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00:30The end of the day
00:59the skies over England. it would appear that those whom mr. Churchill referred
01:05to only a week ago as the few are day by day getting even fewer. he's talking
01:12rubbish. switch him off Edwin. flight sergeant Robert Bob McDonald 1519960
01:21said today he's only doing what he's paid for telling lies. such bare-faced ones.
01:28well we probably tell lies as well. we haven't so much to lie about as they have.
01:32I'd rather have the truth whatever it is. oh I don't know a good lie well told.
01:39is your case all packed love? no. I'm not due for another five days. here you'll bring
01:46it on you. we're talking about cases all the time. I wish Freda hadn't gone to that
01:51dance. midnight's much too late. that's it. finished. you can go and inspect it if you
01:58like. the finest glory hole in the country. it would be more to the point if you two dried
02:04out the anderson in the morning. it's like a duck pond with a lid on. who wants to go
02:09trotting out to a hole in the garden in the middle of the night? the service place is
02:12under the stairs. you take my word for it. oh I don't know. the government should know
02:17best. they've studied these things. you mean like they studied aircraft production
02:20before the war. now they're going around with hand carts for frying pans to make
02:23spitfires. well I have got a pair of sarkies on my hands tonight haven't I?
02:30what's it matter whether you're in the shelter or not? if it's got your name on it?
02:42come on out of the way Goldilocks. David don't. I can't see.
02:47oh your face is too far gone for that. oh. oh come here.
02:52sheila. how did you say you did that? told you I fell off a bike. fell off a bike. honestly.
03:03that's more serious than you realized that is sheila.
03:06my country depends on that hand because that is what is known as a navigator's pencil hand.
03:11what? england expects everything to do its duty. well i don't give much for england's chances then.
03:18if we've got to depend on one-handed navigators who can't even stay upright on a bicycle.
03:24it only takes one hand to sort you out. oh yeah. you want to bet? come here. i'll show you.
03:30no fear. i'm not coming anywhere near you, david ashton. i know what you're after. no david no no mind me.
03:37give a seat. right. where are we going then? er bricklayers for a drink. what? did you let me get
03:49all dolled up just for that? yeah it seems funny not to have to stay in for the kids. hey where's this
03:58place you sent them to in wales? oh i can't pronounce it. when are you going to see them then?
04:05in a week or two i suppose. you don't still want to go out.
04:12why don't you? well yeah if you do. well you don't have to go out for me.
04:18well it's up to you. no it's up to you. we're a right pair, aren't we? hey.
04:29hey. you haven't said you're glad to see me yet. of course i'm glad to see you.
04:34i married you, didn't i? how many nights do i lie in bed with my husband next to me, eh? how many?
04:44how about me then? both of us. it's not what we're made for, is it?
04:53no. oh david. oh i don't want to end up with a piece of paper saying somebody's very sorry but
05:01i might not be seeing you again like margaret. hey come here. now listen you mustn't think like
05:11that. i know. i can't stop my mind working though can i? but thinking like that sheila there's no point
05:17in it. there's nothing i can do is there? it's out of our hands love. i wonder. i suppose if your hand
05:26got really bad and it turned septic there's a chance that they might take it off. very funny.
05:33i wonder what margaret would say to the choice. having john back without a hand or not having him back at all.
05:39i wonder what margaret would say to the chanel islands.
05:53philip. hmm? that girl. have you heard from her again?
06:01you know the one in the photograph you sent from the channel islands. it's hardly likely i will hear from
06:05or is it. we moved out. the germans moved in. oh. just sitting waiting for them. must have been awful
06:13for her. yeah it must have been. i'll take the towel back.
06:19oh dear. i shouldn't have said that should i? it's all right. i'll go. said what love? i've upset
06:28him about the girl. i had no idea. what do you mean he was keen on her? he never said so did he? well young
06:35men don't do they? no. i suppose not. oh dear. poor old philip. it's for you dad. it's jack sanderson. oh
06:46i wonder what he wants. tea? lovely.
07:02i'm sorry about that. sorry? well about the girl. we didn't know her, you see. yeah. well it's all over now
07:11anyway. is it? i suppose so. she's there with the germans and i'm here. this thing could go on for years
07:20couldn't it? you know mags i used to talk a lot of guff about freedom. never really knew what it
07:26meant till i didn't have it anymore. well isn't that what we're supposed to be doing all this for? ah yes
07:31but it seems that in order to get it back we've got to put up with not having it for a while.
07:35well fine. but when all this is over mags nobody's putting a number in front of my name anymore.
07:45anyway if i ever get back there she'd probably been married or something.
07:47well you can hope can't you? i do. the telegram said missing. believed killed.
07:55so i hope. you make me feel ashamed, mags.
08:07they found him wandering around lime street station. he says he's been evacuated.
08:11that doesn't make sense. do you think it makes sense? he issued our garden with tropical kit,
08:15gave him a jab for malaria and sent him up to the outer hebrides. evacuated to liverpool? so he says.
08:20what's your name son? alf. alf. from pontefract. that's as much as we've got out of him. why would
08:27anyone in his right mind evacuate a lad from pontefract to liverpool? oh i don't know. i
08:32had daft to talk than that last summer. anyway i said i'd bring him home for the night but
08:36madge is down with her back again. and you'd like us to put him up? well just for tonight. we'll get in
08:40touch with pontefract first thing in the morning. would you like me to wait till i've had a word with
08:43gene? oh she won't mind. i'm sorry about madge's back though. would you like gene to nip round? well
08:49she's settled in bed now. i'll be home myself before breakfast. still if you could call round
08:53in the morning. i'll tell her. right. i'll be off then. you'll be all right with mr ashton. i'll see
08:59you in the morning. see if that tongue of yours is any looser. thanks edwin. uh hang on. i'll just put
09:04the light up. good night. so long jack.
09:16well now you better come and meet the family young man. see if we can't find you somebody to eat
09:20eh? you must be quite hungry after all that travelling about eh?
09:29are you sure you've got enough?
09:32you what? butter. oh yeah. good. that's half a week's ration you've got there.
09:40only half a week's. i'm sorry love do you want it back? don't have to get it eaten.
09:45i do all right. i never thought i'd be glad to be sitting at this table in this room.
09:56things must be getting bad in that case.
10:00any more tea?
10:01are they david?
10:11what's the worst part? look there's no point in going into it love because whatever i say you'll
10:17only worry yourself sick right? i'd worry myself sick anyway. please david. i want to know.
10:23they're waiting i suppose. it's like holding your breath. how do you mean?
10:33well you know once you're up there and it's all going on you don't have time to think about it.
10:39there's nothing to it. do you go up often? no of course not. you liar. you wouldn't tell me anyway
10:47would you? every plane that goes over here has you in it as far as i'm concerned. oh it was awful
10:54at first. i couldn't sleep. now i don't even try. when i know the planes are up i i get up and i clean
11:01the house. you wouldn't know it some nights. well i'll have to go up more often then won't i? don't
11:09david. please don't say that. not even in fun. the boy's own annual. hey. chums. those were yours.
11:20yeah i've got a first edition of chaucer in there as well. oh you used to like the magnet. do you
11:25remember? yes yeah. greyfriars. latticed windows. uh mr mr quelch. yeah yeah. you know i used to read
11:33this coming home from the grammar on that noisy old tram every night and it always seemed to be foggy
11:37you're drizzling. and i spent every evening doing my homework in that front room. homework got you to
11:43oxford my lad. by which time i was too old to appreciate latticed windows and the harry whartons
11:47would turn out to be snobs. i've shown him the bathroom. i've made you some sandwiches. you must be
11:53hungry. dance. oh yes it'll be quite cozy won't you. here and robert always wanted to sleep in the
12:08box room in a hammer. so you're from pontefract are you alfred? no. oh where then? you'll not have heard
12:19it. nobody has. oh try me. i come from featherstone way. oh yes. well you'll know where the miner's welfare
12:30is then eh? that's where my grandad goes. is he a pitman? he works at featherstone main. in lamp room.
12:37does he then? my father worked at schneidel. do you know where schneidel is?
12:41it's up road to wakefield. oh that's where he lives now. near wakefield. so you're practically
12:47neighbors you see. with love. i'll show him. come on out.
12:58it's um second on your right. oh make sure you wash your hands.
13:04have you killed jerrys? no. why not? i haven't seen any to kill have i?
13:14would you if you did? i'd have to wouldn't i? why? because if i didn't they'd kill me.
13:20i don't like being at war. well neither do i. but uh keep this to yourself. i don't think we're
13:24supposed to. to the jerrys? i shouldn't think so. then why are we at war? here you ask some pretty
13:30tough questions after. do you know that? why? get up them stairs.
13:42don't know when. don't know when. but i know we'll meet again some sunny day.
13:54i don't know what's happened to the shopkeepers these days. why?
13:57well you think there was a war on. she looked me straight in the eye and said she ain't got a
14:02fag in her place. you should give it up. it stops you growing. glad we didn't go out. yeah.
14:09i am if you are. hey don't start that again. i didn't think you'd come straight back here. i
14:17thought you'd have stopped down the brick layers with your fellas. no. hey all my davies was in.
14:24filling a jug for her jack. all right umpteenth trip tonight. i'll bet.
14:33do you still get lifts from that fella? you know the one that was here last time i was home.
14:39did she tell you that? no. i'd have told her to mind her own bloody business if she had.
14:44oh do you? yes i do. oh come on. you don't mind do you? if i'd have minded i'd have asked
14:55mark davies wouldn't i? i wouldn't have asked you. yeah you probably would.
14:59hey this isn't bad eh? not bad at all.
15:16alfred? yeah.
15:30here. i hope you like cocoa. i should have asked you.
15:33i have it at home. oh. well and where's home? where i told your dad. oh yes but home isn't just a
15:42place a town is it? it's it's people and your mother and father.
15:46i've had to put these on. yes. they're roberts. he's my brother.
15:57how old are you alfred? 13 and a bit. and why won't you tell us where your parents are?
16:04you're going to have a baby aren't you miss? your belly's fat.
16:07what? don't be cheeky. are you having a boy or a girl? oh i'm just taking potluck. now here drink your cocoa.
16:18have you got a chap? well of course i've got a chap. is he in the navy? no he was a soldier. is he dead?
16:26dead? did a german stick a bernet in him?
16:37dead?
16:45dead?
16:58dead?
17:00dead?
17:02Margaret, will you come down the stairs now?
17:13Yes.
17:15Yes, all right.
17:17Come on.
17:18Come downstairs.
17:19I don't want to.
17:20Please.
17:21I want to stay here.
17:23Now, please listen.
17:26It's dangerous.
17:27Margaret!
17:32You're frightened, aren't you?
17:34Yes.
17:35Is that why you want me to come down?
17:37Yes!
17:38All right then.
17:41I'm sorry I made you cry.
17:43It's all right.
17:45Here, wipe your hands.
17:47Margaret, will you come down?
17:49Yes.
17:50It's all right, we're coming.
18:02It's cozy under here anyway.
18:06Oh, that one was close.
18:08I've never been this close before.
18:11I thought they were only going for the docks.
18:13How far do you think we are from the docks, you deaf thing?
18:17It's all right.
18:19At least we're together and the kids are safe.
18:23Oh, Sheila.
18:25Thank God you had them sent away before this lot.
18:29I didn't, David.
18:32They're at my mother's.
18:38Seems all right up there.
18:40Well, the phone's dead.
18:41Well, they'll only keep essential lines going then.
18:44Who the devil's that?
18:46Hurry up!
18:47Hang on!
18:48Why do you have to put this plastic chain up?
18:52Come on, hurry up!
18:53Get in!
18:54You know I didn't want you to go to that door.
18:56Get out of it, you two!
18:57Get out of it, you two!
18:58Keep away from that door!
18:59Get in there!
19:04You promised.
19:05You bloody well promised.
19:07After the first bomb dropped over a week ago,
19:09you told me yourself on the phone that they were going to Wales.
19:12I know!
19:13I know I did.
19:14I was just waiting till I had a day off, David,
19:16so that I could go with them myself.
19:18I only wanted to be sure I...
19:20Sure?
19:21I've asked you for months now to get them out!
19:25You can read, can't you?
19:26I mean, you know what's been happening in other cities.
19:28Did you really imagine that they wouldn't notice Liverpool,
19:31that they'd just fly over it?
19:33My mother will take them down the shelter.
19:34They'll be safe there.
19:35Do you think so?
19:36Do you really think so, Sheila?
19:39Do you know what's happening up there?
19:41They're building a railway line,
19:43and they're going to come back every night from now on
19:45with bloody coal wagons to keep the fires going!
19:49David!
19:51Where are you going?
19:52Where do you think I'm going?
19:53I'm going for the kids!
19:55David!
19:56David, wait!
19:58I'm coming with you!
20:02No light shooing?
20:03Not available.
20:04What are you doing now?
20:05It's not over yet, you know.
20:06Oh, we've come up for air.
20:08It's a very nice glory hole,
20:09for two in a standing position, breathing in turns.
20:11Well, it was specially designed for mum and dad
20:13when they're on their own.
20:14Save his place in the house, though.
20:16I shall think of you in there
20:17whilst I'm blasting the jerrys out of Europe.
20:22That Noah's Ark!
20:24Do we go in two by two?
20:25Take turns, like?
20:31Whoops!
20:32Women and children first.
20:39It's gone quiet, hasn't it?
20:41Yes.
20:42Well, the minute we hear any gunfire,
20:44you four get back under the stairs.
20:46What about you and Philip?
20:47We're going to the table.
20:48Me enough!
20:49Oh, Alfred!
20:50Love!
20:51It was an accident!
20:52Oh, little man!
20:54Don't worry, love.
20:55It'll soon dry.
20:58Oh, go on.
20:59Worse things happen at sea, don't they?
21:01That's right, missus.
21:02Dad?
21:03Where will you?
21:04Excuse me.
21:05Look.
21:11Yes?
21:12Where are you?
21:13Understairs, Dad.
21:14Oh!
21:15Oh, I see, yes.
21:16Oh, here we are.
21:17Well, what is it?
21:19I was wondering,
21:20is there any way we can strengthen this?
21:21Well, there's plenty of timber at the bottom of the garden.
21:23We could shore it up a bit.
21:24Well, it's not a bad idea.
21:26I say, that elf's a funny little chum, isn't he?
21:28Yeah, he's a canny kid as well.
21:30It reminds me of something I wanted to ask you.
21:32Did I seem to throw my weight about too much,
21:34when you lot were kids?
21:36Sometimes.
21:37Only we were family.
21:38Nobody was trying to blow us to Kingdom Come at the time.
21:40Well, I think I'll have a talk with him tomorrow,
21:42see if I can't get to know him better, eh?
21:43Well, it's not a bad idea, Dad, but, um,
21:45take my advice.
21:46Keep off philosophy.
21:47Oh?
21:48He'll buy and sell you.
21:49Have you got a fag?
21:50Uh, oh, no.
21:52Um, I left a packet out there somewhere.
21:54Well, I'll tell you what,
21:55let's grab them and go out and get some fresh air.
21:57Touch it in the night sky.
21:58Your mother will start nattering if we do that.
21:59No, no, we can swear to come in, if anything, sir.
22:01No, I don't think we ought to worry her, do you?
22:03It must be bad enough for her when you are away.
22:05Yeah.
22:06Does she ever say anything?
22:07Not really.
22:08She does a lot of thinking, though.
22:10I can usually tell.
22:11It's when she's knitting.
22:13Yeah.
22:14Well, there's not much I can do about that, is there?
22:16No, there isn't.
22:17Except write to her as often as you can, eh?
22:20I'm sorry I snapped at you, Alfred.
22:24Just one of those nights, isn't it?
22:26Worst things happen at sea, missus?
22:28Do they?
22:29Oh, yes.
22:30Yes, I suppose they do.
22:32You said they did.
22:34Yes, I know I did.
22:36Where is it, the sea?
22:38The sea?
22:39Oh, the river.
22:40Well, it is the sea, I suppose.
22:42First there's the estuary and then there's the sea.
22:44Not far.
22:46Can you walk it?
22:48You can walk to the river.
22:50But I'll get Philip to take you to the pier head on a bus in the morning and you could
22:53look at the ships.
22:54Well, he could take you on the ferry.
22:57Ferry?
22:58Hmm.
22:59It's across the river and back.
23:00Robert, that's Margaret's brother.
23:02He used to love to ride on the ferry.
23:04Would you like that?
23:05It'd be like being on the sea, wouldn't it?
23:07You like the sea, don't you?
23:09No.
23:10No, I don't like the sea.
23:18They're gonna have to double the tea rations if we're gonna have many nights like this.
23:21I left a pack of cigarettes here somewhere.
23:23Well, they're not here now, are they?
23:25Do you want yours in here and there?
23:29I left a pack of cigarettes about here somewhere.
23:31Anybody seen them?
23:32Be where you left them, dear.
23:34Well, I can't find them.
23:35Margaret?
23:36I haven't seen them, no.
23:38Alfred.
23:39What?
23:40Have you seen them?
23:44Mum.
23:45What is it, love?
23:46I think it's starting.
23:55I'm sorry, love.
23:56You can't go through the whole area.
23:57Oh, please.
23:58That's my mother's house, Mrs. Rutherford.
24:00All right, all right.
24:01Oh, David, the children might not be there.
24:04Some of the buildings are very sacred.
24:06All right.
24:07Some of the buildings are very sacred.
24:08They could come down in any minute.
24:09You didn't check number eight?
24:11We checked the whole room, son.
24:12Those that weren't in the shelter have gone down to the school.
24:14Now, that's where I would go about.
24:15The school?
24:16What are you, Sheila?
24:17Just a minute!
24:18You can't do any good stopping here.
24:19And when you get there, have a look in the shelter.
24:21Right.
24:22They're round at the back, down the side of the playground.
24:24I'd better go and see how the others are now.
24:39You stay here.
24:40Are you lot all right under there?
24:41Yes, dear.
24:42I'd better light a few candles.
24:43Where are they, Jean?
24:44They're in the kitchen cupboard up at the bottom shelf.
24:45They're in the holders ready.
24:46Right.
24:47Well, hang on.
24:48I'll be with you in a second.
24:49You all right, dear?
24:50You all right, dear?
24:51I'd better light a few candles.
24:52Where are they, Jean?
24:53They're in the kitchen cupboard up at the bottom shelf.
24:54They're in the holders ready.
24:55Right.
24:56Well, hang on.
24:57I'll be with you in a second.
24:58You all right, dear?
24:59Poor love.
25:00What a time like this, eh?
25:01All right, Mum.
25:02Really?
25:03Now, just try and lie still, lovely.
25:04I'm just trying to meet myself.
25:05Good luck.
25:06You all right, dear?
25:07What a time like this, eh?
25:10I'm all right, Mum.
25:12Really?
25:13Now, just try and lie still, lovely.
25:16I'm just trying to make myself comfortable.
25:32Hey, Mum.
25:33What, dear?
25:34What, dear?
25:35You know that letter that I got the other day?
25:38It wasn't just a form.
25:41There was a photograph of me that John had had.
25:45Somebody had found it in his paybook.
25:47It was found in his paybook, you see.
25:50There wasn't anything else.
25:52Just a photograph.
25:54Personal effects, they said.
25:56And I'm sorry that I snapped at you when you asked me what it was,
26:00but I didn't want to talk about it.
26:02Not just then.
26:03Don't worry.
26:04He had written on the back of it.
26:07He said,
26:08All I ever care about is you and the boy.
26:12He was sure to be a boy.
26:15You see, they haven't found his tag yet, so he's still missing.
26:21Look, if he is still a prisoner, it will all take time, see?
26:30So...
26:31So you must just go on hoping.
26:34Don't think I can hope much longer.
26:38You must.
26:40What shall I do when I stop hoping?
26:43Hey, can I come out now?
26:57Yes, if you must.
26:58Keep away from the windows.
26:59The minute you hear anything,
27:01Back under the stairs, right?
27:03Hey, were those our windows breaking?
27:05I don't think so, but I'll have a look in a minute.
27:07Well, where do you think the last bone dropped?
27:08Well, it sounded somewhere about St Anne's Road to me.
27:10Philip didn't go that way.
27:14Come and keep your mother company.
27:18Now, you just lie down there, lovey.
27:20I want to get up and stretch my legs for a bit.
27:25It's a bit like Halloween, isn't it?
27:26Complete with things going bumpy in the night.
27:28Of course, Philip hadn't gone up, but he did.
27:30Well, he's got enough sense to take cover, love.
27:32What else could he do?
27:33I can't get a crackle out of that telephone.
27:34We've got to see to Margaret.
27:37Where's Alfred?
27:39I thought he was with you two.
27:41I thought he stayed in here.
27:44This is the last one.
27:47Come on, Chanel.
27:49I can't go in there.
27:50Come on, it'll be all right.
27:51No, no, come on, please.
27:53If there's nothing there, I should go mad.
27:56Well, just stop there, then, all right?
27:59Would you just stay there?
28:14Have you ever seen a Mrs. Rutherford?
28:15No.
28:16Mm-hmm.
28:17Mrs. Rutherford?
28:18No.
28:19No, Mrs. Rutherford.
28:20No.
28:21No.
28:22No.
28:23No.
28:24Sorry, ma'am.
28:25No.
28:26No.
28:27No.
28:28No.
28:29Mrs. Rutherford.
28:30No.
28:31No, Mrs. Rutherford.
28:32No.
28:33No.
28:34No.
28:35No.
28:36No.
28:37Sorry, ma'am.
28:38No.
28:55They're not there.
29:01Come on.
29:08What's the time?
29:28Twenty past four.
29:34Reed is asleep.
29:35How about Margaret?
29:36In my condition.
29:38Are you all right, love?
29:39I just hope something happens before something happens, if you know what I mean.
29:44Well, it's probably Philip now.
29:47I hope it's Dr. Miles.
29:49Ambulance on its way.
29:50Oh, how do you manage it?
29:51Well, Dr. Miles was out and she was his wife, but I found a warden's post and they got through to the hospital for me.
29:55We'll just have to wait now, won't we?
29:57Yeah.
29:57Where's Alfred?
29:58Well, isn't he with you?
29:59Well, he seems to have done the vanishing trick.
30:02Cigarettes?
30:03I wondered about that.
30:04What am I going to say to Jack Sanderson?
30:06Well, look, when Magsie's okay, I'll go out and have another look, all right?
30:10All right.
30:16Wakey, wakey.
30:18Rise and shine.
30:19The all clear's gone.
30:21Give me a loan.
30:23Come on.
30:24Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire.
30:26Must I?
30:27Here.
30:28You've got to get up for work in about three hours.
30:30Now, come on.
30:31I'll help you up the stairs.
30:32Come on.
30:33That's right.
30:34Careful.
30:35Be careful of the door.
30:36Come on.
30:37That's the stuff.
30:38Watch the door.
30:40Psst.
30:41You all right down there?
30:42What about you up there?
30:44Hang on.
30:44I'm coming down.
30:50Won't be long now.
30:52Comforter.
30:53And a fat lot you know about it.
30:54Yes, well, I won't argue about that.
31:03Here.
31:05She'll wait for you, you know.
31:07That girl, if she thinks anything of you, she'll wait.
31:12Maybe.
31:13Maybe not.
31:16And there's me, isn't there?
31:17One, two, three years of this.
31:19We won't be the same people, Mags.
31:23Here, you'll write me a letter, won't you?
31:27Just a little one now and again, you know, just for me.
31:29You know I will.
31:32I think you'll be an uncle by the morning.
31:34Good Lord, Uncle Philip.
31:36I'm glad you'll have an uncle.
31:38You'll have three.
31:39Oh, yeah.
31:39And an auntie.
31:40And a granny and a granddad.
31:41You'll be all right.
31:46Here, I hope you'll find Fred.
31:49What is it?
31:55What's the matter?
31:56The kids, Mum.
31:57We can't find them.
31:59Mrs. Rutherford's was hit.
32:15I wish you could have got David to come back.
32:17I tried, love.
32:18I couldn't get him away.
32:22Is the phone down the road working?
32:25No.
32:26I tried it.
32:27You think of Margaret?
32:29Yes, of course.
32:30Well, it's a bit early, isn't it?
32:31She hasn't been gone all that long.
32:33And I must get in touch with Sepp until I'm...
32:35I'll be late for work.
32:39Oh, you'll be free to come in, Dad.
32:41Well, I shouldn't tell her about the kids.
32:42There's no need to have her worrying, too.
32:46Hey, love.
32:47Did you manage to get any sleep?
32:48Oh, I could sleep till good.
32:49Friday.
32:50Come and sit down, love.
32:52Oh.
32:55Hey, is Margaret gone?
32:56Well, you didn't expect to find her under the table, still, did you?
32:58Well, what is it, a boy?
33:00Good heavens, I wish you lot would give the poor girl a chance.
33:04It'll be hours, yet.
33:05What time do the all-clear go?
33:07Oh, just after four.
33:10Would you like your dried eggs boiled this morning, love?
33:15Suppose your mouth didn't come back?
33:17No, Philip's out looking for me.
33:19That reminds me.
33:20I must get hold of Jack Sanderson.
33:23I don't know.
33:24What a night.
33:26Seems like a dream.
33:27It's a bit of a fag having to go off to work as if nothing had happened.
33:32Yes, well, life goes on, doesn't it, love?
33:38Yeah, is anything wrong?
33:40Hmm.
33:42You looked awfully sad just then.
33:44Did I?
33:46I'm just tired, love, that's all.
33:48I'm just tired.
33:57I knew the chap I was talking to last night.
34:24Last night.
34:26Down near the post with your missus.
34:29Yeah, that's right.
34:30No, no luck yet.
34:34No.
34:35I've been doing a bit of asking for you.
34:38Your mother wasn't it, Mrs. Rutherford.
34:40Mother-in-law.
34:41I met somebody that knew her very well, but she hadn't seen her about at all yesterday.
34:48How have you tried doing it at the HQ in Jason Street?
34:51I've been everywhere, chum.
34:54Everywhere.
34:57Bloody off, wasn't it?
35:00Bloody off.
35:01I'll be off for now, look.
35:08Well, where will you be?
35:10I just want to see how David's getting on.
35:13Try and get him to come back for a bit.
35:14He won't, love.
35:16I've tried him.
35:17He won't budge, believe me.
35:20Well, we'd better let him have Frieda's sandwiches then.
35:24He can make us some more.
35:26Sorry.
35:27That's a good idea.
35:29Oh, and if Philip comes back, tell him to go and see Jack Sanderson, let him know about Alfred.
35:34All right, I'll go.
35:40I brought the lad's mother round, Mrs. Pounder.
35:42What a night, hasn't it been?
35:44He ducked in Church Street yesterday, just before we found him.
35:46I can't control him, you see.
35:48He never listens to me.
35:49I'm very thankful to you.
35:51Still in bed, is he?
35:54All right, mate?
35:55David, your mother gave me these sandwiches for you.
36:19Oh, thanks.
36:20Oh, come on, son.
36:22I saw Billy Chetwin from next door half an hour back.
36:27He said he saw Sheila's mother just after she put the kids to bed.
36:31She said that Peter had been playing her up a bit.
36:35He thought that she'd taken the kids round to Wally Wagstaff's shelter,
36:39because that's what she did in the last two raids.
36:42Have you been round there?
36:43Yeah, they weren't there.
36:45Wally said that his missus had a row with Sheila's mother last time,
36:50so they didn't expect her.
36:52My daughter went to hospital early this morning.
37:07She's having a baby.
37:11She spent the night under the table.
37:14Oh, that's nice, isn't it?
37:15You'll be pleased about that, won't you?
37:17I love babies, don't you?
37:19Is, er...
37:20Is Alfred your only one?
37:22Yes, and I can't say I'm sorry.
37:24I was only a girl when I had him, you know.
37:25Still, you don't know, do you?
37:26Not at the age I was, you don't.
37:28His dad was at sea, you know, Merchant Navy.
37:31My youngest son's training for the Merchant Navy.
37:34He's dead.
37:35Dead?
37:36Alf's dad.
37:37I got the letter about a month ago.
37:38I cried.
37:39That's what I'm here for, you see, about his money.
37:41You can't manage without money, can you?
37:43I'm sorry.
37:44Oh, that's all right.
37:46Have a good cry, I thought.
37:47Get it out of your system.
37:48So I did, and I'm all right now.
37:49Honey, it's coping, isn't it?
37:51Yes, sir.
37:52I suppose it is.
37:54I used to tell him, George, I said,
37:56it's all right you clearing off to the seven seas, I said,
37:59but what about me and yours truly?
38:01I mean, it's not a natural life, is it?
38:03And then he'd come home on leave and spoil him.
38:05He, you've no idea.
38:07I couldn't do a thing with him after he'd gone back.
38:09He was never a father to him, not as a father is,
38:12do you know what I mean?
38:13Sort of Father Christmas in spasms, you know.
38:17Still, he made me a good allotment.
38:19You've got to take the rough with the smooth, haven't you?
38:20I shall marry again, of course.
38:22Oh, will you?
38:24Well, you've got to, haven't you?
38:25And do you know, I have a friend that's dying for it.
38:28To marry me, I mean, I shall say yes in due course.
38:32Has he behaved himself?
38:34Alfred?
38:35Oh, yes, yes, he's been very good.
38:38Running off like that.
38:39Well, I think he was a bit confused.
38:42I'll confuse him when I get hold of him.
38:44I like your roses.
38:46Oh, thank you.
38:47They're from the garden.
38:49You know, it's funny to think of him drowning like that, George.
38:52I wonder what he thought of when it all came over him.
38:56I think Philip should be there by now.
38:59Where was it, he said?
39:01Wallasey.
39:01It was the Wallasey police that rang up.
39:04They'd found Philip's pay book in Alfred's pocket.
39:08Pinched it, I suppose.
39:09I'll bet he's told you some stories, haven't he?
39:14Would you, um...
39:15Would you like to see round the garden while you're waiting?
39:19You think I'm common, don't you?
39:22No.
39:22Oh, no, of course I don't.
39:27It's nice here.
39:28It's a nice house.
39:30It's a manager's house, isn't it?
39:33It must be lovely for you living in a house like this.
39:35Oh, God, me clock!
39:47Oh, God!
39:47Oh, God!
39:47Oh, God!
39:48Oh, God!
40:05Look at Grandma's house, Dad.
40:32Oh, the ashes are falling down, Dad.
40:36Yes, I know they are, Chucky.
40:39I know.
40:49You're not too swanky.
40:52But your mum is.
40:56And your dad is.
41:00Margaret's not.
41:02I bet you'll see a man die, ain't you?
41:05You ask a lot of questions, don't you?
41:07Yeah, but nobody ever tells me the truth.
41:09All right.
41:10Try me again.
41:12Do they do it like in Opel and Cassidy?
41:15Die, I mean.
41:16No.
41:17No, it hurts.
41:19And they dig their fingers into the ground to stop it hurting.
41:23It's not like in Cowboys, Alf.
41:25Oh.
41:27Your mum will be waiting at home.
41:28Yeah.
41:30Well, aren't you glad?
41:31He thought when my dad would be glad.
41:32Where is he?
41:33He's dead.
41:35Oh, I'm sorry.
41:37He was in a ship and it sank.
41:39I'm sorry.
41:39You should have said.
41:41My mother wants sorry.
41:43I'm sure that's not true, Alf.
41:45She didn't care.
41:47She brought a friend home, same night front pub.
41:51She cried a little.
41:53He put his arm round.
41:54Only she didn't care.
41:57Alf.
41:58Why did you take my pay book?
42:03I don't know.
42:05And my father's cigarettes?
42:07They're for me dad.
42:09I don't understand.
42:10I don't know.
42:10I don't know.
42:11I don't know.
42:12I don't know.
42:15This is a cemetery, isn't it?
42:18Only it's not like a cemetery.
42:20Because it moves.
42:27It's like a wreath.
42:29Only you'd rather have cigarettes.
42:31Yes, but they're hard to get.
42:36Well, go on.
42:38Throw them in.
42:42Should I say a prayer?
42:44If you want.
42:48I don't know a proper prayer.
42:50Well, just say anything.
42:55For what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful.
43:01That's my own one.
43:21Here we are.
43:23Oh, I don't want to cope, Mum.
43:25Yes, you do.
43:27It's nearly autumn. It'll be quite nippy by the time we leave the hospital.
43:30Well, that's for the Ashtons, then, eh, Dad?
43:32I'll give him his right name. He's a porter, not an Ashton.
43:36The kids want me to go to bed now.
43:38It's half past six.
43:39Sheila's just broken the news they share in my room.
43:42I hope your snoring doesn't keep me awake.
43:44You mean like yours does me, through that brick wall?
43:46Right, come on, you lot. If we miss the bus, we'll be late for visiting.
43:48It's all right, Grandad.
43:50I'll give you Grandad your right.
43:51When's your leave-up, then?
43:58Three days.
44:00I'll be lucky.
44:01Tell her.
44:02Give my love to Mag.
44:05Oh, there we are, love.
44:07So everybody's happy again, then, eh?
44:09Oh, I hope so.
44:10What time's your train leaving?
44:15I'll be gone when you get back.
44:17Oh, yes, well...
44:20Goodbye. Take care of yourself.
44:22Hey.
44:22You've had a lot on your plate lately, haven't you?
44:28Oh, I don't know.
44:31Thanks for having Sheila and the kids.
44:35I shall enjoy it, won't I?
44:37Come on, Mum. We'll be so close.
44:40Look, take care of yourself.
44:42Tell her.
44:42Bye-bye, Sheila.
44:47You want me to go to the market, won't you?
44:50Yeah.
44:50Bye-bye.
44:51Bye-bye.
44:52All right?
45:05Oh, but I want you to go and say goodnight.
45:11I was just thinking...
45:14about the first time I ever gave Peter a belt.
45:19That time he nearly set the house on fire.
45:21Oh, yes.
45:22Oh, am I tired?
45:25Yes.
45:26About me, I mean.
45:28I know.
45:31Hey!
45:31Oh, you naughty pair!
45:33Come here, I thought I was...
45:34Come here, little child.
45:35Are we going to Mrs Packet's shelter again tonight?
45:39No, darling.
45:40You won't be going in any more shelters.
45:43They couldn't find you.
45:44Did you know that?
45:45Eh?
45:46All over Liverpool I looked for you.
45:49Oh, David.
45:50I'm so sorry.
45:52You won't have to get on to me again.
45:54They'll be evacuated.
45:55I know, I know.
45:56I know, I know.
45:58What's evacuated, Dad?
46:03Oh, yes, that's right.
46:05Yes, that's right.
46:06Must have been a long year.
46:06Oh, there's the nurse.
46:10Oh, there she is.
46:11Oh.
46:12Hello, love.
46:13So bad, my leader.
46:15You must be too, aren't you?
46:16Congratulations, love.
46:18You're a very clever girl.
46:19Oh, look, actually, Edward.
46:20Oh, isn't he?
46:20Oh, isn't he lovely?
46:22Oh, lovely.
46:23Hello, love.
46:23Hello.
46:24Here we are.
46:25Everything all right, Mrs. Porter?
46:28Yes, fine, thank you.
46:30Oh, this is my mother and father.
46:32Oh.
46:32How do you do, nurse?
46:33How do you do?
46:33Hello, how do you do?
46:34How do you do?
46:36Hasn't his daddy come yet?
46:38No.
46:40No, he's a prisoner of war, isn't he, Dad?
46:43Yes.
46:44Yes, he is.
46:46He's a prisoner in Germany.
46:48Well, I mean, they haven't told us yet,
46:49but it's just a question of time.
46:51Isn't it, Dad?
46:53Yes, love.
46:57They're early tonight, aren't they?
46:58Get ready for shelter, thank you.
46:59We'll be all right.
47:00We'll have it again.
47:01Come on, shelter.
47:02We'll have visitors as well.
47:04Come on.
47:05Poor little fella.
47:07Only born today, and he's already at war.
47:23Yes, yes.
47:24Yes.
47:24Yes.
47:24Yes.
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