Nora Parker accidentally upset old Miss Madden, who put a spell on her—and the spell seemed to be working, for Nora just couldn’t keep her nose out of other people’s business.
In Victorian Times, orphanage superintendents, Henry and Bertha Lucas, tricked the wealthy Mrs Fenton of Langford Square into accepting their niece, Mabel, as her long lost daughter, Letty. Later the Lucas’s found out that Mabel (as Letty), her new maid, Ruth Stevens, was Mrs Fenton’s real daughter. They urged their nice to make Ruth’s life so miserable she would give up her job.
Gracie Parker was staying with her uncle Lord Larkspur, at his Elizabethan Manor. He had saved the house being sold by finding unpaid staff to turn it into a guest house. The staff were unusual as they were four ghosts who haunted east wing.
Pat Felix has an extraordinary problem, as without warning she keeps changing into a cat!
Bev Milne’s blind mum was in New York for an operation hopefully to restore her sight. She left Bev in charge of her newly formed Majorettes, telling her to use the silver baton she had used in her own majorette days. But the baton had struck a witches stone and under the evil power of witch Grizel, it was out to destroy the majorettes.
On the surface Laura Lamb appeared to idolize her cousin Mary Shepherd. But underneath Laura resented Mary’s popularity and was determined to upset things.
Half way through term a new boy, Ben Street, joined Sue Hardy’s class. He was rude and aggressive to everybody but he had rescued Sue’s puppy from the river and she felt obliged to try and help him and be friends with him.
Carly Green was determined to stop being general dogsbody for her talented and busy family. She decided she must stop being so efficient and coping so well, if she was to have any time for herself.
Since orphan Cindy Rollo went to stay with loving foster parents, she was over the moon with happiness. But past events convinced Cindy that she must never hear a clock strike 12 midnight, or like the story of Cinderella her happiness would disappear.
Blinded in a car crash, Jo Tyler, a promising 800 metre runner, was attempting a comeback with the help of her dog, Rusty and physiotherapist, Sandra Baker. She had made progress, but a jealous rival, Phyllis, was trying to undermine her confidence.