Ruth Hepton

Ruth Hepton is the sister of Ian Hepton. Ruth arrived alongside Ian, Clive Hinton and Rod Blake in February 1978 when Clive had a money making scheme - finding minerals down in the mines. Ruth was a farm manager and she and Ian took out a lease following the departure of the Gimbel family. Ruth failed to consult the other farmers aboutchanges to the farm and ignored what they had to say as Ian failed as a farm manager due to bullying from the other farmers. As a result, Ruth gets off on the wrong foot with Joe Sugden but the pair patch things up and begin a short-lived relationship. Clive was injured in a mine explosion in March 1978 but he was later discharged and the Heptons left.

1978

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