The movie portrays the experiences of the "Gibbons" family—Ethel (Celia Johnson), Frank (Robert Newton), daughters Queenie (Kay Walsh), Vi (Eileen Erskine), and son Reg (John Blythe)—along with Ethel's mother, Mrs. Flint (Amy Veness), who also lived with them. Their existence is fairly straightforward, happily settled in a new suburban area with a garden while their children move into adulthood, navigating the everyd…