Romany Jones

Jun 8, 1973

Betty's mother visits the caravan she is now sharing with her workshy husband, Bert

Jun 15, 1973

It's taken Betty several years of hard courting to get a wedding ring; it's taken her just 7 weeks of marriage to lose it. But the ring must be somewhere in the caravan...

Jun 22, 1973

Bert confidently predicts that broiler rabbits will solve all his financial problems and bring the maximum of profit with the minimum of effort. Betty doesn't share his enthusiasm - but the arrival of a boxful of baby bunnies melts her resistance...

Jun 29, 1973

Betty's belief that she deserves better than a caravan home is underlined when Bert and Wally quarrel about a dustbin. With mice and ants as her unlikely allies, and after a night spent sleeping in the car, Betty looks set to win the battle - but who will win the war?

Jul 6, 1973

Bert enters a competition to find the country's Ideal Newlyweds - and Betty nearly realises her life-long ambition of spending a proper honeymoon in the sun.

Jul 13, 1973

Bert and Betty Jones return home late to find that a stranger has broken into their caravan. They understandably take strongarm action, but the bearded intruder resists all attempts at eviction.

Jul 20, 1973

Betty decides that if she and Bert are ever to save enough money to buy a house, she must become the breadwinner. Unfortunately Bert is as incompetent as a house-wife as he is at everything else.

Sep 14, 1973

Betty and Bert receive a shock when Betty announces a new arrival!

Sep 21, 1973

Bert decides to take matters into his own hands, as the caravan site experiences issues with hot water.

Sep 28, 1973

Betty and Lily issue orders to their work-shy spouses to find decent jobs.

Oct 5, 1973

Lily has kicked Wally out, so Betty moves in with Lily and Wally moves in with Bert.

Oct 12, 1973

Puzzled by the fact that Wally and Lily always appear to have money, yet never do any work, Bert discovers they live on social security — and that it's not easy to climb aboard that particular gravy train.

Oct 19, 1973

Betty comes up with the idea that emigration could be the answer to their issues, though Bert is not so confident.

Aug 16, 1974

Wally and Lily have a new set of neighbours, as a city folk move into the caravan next door. However things are never what they seem.

Aug 23, 1974

Jeremy and Susan are invited to a upper class wedding. However, Jeremy is unable to afford a new dress for Susan, leading to Susan asking Lily for help to make one.

Aug 30, 1974

Jeremy's honesty is put to the test, when Wally and Lily offer him a carcass of meat which fell off a lorry.

Sep 6, 1974

A potential employer invites Jeremy and Susan for dinner, Jeremy sees this as an opportunity to move up in life, trading the caravan for a house. Susan then returns the compliment which leads to a memorable evening.

Sep 13, 1974

Susan looks to stimulate her and Jeremy's love life, but has second thoughts when the Briggs have similar plans.

Sep 20, 1974

A troublesome chicken causes a nightly disturbance in the caravan park.

Sep 27, 1974

A batch of stolen eggs find their way to Lily and Wally, bringing along with them a lot of trouble.

Jun 6, 1975

Jeremy agrees to look after his Managing Directors dog over the weekend, bringing more stress for Susan.

Jun 13, 1975

The caravan park sees heavy snowfall, which cuts them off from the outside world. As supplies dwindle the Crichton Jones and Briggs form an uneasy alliance.

Jun 20, 1975

Jeremy asks Wally if he can use the car, to have Susan drop him off and pick him up from the station. Jeremy offers to pay some of the running expenses for the car which Wally agrees to. However, there is a small issue with the plan.

Jun 27, 1975

Jeremy decides that they should keep a hen so he can have a breakfast egg. Wally and Lily oblige and find Jeremy a hen, however the hen is rather old and well past her prime.

Jul 4, 1975

Tempers fray over the use of the communal clothesline.

Jul 11, 1975

Susan and Lily have put their differences aside and decide to get their hair done together, for some special occassions. Susan will be acompanying Jeremy to a work dinner and Wally is taking Lily out to a ball at the local.