Alfie Popkin

Alfie Popkin is the brother of Liza Draggett, brother-in-law of Arthur Draggett and uncle of Len and Katharine Draggett.

He is known on The Rookery as a simple-minded, but amiable and well-liked man despite being a figure of pity in the community. He was born a cripple and is unable to work or fight for his family so has never been able to marry and lives on the charity of the Draggetts and rarely leaves the house due to difficulty getting to ground level; however despite this situation and the occasional scorn it attracts from other men when he ventures outside he is one of the most consistently cheerful characters on the estate.