I Am A Swede

That does indeed suck. It seemed like the show was on the mend from the posts here, but this is a giant step backwards. Destroying Robert like that, and for someone like Katie! Why couldn't they have made Andy responsible if anyone had to cause her death? Why did they have to kill her at all? Now there's no way to bring her back in the future if they had wanted to. It's such a short-sighted way of operating, killing characters off like this. Oh well, I still have a few episodes from the late 1970s to watch, and when I'm done with those hopefully some more will have been uploaded. There's also some material from the 1980s and early 1990s I haven't watched yet. I also have one of the dvd releases from the show's beginning left to watch.

What's happened? Don't tell me they're throwing Robert under the bus just to give Katie a dramatic sendoff?!! Robert has always been treated badly, both by the writers and on the show itself. I never could understand why Jack so consistently took Andy's side over Robert's. Well, I can always console myself with older episodes on Youtube. I've watched close to 50 of them the past few days, and I hope more will get uploaded.

I've been watching these old episodes all day. Mostly from 1978 and 1979, but I've also watched some from late 1989 (just when the Tates arrived in Beckindale), one from New Year's Eve 1974 (episode 222) and one from early 1976 which ended with the tragic train crash that killed Sam and Sally Skilbeck, Matt and Peggy's twins (episode 288). It's such a treat to see these old episodes, and I absolutely love the show back then. The difference compared to now is immense, it's more of a regular drama series than a soapopera which it is now. All the familiar faces I remember from watching this show as a child, Annie, Sam, Matt, Dolly (the original one), Amos... Also some early Seth, and we get to see his wife and children! The reverend back then, Donald Hinton, reminds me of Alan Turner, both in looks and the way he speaks. I'm in Emmerdale-heaven!

This is fantastic! I love watching these old episodes.

I guessed that's what he meant, and then it would be completely accurate. But I personally always include the pre-open era results, and if you do that then Serena is tied for third with Helen Wills-Moody behind Margaret Court and Steffi Graf. But all this is purely academic. You really can't compare players from different eras, since the game has evolved so much over the years.

No, Margaret Court is ahead of both her and Steffi with 24 grand slam titles.

I can't say I've paid much attention to Taylor Swift before, but that tweet was fabulous!

Yes, Nadal is out!!

Katy Kurtzman?! Wow, no wonder I couldn't place her, yet she felt so familiar.

Getting rid of Terry and, especially, Viv the way they did was unforgivable. Viv could still have played a major part on the show, and I would rather have had her still on the show and gotten rid of Bob. Terry on the other hand lost some of his relevance back when Chris Tate died, so his death wasn't as upsetting as Viv's was. But I would still have preferred if a Dingle or two had died before him....

Who is the woman between The creature formerly known as Bo Hopkins and Leann Hunley? I recognize her but cannot remember her name.

Amen to that!!

Venus Williams beat 6th seed Agnieszka Radwanska, and there could be a semi-final between her and Serena. It's like we've gone back 10 years in time.

Another one from the same era, and very much in the same vein as Nicola's, was Chloe's exit.

I loved the scene where Laurel exposed Nicola's lie about her and Ivan in front of the whole Woolpack. Found it on Youtube!