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Stan Dobson’s wife, best remembered for her curious accent (Yorkshire, of course), a quiff hairdo, and her passion for quilted dressing gowns and fancy housecoats.
On her first appearance, Stan told her he’d got a job at Wentworth, and she automatically assumed it was as an officer. She felt very proud, but he didn’t correct her, and when he tried to tell her it was a gardener job later, she’d already told her friends. He asked for his old uniform at the prison, and came home wearing it, to a meal cooked specially by Edie to celebrate. The next day, on the way to work he got changed (from officer to gardener) in a public toilet, much to the bemusement of a passing drunk, who seemed to think he’d witnessed Superman's grandfather.
On one occasion, Stan was caught after changing into his overalls by Nev Sloan, who had applied for the same gardener job, intending to smuggle goods in to Lou Kelly. He told Stan he wanted his job, or he’d tell his wife about his secret. (Changing his outfits presumably, though his lurking around public toilets might get a more interesting reaction.) When Stan came home later, Edie told him "an old friend" had come to visit, which turned out to be Nev (who wasn't really old, or a friend) who told Stan to suggest him as an assistant, which he did and Ann Reynolds agreed to it.
Meanwhile Stan told Edie he was thinking of asking for Bobbie Mitchell to be released on licence to them, but she thought he was only trying to replace their own daughter. Bobbie had a visit to their home, and while left alone, phoned her younger sister Cheryl. Poor Cheryl was home alone, and so taken aback by Bobbie's acting abilities she fell off her chair. Bobbie left a note and ran off to help her sister, but the note wasn't seen when Stan and Edie got back. Bobbie was arrested when a neighbour saw her trying to break into the house with a brick (though surprisingly not for disturbing the peace with the horrible pink Shirley Temple outfit and hair ribbons). Stan covered for Bobbie at the police station, but still assumed she was lying.
Later, Stan asked for Ann’s support in their application for Bobbie to be released into their care, and he apologised for not believing Bobbie. Eventually, a special parole hearing went ahead, and the decision went in Bobbie's favour.
As for Stan’s gardener job, he eventually told Edie the truth, and after all that secrecy, time and trouble, she didn’t seem all that bothered.
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