As The New School Year Begins, Jack Sheffield Prepares For An Even More Eventful Year Than Usual. A New Teacher Is Appointed, And Before Long Tongues Start To Wag. Meanwhile, Five-year Old Madona Fazackerly Makes Her Mark In An Unexpected Way, Life Changes Dramatically For Ruby The Caretaker And, In The Village Coffee Shop, Dorothy Humpleby Plans A Dirty Weekend. It’s 1983 - The Era Of The New Cd Player, Microsoft Word, The Mcdonalds Mcnugget, Cabbage Patch Dolls, The Threat Of A Miners’ Strike And A Final Farewell To The Halfpenny Piece. Jack Has To Manage A Year Of Triumph And Tragedy...