Sydney "Syd" Woolfe was a fictional character

Fictional character

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 in the soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 Emmerdale

Emmerdale

Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...

, played by Nathan Gladwell.

Character's background

A jack the lad builder who arrived in the village with his workmate Jerry "Mack" MacKinley. He proved popular with his rugged good looks and rogueish charm and managed to seduce many of the local women including Nicola Blackstock

Nicola Blackstock

Nicola King is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She has been played by Nicola Wheeler since she joined the soap in 2001.-Casting:...

, Angie Reynolds and lapdancer Yolanda.

After a while, he wanted to settle down and fall in love with a nice girl, which he promptly did with sex-bomb housemate (and best friend Scott Windsor

Scott Windsor

Scott Windsor is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale.From 1993-1996, Scott Windsor was played by Toby Cockerell...

's girlfriend) Chloe Atkinson

Chloe Atkinson

Chloe Atkinson is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Amy Nuttall. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 4 December 2000. Nuttal quit the serial in order to pursue a singing career after performing at a football event.-Character casting and...

. While he was in love with her, she never took their relationship seriously and left him, following a number of bust-ups.

Following a lack of work in the village, a new job offer, falling out with Scott over the attack on Frank Bernard Hartbourne and a clumsy pass at friend Chastity Dingle, Syd left the village to start afresh in Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

.