Nearest and Dearest

The problems of Pledge's Purer Pickles must take second place; for each of it's co-owners is hearing wedding bells. But when the Pledge's enter the Matrimonial Stakes they inevitably fail to come under starter's orders.

Fourteen days holiday in sunny Spain for 10p all in! It sounds too good to be true. And it is…

A tiff in a launderette, under Nellie's gentle touch, bids fair to becoming a national crisis.

The Pledge's consult an industrial efficiency expert in a bid to improve production at the pickle factory. When the workers come out on strike in protest, it is left to Nellie and Eli to keep the pickles flowing.

When Nellie chases Eli out of the ancestral home, Lily and Walter come to stay…And stay…

Can dandelion leaves picked at the time of the full moon really win for Pledge's Purer Pickles the coveted Golden Gherkin? Nellie's wonder ingredient lands her greatest rival, Arnold Guttersby, in a real pickle.

The long arm of the law reaches out for Eli from the distant past; but, with Nellie in court, all is set for the Law to get it's knuckles rapped.

Nellie, Eli, Lilly and Walter play a game of Snakes and Ladders and reminisce about a childhood Christmas.