Sally won the lottery ages ago. Or was it Kevin? I can't remember. One of them did anyway, and they were in the middle of a divorce until the prize money concentrated the mind of the one who didn't win . Either way, Sally's always thought she was 'a cut above' because of her share of the cash.
You're right, Charleygirl. Most people on a low wage wouldn't last for ages without being paid - most people on decent salaries wouldn't either! And then there's the knock-on affect on people like Eileen who isn't getting the rent money in.
I don't know if the courts would have to decide that the factory money had been stolen, but yes, there should be a way of bridging the cash flow problem.
Why do we never see any of the houses being decorated or having work done? When you look back at how they looked back in the day compared to now, they have all been massively updated (with the exception of Gemma and Chesney's, which I think is owned by the council), but you never see it in progress. I am always interested in the bits we never see, too. Ken's front room, for instance. We see the hall and staircase and the back room with the kitchen off it, but never the sitting room. Do people still have unused 'parlour' rooms these days? I think Eileen has a room at the front that we don't see, too. Mind you, in her case it probably sleeps numerous lodgers . Chesney's house seems smaller than the others, too - there is no hallway, and only one room downstairs. I know the wall between the stairs and the living room has gone, but that room can't be two knocked into one, can it? Unless the others have a downstairs extension with the kitchen in it, and his doesn't? That was common in the sixties, I think? If houses didn't have bathrooms they had extensions with a kitchen downstairs and a bathroom upstairs. Chesney's house must have a bathroom though - they'll need several with all those people living there!
Poor Paul is deteriorating, isn't he? I think the cough is a bad sign, as it means his throat muscles are going😢.