Ruth Burchens

The wife of Damian Burchens who and mother of Darren Burchens and Duncan Burchens.

Early Life[]

Born to a Christian family in West Sussex, she was the only child of them. She lived a somewhat sheltered but lovely life with her parents. She ended up marrying Damian Burchens who is also a Christian, but his very troubled background growing up is never made known until much later in their married life. They began to live in the countryside not too far from Ruth's old house. There they had two children Darren Burchens and Duncan Burchens whilst there.

Having had interaction with the town Grasmere Valley which Damian had lived whilst young and attended the Chadwick Academy and alter on Grasmere Valley High School but the family did decide to move there permanently just before Volume 31.

The Tales of Grasmere Valley Novels[]

Volume 27[]

The Burchens move to Grasmere Valley at the end of Volume 27.

Volume 31[]

Damian Burchens, Ruth Burchens and Aunt Carol are present during the Mega School Reunion for Grasmere Valley at the golf club at Rose Park Heights. Whilst there Aunt Carol who is one of the chaperones is also present, embarrassing the entire family and almost putting her nephew Damian out to dry even though he had completely changed and had managed to have a great family life which looked very unlikely while at school. This could be seen for example when Aunt Carol laments that she wished Damian married Marianna Carpenter who is also there all the while Ruth is standing right there next to Aunt Carol, Damian and Marianna. Aunt Carol, Damian and Ruth end up getting into a conversation with Mr Love, Chris Coy, DC Robins, Marianna Carpenter with Abigail Fed as they discuss as to their memories of Jotham with Marianna thought very glowing things about Jotham while the majority of the others who knew him mention how much Jotham was a merciless bully. Aunt Carol seems to be demeaning Damian should be a proper man like that of Jotham who was seen as a man going places as he had made it as a actor in Hollywood. They however end up encountering him at the reunion with his son Edgar. It turns out however Jotham's life which had once been looking at a Hollywood career was now beyond ruins with his wife Cariala left him and him being at the reunion with his son Edgar whom he is now looking after by himself. Ted is delighted by this but Jotham clearly ashamed by what had happened with his marriage and his career as an actor dried up. He soon ended up running away from the reunion. Aunt Carol ends up giving a compliment to Damian as this happens saying at least he managed to have a decent family even if his children are weird which is what she deems them as.

Damian, Ruth and Aunt Carol are among those joining the clean up team for the school reunion, to which Aunt Carol is seen complaining about helping out but does. When they finish in the earlier hours they go with Daisy leading them to La Vista to have a bite to eat. As they are there they hear a cry to which Aunt Carol really doesn't like it and wonders where is the noise coming from. As all those there are wondering what the noise is, Aunt Carol says it reminds her of the time that Damian didn't get the part he wanted at school crying like a baby to which Damian points out it was years ago. It turns out it is Edgar who is there with Jotham as he is a waiter at the restaurant looking to make ends meet and his son there as no one else can look after him.

The Tales of Grasmere Valley Let's Go Racing[]

Ruth is among those who are the representative of the racers at Grasmere Valley Grand Prix for those to try and understand who is in what position for those who can't se the race, however with the confusion it ends up in pandemonium.

Volume 52[]

When The Happy People are in Grasmere Valley, Charlie, Darren and Duncan were out of town. Aunt Carol does her best to get Damian to become a part of The Happy People believing he has been one all the long due to his past but Damian refuses to turn on his God, wife and Children and go back to the life he used to live.

Despite Aunt Carol's efforts to support The Happy People to try and get Damian to come out of the closest and leave his family, Cliff Clifford ends up putting her in prison for using gendered words causing for all her work to mean nothing.

The Tales of Grasmere Valley Comics[]

#104 Aunt Carol comes to Town[]

#104 - Tale of Aunt Carol[]

The town is in a panic, when Damian's aunt Aunt Carol decides to visit Grasmere Valley to give her verdict as to whether the town matched up to her standards Ruth longs to alert the entire town to be on their best behaviour so that the town could pass Aunt Carol's test. When Ruth meets Aunt Carol she tries to say hello to her. Instead she blanks her but wonders why everyone calls her Aunt Carol. At the end her verdict was the town was alright, but nothing special.

The Devon Show[]

Season 3[]

Episode 12 Back to School[]

Damian Burchens who was at school with Frugal Mum at Chadwick Academy is going who is now a hard working editor happily married to Ruth and a proud father of two his two boys. Big Bill who was known to be a macho man at school is also planning to be there and he in particular bullied Damian whilst at school. The entire Burchens family along with The Prescot family, Billy Santiamo and Gary Robinson all venture to the reunion. Soon it is revealed that Damian who was a loner at school was also gay and ever since he got saved he has gone to Gary Robinson for help to mortify such a sin. When exposed in front of everyone by Big Bill at the reunion he runs away and attempts to slit his wrist before he reveals the truth to Ruth his wife. To his surprise she says how much she loves him even more and finds him a more manly man that he putting to death his sin in order to please God.

Episode 15 The Wedding Show[]

Ruth and Damian are among the couples along with Pamela Thornton and David Thornton, Harvey Robinson and Elle Robinson, James Dontos and Anne Dontos, Eric Gladville and Gladice Gladville, Ryan Carey and Kate Carey, Jay Karl and Mikey Karl for Nanny Prescot's Wedding Show, were the couples would all show their wedding videos to everyone and then they would vote who had the best wedding. Ruth and Damian showed their video which showed a rather sweet wedding with Aunt Carol, Damian’s aunt who knew of his homosexual past constantly declaring that this was a sham marriage, even after the wedding night and when Ruth became pregnant to which the intruding Aunt Carol also turned up. In the end the winner was in fact Ruth and Damian who won and afterwards they all in a mode for weddings decided to dance to the first song that they danced at their wedding.

Episode 16 That Don't Impress Aunt Carol Much[]

The Burchens have called the Prescots over in order to get them to help the Burchens with the house in order to impress Aunt Carol who has decided to visit the house, still under the belief that Damian is gay. Also long for the inspection visit is Mrs Bloomers, one of the most uppity judgmental woman in the town. When they come she brings Malcom-Seth Banjo wrapped up for him as she always tries to give him things to feed his homosexuality. Damian then tries to prove he had changed and is a family man and Christian. Also Billy Santiamo ends up coming to the house to ask Damian some questions and soon realises his ex is around, tries to hide. However when he is found he too tries to convince Malcolm how Christ has changed his life. They all don’t believe this and they soon go to Gary Robinson’s house to find out the truth about Billy and Damian. There he tells of how Christ had indeed changed their life. After that Malcolm takes a gospel tract but still wants nothing to do with Jesus while Aunt Carol now thinks that Damian is bi-sexual and now in dates him with things to do with that!

Episode 18 What Does Christmas Mean? Part 2[]

Ruth and Damian end up appearing at the Christmas dance at the church and seem to have a good time even though there was great dama happening with Gary Robinson being fired for his past being revealed.

Season 4[]

Episode 9 A Friend in Need of Aid[]

Ruth is with Damian at the hospital when his former boyfriend Michael Kaffe is there dying from aids. Damian does his best to try and tell him the Gospel but Michael refuses to become a Christian and not wanting to repent. There was one more attempt to try and share the Gospel with him before Michael died but they were deliberated directed to the wrong room by Average Mum. However Michael passed away but not before he heard the Gospel one more time from a visit who was trying to find his ailing father which everyone else was locked in with due to Average Mum's misdirection, The Old Bigot. Average Mum who was working as the secretary for her deception was suspended by Dr Keith Brook.

Season 7[]

Episode 14 The Rise of Devon[]

There is an improtu party for the town and everyone is dancing up a storm with Damian and Ruth is among those there. Billy Santiamo however who is with Laura Bright takes her for a walk. Initially he believes he is on his own but soon a barrage of people are listening in to what is going on which includes, Daisy, Mrs Ambrose, Janet Herman, Kelly Barbour, Damian Burchens, Ruth Burchens, Sally Moogle, Nanny Prescot, Randy Morris, Abdul McGray, Champaine, Jay Karl, Mikey Karl, Frugal Mum, Economy Dad, PJ Simmons, Frankie Barbour, Anna-Marie Davenport II and Anna-Marie Davenport III. Much to everyone’s shock Billy proposes to Laura and she accepts with them being delighted. They all go back to the dance floor ready to talk about the wedding when they see Sheneque at the dance which everyone thinks is very odd. But then the real motives for the dance are revealed when out of a giant gift box which was decorations jumps up Devon and he does a life performance with numerous of dancers called Humpty Dumpty which is being filmed live! He crowd go wild and at the end of his performance Ms What’s On is there holding up Devon’s hand and announcing to the world the rap star had finally arrived.

Episode 15 The Backsliding of Devon?[]

She and Damian are excited after seeing Devon's performance as are many other and they go round Nanny Prescot's house to talk about it. Nanny Prescot however is very concerned and is worried he will backslide. Damian is among those who think Nanny Prescot is just overacting. However with Clara Derulo turning up to the hairdressers saying Devon renouncing his faith at the Royal Gala, this changes things and the Carey among many others go with Nanny Prescot to the Gala, to see if this is true. As Devon is getting the man of the moment award at the Gala which was were Clara said he would denounce his faith, Nanny Prescot had a heart attack much to everyone's shock.

Episode 16 The End of Devon []

She and Damian are among those at the hospital when Nanny Prescot had a heart attack of which she ends up making a full recovery. She is also seen among the many singing at the wedding of Billy Santiamo and Laura Bright for the finale of the show.

What's Going On in Grasmere Valley? (Podcast)[]

Episode 59 That Don't Impress Me Much[]

When Damian is talking to Nanny Prescot and Peter Rupert he mentions that Ruth is at home looking after Darren and Duncan and that they are well as he is going shopping.

Episode 210 Where's My Baby?[]

Damian Burchens has Ruth Burchens look after the children while he helps on the hunt to find Rebecca Cook and Samson Cook who were supposedly missing.