After yet another disastrous date, divorced schoolteacher Poppy is talked into accompanying her nosy elderly neighbor to an event at the city office where she works as a part-time cleaner, in hope of attracting a 'young nob'.
Virginia convinces Maggie that she needs the security of an older man, so she convinces her to go on a date with Mr Prewett, who runs the local Laundrette.
Mrs P needs £50 to repay her cousin back, she asks for Maggie's help, Maggie is also short, but puts a card in the local shop window offering her services.
