Complex sentence: Initially their relationship flourishes, they have a child and move into a happy modern home, but when Reg suffers an injury and loses his job and they are evicted, their lives spiral downwards through a process of unemployment, squatting, eviction and care homes.
Split into simpler sentences: Initially their relationship flourishes and they have a child and move into a modern home. When Reg is injured and loses his job, they are evicted, and their lives spiral downwards through a process of unemployment, squatting, eviction and care homes.