Lovely Laurel is not your typical vicar's wife but is very supportive of her husband Ashley. She's well known in the village for her quirky fashion sense. She's very determined and even though a lot of bad things have happened to her she still remains a happy, positive woman who enjoys hanging out with her mates, especially Nicola.
| Lives at |
Mulberry Cottage
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| Works at |
Sharma and Sharma sweet factory
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| First appearance |
September 2002 |
| Likes |
Unusual clothes |
| Disikes |
Fire
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| Did you know? |
Laurel's life dream was to be a glamorous barmaid, the only chance she got did not go well at all! |
History
2002
- Laurel entered the village dressed as a bee!
2003
- Nicola cons Laurel out of her earnings
- Laurel wins a competition to be the face of a bleach company
2004
- Finally gets together with Ashley
- Laurel puts off Ashley's proposal when she goes to Tanzania
2005
- Returns from working in Tanzania and reunites with Ashley. They marry
2008
- Laurel is left devastated when baby Daniel dies from cot death
- Laurel later finds out that baby Daniel wasn't theirs and a hearing concludes that Arthur (a neighbour's baby who was born at the same time) is their baby
2009
- Coat catches on fire at the bonfire but luckily Laurel wasn’t injured – despite Sally Spode keeping quiet
- Sally Spode sets the church on fire and locks Laurel inside. But Laurel survives
2010
- Laurel finally confronts Sally and finds the shrine to Ashley
- Laurel is horrified when Holly takes drugs while babysitting her children, but remains supportive of Moira
2011
- Laurel spends a lot of time with Marlon running the summer kids' club and starts developing feelings for him. It soon becomes clear he feels the same
- Laurel and Marlon kiss and then battle with their emotions for weeks
- Just as it seems Laurel might be ready to take the next step, she realises that if she broke up with Ashley she could lose her children. She calls off her tryst with Marlon
- Ashley asks Laurel to renew their wedding vows but Laurel still can't stop thinking about Marlon
- Ashley confronts Laurel about Marlon and she tells him the truth