Nigel and Eddie in the Bull. The death of Doris Archer.

1980

Up, up and away
Nelson Gabriel opened wine bar in Borchester.
Mark Hebden took Shula for hot air balloon flight.
Brian Aldridge opened beef unit at Home Farm.
Hunt disrupted by saboteurs.

Ralph Bellamy died, 18 January.
Doris Archer died, 27 October.

Bill Insley (Ted Moult) considers a purchase. The first engagement of Mark and Shula.

1981

David goes Dutch
David Archer went to work on a farm in Holland for a year.

Brenda Tucker born, 21 January.
Tommy Archer born, 25 February.
Clarrie Larkin married Eddie Grundy, 21 November.

Sid Perks stunned at the loss of his wife Polly. The tragic death of Polly Perks.

1982

TB strikes
Tuberculosis outbreak at Willow Farm, 30 August.

Polly Perks killed in a car accident, 10 February.

Dame Edna with Lynda Snell.

1983

Oh, Eddie!
Susan Horrobin won a pig at the village fete.
Eddie Grundy was sick into the piano at the Bull.
Nigel Pargetter appeared in a gorilla outfit.
Fire at Blossom Hill Cottage; no one hurt.

William Grundy born, 9 March.
Ken Pound died, 17 November.

HRH Princess Margaret with Jack Woolley. The wedding of Neil and Susan Carter.

1984

A royal visit
Susan Horrobin told Neil Carter she was pregnant.
Pat and Tony Archer decided to make Bridge Farm organic.
Lucy Perks' teacher Kathy Holland moved in with Sid.
Princess Margaret visited Grey Gables for an NSPCC fashion show.

Susan Horrobin married Neil Carter, 25 Feb.
Emma Carter born prematurely, 7 August.
Edward Grundy born, 28 September.

Eddie Grundy with ferrets Fergie and Andy. Brian and Caroline's affair

1985

Afghan invasion
Brian Aldridge had a torrid affair with Caroline Bone.
Marjorie Antrobus - and dogs - moved into Nightingale Farm.

Laura Archer died, 14 February.
Fallon Rogers born, 19 June.
Shula Archer married Mark Hebden, 21 September.

Dan Archer (Edgar Harrison) David proposes to Sophie Barlow

1986

Never the same again
Mike Tucker declared bankrupt.
The Snells moved into Ambridge Hall.

Dan Archer died, 26 April.
Bill Insley died, 23 September.

Ambridge bad girl Sharon Richards (Celia Nelson) Portia's puppies.

1987

Portia's guilty secret
Pedigree Afghan hound Portia had litter of mongrel pups by Jack Woolley's dog Captain.
Agricultural student Ruth Pritchard came to Brookfield.

Sid Perks married Kathy Holland, 24 April.
Jethro Larkin killed in forestry accident, 17 June.

Nelson Gabriel (Jack May) mourns his father Walter. The death of Walter Gabriel.

1988

Farewell, me old pal
Mike and Betty Tucker moved back into Willow Farm.
Walter Gabriel made a freeman of the Bull on his 92nd birthday, shortly before his death.
For the first time, women were allowed at the cricket club dinner.

Christopher Carter born, 22 June.
Walter Gabriel died, 3 Nov.
Alice Aldridge born, 29 September.
David Archer married Ruth Pritchard, 15 December.

Three generations: John, Peggy, Pat and Helen (Sam Barriscale, June Spencer, Patricia Gallimore, Frances Graham) Brian injured by a BSE cow.

1989

Mad cows
Jerry Buckle became vicar of Ambridge and took in abandoned Sharon Richards.
Brian Aldridge kicked by Grundys' BSE-infected cow and suffered post-traumatic epilepsy.
William Grundy's pet turkey Clint survived Christmas.
Kathy Perks consummated her affair with Dave Barry.

Kylie Richards born, 26 October.