Roly is the first to find Pat Wicks (Pam St. Clement) in Albert Square gardens when she'd been savaged by the Walford ripper. Pat later demands that he be kicked out of The Vic when the Butchers move in in 1988. Roly then runs away but is found by Junior Roberts (Aaron Carrington) who returns him to the Butchers. Diane Butcher (Sophie Lawrence) and Ricky Butcher (Sid Owen) change Pat's mind and Mo Butcher (Edna Doré), who at first suggests they get a kennel for Roly, warms to him so much that he goes to live with her at her flat for a while.