OPEN ALL HOURS

is a BBC television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC. It ran for 26 episodes in four series, which premiered in 1976, 1981, 1982 and 1985. Open All Hours ranked eighth in the 2004 Britain's Best Sitcom poll. A sequel, entitled Still Open All Hours, was created in 2013.

The setting is a small grocer's shop in Balby, a suburb of Doncaster in South Yorkshire. The owner, Arkwright (Ronnie Barker), is a middle-aged miser with a stammer and a knack for selling. His nephew Granville (David Jason) is his put-upon errand boy, who blames his work schedule for his lacklustre social life.

Across the road lives Nurse Gladys Emmanuel (Lynda Baron), occupied by her professional rounds, and her elderly mother. Arkwright longs to marry her, but she resists his persistent pressures.. Though short-tempered with Arkwright, she is concerned for his and Granville's welfare.

Arkwright

Arkwright is a pragmatic, miserly man with old-fashioned values, whose world seems to stop at his shop door, except for his uncontrollable lust for Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, which may prompt him on occasion to wander across the road, usually with a ladder, to gain access to her bedroom window.

 

I have placed Arkwright ,Granville and Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in Metro land which allows me to have this famous shop in my train layout. At  present there is a lot to do but I've got Arkwright's ladder ready and  Granville is standing at the door ready to load his bicycle to do his deliveries

Nurse Gladys Emmanuel must be home, as her car is still parked in front of her house.