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Yes I agree with Light of the Bay. We only see the location for the Braxton and Palmer houses. But we need locations for Irene's and Leahs. Most importantly we need a Summer Bay House location again. There is an almost exact replica in the original location. Maybe the current owners do not want them to film there. I would have hopes the producers would have enquired about this! (If not, Why?) We was also told by Cameron Welsh we'd get a replica built. But nothing came of it. Uk soap Coronation street managed to secure a location and rebuild the WHOLE street and surrounding areas bigger than what they are now. All Home and Away needs is ONE house and room for the caravan park. So it'd be nice if the budget allowed them to do this. Then we can see characters walking from the park to the house again. No more old stock shots of the original house before it burnt down.

I remember 'suddenly' by Angry Anderson playing in the diner sometime in a 1989 episode. (This was the song played at Scott and Charlene's wedding Neighbours)

I was born in the late and Vanessa left uk screens about 1991 or 1992ish so I didn't really remember much about her. I vaguely remember the headswap though. Blonde one minute brunette the next. So I mainly grew up with Pippa 2 and Michael. I always thought darkhaired Pippa seemed a bit downtrodden and unhappy. - Probabaly because she missed Michael. But now after watching almost all Vanessa's episodes, I prefer her because she seems more real. She is fiesty and upbeat. She has coolness about her but she is still mumsy and caring. I've also seen some early Debra episodes and at the start you could tell they were still writing for Vanessa Downing. - This didn't totally suit Debra. Debra is a good actress though. I definitely count Vanessa as the proper Pippa. But as people have said in the past they needed to recast at short notice and Debra was probably the best they could find. But it's a shame Vanessa left

I miss Lance and Martin. I think they were trying to create a double act with Adam and Matt. I like them but they are not the same as Lance and Martin. Martin was the brains behind most of the schemes. I felt sorry for him when Marilyn got him to move out. It was funny in episode 182 when he spiked Donald's water bag and Celia drunk it and got really drunk. I enjoyed it when he returned for Sally's wedding and the episode where the boat sank in 2002. It's a shame him and Lance didn't stay on for longer