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The Ambridge Socialist

1^st January

70 years of class struggle in Ambridge

The Archers is 70 years old. It is the longest running serial of its type in the world.

It is often thought to be boring and Ambridge a place where little ever happens. The reality of course is rather different. The Ambridge Socialist has looked through the archives and highlighted some of the more dramatic moments on Ambridge since 1951.

Many of them suggest a place where the rich suffer no penalty even when they are in the wrong, while the poor lose their land and are sent to jail.

Even now Tom Forrest’s 1957 murder of a poacher and subsequent acquittal appears a miscarriage of justice. When David Archer murdered Nigel Pargetter ten years ago in a battle for ruling class supremacy in the village only the most cursory investigation took place.

The Grundy’s were booted off their farm in 2000 for no other reason than being poor while Brian Aldridge continues to farm his despite polluting the AM and narrowly avoiding prison. He remains wealthy

In recent times its true a slightly more equitable approach has been taken. Freddie Pargetter served time for drug dealing.

Ambridge Socialist Editor Keith Flett said, the class struggle continues to thrive in Ambridge and we are confident that before long the Archer dynasty will make way for the Grundys.

70 Years in Ambridge

22^nd September 1955. Grace Archer murdered in Brookfield barn fire after calling for equal pay

1957 Gamekeeper Tom Forrest shoots and murders poacher Bob Larkin. Acquitted

1967/8: Nelson Gabriel framed but acquitted for Borchester mail van robbery

1993 Clive Horrobin carries out an armed robbery on the village shop. Susan Carter shields him & his jailed

1999 Activists including Tom and Kirsty destroyed Brian Aldridge’s GM Maize crop. They were tried & acquitted.

2000. The Grundys forced out of Grange Farm by the new owners of Borchester Land

2000 Sid & Jolene appear in the shower together..

2003 David Archer appears in the Magistrates Court for shooting a badger

2nd January 2011: David Archer murders Nigel Pargetter by pushing him off Lower Loxley roof

2015. Rob Titchener causes the Great Flood of Ambridge. Freda Fry dies in the flood.