Why Johnny Connor might not be Carla's dad

(This post was originally posted by Flaming Nora on the Coronation Street Blog December 2015, reposted to this blog with permission.)

I've just seen a comment on twitter that is worth a mention in a blog post, just because it made me laugh out loud.  It relates to Johnny Connor's confession to Liz last week that he had a one night stand with Carla's mam in the back of a Vauxhall Cavalier. That's why he's concerned he might be Carla's dad.

.@itvcorrie If Carla was born in 1975, she can't have been conceived in Johnny's Vauxhall Cavalier - the Cavalier was launched in Nov '75.

— Craig Ryan (@CraigA_Ryan) December 17, 2015

Corriepedia and the Manchester Evening News have Carla's birth date as  January 1975.  The Vauxhall Cavalier was launched in November of that year.

Of course, it was 40 years ago and memories fade. Plus, Johnny would have been in the throes of passion so we'll forgive him for not remembering the make and model of the passion wagon. 




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