Christine tells Concepta she wrote the letter because she couldn't stay in the Street being talked about any longer and couldn't bring herself to tell Elsie and Frank. Swindley gives Jed a warning about misusing the Mission Hall. Jed can't bring himself to tell Minnie he's moving on. He tells Sheila he's going to do a midnight flit. Ken tells Concepta it would be good for Lucille to go abroad but she tells him it would mean the rest of the family would not get a holiday. Jed drives off to Liverpool with a drunken Len in the back of the car.