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Melanie Potts

According to this page, Laurel has another sister called Melanie. So far, Caroline has been, the only sister to have appeared onscreen. Can the OP confirm whether Melanie even exists or has been mentioned onscreen or is it a mistake by a fan, adding information?92.232.245.253 (talk) 19:29, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

~~Useful to link into Shane's murder storyline - [1]~~
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[5]Rain the 1 01:09, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Alcoholism

The part about her alcoholism is a bit mixed up chronologically. I think the order of events are more like this:

Stopped for drunk driving.
Fired from factory for being drunk at work.
Unemployed she is drinking spiked orange juice at home while Marlon i working.
Starting doing make-up parties for Bernice. Not sure if April's orange juice incident is before or after this.
Lying about a make-up party to go to Kerry's party, falling down the stairs.
Doug accuses her of having a alcohol problem and thrown out.
Going on holiday with Marlon.
Choking on vomit soon after returning from holiday.
Hitting Marlon.
Running over Daisy.

Laurel and Gabby

Do years really need to be put next to Gabby as stepdaughter? Looking back, Gabby was raised by Laurel since she was young, even after Laurel and Ashley divorced and still does. Also, it's been said Laurel sees Gabby as a "real" daughter. I doubt any of that will change, even after Ashley's killed off, and for the fact Laurel is the mother of Gabby's siblings. Grangehilllover (talk) 12:37, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Page move

PAGE MOVED

Page moved to Laurel Thomas, –Davey2010^Talk 12:00, 11 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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I am requesting that this page, Laurel Potts, is moved to Laurel Thomas as I feel that Thomas is now WP:COMMONNAME following her long-standing relationship with Ashley Thomas and the recent dementia storyline. However, before requesting a move, I have posted here to seek opinions of others. If anybody noticing this could respond with an answer, I would be appreciative. Soaper1234 - talk 20:47, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. ThisIsDanny (talk) 21:16, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I looked at this earlier after seeing an editor ignore WP:NOTBROKEN for the hundredth time. She was known as Potts for about three years prior to her marriage to Ashley, and has been credited as Thomas for much longer. I think most of her major storylines have occurred while she was Thomas, and the official ITV website uses that surname for her character profile [6]. Google gives 76,800 results for "Laurel Potts Emmerdale", while "Laurel Thomas Emmerdale" gets 165,000 results, and "Laurel Dingle Emmerdale" 44,900 results (just throwing that in there). I support a page move. - JuneGloom07 Talk 22:05, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Never have understood why it's remained at this surname for so long - She's known as Laurel Thomas and has been known as such for what 3-4 years now ? .... –Davey2010^Talk 22:16, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Way longer than that. She was married to Ashley for eight years, before marrying Marlon. - JuneGloom07 Talk 23:30, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Brilliant, glad to have received so much support. I shall request a page move now. Soaper1234 - talk 10:58, 11 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done - moved myself as seemed silly going to RM :), Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 12:00, 11 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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update (Laurel) Charlotte

In September 2022 Laurel will have been in Emmerdale for 20 years. Currently 19 years. Please add to longest serving cast members page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Percy2345 (talk • contribs) 04:24, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Has now been in Emmerdale 20 years Percy2345 (talk) 23:51, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Longest serving character update

Please add to longest serving character list as Laurel has now offically been in Emmerdale for 20 years. Percy2345 (talk) 02:05, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]