Penny Golightly

Penny Golightly arrived in Beckindale in 1973 after hearing that her father, Ian McIntyre was living in the village. Upon finding who she was, Joe Sugden and Matt Skilbeck took her back to Emmerdale Farm where Annie Sugden broke the news to her of her father's death. Joe and Penny arranged to go fishing, but she forgot about it and he sulked due to this. Penny then formed a friendship with Jim Latimer but he wanted more, and even tried to strangle her but was stopped by Jack Sugden. Latimer then confessed to the murder of Sharon Crossthwaite. Penny soon recovered from her ordeal at Jim's hands.
Wanting to be close to the last place where her father was alive, Penny started a close friendship with Jack Sugden and after helping him to decorate the old Millhouse, he agreed to let her live there and even let two of her university friends, Gwen Russell and David Reece, stay for a while. After David and Gwen returned to Wales, Penny stayed on at the mill.
Penny began to date Joe Sugden, but their relationship fell apart when Joe wanted to progress a step further, and he was being a bit childish and selfish. He even asked if she would marry in time, and she joked about that, so he stormed out. She decided to finish with Joe, so she visited her father's grave and went to see Jack, stating she was going back to Birmingham, but may return to Beckindale. She had all her belongings with her. Penny left that day, and when Joe went to see her at the millhouse, he saw her empty room. Jack told Joe that Penny had gone back to Birmingham. She never did return to Beckindale. However she did send Jack a postcard shortly after she left, and Joe was miffed that he did not get one.
Penny was mentioned by Jim in December 1991 when he kidnapped Sarah Connolly.
==List of appearances==
===1973===
*Mon 19th Mar
*Tue 20th Mar
*Mon 26th Mar
*Tue 27th Mar
*Mon 2nd Apr
*Tue 3rd Apr
*Mon 9th Apr	
*Tue 10th Apr
*Mon 16th Apr
*Tue 17th Apr
*Mon 23rd Apr
*Tue 24th Apr
*Mon 30th Apr
*Tue 1st May	
*Mon 7th May
*Tue 8th May
*Mon 14th May
*Tue 15th May
*Mon 21st May
*Tue 22nd May
*Mon 28th May	
*Tue 29th May
*Tue 5th Jun
*Mon 11th Jun
*Tue 12th Jun
*Mon 18th Jun
*Tue 19th Jun
Category:Emmerdale Farm characters
Category:Residents of Mill Cottage
Category:1973 minor characters
Category:Residents of Crossthwaite's Cottage