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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 Pseg.
11:03Mandy Pseg.
11:04Kevin Rendergast
11:08Teddy Turner
11:11Everton Wheatley
11:18Yes
11:18John Muscatelli
11:21As soon as the police give us permission
11:25Baloo and I will walk with you to St Oswald's Hall
11:28where you can be collected by your parents
11:29Should I be serving butterfly cakes
11:33or kennel meat
11:35This feels awfully close to home
11:43Dr Turner
11:44You read about rabies happening
11:47in places like Germany
11:49that the squirrels get it there
11:50But it can spread
11:51from Germany to France to England
11:54There was that case in Surrey last year
11:57The rabid dog that ran amok
11:59days after it came out of quarantine
12:01I'll never forget seeing the news
12:03watching them rounding up people's pets
12:05The result of the tests on the body
12:08won't be through for at least two days
12:10We have to find a way of keeping people calm
12:13Cushions all ready
12:18If you turn around you can reverse into the chair
12:22like the occupational therapist showed you
12:23I do not need instructions
12:25and I do not need a cushion
12:28The only good thing about your mother not being with us anymore
12:31is that I am able to jettison her excessive soft furnishings
12:35She liked keeping things cosy, Dad
12:39She liked a lot of things
12:41She liked Easter as it happened
12:44and kiddies
12:45It would have broken her heart seeing that party stopped
12:47It needed to be stopped
12:49Have you any idea how much damage a rabid dog can do?
12:52I've seen that man foaming up the mouth
12:54on the public information films
12:56That upset your mother knowing
12:58You're missing her
13:01Aren't you, Dad?
13:06What do you think?
13:16Shall I make a cup of tea?
13:18Chai
13:27If you walk out with a man for nigh on five months
13:31without 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
13:40right from the very start
13:41Didn't we all?
13:44I've known all my life that there are people with opinions
13:47I had opinions too
13:49to begin with
13:51If that made you scared of theirs
13:53then I'm sorry
13:55Have you changed your mind, Joyce?
14:00I think the world at large is starting to change
14:05if only a little bit
14:07and you two are happy
14:09I really, really want my parents to see that
14:11I don't think anyone could miss it
14:17Goodbye
14:29I thought I'd come in early
14:36but I had no idea how close to us that dog was until just now
14:39Have there been any developments overnight?
14:41The Ministry of Agriculture seems to be in charge of the response
14:45Agriculture
14:45And I'm a health visitor, not a farmer
14:48They say everyone has to sit tight
14:50until we know for certain that the animal was rabid
14:53But what do they mean by sit tight?
14:55Are we all supposed to stay indoors?
14:57The school's been closed
14:58The children were meant to be going back today
15:00Meanwhile, Mrs Buckle has called a public meeting
15:03in an attempt to quell panic
15:05She won't be told it's as likely
15:07to fan the flames of hysteria
15:09as it is to damp them down
15:10Nenata's house midwife speaking
15:15This is Estelle Glennon?
15:17Is that a nurseial word?
15:18It is
15:19Are you in labour, Estelle?
15:21No
15:21But I think it's Hope's turn
15:22Well, there you go, Nenna
15:30No, Mrs Kelly
15:35We do not offer the rabies vaccine at this surgery
15:37Yes, I can make a note of the fact
15:41that your children were at the Easter egg hunt
15:42Thank you for calling
15:43How may I help you, ladies?
15:46I think I'm in labour
15:47Nurse, the old word said she'd meet us here
15:49Don't come near her
15:50Don't come near her
15:51She's been scratched by a cat
15:53I am beginning to resent the success
16:00of the government anti-rabies campaign
16:02It's made everyone think
16:04they're going to die from infected animal saliva
16:07If it carries on like this
16:08you're going to have to appeal for calm
16:10through a megaphone
16:11I'll take one to the public meeting
16:13In the meantime, we've just ascended my 12 o'clock
16:16You'll be pleased to hear
16:19it's a simple case of bunions
16:21Dad, I can do that
16:31You're interrupting my method
16:33You've got collapsed vertebra
16:35I haven't got collapsed dignity
16:37I'm trying to help Dad
16:38The best way you can help me
16:41is to get out of the house
16:42and find a way to make a living
16:44Nobody wants yoga or meditation classes
16:46I'm not that keen on them myself
16:48Your mum would cry her eyes out
16:52if 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?
17:01Because 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
17:20but there is a little bit of water leaking
17:22so I think we'll be keeping you in
17:23I'll be back in two shakes of lamb's tail
17:25I can't see any gas
17:28They said there'd be gas
17:31It'll be in the delivery room, won't it?
17:34I only needed one whiff of it last time
17:36and they say the second one's easier
17:37Which isn't to say the first is terrible
17:43If it was, I wouldn't be doing it again, would I?
17:48That was a nasty old precious eye you had there
17:51Quite deep
17:52They said I was way too long
17:54laying on my back in hospital
17:56I think this new soreness is because
17:58the belt on your trousers is pressing down on it
18:01I caught him rubbing it with disinfectant
18:02saying that it's a thing
18:03I out!
18:04He will not stop fussing over me
18:10Yeah, Rich
18:13Well, I feel sorry for the dog too
18:16but the police didn't kill him
18:18He was poorly
18:20and he passed away
18:22But it's sad that you die by the bends
18:25Fred?
18:28Have you got any disinfectant?
18:30I saw a nasty little mongrel sniffing around my laundry at steps
18:35Well, from that shelf there
18:37and, uh, ten pence off if you buy the bleach as well
18:41All dogs must be kept on leave
18:45All cats must be kept in
18:47It's going to get worse than this
18:49if they build that channel tunnel
18:51Oh, Mrs. Turner, you do look tired
19:03How's the little man doing?
19:06The first cycle of treatment is now underway
19:09No vomiting or diarrhea so far
19:12But, he's not quite himself
19:15It's young, I have all you know
19:19I have permission from Sister Julianne to come in the evenings
19:24if that would help you to get back to your own children
19:26Oh, it would
19:28He needs so much love
19:31and there are so few people that he trusts
19:35I don't want any more gas
19:39It's made me sick twice now
19:40I can see what's happening
19:45This cheeky monkey's decided to lie on its back
19:50so its spine's pressing against yours
19:52Is that bad?
19:53Well, it's a little easier when they're lying face down
19:56with their head correctly tucked in
19:57but you've got a bit of a non-conformist here
20:00I'm telling you, nurse
20:01the one thing this baby isn't is a Protestant
20:03Thank you, Sister Veronica
20:17That concludes the first part of our presentation
20:20Thank you for the slideshow
20:23Why didn't it mention the improperly regulated pet shops?
20:29You can't 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
20:42I was always running into bats
20:44Can you get it from bats?
20:47Bats can carry various diseases
20:49including rabies
20:51even in this country
20:52You must always seek medical help
20:56if you've been bitten by a bat
20:57The body is ready to push now, Hope
21:05But we need you to slow everything down
21:08Slow it down
21:10Down
21:11Down, Hope
21:13Hope, all is well
21:15We're going to use this pain now
21:18and we're going to make it work for us
21:20Allow me to remind you all of the facts
21:35We 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, he's right, he's right
21:51They're not his house
21:59Sister Julianne speaking
22:01Hello, sister
22:01Could 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
22:12All very easy to dismiss
22:15But once the virus starts affecting the nervous system
22:19Things become more distinct
22:22Muscle spasms
22:23Anxiety
22:25Confusion
22:26Paralysis
22:28Seizures
22:30And thirst
22:32Coupled with a violent fear of drinking fluids
22:36Even water
22:38It's horrible
22:42I know
22:43That's why we have to take such care
22:46Help me
23:03No
23:05I can't
23:07No
23:08No
23:08No
23:09No
23:09No
23:10No
23:10No
23:11Oh
23:12Hope
23:13With the next contraction
23:14We need one long, strong, brave push
23:17That could well give us baby's head
23:19And the worst will be over
23:28Success
23:29We have the top of baby's head with us, and I can see the most perfect little pair of eyebrows.
23:39Well 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.
23:59That was the most magnificent push, Hope, but Baby doesn't seem to have read the rulebook.
24:09What's wrong?
24:11All will be well, but we need to work on getting Baby's shoulder out.
24:17Dr. Tanner is only around the corner. We will work on the next massive push, while Nurse Aylward nips to the telephone.
24:29What's happened? There's nothing to be alarmed about.
24:46We 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.
25:04Don't wait for the pain this time, Hope. Just keep pushing.
25:08Sister Julianne's going to work internally to dislodge your Baby's shoulder.
25:19We're going to get Baby out. Just breathe deeply.
25:23Push whenever we ask.
25:26Now.
25:27Now!
25:27Baby's arm is lateral to its body.
25:51Push now. Push.
25:53Push.
25:54Help.
25:54Keep pushing.
25:59Push as hard as you can. Don't stop.
26:12Well done.
26:14It's out.
26:15Sleep.
26:16No.
26:17normandy.
26:18erst.
26:19Okay.
26:20Mush fits.
26:22Look.
26:23Jason.
26:24Large baby, shoulder distors here.
26:54That's the point.
27:03Well done.
27:04I may have broken his collarbone.
27:07You've saved his life.
27:24Good morning, Nanata's house.
27:50My sister's been regaling me with tales of slavering hounds.
27:54Are you still alive?
27:55When I last looked, yes.
27:57I haven't forgotten our conversation in the park.
28:02Nor 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. All you have to do is whistle.
28:14It was actually Lauren Bacall who said that to Humphrey Bogart, but I shall take it as a compliment.
28:22I do appreciate the things you said.
28:25You're really very kind.
28:27Will his arm be hurting him?
28:35I broke my toe once and it was agony.
28:37Baby's bones are very soft.
28:39And Doctor will be keeping an eye on him.
28:41In case he's restless and needs something for the pain.
28:44Wait till I tell him what he put us all through.
28:48It'll make a good tale once he's old enough to listen.
28:54Now, I need to take a look at your stitches.
28:57But if they're playing the game, we'll treat you to a little session with the heat lamp.
29:01What happened to Estelle?
29:03Your sister-in-law?
29:04I believe she popped off home when she heard the good news.
29:08To give you a time to rest.
29:10No.
29:11That's not what we agreed.
29:13She was going to be the first to hold him.
29:15Something's wrong if she didn't do that.
29:21It's rather delightful that your journey to matrimony started here.
29:26I 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.
29:34Yes, of course.
29:35Now, Lady Elwood, to what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?
29:39You are looking really remarkably well.
29:42I'm not expecting a baby, as it happens.
29:44I'm hoping for professional insight into maternity care in Britain in 1971.
29:48Oh.
29:49Are you tired of the medical landscape in Poplar?
29:51I'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.
30:00Yeah.
30:01Well, I've made more than one study over there myself.
30:03It's like a different world.
30:04Suddenly a different country.
30:05I learned a great deal by simply visiting American hospitals.
30:09And now I want to see if I might apply that knowledge within a British context.
30:13Well, you are of course most welcome to spend some time here observing.
30:19A little bird tells me you're planning on retiring very soon.
30:23Ah, yes.
30:24The golf club beckons.
30:26And selling the clinic.
30:28And selling the clinic.
30:29And selling the clinic.
30:35It's nice to see the balloons up.
31:00One down.
31:01And one to go.
31:02They're for Anthony, really.
31:05Are you sure Hope's going to be all right?
31:08She's doing very nicely.
31:10And the paediatrician from St Cuthbert's is going to call in and check on baby's collarbone.
31:15Did you know they had chosen the name Niall?
31:19But Hope's all right.
31:21Her main concern at the moment is you.
31:25And I think I share it.
31:32It would be a relief to be out of the surgery for an hour even if we barely have time for a sandwich.
31:37The public meeting did no good whatsoever.
31:40The phone is still ringing continually.
31:42What was that?
31:43Stay back.
31:44Stay back.
31:45Come on.
31:46You need dog biscuits.
31:47Not custard creams.
31:48They're getting her in the shed, aren't they?
31:49That's what matters.
31:50Be careful, Fred.
31:51Fred?
31:52Have you sent for the police?
31:53They're supposed to be on their way.
31:54Should I go and ring them again?
31:55They're in the shed, aren't they?
31:56That's what matters.
31:57Be careful, Fred.
31:58Fred?
31:59Have you sent for the police?
32:00They're supposed to be on their way.
32:01Should I go and ring them again?
32:03and ring them again it's in the shed sergeant tottering on its pins a bit and drooling well
32:27take a look but toxicology came back on the one that died on Easter Monday well may I ask what
32:32was the conclusion was negative for rabies looks like a rat poison so the crisis is over indeed it
32:38is madam must have been drooling over the custard creams well all's well that ends well and there
32:47you have it an object lesson in anti-climax and a British understatement it would have been
32:53different in India at home the fear is always real yes
32:58me and hope we were terrified that somehow our men would get mixed up with a republican army
33:13that we wouldn't know but they'd be in danger or causing danger
33:17they wanted to get out from early on is that why you all left Belfast they lost their jobs in the
33:25shipyard anyway Catholics did the men need to work but women need family so we stuck together and it's
33:32a wonderful thing to see a style a bond like yours is something to be envied I thought at first that
33:39wouldn't touch us so much talk for so long there were demonstrations and he turned into riots but you can
33:48keep away from them you can't keep away from bombs they hide them and then he set them off in places where
33:57they'll do most damage please just like banks still were you caught up in a bomb blast
34:05in a bank in a bank
34:08still try to stay calm you're safe here you're safe now this will stop you taking in too much oxygen
34:20it was the screaming and when I heard hope when I heard hope it was the same screaming screaming
34:28you're safe now when this is over I'm going to walk you to the surgery to see the doctor
34:43afternoon what's all this about a whiffing sink
34:46I'll have that with the in-laws coming round thanks for it I was up till midnight repainting
34:52all the skirting boards I I don't know what's got into me
34:55I love gritting to you
34:59I brought you some pot plants and I brought my plunger
35:04I heard my mother giving birth more than once but it was the last one where she screamed and screamed
35:11there were no more babies after that because
35:17it killed her
35:22nobody ever told me why she died
35:25I just
35:27remember the mattress being burned because it was
35:29covered in blood
35:31even 20 years ago
35:33death in childbirth was very very rare
35:36now it's rarer still
35:39one thing I can promise you
35:41is that your mother didn't die of pain
35:44and we are going to make sure that you feel as little pain as possible
35:49I can't do it
35:51yes you can
35:53and we will help you
35:55sister 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
36:10I'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
36:18which is extremely backward in my view
36:21at the Lady Emily you can have one for 20 pounds
36:2420 pounds?
36:26if you saw the difference it makes you'd think it was cheap at the price
36:30have you been to the Lady Emily recently?
36:34yes
36:36I can connect you to Mr. Scarsbrick if you'd like
36:40not such a good day to day
36:43he's needed some antiemetics
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
37:00he'll settle down
37:02he's a lucky little fellow in some ways
37:05so many mothers looking after him
37:10you go Mrs. Turner
37:12back to your other children
37:13I'll hold the fort
37:23I'm heading down the black sail
37:25do you want to come?
37:27no thanks
37:29I'm not feeling great
37:31and I'm writing letters for a couple of factory jobs
37:33factory jobs?
37:36and I'm also planning a haircut
37:37I've had enough adventures to last me a lifetime Dad
37:43just let me come home
37:46children are having a picnic tea upstairs
37:50sausage rolls and crisps
37:52I'm assuming that's because the grown-ups are discussing
37:57odyssey
37:58yes
38:00sister
38:02I am trying to move things on
38:04with 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
38:11and even at the maternity home
38:13it requires an anaesthetist
38:15it does
38:17but we can refer patients to deliver in hospital
38:20in 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
38:32at the Lady Emily clinic
38:35we do know the order's dealings with them to an abrupt end
38:40they were performing abortions there
38:42when such a thing was still illegal
38:44but I have something I need to tell you too
38:49also about policy
38:52for the animal you love and couldn't leave behind
38:55and for you or someone like you
38:58death in a manner that is beyond description
39:01whichever way you look at it
39:03rabies means death
39:05sister 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?
39:32but 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
39:41sister
39:43if you close down in Potlars so must we
39:47our practice is enmeshed with yours
39:51I know
39:53and there's so much work to do
39:56if we don't agree to the new terms
40:03we 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 Linnatus?
40:13yes
40:15and in the meantime
40:17we go on
40:18we go on
40:27ah Lady Awe with Dr. Turner
40:29glad you could join us
40:31Mrs. Duchenne is a most delightful lady
40:34and so very accommodating
40:40how are we feeling Mrs. Duchenne?
40:42fine
40:43yes
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
41:10once
41:11just once
41:13I was at the top of this church spire
41:16pulling up my weather vane
41:18you could see for miles
41:20and all I saw was all the places I would never go
41:24and Joel certainly grabbed the opportunities he had with both hands
41:28no one else round here had a kid who went to an ashram
41:31it's the kind of thing the Beatles did
41:33and I was proud of him
41:36did you tell him that?
41:38what?
41:39you're telling me we're proud?
41:40oh no
41:42we're not soft like that
41:45it's one thing to read about it
41:48and it's quite another to say it in action
41:52it shouldn't just be for people who can afford to pay
41:56should it?
41:58no
41:59to take you anywhere
42:00people bowing low
42:01carriages to take you anywhere
42:02people have a touch of things
42:03people have a touch of things
42:04people bowing low
42:05carriages to take you anywhere
42:08people have a touch of things
42:09people have a touch of things
42:10when you are a king
42:11people bowing low
42:12carriages to take you anywhere
42:14people have a touch of things
42:15people have a touch of things
42:16when you are a king
42:17carriages to take you anywhere
42:18people have a touch of things
42:20when you are a king
42:23bowing low, carriages to take you anywhere, people have a touch of things, when you are
42:33a king, shoot black on your face, you're really a disgrace, mommy smiles and all the
42:48wild, because she loves you, she will worry so, and if you're good you'll know that when
42:54you grow you'll be a king, never do a thing, four and twenty back but sing along, royal
43:04gifts they all will bring, when you are a king, everywhere you go, people bowing low, carriages
43:16to take you anywhere, people never touch a thing, when you are a king, when you are
43:28a king, never do a thing, four and twenty back but sing along, royal gifts they all will
43:38bring, when you are a king, everywhere you go, people bowing low, when you are a king.
43:53I appreciate Mrs. Glennon is a special case, you could always persuade her to switch entirely
43:58into our care. I am not convinced that that would do her any good at all, she needs a lot
44:04of care and a lot of attention. Epidural anaesthesia requires the same, which is why we have yet
44:10to introduce the practice. Philip, St. Cuthbert is a good hospital, it is even an innovative
44:17hospital, I have respect for innovative things. I am saying this in the kindest and most respectful
44:25way possible Patrick, but you are a dying breed. I know I am. And I don't know if my way of delivering
44:35babies has much time left at all. Do you think the national health is going to close you down?
44:40There is a big shake up coming and when it does, I want to know that the women who would otherwise
44:45have been in my care are going to be looked after properly. That they are going to trade what we
44:51can give them for something that might just, might be even better. And that starts with us doesn't it?
44:57It will end with you two. Joel, I thought you said you'd come down for something to eat.
45:03Have I got a tin of oxtail?
45:17Greetings Mr. Bagnall. I have come from the surgery with a new prescription for your ointment.
45:21Dad! I can't move my legs!
45:25He's at a temperature. Dog! I don't know what's wrong.
45:31It's all right my friend. I will fetch help for you. First let me get you some water.
45:47Then, Mr. Parry called this morning and it's a yes. We had two anaesthetists already raring
45:55to go and applying pressure from their end. And he's content to have Estelle Glennon have
46:01epidural pain relief in the GP supervised unit. Yes. Mr. Parry will be there too.
46:07In fact, it's going to be a fairly crowded room. Estelle is one of the most anxious and distressed
46:13women I've ever seen. And if it helps her, I have no reservations. But what are the implications
46:21for you? And for our practice? It might put me out of business. But it might give this
46:27place a fighting chance of working in tandem with the National Health. By delivering more
46:31babies in hospital, regardless of what they ask. That might be the way ahead. For all sorts
46:36of reasons. Dr. Turner, I'm afraid a very urgent call has just come in.
46:46Hello, darling. Lovely to see you. Mummy! How do you do? Lovely to meet you.
46:52Hello, darling. Good afternoon, Mrs. Clifford. Terribly good if you'd come and meet us. Josephine
46:57has far more of her faith in this A to Z book than I do. Well, the underground was quite challenging
47:03enough. Three tube lines. We're staying with friends in Hampstead. Hampstead is a tricky journey
47:09from popular. Cyril comes to pick me up from women's liberation meetings if they finish late.
47:14Well, very gallant of it. Although I expect you to intervene if she starts wearing dungarees.
47:29And you've no memory of being bitten or scratched by anything while you were in India?
47:34Bitten and scratched. By a cat and a shrimp. But I've been fine.
47:41How long ago did this happen, Joe? Weeks. Well, must be something else then.
47:51It can take up to three months for rabies symptoms to appear, Joe.
47:56Have you been worrying about this?
48:00We are going to call an ambulance to take you directly to the London Hospital of Tropical Medicine.
48:07They'll know what to do.
48:08Tell me. In this social work line, do you do any work with maladjusted boys?
48:20It's increasing all the time. The council have just opened a special educational unit for them,
48:25which we're really hoping will pave the way for change.
48:28We've taken a few of the odder types into our own school.
48:32But we seem to have sorted them all out with, um, plenty of fresh air and a bit of discipline.
48:37Hm.
48:38Oh. This is a first-class material.
48:45Cyril made it.
48:47Oh. Full marks, dear.
48:50And now, er, Rosalyn tells us that she's getting confirmed.
48:55Did you have a hand in that?
48:57We're different denominations, but it gives us a common interest.
49:00I'll show you the chaplain in an artist's house when 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 Rosalyn could make up her own mind about being confirmed.
49:12And some of our friends were quite shocked.
49:15But we have always been, um, progressive thinkers.
49:18More tea, Mrs. Clifford.
49:19Yes, please.
49:20And expect Earl Grey.
49:21As soon as you feel your first contraction, you must contact Nanata's house.
49:38And you and I will travel together by ambulance.
49:41Dr. Turner will meet us at the hospital.
49:44This...epidural...
49:46You say it's brand new.
49:47Newish.
49:48It's catching on all over the country.
49:50And I won't feel anything.
49:51No pain.
49:52None.
49:53Nothing at all.
49:54Between your tummy and your toes.
49:57Everything is going to be as calm and controlled and as comfortable as we can make it for you.
50:06Oh, darling.
50:07I'm so proud of you.
50:10We never entirely thought you'd be able to knuckle down to nursing, but, er...
50:14Well, you've proved us all wrong.
50:15Ignore your mother.
50:16She's such a wet blanket.
50:18I never had any doubts.
50:20At all.
50:22Now, Sister Julienne really was absolutely delightful.
50:27Can you see why I love Nanata's house?
50:29Oh, yes.
50:30It's very quaint.
50:32And what about Cyril?
50:36Charming.
50:37Hmm.
50:38Yes.
50:39He's, erm...
50:40Charming.
50:41Oppressive.
50:42Even.
50:44But really, he's, er...
50:45Not the chap for you, is he?
50:51He is the chap for me, actually.
50:53That's why we're going out together.
50:56He is in the middle of a divorce.
50:58This is the modern world.
51:01He 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, and I think that is to our credit.
51:10Frankly.
51:12You 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, er...
51:22Don't want you to have any regrets.
51:23That is all.
51:25Now.
51:27Can we have a kiss before we part?
51:30Or don't send us back to Hampstead in the doldrums?
51:41Yes?
52:08It's early for coffee, isn't it?
52:09Nurse Aylward 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.
52:24About Joel Bagnall?
52:25Lissovirus rabies has been confirmed.
52:28And the paralysis is spreading very rapidly.
52:30I keep thinking of all the times I've looked at him through windows.
52:42I looked at him through a window on the day that he was born.
52:45At the hospital.
52:46And I used to wave at him through the front room window when I was coming home from work.
52:53When he was just a little nipper.
52:57The consultant said you can go inside and sit with him.
52:59And 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. Bagnall.
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.
53:36Well done, Estelle. Well done.
53:38Any moment now you should feel the pain relief starting to take effect.
53:44It's already passing through that tiny tube.
53:47Blood pressure 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.
53:58Rosalind, 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, did you?
54:15No.
54:17I did not.
54:19To them, I was always going to be too different.
54:23Well, I'm different too now.
54:29And if they can't accept that, if they can't accept you,
54:34they're going to have to accept that their 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, however ignorant they have been.
54:48It's hard.
54:51But Cyril, you've had it harder.
54:55You've had to put up with prejudice ever since you've been here.
55:02Hold my hand.
55:13I want everyone to see.
55:15This is a really strong contraction.
55:22Push now.
55:23Push as hard as you can.
55:25That's beautiful, Estelle.
55:26Keep going.
55:28Keep going.
55:29How are you feeling, Estelle?
55:31I think I'm excited, but peaceful.
55:39Contraction?
55:41Right, Estelle.
55:42Estelle.
55:43We're doing this together now.
55:44I'm pulling.
55:45You're pushing.
55:46Come on.
55:48Come on.
55:49Are we doing it?
55:50Are we doing it?
55:54Yes.
55:55Yes, you are.
56:01Oh, Don, Estelle.
56:03A little girl.
56:11It's a girl.
56:24Hello.
56:25it's quite something isn't it sister it is the future and the future's going to hold so many
56:38things you'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 there is endurance and resilience there is tenderness and strength
57:07all these gifts forced through like sunlight often at a cost but then welcomed all the more
57:22we cannot dictate the weather only our response to it and we must turn to face the elements
57:30embracing all that comes
57:33what's all this are we having a jumbled sale daddy it's for our time capsule i'm sorry i didn't catch
57:40your name i'll get the bolusher why have you been talking to the lady emily that clinic is run for
57:45the benefit of the rich not the needy is there no one who could pop in with a nightdress and some
57:49toiletries i'm doing this on my own nurse no i cannot go to the doctor why not because i do not
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