George Starkey

George Starkey was a lorry driver for Frank Tate & Son Haulage Contractors. 
In February 1990, George returned Jackie Merrick's sweater which he had left behind at a cafe quite some time ago. George also revealed he had met a psychic woman and he dropped Kathy Merrick off in Southampton. However, Kathy's boyfriend and George's employer Chris Tate was not happy with this and banned George from taking her, but George ignored Chris. As a result, Chris sacked George upon his return. George went to Frank Tate to see if he'd do anything about it, but when Frank refused, George revealed that he knows his darkest secret. When Frank again refused to reinstate George, George told Chris the truth about his mother's death. Frank refused to give George a reference and George asked Kim Tate to get Frank to change his mind, to no avail. George retaliates by spray-painting "Frank Tate killed his wife" on The Woolpack wall, resulting in Chris attacking George. George further retaliates by writing "Who killed Jean Tate?" in big letters on the side of his truck and causing a scene at the Hunt Ball. Frank confessed to everyone about how Jean died and George left the village as he no longer had a hold over Frank.
==List of appearances==
===1989===
*Wed 8th Feb
*Thu 9th Feb
*Wed 15th Feb
*Thu 16th Feb
===1990===
*Thu 8th Feb
*Tue 13th Feb
*Thu 15th Feb	
*Tue 20th Feb
*Thu 22nd Feb
*Tue 27th Feb	
*Thu 1st Mar
*Thu 8th Mar
*Tue 13th Mar	
*Tue 20th Mar
*Thu 22nd Mar
Category:Emmerdale characters
Category:Tate Haulage employees
Category:Haulage Drivers
Category:1989 minor characters
Category:1990 minor characters