00:00Here is the clock, the Trompton clock, telling the time steadily, sensibly, never too quickly,
00:21telling the time for Trompton.
00:51The clock of the G-9 is the clock, and the clock of the G-9 is the clock.
01:03Here is the clock, the clock of the G-9 is the clock, and the clock is not sent to the clock.
01:09The clock is set to go.
01:12¶¶
01:41Mrs Cobbett is in her usual place with her basket of flowers.
01:48Here's the mayor to buy his buttonhole.
01:52Miss Lovelace wants some flowers for her hat shop.
01:57Everyone knows Mrs Cobbett. The market square just wouldn't be the same place without her.
02:11Roses, roses, buy my red roses, scented so sweetly and fresh as the dew.
02:25Roses, roses, all you fine gentlemen buy a sweet-scented rose button, a buttonhole for you.
02:37Violets, violets, sweet-smelling violets, purple and tiny and fresh as the dew.
02:52Violets, violets, all you fine ladies, a bunch of sweet violets, a nosegay for you.
03:06But one morning, Mrs Cobbett didn't come.
03:24There was no buttonhole for the mayor.
03:28There were no flowers for Miss Lovelace.
03:34Hello, says Chippy Minton. Where's Mrs Cobbett then?
03:44Nobody knew.
03:46Morning, Chippy, says Mr Munnings. Come to mend my broken chair.
03:48That's right, says Chippy.
03:49If Mr Munnings wouldn't mind waiting for his chair, I could pop along and see what's happened to Mrs Cobbett. She lives next door to me.
03:59Mr Munnings doesn't mind at all, and the mayor thinks it's a splendid idea. So off go Chippy and Nibs in the little van.
04:19So off go Chippy and Nibs in the little van.
04:34So off go let's go tricks!
04:56Oh, Chippy, says Mrs. Minton. I've been that worried about Mrs. Cobbett. There's this great branch fallen off the tree clean through her roof. I wonder you didn't notice it when you went out this morning. I always said about that old tree, yes, yes, dear, never mind that now. I wonder if I ought to break the door down or something. She might be hurt in there.
05:22Here she is. Here she is, cries Nibs. And out comes Mrs. Cobbett herself, unhurt, but very dusty. Are you all right, they ask. Perfectly all right, thank you, my dears, she says. Just a mite dusty, that's all. It's my poor flowers I'm worried about. I just put the basket ready when crash-bang down comes the ceiling. Great lumps of plaster and stuff all over the place and the flowers all crushed to bits. I've been all this time cleaning up and sorting out what's left.
05:52Poor Mrs. Cobbett, says Mrs. Minton. Let me help you clear up. That's very kind. But I must get to the market square. I've never missed a day there for 40 years. Only Sundays.
06:02Hop into my van then, Mrs. Cobbett, says Chippy. I'll have you there in no time.
06:06But what's this? A shiny ice cream van has taken Mrs. Cobbett's place by the statue in the market square.
06:31Ding-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling, here's the ice cream van. If you want to buy a lolly, come as quickly as you can.
06:51If you'd rather have an ice, you will find they're very nice. Just hurry up and buy one from the ice cream man.
06:57Would you rather have a chalk ice or a cornet or a brick? Or if you buy a lolly, please don't throw away the stick.
07:06Find the nearest litter bin, put the stick and paper in, and buy another lolly from the ice cream man.
07:12This is too much, says Mrs. Cobbett, and bursts into tears.
07:27There, there, says Chippy. Don't take on so.
07:30But Mrs. Cobbett is taking on.
07:33Everyone comes out to see what's the matter.
07:35Even the mayor comes out, although he is thinking mostly of his buttonhole.
07:40Ah, Mrs. Cobbett, there you are, he says. I'll have a red carnation, please.
07:44I haven't got a red carnation, sobs Mrs. Cobbett, and I haven't got a place to sell what few flowers I have got.
07:52Chippy Minton explains to the mayor about Mrs. Cobbett and the damaged flowers, but nobody can explain about the ice cream van.
07:58I'm terribly sorry, says the ice cream man. It just looked like a good spot to sell ice cream.
08:04Tell you what, Mrs. Cobbett, he says.
08:06If you will step into my van and sell my ice creams for me this morning, I will go and plaster your ceiling for you.
08:12Now, how's that?
08:14That's ever so kind, says Mrs. Cobbett.
08:16And I'll mend the rafters, offers Chippy Minton, if Mr. Munnings will wait a bit longer for his chair.
08:21By all means, says Mr. Munnings, but I thought you said there was a branch sticking through the roof.
08:26Won't it have to be moved before you can do the ceiling?
08:31Nobody had thought of that.
08:33Leave it to me, says the mayor. I shall summon the fire brigade.
08:37Mr. Troop, kindly go and ring up Captain Flack. Ask him to remove the obstacle at once.
08:43Yes, Your Worship, says Mr. Troop.
08:46And now, Mrs. Cobbett, I see you have one or two roses left in your basket.
08:50A red rose will do nicely instead of a carnation.
08:52Thank you. Now I can open the sale of work.
09:04Trumpton Fire Station?
09:06What? Mrs. Cobbett's cottage?
09:09Branch? Through roof?
09:10Yes, yes, by all means. We'll come right away. Right away.
09:13Pew, pew, Barney McGrew, Tuthbert, Dibble, Grubb.
09:34Wih-Bears!
09:35Oh, my God.
10:05Oh, my God.
10:35No, no, no. Not the hose. We don't want to wash the branch off the roof.
10:45Cuthbert, to the box. Drive to the cottage.
10:48Elevate.
11:01Make fast.
11:06Elevate.
11:13Lower away.
11:17Well done, men.
11:31Done it already, says Chippy. My word, you have been quick. What are you going to do with this branch?
11:36Oh, says Captain Flack. We hadn't thought of that.
11:40I know. Drop it in at the park. They're bound to know how to deal with big branches, says the ice cream man.
11:46Excellent, says Captain Flack. That's just what we'll do. Come along, men.
11:49And away they go, leaving Chippy and the ice cream man to mend the roof.
12:02Back in the market square, Mrs. Coggett has been so good at selling ice cream that it is nearly all gone.
12:18There we are, madam, says Captain Flack. Job done. Branch gone. Trumpeton Fire Brigade at your service.
12:39There, now, isn't that grand, says Mrs. Coggett. And from behind the counter of the ice cream van, she produces a buttonhole for the captain.
12:48Captain Flack is delighted.
12:51Many thanks, dear lady, he says. Many thanks. A charming gesture.
12:55I hope we shall have the pleasure of seeing you at the band concert this afternoon.
12:59I expect you will, says Mrs. Coggett. The ice cream's nearly all gone, so I'll have no work to do this afternoon.
13:05Splendid, splendid, says Captain Flack. Goodbye, dear lady.
13:09I've come to ask you, dear Mrs. Coggett, if you have any flowers left.
13:15Yes, Miss Lovelace, I have just two roses, but I'm afraid I can't let you have them.
13:20These are for two very kind gentlemen. One is for Chippy Minton, and the other is for Mr. Antonio, the ice cream man.
13:26They're mending my roof for me, you see.
13:28And even Miss Lovelace had to agree that it was a very nice idea.
13:32I'll see you in the middle one.
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