In the TV series they remained the East End. Else eventually left Alf in 1974 and moved to Australia to live with her sister Maud, whom Alf hated. She later wired Alf in 1975 on his birthday asking him for a divorce. The same day, Alf lost his job. Some time between 1975 and 1981, Mike and Rita moved back to Liverpool, and Alf and Else reconciled and moved to Eastbourne with their widowed neighbour Min. Rita visited and Alf was horrified to see his grandson, now a teenager (albeit being born in 1972, his age is inconsistent between series), was a punk rocker. Between 1981 and 1985, the Garnetts moved back to a small house in the East End, and Min stayed behind with her sister Gwenyth. Else became ill and needed to use a wheelchair. Else died in September 1986 and Alf, after years of poor treatment of his wife, was devastated by her death. He later got involved with and nearly married his upstairs neighbour, Mrs. Hollingberry. They later broke it off but remained good friends. Alf's views on race softened in his old age, and he invited Else's black home help, Winston, and then Winston's cousin Pele to be his lodgers. He was also on moderately good terms with the local Pakistani shopkeeper Mr Kittel and a Jewish neighbour, Mr Rabinsky. In 1998, Alf was still living in the East End and Mrs. Hollingberry was still his neighbour. Personality In the episode 'State Visit' (20 February 1967) Alf gives his full name as Alfred Edward Garnett. Alf was a working class man, forever complaining that he worked hard and yet lived near the poverty line. He was a staunch supporter of the Conservative Party but did not support one-time leader Margaret Thatcher, because he believed that a woman's place was at home "chained to the bloody kitchen sink!" and blamed Thatcher's husband Denis for not telling her "to keep her place". He did not admire her predecessor, "grammar school boy" Edward Heath, either. His biggest reason for being a Conservative was not that he admired the party, but that he fully rejected the policy of the Labour Party, believing them to pretend to represent the working classes, whilst "all they would do when in power is feather their own nests". He was also an admirer of the Queen and the Royal Family, decorating his home with