Told by way of a retrospective, we are introduced to "Tom" (Ernest Vernon) who has lived with his long term partner "Joe" (Charles O'Neill) since they were young. Things are starting to come to an head though with his estranged sister "Ethel" (Charlie Clark) who, with her open-minded and conciliatory son "John" (Jonathan Butler), meets him in a tea room for his birthday - but not especially willingly. The flashbacks introduce us to their young iterations played by Steve Salt and Jack Knight and we learn how they met, fell in love - and how she took umbrage, as was the habit back in working clas...