Paul Hindley was a councillor with an office at the Weatherfield Town Hall. In 1988, he made arrangements to retire and rehouse Percy Sugden, and hire a replacement caretaker for the Community Centre. When Percy failed to respond to three letters from Hindley, he was summoned to a meeting at the Town Hall, where Hindley told him the news in person. At first Percy dismissed the issue, but when he was told that he had two weeks to vacate the Community Centre flat and that alternative accommodation had been found for him, he took the matter more seriously, but was no less indignant, making a dig at civil servants and council procedure.