On the Night of the Fire

Tyneside barber Will Kobling (Richardson) steals £100 from a factory where a window has been accidentally left open. He hopes the money will represent a new start for him and wife Kit (Wynyard) His hopes are dashed when Kit confesses to being heavily in debt to local draper Pilleger (Pilleger) who has been pressuring her to pay up. Most of the stolen cash has to go on settling Kit's debt. Kobling is horrified to contemplate the extra financial burden being placed on him indefinitely.