Oh my god no 😭 Was it about Trevor Jordache under the patio? Because every Brookside mention I’ve ever heard has been about that man being buried under the patio lmfao. Also, what book is it??
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I was reading up on some Brookside lore because I was curious and I’m laughing at the fact that Donny/Mick tried to get Tinhead expelled. He was mates with his son, Leo, and accidentally beat him up instead of some other lad. There is so much lore between Donny and Tinhead, but just him trying to get little teenage Tinhead expelled is funny to me.
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I’ve been watching Brookside on YouTube and I came across a familiar face (familiar for Corrie fans anyway) from an episode from 1998.
Alison King (aka Carla Connor)
And here she is with Claire Sweeney (aka Cassie Plummer):
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Brookside was basically killed off on purpose.
In the days when taping it was the only option for watch again, putting a show that should have been on at 8 or 9pm on at midnight was saying “we want to deliberately deflate figures”.
It was the best soap at the time. It did every story. That’s fun. It broke every taboo including important ones.
People wanted to see it.
They just didn’t want to see it enough to stay up to ridiculous hours on a work night.
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Bridgeport Students Sing for the Holidays
BRIDGEPORT – Musical talent was on full display at Bridgeport Exempted Village School District during the Dec. 18 winter concert. Parents and families turned out in the hundreds to watch singers from the fifth through the 12th grades celebrate the holidays.
Bridgeport Middle School Principal Anne Haverty Lawson was seen wheeling out extra chairs to meet the demand, and the cafetorium was still standing room only.
Band Director Kyle Turley and Choir Director Ashley Krieger directed the program as their students took the stage for the big night.
Krieger welcomed district families and presented the fifth-grade choir.
“These students have worked so hard. It is such a joy being their teacher and they are so excited.”
They performed a selection of songs, including “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” “Believe” and “A Very Merry Christmas.” Soloists Kazriel Kovalcik, Aviana Hall, Sophia Bokone, Karmyn Repik, Kendall Kreiter and Caylee Nicola shone.
The Bridgeport Middle School Choir performs during the winter concert. Choir Director Ashley Krieger leads them in song.
The high school choir performed “All I Want for Christmas is You,” “Silent Night,” God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” and “Carol of the Bells.” Brooke Wolfe played the flute and sang a solo.
The fifth-grade band played a selection from their beginning book, then the sixth graders took their turn with songs including “Dreidel Spinning Top.”
The high school concert band treated the audience to some Christmas songs from their favorite movies and shows.
To wrap up the evening, the seventh through 12th-grade band and middle and high school choir assembled and invited the audience to join in.
Afterward, Turley was overjoyed with the evening’s success and congratulated his students. He is looking forward to seeing them grow from strength to strength.
“The music department’s doing great things here at Bridgeport, and good things are in the foreseeable future.”
Always innovative, he added his young musicians will be using some new software beginning in January to help him assign them different parts of music.
“The kids will record themselves playing and that way I can give individualized feedback to help them figure out what they can improve on and what they’re doing pretty well.”
The band program currently boasts 82 members, 20 more than last school year.
“Major growth has been seen since last year, and we’re only going up from here. I’m excited to get my numbers up with the incoming fifth graders in the spring,” he said. “We’ve grown immensely since last year and I’m hoping for the spring when we get fourth-grade recruitment that it goes up even more.”
Turley has some great talent to work with. The fifth and sixth graders are practicing hard and excited to be part of the program.
“They’ve been improving every day.”
Krieger also shared congratulations.
“Very proud of the choir and band students. They worked really hard learning their music. They really seemed to enjoy the selections that they performed tonight.”
She said the audience was another source of encouragement.
“What a wonderful crowd we had tonight! Huge attendance and it’s always great to see so many family members supporting the students. That really means a lot when they look out and see the smiling faces of their loved ones.”
Bridgeport High School Principal Jack Fisher applauded the festive performance.
“They’re doing a great job. Mr. Turley and Ms. Krieger led some great performances. You can clearly see the kids are doing great. They’re excelling, they’re learning, they’re having fun. It was nice,” he said. “It was an absolute packed house. We had every chair in the building out. We had over 500 chairs out and we had some standing still.”
Havery Lawson agreed.
“It was the biggest concert we’ve ever had.”
The students continued their melodies the next day when they performed for the residents of Rolling Hills Care Center Dec. 19.
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Claire Sweeney (Cassie Plummer in Corrie) as Lindsey Stanlow in Brookside from 1997. 🤩
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Team TNA vs. Team NXT, Luna vs. Brookside, Ali vs. Miguel
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TNA IMPACT TV RESULTSDECEMBER 4, 2025ORLANDO, FL AT FAIL SAIL UNIVERSITYAIRED ON AXS TVREPORT BY DARRIN LILLY, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR
-Commentators: Tom Hannifan, Matthew Rehwoldt
-A very well produced music video (to a cover version of Phil Collins’ song “In the Air Tonight”) started the show. Stars of TNA including the Hardys, Nic…
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wild that the anniversary eps have managed to make me care more about a soap that’s been off air for basically my whole life than it did hollyoaks
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Xia Brookside Pulled from TNA Bound For Glory
TNA Bound For Glory 2025 featured its chaotic Call Your Shot Gauntlet match, where the winner earns a shot at any championship of their choosing. But just before the action kicked off, fans got unexpected news about one of the advertised stars.
Léi YÇng Lee was revealed as the first entrant in the Gauntlet, but she didnâ€t come with her usual partner. During her entrance, commentary confirmed…
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Brookside
I’m almost finished the first 30 episode package on STV player (which equates to roughly the first 4 months of the show November - February)
It’s so so good 😭 it’s a much slower pace than what we are used to now (or what the show itself eventually mutated into) but it’s wonderful to just immerse yourself in the lives of these characters and it all feel so real and relatable. The aren’t really intertwined in each others lives the way they are in other soaps. The estate is newly built so they are as unknown to each other as they are to the viewer really. 4 months down the line and it’s still “the guy next door” “them over the close” no forced or false familiarity. Though familiarity is starting to grow just at a realistic pace.
I have just watched the episode where Petra finds Gavin dead in bed. I don’t think I’ve seen a sudden adult death played out so realistically before. Roger normally a bit of a berk takes charge of the situation and wins Barry round (and off topic why do I fancy Barry Grant? 😅) Heather not knowing what to do or say and failing miserably at being the “compassionate neighbour” was something we probably wouldn’t be shown today but is very true to real life. I kept thinking “why don’t they go get Sheila?” But then she was probably at work. I also kept thinking “just let her see him Roger ffs”
Oh and the fact they film inside the actual houses *chefs kiss*
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I already love this family so much and because I know my soap lore I know how it all ends 😭
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Miller’s report on Lash Legend vs. Jaida Parker, Candice LeRae vs. Brookside, big eight-man tag match
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Ring Announcer: Mike Rome
Backstage Correspondent(s): Sarah Schreiber
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small details + big moments = new core memories made
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Casualty casts Coronation Street and Brookside star in new role
Casualty has cast former Coronation Street and Brookside star Michael Starke in a guest role.
Starke, who is best known for his role as Thomas ‘Sinbad’ Sweeney in Brookside, will appear on the BBC’s long-running medical drama later this year.
Confirming that the actor has already filmed his first scenes, his management company shared a post on Instagram, saying that Starke had “been busy” filming…
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