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2000
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Sid's affair
Grundy family evicted from Grange Farm.
Lower Loxley re-launched with a tree-top walk and rare breeds.
Ruth Archer had a mastectomy after discovering breast cancer.
Sid and Kathy Perks separated after Sid's affair with Jolene Rogers.
Alistair Lloyd adopted wife Shula's son Daniel.
Bridge Farm's shop 'Ambridge Organics' opened in Borchester.
Tim Hathaway and Rev Janet Fisher worked together on a fundraising male nude calendar
Pregnant Kate Aldridge returned from South Africa.
Debbie Aldridge married Simon Gerrard, 12 May.
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2001
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New family in Brookfield
Lucas Madikane persuaded Kate to leave daughter Phoebe in the care of Roy and Hayley Tucker.
Joyriding Jazzer and Ed Grundy injured Alice Aldridge's pony.
Brookfield started a Hereford beef herd.
Brian Aldridge and Siobhan Hathaway began an affair.
Ed Grundy flunked his GCSEs but helped out at Grange Farm.
Jill and Phil Archer retired to Glebe Cottage.
Ed Grundy pulled Emma Carter from a burning car. He and brother Will battled for Emma's affections.
Christine Barford retired, selling The Stables to Shula Hebden Lloyd.
Helen Archer's relationship with gamekeeper Greg Turner plagued by his secretiveness.
Noluthando Madikane born, 19 January.
Nelson Gabriel died, 16 March.
Kate Aldridge and Lucas Madikane married, 12 April.
Roy Tucker and Hayley Jordan married, 7 May.
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2002
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The games' up
Helen Archer moved in with Greg Turner.
Debbie Gerrard caught her husband Simon in flagrante. Divorce followed.
Penniless Kenton Archer returned from Australia and was bailed out by his parents.
Joe Grundy gave up driving for a pony and trap.
Mike Tucker learned ballroom dancing to surprise wife Betty.
Tim Hathaway divorced Siobhan, pregnant by Brian Aldridge.
Marjorie Antrobus moved to The Laurels nursing home.
Brookfield employed a Romanian student, Chaba.
Rev Janet Fisher left the village.
Jazzer suffered mild brain damage after taking the drug ketamine.
Neil Carter disapproved of Will Grundy and Emma Carter's growing closeness.
Brian Aldridge chose to stay with Jennifer after his affair with Siobhan Hathaway was uncovered by furious daughter Debbie.
Sid married Jolene Rogers, 4 July.
Benjamin Archer born, 15 March.
Nigel Pargetter's nephew Piers born, 13 June.
Solly Pritchard died, 29 October.
Ruairi Donovan born, 14 November.
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2003
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The return of Adam and Lilian
Lilian Bellamy returned from tax exile in Guernsey.
Alan Titchmarch judged the Open Gardens competition.
Kenton Archer started as manager of Jaxx Caff.
Banned from driving, Nigel Pargetter took up cycling and a greener lifestyle.
Adam Macy returned from Africa and came out as gay.
Home Farm started growing strawberries in polytunnels.
Jack Woolley developed memory problems.
Ed Grundy served a community punishment for burglary.
Emma Carter accepted Will Grundy's proposal of marriage.
Siobhan Hathaway returned in a last ditch attempt to tempt Brian Aldridge into a new life. He was injured in a car accident as he refused.
New vicar Alan Franks took in drug addict Luke at Christmastime.
Matthew Gemmell born, 14 February.
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2004
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A kiss in a polytunnel
Adam Macy and Ian Craig started a relationship after a kiss in a polytunnel.
Sid Perks left the cricket club because of Adam's sexuality.
Clive Horrobin imprisoned after firebomb attack on George and Christine Barford
Brian met his son Ruairi unexpectedly at the Paris agricultural show.
Lilian Bellamy started an affair with Matt Crawford.
Alistair Lloyd confessed to £8000 gambling debts.
Emma Carter slept with Ed Grundy on her hen night but still married his brother Will.
Rejected Ed went travelling and returned with an American girlfriend, Beth.
Specialist herdsman Sam Batton arrived at Brookfield.
Caroline Pemberton and Oliver Sterling started fostering.
Helen Archer was treated for anorexia after Greg Turner's suicide.
Owen King raped Kathy Perks.
Greg Turner died, 7 May.
William Grundy and Emma Carter married, 27 April.
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2005
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Emma walks out
Former husband Sid Perks scared Kathy's rapist Owen King away from Ambridge.
Kenton Archer managed to restore his relationship with Kathy.
Matt Crawford moved in with Lilian Bellamy after his messy divorce.
At Sam Batton's insistence, Alistair Lloyd dropped as Brookfield's dairy vet.
Adam Macy and Ian Craig bought Honeysuckle Cottage together.
Brian Aldridge saved Tom Archer's sausage business after over-ambitious expansion.
Emma Grundy left Will and moved into a caravan with his brother Ed. When baby George was proved to be Will's, he fought for his parental rights.
The Snells took in Scruff the dog after an accident at The Stables.
Usha Gupta and Rev Alan Franks defied family disapproval and started going out.
First maize maze at Home Farm.
George Barford, died 17 January.
George Grundy, born 7 April.
Julia Pargetter-Carmichael died, 7 November.
Betty Tucker died, 16 December.
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2006
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A near affair
After her mother Betty's death, Brenda Tucker started relationship with Tom Archer.
Susan Carter became manager of village shop.
Caroline and Oliver Sterling bought Grey Gables from failing Jack Woolley.
Alistair Lloyd's marriage rocked by £100,000 gambling debts.
Lilian Bellamy bought a 51 per cent share in The Bull.
Pat Archer persuaded a supermarket to take Bridge Farm brand carrots
Emma Grundy fled home with baby George, making Ed Grundy homeless.
Ed turned to drink and drugs, eventually recovering with Oliver Sterling's support.
After their divorce, Will and Emma Grundy managed a civil relationship for George's sake.
Oliver Sterling started a small dairy herd supplying Mike Tucker's milk round. Jobs for Ed Grundy (herdsman) and Jazzer (milkman)
Adam and Ian's relationship strained when a friend of Ian's asked him to father a baby. Ian was keen but it didn't happen.
David Archer's head turned by old flame Sophie Barlow.
Ruth Archer had near-affair with Sam Batton. Sam left as they attempted to patch up the marriage.
Matt Crawford employed Debbie Aldridge as arable consultant.
Caroline Pemberton married Oliver Sterling, 29 June.
Edgar Titcombe and Eileen Pugsley married, 4 October
Adam Macy married Ian Craig (civil partnership), 14 December.
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2007
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A tragic end
Siobhan Hathaway contracted terminal cancer. Despite her initial violent objections, Jennifer Aldridge eventually agreed to bring up Ruari, Siobhan's lovechild with Brian Alidridge. As the bereaved boy tried to adjust to his new home, Devastated Alice Aldridge left for her gap year estranged from her father.
When friendship turned into a relationship for Fallon Rogers and Ed Grundy, jealous Emma Grundy went off the rails.
Ambridge cricket team had a spirited but unsucessful attempt to win the national Village Cup.
Rev Alan Franks sparked division in the parish by suggesting they remove the pews from the church.
Lilian Bellamy sensed danger when Matt Crawford recruited bright and beautiful lawyer Annabelle Schrivener to the Borchester Land board.
When Ruth Archer decided she wanted a breast reconstruction, husband David feared it was to attract other men, until a loving reconciliation.
Despite Clarrie Grundy's concerns, mother-of-two Nic Hanson moved in with Will Grundy after financial problems.
Alistair Lloyd's acerbic, atheist father Jim made Shula's Christmas a nightmare, while recuperating from a broken leg.
Sir Sidney Goodman died, 5 January
Siobhan Hathaway died, 31May
Sipho Madikane born, 26 June
Aunt Hilda (Grundy) died, 9 August
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2008
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Brothers at war
Alice Aldridge and Christopher Carter started dating, to the Carters’ delight and the Aldridges’ dismay.
David and Ruth Archer introduced “rational grazing” in a multi-paddock system at Brookfield.
Eddie Grundy discovered the body of a Civil War soldier while digging out a picnic site in the Millennium Wood.
Jack Woolley's dementia became increasingly troublesome for wife and carer Peggy. After she suffered a stroke, she was furious when the family moved him temporarily him into a care home.
In Hungary, Debbie Aldridge started going out with fellow ex-pat farmer Marshall Latham.
After a threat by Borchester Land to redevelop their packhouse as a dwelling, Pat and Tony Archer bought the freehold of Bridge Farm.
Disagreeing over a low quality/high volume supermarket deal, Tom Archer tried to break away from his partner Brian Aldridge.
Ambridge became a Transition Community.
Will Grundy was disgusted when his brother Ed was reunited with Will's ex-wife Emma. After Will attacked Ed in a frenzied assault, Brian Aldridge found him a temporary gamekeeper job in Gloucestershire, to prevent him leaving Ambridge for good.
Persuaded by Lilian Bellamy, reluctant Matt Crawford traced his birth mother, but the encounter was not a happy one.
After forming a strong friendship with Joe Grundy, former resident Mildred Sommerskill admitted to terminal cancer, before returning to Canada.
Willow Farm was extended, creating Willow Cottage as a separate home for Mike Tucker.
To Shula Hebden Lloyd's concern, husband Alistair started to mentor a fellow compulsive gambler, the charming but erratic Ryan.
Abbie Tucker born, 7 Mar.
Marjorie Antrobus died, 12 Aug
Alan Franks married Usha Gupta, 27 (Hindu ceremony) and 29 (Christian ceremony) Aug
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