Synopsis[]
w:c:emmerdale:Ashley Thomas has walked from w:c:emmerdale:Hotten General Hospital and is visualising the world through his eyes due to his dementia. He goes to a record shop and sees a 1979 poster for his favourite band, w:c:emmerdale:The Undertones, in the window. Ashley thinks it is 1979 again. He meets w:c:emmerdale:Aaron Dingle who gives him a lift back to w:c:emmerdale:Emmerdale Village. Ashley sees Aaron as looking different to usual. As they arrive back at the village, Ashley sees the village as looking different to usual, the Woolpack looks a bit different as does w:c:emmerdale:Mulberry Cottage. He says his mum is expecting him. He visualises w:c:emmerdale:Chas Dingle, w:c:emmerdale:Douglas Potts and w:c:emmerdale:Laurel Thomas in 1979 clothing, and they all look different to how they normally look due to Ashley's confused mind.
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Writer - w:c:emmerdale:Maxine Alderton
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Producer - w:c:emmerdale:Iain MacLeod
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Notes[]
First appearance of w:c:emmerdale:Esholt, West Yorkshire in the series since Episode 2323 (12th February 1998). As Ashley Thomas had dementia, he had a skewed memory. So rather than make the purpose built Harewood replica of Esholt look slightly different, a one off scene was filmed back in Esholt after 19 years since the production team had finished filming there due to moving to Harewood at the start of 1998. The Harewod set has a few differences to Esholt, so Esholt was used in a clever move to show Ashley's confused state of mind.
While filming back in Esholt, a scene was filmed inside the real life Woolpack pub, for the first time in the shows history the real Woolpack interior was seen. During the 22 years they filmed in Esholt, while they filmed the exterior of the real life Commercial Inn (later renamed The Woolpack to match its on screen pub) regularly, they used a studio set for the interior of the fictional Woolpack pub, and only the windows matched the real life Esholt pub. However they did copy a few parts of the real life pub interior such as the stairwell at the back, and the toilets are in the same place as in Esholt.
Aaron, Chas, Doug, Laurel and Sandy lookalikes were cast briefly as well to show Ashleys confused state.