The Broons are an 'archetypal' Scottish family, working class and extended they all, apart from Grandpaw Broon, live in the same tenement flat at 10 Glebe Street in the Scottish town of Auchentogle. The family have never changed since their first appearance in the Sunday Post Fun Section in 1936 and to be honest although some concessions to modern life have been made they live in a timeless Scotland.