Aldridges Assemble! Await the return of the prodigal daughter to Ambridge with the rest of The Archers audience

[PseudoBadger]

I can't resist alliteration

I think you're right, TheOne, but now that Ed has sold his cows does she still have a job?

I couldn't even remember what her job was, Gasp0de

probably not then. The entire family has been vaporised

No tears shed over that here!

Phoebe is lucky to have a sensitive and empathetic gran as her mum doesn't have those traits

Kenton and Kate - kindred spirits!!

Tough job Shula!! Kenton is such an idiot. Shula nearly lost her business due to the gambling didn't she? Its not like he's the only archer who had the bad luck

Big mistake Kate!!

Do you think Jenny will offer to how be that Alex is welcome to stay over?

How be should say phoebe!!

Adam and Kenton also returned to Ambridge after their relationships ended while working away from the village.

Someone up thread suggested phoebe should become a doctor but I doubt she's doing the right a levels - not sure which but think she mentioned French?

All Kate's supposed concern is still all about herself, going on about not getting any thanks for trying to be a good mother.

Phoebe also hasn't been gathering the relevant work experience to be a medic, vet or dentist. Don't suppose such realities bother the SW.

Rosa and Anna. Rosa worked in Mike's dairy doing bottling, indeed commuting by scooter but not I think after they left Ambridge. Anna was silent but I seem to recall talented at music and played an Albanian folk song at one of Lynda's village hall extravaganzas. Ilona often bemoaned the fact that "the girls" had to share a room and fought a lot; hence the move to the Amside property (Peggy got Lil to give a big discount and paid the balance herself).

I had lost this thread.
I was quite impressed that Jenny got through tonight's conversation with Kate about being a mother being a thankless job without spluttering.

I can't believe Jenny didn't tell her, gently, that P is an adult and that she is too late in trying to make up for lost time.

But did Adam and Kenton suffer unrecoverable career setbacks as a direct result of broken relationships, Jasper? Or, like Tom, were they able to cope with relationship upsets while maintaining a career?

Jenny was VERY restrained. Poor P. She would be better off with no mother than Kate the State.

Time for her dad to get more involved?

There are a few women in Ambridge who've managed to overcome relationship difficulties and climb the ladder at work.

Christine - first marriage a disaster, then her husband died, kept on working running the stables

Peggy - first marriage a disaster, then her husband died, kept on working at Grey Gables as Jack Woolley's right hand woman

Caroline - all sorts of setbacks including being widowed, kept on working at Grey Gables as Jack Woolley's next right hand woman

Shula - widowed, kept on working at Rodway's, then bought the stables.

Elizabeth - widowed (bit of a theme developing here), kept the business going, and not just ticking over either, she's expanded it.

Brenda - dreadfully disappointing career given her early promise, but she does seem finally to have managed to break away and get a reasonable job in London. Given the above, she should of course think herself lucky not to have been widowed along the way.

That's a bit of a worrying trend! The proportion of main ambridge women who've lost a partner prematurely is staggering

Good grief ...

(See what I did?)

Great grumbling Gruach

Shula was a bit wet with Kenton I thought (side note - my phone knows the word Shula and yes I know wet is her middle name )

I found his speech about david being manipulative and devious a bit unlikely. Like there's been simmering resentment for 50 years which is not something I've ever felt there has been.

Agree odd. Especially given Kentons history of bailouts

Re the widow thing - I guess killing them off is far neater than divorce. I'd watch out if I were Roy, Hayley or Alastair

Maybe this is where it will all come out that all these supposed "unfortunate" deaths have really been Carol - in some kind of Scooby Doo finish. Even the Suicide - by either murder or black magic.

No wonder I shout "Don't eat the seed cake" at the Radio.

Kate: ‘For all those years I wasn’t able to be there for her’

She’s quite deluded isn’t she? ‘wasn’t able to’??? ‘couldn’t be arsed to’ more like!

She and Kenton do make quite a pair!

KK (Kate and Kenton) have me shouting cross things at the radio. Shula wasn't at all firm enough with him. Why won't SOMEONE say, you shouldn't have spent the money before you had it!

And if tey had decent insurance would te pub be up and running by now?

Kunton and Kate together were a dream pairing but thankfully a short scene