Valentine #16 April 1960

Sally’s envy of her wealthy flatmate Marcia takes a turn when Marcia asks her to join David on a ride—her first time on a horse. Though Sally’s inexperience leads to a clumsy start, the kind-hearted groom offers patient support. As the afternoon unfolds, an unexpected connection begins to form between them.

On their first date, Paul Stevens makes it clear he doesn’t like children and hates large families—something Nora is determined to hide, even as her six younger siblings, Bobby, Sue, Nick, Johnny, and Tom Harding, keep showing up in the most unexpected moments.

Jean watches the new motorway take shape near her family's home, torn between her growing feelings for Jack—the most frustrating of the construction crew—and her cousin Bruce’s unexpected visit. When jealousy flares during a heated argument, Jack can’t shake the memory of Jean, and in a moment of reckless impulse, he drives his tractor straight through the wall.

Geoff Mulcaster’s desperate gamble to turn ten thousand pounds into a million backfires when a derelict Alaskan gold mine he invests in is repurposed into a Holiday Camp—now worth twelve thousand pounds. Meanwhile, Sid contemplates forgiveness as he weighs his feelings toward Angela, while Aunt Phoebe watches the chaos unfold from the sidelines.