Power cuts, housing shortages and exorbitant rents - Aberdeen man Norrie Williamson goes head to head with his greedy landlady

In the face of housing shortages and exorbitant rents, the post-WWII Labour government set up rent appeal tribunals across the country whose role was to impose fair rents for tenants. Shot in the Footdee and Castle Terrace districts of Aberdeen, the film revolves around the actual case of a dental mechanic, Norrie Williamson, who despairs when, out of the blue, his landlady hikes the rent. Norrie wants to appeal to the tribunal to reduce his rent but his wife fears it will result in their eviction.

Working of the Rent Tribunals which have been set up to regulate rent-levels.