No, I want to find out what's happening to the people the SWs seem to have forgotten have been living in Ambridge all our lives. It still annoys me that all through the Helen/Rob saga Pat never had a heart to heart with Kathy, her so called best friend. Even if they'd decided Kathy could be relegated to a silent character, why couldn't she be mentioned?
Also, of course, her son Jamie owns part of the pub. For newer listeners:
Decades ago Peggy Woolley and her first husband Jack Archer owned the Bull. Jack died of alcoholism. Peggy remained the licensee for a long time but installed Sid Perks as manager. Sid married local girl, Polly and they had a daughter, Lucy.
Polly was killed off in a car crash (long before I started listening). Sid brought Lucy up on his own. In the early 1980s Sid started going out with Kathy, who was a teacher at Lucy's school - Lucy didn't like this at all. Sid and Kathy got married; there was an uneasy truce between Lucy and Kathy. Lucy went off to Nottingham University, met a chap there, emigrated to NZ with him, has never returned to Ambridge.
Somewhere along the way, Peggy decided to sell The Bull. Sid and Kathy couldn't get the money together to buy her out but Guy Pemberton, wealthy owner of the Berrow estate at the time, agreed to put money in and be a silent partner. Guy then died very suddenly and left his share in the pub to his widow, Caroline (who later married Oliver Sterling). Caroline later sold her share to Lilian to raise money to guy Grey Gables with Oliver.
Sid and Kathy had their ups and downs. Kathy had an affair with Dave Barry, local policeman, and Sid publicly threw her out of the pub. They got over that
and Kathy had an unplanned pregnancy, resulting in the birth of their son Jamie, who eventually became a tree surgeon and so far as we know is still living in Ambridge, only nobody ever mentions him.
Then Sid had an affair with Jolene. 🚿 Kathy found out, divorced Sid, got enough money out of the settlement to buy April Cottage on the outskirts of the village. Jolene (and Fallon) moved in with Sid and Jolene took to the role of landlady like a duck to water. Unfortunately, Sid died from a heart attack while they were in NZ visiting Lucy.
I can't remember the full details of Sid's will - did Lucy get anything? She may have done. I am, though, quite sure that Jamie got a part-share in The Bull. Jolene got the other part-share.
Jolene didn't cope well with widowhood and within a year had taken up with Kenton Archer, who had previously been living with Kathy (and Jamie), but this time Kathy's ex was already an ex before getting involved with Jolene. From the way Kenton behaves, one would think he was the landlord, but if Jolene has made over part of her share to him, or transferred it into joint names, this has never been mentioned on air. They are married now, but that wouldn't affect the ownership unless Jolene had decided that was what she wanted. I'm not entirely sure the SWs have ever realised this.
We haven't heard from
for a long, long time. Kenton and Jolene are on the list of the missing.