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Amy first came to prominance in the series helping out at the antique shop in King's Oak (the fictional village where Crossroads was set), but it was as the cleaner at the Crossroads Motel that she is best remembered. Her job gave her the perfect oppurtunity to listen to gossip and pass it on, yet, despite her irritating ways the staff remained strangely fond of her; as David Hunter (Ronald Allan), Motel manager commented in a 1974 episode when Amy has been away from the Motel for a while: "I miss Amy. Don't know why, I just do." A crossroads (the word rarely appears in singular) is another word for road junction, where two or more roads meet (there are three or more arms). ... Crossroads was a British television soap opera set in a motel near Birmingham. ... David Hunter David Hunter (July 21, 1802 – February 2, 1886) was a Union general in the American Civil War. ...

Over the years, Amy was involved in many storylines, some dramatic, some comedic, some frankly absurd, such as the time she was accused by the police of being a Russian double agent, Amelia Turtleovski. The viewer was never sure if the writers were asking us to laugh with the programme or at it.

The last storyline she was involved in was the tragic death of her son Billy. Amy went to visit her nephew in America, and didn't return to King's Oak until 1987.

Trivia

• It has often been (mistakenly) suggested that Amy Turtle was the inspiration for Victoria Wood's spoof of Crossroads Acorn Antiques; Wood has denied this, and Julie Walters (the actress who potrayed Mrs Overall) more than suggested with her performance and appearance that Mrs Overall was in fact based on Crossroads character Mavis Hooper, Charmian Eyre.