<Tr> <Td_colspan="3">--itv.com on Alan . </Td> </Tr> <P> What's on TV profiled Alan as a "boozer and womaniser in his younger years, Alan Turner has mellowed with age and become a stalwart of the community". </P> <P> Born on 5 August 1935 in Chichester, Sussex, Alan Turner had a brother William who died young . Alan married Jill (Patricia Maynard) at a young age and they had two children Terence (Stephen Marchant / Nick Brimble) and Steph (Lorraine Chase), previously known as Mary . Alan came to live in Emmerdale village in 1982 . Alan and Jill end their marriage in 1985 . Alan spends his early years in the village doing business deals and working on the local council . He worked as an estate manager for NY Estates, having a rival in Joe Sugden (Frazer Hines), who later got his job . Alan finds himself outwitted by NY Estates' gamekeeper Seth Armstrong (Stan Richards) in several occasions . </P> <P> Alan and Caroline Bates (Diana Davies) start dating when she becomes his secretary at NY Estates in 1984 . The couple plan to marry in 1989 but Caroline left the village to care for her ailing mother . Alan became landlord of the Woolpack following Amos Brearly's decision to retire in January 1991 . Alan married Shirley Foster (Rachel Davies) on 10 February 1994 . Four months later, on 7 June 1994 Shirley is shot by Reg Dawson (Niven Boyd) during a siege at Home Farm and dies . In 1998 Alan's granddaughter, Tricia Stokes (Sheree Murphy), arrives in the village and they form a close relationship . Steph, Alan's daughter and Tricia's mother, arrives in the village in 2002 . Steph and Alan have several disagreements but are united by their grief for Tricia after she is killed in a storm . </P>

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