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 buys a second-hand portable typewriter so she can practise for her RSA typing qualification at home.

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.

Two days after their wedding, Margaret and Alan take the Chevette and ferry to Shanklin for a four-night honeymoon.

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.

Margaret and Alan leave the Fareham flat for a three-bedroom house in Havant, taking on a mortgage and room to expand.

Michael is born in Portsmouth, and Margaret adjusts to caring for a second child alongside three-year-old Claire.