Pat and Frank’s romance spans some five decades, beginning way back 1958 in sunny Clacton, when a young Frank Butcher fell for Pat Harris, the freshly crowned Miss Butlins.
However, circumstances never saw them get a clear run at love, with Lola falling pregnant by Jay’s best mate Ben and Jay falling for Abi Branning.
The woes of Walford may have tried to drag them down, with Linda embarking on an inadvisable dalliance with Max Branning and Mick an even more inadvisable one with Janine Butcher, but their love triumphed in the end.
Jay and Lola married and soon set about making as many of the memories fate was determined to rob them of as possible, before Lola said her final goodbye with Jay and little Lexi by her side.
Forget the sexy young things, one of EastEnders’ most touching love stories featured two sixty-somethings worried that they’ve left it too late for a second bite of the love cherry.
