S17·E28 Episode 1238 (Thu 7th April 1988)

Amos reveals the secret of his black stockings, while Jack comes from the library with a mystery, a romance - and a date! Joe has a plan to make him and Alan fast cash at Home Farm. As they need to pay off the mortgage, Joe plans on having acres of trees on Home Farm land felled. Joe takes Alan to the woodland where he announces his plan. Joe has called a surveyor called Stephen Fuller. Fuller arrives, and says that the trees are full of knots, and the previous owners did not take care of the trees. Alan walks off in a huff. Joe tells Fuller that Alan was the previous manager and Joe was his boss before they recently bought the place. Fuller admits he was a bit hasty with his remarks about the previous managers. Eric wants his old job back as the auctioneer at Hotten Market.