 Frank Barlow (Frank Pemberton) is a postman, devoted to his family, but uneasy about his son Ken (William Roache) starting on a university career and acquiring sophisticated ideas.The premature death of his wife Ida (Noel Dyson) brings the two of them together.Ida Barlow (Noel Dyson) is the wife of Frank Barlow (Frank Pemberton) and mother to Kenneth (William Roache and David (Alan Rothwell).