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Ever anxious to worm his way into...
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Ever anxious to worm his way into Nurse Gladyas's bedroom as well as her affections,Arkwright finds that flattery and chocolates are no use. Granville is sick of trapping his hand in the dangerous old till and wants his uncle to buy a new one but Arkwright has a cunning plan - for Granville to impersonate a burglar in a stocking mast and scare Nurse Gladys so that Arkwright can come running . . .into her room. Of course it fails to work.
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Nurse Gladys plays a trick on...
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Nurse Gladys plays a trick on Arkwright,helped by Granville. They persuade the shop-keeper that a man representing the Good Shop-keepers' Guide is in the area,awarding bonuses to shops whose staff show extra courtesy. She then dresses as a male shop inspector and visits Arkwright's shop,where she is greeted with unusual civility.
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Arkwright believes that he can make...
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Arkwright believes that he can make Nurse Gladys jealous if he has a live-in housekeeper so he places an advert. Unfortunately this only succeeds in attracting the attention of Mrs. Featherstone, the Black Widow herself. Nurse Gladys is not jealous and Granville is not happy.
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Arkwright has a rival corner shop...
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Arkwright has a rival corner shop owner Mr. Gupta,so he sends Granville undercover - in a sari - to check him out. Arkwright believes he can get one over on his rival by selling him a load of genuine Yorkshire clothes horses but he has reckoned without Mr. Gupta's business skills.
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Fed up with always wearing tank-tops...
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Fed up with always wearing tank-tops and shop pinnies Granville decides to court a cool image. He gets a pair of shades and a nice fashionable shirt,but all that stops him from being the archetypal medallion man is a medallion. Perhaps a cocoa tin lid can provide a substitute.
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Arkwright learns that a former beau...
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Arkwright learns that a former beau of Nurse Gladys is returning from Australia,where he emigrated a couple of decades ago to make his fortune. Naturally Arkwright is not happy to think that Nurse Gladys might be tempted by her old flame and sets about to take drastic action with the man he believes to be his rival.
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When a smartly-dressed man comes to...
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When a smartly-dressed man comes to the shop asking for directions Arkwright is concerned that the love of his life is seeing another whilst Granville's love life is also suffering.It is bad enough that when he accompanies Wendy he only has a bike with which to impress her - but the bike has a squeak,which he can't get rid of.
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When Arkwright finds himself with a...
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When Arkwright finds himself with a surplus of Jamaican Ginger cakes he tries various marketing ploys in order to sell them off but hits the jackpot when he claims that the cakes contain drugs,which has the customers fighting to get at them.
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Arkwright has always told Granville...
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Arkwright has always told Granville his father was a Hungarian but then a real Hungarian comes into the shop. Could it be him? Arkwright is more concerned that he may be a shop-lifter and hits on a cunning plan to part him from his jacket so that he can search the pockets for evidence. welcome to the mythical feast day of St. Albert.
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To the envy of Granville who has...
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To the envy of Granville who has never attended one,Arkwright is taking Nurse Gladys to a wedding and has taken his old suit out of moth-balls, but it still reeks of camphor. Nurse Gladys makes him hang it out of the car window as they drive along but the trousers end up under a tractor's wheels. Thank goodness Nurse Gladys is wearing a trouser suit.
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In order to convince Nurse Gladys...
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In order to convince Nurse Gladys that he is a man of enterprise Arkwright decides that he will invest in a mobile shop,to be driven around by Granville, but,given his customary meanness,the best that he can come up with is an old ice cream van,leading to Granville having a close encounter with some perishables.
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Whilst Granville moans about the shop...
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Whilst Granville moans about the shop opening at dawn Arkwright bewails his inability to sell a load of fig biscuits and toilet rolls imprinted with biblical texts. The opportunity arises when regular customer Mavis mistakes the sepulchral voice of Granville in the cellar for a ghost advising her what to buy but sadly for Arkwright he falls through the open trap door and breaks his leg.
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Arkwright decides to take Nurse...
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Arkwright decides to take Nurse Gladys away to a hotel. This leaves Granville in a position to make his play for the milk round lady,but Arkwright,hands on as ever and never keen to be too far away from the shop,has booked himself and Nurse Gladys into a hotel just round the corner - where he has problems with an extra tight money belt.
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Arkwright has bought too many apples...
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Arkwright has bought too many apples and desperately tries in vain to persuade each successive customer to buy some. After raising eyebrows around town after finding a pair of shop window dummy's legs Granville tells his uncle he should adopt the personal touch in his sales methods. Arkwright,however,plumps for self-service and then suspects everyone of trying to shop-lift.
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Arkwright goes with Nurse Gladys to...
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Arkwright goes with Nurse Gladys to the funeral of his friend Parsloe. He's not keen to leave Granville in charge but it does afford the opportunity to get rid of some unwanted bakery products for the wake. Having rung the shop constantly to ensure that Granville has got things under control he later tells him he should get out more - as this will give Arkwright more opportunity with Nurse Gladys.
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When a crime wave hits the area...
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When a crime wave hits the area Arkwright decides to scare off any potential burglars by putting up a notice that says Beware of the Dog but,since everybody knows that he has no dog,he goes out to borrow one for the weekend from the local kennels. Sadly it is better at scaring off customers than burglars.
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Arkwright feels that Nurse Gladys has...
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Arkwright feels that Nurse Gladys has been neglecting him and,in order to get her undivided attention,he must come down with a 'disease', nothing too serious,just something that will have her lavishing attention on him. Needless to say she sees through the ruse and is ready to beat him at his own game.
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Fed up with having to do deliveries...
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Fed up with having to do deliveries for the shop in all weathers on his bike Granville suggests that Arkwright invest in a van. Needless to say his uncle baulks at the expense until Granville points out that it could be a mattress on wheels, a means of impressing Nurse Gladys. So Arkwright buys a second hand one and Granville wishes he hadn't when he takes it out on the road.
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