Episode 2 (Emmerdale 1918)

In the second episode of Emmerdale 1918, Charlotte Bellamy, who plays Laurel Thomas, explores the love story of the son of the real Woolpack landlord.

Plot
Charlotte Bellamy travels to Esholt, the real village where Emmerdale was filmed for over twenty years. She meets local historian Bev Anderson and learns about the son of the landlord of the real Woolpack pub, (then called The Commercial Inn), Joshua Booth.

''Joshua was the only son of Frederick and Mary Booth, and used to serve drinks at his parents' pub and sort wool at the local mill. A sports lover, he was 22 when he went to war, leaving his sweetheart Winifred, only keeping in touch through love letters.''

Charlotte then visits a training ground in Catterick, North Yorkshire. She meets 22-year-old Second Lieutenant Adam Wishdish who tells her more about Joshua and shows her some footage of the training regime, which was not at all thorough.

''Joshua was posted to the French front war, where he fought in the Battle of the Somme. Joshua's battalion was so close to the German front line trenches, within 800 yards. He survived the Battle of the Somme, and went on to fight.''

Charlotte attends the annual Esholt summer party to get a feel of what life without the village's young men was like. In Leeds, she meets military historian Dave Stowe who informs her of life in the trenches and that Joshua did survive the Somme. She then returns to Esholt to speak to Bev about Joshua's love letters.

''Joshua's last letter to Winnie was addressed 'Mrs H. Foster'. Winnie had not waited for Joshua and married someone else.''

In Belgium, Charlotte travels to Ypres and meets historian Tony Richards.

''Joshua was involved in the Third Battle of Ypres in 1917, and survived. On the 11th December 1917, a stray German shell hit his dugout and was killed. Corporal Joshua Booth was buried in the Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, along with 1,439 other fallen soldiers. 49 of the 53 Esholt men who left for war survived. Joshua was one of four Esholt men who died.''