Jim Gimbel

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Jim Gimbel was a local farmer who lived at Holly Farm in Beckindale. He was first mentioned in October 1973 by Amos Brearly when he mentioned his new motor car.
In February 1974 Jim was mentioned by Sam Pearson. In October 1974 after Joe Sugden and his new wife Christine separated after just six weeks of marriage, Joe started dating Jim's recently separated daughter Kathy. Jim disapproved of this. When Jim saw his wife Freda dancing with Matt Skilbeck at a Harvest Supper, Jim almost attacked Matt, saying he was sick of people taking advantage of his family.
In early 1975, Jim heard gossip that Kathy was seeing James Bonfils, a local teacher. Jim bad mouthed James, and him and Joe Sugden had a row in The Woolpack. Landlord Amos Brearly took a dim view of the argument in his pub.
In May 1975, Jim threw his son Martin out after an argument with him but later allowed back home. Jim felt he was being patronised by his son about how to do farming as Martin was a child. In January 1976, Jim and his wife Freda went to visit Jim's sister, offscreen.
Offscreen, in 1977, Jim became increasingly violent. He started physically abusing his children and when he raised his hand to Freda, his other son Davey defended her but Jim turned on him. Freda left Jim and the live in lover scandal of his daughter Kathy with Joe forced the depressed Jim to shoot himself. Jim died on the way to hospital. His reign of terror in Beckindale ended. His daughter Kathy then moved to Hotten to be with her mother and brothers.
Jim was mentioned by Sam Pearson in 1978 and 1979. The Gimbel's were also mentioned in March 1981. 
==List of appearances==
===1974===
*Mon 25th Nov
*Tue 26th Nov	
*Mon 2nd Dec
*Tue 3rd Dec	
*Mon 9th Dec
*Tue 10th Dec	
*Mon 16th Dec
*Tue 17th Dec
===1975===
*Mon 6th Jan
*Tue 7th Jan
*Mon 20th Jan
*Tue 21st Jan
*Tue 15th Apr	
*Mon 12th May
*Tue 13th May
*Mon 19th May
*Tue 20th May
*Mon 13th Oct	
*Tue 14th Oct
*Mon 20th Oct
*Tue 21st Oct
*Mon 27th Oct
*Tue 28th Oct	
*Mon 3rd Nov
*Tue 4th Nov
*Mon 10th Nov
Category:Emmerdale Farm characters
Category:1977 deaths
Category:1925 births
Category:Suicides
Category:1974 minor characters
Category:1975 minor characters
Category:Residents of Holly Farm
Category:Farmers