Alan Peters

Alan John Peters (b. 10th November 1958) was a resident of North Grove from his birth in 1958 until 1976 where he left for Leeds following an altercation with his brother Vic.

After he left, Alan only returned to North Grove for a handful of times, including for the funeral of his brother in 2009.

Childhood
Alan was born to Doris and Donald Peters in 1958. His parents already had one son who was born in 1945. His brother was born at the tail end of World War Two and his parents were too busy to have another child, but finally pushed work aside to have Alan.

Alan's parents owned the Grey Lion Pub, something which had been in the family for three generations. His elder brother would be the one to inherit it, however when he was five years old Vic went to London to become a lawyer leaving Alan at home with just his parents.

Seeing his brother only once or twice a year until he returned in 1974, Alan grew to resent his brother over the pain he caused his parents, especially his mother.

Alan also became good friends with Harold Weston who was in the same year as him at school. The two stayed good friends and when Harold split up with his wife Denise in 1990, Alan let him stay with his family in Leeds for few weeks.

Before Leeds
When he was aged just eleven, his father died of bowel cancer leaving him devastated. His mother was inconsolable and his brother only came on the day of the funeral before leaving the next day which made Alan even more annoyed with his brother.

In 1974, Vic returned with his wife Sally and at first Alan refused to acknowledge them and he would do all that he could to annoy them. He found it infuriating when the whole town seemed to love Vic and welcomed him with open arms, completely forgetting about him being gone from the town for a decade.

In 1975, Alan was with his mother in her car when a truck smashed into the side of them and sent them toppling over a twenty foot cliff which killed his mother and broke both of his legs and gave him temporary amnesia.

Once he had recovered fully and had his memories back, it was revealed that the family pub was given to Vic instead of him, who had been expecting it and therefore having had enough he left in 1976.

Life After North Grove
He went to Leeds University to study Veterinary Studies and stayed there after he had completed them and went on to become a vet.

He met up with best friend Harold every other weekend and spoke to the people he had made friends with as often as he could. When he married Laila, a pub singer he met one Saturday night, in 1983, Harold was his best man and he even invited his brother who failed to turn up as his wife had just been told that they cannot have children after she was stabbed.

However, when he and Laila had their daughter Jazmyn in 1987, Vic and Sally both came to see her and after that they both made unregular visits to see each other.

In 2007, Jazmyn had a daughter named Sarah but Alan only got to see his grand-daughter a few times before she was taken away by her paternal grandfather after Sarah's father was sent to jail. Alan, who was known for his laidback approach became furious over the situation and threatened to take Sarah off of her but Jazmyn told him not to as she was still able to see her whereas the courts may take her into care.

In 2009, Alan was left devastated again when his brother Vic died of pancreatic cancer. He went to the funeral and when Jazmyn was left the pub in his will, he helped her move in and stayed with Laila for a month to help her get a feel to the place.

Family
Mother: Doris Peters

Father: Donald Peters

Brother: Vic Peters

Wife: Laila Peters

Daughter: Jazmyn Fox

Grand-daughters: Sarah Peters and Arya Fox

Son-In-Law: Elliot Fox

Sister-In-Law: Sally Peters