Cynthia Cunningham with ex-husband

Gloria Penn (Margo Cunningham) marries Tom Sinclair (Julian Somers)

Tessa Wyvern (Eva Whishaw) and Nick Van Doren (Peter Boyes)

Charlie Forward with step-daughter Sandra Gould

Clare Owen as Louise Borelli

Ann George as Amy

Cleo Sylvestre and Susan Hanson as Melanie and Diane, 1970

Ronald Allen as David Hunter, 1971

Diane Keen as Sandra, Carl Wayne as Colin and Ann George as Amy, 1970

Diane (Susan Hanson), Amy (Ann George) and Vera (Zeph Gladstone)

Sheila (Sonia Fox) Wilf (Morris Parsons and Stan Harvey (Edward Clayton)

Jane Rossington as Jill Harvey

Lindsey Armstrong as Kathie Lamb

Marilyn Hope (Nadine Hanwell) and Brian Jarvis (David Fennell)

Amy (Ann George) avid with action in the kitchen with Simon (Mark Colleano)

Amy (Ann George) is given a ticking off by Bernard (David Lawton)

Doris (Kathy Staff) pops in to see Harry (Sion Probert) and Eira Turvey (Myfanwy Talog), 1978

A tea break for Noele Gordon

Duke of Edinburgh meets Jane Rossington and Reg Watson

Zeph Gladstone as hairdresser Vera Downend

Sandy Richardson and Don Rogers have a ponder, 1974

Gossip overload in the reception for Amy Turtle

Meg (Noele Gordon), Jill (Jane Rossington) and Sandy (Roger Tonge), 1979

Amy (Ann George), Don (Albert Shepherd), Cynthia (Jean Bayless) and Sandy (Roger Tonge)

Trevor Bannister played twins Ken and Keith Willetts

Benny (Paul Henry) and Meg (Noele Gordon

Chef Bernard Booth (David Lawton) 1970

Benny Hawkins (Paul Henry) 1975

Trevor Wood (Barry Evans)

Rosie Collins as Tina Webb

Simon Whittaker (Mark Colleano)

Ronald Allen as David Hunter

Diane (Susan Hanson) and Bernard (David Lawton)

Ed Lawton (Thomas Heathcote) with niece Diane Parker (Susan Hanson)

Noele and Roger in a promo shoot for the Crossroads Care charity

Noele and Roger celebrate 1500 episodes

Meg (Noele Gordon) Amy (Ann George) and Wilf (Morris Parsons) engage in some bar talk

Kelly (Justine Lord) and David (Ronnie Allen) a failed romance

Loudmouth mechanic Jim Baines (John Forgeham)

Sally Adcock as Jane Smith, 1975

John Bentley as Hugh Mortimer, 1974

Jane Smith (Sally Adcock) and Sandy Richardson (Roger Tonge), 1974

Fiona Curzon as Faye Mansfield, 1975

Frank Walton (Sam Kydd), Jim Baines (John Forgeham) and Stan Harvey (Ed Clayton) in garage talk

David and Meg, the main shareholders of the 1970s

Diane Keen as Sandra Gould, 1971

Roger Tonge as Sandy Richardson

Sonia Fox as Sheila Harvey

Carolyn Jones as Sharon Metcalfe

Angus Lennie arrived as Shughie Mcfee in 1974

Best of friends, Tish Hope (Joy Andrews) and Meg Richardson (Noele Gordon)

Meg (Noele Gordon) Vera (Zeph Gladstone) Mr Lautrec (Ernst Walder) talk hairdos

Post Office days with Vince Parker (Peter Brookes) and Edith Tatum (Elisabeth Croft)

Vera Downend (Zeph Gladstone gives Diane Parker (Susan Hanson) a hairdo renovation

Peter Brookes as Vince Parker

Noele Gordon and producer Reg Watson at the motel location

Kathy Staff as Doris Luke, 1979

Alton Douglas appears as 'Mike' with Nolly

Jean Morton, PM Harold Wilson, Brian Hankins, John Bentley and Sir Lew Grade

Stephen Hoye as Chris Hunter (left) Chris, Rosemary (Janet Hargreaves) and David (Ronald Allen)

Carl Andrews as Joe McDonald, 1978

Mary Barclay as Rosemary's mother Stella Dane

Rosemary (Janet Hargreaves) and David Hunter (Ronald Allen)

Susan Hanson as Diane Parker, 1977

Sandy Richardson (Roger Tonge), Hugh Mortimer (John Bentley), Meg Mortimer (Noele Gordon and Jill Harvey (Jane Rossington), 1975

The wedding of 1975, Hugh (John Bentley) marries Meg (Nolly Gordon)

Jill and Stan Harvey 'take care' of Sheila Harvey's baby

Noele Gordon outside the ATV Centre in Birmingham

Crossroads cast join Larry Grayson for the opening night of Graysons Scandals at the London Palladium

Morris Parsons as Wilf Harvey

Cast photograph to mark ten years, 1974

Larry Grayson spins a yarn to Amy (Ann George) and Meg (Noele Gordon), 1972

The cast photographed to mark 1500 episodes in 1971

Princess Alexandre tours the motel set in 1970

Janet Hargreaves as Rosemary Hunter

Sandy (Roger Tonge) recouperates in hospital, 1972 (Graham Francis-Parkes in the background)

Amy Turtle (Ann George)

Edith Tatum (Elisabeth Croft)

Harriet the vintage car that appeared across the summer of 1974

Margaret Robertson and Alan Gifford as Kathryn and Lloyd Munro

Sheila (Sonia Fox) and brother Stan Harvey (Edward Clayton)

Tragic love affair for Tania Robinson and Sandy Richardson

Tea and company for Meg and Lloyd Munro (Alan Gifford), 1979

Captain Ted Hope (Charles Stapley)

Domestic bliss for Stan and Jill Harvey?

A rare smile from David Hunter, 1972

Benny had ambitions to be a mechanic by 1979

Cast picture from 1974

Jean Bayless as chef Cynthia Cunningham, 1972

Happy days at the village Post Office

Peter Brookes as Vince Parker

Wilf Harvey in a rare moment of happiness

Trouble for Jill, waitress Valerie Saunders

Merdelle Jordan as Trina

Florence Baker played by Jenny Tomasin

Bay White as Mrs Rawlings and Jack Woolgar as Sam Carne

June Bolton as Lia Hua

Lynette McMorrough as Glenda Brownlow

A problem shared for Cynthia (Jean Bayless) and Marilyn (Nadine Hanwell)

Jill (Jane Rossington), Meg (Noele Gordon) and Stan (Edward Clayton), 1975

Jo Richardson as Rita Witton

Jane Smith (Sally Adcock) and Greg Owen (Michael Ridgeway)

Stan Stennett as American GI Harry Silver

David, Sandy, Jill and Meg, 1977

Sandy Ratcliff as Barbara Parker and Peter Brookes as Vince Parker, 1974

Bernard's young new wife Helen Booth (Annette Lynton)

Shady restaurant manager Max Lorimer (Johnathan Byrne)

Jane Smith (Sally Adcock) and Bill Warren (David Valla)

Vera Downend's secret son, Clive Merrow (Spencer Banks)

Patricia Maynard as Claire Thomas

Tish Hope (Joy Andrews), Danny Conroy (David Sherwood) and Malcolm Ryder (David Davenport) discuss motel changes

Jill Melford as Toni Ross

Meg and Timothy Hunter (Derek Farr), 1972

Foolin' around with Sandy, Kay Foster (Tania Robinson)

Isaac Harvey (Alexandre McDonald)

Christmas Day, 1975

Johnny Briggs as taxi boss, casino investor and former waiter Clifford Layton

Gretchen Franklin as Myrtle Cavendish, later Harvey

Some of the cast at the launch party at ATV Centre for the 1500 Episodes special TV Times magazine

William Avenell, Joy Andrews and David Lawton at the 1500 episode TV Times magazine launch

John Bentley as Hugh Mortimer at the Droitwich Hotel (Chateau Impney)

Producer Reg Watson, Noele Gordon and John Bentley at an ATV party for 2000 episodes

The cast at the party for the 1500 episode

Morris Parsons, Mona Ewins, Johnny Briggs and Susan Hanson at an ATV party

Meg Richardson with Jane Smith, 1972

Awaiting their scene, Jean Bayless and Peter Brookes at the rehearsal rooms, 1972

Noele Gordon relaxing in her dressing room at ATV Centre

Albert Shepherd as Don Rogers, 1972

Noele Gordon as Meg and Ronald Allen as David, 1972

Ann George passes time with some palm reading at the Bradford House rehearsal rooms

Jane Rossington at the Bradford House rehearsal rooms, 1972

Cast including Ed Clayton, Sonia Fox, Jane Rossington and Albert Shepherd at the rehearsal rooms, 1972

Brian Hankins as Dr. Derek Maynard

Technical rehearsal in Studio 1 at ATV Centre

Reg Watson in his office at ATV Centre, 1972

Noele Gordon as Meg with on-screen son Sandy (Roger Tonge)

Sandy (Roger Tonge), Meg (Noele Gordon) and Jill (Jane Rossington)

Bradford House rehearsal rooms with Susan Hanson and ?

Roger Tonge as Sandy Richardson, 1972

Don Rogers (Albert Shepherd) and Jane Smith (Sally Adcock)

Behind the scenes at Meg's sitting room set

Ronald Allen as David, Noele Gordon as Meg and John Bentley as Hugh, 1973

Noele Gordon and Godfrey Winn at the 1500 Episode TV Times magazine launch party at ATV Centre

Producer Reg Watson, Noele Gordon (Meg) and director Alan Coleman at the 1500 Episode TV Times magazine launch

Cast shot from 1978

Cast pose together in Meg's sitting room, 1977

Susan Hanson as Diane and Noele Gordon as Meg, 1977

Meg Mortimer (Noele Gordon) in 1977

PM Harold Wilson visits the motel set

Larry Grayson in a cameo role as Meg and Hugh's Chauffeur

Hilda Braid as hapless kitchen assistant Winnie Plumbtree, 1977

Ann George as Amy Turtle, 1970

Richard Frost as Roy Mollison, 1974

Sonia Fox as Shiela Mollison (formerly Harvey) 1974

Kathy Staff as Doris Luke, 1979

Carolyn Jones as Sharon Metcalfe, 1978

All smiles for Meg, David, Jill, Benny and Sandy in 1976

Angus Lennie as 'Wee Shughie McFee'

Noele Gordon shows Princess Alexandra around the motel

Roger Tonge as Sandy Richardson, 1971

Wilf Harvey (Morris Parsons) 1971

Dawn Addams appears as Katherine Lambert, 1977

Diane Keen as Sandra Gould

A cast photo in reception, 1970

Meg, Amy and Wilf, an exchange of views

Bernard (David Lawton), Tish (Joy Andrews) are held at gunpoint by Harry (Stan Stennett), 1970

Ed Lawton and Benny Hawkins at Hayward Farm, 1975

Eve Baker (Toni Sinclair), 1970

Sam Carne (Jack Woolgar), Florrie Harvey (Penelope Shaw) and Betty the dog

Andrew Ray as Howard Coates, 1977

The motel celebrate the wedding of Meg and Hugh, 1975

Meg and Sandy in front of the famous motel sign, 1971

Amy and Tish have a chit chat

Jane Smith (Sally Adcock), Rita Witton (Jo Richardson) and Avis Tennyson (Helen Dorward)

Jill takes a stand at the Harvey's house

David Hunter (Ronald Allen) 1976

Linda Welch played by Lesley Daine, 1979

Maureen Flynn played by Nell Curran, 1977

Richard Thorp as sailor Doug Randall, 1973

Risky gamble, Johnny Briggs as Cliff Leyton, Keith Buckley as Michel Morrice and Trevor Bannister as Ken Willets

Journalist Angela Kelly (Justine Lord), 1975

Jill and Stan Harvey (Jane Rossington and Ed Clayton)

Robin Browne as Rusty Naylor and Christopher Douglas as Martin Bell

Zeph Gladstone as Vera and Robin Browne as Rusty, 1974

Maurice Kaufmann as Bob Powell, 1976

Caroline Dowdeswell as Anne Powell, 1976

Elisabeth Croft as post mistress Edith Tatum

Joy Andrews as Tish Hope, 1979

Alan Gifford as Dr. Lloyd Munro, 1979

Tony Adams as Adam Chance, 1979

Lynette McMorrough as Glenda Brownlow, 1976

Jess Conrad pops into the motel as Phillip Bailey, 1979

Roger Tonge as Sandy in 1979

Kim Fortune as Rex Oliver with Roger Tonge as Sandy and Ronnie Allen as David, 1976

Posties, Vince Parker (Peter Brookes) and Don Rogers (Albert Shepherd), 1973

Christmas 1978

That's when shareholders become good friends...

Stephanie De Sykes as Holly Brown, 1975

Trouble: Josie Welch (Theresa Watson) with Benny

Firm but fair, Noele Gordon as Meg Mortimer

David and Rosemary Hunter arrived in 1971

Sue Lloyd as Barbara Brady, 1979

Sue Lloyd arrives in 1979 as Barbara Brady

Margaret John as Marian Owen, 1978

Shughie (Angus Lennie) has a confession to make to Meg (Noele Gordon), 1979

Ivor Salter as 'God fearing' Reg Cotterill and Kathy Staff as Doris Luke

Ted and Tish Hope ran The Hope Chest antique shop, 1973

Unhappy ever after for Diane and Vince

Dick Jarvis (Brian Kent) and Gerald Lovejoy (William Avenell)

Sam Carne played by Jack Woolgar, 1974

David Hunter and Angela Kelly had a short romance

Myrtle and Wilf Harvey, short-lived marriage for the OAPs

1976, the new motel bar opens

Paul Henry as Benny Hawkins, 1979

After the death of Hugh, Meg fled to her cottage in Paxton village

Stan Harvey (Ed Clayton) marries Jill Richardson (Jane Rossington)

Dawn Perllman as Anna Drew and Jenny Tomasin as Florence Baker