1960s

The traders are propelled headlong into the 1960s, a new era for retail that sees each of their businesses undergo radical transformations. The bakers find themselves running a milk bar, and the dressmaker switches professions to become a hairdresser. Meanwhile, the butcher and his son become hardware specialists, and enter into competition with the grocers, whose shop has turned into a self-service paradise along the lines of a modern-day supermarket.