Favourite Corrie Stories - the car in the lake

Time for another top story for you. It's May Day Bank Holiday, 1983. Rovers potman, Fred Gee, has decided to take Bet Lynch out for an afternoon drive, but his hopes of a romantic liaison are soon dashed when she invites Betty Turpin along for the ride. The car has been in for a service at Tilsley's garage, but in spite of Brian's protests, Fred insists on taking it away without all checks being complete - bad move as he had not yet serviced the handbrake! Click through below for more... [Sky Clearbrook]

With the car perched up on a country hillside, Fred gets out to breathe in the fresh air, only to turn around to see the car speeding towards the lake - with Bet and Betty still inside! "Fred... we're moving... FRED!!!" screams Bet. She wrenches at the handbrake, but it comes off in her hand. With no way of stopping the runaway Rover, the two ladies end up stranded in the sinking car. Bet "persuades" Fred to wade in to carry the ladies out. Naturally he starts with Bet - he gives her a piggy-back out of the water and promptly plonks her down... in a cow pat. What a buffoon. Naturally, Mrs. Walker was not amused when the three arrived very late for their evening shift! Ha ha - classic.