Linda advertises the sale of her furniture. Business booms for Swindley but he has no money to reorder stock so the credit system stops. The Cheveskis have their medicals and the house goes up for sale in the paper. Ena delights in telling Elsie her daughter is emigrating. Elsie tells Linda she's not going - she won't let her, causing Linda to break down. When Dennis steps in he gets his face slapped. Ken gets a job as relief postman over Christmas, before starting work in January teaching at Bessie Street Secondary Modern. Swindley issues Ena a warning about her drinking, causing her to walk out of the Mission and move in with Minnie in her and her mother's house at 15 Jubilee Terrace.