Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he died he died as he lived with a smile on his face watching a horse race on which he had bet with borrowed money. But before he died he had a final request 'Last Orders' that his ashes be scattered in the sea at Margate. The movie follows his mates Ray Lenny and Vic and his foster son Vince as they journey to the sea with the ashes. Along the way the threads of their lives their loves and their disappointments are woven together in their memories of Jack and his wife Amy