August in Ambridge

 1st August 1999    Jack collapses with chest pains

2nd August 1996    Richard has been left 10% of Mrs Barraclough's estate

2nd August 2001    The Grey Gables docusoap is broadcast

2nd August 2002    Kenton stays the night at April Cottage for the first time

3rd August 2003     Alan Franks preaches his first sermon at St Stephens

4th August 1950     Betty Tucker born

4th August 1998     Roy wins his case forcing a paternity test for 'baby'

5th August 2003     David admits shooting the badger to an RSPCA inspector

6th August 2002     Phil's pig, Molly, dies

7th August 1984     Emma Grundy (nee Carter) born

7th August 2003     William proposes to Emma

8th August 1958     Kenton Archer & Shula Hebden Lloyd (nee Archer, formerly Hebden) born

8th August 2005     Tom tells Neil about being de-listed by the supermarket

9th August 1996     Tom Cruise kisses Clarrie during the filming of 'Isabella' at Lower Loxley

9th August 1998     Richard tells Usha of his affair with Shula

9th August 2004     Emma tells Kirsty she is pregnant and thinks its Ed's child

10th August 1998   David lets slip to Alistair about Shula and Richard

11th August 2003   Keeper's Cottage is searched after Ed is arrested for breaking and entering

11th August 2006   Ed overdoses on crack

12th August 2001   Jazzer narrowly avoids Alice and Chandler while out joyriding with Ed

13th August 2003   Mrs A moves into The Laurels

14th August 2003   Daniel gets a new dog - Scruff

15th August 1996   Richard is notified that the Health Authority have received a complaint from Mrs Barraclough's son

15th August 1998   Richard asks Shula to move to Manchester with him

17th August 1924   Julia Pargetter-Carmichael born

18th August 2003   Joe is told to take down the Pole Barn by the council

18th August 2005   Caroline and Jolene ‘Life swap’

19th August 1999   Brenda gets her A' level results - ABB

21st August 1998   Shula tells Richard she can't leave Ambridge

21st August 2006   Mrs Pugsley and Titcombe get engaged

23rd August 2005   Hazel Woolley arrives in Ambridge for a visit

24th August 2000   Emma gets her GCSE results, including an 'f' in maths

24th August 2001   Ruth discovers she's pregnant

24th August 2005   Brian offers to invest in Tom’s sausage business

25th August 1896   Walter Gabriel born

26th August 2003   The horse-slasher attacks Caroline's horse, Moonlight

27th August 2000   Kenton phones from OZ to announce Mel is pregnant

27th August 2001   Helen's mystery boyfriend is revealed to be Greg Turner

27th August 2004   William Grundy & Emma Carter marry

28th August 1924   Jethro Larkin born

28th August 2006   David and Ruth bump into David's ex-fiancÈe, Sophie Barlow, at a fund-raising event for Sundial House

29th August 2000   Kathy decides to divorce Sid

29th August 1911   Laura Archer (nee Wilson) born

29th August 2002   Mike sweeps Betty off her feet at the Cricket Club Ball

30th August 2002   Nigel breaks his collarbone racing quad bikes with Kenton

31st August 2004   Ashok and Usha end their engagement

31st August 2006   Jazzer is offered the post of milkman for Grange Farm

[Please e-mail wbbot@saddicts.com if you notice any discrepancies]