Phil and Grant Mitchell arrived in Albert Square, Walford, in February 1990. They were new to the area and set up a garage in an arch in the railway viaduct. They bought a flat in Albert Square and made The Queen Victoria their local. They initially came across as 2 cheeky lads even if they were unpredictable. They were a bit dodgy, and got involved in a few scrapes, and even sucked Arthur Fowler into one of their schemes, although Phil took the blame. While they were handy with their fists, Phil and Grant were not out and out villains, and a far cry from being crime lords, they were just 2 dodgy mechanics. Grant begun dating Sharon Watts. However Grant's darker side came out when he found that ex policeman Eddie Royle flirted with Sharon Watts. Grant beat him up badly in the Vic. Later on