Mel Openshaw

Mel Openshaw was a surveyor for The Woolpack when a crack was discovered above the fireplace in January 1976. Mel informed the owners that it was an earth fault, and when Sam Pearson tells Henry Wilks the story of a man whose house behind The Woolpack fell down overnight, Henry forces Amos Brearly to agree to a relocation. Mel worked on the new Woolpack building as it was slightly derelict.

In February 1976, Mel arrived at Emmerdale Farm and was shocked to find Martin Gimbel holding Rosemary Kendall prisoner in the house, and rescued Rosemary from Martin.