Coronation Street spoilers: A fight for the cobbles as Ray Crosby tries to destroy the Street

Coronation St At 60 The Big Week Picture: metro.co.uk

It’s a brave man who takes on the whole of Coronation Street – and the community are not giving up without a fight as they go head to head with property developer and all round ratbag Ray Crosby (Mark Frost).

His plans to flatten the properties and redevelop the area for eye watering profit lead to an all out protest – and as he brings in the heavy artillery, things get serious.

Ken Barlow (Bill Roache) unwittingly reveals to Debbie Webster (Sue Devaney) how this afternoon they’ll be lodging an application to have the brewery listed and thus saving it from the bulldozer.

When Debbie warns Ray about the residents’ plans to prevent the knocking down of the brewery, Ray resolves to demolish it this afternoon before they lodge their application.

On the street, Abi, Kevin, Brian, Cathy, David, Ken, Rita and Shona watch with horror as a bulldozer heads towards the brewery. Ray gives them a satisfied grin.

The residents set up camp in front of the brewery and Rita leads them in a rousing rendition of ‘We shall not be Moved’. Can they really defeat Ray and save the cobbles?

After a night camping outside the brewery, the residents celebrate halting the progress of the bulldozer.

 But their joy is short-lived when a massive long-arm digger turns up. In a bid to make peace with Abi, Kevin contacts a councillor friend to alert him to the brewery’s application for listed status. Debbie phones Ray in a panic.

The protestors are outraged as Ray’s men start to dismantle their camp. As Ken stands in the bulldozer’s path Abi jumps into the cab of the digger but loses control of the long arm, which smashes down on a nearby substation, knocking out all the power in the surrounding streets.

Kevin’s council contact arrives at the brewery with a temporary order to stop any demolition.

Is this a victory for the Street?

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