Paula Barker is a classmate of Mark Hughes, who has a crush on her. Mark begins dating Paula but they suffer a setback when Paula has a heated confrontation at a family dinner with Mark's stepfather Joe Sugden who is feuding with her father, an avid rambler, over right of way. Following a disastrous camping trip with Mark's sister Rachel Hughes, Mark and Paula split up.
April Brooks was the estranged mother ofArchie Brooks. She came to the village claiming she wanted to make up things with Archie, but in reality she wanted to con him in order to pay her boyfriend's court fine. After discovering this, Archie gave her the money and told her to leave the village.
Alice Bates
Alice Bates was played by Kimberley Hewitt from 1991-1994, and then Rachel Tolboys from 1994-1999, and again in 2001. Her parents, Nick Bates and Elsa Feldmann, were a couple when she was born but later split up when Elsa moved to Leeds and left Alice in Nick's charge. Her circumstances remained largely unchanged until Elsa returned in 1993, leaving again in 1994. Elsa returned again in 1999, informing Alice's then guardian and aunt, Nick's sister Kathy Glover, that she wanted to take Alice to Australia to be with Elsa's new family. Kathy was reluctant at first but encouraged Alice to make up her own mind. Eventually, Alice decided to move to Australia. Alice returned in 2001 as part of Kathy's exit storyline, in which Kathy moved to Australia to be near Alice.
Miss "Skipdale Breweries"
Miss Skipdale Breweries Is a local celebrity who attended to the re-opening of The Woolpack. Her entrance goes off with a misfire when she is trapped the barrel and has to be freed by Skipdale Brewery rep [|Gary Lipman]. Seth Armstrong talks her into letting him distribute coupons for one free pint, much to the irritation of landlord Alan Turner when he and Bill Middleton cash in their coupons.
Louise
Louise is a friend of Elsa Feldmann. They meet at Evening Classes in Hotten but frequently skip lessons to go to the Black Bull pub and participate in Karaoke.
Carol Nelson was played by Philomena McDonagh. She first appeared in 1991 as a new barmaid at the Woolpack pub and in 1992 was joined by her daughter Lorraine. Carol left Emmerdale on 25 November 1993 with Lorraine to be closer to Lorraine's college in Skipdale - where landlord of the Woolpack Alan Turner had found her a new job in a local pub.
