Ramsay Street

Infobox fictional location
name = Erinsborough
colour = Television colour|Neighbours

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imagesize = 250px
caption = View of Pin Oak Court, Vermont South, which substitutes for Ramsay Street
source = "Neighbours"
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genre = Soap opera
type = Street
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people = "Neighbours" characters

Ramsay Street is a fictional residential street in the long-running Australian soap opera "Neighbours" and is located in the fictional suburb of Erinsborough, Melbourne. Traditionally, the street begins on the opposite side of the main road, fictionally dubbed "Wentworth Avenue", but is, in reality, Weeden Drive. Thus, the houses seen on screen are actually the tail end of a much longer street, though this is almost never referred to in the story and the cul-de-sac conclusion of Ramsay Street is treated very much as its own entity. This location is the focal point of the show, and generally characters are included in the storyline by their living in one of the six houses located at the closed end of the cul-de-sac. In the story, Ramsay Street is named after the Ramsay family, who were a prominent family in the area historically and when the show began. This family has since left the show, and a large number of other families and characters have come and gone from the street. No relatives of thre Ramsay family still live in Ramsay Street. The filming location for exterior Ramsay Street scenes is Pin Oak Court in Vermont South. The indoor scenes are filmed in a studio, so there are occasionally discrepancies between the appearance of the inside and outside of the houses. Ramsay Street's postcode is briefly visible in episode 5190, when Paul Robinson's driver's license is shown. It is 3751, which, while it is in Melbourne, is in reality located in The Patch.

No. 22

This house was first rented out by Clive Gibbons at the beginning of 1986, who first took in lodgers, Daphne Clarke, Mike Young and Zoe Davis, and later Susan Cole and her baby son Sam. When Clive moved to the flat above the surgery the house was bought by the Daniels Corporation and was rented out to Rob Lewis and his daughter Gail. When Gail married Paul Robinson the couple lived here as man and wife until, after many arguments, Paul and Gail divorced in 1989. The house was the rented out to Caroline and Christina Alessi while Paul lodged with them before marrying Christina. In 1992 Caroline left and later so did Paul, Christina and their newly born son Andrew. The house was then rented out to Christina's uncle and aunt Benito and Cathy Alessi as well as their two sons Marco and Rick. Benito and Cathy left in 1993 and Rick moved to No.30.

The house was then rented out to the infamous Lim Family for a month before it was bought by Cheryl Stark and she moved in with her younger son and daughter Brett and Danni. The house was rented for a month by the Tuan family when Cheryl, Brett and Danni when to live with Cheryl's partner Lou Carpenter at No.22 before all four moved back to No.22, when in 1994 Cheryl gave birth to Louise. Just before Cheryl's death in 1996, the house was bought by Karl Kennedy as an investment but sold it back to Lou when he returned from Queensland. When Brett and Danni moved away Cheryl's elder son Darren and her mother Marlene Kratz moved in to help him look after Louise.

Marlene left very unexpeted in 1997 and Darren in 1998, Lou began to take in lodgers firstly Toadfish Rebecchi who moved in for six months, journalist Geri Hallett and later Drew Kirk who stayed there until his marriage to Libby Kennedy but they both moved back briefly following the birth of their son Ben. Nina Tucker and her mother Trixie moved in, in 2003 but both had left following the breakdown of Lou and Trixie's brief marriage. Valda Sheergold bought the house in 2004 when Lou was going through financial troubles, the next year the house was bought from Valda and sold back to a returning Paul Robinson. Paul promised to treat Lou fairly but the two couldn't get along so Paul kicked Lou out and his lover Isabelle Hoyland moved in.

Later in 2005 Paul's daughter Elle moved in. Paul's son Robert Robinson also lived in Paul's house pretending to be his twin brother Cameron, until his cover was blown and he was sent to prison. The real Cameron had also lived there until his death. Also in 2006 Lyn Scully became Paul's P.A. and when a business deal they co-organised fell through, Lyn went bankrupt and moved in with Paul along with her son Oscar. Lyn and Paul started dating and married at the end of 2006 but the marriage lasted less than a day and Lyn left following this. In 2007, Elle found out that Paul had deceived her and was involved in her break-up with Dylan Timmins and so she devised a plan involving a false engagement to Oliver Barnes to trick Paul into signing all his assets over to her and after she revealled her plan she threw him out on the street. Elle later took in Ned Parker as a lodger and also that she could feel safe and later her father moved back after he had a brain tumour removed.

Ned's son Mickey Gannon moved in with his father but they later moved in to No.26 and Paul asked Rebecca Napier and her son Declan to move in. She and her son left on June 2nd 2008, after his affair with Kirsten was exposed. Elle later kicked Paul out, forcing him to live at Lassiter's Hotel.

Current Residents

No. 28

This house was bought in 1985 by Des Clarke for him to live with his fiance Lorraine Kingham. On the day of the wedding, Lorraine and her parents arrived at the house to tell Des the wedding was off. To pay off his debts Des took Daphne Lawrence the stripper at his bachelor party in as his lodger. She moved out when they broke off their engagement and Daphne's old schoolfriend Zoe Davis moved in for a little while. Daphne came back in 1986 and the couple also became legal custodians of Mike Young.

In 1987 Daphne gave birth to a son named Jamie. Daphne died in 1988 and Des and Mike continued to live here and Bronwyn Davies and Sally Wells lived here briefly. Des began romancing Melanie Pearson in 1989 and she moved in following their engagement. Mike left in 1990 to be with his sick mother and Des left later that year after he broke his engagement off with Melanie. Doug Willis bought the house and moved in originally with wife Pam their eldest son Adam and younger daughter Cody who was already a character on the show. Cody and Adam both left in 1991 essentially replaced by their other siblings Brad and Gaby. Doug's sister Faye Hudson moved in briefly and Cody returned in 1994. Later that year all the Willis family bar Cody left Ramsay Street.

The house was bought by Karl Kennedy who moved in with wife Susan and children Malcolm Libby and Billy. In 1995 Mal moved to No.32 briefly with his girlfriend Danni Stark but moved back in after things didn't work out, Libby also moved out in 1996 to live with boyfriend Darren Stark but their new flat wasn't what she expected and so she moved back home. Following his family's departure Toadfish Rebecchi lived here until 1998 when he moved in with Lou Carpenter. Mal left in 1997 and his friend Joel Samuels stayed with the Kennedys for a brief period in 1998. Billy left in 2000 and Susan's nephew Darcy Tyler came to stay here as did Susan's niece and Darcy's cousin Elly Conway but both had left by the summer of 2002. Libby moved also moved out in 2001 after she married Drew Kirk but when Drew died in 2002, Libby moved back in with son Ben Kirk. At separate times in 2003 Karl and Susan took in teenagers Lori Lee and Taj Coppin.

Karl and Susan divorced in 2004 with Susan Kennedy getting the house in the divorce settlement and Karl moving into a nearby flat. Susan then took in lodgers Sindi Watts and Stingray Timmins who were a her new surrogate family with Libby and Ben also returning and leaving again in that year. In 2005 Stingray's brother Dylan Timmins came to stay until both moved in with mother Janelle at no. 26. Liljana Bishop stayed with Susan during her brief separation with husband David, Stuart Parker also lived here with girlfriend Sindi while he was having problems with his sight. David and Liljana reconciled and Stuart and Sindi moved out. Later that year Susan Kennedy began dating [Alex Kinski who moved in with her along with his children Rachel Kinski Zeke Kinski.

Alex was diagnosed with a terminal disease and Susan and Alex were married at no.28 where Alex's oldest daughter Katya who had runaway from home, reappeared to spend a few hours with her father before he died that night. Katya and new step-mother Susan began a custody battle for Rachel and Zeke in the end, Katya conceded and eventually became friends with Susan and moved in with her and the children. Karl and ex-wife Susan Kinski were reunited as a couple in the middle of 2006, Rachel was initially unhappy with this decision and moved into no.30 but eventually the Kinski children learnt to treat Karl as a surrogate father and Karl and Susan re-married in 2007. In early 2007, Toadie was shot and moved in with Karl and Susan to recover he moved out to live with girlfriend divorcee Stephanie Hoyland later that year. Karl's senile father Tom also lived here but has now been sent to an old folks' home in the country. Karl and Susan's daughter Libby and grandson Ben have recently returned. After leaving Steph at the altar Toadie briefly stayed with the Kennedy-Kinskis. Libby and Ben later moved in with Steph at No 32. Ringo moved in with the Kennedy-Kinskis after Frazer and Rosie left Ramsay Street.

Current Residents

External links

* [http://perfectblend.net/reference/who.htm The Perfect Blend - Current "Who's who" of Ramsay Street]
* [http://www.onlymelbourne.com.au/melbourne_details.php?id=3790 Visit Ramsay Street - A guide to getting to Pinoak Court, including maps]
* [http://www.bur.st/~somebody/pinoakcourt.html Self guided tour of Ramsay Street / Pin Oak Court using public transport]