Sandra Webb was the niece of Johnny Webb and was suggested by her uncle to Elsie Tanner as a possible replacement as an assistant at Jim's Cafe following the sacking of Lorraine Tindall. Sandra was unemployed since leaving school aside from a Christmas temping job at Woolworth's. Johnny took her into the cafe to meet Elsie and advised her to play on a week's work she once did for an Aunty in Blackpool but Sandra insisted on telling the truth, impressing Elsie. She got the job on a week's trial when she served two customers without prompting and told Johnny in no uncertain terms that there would be no freebies for relatives.