Neighbours...the early years?

[CaptainHulk]

7 hours ago, Summer's Bay said:

How many children does Paul have?

Why did Mike leave? 

7.

Amy Williams with Nina (later called herself Nene, played by the same actress as Zoe on her guest stint) Amy has had three stints two as a guest, age 4 when Nene brought her over from NZ during the early going of Paul/Gail IVF, then age 8 in 1992 when she stayed with Paul and Chrissie for a bit then now as a current regular with a son of her own, Jimmy who currently lives in the US.

Leo and David Tanaka, a pair if twins with Kim Taylor from the early going of the series (Yes, that Kim who dated Scott). Conceived when Kim was 15 (lied about her age, glossed over by writers) and Paul was 22. Find the story kind of contrived. Kim paid a visit to her doctor to go on the pill but unbeknownst to us she was already pregnant.

Triplets Robert, Cameron and Lucinda with Gail who were born off screen. Cameron died after being run over by Max Hoyland, who thought he was Robert. Robert is currently banged up for his crimes (returned in a non-canon webisode) and Elle lives in NYC (The only one to become a regular)

Andrew (who was born in an Ice Cream Van ) from his marriage to Christina.

Mike left because his mother Barbara had been badly injured in a plane crash. At first he was reluctant after Barbara tried yo get his trust fund and manipulate him away from Des and Daph a few years back. Des basically told Mike this could be his last chance to see Barbara, so he packed up and left. His final scene was kind of Melancholy and was no grand farewell like Charlene but it was poignant as his last scene was with Des who he thanked for his support. Last heard out of Mike via Jane when she came back last year was he was teaching English to Underprivileged Filipino children.

[Summer's Bay]

On 09/04/2019 at 05:50, CaptainHulk said:

7.

Amy Williams with Nina (later called herself Nene, played by the same actress as Zoe on her guest stint) Amy has had three stints two as a guest, age 4 when Nene brought her over from NZ during the early going of Paul/Gail IVF, then age 8 in 1992 when she stayed with Paul and Chrissie for a bit then now as a current regular with a son of her own, Jimmy who currently lives in the US.

Leo and David Tanaka, a pair if twins with Kim Taylor from the early going of the series (Yes, that Kim who dated Scott). Conceived when Kim was 15 (lied about her age, glossed over by writers) and Paul was 22. Find the story kind of contrived. Kim paid a visit to her doctor to go on the pill but unbeknownst to us she was already pregnant.

Triplets Robert, Cameron and Lucinda with Gail who were born off screen. Cameron died after being run over by Max Hoyland, who thought he was Robert. Robert is currently banged up for his crimes (returned in a non-canon webisode) and Elle lives in NYC (The only one to become a regular)

Andrew (who was born in an Ice Cream Van ) from his marriage to Christina.

Mike left because his mother Barbara had been badly injured in a plane crash. At first he was reluctant after Barbara tried yo get his trust fund and manipulate him away from Des and Daph a few years back. Des basically told Mike this could be his last chance to see Barbara, so he packed up and left. His final scene was kind of Melancholy and was no grand farewell like Charlene but it was poignant as his last scene was with Des who he thanked for his support. Last heard out of Mike via Jane when she came back last year was he was teaching English to Underprivileged Filipino children.

Well at least they still keep in touch...Not that he needs to  but it would be nice for Guy to make an appearance in Neighbours

Did Des mention Jane or Mike when he did his stint?

[CaptainHulk]

9 hours ago, Summer's Bay said:

Well at least they still keep in touch...Not that he needs to  but it would be nice for Guy to make an appearance in Neighbours

Did Des mention Jane or Mike when he did his stint?

Just Jamie and Daph and Lorraine (his fiancée from ep 1, showed flashbacks) but I imagine he and Mike communicate as Jane is still in touch with both. Des remarried his second wife Fiona (who was never seen)

[Summer's Bay]

On 15/04/2019 at 06:05, CaptainHulk said:

Just Jamie and Daph and Lorraine (his fiancée from ep 1, showed flashbacks) but I imagine he and Mike communicate as Jane is still in touch with both. Des remarried his second wife Fiona (who was never seen)

Daphne is another who left far too soon. 

Did Nicki ever return ? 

[CaptainHulk]

Nope, Nikki never returned. Was gone by early 1987.

[Summer's Bay]

What happened to Shane Ramsey?

The actor who played him randomly popped up on Gossip girl a few years ago 

[CaptainHulk]

17 hours ago, Summer's Bay said:

What happened to Shane Ramsey?

The actor who played him randomly popped up on Gossip girl a few years ago 

Peter O'Brien, like Stefan Dennis thought the show would fail after 2yrs (half right after 7 Network binned it in 1985) and didn't intend staying. He quit, producers were looking for the next heart throb and cast Craig McLachlan as Shane's cousin Henry. O'Beien has since been keen to bury his Neighbours past (Not as comfortable as Jason, Craig, Kylie or anyone else from that period about it)

On screen, Shane kind of got fed up with Erinsborough, Danny and their folks had gone, Daphne was with Des and on top of that Shane had to share his room with a newly paroled Henry who used to steal off him when they were kids. When $100 went missing from their room, Shane was quick to point fingers but had to apologize when it turned up. Shane moved into a caravan at Lassiter's then blew town a few weeks later (sort of like Clive a few weeks before selling #22). Henry later took over RAGGS (Ramsay and Gibbons Gardening Service) as his record DQ'd him from most jobs and owed Madge for paying off some prison debys.

[Summer's Bay]

If I remember correctly, Paul and Shane were BFFs, I’m surprised he hasn’t made a trip back to Ramsey street. 

 

 

[CaptainHulk]

Yeah, they grew up together, much like their fathers, as did their younger brothers.

Shane (probably recast) could have easily made a return in 2009 during the whole revelation about Max's affair with Paul's Mum, Anne, resulting in a daughter, Jill who was given up for adoption and later had three kids of her own, Kate (who was shot by Victor Cleary who did it to avenge his brother, Gus who Paul had killed in the 2004 Lassiter's complex fire), Harry and Sophie.

This was another rewrite of the past that made Helen seem hypocritical for being annoyed with Jim for cheating on Anne with Maureen Donnelly, which resulted in Glen's conception.

[Lunar]

On 09/04/2019 at 10:50, CaptainHulk said:

Leo and David Tanaka, a pair if twins with Kim Taylor from the early going of the series (Yes, that Kim who dated Scott). Conceived when Kim was 15 (lied about her age, glossed over by writers) and Paul was 22. Find the story kind of contrived. Kim paid a visit to her doctor to go on the pill but unbeknownst to us she was already pregnant.

It was defo contrived. I think they were somehow hoping Jason would change his mind about coming back for a guest stint (since he didn't want to do the 30th anniversary in 2015), but wouldn't so they sloppily edited old clips to made it seem Kim and Paul actually interacted back then. They didn't do a DNA test either.