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00:00Thank you for listening.
00:31Life seldom unfolds exactly as we wish it.
00:36There are shocks and disappointments.
00:40Unwelcome revelations bring a light we can't deny.
00:45There are new things and we fear them.
00:49There are hard things and they must be done.
00:52Sometimes we have no choice and sometimes choice is imposed upon us.
01:01And the questions pound like hammers.
01:06What lies beyond this?
01:09Where will we decide to go?
01:14Ah, nice to see you putting that fall behind you, Mr. Bucknell.
01:18You're doing very well on those no crutches.
01:19I'm recovering at a rate of knots.
01:22Can I interest you in yoga lessons?
01:24Is that how you did it?
01:26My son's running, Joel.
01:28He's inside, putting up a poster, hot off the plane from a year in India.
01:32Oh, of course I remember him leaving.
01:35Joel, welcome home.
01:37I've been wondering where your wanderings took you.
01:39Well, I started out in Bombay and then I worked my way right up to Ladakh, near Tibet.
01:44And then I went to an ashram in Baranasi for a few months.
01:45Baranasi on the banks of the Ganges.
01:48And now I'm back on the banks of the Thames.
01:50There's no place like I am.
01:52Take a leaflet.
01:54Yoga and meditation.
01:55I'm a very busy woman, but I shall.
01:59I haven't got a clue how this is supposed to work.
02:03The colours have all got to be mixed up for the Easter egg hunt.
02:06But they've got to be all separated out first.
02:10Can I hear one?
02:12Oh, go on.
02:13Better check to see the halibon's tail.
02:15Brace ya.
02:20I press ganged Cyril into putting up the bunting.
02:24That isn't very public-spirited.
02:27Taking chocolate out of the mouths of children.
02:30It's outrageous.
02:33Fair days pay for a fair day's work.
02:35Hmm.
02:38Right.
02:39Mrs. Estelle Glennon?
02:55Mrs. Hope Glennon?
02:56It must be rather fun being pregnant at the same time as your sister-in-law.
03:06Yes.
03:07Two more for the clan.
03:08Grandchild 10 and grandchild 11 for the Glennons.
03:11Family in Belfast are laying bets on which is born first and what the weights will be.
03:15Well, it may well be quite a close-run thing.
03:17Two dates, eight days apart.
03:19Do you have family over here as well?
03:22Hope's husband's working as a welder at the Barbican site.
03:24My Michael's doing the same but on an oil rig.
03:27So they took me in to live with them.
03:29It's just us in London, really.
03:30So, four years since your first baby.
03:37And this one's going to be my last.
03:39Unless I get another boy and then I might try again for a wee girl.
03:42We've got a pill to help you choose how many.
03:44We've no control over anything else.
03:46You'd think science would have it all sorted, but now...
03:49We'll have it soon, do you think?
03:52The head's definitely engaged.
03:55With a second baby, that is usually the sign that things are about to get moving.
03:59I was thinking of taking castor oil, or going all modern and having a curry.
04:03My advice, Mrs Glennon, is to leave well alone.
04:07Chances are all you'll do is upset your tummy.
04:09And if labour gets going anyway, you're in for a dismal combination of events.
04:15Good things come to those who wait, eh?
04:17Well, you come into the maternity home.
04:19As soon as things start moving, we'll look after you.
04:22The shoemaker and his wife never saw the little elves again.
04:29But from that time, good luck was always with them.
04:35They were rich and happy for the rest of their lives.
04:39And that is the end of the story.
04:47I could listen to you read all day.
04:50You've got ever such a nice voice.
04:52I have to try to tell him the story through my tone of voice.
04:56But we're still not sure how much English he understands.
04:59Well, kiddies are kiddies, aren't they?
05:03All they really understand is how much they're loved.
05:07And in here, if someone's coming at him with a needle...
05:10I keep telling myself cancer treatment would bewilder him if he spoke fluent English.
05:17But perhaps the more he could comprehend, the more frightening it would be.
05:21You have to hand it to the National Health, though.
05:23All the nurses keep saying there's a real chance he could be cured.
05:26Yes, they do.
05:29The new chemotherapy is such a huge advance on what went before.
05:32Fingers crossed, eh?
05:46I always loved a community event, even as a child.
05:50Every day was a community event when I was growing up.
05:52My parents ran a boarding school for boys.
05:54Rosalind, your mother's on the telephone.
05:57Speak of the devil.
06:00You must take in as much fluid as you can, Harry.
06:03Once the head goes on, you won't be able to drink for hours.
06:08I won't be able to visit the bathroom either.
06:10Oh, this is also true.
06:12Grandma, please explain to me again about the Easter Bunny.
06:15It's a mythical creature of pagan origin,
06:17which goes from house to house delivering sweet treats to children.
06:21So it's not Christian, then?
06:25It's best we don't quiz the connection too closely.
06:29Think I prefer Christmas.
06:30Welcome, everyone, to the Easter Egg Hunt!
06:46Yay!
06:46The rules are very simple.
06:51Everyone taking part will be given a basket,
06:54and there are more than 200 chocolate eggs hidden nearby,
06:59each wrapped in different coloured foil.
07:01The aim is to find six eggs,
07:04one pink, one blue, one green,
07:07one yellow, one purple,
07:08and one orange.
07:11And the winners are the first child in each age group
07:14to find all six.
07:16Yeah!
07:17You can search anywhere within the boundaries
07:20marked by the carrot bunting.
07:22And if you're little and need a helper,
07:25then look out for the people wearing an Easter Egg batch.
07:29The bell, if you would please, Reggie.
07:32You may begin!
07:39And meanwhile, there is tea and cinnamon cake for the grown-ups,
07:43and if you'd like a hot crust bun,
07:45just ask the Easter Bunny.
07:48I couldn't believe it when my mother said
07:49she and my father were coming to visit.
07:51I've lived here for two years,
07:52and they haven't been once.
07:54Better late than never, I suppose.
07:55They talk about being progressive
07:57and voting for the Liberal Party,
07:59but I always have to go to Leicestershire to visit them,
08:01or meet them in a smart tea room in London
08:03if they happen to be in town.
08:05So if they're now going to go to the trouble
08:07of trekking all the way to Poplar,
08:09all the more reason to make them welcome.
08:11Oh, gosh.
08:13I'm not being very honour thy father and thy mother, am I?
08:17You should ask Violet if we can leave the bunting up.
08:22I'm going to welcome them with open arms.
08:25I've told them so much about you,
08:27and they do seem keen to meet.
08:29Have they never said anything about where I'm from?
08:31They've said you must be very enterprising
08:34to have come all the way from British Guyana.
08:47Seems like five minutes since you was in the Cubs.
08:51Oh, we're doing very well.
08:53We've got a pink one, a blue one,
08:55and a green one already.
08:58What other colours do we need, Donna?
08:59Yellow.
09:00That's right.
09:02And look, there's one over there,
09:04on top of the dustbin.
09:06What a funny place to put it.
09:07I'll lift you up, but you must try not to touch the bin lid.
09:25Harry!
09:27Harry!
09:28What is the matter?
09:29Well, I think that there's a dog in its death throes.
09:32There's form round his mouth.
09:36I've seen dogs like this in the street and deli.
09:39Stay there.
09:40I'm going for assistance.
09:45Police, ambulance or fire?
09:47Police, urgently to St. Wilbur's School, Hendy Street.
09:50Everybody back!
09:59Everybody back!
10:05The Easter egg hunt is suspended.
10:08That means stopped, Mandy.
10:10I know.
10:11Come over with me.
10:18Nobody crosses this line.
10:20First of all, the civil defence.
10:22Establish and control the crisis area.
10:27Heavens to murder, Troy.
10:29We've enough to contend with without children getting knocked down.
10:35What would he say?
10:39If we had to come away, how can it be safe for Daddy?
10:42Let's go inside, honey.
10:45Vet reports for a rabid dog, sir.
10:48It's a dead dog now.
10:50Uh, Dr. Turner.
10:51I'm on the police surgeon road trip.
10:52Sir.
10:54It'll have to be taken for a post-mortem, and this whole area needs to be cleansed.
10:58It has to be dealt with according to the rabies protocol.
11:02Mandy Pse.
11:02Mandy Pse.
11:04Mandy Pse.
11:04Mandy Pse.
11:06Kevin Prendergast.
11:08Teddy Turner.
11:10everton wheatley yes john muscatelli as soon as the police give us permission
11:25baloo and i will walk with you to st oswald's hall where you can be collected by your parents
11:30should i be serving butterfly cakes or kennel meat
11:40this feels awfully close to home dr turner you read about rabies happening in places like
11:48germany that the squirrels get it there but it can spread from germany to france to england
11:54there was that case in surrey last year the rabid dog that ran amok days after it came out of
12:01quarantine i'll never forget seeing the news watching them rounding up people's pets the
12:06results of the tests on the body won't be through for at least two days we have to find a way of
12:12keeping people calm cushions already if you turn around you can reverse into the chair like the
12:22occupational therapist show john i do not need instructions and i do not need a cushion the
12:29only good thing about your mother not being with us anymore is that i am able to jettison their
12:33excessive soft furnishings she liked keeping things cozy dad she liked a lot of things
12:41she liked easter as it happened and kiddies it would have broken her heart seeing that party stopped
12:47it needed to be stopped have you any idea how much damage a rabid dog can do i've seen that man
12:53foaming at the mouth on the public information films that upset your mother no end
12:58you're missing that aren't you dad what do you think
13:08should i make a cup of tea
13:18chad if you walk out with a man for nigh on five months without introducing him to your parents
13:33you're going to get nervous when that day rolls wrong
13:36i knew my relationship with cyril was going to be serious right from the very start
13:41didn't we all i've known all my life that they are people with opinions i had opinions too to begin with
13:51if that made you scared of this then i'm sorry have you changed your mind joyce
13:57i think the world at large is starting to change if only a little bit and you two are happy
14:09i really really want my parents to see that i don't think anyone could miss it
14:14goodbye
14:29i thought i'd come in early but i had no idea how close to us that dog was until just now
14:39have there been any developments overnight the ministry of agriculture seems to be in charge
14:44of the response agriculture and i'm a health visitor not a farmer they say everyone has to
14:50sit tight until we know for certain that the animal was rabid but what do they mean by sit tight
14:55are we all supposed to stay indoors the school's been closed the children were meant to be going
14:59back today meanwhile mrs buckle has called a public meeting in an attempt to quell panic
15:05she won't be told it's as likely to fan the flames of hysteria as it is to damp them down
15:10now not as how's midwife speaking this is estelle glennon is that mercy award it is
15:19are you in labour estelle no but i think it's hope's turn
15:22no mrs kelly we do not offer the rabies vaccine at this surgery
15:37yes i can make a note of the fact that your children were at the easter egg hunt thank you
15:42for calling
15:43how may i help you ladies i think i'm in labour their sale word said she'd meet us here
15:49don't come near her don't come near her she's been scratched by a cat
15:53i am beginning to resent the success of the government anti-rabies campaign
16:02it's made everyone think they're going to die from infected animal saliva
16:07if it carries on like this you're going to have to appeal for calm through a megaphone
16:11i'll take one to the public meeting in the meantime you just send in my 12 o'clock
16:16you'll be pleased to hear it's a simple case of bunions
16:21dad i can do that you're interrupting my method you've got collapsed vertebra i haven't got
16:36collapsed dignity i'm trying to help dad the best way you can help me is to get out of the house
16:42and find a way to make a living nobody wants yoga or meditation classes i'm not that keen on them
16:47myself
16:48your mum would cry her eyes out she saw the way you drifted
16:54good afternoon district nurse
16:57you come to give me my rabies jab
17:00have you got any symptoms because if you have it's too late for the vaccine
17:04things are starting to get going
17:15not very much in the way of dilation but there is a little bit of water leaking so i think we'll be
17:23keeping you in i'll be back in two shakes of lamb's tail
17:25i can't see any gas
17:28they said they'd be gas it'll be in the delivery room won't it i only needed one whiff of it last
17:35time and they say the second one's easier
17:37which isn't to say the first is terrible if it was i wouldn't be doing it again would i
17:46that was a nasty old precious saw you had there quite deep
17:52they said i was way too long laying on my back in hospital
17:56i think this new soreness is because the belt on your trousers is pressing down on it
18:01i caught him rubbing it with disinfectant saying that it's things
18:03he will not stop fussing over me
18:10yeah rich well i feel sorry for the doctor but the police didn't kill him
18:18he was poorly and they passed away but it's sad to die by the bens
18:25friend have you got any disinfectant i saw a nasty little mongrel sniffing around my laundry
18:34steps all the front of that shelf there and uh 10 pence off if you buy the bleach as well
18:40it's going to get worse than this if they build that channel tunnel
18:51mrs turner you do look tired
19:03how's the little man doing first cycle of treatment is now underway
19:09no vomiting or diarrhea so far but he's not quite himself
19:15i have permission from sister julian to come in the evenings
19:24if that would help you to get back to your own children
19:26oh he would he needs so much love and there are so few people that he trusts
19:34i don't want any more gas it's made me sick twice now
19:40i can see what's happening
19:45this cheeky monkey's decided to lie on its back so its spine's pressing against yours
19:52is that bad
19:52well it's a little easier when they're lying face down with their head correctly tucked in
19:57but you've got a bit of a non-conformist here
20:00i'm telling you nurse the one thing this baby isn't is a protestant
20:04thank you sister veronica that concludes the first part of our presentation
20:20thank you for the slideshow why didn't it mention the improperly regulated pet shops
20:28you can buy monkeys on the commercial road
20:33because we are here tonight to try to allay your fears
20:38i used to be a steeplejack i was always running into bats
20:44can you get it from bats
20:46bats can carry various diseases including rabies even in this country
20:52you must always seek medical help if you've been bitten by a bat
20:57body is ready to push now hope
21:05but we need you to slow everything down
21:08slow it down
21:10down
21:11down
21:18now
21:20oh
21:23hope all is well
21:25we're going to use this pain now and we're going to make it work for us
21:29allow me to remind you all of the facts we currently do not have any confirmed cases of rabies in poplar
21:36We currently do not have any confirmed cases of rabies in Poplar,
21:41nor do we have anyone presenting with symptoms of rabies.
21:46The slides didn't make it clear what the symptoms are.
21:48Yeah, he's right.
21:49He's right.
21:50He's right.
21:58They're not at us.
22:00Sister Julianne speaking.
22:01Hello, sister.
22:02Could you possibly send reinforcements over to the maternity home?
22:06Early symptoms can look a bit like ordinary flu,
22:09with fever, nausea, aches and pains,
22:13all very easy to dismiss.
22:15But once the virus starts affecting the nervous system,
22:20things become more distinct.
22:22Muscle spasms, anxiety, confusion,
22:28paralysis, seizures,
22:30and thirst,
22:32coupled with a violent fear of drinking fluids,
22:37even water.
22:41It's horrible.
22:43I know.
22:44That's why we have to take such care.
22:46something.
23:07Oh,
23:07No, no, no, no, no!
23:12Hope, with the next contraction we need one long, strong, brave push.
23:16That could well give us baby's head, and the worst will be over.
23:27Success.
23:29We have the top of baby's head, yes.
23:31And I can see the most perfect little pair of eyebrows.
23:38Well done, Hope. See how strong you are.
23:42When I finally get it out, I will know whether to kiss it or give it a piece of my mind.
23:49Bear down, Hope. Bear down, down.
23:53Come on, Hope, you can do it!
23:55That was a most magnificent push, Hope, but baby doesn't seem to have read the rule book.
24:08What's wrong?
24:09What's wrong?
24:10All will be well.
24:12But we need to work on getting baby's shoulder out.
24:16Dr. Tanner is only around the corner.
24:19We will work on the next massive push, while Nurse Aylward nips to the telephone.
24:25What's happened? There's nothing to be alarmed about.
24:38We can only remind you that analysis of the dog's remains is still ongoing.
24:53We simply have to be vigilant until the results come in.
24:56Don't wait for the pain this time, Hope. Just keep pushing.
25:09Sister Julianne's going to work internally to dislodge your baby's shoulder.
25:18We're going to get baby out. Just breathe deeply.
25:22Push whenever we ask.
25:25Now.
25:26Now.
25:27Get out!
25:34Baby's arm is lateral to its body.
25:51Push now.
25:53Push.
25:54Keep pushing.
25:59Push as hard as you can. Don't stop.
26:12Well done.
26:14It's out.
26:24예요 as still.
26:25You have to alert your baby to show your baby.
26:38You are allholes.
26:44Look at what you're growing.
26:46You are living on you, Phoebe.
26:47Don't you mean anything to another time here?
26:48Well done.
27:05I may have broken his collarbone.
27:07You've saved his life.
27:18I may have broken his collarbone.
27:48Good morning, Nanata's house.
27:50My sister's been regaling me with tales of slavering hounds.
27:55Are you still alive?
27:56When I last looked, yes.
27:57I haven't forgotten our conversation in the park.
28:03Nor have I.
28:04I just want you to know that the offer of a listening ear still stands.
28:08The offer of my friendship still stands.
28:10You sound like Humphrey Bogart.
28:12All you have to do is whistle.
28:13It was actually Lauren Bacall who said that to Humphrey Bogart, but I shall take it as a compliment.
28:23I do appreciate the things you said.
28:26You're really very kind.
28:27Will his arm be hurting him?
28:36I broke my toe once and it was agony.
28:38Baby's bones are very soft.
28:40And Doctor will be keeping an eye on him.
28:42In case he's restless and needs something for the pain.
28:45Wait till I tell him what he put us all through.
28:51It'll make a good tale once he's old enough to listen.
28:55Now, I need to take a look at your stitches.
28:58But if they're playing the game, we'll treat you to a little session with the heat lamp.
29:02What happened to Estelle?
29:03Well, your sister-in-law, I believe she popped off home when she heard the good news.
29:09To give you a time to rest.
29:11No.
29:12That's not what we agreed.
29:14She was going to be the first to hold him.
29:16Something's wrong if she didn't do that.
29:22It's rather delightful that your journey to matrimony started here.
29:27I ought to put up a plaque.
29:28There was a lot of sadness at the beginning, Mr. Scarisbrick.
29:32Even though there was happiness in the end.
29:35Yes, of course.
29:36Now, Lady Elwood, to what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?
29:40You are looking really remarkably well.
29:42I'm not expecting a baby as it happens.
29:45I'm hoping for professional insight into maternity care in Britain in 1971.
29:49Oh, are you tired of the medical landscape in Poplar?
29:53I'm as impressed as ever by what's accomplished at Nunata's house.
29:57But my eyes have been opened by living in New York.
30:01Yeah, well, I've made more than one study over there myself.
30:03It's like a different world.
30:05Suddenly a different country.
30:06I learned a great deal by simply visiting American hospitals.
30:10And now I want to see if I might apply that knowledge within a British context.
30:14Well, you are, of course, most welcome to spend some time here observing.
30:20A little bird tells me you're planning on retiring very soon.
30:24Ah, yes.
30:25The golf club beckons.
30:27And selling the clinic.
30:29It's nice to see the baby.
30:59Two balloons up, one down, and one to go.
31:04They're for Anthony, really.
31:07Are you sure Hope's going to be all right?
31:09She's doing very nicely.
31:11And the paediatrician from St Cuthbert's is going to call in and check on baby's collarbone.
31:17Did you know they'd chosen the name Niall?
31:20But Hope's all right.
31:22Her main concern at the moment is you.
31:28And I think I share it.
31:29It would be a relief to be out of the surgery for an hour, even if we barely have time for a sandwich.
31:38The public meeting did no good whatsoever.
31:41The phone is still ringing continually.
31:43What was that?
31:49Stay back, stay back.
31:50Come on.
31:52You need dog biscuits, not custard creams.
31:56They're getting her in the shed, aren't they?
31:57That's what matters.
31:58Be careful, Fred.
31:59Fred, have you sent for the police?
32:02They're supposed to be on their way.
32:03Shall I go and ring them again?
32:04It's in the shed, Sergeant.
32:24Tottering on its pins a bit and drooling.
32:27Well, take a look.
32:28But toxicology came back on the one that died on Easter Monday.
32:31Well, may I ask, what was the conclusion?
32:33It was negative for rabies.
32:35Looks like it ate rat poison.
32:36So the crisis is over?
32:38Indeed it is, madam.
32:39Must have been drooling over the custard creams.
32:44Well, all's well that ends.
32:45Well...
32:46And there you have it.
32:48An object lesson in anticlimax and a British understatement.
32:52It would have been different in India.
32:55At home, the fear is always real.
32:57Yes.
32:58Me and Hope, we were terrified that somehow our men would get mixed up with the Republican army.
33:13That we wouldn't know that they'd be in danger.
33:16Or causing danger.
33:19But they wanted to get out from early on.
33:21Is that why you all left Belfast?
33:24They lost their jobs in the shipyard anyway.
33:27Catholics did.
33:28And men need to work.
33:30But women need family.
33:31So we stuck together.
33:32And it's a wonderful thing to see, Estelle.
33:35A bond like yours is something to be envied.
33:38I thought at first that it wouldn't touch us.
33:40There was so much talk for so long.
33:43There were demonstrations and they turned into riots.
33:47But you can keep away from them.
33:51You can't keep away from bombs.
33:53They hide them.
33:54And then they set them off in places where they'll do most damage.
33:58Please, it's like banks.
34:01Estelle.
34:02Were you caught up in a bomb blast?
34:05In the bank.
34:06In the bank.
34:08Estelle.
34:09Estelle.
34:11Try to stay calm.
34:13You're safe here.
34:15You're safe now.
34:17When this is over, I'm going to walk you to the surgery.
34:35To see the doctor.
34:43Afternoon.
34:45What's all this about a whiffing sink?
34:46I'll have that with the in-laws coming round.
34:50Thanks, Fred.
34:51I was up till midnight repainting all the skirting boards.
34:54I don't know what's got into me.
34:55I love getting to you.
34:59I brought you some pot plants.
35:01And I brought my plunger.
35:03I heard my mother giving birth more than once.
35:08But it was the last one where she screamed and screamed.
35:14There were no more babies after that because it killed her.
35:22Nobody ever told me why she died.
35:24I just remember the mattress being burned because it was covered in blood.
35:31Even 20 years ago, death in childbirth was very, very rare.
35:37Now it's rarer still.
35:39One thing I can promise you is that your mother didn't die of pain.
35:45And we are going to make sure that you feel as little pain as possible.
35:50I can't do it.
35:51Yes, you can.
35:53And we will help you.
35:57Sister Juniang is one of the most soothing and resourceful midwives I know.
36:02But in New York, Estelle would have been simply booked in for an epidural.
36:06And a calm, controlled or completely painless birth would follow.
36:11I've read about epidural anaesthesia.
36:13I've been to lectures.
36:15I've never seen one performed because they don't offer it at St Cuthbert's.
36:19Which is extremely backward in my view.
36:21At the Lady Emily, you can have one for £20.
36:24£20?
36:25If you saw the difference it makes, you'd think it was cheap at the price.
36:31Have you been to the Lady Emily recently?
36:35Yes.
36:35I can connect you to Mr. Scarsbrick if you'd like.
36:40Not such a good day today.
36:44He's needed some anti-emetics.
36:45A parcel with a wee hat arrived from his mother in Hong Kong this morning.
36:57But you wouldn't even let me try it on him.
37:00I'll settle down.
37:01He's a lucky little fellow in some ways.
37:04So many mothers looking after him.
37:10You go, Mrs. Turner.
37:12Back to your other children.
37:14I'll hold the fort.
37:15I'm heading down the black sail.
37:26Do you want to come?
37:27No, thanks.
37:28I'm not feeling great.
37:30And I'm writing letters for a couple of factory jobs.
37:33Factory jobs?
37:34And I'm also planning a haircut.
37:40I've had enough adventures to last me a lifetime, Dad.
37:44Just let me come home.
37:47Children are having a picnic tea upstairs.
37:50Sausage rolls and crisps.
37:53I'm assuming that's because the grown-ups are discussing...
37:57Odyssey.
37:59Yes.
37:59Sister, I am trying to move things on with regard to epidural provision at St. Cuthbert's.
38:07Do you think that's wise?
38:09We'd never be able to offer it for home births, and even at the maternity home.
38:13It requires an anaesthetist.
38:15It does.
38:16But we can refer patients to deliver in hospital, in the GP unit.
38:22Some mothers, like Gastel Glennon, would really benefit.
38:26So, I have arranged to see an epidural block being performed tomorrow.
38:33At the Lady Emily clinic.
38:36We do know the Order's dealings with them to an abrupt end.
38:40They were performing abortions there, when such a thing was still illegal.
38:45But I have something I need to tell you, too.
38:51Also about policy.
38:52For the animal you love and couldn't leave behind.
38:56And for you, or someone like you, death in a manner that is beyond description.
39:01Whichever way you look at it, rabies means death.
39:04Sister Julianne, this is terrible.
39:19Why didn't you tell us sooner?
39:22I needed time to consider the Order's position.
39:26And I still do.
39:28Does it make it easier or harder that the National Health have made their intentions so clear?
39:33But there must be a chance that they'll keep funding the Nartas House when they take control from the Council.
39:38Not if we insist on retaining our religious clothing.
39:42Sister, if you close down in Potlars, so must we.
39:48Our practice is enmeshed with yours.
39:52I know.
39:52And there's so much work to do.
40:00If we don't agree to the new terms, we will receive no more funds from the end of this year.
40:07I've told them I will give my decision at the end of August.
40:10On the feast of St. Raymond Nartas?
40:13Yes.
40:14And in the meantime, we go on.
40:27Lady Awe, Dr. Turner.
40:29Glad you could join us.
40:31Mrs. Duchenne is a most delightful lady.
40:34And so very accommodating.
40:35How are we feeling, Mrs. Duchenne?
40:42Fine.
40:42Good?
40:49Where's Joel today?
40:50Is he out looking for work?
40:51No, he's not.
40:53He's off colour and lying down.
40:56It's like he's lost all his sparks since he's come home.
40:58I don't know why he doesn't want to keep on adventuring.
41:01Do you think maybe he's just a homebody?
41:03He doesn't have to be.
41:04Not in the modern world.
41:06I had to be a steeplejet because my uncle was.
41:09Spent my life mending chimneys.
41:11Once.
41:11Just once.
41:13I was at the top of this church spire.
41:16Hooking up my weather vane.
41:18You could see for miles.
41:21And all I saw was all the places I would never go.
41:24Joel certainly grabbed the opportunities he had with both hands.
41:27No one else round here had a kid who went to an ashram.
41:31It's the kind of thing the Beatles did.
41:34And I was proud of him.
41:36Did you tell him that?
41:38What?
41:39Did you tell him you were proud?
41:40Oh, no.
41:41We're not soft like that.
41:45It's one thing to read about it.
41:48It's quite another to say it in action.
41:52It shouldn't just be for people who can afford to pay, should it?
41:56No.
41:58I'm going to talk to St. Cuthbert's.
42:00St. Cuthbert's.
42:00I'm going to talk to St. Cuthbert's.
42:00I'm going to talk to St. Cuthbert's.
42:02I mean, I have no idea.
42:03I'm going to talk to St. Cuthbert's.
42:04When you go, you'll be a king.
42:07Never do a thing.
42:10For a twenty blackbird sing-along.
42:14Royal gifts, they all will bring.
42:16When you are a king
42:19Everywhere you go
42:21People bowing low
42:24Carriages to take you anywhere
42:28People have a touch of things
42:31When you are a king
42:41Shoot black on your face
42:43You're really a disgrace
42:46Mommy smiles all the while
42:48Because she loves you
42:49She will worry so
42:51And if you're good you know
42:54That when you grow you'll be a king
42:56Never do a thing
43:00Four and twenty back
43:02But sing along
43:03Royal gifts they all will bring
43:06When you are a king
43:09Everywhere you go
43:11People bowing low
43:14Carriages to take you anywhere
43:18People never touch a thing
43:21When you are a king
43:24When you are a king
43:29Never do a thing
43:32Never do a thing
43:32Four and twenty back
43:35But sing along
43:36Royal gifts they all will bring
43:39When you are a king
43:42Everywhere you go
43:44People bowing low
43:47When you are a king
43:51When you are a king
43:52When you are a king
43:53I appreciate Mrs. Glennon is a special case
43:56You could always persuade us to switch entirely into our care
43:59I am not convinced that that would do her any good at all
44:03She needs a lot of care
44:05And a lot of attention
44:07Epidural anaesthesia requires the same
44:09Which is why we have yet to introduce the practice
44:11Philip
44:11St. Cuthbert is a good hospital
44:15It's even an innovative hospital
44:17I have respect for innovative things
44:21I am saying this in the kindest and most respectful way possible Patrick
44:26But
44:27You are a dying breed
44:29I know I am
44:31And I don't know if my way of delivering babies
44:35Has much time left at all
44:38Do you think the national health is going to close you down?
44:40There is a big shake up coming
44:41And when it does
44:42I want to know
44:44That the women who would otherwise have been in my care
44:47Are going to be looked after properly
44:49That they are going to trade what we can give them
44:52For something that might just
44:54Might be even better
44:55And that starts with us, doesn't it?
44:57It will end with you two
44:59Joel!
45:01I thought you said you'd come down for something to eat
45:03A vote with a tin of oxtail
45:07Greetings, Mr. Bagnall
45:19I have come from the surgery with a new prescription for your ointment
45:22Dad!
45:24I can't move my legs
45:25He's at a temperature
45:28Joel!
45:29I don't know what's wrong
45:30It's all right, my friend
45:38I will fetch help for you
45:39First let me get you some water
45:41Then Mr. Parry called this morning and it's a yes
45:52We had two anaesthetists already raring to go and applying pressure from their end
45:58And he's content to have Estelle Glennon have epidural pain relief in the GP supervised unit
46:04Yes, Mr. Parry will be there too
46:07In fact, it's going to be a fairly crowded room
46:10Estelle is one of the most anxious and distressed women I've ever seen
46:14And if it helps her, I have no reservations
46:19But what are the implications for you and for our practice?
46:23It might put me out of business
46:26But it might give this place a fighting chance of working in tandem with the National Health
46:31By delivering more babies in hospital, regardless of what they ask
46:35That might be the way ahead
46:36For all sorts of reasons
46:38Dr. Turner
46:40I'm afraid a very urgent call has just come on
46:43Hello, darling
46:47Lovely to see you
46:49Mummy!
46:50How do you do?
46:51Lovely to meet you
46:52Hello, Daddy
46:53Good afternoon, Mrs. Clifford
46:54Terribly good if you'd come and meet us
46:56Josephine has far more of her faith in this A to Z book than I do
47:01Oh, well, the underground was quite challenging enough
47:04Three tube lines
47:06We're staying with friends in Hampstead
47:08Hampstead is a tricky journey from popular
47:10Cyril comes to pick me up from women's liberation meetings if they finish late
47:14I'm very gallant of it
47:16Although I expect you to intervene if she starts wearing dungarees
47:19And you've no memory of being bitten or scratched by anything while you were an idiot
47:34Bitten and scratched
47:36By a cat and a shrimp
47:39But I've been fine
47:41How long ago did this happen, Jill?
47:44Weeks
47:45Well, must be something else then
47:47It can take up to three months for rabies symptoms to appear, Jill
47:55Have you been worrying about this?
48:01We are going to call an ambulance
48:02To take you directly to the London Hospital of Tropical Medicine
48:06They all know what to do
48:09Tell me
48:14In this social work line
48:18Do you do any work with maladjusted boys?
48:21It's increasing all the time
48:23The council have just opened a special educational unit for them
48:26Which we're really hoping will pave the way for change
48:29We've taken a few of the odder types into our own school
48:32But we seem to have sorted them all out
48:34With, um, plenty of fresh air
48:36And a bit of discipline
48:38Oh
48:42This is a first-class Madeira
48:45Cyril made it
48:47Oh
48:48Full marks, dear
48:50And now, uh, Rosalind tells us that she's getting confirmed
48:55Did you have a hand in that?
48:57We're different denominations
48:59But it gives us a common interest
49:01I'll show you the chaplain in the Nata's house
49:04When I take you over to meet my colleagues
49:05It was joining them for prayers that got me thinking
49:08Well, we always said that Rosalind could make up her own mind
49:12About being confirmed
49:13And some of our friends were quite shocked
49:15But we have always been, um, progressive thinkers
49:19More tea, Mrs. Clifford
49:27Oh, yes, please
49:28Some dicks back to Earl Grey
49:30As soon as you feel your first contraction
49:36You must contact Nata's house
49:38And you and I will travel together by ambulance
49:41Dr. Turner will meet us at the hospital
49:43This epidural
49:46You say it's brand new?
49:48Newish
49:49It's catching on all over the country
49:51And I won't feel anything
49:52No being
49:53None
49:54Nothing at all
49:55Between your tummy and your toes
49:57Everything is going to be as calm and controlled
50:01And as comfortable as we can make it for you
50:04Oh, darling
50:07I'm so proud of you
50:09We never entirely thought you'd be able to knuckle down to nursing
50:13But, um, well, you've proved us all wrong
50:15Ignore your mother
50:17She's such a wet blanket
50:18I never had any doubts
50:20At all
50:21Now, Sister Julienne
50:23Really was absolutely delightful
50:27Can you see why I love Nata's house?
50:29Oh, yes, it's very quaint
50:31And what about Cyril?
50:34Charming
50:37Yes, he's, um, charming
50:40Impressive, even
50:43But really, he's, uh, not the chap for you, is he?
50:51He is the chap for me, actually
50:53That's why we're going out together
50:55He is in the middle of a divorce
50:58This is the modern world
51:00He is also black
51:03And you're going to have to look beyond that
51:05We haven't said one word about him being black
51:08And I think that is to our credit
51:10Frankly
51:11You don't have to say anything
51:14I saw it the moment you met
51:16He is a perfectly decent, respectable man
51:20We just, uh, don't want you to have any regrets
51:24That is all
51:24Now
51:26Can we have a kiss
51:28Before we part?
51:30Hmm?
51:31Or don't send us back to Hampstead in the doldrums?
51:54Yes?
52:08It's early for coffee, isn't it?
52:10Nurse Ailwood telephoned to say Estelle Glennon is en route to St Cuthbert's by ambulance with labour pains
52:15Can you tell Mr Parry I am on my way?
52:18Of course
52:19Doctor, I also received a call from the London Hospital of Tropical Medicine
52:23About Joel Bagnell
52:25Lysavira's rabies has been confirmed
52:27And the paralysis is spreading very rapidly
52:30I keep thinking of all the times I've looked at him through windows
52:40I looked at him through a window on the day that he was born
52:44At the hospital
52:46And I used to wave at him through the front room window
52:51When I was coming home from work
52:53When he was just a little nipper
52:55The consultant said you can go inside and sit with him
53:00And his mum and me
53:02We washed him through the glass at the airport
53:05When he flew off on his big adventure
53:07Go to him, Mr Bagnell
53:09The food I have brought you will keep
53:11I will leave it here
53:12Thanks
53:13There's things I need to tell him
53:17While he's still alive to hear
53:20Well done, Estelle
53:38Well done
53:39Any moment now you should feel the pain relief starting to take effect
53:44But it's already passing through that tiny tube
53:47Blood pressure's stable
53:49The fun starts now, Estelle
53:52I can feel the pain stopping
53:54It's like everything inside my body is going quiet
53:57That's what we want
53:59Rosalind, I know their reaction wasn't what you wanted
54:09And I hoped it would be better to
54:11But you didn't expect it to be
54:14Did you?
54:16No
54:16I did not
54:18To them
54:20I was always going to be
54:22Too different
54:24Well, I'm different too now
54:29And if they can't accept that
54:31If they can't accept you
54:34They're going to have to accept that
54:37Their place in my life has now become much smaller
54:39Please don't cut them off
54:41Nobody should ever cut their parents off
54:44However much hurt they have caused
54:47However ignorant they have been
54:49It's hard
54:51But Cyril
54:53You've had it harder
54:55You've had to put up with prejudice
54:58Ever since you've been here
55:00Hold my hand
55:14I want everyone to see
55:16This is a really strong contraction
55:23Push now
55:24Push as hard as you can
55:25That's beautiful, Estelle
55:27Keep going
55:28Keep going
55:29How are you feeling, Estelle?
55:31I think I'm excited
55:34But peaceful
55:35Contraction?
55:41Right, Estelle
55:42We're doing this together now
55:44I'm pulling
55:45You're pushing
55:46Come on
55:47Come on
55:49Are we doing it?
55:50Are we doing it?
55:54Yes
55:55Yes
55:56Yes
55:56Yes, you are
55:57Oh, Don, Estelle
56:03It's a go
56:12Hello
56:25Hello
56:25It's quite something, isn't it, sister?
56:34It is the future
56:35And the future's going to hold so many things
56:38You're beautiful
56:40Choice is too often a privilege not granted
56:52We must take what is given and surrender what God takes
56:58But pain is never all there is
57:02There is endurance and resilience
57:05There is tenderness and strength
57:07All these gifts
57:11Forced through like sunlight
57:14Often at a cost
57:16But then welcomed all the more
57:19We're home
57:22We cannot dictate the weather
57:24Only our response to it
57:27And we must turn to face the elements
57:30Embracing all that comes
57:33What's all this?
57:37Are we having a jumbled sale?
57:38Daddy, it's for our time capsule
57:39I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name
57:41Agatha Bollasher
57:42Why have you been talking to the Lady Emily?
57:44That clinic is run for the benefit of the rich, not the needy
57:47Is there no one who could pop in?
57:48With a nightdress and some toiletries
57:50I'm doing this on my own, nurse
57:51No, I cannot go to the doctor
57:52Why not?
57:53Because I do not leave this house
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