Harold and Ethel Meaker live in South Ealing and run `Rentaghost` where they rent ghosts out to the public. Over the years many ghosts came and went but the main Rentaghost crew consisted of - Timothy Claypole - A jester at the court of Queen Matilda (The Dreaded Tyrant of the Twelfth Century) Hazel the McWitch - The ghost of a Scottish witch who was recruited during the rentapotion venture Nadia Popov - A Dutch ghost who still suffered from hayfever and had a habit of `popping off` whenever she saw a flower Fred Mumford - Originally founded Rentaghost after becoming a ghost in a shipping accident six months previously and runs the business for a short time. Hubert Davenport - A distinguished Victorian gentleman. The Meaker`s next door neighbours, Rose and Arthur Perkins, were convinced that the Meaker`s were a pair of nutters and hired a private detective then tried to get a psychiatrist to convince them that they needed treatment.