Mr. Smallpiece, from the brewery, has a few good ideas and The Brown Cow Pub is turned into a fancy wine bar, in order to go more upmarket. The changes don't thrill their regular customers or Nellie.
The hostess of the Brown Cow brings in live entertainment to boost business and make more money. Go Go dancers could do the trick. Nellie needs to stop her customers from going to The Rose and Crown pub.
Nellie grows tired of living over the Brown Cow Pub, so she begins to look for an apartment. Her choices are not what she hoped.The only places she can find do not measure up.
The landlord Jed, meets another women on the anniversary of his wife's death, but she is Gladys the twice widowed women Nellie knows. Should Nellie get in the middle?
Nellie, the straight-laced daughter of the landlord, takes over the management of the Brown Cow Pub when her father gets sick. Things are going fine until a property developer with plans for the pub comes by to buy the pub.