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My teeny little walnut trees
November 17, 2007, 12:18:56 PM »
Well, well, well.....last fall we went to my Sister's house in a neighbouring town. She has walnut trees, and the nuts are simply wonderful. We brought home a whole bunch, left them outside for a few days (oh brother, here we go again with procrastination), and then went to get them ready for the curing. Most of them were gone!!!!!!
We have two species of squirrels that love to live around our place. The Douglas Squirrel, a little cute grey one. The other one is a black one, no clue what the species name is, but it is huge, probably at least double the size of the cute little grey Douglas. The big black one is an annoyance, I see it run along the conifer trees alongside our ravine and the trees branches shake and tremble. YOu know it is the big black squirrel.
Oh right, where was I? I digress (hee, hee). We managed to dehydrate a few of the lovely fall time treats, barely enough to whet your whistle, but still, we obtained a few.
This year my Sister's trees did not even produce narry a fruit. Rats!!!! It must have been the ugly summer weather we had, far too much dark days with not an awful lot of that beautiful sun that brings on the harvests, and of course, the rain (that even got my tomatoes the blight in the middle of August, even under cover in that beautiful greenehouse my Husband built for me, blight middle of August, unheard of....period) :( :roll:
Oh brother, lost again.....right. A couple of weeks ago I noticed these little trees growing in one of the raspberry patches. I examined these little trees, and lo and behold!!! They are walnut trees. Wonderful little squirrels, now I have a different adoration of them. They had burried the nuts and these trees grew. So they would be a one year old tree, yeah.
I did a little research on walnut trees, evidently they will/may produce fruit in their 6th year and may live up to the 70th year (approximate dates of course). I carefully dug up these little trees, brought along some nice bonemeal and some healthy soil that has been amended with peat moss, manures and composts (the area around my blueberry bushes), put these products in my wheelbarrow and headed out the back with shovel in tow.
I spent a good hour searching for the most appropriate spots to heel in these little treasures that I had found. Each hole I dug was large, I placed the little trees within, gave them some bonemeal, beautiful soil that I mixed in with the natural soil from the hole, gently stomped them in, threw away the weedy, grassy soil that was the first shovel full of the hole (much to the great happiness of the Titan pittbull who chased down the sods and shook the blazes out of them, running back for the next treat I would throw for him), and then let Mother Nature take on her job of growing. We have had lots of rain, so I didn't have to bring a great big bucket with water, that is the beauty of planting in the cool autumn. In a few years, we will have our own walnuts, if the squirrels don't do the nut attack first. I hope with the 5 trees that I planted, there would be enough to share with the squirrels, and any other creatures high and low that may be privy to this too. Yeah!!!! One more winter chore accomplished. Have a wonderful and beautiful day, our sun is gonna shine later this day. The bees will love it too, they were out yesterday for a short glimmer in time, they had a great time. I got stung on the eyebrow because one of the colonies did not appreciate me taking off the entrance reducer to take out the sticky board to count the mite fall after the oxalic acid vapourizing, so that gave me a little feeling of happiness :roll: :-D ;) :) :) Cindi
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November 17, 2007, 02:54:45 PM »
The farm I used to work on had black walnut trees lining the driveway. For whatever reason the owner never harvested them, he considered them a nuisance (the nuts). They're kind of nasty to harvest, you have to get rid of the outer layer (that stains everything, especially hands, black) and then break open the husks of the nuts to harvest them. The trees are neat, though, I like their shape, and every late summer I'd see bluebirds roosting in them, resting up after rooting around on the ground for insects.
Are they black walnuts, Cindi?
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November 17, 2007, 06:29:56 PM »
For the tree not producing fruit, you might want to look into what actually pollinates them. It might be similar to pumpkins where the seeds will produce squash or other similar melons. In other words the tree of one species (male?) might have to pollinate several other trees to different species, and might not bloom at the same time as the others (female?).
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November 18, 2007, 10:43:08 AM »
My oaks sometimes do not produce acorns.
I'm inclined to think that it has more to do with a mid-winter thaw that tricks the trees into thinking it is spring.
I've seen them bud in January and then dessicate and die back with the cold dry air of late winter.
If your trees are black walnuts, you may not want to plant them too close to other crops.
If my memory serves me, I think they produce a substance call juglone(SP?) that is a natural herbicide.
Hope this helps.
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November 18, 2007, 12:22:56 PM »
Ann, these are not the black walnut tree. Personally I don't know the difference, but I know there is a big one.
I know these seeds came from my Sister's house, the trees that she has in her yard are not the black walnut species. I remember my Sister and my Auntie on the search for black walnut trees because they wanted to do something with the black walnuts. I can't quite remember what they were up to, but I think, going back into those cobwebs of my mind, that it had something to do with a parasite cleanse and black walnut is used for that. So, my Sister's walnuts were not suitable for what my Auntie wanted to do. I don't think that they ever did find any black walnuts, but then I actually never paid much heed to what they were doing. I thought that they were rather weird in their search and so I carried about my own business :shock: ;) :) :) Have a wonderful and best of this day, best of health to us all. Cindi
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November 18, 2007, 08:44:58 PM »
you can get some bud wood from your sisters tree and graft it to yo root stock and have a clone of that tree + it will produce a coupla years sooner
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Galactic Bee
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November 19, 2007, 10:30:21 AM »
Bud1. Good idea. But....now you have got me off into another field that I need to do more studying on. There has been talk on the forum about grafting and it caught my attention. Now it has caught my attention again. Two times lucky? Hee, hee. Must be something that I really need to get a handle on. Grafting, done in spring? or in the dormant winter before the buds set? Have a wonderful and beautiful day, great health to us all. Cindi
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November 19, 2007, 01:55:38 PM »
Walnut trees become so beautiful when they are fully mature. Before that they are scraggly looking. They are also a slightly diff shade of green than most other trees and provide great visual contrast. The husks stain too! The animla sjust love t6he nuts too. I also have one hickory tree and it is the most beaytiful golden color this fall. Truly magificent.
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November 19, 2007, 02:21:12 PM »
I wish I could find more information then a Wikipedia entry but here we go.
Under Cultivation and Uses
"The two most commercially important species are J. regia for timber and nuts, and J. nigra for timber. Both species have similar cultivation requirements and are widely grown in temperate zones.
Walnuts are light-demanding species that benefit from protection from wind. Walnuts are also very hardy against drought.
Interplanting walnut plantations with a nitrogen fixing plant such as Elaeagnus × ebbingei or E. umbellata, and various Alnus species results in a 30% increase in tree height and girth (Hemery 2001).
When grown for nuts, care must be taken to select cultivars that are compatible for pollination purposes, although some cultivars are marketed as "self fertile" they will generally fruit better with a different pollination partner."
So a different verity that blooms at the same time is beneficial, or maybe the same variety.
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November 19, 2007, 05:56:52 PM »
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IUPAC name 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthalenedione
Other names 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone
CAS number 481-39-0
RTECS number QJ5775000
Molecular formula C10H6 O3
Molar mass 174.15 g/mol
Appearance yellow solid
Melting point
Solubility in water slightly sol.
R-phrases R25
S-phrases S28A S45
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Juglone is an aromatic organic compound with the molecular formula C10H6O3.
Juglone is found naturally in the leaves, roots and bark of plants in the Juglandaceae family, particularly the black walnut. Juglone is an allelopathic compound, meaning it is synthesized by one type of plant and affects the growth of another. In the case of juglone, it is toxic or growth stunting to many types of plants. Landscapers have long known that gardening underneath or near black walnut trees can be difficult. Juglone exerts its affect by inhibiting certain enzymes needed for metabolic function. It is occasionally used as an herbicide.
Because of its tendency to create dark orange-brown stains, juglone has also found use as a coloring agent for foods and cosmetics, such as hair dyes. It is known in the food industry as C.I. Natural Brown 7 or C.I. 75500. Traditionally, juglone has been used as a natural dye for clothing and fabrics, particularly wool, and as ink. Its other names are Iuglon, Juglane, Nucin, Regianin, Walnut extract, Yuglon, NCI 2323, Oil Red BS and 1,4-naphthoquinone. It is an isomer of Lawsone.
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I need help with ccs based LTP
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First schematic attached is a standard LTP; it is a great differential gain stage, and if you use only one output, also a great differential-to-SE converter.
Second schematic is a LTP with CCS's in the tail and the anode circuits. Normally the problem with this schematic is that it it nearly impossible to set the currents right. The current set for the top ccs should be exact 50% of that for the cathode ccs. I tried to solve it with setting the top ccs'es for a little bit more then 50% and a bleeder resistor to bleed the extra current to ground.
But my real question is: does it stil function as a differential amplifier?
I fear not; the current in the tail looks to me as always 50% triode A and 50% triode B. So I fear that it behaves more or less as two separate stages.
Am I right?
Third schematic is a possible solution; but has it advantages over schematic 1, or am I making it unnecessary difficult for myself?
What I would try to accomplish is a better PSRR; I need only a few mV swing.
jan didden
Use a very stiff cascode CCS in the cathode, then less stiff (e.g., one transistor) CCS on the plates.
As has been suggested, you want a high but matching impedance in the anodes of #2, I think it's best to use a stiff CCS so this is easily definable with 1% resistors in parallel (220k sounds like a good value, I think much higher than that then you're at the whim of various leakage capacitance to set things off balance)
In fact, I think gyrators would be better suited for the upper loads (in parallel with high value resistors), I think this would make the DC operating point a bit more predictable. You'd even be able to set the plate voltages independently, or even adjust for the same current (via plate voltage) through each half.
I have a lot of 10M45S in my partsbin; I would like to use them for this.
Since most of you seem to prefer v2, i'm going to use that. Could I run into problems because they are all equally "stiff"?
@bigwill: I think I can use the bleeder-resistors to set the plate voltage. If I send say 2mA through them; I can choose the value of them so that I get the wanted plate voltage.
Thanks for all your replies so far!
Haha! I see now I made a mistake in all 3 schematics; the current setting resistor in the cathode ccs is connected wrong...
Cathode ccs current=40mA
Anode Currents 22mA.
Tube's D3a triode connected
Even with different currents in each tube, the DIFFERENCE will always be the same.
The sum of the currents being imposed by the CCS in the cathode, individual currents in each tube will always be equal but of different polarity.
So, the stage remains purely differential as long as the load resistors remains equal regardless of the tube's caracteristics, even if the current repartition if far from 50/50 % !
But if you really bother about that, why not put a CCS allowing exactly 50% in only one anode ? The other tube will then be forced to draw the 50% remaining ;) . . . more or less the variations imposed by the signal applied between the grids . . . I guess :2c:
Mmmmh, Perhaps should I patent that ? :D
@yves: in case of the single ccs in anode: would both differential input signals be equally represented in single ended output?
After all I am using it as differential to se converter....
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|August 21st, 2012, 06:25 PM
Brian R.
Got a little more done today. 2" frame for bed is finished,but not welded to chassis yet. Flared it out near rthe cab to make room for a wide thin radiator.Thinkin about using a 90's F150 radiator.Had to many problems washing mud out of the thick 3 core I had in the B2 so Im thinking a wide 1 core will be easy to flush out to keep core clean and still cool plenty good. Will be mounted with bottem kicked back and dual fans blowing down thru it.
Getting a sheet of #9 expanded metal for the floor of the bed.
Toolbox will get mounted here behind the rad.
Finishing the gas tank mount in morn then starting the 2" body lift.
|August 22nd, 2012, 03:25 PM
Brian R.
Got the rear bumper finished today and it turned out great. Added a crossmember to mount front of gas tank skidplate and welded nuts into bumper for rear of skid.
Just need to add some LED tail lights.
Skidplate all cleaned up and ready to bolt in. Tank and lines goin tomorrow.
|August 23rd, 2012, 05:38 PM
Brian R.
Gas tank and skid all finished. Finished welding up the lower bed frame and its now tacked to the chassis. Picked up a nice Foxbody radiator that fits perfect behind the cab.
Tank is tucked up nicely and is higher than it was in the Bronco2 so it should work great. 23 gallons FTW!
|August 24th, 2012, 01:18 PM
Brian R.
Yeah I know alot of people questioned why I mounted it there and not up on top of the frame but I knew it would tuck up even better than it did in the B2 and I hardly ever hit the skid in the B2. Plus now I still have all the room I need for the radiator,my "trunk" and even a spare tire.
Hoping this truck will be a little better on the road than the B2 was.A full tank in the B2 with the 5.0,c4,3.73's and 35's would go over 350 miles. Now with only 3.50 gears Im hoping I could get better than that.
|August 28th, 2012, 07:07 PM
Brian R.
Didnt get as much done this weekend as I wanted but I did get the 35's mounted up,fuel lines ran,picked up all my tubing and expanded metal,Blacked out engine bay, swapped in my non-a/c heater box,got sliders mocked up and removed all the 2wd steering crap.
|September 4th, 2012, 02:50 PM
Brian R.
Gettin there! Got the front clip off and cut up the core support and rebuilt it stronger around the body mounts and raised the bottom so i can mount the winch behind the grill.
Added a 2" body lift,got my shock tabs,figured out my front bumper,did some rust repair under the old battery tray and got the rest of the tools I need to build bed and exo.
Will start bending tube on friday and hope to be finished by monday nite.
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|September 11th, 2012, 05:41 PM
Brian R.
Ok good weekend. Got a lot done.
I had to cut out bottom of core support for winch clearance then I had to rebuild the area around the body mounts on the passenger side from battery acid damage. The whole corner under the battery tray was gone so I made some patch panels and rebuilt that area also.
I got the 2" bodylift finished and cab bolted back down and mounted up my rocksliders. Started bending tube and got the main hoop in and the fender tops.
Took some time to think the rest through and added my brace for the main hoop then started running tape.Spare tire will get mounted in this location.
I made hoops to go under the rear of the fenders for my tails and have trailer markers for the side of the frame rails.
All the manual brake crap is off and all the 2wd suspension is cut off, all clean frame up front.
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Looks good! I want to do something like that with my fuel tank bit i want a smaller tank....~15 gallons.
A couple suggestions....on the cage i would x the part directly behind the cab clear to the frame for the most strength....also on the lights......on mine i only run one rear light per side that does stop/turn/tail.....it is nice having only one to package and it's less stuff to break lol
|September 12th, 2012, 12:31 PM
Brian R.
Yeah everytime I look at it I think of a better way to add more tubing. The tape was just a quicky idea which I can obviously change easy. Nothing set in stone yet and you are correct I do need to brace the main hoop better than shown.
I have a set of waterproof LED trailer lights that will do park,brake,turn functions. But Im adding the small side markers on the framerails because where the tails will be they wont be visible from the left or right sides and I really dont want to be harassed by law enforcement for anymore obvious illegal things since its goin to thow up a red flag goin down the road anyway.
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List of Hollyoaks characters (2007)
The following is a list of minor characters that first appeared in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks in 2007, by order of first appearance.
- 1 Father Raymond
- 2 Malachy Fisher
- 3 Leah Barnes
- 4 Spike
- 5 Tristan Burgess
- 6 Yasmin Burgess
- 7 Katy Fox
- 8 Noel Ashworth
- 9 Aleksander Malota
- 10 Graham Carpenter
- 11 Marlena McQueen
- 12 Bonnie Bevan
- 13 Clive Harris
- 14 Melissa Hurst
- 15 Valerie Holden
- 16 Lauren Valentine
- 17 Terry Hay
- 18 Harry Thompson
- 19 Nige Foster
- 20 Pete Webster
- 21 Simon Crosby
- 22 Gemma Crosby
- 23 Other characters
- 24 References
- 25 External links
Father Raymond[edit]
|Father Raymond
|Hollyoaks character
|Portrayed by
|Colin Connor
|First appearance
|15 January 2007
|Last appearance
|22 July 2009
|Former; recurring
Father Raymond is the Catholic Priest that first appeared to console Myra McQueen (Nicole Barber-Lane) over the anguish she felt about her gay son John Paul McQueen (James Sutton) He also helped prepare for the double wedding of Russ Owen (Stuart Manning) and Mercedes McQueen (Jennifer Metcalfe) and Dominic Reilly (John Pickard) and Tina McQueen (Leah Hackett), he also took confession from Mercedes about her affair with Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas). He is a priest at St. Paul's Catholic Church. Father Raymond reappears when Kieron Hobbs (Jake Hendriks) chose to leave his position in the church and told him that he must do what is right for him. Father Raymond then took over again from Kieron and started working at a new Catholic Church, St. Timothy's, it was here that he performed the wedding of Carmel McQueen (Gemma Merna) and Calvin Valentine (Ricky Whittle). Father Raymond then returned to perform Tina's funeral service. He is due to reappear again for the funeral of Warren. Father Raymond is Irish and appears to be mostly bemused by the McQueens antics.
Malachy Fisher[edit]
Leah Barnes[edit]
|Leah Barnes
|Hollyoaks character
|Portrayed by
|Magic Hurst (2007)
Jessica Croft-Lane (2007–2011)
Elà-May Melek Demircan (2011–)
|First appearance
|26 February 2007
|Present; regular
Leah Barnes played by Elà-May Demrican Melek is the daughter of Billy Parker (Michael Parr) and Amy Barnes (Ashley Slanina-Davies) born onscreen 26 February 2007.
After discovering her pregnancy, Amy initially wants to have an abortion, but eventually opts for a state of denial, with only Michaela McQueen aware she is pregnant. In February 2007, she gives birth to Leah on the kitchen floor, with her shocked father Mike and sister Sarah delivering the child. Amy refuses to go near Leah, leading her mother Kathy to claim she is Leah's mother. This ruse continues for several months, but finally Michaela sells the story to a tabloid. By this time, Amy has formed a bond with Leah, and claims the baby as her own. However, Kathy has become obsessed with Leah and, after failing to make Amy look incapable of being a parent, she kidnaps Leah. She is eventually sectioned and leaves Hollyoaks village a few months later.
Leah moves into a flat with Amy and boyfriend Ste Hay. Amy tells her family that Ste is Leah's father. After the couple discover they are in serious money trouble, Ste lies that Leah has leukaemia in order to get money. The lie quickly spirals out of his control as Ste and Amy begin raking in money as. Eventually, the truth does come out. Amy's friend Sasha Valentine babysits Leah one night. However, drug dealer Nige Foster arrives and persuades Sasha to take drugs, despite Leah's presence. Amy and Ste return home to find Leah crying on her own, and close to a syringe. An angry Ste throws both Sasha and Nige out after threatening them. Ste's anger issues grow out of hand, and on various occasions, he attacks Amy, who briefly moves out of the flat with Leah. Amy later discovers she is pregnant and has a son called Lucas Hay (Reuben Thwaites). She, however, does not take Ste back. Following Lucas's birth, Amy suffers from postnatal depression and moves away, leaving Leah and Lucas with Ste. She returns months later. Amy, Leah and Lucas move back in with Ste, but Amy and Ste do not get back together.
Gabby Sharpe pays Amy to babysit her daughter Amber. Amy takes Leah and Lucas to Gabby's flat and on the same night, an arsonist sets fire to Il Gnosh, which is below the flat. Amy falls asleep as the fire spreads, however wakes up and realises she is trapped. She eventually attracts the attention of Steph Cunningham outside. Steph enters and manages to save them with the help of Gilly Roach, although Steph dies in the fire. On Leah's 5th birthday, she bonds with Amy's new boyfriend Ally Grogan (Daniel O'Connor) as does Lucas. On 8 August 2012, Leah along with Lucas and Amy leaves the village and Ste. She returns in November as a bridesmaid for Ste's wedding to Doug Carter. When Leah is playing outside the wedding venue she runs across the road only to get nearly ran over by a minibus driven by Maddie Morrison. She swerves to avoid Leah, but although Ste manages to save her he is hit by the minibus. In December, Leah is bullied at school for having 'two dads' Doug and Ste, but Ste explains to her that its ok to have two dads, as she has her mum as well. Shortly after this, Leah's biological father Billy turns up in the village and vows to Ste that he will get Leah. Ste then tells Leah that Amy must never find out that him and Brendan are together, and that he is still with Doug. Shortly after, Amy returns to the village in February 2013 after discovering Ste's relationship with Brendan Brady (Emmett Scanlan) she then leaves once more with the children, leaving Ste upset. Ste and Brendan later try to get custody of Leah and Lucas.
Leah takes a locket belonging to murdered Anna Blake (Saskia Wickham) that had been put in the vent outside the flat of Martha Kane (Carli Norris) and later returns it telling Martha that she had seen Will Savage (James Atherton) getting out of his wheelchair and putting it in a vent revealing Will as the killer of Anna.
Amy brings Leah and Lucas back to the village throughout late November/early December as Ste has a drug addiction. After Ste is back from rehab he goes to a pub, but sees his step dad with Amy and the kids. This is bad for him as his step dad use to beat him and his mum. After that he walked away from a fight with his step dad so Amy lets him see Leah and Lucas. In 2015 his father splits from her step-dad John Paul McQueen and gets together with Harry Thompson which Leah takes a dislike to.
|Hollyoaks character
|Portrayed by
|Tom Vaughan
|First appearance
|9 March 2007
|Last appearance
|28 November 2008
|Former; recurring
Spike was a character portrayed by actor Tom Vaughan from March 2007 to August 2007, with a brief return at the end of November 2008.[1]
Spike was first seen DJing at the reception for Jacqui Malota and Aleksander Malota. He soon befriended Jacqui's gay brother, John Paul McQueen. John Paul was still not confident in his sexuality, but Spike was not only openly gay, he said his father was also gay and lived with a man named Simon.
Once John Paul got up the courage to ask Spike out on a date, they became very close very quickly. Spike was good-natured, but also wasn't afraid to stand his ground, especially when John Paul's ex Hannah Ashworth interfered with a date. On another occasion, Hannah told Spike about John Paul's feelings for his straight best friend, Craig Dean. Spike became jealous and when John Paul tried to tell him how much he cared, Spike told him he was being too serious and that he didn't "do" serious. Spike was in the middle of a DJing gig at the Dog and tried to tune John Paul out. When John Paul turned the volume on his amp down, Spike warned him to never do that again and passionately kissed him in front of everyone. This seemed to strengthen his relationship with John Paul, and he even managed to charm John Paul's sister Mercedes and mother Myra when he finally went to their house for a visit.
John Paul was still a virgin and was nervous about taking the next step. One day while the McQueen house was empty, Spike took John Paul to his bedroom and they made love for the first time. This was the high point of their relationship, as the happier they became, the more upset this made Craig. Craig slept with John Paul and although John Paul tried to continue seeing Spike, he eventually dumped him, not telling Spike the real reason why.
Spike and John Paul remained friends, and when John Paul needed Spike to help him retrieve a poison pen letter he'd written to Craig's mother while Craig was on holiday with his girlfriend (again not telling Spike the truth), Spike did. They sparred with Hannah and her new friend Melissa, and Melissa responded by throwing John Paul's records in the water. Spike and John Paul fished them out and went back to John Paul's place, where they kissed and would have gone further if John Paul hadn't stopped. Spike advised him to sort out what was going on in his head and have some fun.
A few weeks later Spike began bartending at The Dog and quickly realized John Paul and Craig were involved. Spike began teasing Craig, and their increasingly hostile exchanges roused Sarah's suspicions. Craig played on John Paul's sense of chivalry and John Paul convinced Spike to keep quiet.
John Paul himself exposed the affair a few weeks later, and Spike did not appear and was not mentioned for over a year.
Spike made a brief return in November 2008. By this time, Craig and John Paul had left town together, and Spike did not mention them. However, his tensions with Hannah had not gone away. Working as a reporter for the Chester Herald, Spike wanted to do a story on the Dog, or as Neville Ashworth had renamed it, The Jolly Roger. The nautically-themed opening night, complete with young men wearing sailor suits, led Spike to write an article which sold the pub as a gay bar. When Neville realised what was going on, he was shocked, even more so when Spike jokingly pretended that he believed Neville was gay. Neville barred him from the pub, but he'd already booked Spike as a DJ. Finally, Neville had enough, fired Spike, and decided to change the pub back to The Dog in the Pond.
Tristan Burgess[edit]
|Tristan Burgess
|Hollyoaks character
|Portrayed by
|William Rushton
|First appearance
|11 April 2007
|Last appearance
|19 September 2007
|Former; recurring
Tristan Christopher Anthony Burgess was a rival of Tom Cunningham's from school. He was mentioned by other characters from as early as March 2005. In Spring 2007, Sam "O.B." O'Brien invited Tristan and his mother Yasmin over to the flat, not realising who Tristan was. Tristan was a vegan and Yasmin specifically gave orders not to let him have anything with bread or meat, but while she was on a date with O.B., Max let Tristan have a burger. Later that year, when Max's new girlfriend Steph was throwing a party for her new foster brother, she invited some of Tom's schoolmates so he wouldn't feel left out, unaware Tristan and Tom weren't exactly friends.
Yasmin Burgess[edit]
|Yasmin Burgess
|Hollyoaks character
|Portrayed by
|Lauren Varnfield
|First appearance
|11 April 2007
|Last appearance
|18 April 2007
|Former; guest
Yasmin Burgess was a woman who Sam "O.B." O'Brien developed an interest in after giving her a questionnaire for a new business plan. She was a single parent, as were O.B. and Max Cunningham. O.B. went out on a date with her, leaving her son Tristan at home with Max and Tom, but Yasmin was more interested in talking about the evils of bread and the importance of exercise than in any romantic inclinations. Yasmin was very upset to learn Tristan had eaten a hamburger. When she asked O.B. if he wanted to go out again, he declined.
Katy Fox[edit]
Noel Ashworth[edit]
|Noel Ashworth
|Hollyoaks character
|Portrayed by
|Craig Cheetham
|First appearance
|5 June 2007
|Last appearance
|28 June 2007
|Former; guest
Noel Ashworth was the brother of Neville Ashworth. When he arrived in Hollyoaks, he caused friction in the Ashworth household by announcing that he was the real father of Rhys, after having an affair with his sister-in-law Suzanne 20 years ago. He also announced that he was going suffering from liver cancer, and only had a few months to live. Despite this, he continued to drink and smoke.
During his time there, he also told Rhys that he was leaving for Glasgow, and asked whether he would like to come with him or stay in Hollyoaks. Rhys decided to stay, and Noel announced that he would never return to Hollyoaks. Noel died on 16 October 2007, and it was revealed at his wake that he had a daughter, Beth Clement, who was in a relationship with Rhys at the time.
Aleksander Malota[edit]
|Aleksander Malota
|Hollyoaks character
|Portrayed by
|Jon Lolis
|First appearance
|5 March 2007
|Last appearance
|2 July 2008
|Former; regular
Aleksander "Alek" Malota was an Albanian immigrant, first appeared when Davey Thomas arranged for him to marry Jacqui McQueen so that he could stay in the United Kingdom. Despite Jacqui's reluctance he was determined to see it through for the sake of his family in Albania.
There was an attraction between Aleksander and his sister-in-law Carmel McQueen who started an affair, with a reluctant Jacqui's acquiescence. The affair was discovered by her brother John Paul McQueen and their mother Myra McQueen. The fall-out from this discovery lead to the uncovering of the marriage arrangement, adding to Myra's fury and disgust, with Myra slapping Alek around the face. Although very sceptical, Myra quietly agreed. In May, when Tony Hutchinson stopped by for dinner, her accidentally spilt gravy on Carmel's shirt, leading Aleksander to realise Carmel had breast implants. He harshly judged her for using money on such a frivolous purchase, and his fury only grew when he learned she'd stolen the money. Carmel and Aleksander briefly broke up, but Jacqui told Aleksander he never would have met Carmel if not for her taking the money, and convinced him to give Carmel a break.
A few months later, Jacqui lost her baby, and Tony beat up Alek as he was the one receiving sympathy and being able to grieve. Tony announced to the shocked onlookers in the Dog that the baby was in fact Tony's. Jacqui asked Alek to go back to Albania and he agreed. When Carmel found out she was shocked and begged him to stay. Alek agreed to stay, and he and Carmel slept together. When Carmel went out to the chip shop, she came back to find that Alek had gone, leaving her a note, saying " I will always love you. A xxx "
Alek returned for a short period in July 2008, when Carmel agrees to help him, arousing Calvin Valentine's suspicions.
Graham Carpenter[edit]
|Graham Carpenter
|Hollyoaks character
|Portrayed by
|Paul Clarkson
|First appearance
|28 May 2007
|Last appearance
|3 December 2009
|Former; recurring
Graham Carpenter is Zoe and Archie Carpenter's father. After her ordeal at the hands of Will Hackett, Zoe left to be with her parents, but a few weeks later returned to HCC long enough to gather her belongings. The next day, her father showed up while she was playing around with Zak and demanded Zak get away from her. After a talk with Zak, and a look at some of the photos Zoe had taken of fun times with her friends, Graham convinced her to stay at HCC. He returned in May 2008 to see Zoe was now involved with a much older man, Mike.
On 11 June 2009, Graham returned to wish Zoe good luck after hearing she had been accepted for university. He gave Zoe and Archie two cheques for one thousand pounds each, which Zoe, who had stolen her film script from Mike, felt guilty about taking. After Zoe's Film Studies lecturer, Adrian, offered to let the plagiarism pass if she would sleep with him, she sat alone crying and ripped up the cheque. On 26 June, he arrived with his wife Christine for Zoe's graduation. Graham and Christine gave Zoe a necklace, unaware she had failed her degree. Adrian approached Zoe, Graham, Christine and Archie and told Zoe she should tell her parents. Graham and Christine were disappointed but forgave her.
In October 2009, Graham returned to visit Zoe in prison after see was charged with Sarah Barnes' murder. He later appeared at her court case.
Marlena McQueen[edit]
|Marlena McQueen
|Hollyoaks character
|Portrayed by
|Diane Langton
|2007–2009, 2012–
|First appearance
|12 July 2007
|Introduced by
|Bryan Kirkwood
|Present; regular
Marlena "Nana" McQueen, played by Diane Langton, first appeared in July. Since her first appearance, Nana made further appearances in 2007 before returning in 2008 and again departing in 2009. Nana returned in 2012 on a recurring basis but became a regular shortly afterwards. In late 2015, Langton took an extended break from the soap and Nana made a low-key exit from the village on 20 November 2015. It was later announced in October 2016 that Langton had returned to filming and Nana returned on 24 October. Nana is part of the McQueen family.
Nana was first seen in July 2007 when flirting with Russ Owen (Stuart Manning) at The Dog in the Pond. She entered the McQueens' house to find her granddaughters fighting. When the rest of the McQueens got back she saw Russ and claimed he was chatting her up at The Dog. Nana reappeared in October 2007 when Carmel McQueen (Gemma Merna) and John Paul McQueen (James Sutton) nearly died from carbon monoxide poisoning. She stirred up trouble by lying to Mercedes McQueen (Jennifer Metcalfe) that she had seen Carmel and Russ kiss at the hospital. Myra McQueen (Nicole Barber-Lane) tried to get along with her, but after she realised Nana had tried to steal the compensation money the family had received for Carmel and John Paul, Myra threw her out. Nana reminded Myra that she was her mother, but Myra said that she had stopped being her mother at the age of 14. Nana said she would be back, and then left. Nana returned for the family's Christmas and Boxing Day celebrations. Neither she nor the rest of the family realised their guest, Niall Rafferty (Barry Sloane), was the son Nana had forced Myra to give up at birth. During the dinner, Nana toasted Tina McQueen (Leah Hackett) for being a surrogate for Jacqui McQueen (Claire Cooper) and her boyfriend Tony Hutchinson (Nick Pickard). Myra got upset and left the table. Nana found her in the bathroom, weeping over old newspaper clippings of the child she had given up at birth. Myra told her mother she could never forgive her, or herself. Nana told her to quit complaining and that she had been right to give up the child. Myra slapped her and Nana slapped her back, leaving as she refused to be treated in such a manner.
In February 2008, Nana returned after Myra was arrested for benefit fraud. After having an argument with Myra she went to The Dog with Niall where she got drunk and confessed to Niall that she forced Myra to give up her son aged 14. In revenge Niall attacked her and left her for dead. She was later found by her granddaughter Tina, and returned home the next day. Nana and the rest of the McQueens were at that point unaware that it was Niall that attacked her. In September 2008, it was revealed that she was on a cruise so she couldn't attend Carmel and Calvin Valentine's (Ricky Whittle) wedding. She returned in November 2008 for Tina's funeral. She was unimpressed with Jacqui and John Paul because they failed to attend the service. Nana mentioned that her daughter, Kathleen McQueen (Alison Burrows), is in prison. She also mentions that Kathleen's daughter, Theresa McQueen (Jorgie Porter), is living with her as a consequence. After arguing with Myra over Niall, Mercedes, threw her out. She returned later the same month when it emerged that Theresa had slept with Tony, who was unaware she was only 15. Nana revealed she used to pose for a Dutch artist whose house she used to clean. In 2009 it turned out that these pictures were worth quite a lot of money; unfortunately for the McQueens, Leila Roy (Lena Kaur) had painted over the canvas. In June 2010 Theresa was sent to stay with Nana but returned after a few weeks, saying she had a miserable time.
In the summer of 2012, Carmel left Hollyoaks for a few months to live with Nana after having an accident with a self-tanning machine leaving her with a very distinct scar. Nana returned to Hollyoaks in November 2012 to help Carmel with life in the village. She arranges for her to go on a date with Barney Harper-McBride (Tom Scurr).
Nana has three daughters to three different fathers, she was once married to a man named Reggie but the marriage ended after Nana struggled to stay faithful. Although Nana cared for Reggie she said her true love was a man named Billy Bickerstaff who worked in a local chip shop. She has also mentioned having romances with men such as Willy Trotter, Ernie Partridge and Len Murphy. She was in an abusive relationship with a man named Derek Clough, Derek abused Marlena physically for years, he broke her jaw and put her in hospital more than once. He also raped her youngest daughter Reenie, getting her pregnant aged 15 with daughter Porsche. After Derek died of heart attack, Reenie told Nana to not tell Porsche about her real dad, Nana agree to keep the secret.
In November 2015, after Pete's sexual abuse of Cleo McQueen and Porsche McQueen is revealed, Nana cannot cope as she feels she could have done something to prevent the line of abuse that followed in the village, back at the McQueen house, after crying her eyes out, she picked a picture Kathleen-Angel had drawn from the wall having a drawing of Nana on and reading "My perfect Nana who looks after my family" Nana later put the picture against her and started crying, she later disappeared and Myra and the other McQueens finding a letter from her saying she had gone to Alicante, leaving Myra horrified.
Nana returns in October 2016, leaving Myra shocked to find her on the doorstep, she sets out to clean the house and discovers everything that has went on in her absence and helps Myra find a new man, due to Diego being in prison.
Bonnie Bevan[edit]
|Bonnie Bevan
|Hollyoaks character
|Portrayed by
|Melanie Walters
|First appearance
|21 August 2007
|Last appearance
|14 August 2009
|Former; recurring
Bonnie Bevan is Elliot Bevan's mother. She desperately wanted him to marry a fellow Welsh girl named Rhiannon. When she came to visit, Elliot had paid Steph Dean to pose as his girlfriend so he could get out of his previous engagement. Bonnie did not approve, and finally Elliot told he didn't want to marry Rhiannon. Bonnie returned the next year when Elliot was in hospital for hypothermia. He'd been trying to track down his father, who he believed had been taken by a UFO some years earlier. Bonnie told him that his father had abandoned them and had wanted nothing to do with Elliot, even though she'd kept him up to date on Elliot for years. Elliot told her he wanted nothing more to do with her.
Bonnie returned on 14 August 2009 where she confronted her ex-husband Gareth.[2] She informed Elliot that Gareth had had an affair when she was pregnant with him and he left to be with his mistress, who had also fallen pregnant.
Clive Harris[edit]
|Clive Harris
|Portrayed by
|Andrew Forbes
|First appearance
|August 2007
|Last appearance
|August 2007
|Former; guest
Clive Harris was the father of Jessica Harris. Jessica had been brought up rich thanks to him, only for him to go bankrupt in spring 2007. After months of struggling, Jessica was thrilled when he appeared just in time to help with her debts. He told her of a business dinner he had prepared and wanted her to attend. He encouraged her to wear a sexy red dress and flirt with the client. Reluctantly, Jessica went along with him, only to see him arrested for fraud just as the deal was being made. Jessica visited him in prison and told him he'd ruined all her happy memories, as she now had to assume their money had always come from illegal activities. Clive told her they were the same type of person, whether she liked it or not. A few weeks later, he sent her some money. After some temptation to spend on herself, she instead paid back Jack Osborne.
Melissa Hurst[edit]
|Melissa Hurst
|Hollyoaks character
|Portrayed by
|Carla Chases
|First appearance
|7 June 2007
|Last appearance
|3 September 2007
|Former; regular
Melissa Hurst was originally a friend to Sarah Barnes, whom she met when the two worked together on a modelling shoot. Through Sarah, Melissa met and grew close to Hannah Ashworth after discovering she is bulimic, an illness which Melissa also suffered from. Melissa helped Hannah to be subtle and hide her eating disorder, encouraging her to exercise regularly, go without food and to stay away from her family and friends so that she is not 'tempted' by food or alcohol - even persuading Hannah to stay at home when her family went to France.
This period of the Ashworths being in France, leaving their house to Hannah and Gilly for the duration saw Melissa become a central character in the show's plot. Melissa spent almost the whole of this time living at the Ashworths claiming she didn't want to go home, as her Mum would have forced her to eat. Hannah promised that she and Melissa would get through bulimia together and the girls soon started an extreme work out regime drinking only water and eating very little. Melissa had difficulties with Gilly Roach who thought she and Hannah were taking drugs because of the change in Hannah's personality, a fear also shared by her friends Sarah, Nancy Hayton and John Paul McQueen whose suspicions were reinforced when Sarah overheard Hannah and Melissa in the SU bar's toilets about "disposing of the evidence" and later the same evening, Hannah passing out.
Upon the return of the Ashworths from France, Hannah's mother Suzanne Ashworth was concerned as to how skinny Hannah had become. Melissa sarcastically stated that she had given Hannah drugs, resulting in Melissa being banned from the house. Melissa though continued to visit Hannah, angering Gilly. Hannah and Melissa threatened to say he had raped Hannah if he spoke out against Melissa. In spite of these threats, Gilly alerted Rhys Ashworth to his concerns about Melissa and she was forcibly ejected from the Ashworth's barbecue. Melissa had complained about a headache during the barbecue and continued to feel unwell as, after being ejected, she and Hannah stood in the rain waiting for a taxi. Melissa collapsed and was admitted to intensive care.
Hannah visited Melissa in hospital and told her she was all she had in the world and she was happy they met. Melissa tells her she's a true friend. Hannah applies make-up to Melissa, who was so weak she couldn't open her lip gloss. There was a montage showing the wires, drips, Melissa's bones sticking out and Hannah's family looking for answers back at her home. Hannah cries throughout this entire segment. The song "My Skin" by Natalie Merchant played throughout.
Melissa eventually engineered a plot to escape to Milan with Hannah, through fear that if she stayed in hospital and continued to be force-fed she would have got fat. Hannah agreed to the plan because she was fed up with her family interfering in her life. The two friends successfully escaped the hospital the next day, but had to return to Hannah's home to retrieve her passport; where Rhys and Suzanne grab her to prevent her from going. Melissa argued with Hannah's family before the stress of the situation caused her to collapse from a heart attack and despite Suzanne's attempts to revive her, Melissa died shortly after. Hannah then cradled Melissa's body, crying hysterically.
Melissa's death was one of the few episodes to not feature a wrap-up scene following the end credits.
In the episode following her death, a vision of Melissa reappeared to Hannah, as Hannah struggles to cope with her grief and is terrified that her mother will use Melissa's death to force her to eat. Hannah is seen trying on Melissa's dress (during the scene we see a flashback of Melissa proudly modelling the size zero dress for Hannah) Hannah however struggles to fit into the outfit, and a vision of Melissa appears and zips it up for Hannah, before vanishing.
Valerie Holden[edit]
|Valerie Holden
|Hollyoaks character
|Portrayed by
|Jacqueline Leonard (2007)
Samantha Giles (2008–2010)
|First appearance
|6 September 2007
|Last appearance
|13 August 2010
|Former; recurring
Valerie "Val" Holden arrived in the village with her two children Danny and Lauren, who are the illegitimate children of Leo Valentine. She turned up at the Valentine residence to demand that Leo looked after the two while she sorted out her housing problems.
She returned in January 2008 to live with the Valentines, causing a stir with the locals. She took Sasha out clubbing and was involved in a fight with Katy Fox, which they both spent a night in the cells for. She then clashed with the McQueens over bingo winnings and began planning Carmel McQueen's wedding to Calvin. However, Valerie kissed Calvin before the wedding and, racked with guilt, she left to live in Spain. Danny later leaves to find her.
When Lauren is hospitalised, Valerie returns to take her daughter back to Spain. Lauren is delighted but Sasha acts very coldly towards Valerie. After Lauren dumps her boyfriend Gaz Bennett who is in prison, Valerie is delighted to hear that Lauren wants to leave with her after all when she argues with Leo about the situation. She later changes her mind and leaves with Leo taking Lauren and inviting Spencer Gray to accompany them.
Lauren Valentine[edit]
Terry Hay[edit]
|Terry Hay
|Hollyoaks character
|Portrayed by
|Conor Ryan
|2007–2008, 2014
|First appearance
|24 October 2007
|Last appearance
|9 December 2014
|Former; recurring
Terry Hay was Ste Hay's abusive stepfather. Terry was mentioned in 2006 when Ste showed up at school with bruises on his face. Terry was first seen in October 2007, when he convinced the Barnes family that Ste was a danger to their daughter Amy and her baby Leah. When they went to Ste and Amy's flat, Terry began beating Ste until Mike Barnes pulled him off and threw him out. A few months later, after Ste had had a visit from his mother Pauline Hay, Terry showed up and told them that things always got bad for him when Pauline started whining about her son. He almost broke Ste's finger and told them he'd call the cops on them unless they stayed clear of him and Pauline. In March 2008, Pauline showed up again and told Ste that Terry was gone.
Harry Thompson[edit]
|Harry Thompson
|Hollyoaks character
|Portrayed by
|Daniel Seymour (2007–2009)
Harrison George Rhodes (2009)
Parry Glasspool (2013–)
|2007–2009, 2013, 2015–
|First appearance
|17 October 2007
|Introduced by
|Bryan Kirkwood (2007, 2015)
Lucy Allan (2009)
|Hollyoaks Later (2009, 2013)
|Present; regular
|4 Oakdale Drive
Harry Thompson originally played by Daniel Seymour, is the son of Tony Hutchinson (Nick Pickard) and Tessie Thompson (Sian Gibson) who Tessie kept secret from Tony for eight years. He was the godson of Kurt Benson (Jeremy Edwards), Ruth Osborne (Terri Dwyer), Rory "Finn" Finnigan (James Redmond) and Jambo Bolton (Will Mellor). He appeared in guest roles in October 2007, March 2008 and finally in March 2009, played by Seymour. He went onto appear in the second series of Hollyoaks Later, for Tony's wedding to Cindy Cunningham (Stephanie Waring), but played by Harrison George Rhodes and once again in the sixth series of Hollyoaks Later, to visit Tony and then go on a holiday with him to Spain. The role was once again recast to Parry Glasspool. For his role as Harry, Glasspool was nominated for a National Television Award for "Best Newcomer". In November 2014, it was announced that Harry would be returning in early 2015, once again played by Glasspool.[3] In August 2016 Glasspool was suspended from the show for 2 weeks.
Tony got to spend a few days with Harry, but Harry didn't get along with his father's partner, Jacqui McQueen (Claire Cooper) who resented Tony having a child since she could not have one. Jacqui asked Tony to choose between her or Harry and he chose Harry, but later changed his mind, and gave up all contact with his son. In March 2008, Harry began contacting Tony even though Tony asked him not to call. When Jacqui found out, she decided that since they were going to have a surrogate baby of their own, she should let Harry back into Tony's life. Harry also discover that his half-sister Grace dies two years ago, and was devastated and never got a chance to see her. Harry came for a brief visit and formed a bond with Jacqui. Tony was so pleased he even put a photo of Harry on the wall of Il Gnosh. He returned in March 2009, after Tony decided to start seeing him again and get his life back on track. Harry appeared in the second and sixth series of Hollyoaks Later for Tony's wedding to Cindy Cunningham (Stephanie Waring) and for his holiday to Spain.
Harry returns in 2015, right after he got expelled at the boarding school, since his father didn't pay the school bills. He discovers that his father had an affair with his stepsister Sinead O'Connor (Stephanie Davis), by his stepmother Diane (Alex Fletcher), which makes him angry with his father, but, he eventually forgives him. Just before school, he met John Paul McQueen (James Sutton) at the Loft and the two of them kiss. Right after this, Harry becomes a student at Hollyoaks High and becomes friends with Cleo McQueen (Nadine Rose Mulkerrin) who he begins a relationship with, Holly Cunningham (Amanda Clapham) and Zack Loveday (Duyane Boachie).
Harry, Cleo, Holly, Zack and Jason Roscoe (Alfie Browne-Sykes) accidentally run over Dylan Jenkins (James Fletcher) while on their way to a festival in a stolen car. Harry helps them get rid of the car and cleaning it. Jason manages to destroy it and they are off the hook as the police don't have enough evidence to continue the case. When John Paul gets his job back at Hollyoak's High Harry is shocked to discover John Paul is his teacher and John Paul is equally shocked to see Harry is still in school. Later when Tony hosts a tea for Darren Osborne (Ashley Taylor Dawson) John Paul and Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson), he is shocked to discover that John Paul and Ste are married. John Paul asks Harry not to say anything as he doesn't want to risk losing his marriage or his career. Harry shocks John Paul by saying that he isn't gay.
The two later bump into each other after Harry had a fight with John Paul's cousin Cleo and their kiss is mentioned again. Their conversation is overheard by Sinead and she and her cousin Scott Drinkwell (Ross Adams) send Harry a text from John Paul's phone asking to meet him in a gay bar where they and John Paul are at in an attempt to break Ste and John Paul up so Sinead can have Ste to herself. John Paul informs Harry he's been tricked and Harry meets Ste, Aiden (Joseph Cocklin) and Kyle Bigsby (Mitchell Hunt) outside. Worried about people discovering his sexuality, Harry lies and says Ste tried it on with him, but regrets it when the Bigsby brothers viciously attack Ste and then force him to take the blame for the attack. Zack figures out it was them and calls the police clearing Harry's name. Ste later questions Harry over the event and Harry admits he's not ready to tell his father the truth just yet. Ste promises to support him pointing out that he was through similar experiences himself. The two later share an unexpected moment at Diane's flat.
When Cleo's sexually abusive stepfather Pete Buchanan (Kai Owen) arrives back Harry is unaware that he is grooming Cleo. Cleo dumps Harry after he cost her a job by starting a whipped cream fight, Harry then thinks Cleo is seeing someone else and when he sees Cleo with Pete he's unaware that Pete's the other man. Harry then ends up locked in a toilet with Ste by Sinead mistaking Ste for Scott in a desperate attempt to keep Scott from lusting after Ste. She is unaware however that Harry is lusting after Ste, too. Harry asks Ste some questions about his relationship with Sinead and kisses Ste who then regrets what he did. Harry then becomes jealous watching Ste and Sinead together and later comforts Ste after Tony made insensitive comments about his HIV and his relationship with Sinead. Harry then tries to kiss Ste again but Ste tells him to stay away from him.
When Harry finds out that Ste proposed to Sinead he angrily accuses him of stringing her along and it turns into passion where they are nearly caught by Sinead. Harry then attempts to comfort Ste when it was revealed that Cameron Campbell (Cameron Moore) killed Ste's father, Danny Lomax (Stephen Billington) and stepmother, Sam (Lizzie Roper). He then sends Ste a text about their relationship which Sinead reads. When the plumbing breaks at the boarding house Harry has a shower at Diane's and Ste accidentally walks in on him. Harry then decides to use the situation to his advantage by making suggestive comments while wearing a towel in order to tempt Ste. Ste tells him there can never be a relationship between them so Harry writes down how he feels in an email which is discovered by Tony. Ste then later admits his feeling to Harry, and they later have sex. Ste then later decides to end things with Sinead, but decides not to tell her. Ste and Harry then later have sex again. Harry then sends a text to Ste which Sinead reads causing her to discover the affair. Sinead leaves the village forever and Ste dumps him. Later when Ste is alone at Diane's Harry tries to convince him to give them another chance and Ste gives in. They narrowly avoid detection by Diane and they continue their affair.
In October 2015, Tony discover the affair of Ste and Harry, which shocked his stepmother Diane and finally discover why Sinead left Hollyoaks forever. In November 2015, Harry finally comes out to his father, and accepted his sexuality, and his relationship with Ste. On his 18th birthday he discover that his godparents Ruth, Jambo and Rory and his mother Tessie couldn't attend to his 18th birthday, as he discover that Jambo refused to return to Hollyoaks since the death of Dawn Cunningham in eighteen years. Later that day Ste tells Harry that due to his HIV he now has to go on medication, but Harry accepts it. Ste later breaks up with him that night anyway after being manipulated by Tony who refuses to believe Harry's gay. Harry later sees Cleo holding hands with her step-father Pete and she accidentally lets it slip she was having a relationship with him for years. Furious Harry storms to the Dog where Reenie and Pete are having their wedding ceremony and publicly outs him as a paedophile. On Christmas Day Harry finds out that he was accepted into a football scholarship in California. He then discovers that Tony had called the police on Ste for doing drugs in order to wreck their relationship. Harry then packs his things and leaves saying Tony was the worst father ever and he was sick of Tony trying to control him. He is shocked however to see Ste about to reunite with John Paul and runs off heartbroken. He then returns to Tony's as he has no where else to go, but Ste comes and says Harry's the one he wants and Harry agrees to give them a go. When Tony protests Ste invites Harry to live with him and Harry agrees. They spend Christmas together with Ste's family in The Dog.
Harry continues to date Ste, but the relationship turns turbulent when Ste gets kicked out of the Lomax's and Harry goes with him after Cameron frames Ste with some drugs that he found in the house. Harry then has sex with James Nightingale (Gregory Finnegan) after being put under pressure by the older man. The money, however, was not needed as Leela and Tegan give Ste a second chance. They then lead on to break up as Ste discovers that he slept with James. Ste ends up becoming addicted to crystal meth after Cameron gives him some, and Harry and Ste get back together in that period of time. After originally going to leave for France, Tony decides to stay behind in Hollyoaks to help Harry get Ste over the addiction. After the first night, Tony decided to hand Ste over to doctors who will be able to give him real help.
Nige Foster[edit]
|Nige Foster
|Hollyoaks character
|Portrayed by
|Sam Townend
|First appearance
|12 October 2007
|Last appearance
|26 February 2009
|Former; regular
Nigel "Nige" Foster was an acquaintance of Ste Hay's who took over the local drug-pushing trade from one of Ste's friends, Tommo. Nige bullied Ste into temporarily letting him move into the flat Ste shared with Amy Barnes and her baby Leah Barnes. When Michaela McQueen met him, it was lust at first sight and they quickly made use of Ste and Amy's bedroom. She forced her bandmates Jamie "Fletch" Fletcher and Josh Ashworth to let him join, although his abilities were limited to a very poor trumpet. He later asked her to give a year 11 student drugs. The student wasn't there and Michaela threw the drugs at Amy when she saw teacher Russ Owen heading their way. Amy got out of trouble, but Nige wanted his money. When Amy protested, Nige threatened her.
Nige returned some months later when Sasha Valentine needed heroin. She reluctantly slept with him in order to get the drugs. Fletch, who by that time was also a heroin addict, was repulsed by what she had done, but finally agreed to Nige's demand that he sell drugs to schoolchildren in return for some heroin of his own. She slept with him again while babysitting Leah, who got dangerously close to a syringe.
Later, Nige needed money to pay his suppliers, and he resorted to stealing Justin Burton's laptop and having Sasha assist him in breaking into recently widowed Steph Cunningham's flat. When Danny Valentine caught Sasha in Steph's flat, Danny and Leo Valentine tracked down and beat up Nige.
Later, Calvin Valentine spotted Nige dealing drugs and took them Nige and told him to run, Calvin then put the drugs in his pocket, only for them to be uncovered by his partner Eddie later on, which resulted in Calvin nearly losing his job. Warren Fox revealed to Calvin he had the whole transaction between Calvin and Nige on tape, and after a few days of blackmailing Calvin with the tape, Warren asked for Calvin's assistance at The Loft. Calvin went in to find Nige there arguing with Warren. Nige spotting Calvin, pulled a knife and as Calvin tried to defuse the situation, Nige teased him about sleeping with Sasha, Calvin lost it and attacked Nige. During the scuffle Nige stabbed Calvin and Calvin hit Nige with a blunt object to the head. As Calvin was rushed to hospital, Warren met him the next day and revealed Calvin had killed Nige. Warren made plans with Calvin to dispose of the body, but Calvin failed to keep them, resorting in Warren having to dispose of the body himself.
On 20 November 2008, several months after the murder, the viewers discovered Warren was paying Nige to stay out of sight to continue the illusion Calvin has killed him. Calvin eventually confessed to Sasha that he murdered Nige, and racked with guilt posted his and Carmel McQueen's life savings through the letterbox of Nige's parents' house.
On 21 January 2009, Nige showed up at The Loft wanting even more money from Warren and in the process nearly exposed himself to Calvin. Warren snuck Nige outside and said that if he ever saw him again he would kill him.
On 26 February, Calvin discovered Nige dealing in a carpark. Nige fled and this was his last appearance.
Pete Webster[edit]
|Pete Webster
|Hollyoaks character
|Portrayed by
|Richard Cambridge
|First appearance
|8 October 2007
|Last appearance
|9 December 2007
Pete Webster was the head of the Careers department at Hollyoaks High School. His mother was head teacher. When Tina McQueen began working for Pete, he seemed friendly, but he soon began sexually harassing her. When she refused his advances, he did his best to undermine and intimidate her. He also befriended her husband, Dominic Reilly, who took Pete's word over hers. During a blackout, Pete tried to force himself on Tina, only to meet a fist belonging to Russ Owen Tina's brother-in-law; Tina was promptly fired, and Russ suspended. Tina had the last laugh though, as her sister Jacqui McQueen took over her job and flirted heavily with Pete. Alone in his office, she convinced him to take his clothes off. When he did, she kneed him in the groin, grabbed his clothes and keys, and locked him in the office. Pete was last seen as Tina called his wife, then his mother, to tell them to come down to the school to see him.
Simon Crosby[edit]
|Simon Crosby
|Hollyoaks character
|Portrayed by
|Simon Lawson
|First appearance
|12 October 2007
|Last appearance
|19 December 2007
Simon Crosby was a lifeguard at the local pool and quickly ingratiated himself to Sam "O.B." O'Brien after he saved young Tom Cunningham from drowning.[4] He got on well with everyone, but when Gilly Roach went to work as a lifeguard, he saw Simon and a young boy as the boy left the changing room in tears. He began to suspect Simon was a paedophile, and eventually broke into Simon's home, and when he looked on Simon's laptop, he found photos of boys in swimming trunks. He told Tom's brother Max Cunningham, who panicked as Simon had taken Tom to the park and they weren't answering Max's calls. They broke into Simon's home and found a locked room which was a boy's bedroom. When Max caught up to Tom and Simon at the park, he began beating Simon until he was pulled away. Soon rumours spread around town and when Simon went into the Dog the next day, Gilly and Jake Dean taunted and jeered him. They followed him down the street, gathering a lynch mob who followed him to his home and smashed bottles and bricks against the doors and windows.
Meanwhile, Simon's ex-wife Gemma, whom he'd mentioned but no one had ever seen, finally showed up, and was horrified by Max's accusations. She told them the swimming photos were for certificates for each of the kids Simon taught, and the bedroom was a reminder of their son Connor, who had drowned, which was the reason Simon had become a lifeguard in the first place. When the police showed up, the mob ran away. Afterwards, Gemma, Max and O.B. raced to Simon's home, but by the time they got inside, they found him unconscious on the kitchen floor from vodka and pills, holding a photo of his son. Simon soon recovered, but with his reputation in tatters, he realised he could no longer stay in Chester. He asked O.B. to join him working at a bar in Tenerife, but O.B. declined. They agreed to stay in contact.
Gemma Crosby[edit]
|Gemma Crosby
|Portrayed by
|Gemma Langford
|First appearance
|18 December 2007
|Last appearance
|19 December 2007
Gemma Crosby was Simon Crosby's ex-wife. As none of the locals had ever seen her, when they began to believe Simon was a paedophile, they assumed he had made her up. Gemma arrived in town the day a lynch mob had formed around his home, and she explained to Max and O.B. that her and Simon's son had drowned, which was one of the reasons Simon had become a lifeguard, and that Simon would never harm a child. Gemma, Max, and O.B. found Simon slumped on the kitchen floor after a suicide attempt. Gemma was at Simon's side during his hospital stay, but when he recovered, they again parted.
Other characters[edit]
|January 2007
|Ben Parr
|When Becca Dean was sent to prison, her sister Nancy needed a lodger. She soon decided on Freddie, who just happened to be a stripper. She enjoyed watching him practice his routines, and invited him to perform at her friend Hannah Ashworth's 18th birthday party. When Becca's husband Jake Dean moved in with baby Charlie Dean, Nancy asked Freddie to move out.
|January 2007
|Bibi Nerheim
|While visiting Chester, Copenhagen native Tania met Gilly and they quickly became lovers. After a few days, Tania had to go back home, but asked Gilly to join her. He agreed, but as he had no money, his best mate Rhys got him a job as an escort. Rhys, who was jealous of their relationship, told Tania where Gilly was. When she saw Gilly having dinner with a woman, she left for Copenhagen on her own, sending Gilly a text saying she could not be with a man she didn't trust.
|March 2007 - April 2007
|Ali Natkiel
|HCC student Nathan was Kris Fisher' boyfriend. Kris used him to annoy his crush Jessica Harris and was annoyed by how frequently Nathan tried to contact him. After a few months, Nathan dumped Kris via text.
|Molly Traverse
|March 2007
|Kate Deakin
|Rhys Ashworth had a wild night with a woman he couldn't recall, and was shocked when the somewhat homely Molly tracked him down. In order to be free of her, Rhys lied that he'd just gotten out of a relationship. Gilly Roach was charmed by Molly and asked her out, but on their first date, she put her hands all over him and told him they'd be married within six months. Rhys called her mobile to give Gilly an excuse to flee. When Gilly found out she had a season ticket to football, he almost stayed, but Rhys persuaded him to go while he could.
|DS Creswell
|31 May 2007
|Tracey Moore
|DS Creswell was the lead detective after Josh Ashworth was arrested for hitting Mike in the head with a brick.
|6 June 2007
|Zoe Aldrich
|Janet was in charge of the bridal shop visited by the McQueen sisters. Jacqui McQueen repeatedly clashed with the snobby Janet, and finally locked her in the changing room, followed by the five sisters fleeing the store in their wedding attire.
|D.S. Grant
|June 2007
|Gil Kolirin
|Grant investigated Clare Devine's fall off the Loft balcony.
|June 2007
|Tiffany Chapman
|Meg was a social services worker who briefly took Tom Cunningham from his brother Max Cunningham.
|Adam Clarke
|August 2007
|Andonis Anthony
|Jessica Harris and Zak Ramsey briefly worked at a phone advice hotline run by Adam. Intrigued by Jess, he asked her to work for him to prey on the bereaved to help them settle their loved ones' estates at a hefty cost. Jess hesitated over what to do, but eventually took the job, scamming the Osbornes out of several valuable items.
|Dr. Sharma
|14 August 2007
|Jay Kiyani
|Dr. Sharma told Jacqui McQueen she was incapable of carrying a living child.
|August 2007
|Charles Foster
|The court clerk when Warren Fox was on trial for pushing Clare Devine.
|Anna Frais
|August 2007
|Lisa Shingler
|Anna represented Warren Fox in his trial.
|Edward Tunney
|August 2007
|Oliver Senton
|Edward prosecuted Warren Fox in his trial.
|August 2007
|Martyn Read
|He presided over Warren Fox's trial.
|30 August 2007
|Paul Stenton
|He tried to remove the belongings from Jessica Harris' room in halls, smashing Zak Ramsey's television in the process. Jessica's father Clive showed up and paid his daughter's debts.
|30 August 2007
|Steven Alvey
|A business acquaintance of Clive Harris. To persuade Lex to do business with him, Clive had Jessica wear a sexy red dress and flirt with Lex. Lex agreed to the deal, but the police arrived to arrest Clive for fraud. Lex tried to "comfort" Jess, who told him to stay away.
|Martin Spencer
|1 October 2007
|Marcus Hutton
|Nancy Hayton took his class at HCC. Martin told her he'd also taught her late sister Becca Dean, which furthered Nancy's insecurities about becoming a carbon copy of her sister.
|2 October 2007
|Steve Bell
|Vic was the instructor at the survival course Mercedes McQueen and Carmel McQueen went on (as the initial were S.P.A, they'd expected a spa). Vic and Mercedes got cozy, but after he told her he'd "always wanted to test-drive a Mercedes", she was repulsed and pushed him away.
|3 October 2007
|Lewis Rainer
|Jay met fellow student John Paul McQueen in the SUbar. He went back to John Paul's for some fun, but John Paul's sister Tina McQueen and her husband Dominic Reilly were using John Paul's bed. Myra McQueen walked in and got into an argument with John Paul about bringing a stranger home for sex. Jay left.
|Adoption Officer
|8 October 2007
|Rebecca Courtney
|She tried to help Jacqui McQueen and Tony Hutchinson in their quest to adopt a baby. When she learned Jacqui had a prison record, she said any further progress was unlikely.
|8 October 2007
|Callum Byrum
|A child Cupid who appeared in the opening and closing scenes, firing fantasy arrows at various couples.
|17–19 October 2007
|Kimberly Slack
|When Frankie Osborne and Jack Osborne decided to foster a child, their first attempt was Daisy, a little girl who stayed in various homes while her mother battled multiple sclerosis. Frankie and Jack quickly grew close to her, but Jack's son Darren Osborne was bitterly opposed to her presence. Right before she returned home, Darren began to change his mind, and let her have a baseball cap she'd admired.
|29–30 October 2007
|Chris Brazier
|James was Summer Shaw's boyfriend. They'd had a long-distance relationship for some time, as he was in the army. He visited her to tell her he was being sent to Afghanistan in a few days. A few weeks later, he dumped her via text.
|29 October, 8 November 2007
|Nicholas Higgins
|Tommo was first seen harassing Barry Newton on his first day at school, until Lauren Valentine and later Steph Dean and Tom Cunningham warned him off. Tommo taunted Newt over being defended by girls. Tommo was seen a few weeks later at friend Ste Hay's housewarming party. When Amy Barnes' sister Sarah Barnes saw him lighting up a joint, Amy made Ste throw him out. After the party, Ste exchanged money with Tommo and revealed that he had to throw him out so Amy wouldn't know he was encouraging Tommo to get the other teens hooked on drugs.
|Social worker
|9 November 2007
|Fiona Clarke
|She showed up at Amy Barnes's and Ste Hay's flat after Amy's mother Kathy Barnes called social services following the house party.
|13 November 2007, February 2008
|Wesley Theobald
|Carl, an old criminal associate of Warren Fox, first showed up shortly before the engagement of Warren and Louise Summers. Louise wanted to test Warren's loyalty to staying clean, so she asked Carl to offer Warren a big illegal job. Carl returned several months later with associate Anthony. They'd just attempted a bank robbery and blackmailed Warren into letting them stay in his flat. They overheard Jack Osborne tell Warren that he was going to give him 100,000 pounds for his half of the Dog in the Pond. They planned to rob Jack and then leave with the money, but the police were called, and Carl and Anthony had to take Jack, Frankie Osborne, Barry Newton and Louise hostage. On the way to the car, Carl struggled with Jack and Jack's son Darren. Anthony shot Darren and sped away, leaving Carl to be arrested.
|15 November 2007
|Faye McKeeve
|Bishop was in charge of a Rant Club at the SUBar, where Jake Dean, Malachy Fisher, and Gilly Roach, among others, vented their problems to an audience.
|19 November 2007, 7 February 2008
|Tom Sawyer
|A counsellor who had sessions with anorexic Hannah Ashworth.
|21 November 2007
|Lyndsay Smith
|Receptionist at the health spa Carmel McQueen worked at after Evissa was damaged by fire. Carmel's sisters Jacqui McQueen and Mercedes McQueen went to the spa, stole a woman's wallet, and booked treatments under her name. When the receptionist learned the truth, they were thrown out, and Carmel was fired.
|12 December 2007
|Paul Duckworth
|Darren Osborne owed him gambling debts. When he threatened to harm Darren's ex-girlfriend, Darren found the money.
|20 December 2007
|Daniel Husbands
|A counsellor who unsuccessfully attempted to help Darren Osborne with his gambling addiction.
|Carol Singers
|24 December 2007
|Jonathan Taylor, Rachel Heaton, Mia Burke, Georgia Weddenburg
|A group of Carol singers who sang outside the, 'Dog in the Pond,' to lure in customers during Christmas time.
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- ^ "New Guy Simon Hits Screens With a Splash", Channel 4 Hollyoaks. URL last accessed 2008-04-14.


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Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman always stressed that he was innocent after being handed a four-game suspension in November for a positive test of performance-enhancing drugs. It turns out he was right. Sherman won his appeal Thursday, meaning he will be eligible to keep on playing for the Seahawks for the rest of the season. If Sherman had lost his appeal, he would have been kept off the field until the Super Bowl, if Seattle had gotten that far. Sherman is tied for second in the league with seven interceptions. He was selected as a Pro Bowl alternate earlier this week.
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About Me
I have been working as a psychotherapist for 10 years now. I was originally working as a management trainer before qualifying as a therapist. My education focused on philosophy – this has led me to take up existential psychotherapy – a method that I hope you will find as exciting and as challenging as I do.
I trained initially at the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling, where I received my MA. Since then I have gone on to begin a second MA in Child Psychotherapy with Terapia. As a counsellor I have worked with Sussex University, Surrey University and am currently in the middle of a project with Brighton University. My background in training has led me to deliver courses to trainee counsellors and those with an interest in promoting mental wellbeing in others.
While I work with a wide range of client groups, I feel that the issues that I suit best are those around bereavement, disability, change, adolescence and OCD. Due to another career I used to have in game design, I am also an appropriate counsellor for anybody that spends considerable time online, social networking or gaming. In order to make myself as accessible as possible to clients I also offer online counselling. Finally I provide couple counselling in the form of duo counselling, whereby I work with another therapist, Nicky Hitchcock to restore balance and health to your partnership.
If you're looking to find counselling or psychotherapy services in Brighton & Hove then contact me to arrange an initial meeting. You can mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com, call/text me on 07714 324542 or press the button below to fill out a contact form.
Controlling the Controller: Understanding and Resolving Video Game Addiction
In this examination of videogame addiction I use my own unique story as a vantage point from which to come to terms with the mind-set of the addicted videogamer; offering guidance as to how to bring about a positive change in behaviour. The book has just been launched in October 2014 with Free Association Books.
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Ciaran O'Connor Psychotherapy
Telephone: 07714 324542 E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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