I Am A Swede

I think Sable was a more than adequate replacement for Krystle. I didn't really miss her at all after she fell into her coma.

I was without computer yesterday so I'm a day late with this, but better late than never I guess. Yesterday, March 10th, was Katharine Barker's (Dolly Skilbeck) 75th birthday!

It got a scathing review here too. "A terror for the eyes, ears and brain"

^^ It can't get much better than that! A duet with Babs and Babs!

Is that even humanly possible?

Angelique Kerber beats Serena Williams 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to become the first German since Steffi Graf to win a GS-title!

Johanna Konta becomes the first British woman to reach the semi-final of a GS-tournament since Jo Durie at the US Open 1983!

Another death this year. Colin Vearncombe (stage name Black) 1962-2016. I've always loved this song.

This was actually really hard. But after some soul-searching and a few walks down memory lane I think I'm pleased with my list. 1. Kathy Bates-Merrick-Tate-Glover 2. Annie Sugden-Kempinski-Brearly 3. Dolly Acaster-Skilbeck (she would be #1 if I only counted the Katharine Barker years) 4. Betty Eagleton 5. Viv Windsor-Hope 6. Sam Pearson 7. Edna Birch 8. Val Lambert-Pollard 9. Amos Brearly 10. Kim Tate-Marchant 11. Laurel Potts-Thomas-Dingle 12. Matthew King 13. Joe Sugden 14. Henry Wilks 15. Jessie Renfrew 16. Matt Skilbeck 17. Caroline Bates 18. Zoe Tate 19. Ashley Thomas 20. Alison Gibbons (Honourable mentions: Diane Sugden, Bernice Blackstock, Jackie Merrick, Elizabeth Pollard, Frank Tate, Steph Stokes) I know varying levels of things about the rest of your list, but who is Jessie Renfrew? Yes, it's Aunt Jessie. I did hesitate a bit about putting her on the list, since she only appeared in a handful of episodes, but she made such a lasting impression that she deserved to be up there.

This was actually really hard. But after some soul-searching and a few walks down memory lane I think I'm pleased with my list. 1. Kathy Bates-Merrick-Tate-Glover 2. Annie Sugden-Kempinski-Brearly 3. Dolly Acaster-Skilbeck (she would be #1 if I only counted the Katharine Barker years) 4. Betty Eagleton 5. Viv Windsor-Hope 6. Sam Pearson 7. Edna Birch 8. Val Lambert-Pollard 9. Amos Brearly 10. Kim Tate-Marchant 11. Laurel Potts-Thomas-Dingle 12. Matthew King 13. Joe Sugden 14. Henry Wilks 15. Jessie Renfrew 16. Matt Skilbeck 17. Caroline Bates 18. Zoe Tate 19. Ashley Thomas 20. Alison Gibbons (Honourable mentions: Diane Sugden, Bernice Blackstock, Jackie Merrick, Elizabeth Pollard, Frank Tate, Steph Stokes)

I'm quite happy with less Dingles. That family has infected the show for far too long. I know it's probably completely unrealistic, but I would rather have them bring back Sam Skilbeck, with the added bonus of visits from Matt and/or Dolly. Another alternative would be to bring in a younger character (mid 20s) and make him/her the child of Sandie Merrick (Robert's half-sister).

Yes! Nadal is out, out, out!! (Can you tell I'm not a fan? )

I'm so happy to see that a lot of older episodes are back on Youtube again, after several channels were taken down recently. Including this one, the episode (1410, original airdate 7th December 1989) when Matt Skilbeck leaves Beckindale...

Her voice is amazing....simply amazing.

Here's a look at a former Emmerdale star. She has hardly changed at all from when she left.

What else....

Pure pop perfection