In 1990, in his quest to trace his now grown-up daughter Alec paid a visit to Chestnut Drive. He was unsure which house Joyce had lived in but a neighbour, Mrs Battersby, who was out trimming her hedges, remembered the family and informed Alec that they were no longer living in the street. Alec learned from Mrs Battersby and other residents that the Shaws had moved out of Chestnut Drive in about 1980 and that Sandra had married a solicitor named Tim Arden.