00:00here is the clock the Trompton clock telling the time steadily sensibly never
00:19too quickly never too slowly telling the time for Trompton
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01:15Mr. Munnings, the printer, is making sure his watch is right.
01:45Here's Chippy Minton and his son, Nibs.
01:48Morning, Chippy. Hello, Nibs. Just off to work?
01:52Yes, says the carpenter, going to make a notice board for Mr. Clamp.
01:56Very useful. I'm going to print some posters for the Fire Brigade band concerts.
02:03Good, says Nibs. We like the band concerts.
02:06Come on, Nibs. We'd better get started.
02:09Yes, Mr. Munnings' watch is quite right.
02:16Now he's making sure that his printing press is quite right.
02:21All the metal letters are set in position. Printers call them type.
02:26Just one or two to be straightened up.
02:33I line up all the letters with spaces in between
02:49And clamp them in the printing press, a wonderful machine.
02:53Posters are in capitals, bold and fat and tall,
02:56But the printing in the daily news is often rather small.
03:01Now the inky roller comes down the type and back
03:04And makes the letters ready to be printed clear and black.
03:08I check the pile of paper for every single sheet
03:19Will be printed by the inky type with letters clear and neat.
03:25When they have a flag day, I print the little flags
03:29Notices and labels and even paper bags
03:33I make the letters stand up straight and keep the paper clean
03:36Then this job will be as good as anyone has seen.
04:00Now, what have we got?
04:01Trompton Park Fire Brigade Band Concerts
04:04Every Thursday, 2.30pm
04:07Lovely job, that!
04:09Nice and black, no smudges.
04:11Now to ring the fire station.
04:23Trompton Fire Station.
04:25Hello, Captain Flack.
04:26Good morning, sir.
04:27Munnings here, the printer.
04:28I've just finished your posters for the band concerts.
04:31Would you care to collect them?
04:32Yes, yes, by all means.
04:34We'll pick them up right away, right away.
04:35The men will be delighted.
04:37Pugh!
04:41Pugh!
04:42Pugh!
04:43Barney McGrew!
04:44Tough that dibble!
04:45Grub!
04:46Pugh!
04:47Pugh!
04:48Pugh!
04:49Pugh!
04:50Bigh!
04:51Pugh!
04:52Pugh!
04:53Pugh!
04:54Pugh!
04:55Pugh!
04:56Pugh!
04:57Pugh!
04:58Barney McGrew!
04:59Tuffet!
05:00Dibble!
05:01Grub!
05:02Pugh!
05:03Pugh!
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06:00That was quick work, sir, says Mr. Munnings.
06:03I was talking to you on the phone only a minute ago.
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06:33Firemen are firemen, he says to himself, and bill posters are bill posters.
06:37I think he'd do better with Nick Fisher myself.
06:51Now, men, I want you two to put a poster on every pillar box in the town.
06:55Firemen, grab... Sir, start pasting, if you please.
06:59But the policeman has other ideas about that.
07:05I'm afraid you can't do that, sir, says the policeman.
07:08What? What? Why not? asks Captain Flack.
07:12This pillar box belongs to the post office. Nobody else is allowed to stick anything on it, I'm very sorry.
07:17But it's against the law.
07:19Oh, says Captain Flack. Pity! Still, the law's the law, I suppose.
07:24Yes, sir, it certainly is, says the policeman. Good day, sir.
07:28Chippy Minton and his son Nibs have just finished the notice board for Mr Clamp, the greengrocer.
07:40Ah, says Captain Flack. Just the job! Firemen pew and pew! Sir, sir!
07:47A poster on this board, if you please.
07:50Oh, I'm very sorry, Captain Flack, says Mr Clamp, but that's my notice board.
07:56It's to let people know what's cheap today.
07:58Lemons five a shilling, fresh spring greens, that sort of thing.
08:01Oh, says Captain Flack. That sort of thing, I see. Pity.
08:06I expect Chippy Minton would make you a board of your own fairly cheaply, suggests Mr Clamp.
08:11No time for that, says Captain Flack. These posters have got to go up at once.
08:14Never mind. We'll find somewhere. Come along, men.
08:17Now then, here's a proper poster hoarding. There can't be anything wrong with this.
08:30A poster in that blank space, if you please.
08:33Man the engine. Drive to the wall.
08:38Man the engine.
08:48Elevate.
09:06Stop!
09:08Oh, dear. It's Nick Fisher, the bill poster.
09:11Hey, he says. I'm afraid you can't do that, sir.
09:13What? What? Why not, eh?
09:16Because, explains Nick, the people who own that hoarding have to be paid when you stick a poster on it.
09:21You pay them. They pay me. And I stick the poster on.
09:26Absurd, says Captain Flack. Quite absurd.
09:29Still, the law's the law. There's only one thing to do. Go home.
09:33Now, men, says Captain Flack, this fire station belongs to us. Right?
09:50Right.
09:51In that case, declares the captain, we can certainly stick one of our posters on our fire station. Right?
09:55Right.
09:56Right.
09:57Good. Follow me.
09:58Follow me.
09:59I want that wall covered.
10:00Now, men, says Captain Flack, this fire station belongs to us. Right?
10:02Right.
10:03Right.
10:04In that case, declares the captain, we can certainly stick one of our posters on our fire station.
10:09Right?
10:10Right.
10:11Good.
10:12Follow me.
10:13Follow me.
10:14Follow me!
10:15I want that wall covered with posters.
10:30Get pasting!
11:02It's all very well for you to laugh, says Fireman Grubb.
11:08You'd look just as funny trying to put out a fire.
11:11I expect I would, says Nick, but then I'm just a billposter, not a fireman.
11:16Mr. Fisher, says Captain Flack wearily, would you care to show us how it's done?
11:22By all means, says Nick.
11:32Pasting up the posters, sticking up the bills, putting up advertisements for sausages and pills, flower shows and concerts, you can take your pick.
11:42All neatly stuck by Bill Sticker Nick.
11:44Music
11:56As I thought, says Captain Flack.
12:15Perfectly simple, won't you know how?
12:17Still, perhaps it is best done by an expert.
12:19Would you help us out with the rest of the posters, Mr. Fisher?
12:23It's a rush job, I'm afraid.
12:25Never mind that, Captain, says Nick.
12:27I'll have them all over the town in half an hour.
12:31My goodness, it's nearly time for the band concert.
