Episode 1264 (14th July 1988)

==Plot==
Eric chats up Dolly at Hotten Cattle Market and an angry Matt threatens to break his neck. Ruth and Joe call off their relationship once and for all and she decides to return to Ireland so she can marry Liam. Matt says he should have hit Eric. Matt and Dolly still have a lot of marriage troubles but plan to work on it. Nick takes Clare around Leeds. He then gets a bus back to Beckindale and invites her to visit him there.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Annie Sugden - Sheila Mercier
*Matt Skilbeck - Frederick Pyne
*Henry Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
*Amos Brearly - Ronald Magill
*Dolly Skilbeck - Jean Rogers
*Sandie Merrick - Jane Hutcheson
*Jackie Merrick - Ian Sharrock
*Kathy Merrick - Malandra Burrows
*Alan Turner - Richard Thorp
*Mrs. Bates - Diana Davies
*Joe Sugden - Frazer Hines
*Ruth Pennington - Julia Chambers
*Seth Armstrong - Stan Richards
*Phil Pearce - Peter Alexander
*Rev. Donald Hinton - Hugh Manning
*Nick Bates - Cy Chadwick
*Archie Brooks - Tony Pitts
*Eric Pollard - Christopher Chittell
*Sam Skilbeck - Benjamin Whitehead
===Guest cast===
*Clare Sutcliffe - Sara Griffiths
*Helen Sutcliffe - Jill Barker
==Notes==
*Final appearance of Julia Chambers as Ruth Pennington.
Category:1988 episodes
Category:Emmerdale Farm episodes