Mr Shaw (1991 character)

Mr Shaw was the moustachio'd husband of the Pendlebury Paper Products cleaner whose bottom was slapped by manager Derek Wilton in a moment of madness in 1991.

When his wife was fired by company owner Victor Pendlebury the day after the assault, Mr Shaw supported her in having her solicitor write to PPP threatening to sue Derek for sexual harassment. Mr Shaw was certain that the sacking was a cover-up and that his wife was being victimised. A few days later, Derek paid Mrs Shaw a visit to explain that her dismissal was a cost-cutting measure and the timing merely a coincidence, in the hope of persuading her to forget the tribunal. Arriving home just as Derek seemed to be getting somewhere, Mr Shaw - amazed that Derek had the nerve to show his face - asserted that his wife's firing was no coincidence and frightened Derek into leaving the house.

Next to try her luck with Mrs Shaw was a desperate Mavis Wilton. Fortunately, Mr Shaw didn't interrupt the visit and Mavis was able to convince Mrs Shaw that the bottom-slapping was an aberration, brought on by Mavis feeding Derek parsnips as aphrodisiac. After consulting her husband, Mrs Shaw agreed to drop the lawsuit. Visiting Mavis at the Kabin to deliver the news, Mrs Shaw shared her own secret - nutmeg in her husband's rice pudding.


 * Mr Shaw's house number was 157 though the street wasn't named.