 Percy decided to be a good neighbour, making regular visits to Alf Roberts (Bryan Mosley), who was recovering from a heart attack; Alf was horrified when insensitive Percy told him stories of other heart attack victims who had not been so lucky to survive.Upon reaching retirement age in 1988, Percy was forced to leave his flat at the Community Centre and move out of the Street.Miserable at being away from the neighbourhood, he slumped into lethargy until Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire) took pity on him and moved him in as her lodger at No 3.