It went 3 times a week in October 1989 (first Friday episode was 2981 on 20/10/89 according to Corriepedia), so yes, they'll be into 1990 in less than a year, in fact it should only take 4/5th of a year, so just over 9 1/2 months, so could be into 1990 by next July, as long as it's still running nad there's been no breaks.
One interesting thing you'll notice is there's still lots of entirely studio-bound episodes in this era, sometimes you can go a week or two without seeing any actual location work. I remember when watching the G+ run noting even as late as 1990 you could get 2 or 3 episodes in a row where you'd never see the street. It must be a long time since there's been an entirely studio bound episode.
Another thing I remember from G+ was the Xmas episode from 1991, which was originally shown around the Queen's speech, with Alf getting up to turn it on, then turns the TV off after, their version had been re-edited (possibly the same edit sold internationally?) so there was a scene with Mike & Alma and an advert break between Alf turning the queen's speech it on and off.
I watched the G+ run quite religiously- I had a VHS tape that was repeatedly re-used to tape episodes of that and the UK Gold EastEnders run that I wasn't at home to watch live (pre-PVR and On Demand era!).
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