Template:28 July

28th July 1980: Alf and Renee Roberts went to a country pub to celebrate the Post Master allowing a new sub-post office in the Roberts' new shop, which was to represent a new start for the couple. As he had been drinking, Alf had to let Renee drive home, although she hadn't yet passed her driving test and Alf was less than confident about her driving skills. Alf didn't give Renee an easy time, treating the exercise as a lesson; when Renee stalled the car in a narrow lane next to roadworks, Alf got out of the car and demanded that she move to the passenger seat and let him drive. Without warning, a lorry came down the lane at full speed and hit the car head-on. Alf barely had time to warn Renee and jump out of the way, but Renee sustained critical injuries and died in hospital.
 * For more information see Episode 2016 (28th July 1980).