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02:00Do you think I should wake him?
02:17Oh, I wouldn't.
02:18He probably came in with that last lot.
02:20They all looked at their wits in.
02:22Someone's the last out of Dunkirk, he said.
02:24They never thought they'd make it.
02:26Somebody'll fetch him if he's wanted.
02:27Let the poor lad sleep.
02:29Sure, my sister-in-law's husband is still out there.
02:32He was writing to her every other day until the Germans invaded France.
02:35They've not had a word since.
02:37It's three weeks now.
02:38Oh, he could be all right.
02:40They're all at sixes and sevens according to these chaps.
02:43There was one in here last night.
02:45He'd rung his wife and she'd had a telegram to say he was missing.
02:48Oh, you know, it's awful to watch her.
02:51Trying not to let on how worried she is.
02:53Such a nice, quiet man.
02:55Poor lad.
02:56I wonder if they'll make this place permanent now.
02:59Oh, I hope not.
03:00It's creepy, isn't it?
03:02Morning, ladies.
03:03Morning.
03:03I don't see any ladies, do you?
03:05She's feeling like that.
03:06We've been here all night.
03:08Yes, I know.
03:08Oh, I've got some bread in the van and a couple of crates of eggs and some chips.
03:12Chips?
03:12You mean potatoes, don't you?
03:15Yeah, I suppose I do.
03:16There's a lot of hard work between potatoes and chips.
03:18You haven't brought us a couple more skewbies, have you?
03:20No, sorry.
03:23Are you going off just now?
03:25No, not really.
03:26We're not getting any more help till tonight, you see.
03:29Still, I wouldn't mind getting home for now while we're slack.
03:31Do you think that would be all right?
03:33It's all right by me, love.
03:34It looks like we'll give you a lift if you like.
03:35It's Erreford Street, isn't it?
03:37Yes, that's right.
03:38How did you know?
03:40Well, you told me, didn't you?
03:42You grab the lift, love.
03:44Yes, I will.
03:45I can bring you back as well, because I've got to go out to Ormskirk to get some eggs
03:48and I can pick you up on the way back.
03:50Jam on it, eh?
03:51Thanks very much.
03:53You're very welcome.
03:54Morning, Mersey Burns.
03:56Have you had your breakfast?
03:58What?
03:58Ages ago.
03:59Fibber, the tea's fresh made.
04:01Do you want to have a cup?
04:01Mmm.
04:03Hey, I thought you were going to church with Mother and Margaret.
04:06Well, to tell you the truth, love, I don't feel like thanking God for the miracle of Dunkirk
04:10when John's still out there.
04:11No, no, it's awful, isn't it?
04:15Just hanging about, not knowing.
04:17We're not the only ones, love.
04:19There must be hundreds of men who got separated from the units during the past week or two.
04:23We can only hope and pray.
04:25I wonder what the Germans are praying for.
04:27I wonder.
04:29Oh God, our Heavenly Father, we give thanks for thy infinite mercy in delivering from peril
04:36so many of thy children and bringing them home safely to their loved ones.
04:43Watch over all of us we beseech thee in the many dangers we have yet to face.
04:49We grant us courage in the rightness of our cause that we may go forth confident in our struggle
04:57against the forces of darkness to the day of victory and the establishment of thy kingdom
05:03here on earth.
05:05Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
05:08Amen.
05:15What is that?
05:16Shoe.
05:17Oh, yes, of course.
05:18I thought I recognised it.
05:20A fibber, if you recognised it, why do you not?
05:22That's the second time you've called me a fibber today, young lady.
05:25You shouldn't tell so many fibbs.
05:29Ah, they're back.
05:31Hello, Mum.
05:34Hello, dear.
05:35Everything all right?
05:36Margaret not with you?
05:38No.
05:39She's gone to the porters.
05:40She promised.
05:43She's so restless.
05:44She doesn't know where to put herself.
05:45Well, they like to see her, especially now.
05:47Hey, I'll go and see about the potato.
05:49Thank you, dear.
05:51She's always on the move.
05:55It's not like her, and I don't think it's good for the baby to tire herself out like this.
06:01Not when she's six months gone.
06:03Well, she won't settle until she hears something.
06:05No, she won't.
06:08I hope Mrs. Porter doesn't upset her.
06:10You know what she's like.
06:13I wish I'd persuaded her not to go.
06:16No, no.
06:16She did the right thing.
06:19Misbehaving normally.
06:20It's all pretense.
06:22I can't bear to see her making the effort.
06:26Jean, all we know is that John hasn't written, or if he has, the letters haven't got through.
06:32That's all we know.
06:33Now, we mustn't look beyond that.
06:37She does, though.
06:39You know she does.
06:40Oh, Margaret, you gave me a shock.
06:47I thought you were the rent man.
06:48What a Sunday?
06:49And you never know with him.
06:51Any news?
06:52No.
06:53Well, go and sit down.
06:54I'll be with you in a minute, then we'll have a cup of tea.
06:56It's all right.
06:57Oh, I get no privacy in this place, you know.
07:00No locking the bathroom door and soaking myself for half an hour.
07:04Still, I suppose it's what you get used to.
07:06Peter and Janet, not home today, then?
07:08No, no, because I've been at the naffy all night.
07:10I'm due back again at two.
07:12I'll just get dressed, and then I'll put the kettle on.
07:15I'll do it.
07:18How are you feeling, then, in yourself?
07:20I mean, the baby.
07:21Fine.
07:24David always liked me when I was a few months gone.
07:27He said I had a bloom on me.
07:31Made up your mind what you want, yet?
07:32Oh, a boy, I think.
07:34Yes, I think a boy's best.
07:36A man likes a son.
07:38And then if the next one's a girl, well, it's all well and good, isn't it?
07:41You know, it was funny, but I was worried sick about having children when we first got married.
07:46But you're glad now, aren't you?
07:48Oh, yes.
07:49I was as soon as I knew.
07:51Here, you said I would be.
07:52Do you remember that night I came when David was here?
07:54Christmas.
07:55Mm.
07:56I'm on my way to the porters now.
07:58Oh.
07:59Seems a long time ago, that, doesn't it?
08:02Mm.
08:04Do you mind if I do go and sit down?
08:07Oh, Margaret, are you all right?
08:08Oh, yes, yes.
08:09There's nothing to worry about.
08:10I just feel a bit giddy.
08:11Oh, all right.
08:12Well, you go and sit down, and I'll make the tea, and then I'll be with you.
08:16Well, she's not here yet, is she?
08:32So much for her promises.
08:36Perhaps she doesn't feel up to it.
08:38Oh, there'll be some excuse, I'm sure of that.
08:42What are you doing with that?
08:43That's John's, isn't it?
08:46It's the two-valve set he made when we were living in Percival Street.
08:49What are you doing with it?
08:52I thought it might be nice for the shelter, if I can get it to work.
08:55Do not get me in that shelter.
08:58Wireless or no wireless?
08:59It's nothing to do with the coil, I think.
09:05Well, I suppose she thinks that we're going to wait in all day,
09:09in case she honours us with a visit.
09:11You'll never say more than two words to her when she does come.
09:14She only comes here to please you.
09:18Well, I'm going upstairs.
09:20Celia, we...
09:23Can't we help each other?
09:26Can't we?
09:29When did you ever need any help from me?
09:37Is that sandwich all right?
09:38Mm, that's lovely.
09:40Mind you, Mum would have a fitter she knew I hadn't had a proper meal.
09:44Oh, here we go.
09:46Ooh, I wish David hadn't nailed up this door, draft or no draft.
09:50Hello, who is it?
09:51Oh, Goddard.
09:52Oh, um, look, there's a ginnle down the street.
09:55If you go to the back, it's eight gates up from the bottom.
09:58I'll find it.
09:59Only the door won't open.
10:01Right.
10:05That was one of our delivery chats, giving me a lift back to work.
10:10Do you want some more tea?
10:12Um, no, thanks.
10:13Is David staying up north or is he going back?
10:18Back south, I think.
10:19I don't know.
10:20Oh, he doesn't say much about what he's up to in his letters.
10:24Oh, every time I hear on the wireless that the planes have been out.
10:27Oh, when he writes to Mother, which isn't that often, believe me, he says he's on a course.
10:32Does she believe it?
10:33Well, she tries to, I think.
10:36The last I heard, he was up for a promotion.
10:38Oh, that's nice.
10:40Yes.
10:41Who gives me my promotion, though?
10:43So that I can keep up with him.
10:46It's more like the old days, really, for David, isn't it?
10:49The kind of life he had before he married me.
10:52Come in.
10:53Oh, um...
10:56Oh, how do you do?
10:58This is my sister-in-law, Margaret Porter.
11:00How do you do?
11:01Um, well, we'd better see about getting off, haven't we?
11:10My mother would have gone hairless if she'd seen you doing that.
11:13What, dear?
11:14Darning socks on a Sunday.
11:16It's bad luck.
11:20Superstition.
11:20Yes, I suppose it is.
11:31Edwin.
11:32Hmm?
11:34If John has been taken prisoner, how long would it be before we were told?
11:39Might be some time.
11:41Could be quite soon.
11:42Hard to say.
11:44Isn't there anyone you could ask?
11:45I did.
11:46We'd have a telegram to say it was missing in the ordinary way.
11:48But things aren't ordinary out there, even for a war, are they?
11:56And if anything else had happened?
12:01It was a couple of identity discs.
12:03If one of our chaps found them, he'd hand them in, and then Margaret would get a telegram.
12:10Would it come here or go to the porters?
12:14Well, it's not very long since Margaret came back, is it?
12:17I don't suppose John knows yet.
12:19You know the porters' address on his records.
12:23She'd never get over it.
12:25We mustn't think like that.
12:27I can't help it.
12:29It gets worse every day.
12:34So little I can do to help her.
12:37That's you as a lovely.
12:38And I'll give you a hand for that.
12:39No, no, no.
12:40You stay where you are.
12:41You spoil me.
12:43Do I?
12:46We still miss you, you know.
12:49You won't desert us all together, will you?
12:50Of course I won't.
12:53What made you think I would?
12:54Well, I know how it is with Celia.
12:57No, no, we mustn't pretend.
12:58You know and I know.
12:59We make all answers, we make all answers, don't we?
13:02Because John loves her and because I...
13:07People change, you see, and one doesn't always know why or what to do about it.
13:15And she's not well.
13:16She hasn't been well for years now.
13:17Well, the main thing is never give up hoping.
13:23Never give up hoping.
13:24I know he's all right.
13:26I mean, if he wasn't, well, I'd feel it, wouldn't I?
13:32Would it be unbearable for you if he was taken prisoner, for instance?
13:40Not unbearable, no.
13:44Awful for him, though.
13:45I mean, that night that he went to me, but I didn't see him.
13:50You know, sometimes I talk to myself.
13:53I say the things that I would have.
13:57The things we should say that we never do say.
13:59Because, no, just because.
14:02I can talk to you.
14:04Okay, yeah, that's nice.
14:05I can talk to you.
14:08I'll try and come more often.
14:10Will you?
14:11It means a lot to us.
14:12Well, look, I ought to be going.
14:14Mother worries at the baby, you know.
14:16Yes, the baby.
14:20I went to the station and watched the trains coming in.
14:24I stood at the barrier and watched the faces coming through.
14:30I saw him at least three times.
14:33Well, I don't think I shall ever want to stand on a station again.
14:39Ever.
14:40I must be going.
14:42Right.
14:43I may come round and see you quite soon.
14:52They wouldn't mind, would they?
14:54No, of course they wouldn't mind.
14:55Harry, who are you talking to?
14:57It's Margaret.
14:58She's just going.
14:59Are you coming down?
15:00No, no, no.
15:00Don't disturb her.
15:01There's a bus in five minutes.
15:03It's Sunday.
15:04Oh, well, 15 minutes, then.
15:06I shall be able to do what Mother's always nattering on about and take it easy.
15:09Well, the least I can do is give you your fare.
15:11Oh, no, of course you won't.
15:12Don't be silly.
15:12Look, I won't take it.
15:13I insist.
15:15Oh, you've dropped something.
15:19Are you all right?
15:20Yes, I'm all right.
15:22Are you sure?
15:23Yes, I've, er...
15:24I've just not been sleeping very well lately.
15:28Yes.
15:29Yes, I know it.
15:32Well, goodbye.
15:33Goodbye.
15:41It's all right.
15:44That was Margaret going.
15:45I'm here.
15:46I'm here.
15:46I'm here.
16:16Can you manage?
16:36Yeah, I can manage, thanks.
16:37Oh, come on.
16:37No, no, no, no, no, no, no, I can manage, thanks.
16:39Oh, well.
16:40I don't suppose I could have lifted it anyway.
16:43Well, it's a man's job, isn't it?
16:46Yes.
16:48Oh, I didn't say thank you for the lift, did I?
16:51Oh, I, uh, hope you didn't mind me calling.
16:55Mind?
16:56Well, you know, you looked a bit embarrassed.
16:59Well, that was just with my sister-in-law being there.
17:01And I don't really know you, do I?
17:03I mean, we've had the odd chat, but I couldn't really say I knew you.
17:08Well, now you do, eh?
17:11We could do with some more help clearing the tables, love.
17:13I don't suppose anybody mind you're giving her hand if you've nothing to do for five minutes?
17:22Oh, I'm sorry, I thought that was empty.
17:24It's all right, love.
17:28Were you in Belgium?
17:29That's right.
17:30What's it like?
17:31Oh, you'll find out soon enough, love, they'll not be far behind us.
17:34Say things like that, shall we?
17:36You'll frighten the lady.
17:37Oh, and you see, my sister-in-law's husband is still out there and they've not had a letter in weeks.
17:41What mobs are you with?
17:42The signals.
17:43I expect she'll find out when things get sorted out of it.
17:45What time do you finish here?
17:47Ages yet.
17:48Come and talk to us.
17:50Talk, I'm rushed off me feet.
17:51Go on, sit down.
17:52Take the weight off them.
17:53Let some of the others do a bit.
17:54I can't.
17:55I'm busy.
17:56Go on.
17:56Hey, for putting him in for a medal, you know.
17:59Oh, he's a right little hero, he's our charliners.
18:01Look, I'm sorry, but I can't.
18:02And it's not miss, it's missus.
18:03Right, hey, I'll see you to this.
18:04That belong to you then, eh?
18:11Or is her husband a poor flaming swaddy like me?
18:15Makes you wonder what we're bleeding well fighting for, doesn't it?
18:19Just leave her alone.
18:20Oh, you what, mate?
18:27You're belt up, charl.
18:34Hop along bloody Cassidy.
18:40Sheila!
18:58I don't think I'm making a very good job of this.
19:01I reckon young Peter will wish he'd done it himself.
19:04Ah, is there anything else I want for him here?
19:08In what, love?
19:09The back front of the stairs.
19:11I don't know.
19:12What have you got in it so far?
19:14I've got the insurance policies,
19:17children's birth certificates,
19:18the papers from the solicitor about father's estate,
19:23my marriage certificate.
19:25What do you want that for?
19:26To prove I'm an honest woman.
19:29Well, if you feel like that,
19:30you better frame it and stick it on the wall.
19:33Nah.
19:34Is there anything else I haven't thought of?
19:37Now that's Margaret.
19:38Now don't make a fuss.
19:41Yes, but where has she been?
19:42No fuss.
19:43Oh, hello, love.
19:44Hey, look what I found on the doorstep.
19:47Well, come on in, stupid.
19:49Knock, knock.
19:50Who's there?
19:50Oh.
19:51Hello, Mum.
19:52Oh, Dad.
19:54Hello, son.
19:56Where do you spring from?
19:59Hello, Dad.
20:09Should you be doing that if you have a headache?
20:13I stop doing things every time I had a headache.
20:17Spend half my life in bed.
20:18What are you staring at?
20:22Staring?
20:23You're staring at me.
20:25Oh, I'm sorry.
20:29I should leave that thing if I were you.
20:32You'll never get it mended.
20:34Let John do it when he comes home.
20:36John.
20:36He'll be home soon.
20:38They all will.
20:38And a good job, too.
20:40Let the Germans have France, I say.
20:43Let them have it.
20:45Give us our boys back.
20:47Well, I'm right, aren't I?
20:49Yes, of course you're right.
20:49I should listen to the mothers.
20:51That's who they should listen to.
20:55Harry.
20:57You're staring at me again.
20:58I'm sorry.
20:59I was remembering something.
21:01The beach at Southport, as a matter of fact,
21:04the year before we were married.
21:06It was very cold.
21:09You had one of those furs with a fox's head at the end of it.
21:12I put it round your neck and your cheek.
21:14It was cold like ice.
21:18Why, you want to remember a thing like that?
21:21Good heavens.
21:23It must be 30 years ago.
21:25Celia.
21:28Look at me.
21:29Can't you see I'm counting?
21:33Is there nothing left, then?
21:35I don't know what you're talking about.
21:37Isn't there anything?
21:38You think I don't know you've been drinking, don't you?
21:46Hiding it in the meter cupboard, aren't you?
21:49Miss Paris, I'm concerned you can
21:51drink yourself to death for all I care.
21:55I'm not a drinking man, Celia.
21:56I've always managed to cope her.
21:59I try very hard to cope.
22:00I know what John would think about that, though.
22:02I know what John would say.
22:04Hiding it like that, what do you take me for?
22:07I did it to spare your feelings.
22:09Oh, a lot you care about my feelings.
22:13Yes, that's not the only thing you've been deceiving me about, either, is it?
22:18Well, do you think I'm blind?
22:20I don't understand you.
22:21No, I understand you, though.
22:23I understand you very well, indeed.
22:27That woman from the A.R.P.
22:31Bringing her here when I was ill, bringing her into our own home.
22:34Is it my home?
22:35Connie?
22:35Oh, Connie, is it?
22:37Mrs. Edwards, then, wasn't it?
22:38She's a married woman.
22:40What a difference that makes to her thought.
22:42You're wrong, you know.
22:44She's not that sort at all.
22:46I always know.
22:48I can always tell.
22:50You've got a conscience, haven't you?
22:51Celia, I promised John that I'd look after you.
22:59I want to look after you.
23:01Please, please, don't make it impossible for me.
23:06That's right.
23:08You pride yourself on your promises, don't you, Harry?
23:12An officer and a gentleman, that's what I married, isn't it?
23:16Major Porter.
23:17Of course, you stopped using your rank.
23:21Because you knew it was one of the few things I could take a pride in.
23:24A shabby little pen pusher in a shipping office.
23:26It would have been ludicrous.
23:27Well, didn't mean breaking a promise, that.
23:30There was no promise involved.
23:33No, no.
23:34You'd never broken a promise to me once.
23:36I cling to that.
23:39I cling to that, Harry.
23:40What are you trying to say to me?
23:42You told me John was going to be safe.
23:45You promised me.
23:47You promised me he wouldn't be in the fighting.
23:50You've never broken a promise to me.
23:51I cling to that.
23:53You're not going out, are you?
24:00No, I'm not going out.
24:15Nothing?
24:16Stopped pretending, have we?
24:23There's no point, is there?
24:27Well, I'd be grateful if you'd open the window when you're done.
24:31It's a horrible smell and it clings to the curtain.
24:33Let me tell you something.
25:04The first time I saw you, well, you know how you sum people up,
25:09and I thought, there's one that knows her own worth.
25:14I wondered what kind of man could make an impression on you,
25:17and lo and behold, it turned out to be me.
25:20What do you mean, Richard?
25:21I don't know, love, I wasn't listening.
25:23Nothing.
25:23Who said they wanted more tea?
25:25Not for me, thanks.
25:26Thanks, Mary.
25:27Load, what have I made it for, then?
25:28For me, love, and thank you very much.
25:31Say, so what are we calling now,
25:32with that bit of extra fancy stuff in your arm?
25:34I'll give you fancy stuff.
25:35Flight sergeant to you.
25:37When can I show you off to Roma Ramsden?
25:40Now, don't tease him.
25:41I'm not teasing him.
25:42She drives us all mad at work,
25:44talking about her precious brother.
25:45Why shouldn't I have her looking?
25:47Well, it won't be this time, Freed.
25:49I'll only just make camp if I catch the half past eleven.
25:52I'm not supposed to be here.
25:54What courses have you been on, son?
25:56Well, you know what they say, Dad.
25:59Careless talk.
26:01Careless talk, indeed.
26:04Oh, now, come on, girls.
26:05Let's start tearing the table, shall we?
26:07Out of the way, flight sergeant.
26:12All right, all right.
26:13All right, come on.
26:17I'll have to get going to Sheila's mother's in a minute or two, Dad,
26:20if I want to see the kids before they go to bed.
26:22Well, she'll be able to tell you where this canteen is.
26:25Sheila told me she was working at the naffy,
26:27but I thought it was just part-time.
26:28Well, they set this other place up in a hurry
26:31for the chaps coming from Dunkirk,
26:32scattered all over the country, I believe.
26:35Bit of a shambles, isn't it, son?
26:36Oh, we'll muddle through.
26:40We're on our own now, you know.
26:41No allies to worry about.
26:42I don't know, son.
26:43We can't expect to muddle through forever.
26:45What happens when the luck runs out?
26:47How's the rationing going down?
26:50Oh, not too badly.
26:53Your mother's a born forager, you know.
26:55How is it with you?
26:57Far will they look after us, I suppose.
27:01Sheila thinks I'm having a great time, you know.
27:03Well, you are, aren't you?
27:05Well, it's not all beard and skills, you know, Dad.
27:09Still, it's better than skivving on the docks, eh?
27:12Yeah.
27:13Seems a long time ago, doesn't it?
27:15Yeah.
27:17Maggie's bearing up well.
27:19Yes.
27:19Thanks for not talking about it.
27:21We'll leave it to her.
27:23It's the best way, I think.
27:25Yeah.
27:28Oh, well, I've got to get my gear.
27:29Oh, you're going?
27:35Yeah, it's the old time, you know, love.
27:37I want to see the kids.
27:39I saw Sheila this morning.
27:41Oh?
27:41You're all right, you two, aren't you?
27:44What do you mean?
27:45Well, she worries about you.
27:47Oh, there's not much I can do about it, is there?
27:49I don't mean a job, David.
27:50I mean, well, you do behave yourself when you're away, don't you?
27:56Behave myself?
27:58I don't know what you're talking about.
27:59Yes, you do.
28:01Anyway, I've said it now, so I'll shut up.
28:02But it's just that I've got to like Sheila a lot lately,
28:05and she'd never let you down, you know.
28:07David's just going, Jean.
28:10It's all right, love.
28:13We're all with you, you know.
28:15Are you?
28:17Of course we are.
28:18It'll be all right, you see.
28:22It was a lovely surprise seeing you.
28:25Come again as soon as you can, won't you?
28:27Yeah, yeah, of course I will.
28:30Oh, Mum.
28:33You take care of yourself, eh?
28:39Mum?
28:40Bye, son.
28:41So, I'll look after her.
28:43Give our love to Sheila.
28:45Yeah.
28:45Well, darling, Freed.
28:50You take care of yourself now.
28:53Me too.
28:54Give me love to Roma Ramston, all right?
29:00So long, Mac.
29:02Well, go on.
29:03Go on.
29:03Go on.
29:03Come in.
29:16I'm sorry that I had to bring you up that entry again.
29:20I do keep meaning to get that door fixed, but I never will.
29:25Well, I reckon I could manage that for you.
29:27No doubt.
29:29I'll put the kettle on, shall I?
29:33It was nice to go down inside to give you the night off, wasn't it?
29:36I can't wait for me own bed after that camp bed.
29:39How long have you lived here?
29:43Oh, just after we were married.
29:44It must be nine years now.
29:48Cozy.
29:49Well, yeah.
29:50It's a home for me and the kids.
29:52Seems funny, them not being here.
29:54Have you got any children?
29:55No, thank God.
29:57Well, I suppose they're not everybody's cup of tea.
29:59No, no, no.
29:59That's not what I meant.
30:00I meant, you see, my wife and me, we're not living together.
30:04Oh.
30:05I did wonder, you know, when you said about going back to an empty house.
30:10Yeah.
30:11They do take a lot of keeping up with, don't they, when you're out at work all day?
30:17Yeah, yeah, I suppose they do.
30:21You wouldn't be hungry, would you?
30:22Oh, no, no, no.
30:23I'm fine, thanks.
30:24Oh, I don't believe you.
30:25You're just being polite, aren't you?
30:27No, no, honestly.
30:27Only I've been that busy dishing it up all day that I haven't eaten a thing.
30:32Come on, I've got a week's ration in hand.
30:34Don't be shy, I'm asking you.
30:37All right, if you put it like that.
30:39Good.
30:39Um, you do the potatoes and I'll see to the rest, okay?
30:43Excuse me.
31:00My wife's supposed to work here.
31:02What's a...
31:03No, don't tell me.
31:05You're him, aren't you, Sheila Ashton's hubby?
31:07Yeah, that's right.
31:08What a surprise, fancy that.
31:10Yeah, is she, you know...
31:1048-hour honeymoon, is it?
31:13Look, love, you know, I haven't got much time.
31:15I'm just passing through.
31:16I'd better get back to camp tonight.
31:17She's gone off home for the night.
31:20Thanks.
31:22Wasn't expecting you, was she?
31:24I was hungry.
31:36There you are, you see, I knew you were.
31:38You are a bit shy, aren't you?
31:42No, thanks.
31:44I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that, should I?
31:47It's awful being told you're shy if you are, isn't it?
31:51Well, I'm a bit, I suppose.
31:54How do you manage on your own?
31:56Oh, I get along.
31:57Best of a bad job.
31:59Yeah, I suppose so.
32:02Do you miss your wife?
32:05Yeah.
32:06No chance that she...
32:07No, no, no.
32:08No.
32:10People are funny, aren't they?
32:12Why?
32:13Well, they are, aren't they?
32:14No, no, I mean, how do you mean funny?
32:15Well, funny, queer, you know.
32:18I mean, she liked you enough to marry you,
32:20and I don't think you've changed all that much, have you?
32:23No, I don't think so.
32:25You're a nice man.
32:26I like you, and I think you are.
32:28So it must have been her that changed.
32:31Yeah.
32:33Why do you think she did?
32:35I think it was her leg.
32:37Do you mean she...
32:38No, I don't know.
32:38I just think that's what it was.
32:40How did you get it?
32:44Well, it was an accident.
32:45I was a steward on a liner,
32:48and it got crushed during boat row.
32:50I don't think it was that, you know,
32:53that made a change.
32:54People don't change for things like that.
32:58People change for no reason.
33:00Well, no reason that you can see, anyway.
33:02It wouldn't have made any difference to me.
33:05I want you to believe that.
33:07I want you to know that it's got nothing to do with that.
33:10Why I don't want you to get keen on me,
33:12because I think you are a bit, aren't you?
33:14Yeah.
33:17Wouldn't be any good, you see.
33:19I'm sort of married for good and all.
33:22Do you know what I mean?
33:25Yeah.
33:26I'm very flattered, though.
33:28Very.
33:32Come on.
33:34Oh, I feel awful saying all this.
33:37I wouldn't have dreamed of it
33:38if I didn't like you so much.
33:41She must have been off her rocker, your wife.
33:43Are we friends, then?
33:44Yeah.
33:45Sheila!
33:46Sheila!
34:13You haven't heard her,
34:16her dad.
34:18I want that you.
34:27I can't,
34:28how did he do this tomorrow?
34:29What?
34:30You know,
34:30yeah,
34:31here's the cold,
34:31right?
34:31I mean,
34:32she's an old baby.
34:32I just passed out every night.
34:33is that you?
34:43yes
34:44you woke me up
34:47I'm sorry
34:49where have you been?
34:53I called you
34:54I've been sitting out in the garden
34:57well you might have told me
34:59should I have to draw the curtains?
35:03no
35:04no I wouldn't
35:07it'll be dark soon anyway
35:10why don't you go upstairs to the bedroom if you want to sleep?
35:15oh I see I'm in the way am I?
35:17no of course you're not
35:18I may go out later on
35:23what for?
35:25just a walk
35:26in the blackout
35:28I thought I'd call in at the drill hall
35:32he joined the Territorials because of you
35:38all those tales you were always telling about the last war
35:43it's not true Celia
35:45you'd like to think it isn't true
35:47can I get you anything?
35:54it could read to me
35:56well
35:57you haven't read to me once
36:00since we came to live in this place
36:02well you've never asked me to
36:04you'll see I have to ask
36:06do I?
36:07I'll read to you if you want me to
36:09what do you want me to read?
36:12would you rather I left you to sleep?
36:14no
36:14no don't leave me
36:16don't
36:17I'll read to you
36:19I'll read to you
36:20you restarted this
36:26no
36:28The June day
36:54spread itself round
36:55Maythorpe Hall
36:56endless
36:57amorphous
36:59ominous
36:59it had no shape
37:01not even a dinner hour
37:03I'm sorry I'm
37:05There's nothing to be
37:06sorry about
37:07Good night
37:10Good night
37:11David
37:22You didn't have to be
37:25rude to him
37:26rude
37:27Oh you were awful
37:28I hardly said two words to him
37:30Oh God I was hoping the floor would open and swan a minute
37:31I can think himself bloody lucky
37:33Do you know that man has given me a lift home twice today
37:36Oh yeah I bet he has
37:37What do you mean by that?
37:40What do I mean by that?
37:41I go out of me way because I want to see me wife and kids and what do I find eh?
37:47Me kids and me mother-in-laws and me wife having a cosy little tea party with Long John Silver
37:51I've been half way round Liverpool looking for you
37:54You should have gone to me mother's in the first place
37:56I went to your mother's in the first place she was out
37:58Well she'd only gone down the road to the park
38:02Oh I'm supposed to know that am I?
38:06Why didn't you write and tell me you're taking a full time job?
38:08Because I wanted to be sure I could manage it
38:11Get your money don't you?
38:13Oh yes
38:14I get me money all right
38:16Only what about all those years I've had to make do on next to nothing
38:20Eh?
38:21No new clothes
38:22No new furniture
38:23Oh rot no worn out blankets
38:25Do you know
38:26I'm half afraid to wash the sheets in case they come apart in me hands
38:29Look at it David
38:30Look what I've had to live in for the last nine years
38:34You're out of it now you don't care
38:36Of course I bloody will care
38:38Don't shout at me for wanting to do something about it
38:41Oh
38:42Did you see the kids then?
38:56Oh yeah
38:57They've just gone up to bed you know
38:59When do you see them anyway?
39:02Every day
39:03I see them every day
39:04Well it's time they were evacuated
39:07Oh David don't start all that again please
39:10I've told you a hundred times
39:11I shall do what I think is best when I have to
39:14Oh
39:15Oh I suppose you want something to eat now
39:21Yeah if there's anything left
39:23Don't be childish
39:24Honestly anybody would think you wanted there to be something up the way you're carrying on
39:29I'd just like to know what's going on that's all
39:33Oh but what do you think is going on?
39:35A fella like that
39:36Like what?
39:37Oh a cripple you mean?
39:38No no I don't
39:39What then?
39:40He must be ten years older than you
39:42Oh I see
39:44So if he was the same age it would be alright then?
39:46It's not funny
39:47Baking an egg's alright then is it?
39:56Yeah you're alright
39:57By the way do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:05You what?
40:06I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:09In the wardrobe hung Mrs. Carnes deserted dresses
40:1230 pairs of shoes on their wooden trees
40:15I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:16I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:17I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:18I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:19I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:20I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:21I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:22I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:23I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:24I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:25I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:26I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:27I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:28I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:29I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:30I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:31I said do you know a girl called Peggy?
40:32hey you're a long way off on the other side of that table david do you know that it's not cleared
40:55up yet what isn't that letter about that girl that peggy look i've told you sheila it's from a crank you
41:06know somebody with a screw loose all right i meet girls maybe the odd one fancies me i'll give it a
41:14brush off she gets nasty and writes an anonymous letter i don't think it's from a girl though i
41:19think it's from a man how do you work that out i don't know i just do i just think it seems like
41:25a man all right so this judy who fancies me now the chap that's after her he gets all worked up
41:33about it he gets me addressed from records and he writes a letter oh david why not
41:39you don't you don't trust me do you you're a fine one to talk about trust after the way you've been
41:49carrying on tonight well you know i couldn't help myself i mean look love i've come home to me own
41:59house what do i find me wife eating with another fella you knew there was nothing in it though
42:07didn't you hey you didn't you it happens though sheila it does it happens to a mate of mine a sergeant
42:16gunner on the crew he came home and he found his wife in bed with another fella he went berserk he
42:21had to be locked up you know it it sets your mind turning over a thing like that there's nothing
42:28you can do about it though is there david except trust
42:31where is it then the letter
42:36it says sheila
42:57it says you made her pregnant
43:07do you believe that
43:10well
43:13well I had to show it you didn't I couldn't keep quiet about it
43:18alright you've shown it to me what now
43:20oh
43:25hey come here
43:32what time is your train then
43:38half past eleven
43:39well I think I'll go back to sleep at the naffy
43:42I mean it doesn't seem fair does it with everybody else
43:44I've over two hours yet love
43:46I might come to the station with you
43:49oh come on
43:51when I've done the washing up
43:52you can do that after
43:53after what
43:55watch that light now
44:21can't be too hard on them can you sir
44:28no beer not much idea what's happening to them
44:31anyway it's past closing time
44:33my boy's still out there
44:35oh
44:36well I reckon there's a lot to come yet so you'll be hearing from him
44:40I've got it in here in my pocket
44:51I'm sorry about that sir
44:54it's from the war office
44:57hard luck sir
45:04yes it's hard luck
45:06very hard luck
45:09can I get you a taxi sir
45:12no no I'm walking
45:14I'm walking you see
45:17I'm perfectly alright it's just
45:21good night officer
45:26do you really want me to mend this one it's past redemption
45:29what's that dear
45:32where'er you walk
45:33oh don't let's bother with that one eh
45:36hey I like that it's used my voice
45:38have you finished that letter to Philip
45:40you don't like my singing do you
45:42no dear
45:43shall I
45:43shall I tell him
45:45we started to dig up the garden
45:46for the Anderson shelter at last
45:47I've told him that already
45:49haven't you read my part
45:51ah
45:52yes you're absolutely right
45:54I wish I was in the Channel Islands
45:57what's he say
45:58Alderney isn't exactly the entertainment center of the world
46:02but the weather is marvelous
46:04the sea is blue
46:05and the war seems a long way off
46:06ah
46:07it's too close to the French coast for my liking
46:10yes
46:11but there's still enough water in between
46:13front door
46:14hello
46:15hello
46:17oh hello Uncle Sexton
46:21that's it
46:22is that letter mine here
46:23Tony no
46:24no I half thought it was him when you arrived
46:27I'd have thought he'd have had a key by now
46:32hello Sexton
46:35why can't they get some white paint on those lap posts
46:38I nearly bumped into that one down the end of the road there
46:40it doesn't bother me with not having a car
46:42Tony not with you
46:43I expected him to be here
46:44well I haven't seen him since I left the office
46:47midday yesterday
46:48neither have I
46:50what did he say was coming here
46:51I assumed he might be that's all
46:53is there something wrong
46:54we had a few words about something or nothing
46:57but I wouldn't call that unusual
46:58he said nothing to you about joining up I suppose
47:02he's talked about it from time to time
47:04he said nothing definite though
47:05no except that he'd prefer to join the Navy when the time does come
47:09that's where he's gone
47:11where?
47:13to join the Navy
47:13he left this on the dining room table
47:16he must have signed on weeks ago
47:18not a word about the work he's leaving behind him
47:21I see
47:22you don't seem very surprised
47:24well I'm not as he talked about it
47:26it's been on his mind
47:27I suppose you've been encouraging him
47:29no Sexton that's not fair
47:31it's all right love
47:32I've got a clear conscience on this
47:33I told him he'd better wait until he was called up
47:36he seems to take as much notice of you as he does of me then
47:39it's his life Sexton
47:41is it?
47:42I was brought up to accept certain obligations
47:44duties if you like
47:46what about his duty to me?
47:48never mind all this other nonsense
47:49there's jobs to be done at home you know
47:51never mind the glamour side of it
47:52glamour Uncle Sexton?
47:53now Margaret
47:54well I'm sorry dad
47:55but I'd like to know about this glamour side of it
47:57because I've been worried sick waiting to hear from my husband for three weeks
48:01I suppose you'd call that the glamour side of it
48:02now Margaret I said nothing about that
48:04it's a bad business
48:05it should never have started
48:06the sooner we can come to terms the better
48:08oh tired of it already Uncle
48:10had enough
48:11not managed to make a profit out of it yet
48:13Margaret Lowe
48:14I'm sure you might have to wait until they stopped
48:16she's running the car before you
48:18she's got herself into a stake
48:18I quite understand
48:19no you don't
48:20and people like you make me sick
48:22you shout louder than anybody about Hitler and Mussolini
48:24until it starts to affect your pocket and your peace of mind
48:26Sexton I think you ought to
48:27no no don't apologise
48:29I quite understand
48:30oh no Margaret Lowe
48:32it's all right mother
48:34only well I never wanted this war
48:36and neither did John
48:37and the last time we were home together
48:39he cried himself to sleep
48:40because he knew he might have to leave me
48:42and never come back again
48:43and don't any of you think the worst of him for it
48:44because in the end he gritted his teeth
48:46and he faced up to it
48:47not just because he had to
48:49but because we all have to
48:50because what's going to happen in the end if we don't
48:52so don't you belittle my John
48:53because Sexton is the salt of the earth
48:54I never had any intention
48:56Sexton please
48:56come on Margaret
48:57it's all right I'm going anyway
48:59really go and see to her now will you
49:01come on mum will see to her
49:10come on Margaret
49:12it can't stop
49:12Reba
49:19Mr. Broughty
49:23is Sir Edwin in
49:25yes he's in the living room
49:26come in please
49:27Harry
49:36what are you doing
49:37what is it
49:39I
49:39I got this
49:42two days
49:43two days ago
49:44and I
49:44I couldn't bring myself to
49:46I didn't seem to take it in altogether
49:49what is it
49:57what's the matter
49:58what are you all staring at
50:01can I see that please
50:05but now look
50:12this little steamer
50:14like all her brave and battered sisters
50:17is immortal
50:18she'll go sailing
50:20proudly down the years
50:22in the epic of Dunkirk
50:24and our great grandchildren
50:26when they learn how we began this war
50:29by snatching glory out of defeat
50:31and then swept on to victory
50:34may also learn
50:36how the little holiday steamers
50:38made an excursion to Cal
50:40and came back glorious
50:43that talk was given by J.B. Priestess
50:47this is the BBC
50:49you don't want any more I'll do here
50:50no
50:50it's very good of you to come round here
50:56I finished early tonight
50:58I'm my own boss now
51:00my nephew went and joined the navy
51:01I wonder if you'd do something for me
51:04sure
51:05I wonder if you'd hand in my service revolver
51:09at the police station
51:10they're
51:10they're asking for them at the LDV
51:12what you're in the LDV aren't you
51:16yes I know
51:16but I'd rather you do it if you don't mind
51:18the fact is I nearly used it on myself the other night
51:22I didn't seem able to cope anymore
51:25you mustn't give up hoping
51:31that's what I said to Margaret
51:34never give up hoping I said
51:37just a few hours afterwards
51:39but you didn't do it
51:42you did cope
51:44I'm not so sure
51:46the fact is I suddenly couldn't remember
51:49whether the insurance was invalidated by suicide
51:52or was I looking for an excuse
51:55I think you probably were
51:57I see
51:59Margaret
52:00she's coping too
52:03she doesn't easily let go
52:06it worries us
52:08the doctor's given Celia these tablets
52:12God knows when she'll be able to come off them
52:14well
52:15if there's anything we can do
52:17thank you Edward
52:17I'll see myself out
52:24I'm coming dear
52:25your father's late
52:37they've taken a swing down
52:41for that old shelter
52:42yes well
52:45you're all a bit big for it now
52:47aren't you love
52:48help
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