Margaret receives her first weekly cash pay packet and discovers that earning money immediately gives it several destinations.

Margaret begins evening classes in typing and office practice, taking the first formal step towards improving her clerical skills.

Margaret meets Alan at a social evening in Fareham, where careful dancing leads to a telephone call and a first date.

Margaret and Alan buy a used red Chevette after George inspects it and offers the nearest thing he gives to approval.

Margaret and Alan marry at Fareham Register Office and begin married life in a flat still filled with boxes.

Margaret and Alan settle into their first married home, a compact Fareham flat with second-hand furniture and a coin-operated laundry.

Claire is born in Portsmouth, and Margaret and Alan begin adjusting their Fareham flat and daily routines around their first child.

A chance meeting in Fareham brings Margaret and Denise back into contact after eighteen years.