George buys Mildred a carriage clock for her birthday, but later learns the Fourmiles had been robbed and the clock might have once belonged to them.

When Mildred rents out the backroom to a travelling salesman, George begins to believe the two are having an affair!

Mildred's sister Ethel and her husband Humphrey are coming round for a meal but George has forgotten to pay the electricity bill.

Mildred wants socialist George to join the local Tory party so they can qualify for a cheap holiday, courtesy of the Conservative Association.

While cleaning, Mildred finds an old case containing George's old love letters written to someone named 'Dorothy'...

The Fourmiles host a Christmas pantomime but are short an 'ugly sister', so Mildred is asked to stand in.