Date: Late autumn/early winter 1911?. There are still leaves on the ground at 48'42". A billing for a newspaper at 1'00" says: "The War – Arabs Shelled By Cruiser," – this seems to be a (pretty generic) reference to the Italian-Turkish War which started on September 29th 1911 and ran into 1912.

Anthony Woodruff (who plays the estate agent Mr Crichley here) had, of course, appeared as Dr Foley – the Bellamy family doctor – in the original Upstairs, Downstairs.

Sarah background: She has/had an (unnamed) aunt who had a daughter called Hilda whom she had trouble marrying off (4'04") – presumably a cousin to Sarah? This may, or may not be the cousin in Ilford mentioned in On Trial and Board Wages.

Thomas background: He has/had an Auntie Blodwyn. This may, or may not be the same aunt as mentioned in the UpDown episodes The Property of a Lady and/or The Wages of Sin. He once lived in Beulah (in Powys, Wales) from which he remembers his mother's kitchen (but see also Return To Gethyn, and the Upstairs, Downstairs episode Married Love).

The late Thora Hird's screen career dated way back to 1940. She because a well-known face through increasingly prominent parts in film and television. Today, she is best remembered for her role in the Salvation Army sitcom Hallelujah! (1981-4) and alongside Christopher Beeny in In Loving Memory, a sitcom set in a funeral parlour (1979-86). She also played in the later seasons of the long-running comedy Last Of The Summer Wine from 1986 up to her death in 2003. Away from sitcoms, she won two BAFTAs for her Alan Bennett-scripted monologues A Cream Cracker Under The Settee (1988) and Waiting For The Telegram (1998). She also presented numerous religious programmes. She died in 2003.

Helen Lindsay (Lady Rudge) also appeared in the UpDown episode Out of the Everywhere and, more prominently, as "Kitty" Cochrane-Danby in A Change of Scene and The Bolter.

Goof?: Sarah doesn't use her Scottish accent when talking to Alice Williams – why? (38'01")

Goof: The reflection from the red light on top of the camera is clearly visible in the silver jug in the foreground (40'20").