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WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 3

On the previous page we looked at the Russell family that might have been: Shirley, Ivan, Mark and Nicola.

Here we present for you here a very different set of Crossroads employees.

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STAFF MEMBERS

EAMMON CASSIDY, 39 is Shirley’s right hand, the Crossroads GENERAL MANAGER. The perfect “front of house” man – Eammon is only Eammon to Shirley – to everyone else he’s Mr. Cassidy. A confirmed bachelor, he is never ruffled, never raises his voice and never loses his patience. Universally popular, he is nevertheless a very private man whose family history is a closed book. His loyalty to Shirley is without question. He quite literally owes her his life – without her he would have certainly dies from drink.

PAT WESSON, 52, is the HOUSEKEEPER – responsible for a large staff of chambermaids – a job she takes very seriously indeed. Pat is also a bitch, but with over 30 years in the hotel trade, she is probably Shirley’s most experiences and valuable employee. Periodically, Pat threatens to leave but never does because no other hotel would give her the power she so relishes at Crossroads.

BARRY WESSON, 55, is the Night Porter and CONCIERGE at the hotel. It is no secret that he has an eye for the younger female staff. But his amorous exploits are largely in his head and he is essentially harmless. He wishes he were not married to Pat.

RAY DOBBS, 28, is the newest member of the Crossroads staff. A likeable, good-natured Australian, Ray is a great raconteur, a handsome shoulder to cry on and reassuringly direct. In short, the perfect BARMAN.

TINA LATHAM, 21, is carrying a torch for Ray but she would rather die than let him know it. Tina is a WAITRESS in the Arden Restaurant and a local girl from King’s Oak.

AMRIT SYALL, 27, is the hotel’s rising star. The son of wealthy parents – both accountants in Birmingham City Centre – Amrit is the BUSINESS FACILITIES MANAGER. In two years time, if Shirley doesn’t look out, he’ll have her job.

PACO MACGREGOR, 40, is the product of an unlikely match – a Glaswegian postman and a Brazilian amateur ballroom dancer, who fell in love under a mirror ball. Paco has a mercurial temperament and a bad gambling habit. He is also an insomniac. But then sleep is not much of an option for an overworked, over burdened HEAD CHEF. Paco, twice divorced, has been having an affair with Kathryn Evans for the last four years.

KATHRYN EVANS, 33, is married to local FIREMAN STEVE. Kathryn is the pretty but sometimes callous SALON MANAGER and HAIR STYLIST. Kathryn wants for nothing – she has her own little business, an adoring, softhearted husband and a ravishing figure. But she’s unhappy and frustrated – hence Paco. Steve wants to try for a baby.

EUINCE STARK, 60, should be retired but she wouldn’t know what to do with herself if she gave up being a CLEANER at the hotel. Since her beloved husband, Wilf, passed away, she’s found being alone at home in King’s Oak unbearable. And what Eunice doesn’t know about Crossroads isn’t worth knowing, being one of the few who remember the old motel. Eunice is a great one for intrigue and gossip – “What would my Wilf Say?!” is her usual response, uttered with much relish.

MARION JOHNSON, 25, has been a CHAMBERMAID at Crossroads for six years. She will never be anything else. Although she is clearly not the brightest spark in the world she is – as Pat Wesson says – “a good worker”. Marion fantasizes about kissing Mark Russell but he doesn’t know she’s alive. Marion is a kleptomaniac and it is only a matter of time before a guest catches her at it.

NITA, 19, is Marion’s best friend and also a CHAMBERMAID. Mrs. Wesson has her eye on Nita because – unfortunately for Nita – so does Barry.

DEREK and MINTY are KITCHEN HANDS and a bit of a double act. Derek Vincent is a cherubic-faced jack-the-lad who did six days basic training in the army before deciding it was too much like hard work. He’s been AWOL ever since. No one knows how Minty got his name (his real name is Morris Thatcher). Minty is terrified of Paco, who can be a bully. Minty is also secretly in lust with Nicola Russell and once sculpted a rose out of a carrot for her. But she never knew.

VAL and TOMMY WHITE are ex-fairground folk who now run BENNY’S CAFÉ. They are a devoted couple who are passionate rock n’ roll enthusiasts. Tommy’s quaff is a miracle of engineering.

DAPHNE ROGERS – who claims to be 38 – but won’t see 45 again, is famous for her all-year-round tan and her success with the opposite sex. Daphne works part time in the MINI-MART (“a little job to keep me out of mischief”) but not nights. Nights she reserves for the Stratford Lounge and a long Campari, when the full splendour of her décolletage is on show. Daphne can spot Club Class at a hundred yards. American businessmen are her particular specialty: they never stand a chance.

IAN RUSSELL, (sic) 50, is a con man who is about to come back from the dead.

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