Artist: Reg Parlett
Type: Double Page
Printed in Issue: 20th September 1986

The Story

Maddie gets a phone call from Homes & Castles who say they want to photograph their residence for the next issue. But the cleaning lady has been on holiday for 2 days and the place is in a mss. Ollie agrees that the garden could do with a tidy up too. They decide to ask Stan & Babs to help, but don't tell them why to stop making them jealous.

Stan & Babs agree. Babs goes indoors to help with the housework, but puts the vacuum cleaner on blow. In the garden, Ollie is mowing the lawn, but Stan chops the head off some flowers by trying to do the edges with a scythe. Upstairs there's a lot of noise. The children are supposed to be dusting, but they thought the hens would make automatic feather dusters, but they were wrong, and the chickens cause havoc.

Out in the garden, Stan drops a dustbin, and rubbish falls all over the lawn. At that moment, Homes & Castles arriv and Maddie & Ollie try to gt rid of them. But they weren't coming in anyway. They've come to see Stan & Babs. This reminds Babs that someone from the magazine called in last week, and she gave them Ollie & Maddie's number so he could let them know when the photographer was available.

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