EastEnders created the Beale and Fowler family, drawing on his own background. His mother, Ethel Holland, was one of four sisters raised in Walthamstow. Her eldest sister, Lou, had married a man named Albert Beale and had two children, named Peter and Pauline. These family members were the basis for Lou Beale, Pete Beale and Pauline Fowler. Holland also created Pauline's unemployed husband Arthur Fowler, their children Mark Fowler and Michelle Fowler, Pete's wife Kathy Beale and their son Ian Beale. Smith used her personal memories of East End residents she met when researching Victorian squares. Ethel Skinner was based on
Martin Fowler (EastEnders) (Todd Carty) and his mother Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard) die. Since his return in 2014, Martin has divorced Sonia, married Stacey Branning (Lacey Turner), discovered that Stacey's baby Arthur is actually the son of his best friend Kush Kazemi (Davood Ghadami), survived a bus crash, assaulted a police officer which resulted in a small prison sentence as punishment, the premature birth of his daughter Hope Fowler, and discovering that Stacey cheated on him with Max Branning (Jake Wood). When Pauline and Arthur tell Pauline's mother Lou Beale (Anna Wing) that Pauline is pregnant, Lou is furious because they have two