Ruth Hepton

Ruth Hepton is the sister of Ian Hepton. Ruth arrived alongside Ian, Clive Hinton and Rod Blake in February 1978 when Clive had a money making scheme - finding minerals down in the mines. Ruth was a farm manager and she and Ian took out a lease following the departure of the Gimbel family. Ruth failed to consult the other farmers aboutchanges to the farm and ignored what they had to say as Ian failed as a farm manager due to bullying from the other farmers. As a result, Ruth gets off on the wrong foot with Joe Sugden but the pair patch things up and begin a short-lived relationship. Clive was injured in a mine explosion in March 1978 but he was later discharged and the Heptons left.
==List of appearances==
===1978===
*Tue 14th Feb
*Thu 16th Feb
*Tue 21st Feb	
*Thu 23rd Feb
*Tue 28th Feb
*Thu 2nd Mar	
*Tue 7th Mar
*Thu 9th Mar
*Tue 14th Mar	
*Thu 16th Mar
*Tue 21st Mar
*Thu 23rd Mar
Category:Emmerdale Farm characters
Category:1978 minor characters
Category:Residents of Holly Farm