Madge Semple

Madge Semple (née Plunkett) was a former resident of Beckindale and had lived in London for the past 30 years. She was a feisty lady, full of chatter but did not stay long back in the village and returned to London in December when she learned that the council had found her a new flat. 
Madge Plunkett was born in 1915 in Beckindale. She lived above the village shop in the 1940s and married Frank Semple in 1943 but left him in 1945 for a younger man called Mickey, who was a tourist from London. They left to move 250 miles away in London. Frank went to London to find her but was unsuccessful. Mickey left Madge 6 months after they met and Madge gave up on men.
In late 1975 Madge returned to Beckindale, having been evicted from her flat in New Cross, London.
Madge Semple returned to Beckindale after 30 years in November 1975 after she heard her house was to be demolished with others for redevelopment. She had left contact details for the housing officers to call her while she was in Beckindale. She stayed at the Woolpack and called in on Emmerdale Farm and started making herself at home and annoying the residents with her constant chit chat. Hilda Semple, Madge's sister in law, heard of her return and was not happy after what Madge had done to her brother. Hilda referred to Madge by her maiden name of Plunkett, not her married name. Madge even considered moving back to Beckindale for good.
A few days later, in December 1975, Madge was contacted by the housing officers and was told that she had been given a new flat in London, but would stay in Beckindale one more night. That night, she made peace with Hilda and said she was going back to London tomorrow, so there was no point in arguing about their feud. Hilda was pleased that Madge was leaving tomorrow. Madge attended the Harvest Supper that night and danced on stage. The next day, she returned to London and never came back to Beckindale again.
In 1974, Annie Sugden mentioned a firm called Plunkett's near Hotten. Whether Madge was related to the family is unknown.
==List of appearances==
===1975===
*Mon 24th Nov
*Tue 25th Nov
*Mon 1st Dec
*Tue 2nd Dec
*Mon 8th Dec
*Tue 9th Dec
Category:Emmerdale Farm characters
Category:1975 minor characters
Category:Pre-1950 marriages
Category:1915 births
Category:Residents of Cafe flat
Category:Residents of The Woolpack