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                    Hannah Martin Rebecca 
                    Ritters
 Hannah 
                    Amelia Rose Martin 1992-1999Lived: 26, 
                    32 
                    Ramsay Street
 Born: c. 1983/'84
 Parents: Philip and Julie 
                    Martin
 Siblings: 
                    Michael and Debbie
 Family Tree: Martin
 Occupation: Student
 Hannah 
                    Martin was born in the country after her mother and father, 
                    Julie and Philip, had just married. Philip had two older children, 
                    Debbie and Michael, from his first marriage and as they were 
                    older, Philip always indulged Hannah and affectionately called 
                    her 'button'. Although Hannah had a normal sisterly relationship 
                    with Debbie, she was never liked or welcomed by Michael, who 
                    felt Philip devoted all his time and love to his new wife 
                    and child. As a result, Hannah grew up quite scared of her 
                    older brother, and greeted her parents' decision to send him 
                    away to boarding school with great enthusiasm. At 
                    the age of eight, Hannah found herself having to adjust to 
                    life in the city after Philip was made redundant and the family 
                    moved to Julie's home town of Erinsborough to live with her 
                    family at No. 26 Ramsay Street. Hannah soon settled into life 
                    in the suburbs as a friendship developed between her and neighbour 
                    Toby Mangel. Hannah also had the love and affection of her 
                    grandfather, Jim and great-grandmother, 
                    Helen, who were both thrilled 
                    to have a little one in the house again to dote on. However, 
                    Hannah longed to return to the countryside after she was nearly 
                    kidnapped by a strange man one afternoon while she was out 
                    selling lollipops for charity with Toby. The man tried to 
                    force Hannah into his car, but Toby arrived on the scene in 
                    the nick of time, and saved Hannah from any harm. Further 
                    drama followed when a few days later, Hannah realised the 
                    man who had tried to abduct her was in her own house - it 
                    was Julie's old boss, Raymond Chambers who Julie had invited 
                    over for tea in the hope of getting a job with him. A shocked 
                    Hannah desperately tried to tell her parents that Raymond 
                    had been her would-be abductor, but it took them a while to 
                    believe her. A court case ensued, where tensions rolled over 
                    onto Ramsay Street when neighbourCameron Hudson took Chambers 
                    on as his client. A further blow was dealt to the Martins 
                    when Chambers was cleared of the crime, but he was caught 
                    trying to abduct another girl a few weeks later, and Hannah 
                    was vindicated. Hannah's 
                    feud with Michael was revived when he arrived home for the 
                    school holidays and began to make things difficult for his 
                    younger sister. Michael spiked Hannah's orange juice with 
                    some of Jim's vodka, resulting in Hannah falling unconscious. 
                    Michael was soon packed away to boarding school again, but 
                    on his next visit posed a grave threat to Julie's safety by 
                    undertaking a complex plan to kill his stepmother. Julie eventually 
                    rumbled Michael's plan just in time, and he fled Erinsborough 
                    to avoid the wrath of his father, and the police, who were 
                    looking for him in connection with some local crimes. When 
                    Michael next showed up, Hannah was so scared of him that she 
                    called the police to report her brother's return, and he was 
                    later sentenced to six months in a detention centre. The 
                    Martins were on the move again soon, but this time it was 
                    only a few doors down to No. 32, which Helen had bought as 
                    an investment and had agreed to rent to Julie and Philip. 
                    Hannah soon made some addition to the family with her pet 
                    dog, Holly, and cat, Crackers. However, her real penchant 
                    for animals was demonstrated when she fell in love with horses 
                    and pleaded with her parents for a horse. Julie and Philip 
                    were dead against the idea but Julie eventually worked out 
                    a deal with a local family, the Goughs, to let Hannah care 
                    for their horse, Painter. After 
                    Julie found out that Jim wasn't her natural father and she 
                    was, in fact, the product of a rape, she was so disgusted 
                    with herself that she became irrational and depressed, and 
                    threw a bewildered Philip out of the house. As her parents' 
                    marriage crumbled, Hannah was faced with the possibility of 
                    Philip and Debbie leaving for Perth. She was so upset by the 
                    idea that she started wetting the bed, and after Julie came 
                    to terms with her parentage and realised she didn't want to 
                    lose her marriage, Hannah was relieved to see her parents 
                    reconcile and Philip back home at No. 32. Hannah 
                    had found herself in various life threatening situations as 
                    she grew up in Erinsborough, including being trapped in a 
                    burning cottage with Beth Brennan and on a building site with 
                    her classmate Nicholas Greenway. But it was only when her 
                    aunt Lucy Robinson gave her 
                    a piece of Ayers Rock that Hannah started to suspect she was 
                    cursed. Debbie's boyfriend, Rick 
                    Alessi, told Hannah that it was bad luck to take any piece 
                    of the rock from its natural environment, and when Debbie 
                    was nearly electrocuted by a hairdryer hours later, Hannah 
                    was convinced the curse applied to her. In an attempt at ridding 
                    herself of the cursed rock, Hannah threw it over the back 
                    fence into No. 30's garden but accidentally smashed a window. 
                    She initially refused to own up to what had happened, but 
                    after Beth - who was living at No. 30 - commented on all the 
                    strange goings on in the house since the piece of Uluru had 
                    been thrown in her window, Hannah began to feel guilty. And 
                    after the rock then found itself in No. 28 and later No. 24, 
                    Hannah owned up once and for all, and was hugely relieved 
                    when Helen suggested they go on a trip to Ayers Rock and return 
                    the piece of Uluru to its rightful home. No 
                    sooner had the apparent curse been lifted than Hannah found 
                    herself in a life or death situation in the middle of the 
                    bush with Philip while on a camping trip. While playing fetch 
                    with Holly, Hannah slipped down a rocky ledge. Philip managed 
                    to pull her to safety, but he ended up slipping further down 
                    the rocks and broke his foot. Hannah ran to the car to call 
                    for help but discovered they had left the mobile phone at 
                    home and as a last resort, she sent Holly to find help, while 
                    she tended to Philip's injury. Holly made her way to a roadhouse 
                    not far from Philip and Hannah's campsite and attracted the 
                    attention of a father and son, who contacted Julie after reading 
                    the Martins' phone number on Holly's collar. Julie then alerted 
                    the rescue authorities and there was relief all around when 
                    Hannah and Philip were found safely. When 
                    Michael was released from the detention centre, the Martin 
                    family made a concerted effort to make him feel as welcome 
                    as possible this time round, with Julie particularly keen 
                    to put her past problems with Michael behind them. However, 
                    Hannah resented all the attention everyone was lavishing on 
                    Michael, and when he accidentally hurt Holly while playing 
                    with her in the backyard, Hannah accused him of always hurting 
                    people and told him she didn't want him home. Hannah's outburst 
                    prompted Michael to decide to move on and find somewhere else 
                    to live. But just before he was set to depart, Hannah apologised 
                    for the way she had treated him, and agreed to give him a 
                    chance. Michael was delighted by Hannah's extension of the 
                    olive branch and for the first time, Hannah started to see 
                    Michael as a proper big brother as opposed to someone to be 
                    fearful of. As 
                    Hannah began blossoming into a young teenager, she started 
                    at Erinsborough High School, where she regularly found herself 
                    having to ward off the advances of Robert Dong. It was here 
                    that Hannah also made herself a best friend in the form of 
                    Miranda Starvaggi, who she got up to all sorts of scrapes 
                    with. At home, things were changing again. The family had 
                    moved back across to the Robinson house after Helen needed 
                    to sell No. 32 to raise the finances to buy into Lassiter's. 
                    Hannah welcomed the move since it meant she would see more 
                    of her gran, and was also distracted by her sudden obsession 
                    with ballet classes. Tragedy 
                    struck for Hannah when Julie died suddenly following a fall 
                    from a tower while away on a murder mystery weekend with Philip 
                    and Debbie. It took Hannah a long time to take in her mother's 
                    death, and was often heard talking to 'Julie' in the kitchen. 
                    Hannah's grief was compounded by the fact that Jim had died 
                    the year previously having suffered a massive heart attack 
                    after playing with Hannah in the garden. She had blamed herself 
                    for her grandfather's death and now that her mother was dead 
                    too, Hannah felt as if everyone close to her was dying. Luckily, 
                    the love and support provided to her by Helen enabled Hannah 
                    to get through the dark days following her mother's death, 
                    and she was also helped by the arrival of 14 year-old Billy 
                    Kennedy, who moved in next door with his family. Hannah 
                    and Billy quickly became friends, and spent their time riding 
                    Painter and fishing for tadpoles. They also found an old abandoned 
                    hut near Lassiter's which they turned into their own clubhouse. 
                    And as they got to know each other better, Hannah started 
                    to develop a crush on an unsuspecting Billy. When 
                    the new school term started, Billy came to Hannah's rescue 
                    after school tough girl Packo locked Hannah's plait into her 
                    locker door. But Billy became increasingly uncomfortable with 
                    Hannah following him everywhere by the end of the day, especially 
                    since he was a year above her in school and it didn't look 
                    good for him to be hanging around with a 12 year-old. Matters 
                    were complicated further when Mark 
                    Gottlieb rallied the local kids to attend the parish dance, 
                    and Hannah refused to go after hearing Billy was taking Nicole 
                    Cahill. However, Mark managed to persuade her to go after 
                    suggesting to her that Billy was probably only taking Nicole 
                    to make Hannah jealous. But the dance turned into a disaster 
                    when Hannah told Nicole that Billy was only there with her 
                    because he was trying to make her jealous, prompting Nicole 
                    to tease Hannah at the end of the night about her dress and 
                    being a mummy's girl, culminating in a brawl between the two 
                    girls on the dance floor. Philip was disgusted with Hannah 
                    over her behaviour at the dance, and made her go over to the 
                    Kennedys the next day to apologise to Billy. Billy reluctantly 
                    accepted her apology, but upset Hannah further by telling 
                    her she couldn't come down to the club house with him later 
                    that day. Hannah followed him down anyway, but was furious 
                    when Billy refused to let her in because Nicole was there 
                    with him. Hannah returned home in tears, but Philip comforted 
                    her, trying to assure her that she'd get over Billy in time. Hannah 
                    faced further upset when Philip started seeing Molly Harrison, 
                    a woman he met in his newsagency. Devastated that her father 
                    could even think about seeing someone else after Julie's death, 
                    Hannah refused to give her blessing to the relationship, and 
                    decided to demonstrate her disapproval of the couple when 
                    Philip invited Molly over for a family dinner. Hannah made 
                    some tomato punch for everyone, and spike Molly's punch with 
                    chilli powder. But Hannah quickly regretted her actions after 
                    Molly had a bad reaction to the mixture, and was nearly sick. 
                    Philip immediately pointed the finger of suspicion at Hannah, 
                    and exploded in a furious rage at his daughter. Hannah accused 
                    Philip of not caring about anyone but himself, and Philip 
                    responded to her outbursts by forbidding her to go horse riding 
                    or to her ballet classes. Helen was also forced to confront 
                    Hannah about her recent attitude after witnessing her great-granddaughter 
                    being rude and dismissive of Robert while they were doing 
                    their homework together. But Hannah insisted that she was 
                    only speaking to people the way they spoke to her. Philip 
                    eventually decided to stop seeing Molly because of the hurt 
                    it was causing Hannah, and the sacrifice made Hannah realise 
                    how selfish she had been, and she apologised to Philip for 
                    her recent behaviour. Surprisingly, 
                    Hannah responded to Philip's next romance in a much more positive 
                    manner. Jen Handley was already 
                    familiar to the family through her friendship with Cody 
                    Willis, who had moved in with the Robinsons after her 
                    family moved to Darwin. When Philip started seeing Jen, he 
                    was blown away by Hannah's acceptance of her as part of their 
                    lives, and she even took Jen with her to buy her first bra. 
                    Philip was thrilled at the maturity and selflessness with 
                    which Hannah was handling his relationship with Jen, and in 
                    time, he invited Jen to move in with the family - with Hannah's 
                    blessing. When 
                    Lucy returned home after her international modelling career 
                    had failed, Hannah immediately suspected something was up 
                    with her aunt. Gone was Lucy's bubbly demeanour and in its 
                    place was a moody, selfish young woman, with a fondness for 
                    a stiff vodka. It transpired that Lucy had become addicted 
                    to drink and drugs after her career bombed, and the family 
                    rallied around her to help her overcome her addiction. But 
                    a further shock was in store when Hannah came across a copy 
                    of porn magazine Ambrosia in the clubhouse with Cody 
                    and they discovered Lucy was the centrefold. Hannah confronted 
                    Billy and Toadfish Rebecchi 
                    about leaving the magazine lying around her cubby house, and 
                    threatened to tell their parents about it. But Toadie told 
                    Hannah that he'd tell everyone about her aunt's career as 
                    a centrefold unless she kept quiet. Hannah decided to take 
                    drastic steps to protect Lucy from exposure, and went to the 
                    newsagency after school to take all the copies of Ambrosia 
                    off the shelves. But Philip caught Hannah putting the magazines 
                    into her school bag, and demanded to know what she was up 
                    to. Hannah told Philip that she had been forced into taking 
                    the magazines from the shop as a dare from some boys at school, 
                    and a furious Philip banned her from riding Painter for a 
                    month as punishment. It was only when Hannah lashed out at 
                    Lucy for being a hypocrite that the family realised Hannah 
                    was hiding something, and after Hannah told Lucy about her 
                    discovery, Lucy confessed all to Helen and Philip, explaining 
                    that she had posed for the pictures while at her lowest ebb 
                    in Europe. Hannah and Lucy put their differences behind them, 
                    and stood side by side as bridesmaids when Helen married Reuben 
                    White shortly afterwards. When 
                    Hannah and Miranda became obsessed with pop star Dayle, they 
                    set up their own fan club and started holding meetings of 
                    the fans at Hannah's. But the first meeting proved disastrous 
                    when one of the girls knocked over a portrait of the recently 
                    deceased Reuben that Helen had left on an easel to dry. After 
                    clearing the house of her friends, Hannah showed Lucy the 
                    damage done to Helen's painting of Rueben, and Lucy encouraged 
                    her to tell Helen the truth about what happened. Philip was 
                    furious with Hannah when she told him what she had done, especially 
                    since she had thrown the 'Dayle' party at No. 26 without permission. 
                    Hannah went on to demonstrate a cunning side to her character 
                    when she came up with a plan to meet Dayle in the flesh. Hannah 
                    wrote the pop star a letter telling him she was dying and 
                    her last wish was to meet him. The plan worked, and Hannah 
                    was ecstatic when Dayle showed up on Ramsay Street to meet 
                    her. But Dayle's visit was cut short by the intrusion of Philip, 
                    who quickly set the record straight with Dayle. Hannah was 
                    taught a lesson when the press photographer arrived to take 
                    photos of the meeting and Dayle's manager decided to turn 
                    Hannah's lies to his advantage and do a story about how desperate 
                    one little girl was to meet her idol. Afterwards, Hannah admitted 
                    her shame to Philip and Helen, and most notably to Jen, who 
                    had lost a younger sister to a terminal illness some years 
                    before. When 
                    Hannah left school early one afternoon in tears, Philip was 
                    concerned about her and asked Lucy to have a word with her 
                    after Hannah refused to speak to him. Lucy thought she had 
                    sorted things out after Hannah told her she had read an interview 
                    with Dayle in which he said he preferred blonde girls and 
                    that had upset her. However, Helen realised the real reason 
                    for Hannah's behaviour the next morning when she noticed her 
                    bloodstained clothes in the washing machine, and she told 
                    Philip that Hannah had had her first period. Philip decided 
                    to spend the afternoon alone with Hannah to talk it over with 
                    her, and Hannah was pleasantly surprised at how well her father 
                    was able to handle the situation. Philip even treated Hannah 
                    to a meal that night at Chez Chez to celebrate her becoming 
                    a woman, and Hannah told Philip that she was sure Julie would 
                    be happy with the way he was filling in for her. In 
                    keeping with her ascension into womanhood, Hannah shocked 
                    Helen and Philip by sporting a love bite on her neck. Helen 
                    was horrified by the love bite until Hannah admitted that 
                    she had faked it in order to keep up with Miranda, who had 
                    got one from her new boyfriend, Daniel. Helen convinced Hannah 
                    that she didn't need a love bite to keep up with Miranda, 
                    and Hannah bravely agreed to face school without one. Miranda's 
                    admission that she had faked her love bite too made Hannah 
                    feel a lot better, but she remained uncomfortable around Miranda 
                    and Daniel, and enlisted Annalise Hartman's help in making 
                    her look more attractive to the boys at school. Annalise gave 
                    Hannah some make-up tips, but Hannah took the advice to extremes 
                    and plied the make-up on her face. And she horrified Philip 
                    and Helen when they arrived home to find Hannah had cut up 
                    her school uniform and gone gothic. Philip was furious with 
                    his daughter for her behaviour, and refused to let her adopt 
                    the new image. Hannah was cheered up considerably, however, 
                    when she found an anonymous love letter in her school bag, 
                    proclaiming how attracted the secret admirer was to her. Hannah 
                    and Miranda quickly set out to uncover the secret admirer 
                    and after ruling out Robert - much to Hannah's relief - the 
                    girls discovered the letter had either beenwritten by the 
                    class dork, Eddie, or the class spunk, Lance 
                    Hails, after Robert recognised the handwriting as being 
                    like theirs. Convinced that it couldn't have been Eddie, Hannah 
                    approached Lance to thank him for the letter. But Lance had 
                    no idea what she was talking about, and when Hannah produced 
                    the letter, he realised that he had accidentally put the love 
                    letter he had written to Jacquie Boyd in Hannah's bag instead 
                    - leaving both Hannah and Lance feeling awkward and embarrassed. 
                    To take her mind of Lance, Miranda lined Hannah up with Daniel's 
                    mate, Ollie, but he tried to get heavy with Hannah at a house 
                    party and she had to be saved by Billy. Hannah's lengthy friendship 
                    with Miranda suffered in the wake of the incident, after Miranda 
                    dismissed Hannah as behaving like a little girl. Hannah 
                    finally got herself a boyfriend when Lance finished with Jacquie 
                    and asked her out. Soon after they got together, Lance started 
                    showering Hannah with expensive gifts, which turned out to 
                    be his mother's belongings. Hannah was furious when Lance 
                    revealed the truth to her, but he explained that he figured 
                    his mum had enough jewellery to start with, and Hannah forgave 
                    him when he presented her with a brand new ring that he had 
                    bought for her out of his own money. The relationship eventually 
                    fizzled out, however, after Lance began to boast to his mates 
                    in the boys' locker room about his relationship with Hannah, 
                    and didn't set them straight after they believed he and Hannah 
                    had gone all the way. Hannah 
                    was devastated when Philip and Jen split up, and Jen moved 
                    out. Hannah pleaded with her to stay, but Jen insisted there 
                    was no hope for reconciliation between her and Philip. She 
                    did promise Hannah that she'd be always there for her if she 
                    needed her, however, but Hannah refused to accept Philip's 
                    decision to break up with Jen, and took her anger out on him 
                    at every opportunity. Just as Hannah had started to get over 
                    Jen's departure, she was landed with a huge shock when Cody 
                    was killed in a tragic shooting incident. Hannah could barely 
                    believe that yet another person she was close to had died, 
                    but she was supported through the ordeal by Georgia Brown, 
                    a troubled teen Philip had taken in as part of a Crisis Care 
                    programme. Hannah and George had initially hated each other, 
                    but the death of Cody brought them closer together, and by 
                    the time Georgia returned to her father, they were friends. 
                    Debbie's return from a year in the States with their aunt 
                    Rosemary Daniels also gave 
                    Hannah a huge boost, and she was thrilled to have her big 
                    sister back. When 
                    Hannah and new best friend Zoe Tan decided to try out for 
                    places on the Erinsborough High team on television quiz show 
                    Brainorama, Hannah was convinced she had no chance of 
                    making the team. But when she found herself in the same room 
                    as the questions set by teacher Susan 
                    Kennedy to select who would compete, Hannah was faced 
                    with the dilemma of whether or not to sneak a peek at them. 
                    In class, Hannah got all the answers correct having memorised 
                    the notes and was immediately chosen for the team. But on 
                    television, Zoe was left to answer all the questions and Hannah 
                    realised that cheating would never get her anywhere in life. 
                    More trouble followed for Hannah when she and Zoe began to 
                    shoplift. Although Zoe was the main protagonist, Hannah still 
                    participated and was lucky enough to escape with a caution 
                    after they were caught trying to rob a dress from a clothes 
                    store in the mall. But the girls weren't so lucky the next 
                    time when they decided to pinch some chocolate from the Coffee 
                    Shop only to be caught by Kristy who called an angry Philip 
                    down to the shop. An 
                    unlikely friendship was forged between Hannah and Toadie after 
                    they spent the day wagging school together at the clubhouse. 
                    The bond was strengthened at the school dance when they bumped 
                    into each other on the staircase, wallowing in pity over their 
                    disastrous dates. But Toadie landed Hannah in hot water when 
                    he left her holding his cigarette while he went to get his 
                    coat and she was caught by Mr. McKenna. Philip was furious 
                    with Hannah for smoking, and her attempts at explaining how 
                    she had been simply holding the cigarette for a friend failed 
                    to placate Philip after she refused to name the friend. Toadie 
                    eventually owned up to being the one who was really smoking 
                    at the dance, but McKenna refused to lift Hannah's punishment 
                    at school since she had lied to him and Hannah and Toadie 
                    found themselves having to clean the school toilets for the 
                    duration of the cleaner's strike. Love 
                    blossomed for Hannah when Philip took in Casper Mack as part 
                    of the Crisis Care programme. Casper was a shy boy, who had 
                    little experience around girls, and as a result, initially 
                    appeared rude and ignorant to Hannah. But after Hannah confronted 
                    Casper about why he never wanted to be around her, she was 
                    surprised when he revealed that, in fact, he fancied her and 
                    was just too shy to say anything. They started dating, and 
                    even managed to keep seeing each other after Casper returned 
                    to his family. However, Hannah was convinced Casper would 
                    want to dump her after she was told by the dentist she needed 
                    braces. She pleaded with Philip not to get the braces for 
                    her, but he insisted it was necessary and tried to assure 
                    her that Casper would still like her. Hannah's suspicions 
                    appeared to be confirmed when Casper refused to kiss her after 
                    she first had the braces put on and she resolved to try and 
                    go about her life without opening her mouth to speak. But 
                    Casper explained that he hadn't kissed her because they hadn't 
                    had any privacy since she had got the braces, and as soon 
                    as they were alone, they made up for lost time. Hannah 
                    was shocked to arrive home from school for lunch one afternoon 
                    and find Helen unconscious on the kitchen floor after suffering 
                    a stroke. Helen was rushed to hospital, and Hannah, Philip 
                    and Debbie kept a bedside vigil. Much to their relief, Helen 
                    pulled through, although she faced several months of rehabilitation 
                    and the stroke had left her severely restricted in her movements. 
                    Hannah was thrilled that her precious gran had survived, and 
                    proved to be of enormous emotional and physical support to 
                    Helen in the months that followed. Romance 
                    blossomed for Philip when he hired Ruth Wilkinson as a physiotherapist 
                    for Helen. Hannah was pleased to see Philip find some happiness 
                    again, and was surprised to learn that Ruth was also Lance's 
                    mother, and thus, the relationship between Philip and Ruth 
                    brought Lance back into Hannah's life. However, this time 
                    round, the two remained simply friends, especially since it 
                    looked as if they would one day become step-siblings. Hannah 
                    made a new friend when French exchange student Claire Girard 
                    came to stay with the Bishops next door. Claire had a penchant 
                    for mischief and soon had Hannah up to all sorts of mischief 
                    around the neighbourhood, most notably re-igniting the old 
                    Ramsay/Robinson feud, this time between Philip and Madge. 
                    As part of a school project on her ancestors, Hannah delved 
                    into her great-great-great grandfather's diaries and uncovered 
                    the Robinson family's historic claim that Ramsay Street should 
                    have actually been named after them. The diaries claimed that 
                    Jack Ramsay had cheated in the card game to decide who the 
                    street should be named after, and Hannah and Claire decided 
                    to balance things out - and wind Madge up in the process - 
                    by replacing the Ramsay Street sign with one reading 'Robinson 
                    Street'. As the feud took centre stage between the two families 
                    again, Helen was finally released from hospital after a lengthy 
                    spell to spend her birthday at home with the family. Helen 
                    immediately set about mending the rift between the two families 
                    once and for all by summoning Madge and Harold 
                    over to watch the video of the marriage of Scott 
                    and Charlene - the ultimate 
                    union of the two clans as one. After the rift had healed, 
                    the champagne started flowing at No. 26 and Hannah was thrilled 
                    to have Helen back home. As she started feeling tired, Helen 
                    decided to take a nap beside Hannah on the sofa, but as the 
                    evening wore on, Hannah began to realise that Helen was no 
                    longer asleep and had actually passed away. When Karl 
                    Kennedy called in to check on Helen, he confirmed Hannah's 
                    worst fears, and the Martins were thrown into mourning. Helen's 
                    death devastated Hannah, and unable to handle the situation, 
                    she ran away. Philip desperately tried to find her as the 
                    relatives started to arrive for Helen's funeral, and pleaded 
                    with Claire to tell him if she knew of Hannah's whereabouts. 
                    Claire had no idea where Hannah had gone, but Toadie had a 
                    hunch that she may be at the old club house, and led Claire 
                    down there to check it out. Luckily, Hannah was there, and 
                    Toadie left Claire to talk to her. Hannah had retreated to 
                    the clubhouse to look through old photos, and reflect on her 
                    gran's passing. Claire comforted Hannah, and after talking 
                    of her own experiences of losing her grandmother, Claire managed 
                    to get Hannah to go home. Once safely back at home, Hannah 
                    was supported in her grief by Rosemary, who gave her Helen's 
                    wedding ring as a special keepsake. It was to be a huge source 
                    of comfort for Hannah from that point on, and as long as she 
                    had the ring, Hannah always felt that her beloved gran was 
                    with her. After 
                    the first months following Helen's death saw Hannah and Philip 
                    alone at No. 26, the house soon filled up again after Philip 
                    and Ruth got married and she moved in with Lance and Anne. 
                    Hannah experienced a difficult period of adjustment to the 
                    new additions to the household, especially after Michael unwittingly 
                    suggested Hannah remove Julie's photographs from around the 
                    house and Ruth started re-arranging the furniture. The final 
                    straw came for Hannah when Ruth almost sold an old doll of 
                    Hannah's at a garage sale, and she was devastated at the prospect 
                    of losing the rag doll because Julie had given it to her. 
                    Ruth apologised to Hannah for the mistake, and assured her 
                    that she was in no way trying to erase Julie from her life. 
                    Still, Hannah had a tough time coping with the Wilkinsons 
                    integration into her family, and as tensions continued with 
                    Ruth, Hannah announced to Philip that she wanted to go to 
                    France for six months to stay with Claire and her family. 
                    Philip was against the idea initially, but as he realised 
                    how determined Hannah was to go, he was forced to accept her 
                    wishes and grant her his blessing. Just before she was due 
                    to leave, Hannah was shocked when Paul 
                    McClain declared his love for her. Hannah had always liked 
                    Paul ever since he had been fostered by Madge and Harold, 
                    and moved in next door. But she had never thought Paul liked 
                    her in the same way, so his admission on the eve of her departure 
                    for France caused Hannah to re-evaluate her decision to leave. 
                    Hannah was provided with a sympathetic ear from Rosemary, 
                    who had stopped off in Erinsborough to accompany Hannah on 
                    her journey to France, and she helped Hannah realise that 
                    if things were serious between her and Paul, then the relationship 
                    could resume when she returns. Hannah took her aunt's advice 
                    on board, and decided to press ahead with her travel plans. 
                    In a tearful goodbye at the airport, Hannah kissed Paul, and 
                    said her farewells to Philip, who she allowed call her 'Button' 
                    for the occasion that was in it, before flying off for the 
                    trip of a lifetime in France. Upon 
                    her return to Erinsborough six months later, Hannah had changed 
                    considerably. For starters, her curly locks were gone, and 
                    replaced by a new short-cropped hair do. And Hannah had developed 
                    an air of arrogance while on her travels, as well as an admirer 
                    in the form of Claire's older brother, Pascal. Basically, 
                    she was missing France and longed to return, and the discovery 
                    that Paul had been seeing Jade Cleary while she was away failed 
                    to make her re-adjustment to life in Erinsborough any better. 
                    Gradually, Hannah settled back in though, and after a few 
                    weeks, she and Paul had gotten back together after Paul prepared 
                    a special dinner for her at the Coffee Shop one night. They 
                    split up again a few months later when Paul began to spend 
                    all his time on his new hobby, BMX bike riding. Hannah instead 
                    turned her attentions to Teabag Teasdale, a rival of Paul's 
                    on the BMX track, but Philip disapproved of Tea-bag and made 
                    it clear to Hannah that there was to be no romance between 
                    them. It 
                    was a huge shock to Hannah when Philip and Ruth announced 
                    their plans to sell up and move to Darwin, where Philip had 
                    landed a job. Hannah was dead against the idea of leaving 
                    her hometown, and told Philip in no uncertain terms that she 
                    wouldn't be going with him up north. Her determination to 
                    stay was increased when she realised Lance and Anne were staying 
                    behind, and she tried to convince Philip and Ruth to let them 
                    all stay behind at No. 26. After that idea was rejected, Hannah 
                    asked Madge and Harold if she could stay with them, but they 
                    were full up with Paul and Tad Reeves. 
                    As a last resort, Hannah accepted Tea-Bag's invitation to 
                    stay at his place, but after visiting the dump with Philip, 
                    Hannah declined the offer. With 
                    no other alternatives, Hannah was forced to accept that her 
                    future lay elsewhere, and she began packing to leave Ramsay 
                    Street. On her final day in Ramsay Street, panic set in when 
                    Hannah misplaced Helen's ring and she was convinced it was 
                    a sign that the move would be a disaster. Luckily, Ruth found 
                    the ring in one of the packed boxes, and returned it to a 
                    relieved Hannah, before having a heart-to-heart with Hannah 
                    about how much the move meant to Philip. Hannah felt better 
                    about going in light of the talk with Ruth, and spent her 
                    final night in her cubby house out the back yard with Paul. 
                    Here, Hannah reflected on her time growing up in the Robinson 
                    house with Helen, Julie, Debbie and Michael, and she and Paul 
                    vowed to always stay in touch. The following day, Hannah bid 
                    a tearful farewell to her friends and neighbours as she left 
                    the street she grew up in and that was so special to her for 
                    the final time. Trivia Notes• In one of the show's most blatant rewritings of its own history, 
                    Hannah Martin was born in 1984, a year before her parents 
                    had met one another!
 • In 2005, Hannah made a cameo appearance in Annalise's 20th Anniversary Documentary
 • Click here to read our interview with Rebecca Ritters
 
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