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First broadcast 21st September 1978.
Mildred is thrilled to get a letter from Lee Kennedy, an ex-American airman with whom she has a wartime fling who is visiting England and wants to see her again.
Yootha Joyce - Mildred Roper
Brian Murphy - George Roper
Norman Eshley - Jeffrey Fourmile
Sheila Fearn - Ann Fourmile
Nicholas Bond-Owen - Tristram
Lionel Murton - Lee Kennedy
Gretchen Franklin - Mother
Claire Davenport - Gloria
Eunice Black - Gladys
George Malpas - Marvin Schumaker
Peter Quince - Barman
Micky Clarke - Man in Bar
Jill Goldston - Woman in Bar
Laurie Goode - Barman
Eddie Tagoe - Man in Bar
Mildred is thrilled to get a letter from Lee Kennedy, an ex-American airman with whom she has a wartime fling who is visiting England and wants to see her again.
Yootha Joyce - Mildred Roper
Brian Murphy - George Roper
Norman Eshley - Jeffrey Fourmile
Sheila Fearn - Ann Fourmile
Nicholas Bond-Owen - Tristram
Lionel Murton - Lee Kennedy
Gretchen Franklin - Mother
Claire Davenport - Gloria
Eunice Black - Gladys
George Malpas - Marvin Schumaker
Peter Quince - Barman
Micky Clarke - Man in Bar
Jill Goldston - Woman in Bar
Laurie Goode - Barman
Eddie Tagoe - Man in Bar
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00:00The End
00:30Oh, my God.
01:00All right. Now then, this is the 827 from Worthing, see? Well, come, pay attention, Moby. There you are, and it's travelling at 800 miles an hour. There you are. Clickety-click, clickety-click, clickety-click, clickety-click, clickety-click. Now it's going through the tunnel, see? Clickety-click, clickety-click, clickety-click, clickety-click. Now it's going round the bend.
01:26Now, George, the only thing going round the bend is you. I was entertaining the goldfish, Mildred. Where did you get this train set from? I went swaps with the little fella next door. What, Tristram? Yeah. And what did you give him? He was quite happy.
01:42Uh, George, what did you give him? Gave him an old tyre. Take it back!
01:50Oh, come on, Mildred. We went keeps. Oh, dear. Come on, pack the whole thing up and take it back.
01:55Oh, no. I never had a train set when I was a kid. Woo-woo!
01:59My mother is due here at any moment, George. I do not want her to find you woo-hooing all over the table.
02:06Your mother coming here? Yes.
02:08Well, it's only ten months since she came here last. She's making her happy in this.
02:12George, my mother is coming. And this time, I do not want you to disconnect the doorbell.
02:17Well, I'll be honest, Mildred. I don't like her.
02:19Yeah. Only because she beat you at arm wrestling.
02:22No, she didn't.
02:23No, I gave in because she was turning purple.
02:27She beat you. Now, come on, pack that away neatly.
02:31Stupid box. Anyway, what time is she going home?
02:33George, she hasn't even got here yet.
02:35She's turning funny. You know what I mean? Last time she came here, she hung a rat on me and said hello to the all-stand.
02:42George, she's getting old. That's why she's strange.
02:45What is your excuse?
02:48George?
02:51Oh.
02:51Is Daddy going to decorate my room as well?
02:56No, I don't think so.
02:58Why's he getting new wallpaper and I'm not?
03:01Oh, boy.
03:03It's started already, Geoffrey.
03:05What? Oh, good grief. I'll phone an ambulance.
03:07No, not that.
03:09This.
03:11He's getting a bit J-E-A-L-U-S.
03:14J-E-A-L-O-U-S.
03:17Thank you. He wants new wallpaper, too.
03:22Oh, no. Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
03:25One room is enough. I mean, look at me.
03:27Painting my hair.
03:28Oh, yes.
03:29Yeah.
03:30I thought we'd agreed on eggshell finish.
03:32I'll get it.
03:33Oh, good afternoon, Mr. Formile.
03:43I, um, I brought this, uh, train set for Tristram.
03:47He's already got one.
03:48Yes, I know. This is it.
03:50And, uh, George would like his tyre back.
03:53Yes, um, I think you'd better speak to Anne.
03:56She may understand you.
03:57Oh, my.
03:59Oh, I see Arsenal won on Saturday.
04:04Eggshell finish.
04:06What is it?
04:07Mummy says I can stir the paint for you.
04:09Fine.
04:10Um, if you'd like to go...
04:11No, Tristram.
04:12Uh, if you've got...
04:12Tristram, leave it alone.
04:13Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my...
04:16Can I come in, dear?
04:18Oh, hello, Mildred. Would you like a cup of coffee?
04:20Oh, lovely.
04:20Um, Tristram accidentally left this behind at our house.
04:26Kids, do you know he turned up with a tatty old tyre the other day?
04:30Oh, fancy.
04:34Oh, wallpaper.
04:36Yes, for the baby's room.
04:37Oh, you can get a decorator in to do it.
04:39Probably, but not until Geoffrey's finished doing it himself.
04:44Would you like a sardine and bacon sandwich?
04:50All right, all right.
04:56Hello, hello, hello.
04:57Hello.
04:58Here.
04:59I see your bell's working this time, I'm free.
05:02Yeah.
05:02What?
05:04George.
05:05Oh.
05:06Is that what you call it?
05:08LAUGHTER
05:09Oh, dear.
05:10Oh, dear.
05:12Oh, dear.
05:14Oh, dear.
05:16What?
05:16Oh, dear.
05:17Where's my Mildred?
05:27Oh, she's popped next door, taking the train.
05:29Oh, you're so lazy, you young people.
05:34Now, now, are you glad to see me back?
05:37I will be, yeah.
05:39LAUGHTER
05:39How are you keeping, then?
05:42Oh, I'm not long for this world.
05:44Oh, good, good.
05:47Here.
05:48Dr McLaren wants to put my leg in a medical textbook.
05:53Why, ain't he got a bookmark?
05:54LAUGHTER
05:54He says there's only another leg like it in the whole country.
06:01And here.
06:02I've got that one as well.
06:04LAUGHTER
06:05Yeah, well, put it away.
06:06Oh, it's a sad thing when your body starts to wear out
06:12and your mind's still as sharp as ever, Humphrey.
06:15LAUGHTER
06:15George.
06:17I didn't hear it.
06:18LAUGHTER
06:19Now, I'm George.
06:22Oh.
06:23Isn't that a bit confusing?
06:25Oh, George, oh.
06:26Oh, she's here, Mildred.
06:28Oh, hello, Mother.
06:30Oh, mwah.
06:31How are you, then?
06:32I'm not long for this world.
06:34LAUGHTER
06:35Yes, well, but...
06:37Oh, here.
06:38I've got a letter for you, Mildred.
06:40What?
06:41Came some weeks ago.
06:43All the way from America.
06:44America?
06:45Hmm.
06:46That's in the USA.
06:48Yes, isn't it?
06:49Yeah.
06:50Er, Mother, it's already opened.
06:53Yes.
06:54I accidentally got it caught in the steam from the kettle.
06:57LAUGHTER
06:58Here.
06:59It's from one of your old boyfriends.
07:02Ooh-hoo!
07:03Oh, she was a terror with the Yanks before she got stuck with you.
07:07Oh!
07:08But, Lee Kennedy?
07:11Yes.
07:12From the air base.
07:13You remember Flight Sergeant.
07:15Oh, Lee!
07:17Oh!
07:17You never went short when he was around.
07:20LAUGHTER
07:21Ooh!
07:21Noilands, bananas, chewing gum.
07:26Oh!
07:26Here we...
07:27Was he the one with the crew cut?
07:29No, that was a tall one.
07:31Oh, ginger hair.
07:32No, that was the one before.
07:34What, moustache?
07:35No.
07:36Oh, it's true.
07:36How many of them were there?
07:38I demand to see that letter, Mildred.
07:40George, this is personal and private.
07:43Yes.
07:43He wants to see her again.
07:45Eh?
07:46Ooh, he's coming over here on business.
07:48Thought it'd be nice to have a little reunion.
07:51Dinner at the Dorchester next Saturday.
07:53Ooh.
07:54Aren't you going to read it?
07:56LAUGHTER
07:56Would you think I need to?
08:00Throw it away, Mildred.
08:01Come on.
08:01All right then, George.
08:02There you are.
08:02You are a happily married woman.
08:04Er, yes, George, I am a married woman.
08:08Well, now, Mother, what was the weather like in Dagenham?
08:11It was all sunshine in those days.
08:14Yes, dear, I'm talking about now.
08:16Ooh.
08:17My Muriel was a beauty then.
08:20Yeah, it wasn't always sunshine either.
08:22Er, you...
08:23Oh, you're back.
08:28Did you take Mother all the way to the station?
08:30Yeah.
08:31She lost her teeth in the sidecar when we went over the cobblestand.
08:33LAUGHTER
08:33Oh, charming.
08:37Hey, you're going to laugh, aren't you?
08:39That's about so.
08:41Hi, what are you doing?
08:42I'm just looking through our old photographs, George.
08:44Oh, you're looking for that yank fellow, aren't you?
08:46Lee, what's name?
08:47Not really, no.
08:48I often have a look through these...
08:49Mildred, I want to see that letter.
08:50Oh, ooh, right then, go on.
08:52All right.
08:54Miss M. Tremble?
08:55That was my maiden name, George.
08:57Mm-hm.
08:58I haven't been a Tremble since I married you.
09:00LAUGHTER
09:03Yes, this is the page.
09:04Look, George, 1940...
09:07Er, erm...
09:08Well, he's got a nerve.
09:11Oh, don't be so silly.
09:12Oh, look.
09:14Oh, there's a picture of all the girls that used to work with me at the canteen.
09:18There's Kitty and Gladys.
09:20Oh, six of us.
09:22And 300 American airmen.
09:24What?
09:26At the base.
09:27And you used to work, had it?
09:28I didn't have to.
09:30LAUGHTER
09:30Oh, look, that's it.
09:34That's him, that's Lee.
09:36He's black.
09:37Oh, don't.
09:39That's a negative.
09:41No, no, look, look.
09:43That's him, and that's me next to him.
09:46Yeah, well, he won't be like that now.
09:47Probably fat and bald.
09:48Not necessarily.
09:50Well, let's face it, Mildred, the years haven't been kind to you.
09:52Oh, thank you.
09:55I can still get into the same dresses.
09:57Mind you, I have to.
09:58I can't afford any new ones.
10:00Yeah, well, you're not the only one, you know.
10:02I've had a few flings in my time.
10:04Gloria Rumbald.
10:07Oh?
10:07Gloria Rumbald.
10:09I went out with her for five years.
10:10You told me I was the first.
10:14Well, you were for that sort of thing.
10:18I mean, in those days, a man had to respect a girl, didn't he?
10:20I mean, this Lee Wassenae, he was probably the same with you.
10:24Oh, yeah, quite, yes.
10:26Are you going to meet him?
10:29Well, George, I don't know.
10:31I haven't decided yet.
10:33I'm your husband, Mildred, and I forbid it.
10:35Oh, well, dear, of course that settles it.
10:38I'm going.
10:39I'm your husband, Mildred, and I'm your husband, Mildred, and I'll see you next week.
11:09Right, it's dinner time, Moby.
11:18There you are.
11:20That's the wait.
11:21I'll say one thing for you, good company.
11:28Well, George?
11:30Well, what?
11:32I went to the beauty parlor this afternoon.
11:34Oh, yeah.
11:35Shut, were they?
11:42No, George, no.
11:44I am not going to let you upset me.
11:46Not today.
11:47Yeah, well, the last couple of days, you've done...
11:50What's that pong?
11:50It's my new perfume.
11:54It is called Desire.
11:56Oh.
11:58Yes, well, it doesn't work miracles.
12:01It's dark.
12:03What have you done with your chest?
12:05Nothing.
12:07Yeah, you have a sort of...
12:08So that's where my socks went.
12:11George, I have bought a slightly padded bra.
12:17I see.
12:18You've never bought a slightly padded bra for me.
12:20Well, you'll have this one when I finish with it.
12:23I know what you're trying to do.
12:25You're trying to make me jealous.
12:26Well, it won't work.
12:26I'm not jealous.
12:27Go off with this yank of yours.
12:28Enjoy yourself.
12:29I don't care.
12:29All right, I will.
12:30You'll not go in.
12:31Oh, George.
12:33Now, come on.
12:34It's just a little social drink for old time's sake.
12:37I mean, in the odd 20 years we've been married,
12:39when was the last time I went out on me own?
12:41Our wedding anniversary dinner.
12:43Yeah.
12:44And that was only because you wouldn't come with me.
12:46Yeah, well, there was a dance match on, wasn't there?
12:48Oh, George, the point is, I don't make a habit of it.
12:52Now, now, I am going.
12:55Right.
12:56Now, I may not enjoy myself.
12:58I may feel guilty.
12:59I may spend the entire evening thinking of you sitting here,
13:04all alone,
13:05but I very much doubt it.
13:08Right.
13:10We know where we stand.
13:11Yeah.
13:12Yeah.
13:13We know where we stand.
13:15What sauce for the goose is another man's meat.
13:19Well, then, it's here somewhere.
13:21Ah, yeah, here it is.
13:23Right.
13:24Now, then, let's see.
13:26Ah, yeah.
13:27Gloria Rumbald.
13:29All right, clap them two, three, seven.
13:31Two, three, seven.
13:33Well, if she's still there, that is.
13:36Sometimes a bit.
13:39Oh, hello.
13:40Oh, oh, oh.
13:41Could you tell me if Miss Gloria Rumbald is still at this address?
13:45Well, that address.
13:46Yeah.
13:47She is?
13:47Oh, oh, good.
13:48Well, could I speak to...
13:50Oh.
13:50Oh, well, do you know when she might be back?
13:53Roper.
13:53George Roper.
13:54Yeah.
13:55Yeah, I'm an old friend of hers.
13:56Yeah.
13:56Yeah.
13:56We used to...
13:57You're not her husband, are you?
14:00Her mother.
14:01Oh, oh, sorry.
14:02Sorry, sorry, sorry.
14:02Yeah.
14:04Oh, yes, I could do that.
14:05It's, uh...
14:05Hold on.
14:05It's 1712325.
14:08Yeah.
14:08Have you any idea when she might be back?
14:10Oh, I see.
14:12Yeah, right.
14:12Well, bye-bye.
14:14Right.
14:15One down.
14:16None to go.
14:20Right, so we set the points like this.
14:23And we put the train at the station like this, you see?
14:26Can I have a turn?
14:28In a minute, in a minute.
14:30I'd say it's pretty realistic.
14:32These carriages are filthy.
14:34I didn't just want to drive the train.
14:36What?
14:37Good God, no.
14:38He's a porter.
14:39You'd have a strike on your hands.
14:41Lean them against a wall.
14:48Here we go.
14:50There.
14:51Tristram, what's this tyre doing under your bed?
14:55That's not a tyre.
14:56It's a space station.
14:59Well, what's this space station doing under your bed?
15:03Mr. O'Connor went and swaps with me for my train set.
15:06He what?
15:06Right, well, I think I'll draw three.
15:11One, two, oh-ho.
15:13Right, well, let's see what you need, Moby.
15:16Oh, yeah, a pair of tens.
15:20Yeah, yeah, well, I'd stick with that if I were you.
15:22Yeah, and possibly the ace, right?
15:24Oh, excuse me.
15:26Mr. Roper.
15:33Oh, come in, son.
15:34How could I do with a bit of a friendly company?
15:36I have merely come to return this space station, this tyre.
15:40Mr. Roper.
15:40I have simply come to return this.
15:45What?
15:45Yeah, about time, too.
15:46Do you want a beer?
15:47What?
15:49A beer and a bit of a friendly chat.
15:51Friendly?
15:52You and me?
15:54Yeah, that's right.
15:55Sit down.
15:56Yeah, well, I mean, after all, you've got to be neighbourly, haven't you?
16:01There we are, dear.
16:03I don't know, women.
16:04What?
16:05Oh, women.
16:06What about?
16:07Well, you've given the best years of your life, and what happens?
16:09First opportunity, they go gallivanting off with another man.
16:12Oh.
16:13You know what I mean?
16:13What happens to love and loyalty, eh?
16:15Keeping thee only unto one another.
16:19Hello?
16:21Who?
16:22Gloria.
16:22Oh, oh, Gloria.
16:26Oh, hello.
16:27Yeah, you've got me a message, then.
16:29Yeah, yeah.
16:30George.
16:31George, yeah.
16:31George Roper.
16:33R-O-P-E.
16:34Roper, yeah.
16:35That's right, yeah.
16:36Oh, it's been a couple of years.
16:401951.
16:43Yeah, you know, George, George, big shock of red hair.
16:45Drain pipes, the brothel creepers.
16:48The car, no room.
16:49How have you been keeping?
16:51Oh, good, good.
16:51Here, listen, are you doing anything tonight?
16:54Oh, right, well, do you fancy coming out for a pint?
17:00You know, that pub we used to meet in, the Ship and Shovel.
17:02Oh, good, yeah.
17:05Well, they say seven o'clock, yeah?
17:07Oh, well, I'll tell you what, we could wear a flower in our buttonhole.
17:10Yeah, hey, a tulip.
17:12Yeah.
17:13Right, yeah, seven o'clock, then.
17:16Roper.
17:17George Roper.
17:19Yeah, that's right.
17:20Bye-bye, Gloria.
17:21Wrong number.
17:25Yeah, well, I can't keep you here.
17:26Off you go, son.
17:26I mustn't stand here chatting to you all night.
17:28Yeah, see your own way out, don't you?
17:29The door's at the top of the stairs.
17:30Oh, my God.
17:51Uh-huh.
18:00Hey, Barman
18:07Dry martini
18:09Crystal lemon and no olive, okay?
18:13Oh, uh, excuse me
18:15Make that two dry martinis
18:17Hiya, honey
18:17I'm looking for a friend
18:20You found one
18:21What's your name?
18:23Oh, no, no, you don't understand
18:25You see, Lee Kennedy
18:27Well, sit down, Lee
18:28Marvin Shoemaker
18:31From Chicago
18:32I'm in surgical appliances
18:35Oh, I am sorry
18:36Oh, oh, Lee
18:41Mildred
18:41Oh, and this is Mervyn Shoemaker
18:45From Chicago
18:45Hi
18:46Oh, the hell, woman
18:49Mildred, Mildred
18:51Roper, knee tremble
18:54Ah, yes
18:55So, you're married
18:59Well, uh, yes
19:02Let's have a drink before we go in
19:04Oh, right, yes
19:05I booked a private room
19:07A private room?
19:10Oh
19:11You've still got it, you little devil
19:19No, no, I never married
19:27Well, it never seemed to be time
19:28You know, what with the oil business
19:30And the banks
19:31The oil business
19:32And the banks
19:33Oh, yes, quite
19:35Well, fancy remembering me
19:38After all these years
19:39Oh, those days at the base
19:41Ha, those were the good days, Mildred
19:43Yes, they were
19:44Got any gum, chum?
19:46Well, not on me
19:48Oh, and I know
19:49No, you remember
19:51That's what we used to say
19:52Oh, yeah
19:53Yes
19:53Well, anyway, when I knew I was coming over
19:56I just had to hold this little reunion
19:58Now, you can call me an old fool if you like
20:00Oh, you're not old
20:01Oh, you're not a fool either
20:03No
20:05No, I must admit, Lee, that
20:07When I got your letter
20:08Well, I thought that it was
20:09Oh, it looks like they're starting to arrive
20:10Is that Gladys?
20:11It is
20:12Gladys!
20:13Lee!
20:17Oh, you haven't changed a bit
20:19Oh, go on
20:20I saw Kitty in the loo
20:21She's tarting herself up for you
20:23Oh, great
20:23Come and sit down
20:24Mildred!
20:28Oh, well, I never
20:29Oh, the old gang from the airbase
20:31Yeah, I booked a private room
20:33Just the 20 of us
20:34Oh!
20:37Oh, we're going to have lots of laughs tonight, eh?
20:43Yes
20:43Same again, is it, Squire?
20:52No, not just for the moment
20:54I'm waiting for a friend
20:56Oh, I don't know if you've seen her
20:58Slim girl
20:59Longest blonde hair
21:00Quietly spoken
21:01Doesn't ring a bell
21:02Hello, hello, hello
21:06Like a Morgan here tonight
21:11Hello, Grandad
21:13How's your belly off the spots, George?
21:17Hello, lovey
21:18Evening, Laurie
21:19Come on, Sid
21:21Get your finger out
21:22Large vodka
21:23Coming up
21:24Phew
21:27That's a relief
21:28Doesn't half take it out of a girl
21:30Working down the massage parlour?
21:33Leave you
21:33Never grown there, you know
21:38So, Sid
21:41Matter of fact
21:43I'm waiting for a friend
21:45There's a lot of it about tonight
21:47That's what he just said
21:48Oh
21:50He was there a minute ago
21:54Hello, George
22:15You're back early
22:16Yes
22:17You have a good time
22:19Oh, marvellous
22:20Oh, he was just as handsome as ever
22:23We had a private room
22:24Candlelight, wine
22:26The two of you?
22:28Yes
22:28And 18 other people
22:30He invited half the base
22:34Oh, I'll see
22:36Well
22:37Aren't you going to have a good laugh?
22:40I wouldn't do that, Mildred
22:41It must have been a big disappointment for you
22:45What?
22:47Well, let's face it, Mildred
22:48Life moves on
22:50You can't go back
22:51At least we have each other
22:53May not be much
22:54But we've got to make the best of it, haven't we?
22:57Look at this
22:58You, me
22:59And Moby
23:00Against the world
23:01Yeah
23:02Oh, George
23:04Do you fancy an early night, Mildred?
23:06Oh, yes
23:07Yes
23:07Right, let's go then
23:12Right
23:12I did think of you tonight, George
23:15Really
23:16I thought of you, Mildred
23:17I thought of no-one else
23:18Did you really?
23:21Oh
23:21Yes
23:25What?
23:29Oh
23:30It's for you, George
23:31Somebody waiting for you at the pub
23:34A Gloria Rumbolt
23:36I'll give you Gloria Rumbolt
23:40APPLAUSE
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