17 Elmgate Gardens was the marital home of Peter and Jackie Ingram. Peter invited Mike Baldwin and Alma Sedgewick over for dinner and to meet his wife Jackie, Mike not realising he'd already met her earlier that day when she applied for a job at Mike's secret company Phoenix Fabrics under an assumed name of "Jackie Williams".
After the sudden death of Peter, Jackie remained in the home but wanted to move on, she showed Mike a property called "Thorngrove" in Oakfield which she and Peter had considered buying, but due to a low offer on Ingram's Textiles from Charlie Travers (a pal of Mike's) she changed her mind and kept the business, making Mike the General Manager.
Jackie and Mike grew closer and began an affair, Jackie couldn't cope with the guilt and made Mike decide, he chose her and Alma moved out of his docklands flat and he moved into Elmgate Gardens.
Following the sale of Mike's flat Jackie put her house on the market as she wanted her and Mike to buy somewhere that was 'theirs' as opposed to being 'hers'. Whilst it was on the market, 17 Elmgate Gardens was viewed by a 'Mrs Halliwell', Alma under an assumed name, who slashed the bedding on the double bed.
Mike married Jackie in July 1991 but the happiness was short-lived as she realised the truth about Mike's dodgy dealings including ownership of Jim's Cafe through sub-company Alcazar Holdings. Jackie threatened Mike with a shotgun but he managed to take it off her and she drove off. He was shocked to find the gun was loaded. Jackie sold the factory and offered Mike £100,000 to leave immediately and to not contest her divorce petition. He agreed and took Alcazar Holdings as well.
Jackie remained in the house alone. Mike visited her in April 1992 asking her to not name Alma in the divorce petition and in July, Alma visited the house only to find that Jackie had kept her name out of their divorce and it was Mike causing the problems.
List of appearances[]
1990
- Fri 10th Aug - Living room, kitchen and hallway
- Fri 24th Aug - Living room and hallway
- Mon 24th Sep - Living room and hallway
- Fri 28th Sep - Living room and exterior
- Wed 3rd Oct - Living room and hallway
- Mon 19th Nov - Exterior
- Wed 21st Nov - Dining room and exterior
- Fri 30th Nov - Living room and exterior
- Mon 3rd Dec - Living room
- Mon 10th Dec - Living room
- Fri 21st Dec - Kitchen
1991
- Mon 4th Feb - Living room, kitchen, hallway and bedroom
- Wed 6th Feb - Bedroom
- Wed 27th Mar - Living room
- Fri 29th Mar - Living room and kitchen
- Mon 1st Apr - Living room and kitchen
- Fri 5th Apr - Kitchen
- Wed 3rd Jul - Kitchen, hallway and garden
- Fri 5th Jul - Kitchen and bedroom
- Mon 8th Jul - Kitchen, hallway and exterior
- Wed 10th Jul - Living room, kitchen and garden
- Fri 12th Jul - Living room, kitchen, hallway, bedroom and exterior
- Mon 15th Jul - Kitchen
- Fri 19th Jul - Living room and hallway
- Mon 22nd Jul - Kitchen, hallway and exterior
- Wed 24th Jul - Kitchen and exterior
1992
- Mon 13th Apr - Exterior