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Reference > The Month That Was... September 2006 by Steve

One Year Ago - September 2005

More new faces joined the residents of Ramsay Street…

 

• Following his brief visit to Erinsborough for his brother’s wedding, Ned Parker was back in town and managed to get his addresses mixed up. He ended up in only a towel in number 26 after taking a shower there, just as Janelle got home. After accidentally dropping the towel – twice – he ended up at number 30 and made it clear that he had no intention of returning to the family farm

Paul’s daughter, Lucinda (known as Elle), one of the triplets that came out of his marriage to Gail, made a sudden appearance in Erinsborough and quickly made it clear that she didn’t like Izzy and wanted her gone from Paul’s life

Stuart grew increasingly depressed following Sindi’s departure and it looked like he was ready to give up on life, when he raced into a science lab to rescue Rachel and Zeke from a gas leak, then passed out. Fortunately, Ned managed to help him snap out of it and realise that he still had a lot of friends who cared about him

As Karl tries to let Janae down gently and find her a new counsellor, she runs away to look for her dad in Colac, leaving Janelle under the impression that her daughter was taken advantage of by Karl and he was left suspended. Fortunately, Janae returned just in time to clear his name


Alex is diagnosed with leukaemia and given only months to live, so he suddenly proposes to Susan, scared that he’ll die and his kids will have nobody to look after them. He also starts to look for answers and turns to healer Graham Harlin – who is actually con artist Jonathan Verne. Steph recognises him from Life Mechanics and Jonathan is finally arrested by Stuart

Connor finds out that Maddy is seriously ill with an ear infection and he desperately needs to raise the cash for the operation to go private or she’ll be in pain for months. Izzy’s drug problem starts to get out of hand, as she accidentally pushes over pregnant Steph and attempts to buy drugs from corrupt nurse Gareth Peters, but ends up being arrested as part of an undercover operation

 

Five Years Ago - September 2001

A shock ‘death’ and the departure of a bride on her wedding day…

• The days of Tess’ marriage to Darcy finally dawns, as Dee makes a last-minute attempt to talk her former best friend out of going through with it. Tess refuses to listen but, as Lyn does her hair for the wedding, she talks about trust being the most important thing in a marriage, she develops doubts and calls Darcy’s ex, Alice, to find out the truth. Tess then decides to leave town, jilts Darcy and says goodbye to Dee

Woody turns up in Ramsay Street under cover of darkness, with plans for he and Steph to disappear and make a new life. When news reaches them that Kev Kelly has escaped from prison, they do a runner but Kev’s henchman, Barry Burke, catches up with them at a service station and forces Woody to drive off. Steph sees the car speed away before exploding in the distance.

During a school camping trip, Paul, Tad, Flick and Monique get drunk and Tad is stung by a scorpion. Thinking he’s just drunk, the kids ignore it until he becomes seriously ill and is airlifted to hospital

Lou receives a massive shock when he gets a letter from a man named John Allen, who claims to be Lolly’s biological father. Lou tries to ignore it, but finally confides in Harold and agrees to have some DNA tests done. He is left stunned when the results show that he isn’t Lolly’s dad

Darcy’s plans to sell the surgery for millions begin to come unstuck as his partner in crime, Victor, starts flirting with Dee in the pub and tells her everything. Dee then starts to blackmail Darcy into coming clean with Karl

Libby looks like losing her case of discrimination against the Chronicle newspaper, until Martin West’s secretary, Nancy, gets in touch and gives Libby some emails which provide her with the evidence she needs. They then agree to an out of court settlement and Libby decides to start her own magazine

Maggie and Evan are confused by Leo’s secretive behaviour and suspect that he might be taking drugs, little realising that he is actually writing and selling essays to the other kids in order to fund his new break-dancing hobby

 


Ten Years Ago - September 1996

A glamorous new face and the shocking death of an old favourite…

 

• Libby and Darren, unable to reach a compromise with their parents, decide to move out into a bedsit. However, after realising that life away from home isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, they decide to return home and patch things up with their families

Cheryl begins to put her life back together following Lou’s departure and is thrilled when Darren agrees to move home. Fate steps in, though, when Lolly runs out into the road and Cheryl is hit by a car as she goes to get her. Despite Karl’s attempts to save her, she dies at the site of the accident

A mysterious, glamorous new face in Erinsborough, Sarah Beaumont, wants to invest in Danni’s dress shop and also reveals that she knows someone in Ramsay Street. It is later revealed that she’s Catherine’s half sister

After nearly having an affair with Mick the possum catcher, Angie goes to visit Big Kev and returns with news that the Rebecchi family would be leaving Erinsborough to set up a roudhouse

Billy, Toadie and Hannah become local legends as they set up a pirate radio station, Shockwaves and Toadie soon finds himself with plenty of female fans, though the authorities are on their tail and trying to shut them down

Helen is finally released from hospital following her stroke, but her return coincides with Cheryl’s death, and Phil decides that she might not be able to cope with the news

The feud – and love triangle – between Danni, Luke and Debbie continues, as Debbie pretends to be on holiday in Perth, but is actually still in town and secretly unstitching the clothes in Danni’s shop. Debbie’s unscrupulous actions only succeed in pushing Luke and Danni closer together

Please note that dates are based on Australian screenings

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