List of Emmerdale characters (1978)
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the British soap opera Emmerdale in 1978, by order of first appearance.
Seth Armstrong
Meg Armstrong
| Meg Armstrong | |||||||
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| Emmerdale character | |||||||
| Portrayed by |
Ursula Camm Ruth Holden | ||||||
| Duration | 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986 | ||||||
| First appearance | 15 May 1979 | ||||||
| Last appearance | 10 July 1986 | ||||||
| Introduced by | Michael Glynn | ||||||
| Classification | Former; recurring | ||||||
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Margaret "Meg" Armstrong is the wife of Seth Armstrong and mother of his sons, Jimmy and Fred. She appeared periodically from 1979 to 1986.
Meg is first seen when her eldest son Jimmy and his fiancé come to stay with them after years living away from home. Meg is happy to see her son despite differences between Jimmy and his parents. Meg is initially portrayed as a downtrodden housewife but in her later appearances she is a highly religious woman, who Seth finds hard to live with. His nickname for her is "poppet". She gets a job as cleaner at The Woolpack pub and accidentally breaks Henry Wilks' favourite pipe. Henry and Amos Brearly decide to fire her but she resigns from her job before they can do so. This is Meg's last onscreen appearance.
Meg dies in 1993, of a possible stroke, and Seth finds it hard to cope. The villagers help him out with the housework to try and make it easier for him.