CC19. Colour Blind. (1998) Part 1 of 2.`

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First broadcast 16th/21st/22nd December 1998.  In industrial Tyneside during World War I, life for the McQueen family is turned upside down when daughter Bridget comes home with a black husband.  Joe Caffrey - Tony Sarah Lewis Obuba - Rose Angela, Aged 10 Dearbhla Molloy - Kathie McQueen Elspeth Charlton - Mrs. Cullen Joy Harrison - Eva McQueen David Horsefield - Terry McQueen Walter McMonagle - Cavan McQueen Ian Embleton - Matt McQueen Niamh Cusack - Bridget Paterson Tony Armatrading - James Paterson Christopher Goulding - Shopkeeper Alan Renwick - Landlord's Agent Tony Rohr - Father O'Malley Sheri Shepstone - Nellie Milligan David Telfer - Dr. Davidson Beryl Henderson - Woman in Street Deon Husbands - Rose Angela, Aged 5 Gwen Doran - Woman on Tram Paul Palance - Man in Gang Judi Lamb - Miss Flynn Jade Turnbull - Janie Wilson Christopher Dunne - Father Bailey Charlie Hardwick - Sarah Wilson Leonard Silver Carmen Ejogo - Rose-Angela Patterson Sue Holderness - Mrs. Barton Bob Cryer - Frank Barton Alan Bird - Tommy Dave Johns - Auctioneer Jean Southern - Woman John O'Toole - Irishman Allen Mechen - Ted Grant Art Malik - Hassan Mick Walter - Pete (as Big Mick) Michael Glenn Murphy - Murphy James Larkin - Stanhope Ron Senior Jr. - Geordie (as Ronnie Senior) Garry Catlin - Grocer Jackie Lye - Bessie Grant

Transcript

00:00:00Oh, thank you.

00:00:30I like Uncle Tony.

00:00:41Other people called me the coloured lass and worse things than that.

00:00:45But Uncle Tony always called me by my name.

00:00:49The dockside wasn't everyone's idea of a Sunday walk.

00:00:53But there was a story I always wanted to be told.

00:00:56When the Great War broke out.

00:00:57When this was the biggest coal port in the world.

00:01:01When a black sailor came to the Tyne.

00:01:07Mrs McQueen! Mrs McQueen!

00:01:10Couldn't have a lend of your gully knife.

00:01:12I won't keep it a minute to hook one knife to get her bread.

00:01:16Sure, times like these won't last much longer.

00:01:18Your man is bound to get set on now.

00:01:21He'll take anything during the war.

00:01:23Wait there, Mrs Cullen, I'll see.

00:01:27What's the news?

00:01:33The Cullens have a loaf of bread.

00:01:35I mean in the letter, Ma.

00:01:37Bridget's coming home from Liverpool.

00:01:39She's married!

00:01:41Bridget's married!

00:01:42Oh, God bless you, Cathy.

00:01:48Did I hear your Bridget might be getting wed?

00:01:51She is married, Mrs Cullen.

00:01:53You'll see for yourself soon.

00:01:55He's a Mr Patterson.

00:01:57A seafaring gentleman.

00:01:58Glory be to God.

00:02:01I'll see you later.

00:02:06Is Bridget expecting to move in with us?

00:02:09Why not?

00:02:10We'll all be rich soon, thanks to the Kaiser.

00:02:13It's great news, Calvin, isn't it?

00:02:18A little present there, Ma.

00:02:20Don't ask for perks.

00:02:21Ma, you shouldn't.

00:02:25Salmon!

00:02:25Just the job.

00:02:27I can put on a lovely spread for them now.

00:02:29Spread for who?

00:02:31You'll never guess, Matt.

00:02:32In a month of Sundays...

00:02:34Let him get settled.

00:02:35I'll settle when I know what's up.

00:02:38I've heard from Bridget.

00:02:40Dear Ma, I'll be home on Friday night.

00:02:43It's tonight.

00:02:44You will be surprised to know I am married.

00:02:48He goes to see.

00:02:49My name is Mrs Patterson.

00:02:51Ma, there's something I should tell you.

00:02:54Bridget's never married.

00:02:56Who are you trying to fool?

00:02:58You can't even read!

00:03:17I'm not hungry.

00:03:18What if I did the shop, Tony?

00:03:30Huh?

00:03:31Lifted some heavy biscuits.

00:03:32Get off!

00:03:34I bet Ma took it to you, eh?

00:03:37I bet you read Bridget's letter out.

00:03:40What if I did?

00:03:41I'm a brother!

00:03:42You're just a piece of flotsam

00:03:44that nobody else would take in.

00:03:48I should have been the first to know,

00:03:50not you!

00:03:56Tony, lad.

00:03:58Stretch your gob.

00:03:59Matt didn't mean it.

00:04:01So why does he do it, then?

00:04:02Matt's crackers, man.

00:04:04Hmm.

00:04:07That'll never be them.

00:04:10That'll be them!

00:04:11Ma, this is my husband, James Patterson.

00:04:29I'm delighted to meet you, Mrs McQueen.

00:04:33Oh, Bridget's.

00:04:34I'm sorry.

00:05:02I'm glad I'm good.

00:05:03There, there.

00:05:05There you go.

00:05:14Jimmy, this is Matt, my older brother.

00:05:19Matt, this is James, my husband.

00:05:23I'm very pleased to meet you, Matt.

00:05:25You won't be.

00:05:27You better get out.

00:05:29You can't stay here.

00:05:30Matt, you pipe down.

00:05:32He's right, though.

00:05:33I'll say who stays.

00:05:34It's all right, Dad.

00:05:36We've got our own place.

00:05:37Oh, in Liverpool?

00:05:39No, here.

00:05:40We've taken a house in Dunstable Street.

00:05:43I saw the landlord today.

00:05:44A whole house in Dunstable Street?

00:05:47I only want the best for Bridget.

00:05:48Aye, and you're not it.

00:05:54Yes, to me.

00:05:56I mean it, Matt.

00:05:59We're family now.

00:06:02No, Bridget.

00:06:03We are family.

00:06:06He's not.

00:06:08And he never will be.

00:06:11The cleaning stuff I'll take now.

00:06:14The rest can be delivered.

00:06:15Yes, you're right to stock up.

00:06:17The longer the war goes on, the harder it'll be to get supplies.

00:06:20Thank God for our ships, I say.

00:06:22I say so, too.

00:06:24Come on.

00:06:25Come on, let's go.

00:06:25Who's that, Matt?

00:06:26Come on.

00:06:26My husband's a fireman in the Merchant Navy.

00:06:28Well, we need the manpower.

00:06:32Well, that'll be two pounds and five shillons exactly.

00:06:37You.

00:06:48Treats I like the Queen.

00:06:52you heard that yes makes me mad

00:06:58i love the way you treat me jimmy

00:07:04i don't want you to change and be like them

00:07:08good afternoon

00:07:22oh it's you mr colin did you want to borrow something if you could lend us your boots

00:07:28if he gets a night watchman's job i'll get myself i've been saying that for a year now if it's not

00:07:33me knife it's me boots well you can have them seeing as me daughter bridget's buying me a new

00:07:38pair she's well set up now you know no begging scrape for my bridges oh i'm glad for a copy

00:07:45oh bridget they're grand i thought you might forget jimmy wouldn't let me

00:07:53he bought them for you that was nice of him

00:08:00is james catholic

00:08:03no you didn't marry in church

00:08:05no a registry office father o'mally will have something to say about that father o'mally can

00:08:14say what he likes he confirmed you so watch your tongue if your marriage isn't blessed by the

00:08:19catholic church you're living in sin with a black man i don't see your man anywhere tom joined up

00:08:26and if you must know he couldn't wait to get away quick enough but then i've done nothing to be ashamed

00:08:30of eva shut up a minute if the church doesn't recognize the marriage maybe it's not too late

00:08:37we're married ma

00:08:43i'm having his baby i knew it

00:08:46you sure it's his yes

00:08:51he was your first

00:08:55yes

00:08:55i need your help ma

00:09:03i'll be on my own when the baby's born bridget bridget bridget

00:09:07you'll be the death of me you will

00:09:19mr putterson that's right from the landlord's office

00:09:22see now why you sent your wife room to sign the agreement

00:09:26where you from mr paterson

00:09:28free town sierra leone

00:09:31that's in africa

00:09:33you see you have to admit in all fairness

00:09:36paterson is not an african name

00:09:39i was raised by an english mystery who came to africa he gave me his name

00:09:43ah that's what i mean exactly what do you mean mr taylor there's been a mistake

00:09:48this is a nice house there's places for colors in holborn or laygate not round here

00:09:53you signed under false pretenses you said your husband was at sea i said he was a seaman that's

00:09:59all and as for your precious house let me tell you we've had to bleach and disinfect it from top to

00:10:05bottom you should be paying us you took advantage paterson is a white name there's no color in the name

00:10:11we're both called paterson now

00:10:25and you said you married me no jimmy i'm not

00:10:36you love me

00:10:40yes

00:10:43no other men while i'm at sea no never

00:10:46i hope you have a baby girl so she can be like you

00:10:55i call her rosangela

00:10:59my rose and my angel

00:11:16my

00:11:33why sir you you nearly scared me white bridget you must be married and he must take instruction

00:11:39married but we are married not in the eyes of god not as a christian but i am a christian you're

00:11:48not a catholic it's not the same

00:11:54this is your fault hey hey don't speak to my wife like that you be quiet

00:12:02bridget this is no marriage and you know it you've sinned already

00:12:07you want to pass that on to your child

00:12:16we'll marry you on saturday morning at eight o'clock father you will arrange with me not just my wife

00:12:23i'll give you instruction anytime you're in port

00:12:37i'm

00:12:42is this what you want to let the priest tell us what to do

00:12:48it's not just him

00:12:52they're my people james

00:12:56i can stand up to them

00:12:58but i've still got to live with them

00:12:59tony i managed to get away it's good to see you tony

00:13:13i bridget take the james to be my wedded husband to have and to hold from this day forward for better for

00:13:26worse for richer

00:13:40i hope the rotten holy joe wakes up dead one of these mornings god forgive me but that's me

00:13:51car we've reached rock bottom when you crush the priest we've had enough bad luck who's your tongue

00:13:55i'll say it to his face and see him in hell for it that's what

00:14:05i'm sorry james it had to be done

00:14:07maybe you'll understand later when you've had instruction

00:14:10angel angel angel angel you feel married now eh

00:14:20yeah good good good we can be happy for two more days eh

00:14:26i don't want you to go jimmy i'm afraid for you i've got to go angel

00:14:39need nice things for the baby

00:14:42it's you i'm afraid for here on your own better stay away from matt matt can't do anything he's mad at

00:14:50you you you more than me and he hates me don't let him hurt you i do love you jimmy

00:15:01if the germans get my ship you'll tell my baby about me of course i will but nobody's gonna harm

00:15:06you jimmy never i know i'm a lucky fellow i married the same girl twice

00:15:20you don't think you can come around here to frighten me you don't run my life

00:15:42why did you do it it's my business you were drunk weren't you

00:15:45huh didn't know what you were doing did you till you'd done it well you know nobody else has to

00:15:53pay for my mistake we're paying already man every damn one of us now we're all related to a dirty

00:16:00nigger don't you dare call him that he's better than you or any one of you if the men round here

00:16:06bring in wages they think they're gods and they treat their women like slaves from the day they marry

00:16:11i well at least they have white bairns look look here have a drink i don't want it

00:16:21come on get it down here not with the bairn coming i promised

00:16:28you promised him did you no no no

00:16:31uh

00:16:49richard are you all right i am now thanks to me i hardly see you these days call sometime will you

00:16:56come on hello bridget glad you can make it here for me it's for writing home terry see you better

00:17:08oh bridget thanks good luck

00:17:14bridget have a cup of tea no thanks ma i couldn't i'll afford it

00:17:18i've had a word with nelly milligan i'm with dr davidson you know that doctor can't do everything

00:17:29ma i didn't grow up with me eyes and ears shut i want nothing to do with nelly milligan

00:17:32you know why terry joined up because he's sick of all the remarks at the factory since you came home

00:17:52within nigger he'd rather fight the germans than fight his own kind

00:18:06right i want big smiles now big smiles

00:18:22have you got this stuff oh my god i hope you know what you're doing you want it done

00:18:40do you think she's the first one i've tackled no i know

00:18:44have you got her away i gave her wrong but she wouldn't drink it

00:18:47here put that in that tea we'll be needing a drink ourselves before we're through

00:18:57will it knock her out enough for what i've got to do

00:19:00and you won't do anything to it nelly if it's white

00:19:03not a thing but i've told you it'll be black

00:19:05black and if it is black then it'll be stillborn

00:19:19if anything goes wrong with this child i'll see the both of you behind bars behind bars is it

00:19:50oh what nelly what's got into you doctor nothing's got into your bridget nelly milligan's helped more

00:19:57women than you ever did you doctors you cut people up just to try and find out what went wrong with

00:20:02the last one you knocked off i know all your tricks mrs mcqueen your daughter wants this baby

00:20:11black or white or perhaps you didn't know that

00:20:23oh i've got the pains doctor

00:20:25yes all right oh how long have you had them since early this morning you're gonna be lucky it's

00:20:30coming quick have you sent the nurse now no doctor well you should have done who's gonna look after you

00:20:35me mother you better have the nurse for a few days eh have you had a drink i wish i had

00:20:41when's your husband you buck soon i'm never sure oh oh i hope it's

00:20:53soon

00:21:07it's what you wanted

00:21:20it's what you wanted me to hold her

00:21:32it's what you wanted me to hold her

00:21:33it's what you wanted me to hold her

00:21:34it's what you wanted me to hold her

00:21:35it's what you wanted me to hold her

00:21:50rose angela rose angela rose angela

00:21:57i baptize thee in the name of the father

00:22:05and of the son

00:22:08and of the holy ghost

00:22:11amen

00:22:19i think she'll sleep now

00:22:21do you want it or not of course i do

00:22:24where's the sauce in the palm tree

00:22:49maw brought it when i was having the baby it's nearly empty

00:22:52she didn't bring much don't speak to me like that

00:22:57make me feel as if i'm in the way in my own house

00:23:01i'm sorry if you were here more often it might help

00:23:09as soon as i get used to having your back you're away again

00:23:13i wish you'd get a job ashore

00:23:15and who would give me one eh

00:23:17i earn good money now and i always get a ship

00:23:21all because of the war oh they need me now all right

00:23:26i need you too jims

00:23:37jimmy

00:23:45just take care

00:23:50might be

00:23:59thank you

00:24:13Let's go.

00:24:43Let's go.

00:25:13You think the father was a soldier?

00:25:32You think the father was a soldier?

00:25:34You think the father was a soldier?

00:25:38I know Bridget.

00:25:48Hello.

00:25:49She's beautiful.

00:25:53Aye.

00:25:55I know what people say though, Tony.

00:25:59I've heard it all.

00:26:01She's still beautiful.

00:26:03I like James.

00:26:07I like him better than anyone in our lot.

00:26:11Except you.

00:26:13How is our lot?

00:26:21Usual happy house, you know.

00:26:23Your mom and dad not speaking.

00:26:25Matt ready to knock this down as soon as look.

00:26:29You could leave.

00:26:31What?

00:26:32And live in lodgings with no family?

00:26:35Nah.

00:26:37Family took us in when I had nobody.

00:26:41They need me wages coming in.

00:26:43Well, saves us money, you know.

00:26:47I know what I want, Bridget.

00:26:51Until I get it.

00:26:53I don't care about anything else.

00:26:57I see you back to the house.

00:27:07I've got enough time.

00:27:09You look after yourself, Tony.

00:27:11You don't need to be seen with me.

00:27:21I don't blame my mother.

00:27:23I wasn't old enough to help her then

00:27:25when dad was at sea and she had no one.

00:27:27She must have missed my dad.

00:27:29Perhaps the drink eased the pain.

00:27:37Whatever happened, she always took care of me.

00:27:41There were times when granddad called to see us

00:27:43and we were happy.

00:27:45The witch's hand.

00:27:47The witch's hand, that's right.

00:27:49We haven't seen this one.

00:27:51We haven't seen that one.

00:27:53She only changed when Uncle Matt came round.

00:27:57Matt could always find a reason to drink.

00:27:59And when the war ended,

00:28:01who needed to look for a reason?

00:28:03The celebrating went on for weeks.

00:28:05Who needed to look for a reason?

00:28:07Who needed to look for a reason?

00:28:09The celebrating went on for weeks.

00:28:11Who needed to look for a reason?

00:28:12Who needed to go for a reason?

00:28:13Who needed to realize that?

00:28:14Who needed to go for a reason?

00:28:15What was the reason?

00:28:16What was the reason,

00:28:17who needed to contain the winds?

00:28:19What was the reason?

00:28:20What was the reason to ask?

00:28:21Why weren't you so much after school?

00:28:22Who needed to be a whole team,

00:28:24and were a member of my father?

00:28:26Who needed him?

00:28:27You couldn't find a reason?

00:28:58Back again, then, Jimmy?

00:29:21Pity you've missed all the victory tears.

00:29:24Bridget will fix me something, even when I surprise her.

00:29:26E, they've had some do's, parties and on the streets, and dancing, and there's stuff to eat.

00:29:34You wouldn't believe you should have been home.

00:29:37Then, if you don't receive it right, then let me know.

00:30:02Don't try to get away.

00:30:11We'll settle this outside.

00:30:14Yeah, but who's trying to get away?

00:30:15Jimmy, Jimmy, I'm sorry!

00:30:19You black animal!

00:30:21Stick to your own breed!

00:30:34Don't you just drunk, you black bastard!

00:30:39No, no!

00:30:49Ah!

00:30:52Ah!

00:30:55Ah!

00:30:59Ah!

00:31:07Ah!

00:31:20Why can't they lie near?

00:31:31He started it.

00:31:35I'll tell him.

00:31:38I'll say it was my fault.

00:31:50Dad.

00:31:57Jimmy, bring her back!

00:32:00Bring her back!

00:32:06Mom!

00:32:10Jimmy!

00:32:12Come back!

00:32:15Bring her back!

00:32:16Jimmy, bring her back!

00:32:18Bring her back!

00:32:20Bring her back!

00:32:22No!

00:32:23No, no, Jimmy!

00:32:34The niggers killed Matt!

00:32:36I'll run off with the men!

00:32:38Hurry up, lads!

00:32:40Come on, lads, we're left!

00:32:46Come on, lads!

00:32:53Bring her back!

00:32:56Bring her back!

00:32:57Bring her back!

00:33:02What?

00:33:11Come on, lads!

00:33:12Come on up!

00:33:30I know you're here!

00:33:42I know you're here!

00:33:54Stick them together!

00:33:56Nobody try taking them on their own!

00:33:58Come here, guys!

00:34:00Help me up over here!

00:34:02We're gonna be going here, some days!

00:34:04Help me up over here!

00:34:06Help me up over here!

00:34:08I mean, come back in there!

00:34:10Give them up!

00:34:12Pull me up!

00:34:18We're gonna swing

00:34:22what's left of him when the lads find him!

00:34:26Leave the mark of their boots on his face!

00:34:28Pray, God, the murdered one!

00:34:56Let's go!

00:35:04Jim!

00:35:05Thank God!

00:35:06I wish you...

00:35:07Rosangelo's fine, I can't stay here!

00:35:08Look, there's a gang coming that way as well, man!

00:35:10Quick, down there!

00:35:12Young man!

00:35:26We're all right there!

00:35:28Keep a whip!

00:35:30Come on!

00:35:34Keep going!

00:35:36I see a black man!

00:35:52He's killed Mark McQueen!

00:35:54Don't you see him?

00:35:56Shout!

00:35:57We'll wrap his head up!

00:35:58Come on!

00:35:59Come on!

00:36:00Come on!

00:36:01Come on!

00:36:02Come on!

00:36:03Come on!

00:36:04Come on!

00:36:05Come on!

00:36:06Jimmy!

00:36:07Why you got the bend?

00:36:08I'm taking her!

00:36:09She's mine!

00:36:10You can't do that, man!

00:36:11She's mine!

00:36:12Shh!

00:36:14I'll get along to the water's edge!

00:36:16I'll get along to my ship!

00:36:17You're mad, man!

00:36:18You'll never make it!

00:36:19They'll be onto your boat!

00:36:20Jimmy!

00:36:21For God's sake, man!

00:36:22Don't get caught!

00:36:24Kill the black swine!

00:36:27Jimmy!

00:36:28Matt's not worth dying for!

00:36:30He's barred right through!

00:36:33I wanted to tell you for some time what he was doing, but...

00:36:38I couldn't!

00:36:40There's no going back now, Tony!

00:36:42If I let her go, she'll forget me!

00:36:44She won't forget you!

00:36:47I promise!

00:36:49On me life, I won't let her!

00:36:51You will look after her!

00:36:53Like me!

00:36:54If I was here!

00:36:56Yes!

00:36:57I will!

00:37:03She's all I've got!

00:37:04What if something happens to her?

00:37:06Look, on your own, you might just have a chance!

00:37:10I won't let her forget you!

00:37:12For God's sake, man!

00:37:13Get away!

00:37:16I'll come back, Angel!

00:37:21I'll come back!

00:37:23Someday I'll come back!

00:37:26Someday I'll come back!

00:37:32I won't let her!

00:37:36Daddy's had to call us!

00:37:38We'll be back soon!

00:37:42To go and see her more, eh?

00:37:44She's home!

00:37:45In the name of God!

00:37:46Where did you find her?

00:37:47I've got him!

00:37:48I found him on the road to Newcastle!

00:37:49He'll be well away by now!

00:37:50Until the police quake!

00:37:51I told Jimmy I'd look after her!

00:37:52You what?

00:37:53Christ, will you listen to him?

00:37:54You'll never shut up!

00:37:55You can't blame Jimmy for this!

00:37:56Blame him?

00:37:57If my Matt dies, he'll hang!

00:37:58Matt's not dead!

00:37:59It's touch and go!

00:38:00He may not last the night!

00:38:01Eva's gone with him!

00:38:02Well, you two better go Noel!

00:38:03Let Bridget and Ben get some rest!

00:38:04It's when are you taking over!

00:38:05Come on, he's right!

00:38:06We can tell him we've got the barn!

00:38:07Tell the police first!

00:38:08Some people are getting too big for their boots and they better watch out!

00:38:09I'll see you later, me lad!

00:38:10I'll see you later, me lad!

00:38:40Put it to bed, Bridget.

00:38:47And go yourself.

00:38:51I'll make you a cup of tea, yeah?

00:38:53Clear up here.

00:38:59If they catch him,

00:39:01they'll kill him.

00:39:03Don't worry.

00:39:06They won't catch him.

00:39:10Will you stay with me until I know?

00:39:21As long as you want me.

00:39:40Battle of Blenheim, 1704.

00:39:58Battle of Trafalgar.

00:40:01When?

00:40:02I liked school, or I did until we got Miss Flynn.

00:40:10She only seemed pleased if I got the answers wrong.

00:40:13So I had to get them right.

00:40:151805.

00:40:17So she stopped asking me.

00:40:19If any of you disgrace this school,

00:40:32none of you will be allowed to attend the parade.

00:40:36Right?

00:40:37Please, Miss.

00:40:38Who am I?

00:40:40Heaven help you, Rose Patterson,

00:40:42if you don't know who you are.

00:40:44Who am I in the pageant?

00:40:50Well, it's a pageant of English history.

00:40:54I don't see where you fit in.

00:40:58Let's see.

00:41:00Queen Elizabeth.

00:41:03Sir Francis Drake.

00:41:04You can be a slave.

00:41:10Captured by Sir Francis Drake.

00:41:13And you can present Queen Elizabeth

00:41:15with a banana.

00:41:22I won't be a slave.

00:41:23Hold out your hand.

00:41:49Stand in the corridor till it's time to go home

00:41:51and get yourself to confession tonight.

00:41:54Ask God to forgive you for your pride.

00:41:58Your road to heaven's going to be long and thorny

00:42:01if you ever get there.

00:42:12You're not going to heaven even if you get a bed.

00:42:15They won't let you in because you're not white.

00:42:18Oh, you'll never get to heaven if you're not white.

00:42:21And you won't let it in if your hair's not striped.

00:42:27Oh, you'll never get to heaven if you're not white.

00:42:31And you won't let it in.

00:42:33Rose Angel, is it you?

00:42:37Hey, you shouldn't be crying now.

00:42:39A lovely girl like you.

00:42:41Father, could I ask you something?

00:42:44Anything you like.

00:42:45I won't charge you for it.

00:42:46Father Bailey, will they let me into the white heaven?

00:42:52Are you getting mixed up?

00:42:53You don't mean the white heather on Cornwallis Road.

00:42:56No, I'm in God's heaven.

00:42:59What makes you ask that?

00:43:01The girl said, because my dad was black,

00:43:04I won't get into the proper heaven.

00:43:08Rosie, has no one ever told you that God is colourblind?

00:43:12No, Father.

00:43:13He is.

00:43:14And he's not running a club or a hotel for white people only.

00:43:18There's only one heaven and there's only one way to get in.

00:43:21And that's to be good.

00:43:23Now, off you go.

00:43:32Brother, I sure will get in.

00:43:36You'll get in, Rosie.

00:43:46I will get in, Father Bailey told us.

00:43:49Well, my ma told me.

00:43:51She says your dad was a blackie and your ma's got a fancy man.

00:43:55That's how you get things that we haven't got

00:43:58when your ma's a cleaner, nigg-nogg.

00:44:07I'll tell me, Mama, but you have you for that?

00:44:10Come on.

00:44:11Oh, go on.

00:44:17Stare at him.

00:44:19If ever there was a main sod in this world, it's your Uncle Tony.

00:44:22Hello, love.

00:44:23Hello, ma.

00:44:24Oh, butter wouldn't melt.

00:44:27Are you not interested that your Uncle Tony's come into a fortune?

00:44:30It's not a fortune.

00:44:31It's £40, and I've given you five.

00:44:34Five pounds.

00:44:35Do you know how long that'll last?

00:44:37Not long, knowing you.

00:44:38No, because we pay rent.

00:44:40We haven't just been given a house with six rooms and an estate around it.

00:44:45A bit of a garden.

00:44:46To think we took you in as a lad,

00:44:48and now you won't even give us house room.

00:44:50Five of us and a bairn in one bug-ridden box.

00:44:54Well, I could make it one less.

00:44:55Oh, threaten to walk out on us now.

00:44:57There's gratitude for you.

00:45:00Don't think I don't know who you're saving it for,

00:45:02standing there like a weak-kneed bull,

00:45:05gazing at a cow.

00:45:06Well, let me tell you this.

00:45:08What God has joined together,

00:45:10let no man put asunder.

00:45:12She's married till she knows the nigger is dead.

00:45:18You're not getting away with that.

00:45:20It's no use, Tony.

00:45:22The less said, the better.

00:45:25You go upstairs and change.

00:45:27Your tea'll be ready in a minute.

00:45:36She doesn't mean half of what she says.

00:45:38She never stops to think.

00:45:40She's not blind.

00:45:42She knows how I feel about you, Bridget.

00:45:44And you're not stupid, so why keep on?

00:45:47If you think I'll go and live with you in your house...

00:45:50Who asked you?

00:45:52Wait until I do before you refuse, eh?

00:45:54I'm offering you the house.

00:46:00No strings attached.

00:46:06Have you forgotten Jimmy?

00:46:08No.

00:46:10If there wasn't Jimmy...

00:46:12would you have me?

00:46:14Look, man, James might come back tomorrow.

00:46:22But he might not come back for years.

00:46:26Do you want him to come back?

00:46:27It's natural, I should.

00:46:35I married him, didn't I?

00:46:41It's all right, Bridget.

00:46:42It makes no difference.

00:46:45The offer stands.

00:46:46Has Uncle Tony gone?

00:46:58Yes.

00:47:00I'll not be a minute.

00:47:00I'll just finish this.

00:47:07What is it, Henny?

00:47:08It doesn't matter what happens.

00:47:10Miss, I love you, Ma.

00:47:20Mrs. Patterson!

00:47:24Mrs. Patterson!

00:47:26Will you come out, or do I have to come in?

00:47:30Have a look at this.

00:47:32Don't, Ma, I'll bleed!

00:47:33Take your blessed hand away and let us see.

00:47:35Mrs. Wilson, don't shout.

00:47:37Well, wouldn't you if your bane's eye had nearly been put out?

00:47:39Aye, buy that one there.

00:47:44Did you do that?

00:47:46You did, you do it with your school bag!

00:47:48You deliberately hit her with a buckle side.

00:47:51She's wild and dangerous, just like her da was.

00:47:54Matt, you've had some of it.

00:47:56Look what she's done to my bane's face.

00:47:59It wants to be knocked out of her before she gets any worse.

00:48:02Aye, you're right.

00:48:03It should be knocked out of her.

00:48:05She wants to buckle into my belt.

00:48:07Just try it and you'll see who gets the belt.

00:48:09Mrs. Wilson, if you take Janie to the doctor, he'll put a stitch in it.

00:48:15And I'll pay.

00:48:16It'll heal if it's done now.

00:48:18Now clear out the lot of yours!

00:48:20I've not heard the last of this.

00:48:27The nigger will never be dead as long as she's alive.

00:48:29Now, I'll fix her one of these days so she won't like anyone else.

00:48:43Come and sit with us.

00:48:46Will Uncle Matt beat me?

00:48:48No.

00:48:49He said he would.

00:48:50Well, I'll not let him.

00:48:52Now turn around and I'll tidy your hair.

00:49:00Rosangela, I won't kid you that life is going to be easy.

00:49:03But if we're going to get through it,

00:49:05don't you listen to what other people say.

00:49:08You just do what's right.

00:49:09Can you think how far a sailor goes?

00:49:19Maybe right round the world in one trip.

00:49:23Can you imagine what it takes to leave dry land

00:49:26and know you might never come back?

00:49:29But he made it.

00:49:31And right through the war and all.

00:49:34Your dad was a man he can be proud of.

00:49:36And he promised me.

00:49:40You promised.

00:49:42When did he come back?

00:49:44When did he come back?

00:49:47When did he come back?

00:49:48When did he come back?

00:49:49When did he come back?

00:49:50When did he come back?

00:49:51When did he come back?

00:49:52When did he come back?

00:49:53When did he come back?

00:49:54When did he come back?

00:49:55When did he come back?

00:49:56When did he come back?

00:49:57When did he come back?

00:49:58When did he come back?

00:49:59When did he come back?

00:50:00When did he come back?

00:50:01When did he come back?

00:50:02When did he come back?

00:50:03When did he come back?

00:50:04When did he come back?

00:50:05When did he come back?

00:50:06When did he come back?

00:50:07When did he come back?

00:50:08When did he come back?

00:50:09When did he come back?

00:50:10When did he come back?

00:50:11When did he come back?

00:50:12When did he come back?

00:50:13Let's go.

00:50:43Paterson, the fire in Mr. Barton's room is to be kept going all day.

00:50:51Just set the fire in my room, but don't light it.

00:50:54Oh, and have a fire in the sitting room for after lunch.

00:50:58Thanks, Mrs. Barton.

00:51:14Why do you keep avoiding me?

00:51:17Here.

00:51:19This is for you.

00:51:20What is it?

00:51:21It's a present.

00:51:24Sir, I can't.

00:51:25Go on, take it, will you?

00:51:27I'm sorry, Mother.

00:51:36I bumped into her.

00:51:38It's all my fault.

00:51:39It's all my fault.

00:52:09It's all my fault.

00:52:10I hope you'll be wearing my perfume.

00:52:27I'll put it in the bin.

00:52:29That's a shame.

00:52:30You can have a lot more than perfume, you know.

00:52:35If you come to London, I could set you up.

00:52:39People are more broad-minded.

00:52:44Well, I'm not.

00:52:45Please, please, I need this job.

00:52:48Do you really?

00:52:50Working all the hours God says, just for a pound a week.

00:52:56I just want to tell you.

00:53:01Get out now, or I'll scream.

00:53:03No, you won't.

00:53:04You lose your precious job.

00:53:06I'll treat you well.

00:53:10But I'm going to find out what you're like.

00:53:12No!

00:53:13No!

00:53:14No!

00:53:15No!

00:53:16Get out!

00:53:21She...

00:53:22She invited me in.

00:53:27But she wanted money.

00:53:28Mrs. Barton took her son's word, and I was out of a job.

00:53:48The whole family knew what that meant.

00:53:50Grandad had forgotten the last time he worked.

00:53:54But he discovered reading, which helped him forget me gran.

00:53:58Terry had gone to look elsewhere.

00:54:00So would Eva.

00:54:02Matt was laid off, with nothing to spare except his anger.

00:54:06It was Tony who brought the money in.

00:54:14Coming home was complicated, even without losing my job.

00:54:18Uncle Tony stayed loyal to the family, because they'd taken him in as a boy.

00:54:23And because he loved my mother.

00:54:25She loved him too, but she wouldn't live with him.

00:54:29Because of my father.

00:54:31And because of me.

00:54:34Oh, Rosie.

00:54:36Not again.

00:54:43Hello, Ma.

00:54:44Never mind.

00:54:50Never mind.

00:54:52You're home now.

00:54:55Come on.

00:55:02Tell me what happened.

00:55:05Mrs. Barton's son tried to get into bed with me, and I got the blame.

00:55:09Honestly, Ma, you think you'd have more sense by now?

00:55:12Well, what can I do?

00:55:12Well, you must be doing some, then.

00:55:14You like breathing.

00:55:18You can't have that.

00:55:20I didn't get a reference.

00:55:23It's really not your fault.

00:55:25You're telling me the truth.

00:55:27Yes, I am.

00:55:30All right, then.

00:55:32Well, give us a hand while you're here.

00:55:38Are you expecting someone?

00:55:39Your uncle, Tony, may drop by after work.

00:55:45That's nice.

00:55:53Every time I come home, I wonder if the world might change.

00:55:56Well, it doesn't change.

00:56:01Not round here.

00:56:07Come on, do us a favor.

00:56:09I've got to make a few pop.

00:56:11You're happy to make us lose the will to live, I'll tell you.

00:56:14What about you?

00:56:15Tommy!

00:56:16Kevin!

00:56:16I thought she'd have been here sooner.

00:56:18Didn't know it was her.

00:56:18I've been some good stuff.

00:56:20Get out yourself.

00:56:20No, we'll get everything when you get that to war trouble.

00:56:23Oh, aye.

00:56:24Mine, too.

00:56:26Have you got any silver spoons left?

00:56:28Any fancy decanters?

00:56:30For I'm sick of supping me out of the bottle.

00:56:33I'll tell you what I do have.

00:56:35I'll have this lovely box of books.

00:56:37Lives of the Saints.

00:56:39Lives of the Poets.

00:56:41Thus Spake Sarah Thruster.

00:56:43By Frederick Nitsch.

00:56:45Robinson Crusoe.

00:56:46That's a good book.

00:56:47Who starts off with five bob?

00:56:49There must be a hundred books in here.

00:56:52Enough for a whole library.

00:56:53Aye, for the outside netty.

00:56:56The pages are a handy size.

00:57:00A shilling.

00:57:01Who starts off with a bob?

00:57:02One penny.

00:57:04One penny.

00:57:05Do I have tuppence?

00:57:06Tuppence.

00:57:07Tuppence I have.

00:57:09It's with you, sir.

00:57:11Going for tuppence.

00:57:13Going.

00:57:14Going.

00:57:15Thuppence.

00:57:16Whoa-ho.

00:57:17That's the big spend, I guess.

00:57:19Thuppence.

00:57:21Sort of the gentleman over there.

00:57:23More money than the sense.

00:57:24Right, ladies.

00:57:25Just think how your knickknacks would look on this, eh?

00:57:28I'll give you more knickknacks alone.

00:57:29Queen.

00:57:29Imagine this cabinet in your house, missus, eh?

00:57:31How would you like that?

00:57:32Eh?

00:57:33Yeah, anybody?

00:57:34Come on.

00:57:43Oh, that's a big load.

00:57:52Is it all potatoes?

00:57:55I'll be off now, Karen.

00:57:59Bye, Kathy.

00:58:00What's this?

00:58:05Books.

00:58:05I can see that.

00:58:06Who gave you them?

00:58:08I, uh, bought them.

00:58:10You bought them?

00:58:11What's worth the money I gave you for food?

00:58:14The whole three pence?

00:58:16It's a library, that.

00:58:17It's worth pounds.

00:58:18So what are we going to eat?

00:58:20Will you chew on them for your dinner?

00:58:22Have a good mind to ram them down your throat?

00:58:24You've been doing nothing for so long, you've gone soft in the head.

00:58:27How am I supposed to manage with nobody working?

00:58:31I beg something, Kathy.

00:58:33Don't worry.

00:58:34I'm starved for all I care.

00:58:35You're useless.

00:58:39Your precious granddaughter's back with Bridget,

00:58:42so no doubt you'll be running off around there now.

00:58:45Rosangela?

00:58:46On a visit?

00:58:46No.

00:58:47She's got the sack.

00:58:49Well, that's a shame.

00:58:50What's wrong with people?

00:58:52People won't take her a lip, not from a darkie.

00:58:55Well, if you're going around there, you can eat there and all.

00:58:59Mind if she gives you anything, you stump up.

00:59:13Bye-bye.

00:59:17Bye-bye.

00:59:22Oh, what's this?

00:59:44I'm being spoiled.

00:59:45Rosangela made them.

00:59:49It's not all bad news, eh?

00:59:50No, sometimes it's terrible.

00:59:53It's no use taking on, Lass.

00:59:56But it's the third place she's had in two months.

00:59:59I wish to God they'd leave her alone.

01:00:01And she didn't even give her a reference.

01:00:05Don't worry, Lass.

01:00:06Something will turn up.

01:00:08She'll drop into a good place one of these days.

01:00:10I could kill them all.

01:00:15Hello, Granda.

01:00:18Hey, heaven, Rosie, you're bonnie.

01:00:23Here.

01:00:24Get yourself a bit bucky.

01:00:25No, Lass.

01:00:26You've got little enough.

01:00:27Go on.

01:00:27Take it while I've got it.

01:00:29How's your Eden going, Granda?

01:00:31Oh, fine, Lass.

01:00:32Unraveled any more mysteries?

01:00:34My God, yes.

01:00:35There's not a bit of truth in this Garden of Eden business, you know.

01:00:40In the beginning, it was all slime.

01:00:43Can you take that in?

01:00:45And do you know why a snake's the length it is?

01:00:48No, Granda.

01:00:49Because it wanted to be that long.

01:00:52And why does a bull have horns?

01:00:55I don't know, Granda.

01:00:56Because it taught them up.

01:01:01I wish I could think something up.

01:01:05You've got the sack of here.

01:01:18You've been whoring again.

01:01:20Shut up!

01:01:25She's not like this while you're aware.

01:01:29The trouble always starts when you come back.

01:01:35Well, well, well, they're all turning up, eh?

01:01:49Might no newbie round here.

01:01:51What's wrong with that?

01:01:54Not for me to see, is it?

01:01:55Not for me to say, can you see?

01:02:03I don't know.

01:02:17Not for me to see.

01:02:20I'll be off now.

01:02:29Won't you stay and eat with us?

01:02:30No, no, I'm in your way.

01:02:32Don't you stay?

01:02:33There's a place set out for you.

01:02:35Well, if there's enough.

01:02:37Is there any bread?

01:02:38Here.

01:02:42Oh, this bread's today's.

01:02:44Leftover at the store.

01:02:46Oh, canny.

01:02:50You never tell me about my dad anymore, Tony.

01:03:11Not for a long time.

01:03:14Seems that way to me, you know.

01:03:18You're a grown woman now, Rosie.

01:03:21Do you still need to hear the same old story?

01:03:26If Ma heard from Dad, you'd tell me, wouldn't you?

01:03:30She would tell you.

01:03:33And so would I.

01:03:36Even if he died?

01:03:38Even then.

01:03:39Your dad had to flee for his life.

01:03:46It was me who persuaded him to leave you.

01:03:50Did he blame me?

01:03:54He wanted me with him.

01:03:55You knew he did.

01:04:04Africa's not that way, is it, Uncle Tony?

01:04:07No, lass.

01:04:08I think that's Iceland.

01:04:09I think that's Iceland.

01:04:15Hello, you two.

01:04:20Here we all are, then.

01:04:21Please, could I speak with the housekeeper?

01:04:37You can speak to me?

01:04:39I was looking for domestic service work, and I was wondering if he needed anybody.

01:04:43And have you done it before?

01:04:44Aye, for several years now.

01:04:46You've got references?

01:04:47Yes, several.

01:04:49Oh.

01:04:50So you've not kept to the one job.

01:04:53Hmm.

01:04:54What happened at your last place?

01:04:56We had words.

01:04:58Eee.

01:04:59It's awful, isn't it?

01:05:01Then it's a boo to a goose.

01:05:03I'm sorry, Henny.

01:05:05I doubt if you'll find a place round here.

01:05:07We haven't even got work for our own kind.

01:05:09I'm not stopping.

01:05:28Is she here?

01:05:29Upstairs.

01:05:30Been tramping after work all day.

01:05:32I told her to rest.

01:05:33Yes.

01:05:39Any luck?

01:05:41She got an offer.

01:05:42Oh, thank God.

01:05:43I made her turn it down.

01:05:45Oh, Bridget, she'll be here forever.

01:05:47She would have done it, but I went there to check.

01:05:50A cafe by the docks, full of riffraff.

01:05:52Even the manager could hardly keep his hands to himself.

01:05:56Are you all right?

01:06:00Bridget, what does it matter if Rosie sees me?

01:06:03She knows all about us.

01:06:05I know she does.

01:06:07I love you, Tony, I do.

01:06:08Well, it's her father I'm married to.

01:06:14I'm sorry.

01:06:17I will.

01:06:19I'm sorry, you know.

01:06:30She gave us a few pence.

01:06:32I didn't ask for us.

01:06:34No, but you whine away until Bridget has to stump up to get rid of you.

01:06:39I'm already giving you an extra five shillings a week.

01:06:42She's part-time.

01:06:43Rose Angela doesn't even work, so I'm saying to you,

01:06:46every penny you beg of, Bridget,

01:06:49I'll cut off what I give to you.

01:06:51Bridget, sweet Bridget.

01:06:53Are you going to sit there and let him talk to me like that?

01:06:55Like you say yourself.

01:06:57He's the man bringing in a wage.

01:06:59I'm only good for picking coals.

01:07:11Oh, I wish I was in Donegal right now,

01:07:14sitting with a glass of whiskey

01:07:16and the sun going down in the billy.

01:07:20It's such a grand country.

01:07:21Why don't you go back there?

01:07:24Who are you?

01:07:25Are you looking for trouble?

01:07:27Not necessarily.

01:07:30It's just odd, the way you lot love Ireland,

01:07:33when you couldn't even pick an Irishman for your sin.

01:07:35What?

01:07:39And what in the name of God is St. Patrick

01:07:41but the most Irish of the Irish?

01:07:45St. Patrick was English.

01:07:46I'm going to knock your block off!

01:07:52I think you'll be safe for coming with me.

01:07:55Let me out!

01:07:56Come back here and say that!

01:07:57But it's true.

01:07:59He was captured by pirates

01:08:01and sold into Ireland as a slave.

01:08:03If you know so much,

01:08:04how come you're out of work?

01:08:05They know how to work gives me the time to find out.

01:08:08Well, maybe you should watch how you say it.

01:08:12Got many books, then?

01:08:14A few.

01:08:15Precious flue.

01:08:17I've got a whole library.

01:08:18Well, about 80.

01:08:20Used to be 100,

01:08:21but the wife stuffed some up the wash house flue.

01:08:23You're having me on?

01:08:25You can take some if you like.

01:08:27Come back and I'll show you.

01:08:29All right.

01:08:31Ted Grant.

01:08:33Kevin McQueen.

01:08:34Irish.

01:08:35Irish.

01:08:45Where's Rose Andrew?

01:08:49Over there.

01:08:50Rosie, you're in luck.

01:08:53I found you a job.

01:08:54What?

01:08:54It's only temporary.

01:08:55Just cleaning and keeping house for an artist.

01:08:57He lives in an absolute tip down by the river.

01:08:59That's how Ted's wife did her ankle.

01:09:01Ted's wife?

01:09:02Ted Grant.

01:09:02I met him last night.

01:09:03His wife's laid up so they're desperate for somebody to keep her place till she's better.

01:09:07What do you mean down by the river?

01:09:08It's called Cassie's Wharf.

01:09:10Near Holborn in Shields.

01:09:11Where the Arabs live.

01:09:12Where the riots were.

01:09:13I said it's near Holborn.

01:09:15Not in it.

01:09:15He's got his own land, Mr Stanhope.

01:09:17He's an artist.

01:09:18I heard that already.

01:09:20Is he married?

01:09:21Ma?

01:09:22Ach, he's harmless.

01:09:24Doesn't even like women.

01:09:26Ted says he paints now to put men in boats.

01:09:28And they've both got to be on their last legs before he'll do either.

01:09:30Ma, it's only temporary I can manage.

01:09:33Mind you, go straight there and come straight back.

01:09:36I don't want you even looking at any Arabs.

01:09:38All right, Ma.

01:09:39But mind, honey, you'll have to give it up when Bessie Grant gets better.

01:09:43Ted was clear about that.

01:09:51I don't want you.

01:10:21What do you want?

01:10:49No, I don't want a model anyway.

01:10:51I don't do women.

01:10:52I'm busy.

01:10:52Go away.

01:10:54Mr Stanhope, I'm not a model.

01:10:56I came to take Bessie Grant's place.

01:10:58What?

01:10:59I came to take Bessie Grant's place until she's better.

01:11:03That's if I'll be suitable.

01:11:05Oh, yes.

01:11:06Blasted woman hurt her foot.

01:11:10Um...

01:11:10Come in.

01:11:12There.

01:11:12Upstairs.

01:11:28There's nothing wrong with your legs, is there?

01:11:45All the women I had before Bessie had legs.

01:11:48Bad legs, stiff legs, swollen legs.

01:11:51Are the stairs too much for you?

01:11:53Uh, no, I'm used to stairs.

01:11:55Now, how long is Bessie going to be off anyway?

01:11:56Can you cook?

01:11:57I don't know.

01:11:58Yes, I can.

01:12:00Don't tell any cabbage and mash.

01:12:01What wage do you want?

01:12:03Could I ask for a pound?

01:12:04A pound?

01:12:04Well, I haven't really...

01:12:06Bessie gets 35 shillings.

01:12:07You'll get the same, if you're any good.

01:12:09Yes, sir.

01:12:10And another thing.

01:12:12I don't mind being robbed.

01:12:14But don't overdo it.

01:12:20Why didn't you bridle at me and act all offended?

01:12:24Because I know it's done.

01:12:26Yeah, you do.

01:12:29Well, you're honest about it, anyway.

01:12:32What's your name?

01:12:33Rose Angela Patterson.

01:12:36And where were you last?

01:12:38In Tynemouth.

01:12:39At a Mrs Barton's.

01:12:42Well, all right.

01:12:43We'll try it for a week and see how it goes.

01:12:46Now, I want a big meal and strong coffee,

01:12:47and you'll find plenty of stuff downstairs,

01:12:49and I'll have it in the drawing room.

01:12:50Rose Angela?

01:12:54You can take that frightened look off your face.

01:12:56Yes.

01:12:56Oh, my God.

01:13:06Oh, my God.

01:13:09Oh, my Lord.

01:13:09Oh, my God.

01:13:11I don't know.

01:13:41I don't know.

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