The original ‘tart with a heart’, Pat has flirted with the seedier side of life in her younger years. She’s best known for her colourful love life – and her tasteless dangly earrings!
I’ve been married four times. I know what men are like and, believe me, they’re all dreamers
1986 Arrives after fleeing her violent hubby Brian but son Wicksy isn’t pleased to see her. Flirts with prostitution and gets young punk Mary involved.
1987 Bumps into her first love Frank Butcher on a day out with the ladies darts team. Frank tells her he’s always loved her!
1988 Frank turns up with kids Diane and Ricky and gets together with Pat. They buy the tenancy for the Queen Vic pub.
1989 Bribes slimy hubby Brian Wicks to get him to sign divorce papers. Marries Frank in June and takes in Frank’s other daughter, Janine.
1990 The newlyweds sell up the Queen Vic licence to concentrate on the B&B and car lot.
1992 Starts up her own cab business, PatCabs, but accidentally knocks down and kills a young girl at Christmas.
1993 Is sent down for six months and vows never to drive again.
1994 Frank disappears and leaves a desperate Pat in debt. Car salesman Roy Evans bails her out.
1995 Starts dating Roy and discovers he’s impotent but decides to stay with him. Discovers Frank is in a refuge in Bristol after a breakdown. Frank turns up on Christmas Day but sends him packing.
1996 Has a one-night-stand with Frank while Roy is away on business and is full of guilt. Marries Roy in November.
1998 Roy loses his car dealership and attempts to kill himself. Peggy dates Frank and is suspicious of Pat’s feelings for him.
2000 Starts an affair with Frank while on a Spanish holiday with Roy and Peggy. Nearly runs away with him but thinks better of it.
2001 Roy threatens divorce but Pat reveals her plans to move to New Zealand to be with her son Simon and they make up.
2003 Roy dies from a heart attack. Roy’s son Barry blames Pat and disowns her, leaving her virtually destitute.
2006 Has an affair with married shop owner Patrick but Patrick's wife Yolande finds out. Nephew Kevin and his kids Carly and Deano arrive in the Square and move in with her.
2007 Bumps into gent Len Harker, who helps her on her quest to discovers more about her late Down's Syndrome sister Joan, who was put in an institution as a child.
Pam was born in London on May 12 1942 to father Reg and mother Ann. Her mother died when she was young and she grew up in various foster homes, including on a farm in Devon. Pam later went to a private boarding school in the South Downs.
Although Pam dreamed of being a vet, she fell into acting and started off with a small theatre company.
She spent some time as a teacher before getting her first big break in 70s TV prison drama Within These Walls.
Pam has appeared in many TV shows including a short stint on Yorkshire soap Emmerdale Farm.
