1st Dec 1996

Financial hardships of the Great Depression hit Honey Bailey and her family, changing the life they had known.

1st Dec 1996

May struggles to handle the boys, especially a defiant Hub, who resolves to get he and his brother back to their mother. In North Bridge, Honey looks for work.

8th Dec 1996

Honey's brother disappears with her savings. Meanwhile, the boys search for clues to a bank robbery.

15th Dec 1996

Honey is fired and cannot find another job. Meanwhile, Hub and Fat try to earn money.

22nd Dec 1996

Hub and Fat earn money taking care of a dog.

5th Jan 1997

Uncle Bob gets Hub a job on weekends at a local farm and Fat manages to win a small part in a local Chautaugua show. Meanwhile, when Honey loses everything and is forced inot a charity mission, Aunt Grace intervenes and May Bailey finally agrees that her duaghter-in-law may return.

12th Jan 1997

While adapting to life with her mother-in-law and coping with her new job, Honey becomes attracted to a charming, but self-centred, local policeman.

19th Jan 1997

Honey and Grace help Max adapt one of his unsold radio plays for the local drama society, only to see it consume Aunt Toppy's life.

26th Jan 1997

Complications and a disapproving May threaten Grace's secret plans to attend an out-of-town wedding with Judd.

2nd Feb 1997

Trouble ensues when Uncle Joe makes a surprise visit to New Bedford; Honey and the boys continue their battle to bring baby Violet home.

9th Feb 1997

The boys concoct some hair-brained schemes to raise money for Honey's birthday present; May gets into hot water when fundraising proceeds go missing.

16th Feb 1997

Hub has trouble with school and gets involved with a bad crowd.

23rd Feb 1997

With Honey away at a hairdressing course, Fat learns that Matilda and Hugh plan to leave the country with Violet.