steve's stepson and Amy's step brother.  However, nothing became of the relationship and he appeared to survive without any obvious trauma. Craig's past is controversial.  He had many lady friends during his time on the street, and they all offered their own predicaments and baggage.  However, he seems to have reached adulthood without any obvious trauma. Drama was never far from Craig.  He was variously nearby when the Rovers went on fire, on call when Faye found out she was pregnant, and he was involved in many other dramas, but no doubt his OCD was a major turning point.  However, he recovered from this with no obvious signs of ongoing trauma, He joined the police, and for a long...

 Dylan was uptight.  He was out for a few hours and already he'd had a run in with Brody. Nothing major but it was enough to rattle him. Two minutes later, someone got in his way and he nearly bumped into them.  This annoyed him, though probably he wouldn't have worried about it if he hadn't had the altercation with Brody.  After that he overheard someone talking about him. "Don't be acting like the guy in the red top. You can see how rattled he is."  This from a random stranger, a father to a son.   Was that what it had come to? People looked at him and saw he was rattled?  Deep down he felt he was a good boy, a good person but Brody set him on edge and then he nearly bumped into someone.  No wonder he was tense, but he wouldn't say he was rattled. David Platt was over the other side of the road.  He'd been inside too as a teenager.  Max's dad.  "Oh no. He's crossing the road," thought Dylan.  It wasn't that he didn't lik...

Gemma Winter-Brown was knee-deep in quadrosprogs when she heard the letter box rattle.  In among the bills, reminders, junk mail and a postcard from an old school friend, she saw a letter. And it was addressed to her personally! "Dear Mrs Winter-Brown, You recently entered the Spot the Doll competition in Hey Up Chuck! magazine. First prize is a five bedroom mansion in Mansfield, second prize is a four bedroomed terrace in Taunton and third price is a three bedroom flat in Flint. I'm sure that you will be delighted to hear that you have won one of our 500 runner-up prizes of a family portrait. The portrait can include up to 6 people (for example any combination of your partner(s), children or parents). Congratulations on winning this fantastic prize. To redeem your fantastic prize simply phone the number on the voucher enclosed and make an appointment. Your nearest Chuck up! photo studio is Preston's Petals, Rosamund Street, Weatherfield (contact Mr Tracy Barlow.) Yours s...

 Todd was sawing timber. He'd use the cuts later to make a coffin.  The sales brochures showed finely crafted pieces made with the shiniest of hard woods, but in reality each coffin was hand made in the back shop and then placed within a slightly larger show coffin which is what the public saw.  At the crematorium, Todd simply waited for the curtain to close and then removed his hand-made coffin from inside the show model.  One went into the furnace and the other went back to the office with Todd and George. The front shop door opened and the attached bell jangled pleasantly (though not too merrily) alerting the staff to the presence of a customer. The customer today was Kirk.  Todd knew, of course, why Kirk was here. As PC Craig Tinker's step-father, it fell upon him to make plans for the young policeman's final journey following his untimely death.  His sister, Maria, entered a few seconds later. "Call me tonight," she said to whoever was outside. "Yeah I...