The Folk you will Meet as you Wander down the Cobbles and Beyond A Family Touched by Tragedy Polly - a desperate mother Albert - her husband, a fisherman Daisy - their eldest daughter Leonard, Bertie, Violet, Mark, Nelson, Lily and Rosie - their other children In Court Mr Lefroy - solicitor for the defence Richard Ottley - a jaded reporter Mr Brown - the coroner Mr Cruse - foreman of the coroner’s jury Mr Duncan, Mr Cock and Mr Fulford - magistrates Mr Carnegie - presiding over Bideford county sessions Mr Warlow - appearing for the Director of Public Prosecutions Superintendent Shutler Police Sergeant Ashby In Bucks Mills William - Albert’s father Mary ‘Mrs William’ - Albert’s mother Fred - Albert’s brother ‘Crumplefoot Tommy’ Aunt Ellen ‘Mrs Tommy’ - his wife and Albert’s aunt Eadie - their daughter, Albert’s adopted sister and cousin Sammy, Evie, Peg, Alice, Dol and Gilbert - their other children Captain James ‘King of Bucks’ and his wife - Albert and Eadie’s grandparents Aunt Matilda - a deluded soul, Albert’s aunt Aunt Agnes, Aunt Lizzie and Uncle John - Albert’s other aunts and uncle Walter - Eadie’s husband Captain Joe - a householder ‘Takey’ - a fish merchant ‘Johnnie Adelaide’ - a neighbour Norah and Gertie - his daughters ‘Daft Bob’ George - Albert’s cousin and Ada’s intended In Peppercombe Richard Wakely - Polly’s father Eliza Wakely née Found - Polly’s mother Arthur - Polly’s brother Lydia, Jane, Ada and Ethel - Polly’s sisters Mrs Pine-Coffin - Lady of Portledge Manor, Polly’s employer Winifred - her daughter In Bideford Susan Prance née Found - Polly’s aunt Joe Prance - a fishmonger and grocer, Polly’s uncle Minnie and Athaliah – their daughters, Polly’s cousins May - another daughter, recently died in Wales Willie and Hilda - May’s children, lately arrived in Bideford Mr Hopson - an ironmonger Frank Holwill - an ironmonger’s assistant, Athaliah’s suitor Mrs Newman - a superior dressmaker Mrs Emily Powell - a struggling gentlewoman Captain Thomas Powell - her profligate husband Frances, Rosamund, William and Margaret - their children Florence Powell - another daughter, much mourned Reverend Roberts Reverend Page The Misses Ley - schoolmistresses Mr Tardrew - a creditor Temperance Lloyd - a supposed witch Philip Waters - an Appledore boatbuilder At Clovelly Court Mrs Hamlyn - Lady of the Manor Mr Frederick Hamlyn - her husband Mr Caird - her agent Hon. Betty Manners - heiress to the Court Herbert Henry Asquith - the Prime Minister Mrs Asquith - his wife Hon. Arthur Asquith - their son Lord Northcote - a guest Lord Hugh Cecil - another guest Lord Cromer - another guest Clovelly Villagers Granny Smale aka Granny Pengilly - a tea-shop owner Captain William Pengilly - her first husband Harry Smale - her second husband Annie Stoneman - her granddaughter Ben and Mabel Stoneman - Annie’s parents Susan, Hettie, Norman and Fanny - their children, Annie’s siblings Mrs Emma Stanbury - Polly’s neighbour, a witness for the prosecution Mrs Hannah Davies - her daughter Stanley Davies - Mrs Davies’ son Mr Edward Laurence Collins - an outsider Mrs Amelia Collins - his wife Alice, Mary and Bella - Daisy’s friends Mr Tuke - a gardener Mrs Tuke - his wife Abraham Tuke - their son, a reluctant soldier Mrs Jones - a lodging house keeper Eli - a carrier and a relative of Albert Samuel Harris Mrs Harris Oscar Abbott Mrs Abbott Sid Abbott Tom Pengilly - coxswain of the lifeboat Will Harding Rose Harding - his wife Billy Harding - his son Frank Badcock Merelda Badcock - his wife Wilf Badcock - his son Richard Foley Jack Foley Mrs Foley Mrs Bushell Steve Headon Dick Cruse Captain Charlie Bate Tommy Bate - his son Catherine Bate - Tommy’s wife Captain Jim Jenn Captain Jenn senior Mr Moss - publican of the Red Lion Tom Finch - gardener and organist Will Oke - an unfortunate elderly man Mrs Oke - his wife Reverend Simkin Miss Lott and Miss Hazard - schoolmistresses Mr Ellis - a shopkeeper George Reilly - a photographer Postman Branch Mrs Howard - a postmistress Encountered in Clovelly Vera Wentworth, Jessie Kenney, Elsie Howey and ‘Mrs Pond’ - women with a purpose Dr Crew, Dr Kay, Dr Toye and Dr Ackland Thomas Sanders - the relieving officer Mr Dennis - a magistrate Frank Ifield - a singer On the Western Front Major Shilland Corporal Squance In Torquay Mrs Gilley - proper gentry Mr Gilley - her husband Laura Kate Cornelius - a former servant with social aspirations Percy Cornelius - her husband, a butcher Kathleen Cornelius - their daughter Mr Meyers - Mrs Cornelius’ father Francis Meyers ‘Mr Francis’ - Mrs Cornelius’ brother Owen Meyers - another brother, a fallen soldier Mrs Alice Meyers - Owen’s widow Mrs Miller - impoverished gentry Agatha Miller - her daughter, a dispenser Winnie Hamm - a servant, Daisy’s friend Louisa Taylor - superintendent nurse at Newton Abbot workhouse Dr Cook Eugene O’Brien and Mary Pickford - film stars Charlie Chaplin - a comic genius