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30th October 1991: Ivy Brennan made no effort to hide her dislike of Gail Tilsley's relationship to the younger Martin Platt and the birth of their son David. Her anger boiled over though when she discovered that they planned to marry and, worse, that this was in part a precursor to Martin adopting her precious grandchildren, Nicky and Sarah Louise. Ivy tried everything she knew to stop the process taking place, including poisoning Nicky's mind against Martin and telling social services that the relationship between Martin and Gail was unstable and wouldn't last - even though these actions caused detriment to her own marriage to Don. Ivy called in sick to work and tried to get to the hearing to put her case before the judge but her taxi was delayed and she arrived as the victorious family left the court, the adoption having been granted. Sickened to the core with her defeat, Ivy slunk away.
 * For more information see Episode 3298 (30th October 1991).