Template:10 December

10th December 1980: Emily Swain had been married for three months to pet shop owner Arnold and the time had been happy, despite some of Arnold's run-ins with the neighbours, particularly Len Fairclough. Nevertheless, a visit from Mr. Emery, an insurance man, came like a thunderbolt as she was informed that there was another Mrs Swain, alive and well and living in Worthing. Emily hid from the neighbours until she could confront her husband. He told her that Margaret been dead to him for fifteen years after she had left him after just three weeks and they were never divorced. He was so humiliated that he couldn't tell anyone she had left him and he had told his family that she was dead. The deeply religious Emily couldn't condone bigamy and told Arnold to leave her. With great reluctance, he handed her back his wedding ring and walked out of her life - for the moment...


 * For more information see Episode 2055 (10th December 1980).