{"id":17121,"date":"2024-11-27T15:33:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T15:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=17121"},"modified":"2024-11-27T15:33:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T15:33:57","slug":"pearl-ladderbanks-emmerdale-money-worries-gambling-habit-heartbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/characters\/pearl-ladderbanks-emmerdale-money-worries-gambling-habit-heartbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearl Ladderbanks: Money worries, gambling habit and heartbreak!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pearl Ladderbanks was one of Emmerdale<\/a> fans\u2019 favourite characters. She was good-hearted and funny, but she somehow always found herself making bad choices and getting into trouble.<\/p>

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Pearl\u2019s arrival in the village<\/h2>\n

Snooty Edna Birch<\/a> declared Pearl was a \u2018trollop\u2019 almost as soon as she arrived in the village! But flamboyant and fun, Ms Ladderbanks was soon making friends. She hit it off with Len Reynolds when she first came to Emmerdale, and the pair quickly started a romance. He proposed and she accepted and they moved in together. But Pearl was hiding a big secret!<\/p>\n

Pearl\u2019s secret<\/h2>
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It turned out that Pearl\u2019s son Frank was not a financial adviser, as she\u2019d told everyone in the village. In fact, he was serving time for rape. Len was horrified when he found out, but quickly realised Pearl had been through enough when it came to Frank and stood by her.<\/p>\n

When he was released, Frank came to stay with Pearl and Len. But his arrival was written about in the Hotten Courier and the villagers all turned against poor Pearl. Only Ashley<\/a> and Edna stood by her and Len. Scott Windsor<\/a> and Syd Woolfe beat Frank up after a misunderstanding involving Scott\u2019s sister Donna, and Frank decided to move away and start a new life elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Pearl and Len were upset about how they\u2019d been treated so they decided to move away too, but their friends in the village rallied round and convinced them to stay.<\/p>

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