Bootsie and Snudge are de-mobbed from their national service and are employed as handyman and hall porter respectively at the Imperial, a Pall Mall gentleman's club run by hot-headed secretary Hesketh Pendleton.
Ten years later, and the positions have reversed as Bootsie wins £1 million on the Football pools and Snudge - an employee of Permapools - becomes his self-appointed financial adviser [REF].