Thu, May 22, 1986
Joey confronts Freddie over the stolen money and learns it was to impress his girlfriend, Lilo Lil, who has now left him. Billy buys a car which is a rust bucket so he turns to busking to raise money but is upstaged by an opera singer. Aveline is asked to pose nude by a photographer so she calls in her brothers, who give him a taste of his own medicine whilst Jack sells a painting for a hundred pounds. At teatime Freddie returns with the stolen money and a lot more. He bought the painting from Jack and sold it on for seven hundred notes.
Thu, May 29, 1986
The family cannot afford the electricity bill so Joey sends Billy to the DHSS to charm the stone-faced clerk into helping but he lacks his older brother's persuasiveness. Freddie's brother Cyril, a ship's cook, dies and the coffin is left at the Boswells' house overnight. Cyril wanted his ashes to be scattered at sea so Joey charters a boat and the family sail down the river on it. However, whilst arguing with Freddie, Nellie accidentally drops Cyril's ashes overboard.
Sun, Oct 18, 1987
Adrian's girlfriend Carmen complains to Jack that Adrian is a hopeless lover before coming onto him whilst Joey unsuccessfully tries to use Grandad to get the DHSS to pay the family electric bill. After that Grandad wanders off and is discovered in hospital but the family has another problem when they learn that Freddie has been arrested. He is bailed to Lilo Lil but after falling out with her ends up with the Boswells.
Sun, Dec 4, 1988
Freddie takes a turn for the worst and the family persuades Nellie that they should look after him but a battle commences when Lilo Lil turns up, stating that she wants to take him back to the hut to nurse him. Joey arranges to meet Roxy but somehow misses her though there is good news when Aveline confirms that she and Oswald are getting married, leaving Nellie to overcome her religious prejudices.
Thu, May 8, 1986
Joey has to sit down and have a conversation with Billy bout the amount of time he is spending at Julies. As a Boswell, Billy has to contribute to the household like the others. The family is in an uproar after Granddad's canary is stolen. Joey is outraged and goes out on a mission to find the bird and punish those responsible
Sun, Oct 30, 1988
Joey gives Freddie an ultimatum: He must choose between Nellie and Lilo Lil. Meanwhile, Billy goes to the opening of an animal refuge by Linda McCartney. He gets her autograph, they start chatting, Billy invites her to drop in for tea if she is in the area. Linda duly turns up and Nellie, unaware of who she is, tells her her troubles and asks if her husband is in work. Then Paul McCartney arrives to collect his wife.
Thu, Jun 5, 1986
Bad news comes in spades for the Boswells as Adrian is made redundant, Joey meets with two toughs who inform him that Freddie owes them five hundred pounds in gambling debts and Jack finds he has fenced very hot antiques which he hides in his grandma's grave. Fortunately it turns out that he got them from the guys to whom Freddie is in debt, giving Joey very good leverage to help his father out. Now the only bad news is the fact that Billy has got Julie pregnant.