A Post World War 2 look at the way East End families lived their lives. The Gilpins and the Palfreys are neighbours and the interaction between the families is typical Farce. Coming to terms with life after the war, they can't help but remember what they had gone through. The two younger Palfrey children had been evacuated to the USA at the outbreak of war and were now back in Peckham, much to their dismay. The play has romance, comedy and pathos all superbly written into the story. One character, 14 year old 'Erbie Gilpin, is dashing around causing mayhem wherever he goes. This play is typical of the period, a time when Britain, still recovering from the effects of 6 years of war, needed something to lighten the spirits of the people. This play succeeded in that task. A student of this period will find plenty to occupy themselves, sorting out the nuances of the period. Maybe it will not be seen as such a brilliant comedy, the 1940's humour being different to todays, but there will still be sufficient nostalgia for any 'ancient' reader, or watcher of Theatre Comedy. Let's hope that plays like this are never forgotten, and that one day some enterprising group will once again perform it and give the audience a taste of what the East End of London was like during those momentous years.