 (Lance Pettit, Museum of Broadcast Communications) 
Described by Captain Mainwaring as a "flashy woman", like many of Jones's customers, on producing her ration book she receives an extra sausage, much to the chagrin of another shopper (Olive Mercer, later to be cast as the wife of Mr Yeatman).In return, Jones receives an enormous wink that sets the tone for much of what was to follow as the role develops.Mildred (originally Marcia) Fox is an ebullient woman, who has an off-screen husband in this first episode.