Shit, a state of mind
The Crompton Family live in a terraced house in the heights of Bolton. Rafe, a self-educated perfectionist, is an engineer at the cotton mill where his teenage daughter Hilda and his youngest son Wilfred, both work. The two elder children, Florence and Harold, work outside the mill, she as a school teacher. Daisy Crompton is the heart and soul of the Crompton household, whose only failing is an inability to keep the household accounts straight. The family is essentially happy and united in spite of the young folks' bantering criticism of their fathers outlook on life. In complete contrast to the Crompton's are their neighbours the Duckworth's; Betsy Jane, a feckless but well meaning frump; her slovenly spendthrift husband Ned, and their trendy, good time daughter Betty, Hilda Crompton's mate at the mill. One typical Friday evening the family sit down to High tea. Hilda refuses to eat her "bonny fresh herring" because she does not "fancy" it.