<P> (1982, 1984, 1985--2002) Edie's husband, who spent all his time in his workshop / garage . </P> <P> In one of the most popular and often reused scenes in the series, Edie would call Wesley in from his garage (after much shouting, first in gentle' posh' tones, before ending up in harsh yelling) and would lay down a trail of newspaper for him to stand on--often putting one on the wall just in time as he leaned against it . Wesley generally kept out of Edie's way in his garage, restoring old motors . </P> <P> The character first appeared in the 1982 episode' Car and Garter' in a cameo role . The writer and producers liked him so much they brought him back for the 1984 Christmas Special' The Loxley Lozenge' and again twice in the 1985 episode' Who's Looking After The Cafe Then?' . He reappeared in the 1985 feature - length Christmas special' Uncle Of The Bride', in which he was established as Edie's husband, at which point both became regulars from this special thereafter . </P> <P> Mechanic Wesley was often called upon by the main trio to construct the many bizarre creations they came up with, and to drive them into the hills for test runs . One recurring theme is the occasional explosion caused by projects in Wesley's shed accompanied by billows of white smoke . On some occasions, Wesley's hat is also smouldering and smoking . In his early years in the series, Wesley seemed to have a love of loud rock music, which led to the trio desperately trying to call over it to get his attention on a number of occasions . Though he was clearly a very skilled builder and mechanic, much of his projects were poorly and hastily built and he would get easily embarrassed and annoyed by anyone managing to fix something he can't (notably, Compo once managed to rewire Edie's car correctly, much to Wesley's annoyance). Unlike Edie, Wesley did not speak highly of Seymour (Wesley calling him a pillock) and was often annoyed by Seymour's requests to construct the latter's ridiculous inventions as well as Seymour's pompous school headmaster nature . His attitude towards Foggy was similar to that of Seymour but during later years when Truly was introduced on the show he was shown to be more willing to help the trio out in their schemes . Sometimes Wesley would be extremely secretive about his inventions (largely down to his fear of other people copying them) but they were often exposed by the main trio or Edie and would go to extreme lengths to hide what he was building (on one occasion he kept a guard dog in his shed that chased Barry away). </P>

Barry's wife in last of the summer wine