- 12 hours ago
First broadcast 29th November 1973.
Bernie gets a temporary job as an electrician during a factory's annual minimal workforce period.
Freddie Fletcher - Bernie
Clifford Kershaw - Durban
Dave Hill - Maurice (as David Hill)
Stacy Davies - Arthur
Deirdre Costello - Mary
John Simons - Dave
John Ford - Singer
Bernie gets a temporary job as an electrician during a factory's annual minimal workforce period.
Freddie Fletcher - Bernie
Clifford Kershaw - Durban
Dave Hill - Maurice (as David Hill)
Stacy Davies - Arthur
Deirdre Costello - Mary
John Simons - Dave
John Ford - Singer
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00:00:00I
00:00:35Is it there?
00:00:37Yeah.
00:00:38I think it's the back of it.
00:00:43Where do you know?
00:00:45Through that door.
00:00:47Right.
00:00:53Hey, Stoke, you know.
00:00:54Potters holidays.
00:00:56Gotta go down to Stoke station.
00:00:58You'll see all our workers down there.
00:01:01Standing on the station with the noses pointing south.
00:01:03Give me a clear field, I suppose.
00:01:05All right, maintenance section.
00:01:07Have a good run for it.
00:01:08After this fortnight, we'll all stand a chance.
00:01:11They've got to choose plates out night and day.
00:01:16He's here.
00:01:17Who's here?
00:01:18He's Nibs.
00:01:20Oh, my.
00:01:21He's got a bloke with him.
00:01:23Only one?
00:01:24That's all I saw.
00:01:25Gee, isn't it bloody typical, eh?
00:01:28I know for a fact they have to labour for half a dozen.
00:01:31Sent the rest down to Eastwood, I reckon.
00:01:33Eastwood's bloody welcome.
00:01:34Be a bit of a struggle with one.
00:01:37Better off on us own.
00:01:38I don't know, you.
00:01:42Spoil the jobs, drugs.
00:01:44Yeah, miserable bugger.
00:01:47You just watch your tools don't start walking.
00:01:49Ah, bollocks.
00:01:50Just keep your box locked, that's all.
00:01:51Long as he knows which wire goes with which.
00:01:54Ah, some bloody hopes.
00:01:55You can do the job, he'd be a good help.
00:01:57Ah, it's a bloody big if.
00:01:59That could be brilliant, Morris.
00:02:01Let the place be storm.
00:02:03Charge and overnight, show you up that wood.
00:02:06Show you up and all, you thick twat.
00:02:08Watch it.
00:02:10Don't need this bloody firm to keep my fire going, you know.
00:02:13This is where the plates are made.
00:02:15And then they go down to the kilns.
00:02:18And from the kilns, they go up to the finishing shop.
00:02:21And after that, they're packed in wooden boxes and sent all over the world.
00:02:24Very good.
00:02:25Of course, Eastwood's is the main plant.
00:02:27We're just a subsidiary.
00:02:29We do the specials here, like.
00:02:31Nope, there, that's the painting shop.
00:02:33Okay.
00:02:34And I'll show you where the pit is shedding.
00:02:37Ah, I think that's going to have a run.
00:02:38Runs are worth, mate.
00:02:39To break down down here can be damn costly, I'll tell you.
00:02:42And there's a girl in the packing shop, upstairs, sat on their arses for two minutes.
00:02:46The manager's down here, screaming blue lady.
00:02:50And if we stop for two days, share prices start to drop.
00:02:54And after two weeks, old bloody Germans get to sell one of his yachts.
00:02:58That's not supposed to go to mine.
00:03:00You must be joking.
00:03:01Have you ever had a piece of work?
00:03:04Well, mate, this is your own sweet home for the next fortnight.
00:03:08Christ almighty, what a mess.
00:03:10I bet blow has left this bastard on.
00:03:18Have you done much maintenance, then?
00:03:19No, not a great deal.
00:03:21Oh, it's mainly motor-starting gear.
00:03:24Alan and West, Z1O and Brookhursts.
00:03:27Oh, aye.
00:03:28Yeah, we've 500 of them bloody things to check.
00:03:31You reckon we can do it in a fortnight?
00:03:32We can try.
00:03:34It seems such a tip this place is.
00:03:37Yeah, it is a bit of a mess, isn't it?
00:03:38I wonder sometimes what their homes are like, I do, honest.
00:03:41Now we're with a big brush could someone have it cracked.
00:03:43The trouble is you can't find nothing when you want it.
00:03:46And then there's a breakdown, and bloody Arthur spends hours and hours.
00:03:49Grubbing about for a nut and bolt.
00:03:51Yeah, it does need organising a bit.
00:03:54Would you like to do that for your first job?
00:03:57Me?
00:03:58Now, listen, this next fortnight, lad, we can't afford to be fussy.
00:04:01I was anxious to get the goods with the technical stuff.
00:04:04I know you've only temporarily liked the temporary job,
00:04:07but there could be possibilities here, you know, for the right sort of chap to fit in.
00:04:12Well, I didn't want to do the sweeper-up out of the job.
00:04:14Oh, there's no question of that, lad.
00:04:16He's on holiday, isn't he? With the rest of the bloody rabble.
00:04:20Anyway, I wouldn't ask a fully skilled fellow to do the job, but the others wouldn't jib.
00:04:24Oh, I'm not jibbing.
00:04:26Oh, good. In that case, there's a brush here.
00:04:31There you are. One brush. Ship shifting for the use of.
00:04:37There should be a shovel round here somewhere.
00:04:39Oh, I must have my shovel.
00:04:41Oh, no, did you?
00:04:42All I need now is a barry.
00:04:44Well, I can get one organised.
00:04:49That's the idea. Bernie, isn't it?
00:04:52Aye.
00:04:53I can see you're a dab on with the broom mechanics.
00:04:57We've got a bloody big programme out of us in this next fortnight, lad.
00:05:01You don't mind doing a bit of overtime, do you?
00:05:04No, not at all.
00:05:05Tell the truth, I can't get enough of it.
00:05:09Some of them fans I saw as we came in, looks like they might be good experience.
00:05:15Hello, lads.
00:05:16Hello.
00:05:17How do you?
00:05:18Hello.
00:05:19Bernie's sorting the shitty pot for you.
00:05:22I thought you were sending us another spark.
00:05:24Bernie's a spark.
00:05:29It's not that I mind, and it's not that Arthur minds.
00:05:32It's just that it doesn't pay to be too adaptable.
00:05:34Oh, I understand that.
00:05:35Point is, you see, he'd have us done it every day.
00:05:38Oh, there's such a precedent.
00:05:39Yeah, well, he won't catch me again.
00:05:41Oh, it's his own bloody fault.
00:05:42He should have hired a labourer.
00:05:44I mean, you ought to know better than asking a skilled man to brush up.
00:05:47Used to be the best shop steward we ever had.
00:05:49That's debatable.
00:05:50Now, fair do is, Morris. You know better than that.
00:05:53Wouldn't give this management an inch.
00:05:54He was a bloody shit stirrer.
00:05:56Ah, well, they know what they were doing when they got him on their side.
00:05:58He always was power mad.
00:06:00Yeah, well, I didn't want to start a dispute, you see.
00:06:02Oh, there's no question of that.
00:06:04It's not that we think brushing up is beneath us, like.
00:06:06Oh, I bloody well think he's beneath me.
00:06:08It's just that, you know, Derb, and he needs watching.
00:06:11Give him half a chance and he starts taking advantage.
00:06:14Oh, I knew you'd be keen to impress, you see.
00:06:16Time to get well in, like.
00:06:18Hey, I wasn't creeping.
00:06:20Next time he comes down here, I'll bloody tell him to piss off, and they'll go on strike.
00:06:24Bloody hell, mate, it's not that dramatic.
00:06:26Are you a militant?
00:06:27Well, I'm prepared to be.
00:06:29A militant's all right, but you've got to get money while it's there.
00:06:33How are you?
00:06:35Don't get the idea we're all money mad.
00:06:37Won't get the chance to bloody be most weeks.
00:06:39I mean, if this issue came up, they could stuff the money.
00:06:42Could they bloody hell?
00:06:43Mine's already spoken for.
00:06:45Well, we've all got commitments.
00:06:47Misses will just have to draw bloody horns in.
00:06:50Are you married, Bernie?
00:06:52No, not as yet.
00:06:53Mind you, I'm not slow with tarts.
00:06:56You like your freedom too much, eh?
00:06:57Yeah.
00:06:58But you're married, don't mean to say you're tied.
00:07:00You're married to my missus, does.
00:07:02It's his money as ties him.
00:07:03He gives his darling bloody hell so he's shit scared of going out.
00:07:07Have you got a regular job, Bernie, apart from this?
00:07:10Well, he knows he'd get, doesn't he?
00:07:12Only some fellas do two weeks temporary instead of going away.
00:07:15Yeah, well, they must be keen.
00:07:16This town's full of grabbers.
00:07:18They're keen on grabbing over two thou in the financial year.
00:07:20Aren't you keen on that?
00:07:22No.
00:07:23One job at a time, that's my motto.
00:07:26Got anything fixed up for when you leave here?
00:07:28Well, I was hoping to get taken on permanently, if I impress.
00:07:31Where was you at before?
00:07:34Here and there.
00:07:36But in the trade?
00:07:38In and out, really.
00:07:39A bit of everything.
00:07:41Working local life?
00:07:43Oh, working all over.
00:07:44Mostly Manchester way.
00:07:46On your own account?
00:07:47Not in a big way.
00:07:48But in the electrical line?
00:07:50Now who's been bloody nosy?
00:07:52I was only asking.
00:07:54So I noticed your overalls are more or less straight from the shop?
00:07:57Oh, yeah, you know, I thought, well, it would have been a fresh start.
00:08:01Hey, how come yours are both the same?
00:08:02These are the firm's overalls.
00:08:04These are a clean pair every week.
00:08:06When do I get mine?
00:08:07You don't get these till you're on the permanent gang.
00:08:10Oh, I see.
00:08:13Hey, you, watch them split pins don't fly.
00:08:15They're a bit tricky.
00:08:16Here, look, set your store out.
00:08:19He hates plates.
00:08:21Well, they're always in the bloody way, aren't they?
00:08:23Mind you, this house is full of them.
00:08:25Costly items, I suppose.
00:08:27Are you in dicks?
00:08:29Well, I've got a decent billet.
00:08:30You know, I'm cozy enough.
00:08:56Evening, sir.
00:08:57Good evening.
00:08:58You all right?
00:08:59Not too bad.
00:09:00Got a birthday for you.
00:09:01Oh, well.
00:09:02Yeah, a couple of plates. You'd better put your shaving mug on them.
00:09:05Yes, they're supposed to taste as well.
00:09:17Would you like a game of dominoes tonight?
00:09:20No, I'm going out for a couple of pints.
00:09:22Oh, that's a pity.
00:09:25Alright, I'll get another pound.
00:09:27Yeah, thanks for asking.
00:09:32Once I looked at the top to the sun
00:09:38Brick, ribbon and line
00:09:40What are you doing?
00:09:41It's a jam.
00:09:42It's a jam.
00:09:44It's a jam.
00:09:44Now it's gone
00:09:47Rather can you spare a dime
00:09:56Once and cocky since
00:09:58Jeannie looks swell
00:10:01All of that Yankee doodle-dum
00:10:06Half a million boots
00:10:08Went sliding through hell
00:10:11Do you know this one then?
00:10:13Oh, I've heard it before.
00:10:14Yeah, it's a good old one.
00:10:15Say, don't you remember
00:10:18They call me Al
00:10:20It was Al of the time
00:10:25Say, do you remember
00:10:28I'm your pal
00:10:30Bloody, can you spare a dime
00:10:36It's great, it sounds good?
00:10:38Oh, it's a new piano, you know
00:10:39Just sort of trying it out
00:10:41Incidentally, my name's Dave
00:10:42Dave Cartlidge
00:10:43I'm steward of this club
00:10:44I've not seen you in here before
00:10:45I'm new to the district as it happens
00:10:47Ah, just passing across the crowd
00:10:50each stage of Stoke and its environs, eh?
00:10:52No, I'm working here
00:10:53Working? What? Week's week?
00:10:55What are you? Bloody one-man band
00:10:57I've been taking on temporary
00:10:58at the Colbridge Works
00:11:01Oh, you fancy that then, eh?
00:11:03Mmm, she's not bad
00:11:05Hey, Mary
00:11:07You've made a conquest over here
00:11:08It's splendid
00:11:10Sure, look
00:11:13Husband made a very tragic end, you know
00:11:15Did he?
00:11:17Mmm
00:11:18Had a heart attack, very early age
00:11:20What brought that on?
00:11:22Oh, he dropped dead from doing double chef, you know
00:11:25Ooh, he's bad luck on the girl
00:11:28Yeah, fancy another one?
00:11:30Yeah, I'll have a pint
00:11:31Yeah, it's a real extravaganza in here of a weekend, you know
00:11:33Of course, it's quiet at the moment
00:11:34Might just about muster a quarrel for Saturday night
00:11:37But otherwise, it's a fortnight's piece
00:11:40Can't say I'm sorry
00:11:41Gives us a chance to get into gear, you know
00:11:43For next season's entertainment
00:11:45Uh, two pints a bit of Mary, please
00:11:47Like a zinc loaf?
00:11:48Oh, barley wine if you're going in
00:11:50Well, barley wine, bloody hell, you'll break him
00:11:52That one by all means
00:11:54Aye, good mate, this lad's keen
00:11:56He's a good catch and all, you know
00:11:58He's up at the Coebridge Works
00:11:59Steady number
00:12:02Do a bit of singing myself
00:12:03Do you think me singing had sued?
00:12:05Well, it's a soul-shattering experience, you know
00:12:07What, me singing?
00:12:09No, no, no, getting in on the club circuit
00:12:12I mean, you've got a sort of rough power, you know
00:12:15But I wouldn't foster any illusions
00:12:17I mean, I'm very self-analytical about it all
00:12:20I mean, I know my limitations, you know
00:12:23I realise that I'm no Tony Bennett
00:12:25But, of course, on the other hand
00:12:26If you have got any sort of talent for the business
00:12:28Then by all means, trade on it
00:12:30Another string to your bow, I suppose
00:12:32Well, it's a damn sight better than messing about
00:12:34And that was pot bag machinery
00:12:36I mean, don't mess with the Stanley
00:12:38I don't look down on the working man
00:12:40But we all like the spotlight, you know
00:12:42And I've had it
00:12:44What you want to see is this trunking
00:12:47Buttoned up to them brackets
00:12:48Oh, I see
00:12:49Yeah, it's a double back to re-root
00:12:51Aye
00:12:52Point of structural alterations
00:12:55Is these wires light, then?
00:12:57No, they're only push wires
00:12:59There's no juice in them
00:13:01Push wires, eh?
00:13:03Hmm
00:13:05Oh, yeah, I see, yeah
00:13:06These break the feet of the solenoid
00:13:09Yeah
00:13:09Then that chips out the motor
00:13:11Ah, somewhere like that
00:13:12Yeah
00:13:13Have you got the doings?
00:13:14Yes
00:13:14Nearly all set
00:13:16There's your drill
00:13:185.32s
00:13:19Thought it'd be a tapping size
00:13:21Oh, clearance
00:13:22Hmm, clearance
00:13:24Yeah, you only used them as a pilot
00:13:26I should do the job in situ
00:13:27Starting at one end and backing down
00:13:30Yeah, but don't you think it'd be better?
00:13:32If I might the brackets and took them down
00:13:35Well, if you want to make a long job of it
00:13:37Well, I like to think I work scientific
00:13:39Well, please yourself
00:13:40It'd be bloody rough for you, I guess
00:13:43Aye
00:13:44Rough but slow
00:13:45Oh, well
00:13:46You'll be glad you are
00:13:47Yeah
00:13:48Oh, I had to think I set my stall out, Arthur
00:13:50Well, suit yourself
00:13:51I'll leave you to it
00:13:52All right
00:13:54Well, if you've got to be crass, it's...
00:13:56Crass
00:14:01He's read a few bloody books
00:14:03Got old's law off pat and thinks that's all there is to it
00:14:06If you had me baffled just now
00:14:08He's a born shit-shooter
00:14:10He thinks he can baffle us with science
00:14:12Aye, he'll have to go
00:14:13That's what worries me
00:14:16Aye, he doesn't like confidence
00:14:18And they can write balls up
00:14:20You'll have to pick his jobs, that's all
00:14:23The point is, Arthur, he's not saying money
00:14:31Two phase wires crossed, Arthur, and we've got a motor run in the wrong way
00:14:35Aye, it's easily done, I suppose
00:14:36When it's found out, he won't be here
00:14:38He's dead sure he's going to be kept on and all
00:14:40Poor bastard
00:14:42Likeable enough, though
00:14:43You've always worked, what's he done?
00:14:45Well, he's got a card
00:14:46Any silly bastard can get one of them
00:14:49Watch out, he's here
00:14:53Nothing I've got a bit of found
00:14:56Erm, accident to report
00:14:58Sprained your tonsils?
00:15:00No, I broke the drill
00:15:02Oh, bloody hell, youth
00:15:03You're keeping the gun straight?
00:15:05Well, that's a bit awkward, you see
00:15:06I had to put it here on the slant
00:15:08Anyway, the job's held up now
00:15:09Have you got another?
00:15:11I might manage to find one
00:15:13I tried using the end bit
00:15:15But I couldn't get it in straight
00:15:16Aye, that's what the bishop said
00:15:18I'll lay around it next time
00:15:20If you are, make it last, then
00:15:21That's a
00:15:22Oh, he holds them like gold
00:15:23Yeah, I can see he does
00:15:25Hey, Arthur
00:15:27Only three leg goes in
00:15:28Is it in parallel?
00:15:29No, it's in series, isn't it?
00:15:31No, it's in series
00:15:32Don't, don't, don't
00:16:01Thank you
00:16:22Where are you going now?
00:16:23I won't go down until my job.
00:16:25Do you want to be on it or something?
00:16:26Where do I go?
00:16:27Yes.
00:16:59I won't go down until my job.
00:17:08Oh, bless the bloody thing.
00:17:48He's only brought another bugger.
00:17:50There's enough to go.
00:17:51The old Zack Gunner's always frightened of it.
00:17:53Oh, he's all nerves, isn't he?
00:17:55I can't keep finding drills.
00:17:57Then we'll do his bleeding nuts.
00:17:59Well, bugger Durbin?
00:18:00It's down to him sending us a dead leg.
00:18:15Bad news.
00:18:16Bloody hell.
00:18:16You break the firm.
00:18:18Well, let's be doing it in situ.
00:18:19Ah, well, maybe.
00:18:20Well, it's not good practice.
00:18:22I've put miles up in situ, lad.
00:18:24Yeah, but the proper sequence is to mark it, take it down and dendril it.
00:18:27So I've been doing it wrong for the past 20 years, have I?
00:18:29No, it's just that you've got your bloody way of doing things and I've got mine.
00:18:34Meanwhile, job's stopped.
00:18:35Only while I get another drill.
00:18:36Bloody hell, lad.
00:18:37How many drills do you think we've got?
00:18:39It's easy enough to get on to the stars.
00:18:40And drop ourselves in it.
00:18:42What's the number?
00:18:44Number?
00:18:44I don't mind owning up.
00:18:46I'm bleeding big of you.
00:18:48Well, if at that time you didn't duck it out on me wages.
00:18:51Is it up here?
00:18:53You know, you can't just go ordering things ad hoc.
00:18:56Ring it up's Morris' department.
00:18:57It's 7-4-1-6.
00:19:00Leave the sodding thing alone.
00:19:03What's up?
00:19:04Look, it's no use ringing.
00:19:06You need an order and a signature.
00:19:08Morris makes them out.
00:19:10Oh.
00:19:11Well, what shall I carry on with then?
00:19:15Give them a chip, Morris.
00:19:19Oh, yeah.
00:19:25I'd better get half a dozen at night.
00:19:30Yeah, check that down Eastwood's stores.
00:19:33Do you know where it is?
00:19:34Yeah.
00:19:35You can go off home then, if you like.
00:19:37We'll see you in the morning.
00:19:47Give them a chance.
00:19:49Jaffer bastard.
00:19:51That Burke's had the same money as us.
00:20:12Evening, Dave.
00:20:13Oh.
00:20:16What can I get you?
00:20:18A pint of bits will do me, love.
00:20:20Privilege to pull one for a true gent.
00:20:22Eh?
00:20:24There I was.
00:20:25Struggling.
00:20:25Traffic, boring pass.
00:20:27Out his steps, our hero.
00:20:29Hold his hand up.
00:20:30It was like, you know, the Red Sea party.
00:20:35It's a nice selection of switches you got there.
00:20:38Yeah, as I spend hours gazing at them.
00:20:43You can't talk to him sometimes.
00:20:46Don't.
00:20:51Hard luck about your husband.
00:20:53Especially seeing as you've got nippers.
00:20:55Oh, what?
00:20:57If I have to give you the full story, I could bring tears to your eyes.
00:21:01You're a bit of a comic.
00:21:02Oh, I'm a scream.
00:21:04Hey, but don't let's on, will you?
00:21:06Social security off Snooker's going round.
00:21:09Sense of humour isn't allowed.
00:21:11They don't need money if you've got cracking jokes.
00:21:13I don't believe it.
00:21:15You don't really know.
00:21:16I don't know.
00:21:17Your man made my husband before he went in for a mortgage.
00:21:21You've got a mortgage.
00:21:23Me?
00:21:23No.
00:21:24I'm off the fairgrounds.
00:21:26You've got a fridge?
00:21:27I've got a sister in the waffs.
00:21:29Hey, stop your pension for that.
00:21:31I don't know how you manage.
00:21:33How do you manage?
00:21:35I look very well.
00:21:37Who looks after your kids while you're working?
00:21:39The woman next door keeps an ear-cocked.
00:21:41Well, I must have my back handers, you see.
00:21:43I can't let the cocktail cabinet go.
00:21:46You're pulling me leg.
00:21:49Hey, what's all the questions?
00:21:51Are you some sort of snooper or something?
00:21:52Oh, I'm a plainclothes defective.
00:21:54Didn't you know?
00:21:58How do you get home at nights?
00:22:00You got a car?
00:22:01Not as yet.
00:22:03Pity.
00:22:05I'm going with Dave when his wife's not here.
00:22:08It's part of me contract.
00:22:10Transport must be provided.
00:22:14Hurry!
00:22:16Come on.
00:22:16Ah!
00:22:17Go on!
00:22:30Oh, you missed that.
00:22:33How was it?
00:22:33There you go, man.
00:22:34Come on, you.
00:22:35He got no money.
00:22:36Go on, he.
00:22:38Oh, bloody hell, you.
00:22:40Don't stop another one.
00:22:41What's he made?
00:22:43Go on, get my pick, George.
00:22:45There you go, buddy.
00:22:46What's he calling, is he?
00:22:50Oh, what is this, lad?
00:23:14Oh, bloody hell, yous.
00:23:15What did you do, lad?
00:23:16Oh, bloody cracker, that was.
00:23:19Hey, you all right?
00:23:23Is there any damage done?
00:23:27Ah, it's only a nosebleed.
00:23:28Piss off.
00:23:30Leave me alone on me, all right.
00:23:35Come on, let's get the ball.
00:23:49He gets all excited, all of a shake.
00:23:51Has he served his time?
00:23:52I suppose so.
00:23:53He's got a J.R.B. car.
00:23:55I don't have to serve you time to get one of them.
00:23:56Now, listen, Maurice, you know the situation as well as I do, but we don't give trade tests
00:24:01to temporary blocs.
00:24:02You should see in the scuffs I've sent down to Eastwoods.
00:24:05I thought his face would have fitted.
00:24:07I thought he'd have stayed here permanent.
00:24:08I must have known a bit more about him.
00:24:10He's very mysterious about his background, you see.
00:24:13Maybe he's been in the nick.
00:24:15Oh, maybe.
00:24:16Well, he must do something.
00:24:18So what?
00:24:19All I want out of him is two weeks' hard graft.
00:24:23Oh, but I mean, he's a bit of a passenger, though.
00:24:24That's the trouble.
00:24:25Well, surely he knows the basics.
00:24:27Well, he's not a skilled maintenance man.
00:24:29Is he an idle bugger?
00:24:30Is it as simple as that?
00:24:32He don't mind hard work.
00:24:34Even so, Arthur, we're the best within the world, you've got to admit.
00:24:36He doesn't know the game.
00:24:38I mean, we're holding his hands for him.
00:24:40Give him a day or two.
00:24:41Well, we've only got 12 bloody days left.
00:24:43Well, leave it till the end of the week and give him a chance to get a grip of himself.
00:24:47Chance?
00:24:47Look, Mr Durven, I don't mind giving him any chance.
00:24:50I mean, I don't want you bloody all morning at me when this shop's at a standstill
00:24:53because the motors are going backwards or the starters are tripping out.
00:24:58Well, it only takes two crossed wires, you know,
00:25:00and these fingers want to cross them, believe me.
00:25:03Have you noticed anything?
00:25:05Well, it's a bit on edge.
00:25:07You hear all sorts of tales.
00:25:09What tales?
00:25:12What I mean, who, is that fellow who poisoned the tea in that factory after they got out of the
00:25:15hotel?
00:25:16Oh, Morris, for Christ's sake.
00:25:17Well, it's us who have to bloody well work with him.
00:25:19Oh, no, I'm sorry I'm not buying that, Morris.
00:25:21Honestly, would you buy it?
00:25:23Come on, lads, fair dues.
00:25:25I'm saying no.
00:25:26Do you want me to finish him?
00:25:27Is that it, Morris?
00:25:29Well, I mean, we've got to get the job through, and...
00:25:32Well, if there's going to be hold-ups...
00:25:39Where's he working?
00:25:40In the slip house.
00:26:08Got the starters checked, have you?
00:26:09Oh, they don't change much.
00:26:12Not since you were last in the trade.
00:26:16So long as you're not overlooking out.
00:26:19I've done the timer settings, bad contacts, faulty coils.
00:26:22You name it, I've checked it.
00:26:31There's no female bush.
00:26:33Oh, there wasn't one in.
00:26:35It's your job to see that.
00:26:37Is it?
00:26:37Oh.
00:26:38Oh, it's only minor detail.
00:26:39It's not a technical error, is it?
00:26:41Them are the points that you've got to be watching.
00:26:44Oh, I didn't know.
00:26:46If you're in any difficulties or any trouble, you've only got to ask.
00:26:50Morris and Arthur, do they understand that you're feeling your way?
00:26:53Do they?
00:26:54Well, they'll find you plenty to do.
00:26:57Plenty of brushing up.
00:26:58Plenty of all sorts.
00:27:00I don't think as I want that.
00:27:02Well, you still get the same money.
00:27:04I know, but it's a false pretence that's touching it.
00:27:06I've come here as a tradesman.
00:27:08I've got this factory to think of.
00:27:10Hey, Frank, I'll blow the bloody place up.
00:27:11We've only got your word for it that you're a fully skilled man.
00:27:14Well, what do you want, for Christ's sake?
00:27:15You can't blame the blokes for wondering as to the matter of your experience and so forth, you know.
00:27:21I'm a fully qualified spark.
00:27:23Aren't you sure you miss it to any girls?
00:27:25It's not as simple as that.
00:27:27It's the practical that counts, and that's not one of your strong points.
00:27:31And the lads have jumped to certain conclusions.
00:27:37They've found out where I've been, have they?
00:27:39Well, they think they have.
00:27:43They've got me down as a freak, I suppose.
00:27:45Oh, I wouldn't say that.
00:27:46You've got to give allowances for the mentality of the working bloke, you know.
00:27:51Yeah, and people dropping bollocks, tickles and pigs.
00:27:54They'd be pigs sick if somebody came up here who could show them the job.
00:27:59It's fear, Ernie.
00:28:02That's the top and bottom of it.
00:28:04And it comes down to psychology.
00:28:07Do you know what I'm on about?
00:28:09Not all that well.
00:28:10Well, they're not bad lads, really.
00:28:13I'd do the work just as good as they can.
00:28:15Yes, and their answer to that would be that you're a big-headed bastard.
00:28:18I was just saying, lads, that he was a bit worried about Bernie's qualifications.
00:28:23Oh, I was wondering.
00:28:24Just because I broke a few bloody drills?
00:28:26Look, youth, it's not as simple as that.
00:28:28Oh, you're too big-headed, that's your trouble.
00:28:30We know you can sort them out theoretically.
00:28:32You simply can't go charging at them bloody panels.
00:28:35There's booger all here that I can't sort out.
00:28:38What can you do?
00:28:40Well, what the hell did you expect me to say?
00:28:42You never offered to clue me up and just stand behind jeering, hoping I'll make a pig's ass of everything.
00:28:47You only have to ask.
00:28:48We've no secrets, trade or otherwise.
00:28:51Now, listen, I want to come in on this.
00:28:53It's my belief that you've been in prison.
00:28:57Do I look bent or something?
00:28:59Now, listen, lad.
00:29:00We're not pointing a finger at you.
00:29:02And it's no skin off our nose.
00:29:04So long as you haven't been thieving, that is.
00:29:06I've lived and worked with blokes all my life.
00:29:08I'd never pitched nobody's belongings.
00:29:10Have you been in jail?
00:29:14All right, I have.
00:29:16What for?
00:29:18A bookie tried to swindle me.
00:29:20Eh?
00:29:21Well, they wouldn't put you inside for that.
00:29:23Well, I thumped him a bit hard.
00:29:26Then I got sent down for two years.
00:29:27Who's he going to try knocking seven sorts out of us?
00:29:30Well, I was provoked.
00:29:35Well, does that complete the agenda for this meeting, then?
00:29:39We've been straight with Bernie, and Bernie's been straight with us.
00:29:43So, can we get back to work, then?
00:29:45Brothers.
00:29:47What shall I carry on with?
00:29:49Well, you give me a hand if you like.
00:29:50I'm tucking that big star delta panel.
00:29:52Oh, great.
00:29:54Yeah, come on and I'll show you where it is.
00:29:56Right.
00:30:04You've got to give me full marks for that.
00:30:07I knew we'd been in the nick.
00:30:11Oh, why.
00:30:12Athletics, chess club, organised outings.
00:30:16Bloody big sports field at the back there, you know.
00:30:18What's that?
00:30:19Say you like about this, Femme, they'll look after you.
00:30:21They're taking interest in you, you know, as human beings.
00:30:23Oh, very nice.
00:30:25Yeah, the letter there, you see.
00:30:26Old Joe Robinson.
00:30:28He's killed man here for 40 years.
00:30:29Forty years?
00:30:30Little ceremony in canteen when he retired.
00:30:34Come on, lads.
00:30:35You're going to stay here all night?
00:30:37Rather, where are you?
00:30:38How you going, Mowie?
00:30:39I've got to go.
00:30:40Oh, pity.
00:30:42I live Burslem way.
00:30:43Oh.
00:30:45Still, I'd like to see you down the foot one more, didn't you?
00:30:47Okay.
00:30:47Good night.
00:30:57Hey.
00:30:57Stoke New Year.
00:30:58Oh, sure, yeah.
00:31:00I'll be in.
00:31:00Thanks.
00:31:02Remember, dear tree, two doors down, my very first affair.
00:31:08Oh, me, oh, my, don't time fly, fly by.
00:31:19Oh, yeah.
00:31:19So, together, friends, that is going to be one of the big ones in the charts, very short
00:31:22with So Say I, and So Say I, we have a request, in fact, and this one going out to
00:31:27Two Lovers
00:31:27by the neighbor, John and Sue, all the way from Hamlet, John.
00:31:30Well, considering they've traveled such a distance for you, John and Sue, a little bit
00:31:34of what you fancy.
00:31:38I want to live all about me, just can't give a stare.
00:31:46He said you'd love me little now, and I know you will.
00:31:53Better to make me alright.
00:31:55I'm going to say, I love you.
00:32:00I love you, right down!
00:32:04What's that, your ticket?
00:32:05Eh? I don't like the look of you, your hair's not long enough.
00:32:08Oh, bloody hell, it's Morris.
00:32:09Well, you didn't recognise me, aren't you?
00:32:11Oh, it's the lights.
00:32:12Oh, and if you can tear yourself away from the cracker, I'll buy you a drink.
00:32:15Right.
00:32:27Look at that.
00:32:29Oh, that leg never shows any chenica.
00:32:33Two beers for two queers, please, ducks.
00:32:40Well, it's a bit better than the coverage works, isn't it?
00:32:43Yeah, it'll be dead, mate.
00:32:46Hello, Mabel.
00:32:49Who's that?
00:32:50It's half the spit on the side.
00:33:05You see, Bertie, I'd disbelieve that tale about you having hit a beller too hard.
00:33:39My trouble is I'm a born bloody liar.
00:33:40Back off up the motorway to swing the next set of moves.
00:33:42Of course, bear in mind, it's not all talking.
00:33:45There's a lot of electrical stuff to look after.
00:33:47Oh, aye.
00:33:48Well, there's always a generator, it's like, in the background.
00:33:52Banging away in the shadows.
00:33:53Oh, banging away in the shadows.
00:33:56Hey, I suppose the sex is just, it's just like on a casual basis.
00:34:03It, you know, if you want it, get back at it.
00:34:05It's a fit life.
00:34:06Oh, I keep fit.
00:34:07I'd bloody run, yeah?
00:34:09Yeah, no.
00:34:10Listen, I was captain at sports.
00:34:12Not our captain of our world soccer team.
00:34:15Hey, you know, I'm interested in all competitive games.
00:34:19I'm a fanatic, I freely admit it.
00:34:23I'm fascinated by how much a human body can endure.
00:34:28What happens when you push it beyond the point of human endurance?
00:34:34I have to show you that punishment, mate.
00:34:36I can show you what you can really do to a man.
00:34:39Hey, I wish he could do plenty.
00:34:41I'm talking about chronic affliction.
00:34:43Things that turn men into freaks.
00:34:46Things that make their own families flinch.
00:34:48I'm talking about bloody rejects.
00:34:51Not about their bloody thing.
00:34:55Peter, come on.
00:34:57Let us go and have a dance, eh?
00:34:59Yeah, let me do.
00:34:59Moon, egg, baby, no.
00:35:02Oh, oh.
00:35:04Keep your left, ring on, on me, baby.
00:35:11Put your rage on to my head.
00:35:18Put your space, baby, close to my heart.
00:35:24Freak out in a moonate daydream
00:35:31Freak out
00:35:36Far out
00:36:03Far out
00:36:15Hey Mary, it's me
00:36:17I thought it was Jack the Ripper
00:36:18You're not in a hurry, are you?
00:36:19I've got the kids in the house
00:36:21Oh yeah
00:36:32I've just been to a dance
00:36:35How'd you go on?
00:36:37Oh, the birds were a bit too young for me
00:36:40Not that I'm too old, it's just that
00:36:43Working on a fairground, you get rough and ready for these things
00:36:48Shall I see you home then?
00:36:50It's out of your way
00:36:52I just fancied the walk
00:36:54All right then
00:37:10I've seen you get to your digs and get dry, the better
00:37:14Oh, I can't see my chance
00:37:16It's come this far
00:37:17I thought you were onto a dead cert, did you?
00:37:20I thought you might make me a cup of cocoa
00:37:21I can't afford to do that
00:37:23I can pay
00:37:25I don't mean the coke you got to sell it
00:37:27I mean, if you make a bit of it
00:37:28If you have fellas in and they find out, your money gets stopped
00:37:31I've got money
00:37:35Oh, bugger the money
00:37:36Anyhow, I believe it's all right as long as you don't mow the lawn
00:37:40Come on
00:37:42No noise
00:37:48All right, I'll be up in a minute
00:37:51In here
00:37:54Gosh
00:37:56Me air's going to be straight as I die
00:38:01Oh, listen
00:38:02Oh, Nigel, won't you bother
00:38:05I shan't be a sec
00:38:06Put fire on
00:38:10Oh, jeez
00:38:21Come on
00:38:38Here
00:38:40Best of service
00:38:41Thanks, love
00:38:42Oh, I'm so good
00:38:45Hey
00:38:46You know what I'd like to do now, don't you?
00:38:49What's that?
00:38:50Get off out again
00:38:51Have a good time
00:38:52What about your kids?
00:38:54Well, you don't half worry about them
00:38:57Anyway, I've got to work in the morning
00:38:59I mustn't miss that
00:39:01It's a good number
00:39:03So you keep telling me
00:39:05Fancy giving the fairgrounds up for a factory
00:39:09And here was me dreaming he was going to carry me off to do my stuff on the dungeons
00:39:14He'd do well on the fairgrounds
00:39:24He'd do well on the fairgrounds
00:39:27He'd do well on the fairgrounds
00:39:40He'd do well on the fairgrounds
00:39:42I have my comical side
00:39:42So I'm pretending to sympathise when you're going short
00:39:46There was me husband's book
00:39:49He was a lovely line simply
00:39:50Because I'm a rosy
00:39:53And grab her, you know
00:39:55Because i never had nothing you see as a girl
00:39:57Then suddenly it seemed there was a chance
00:40:02Hey
00:40:02Heywith
00:40:03What gonna be young?
00:40:03Don't mind, do you?
00:40:05you know you've got a certain touch i went off to be a bit wary of you why you show
00:40:14all the signs
00:40:14of being the sort who'd want to move in why i think you're one of those fellas that's looking
00:40:20for a ready-made family you do do you i think you're trying to get your big feet under the
00:40:25table i haven't proposed yet oh i thought you were just coming around to it oh well i better
00:40:33get you that cup of cocoa then you can toddle off and they can't get me for cold bloody
00:40:36aberton as they call it they won't notice one night will they i mean i'm gonna get wet again
00:40:48it's dangerous just tonight it's worth five quid it'll be a big help with the kids i don't expect
00:40:55you to do it for love i might just so you're game then well being as you're in and you're
00:41:02all right brush will tip you out pretty early in the morning well i go to work at seven a
00:41:08quick
00:41:08time will do me hey you've got your coker to come yet you got your frock off christ so funny
00:41:16i know
00:41:17the game i've had tarts before have you i'm not green oh i can tell that i've had a strip
00:41:24then
00:41:25shall we do it on the floor in here i haven't walked all this way for note
00:41:31fair enough i'll take your money
00:41:38well let's have a bit of thinness eh let's have a bit of decency
00:41:43i'll take it you won't want cocoa
00:41:48hey where are you going upstairs well is it on or do i have to go i'm sorry for springing
00:41:54this on
00:41:54you so sudden but the engineers they've sprung it on me well it could mean a lot more overtime
00:41:58all right fresh conduit runs my new wiring
00:42:04oh afternoon oh i'm only a few minutes late i missed me boss
00:42:09hey where did you get to last night that's a long story
00:42:12oh well we don't want to know about it we've enough on us hands
00:42:15no more night on the piss for a while
00:42:18why what's up oh got two new machines to get in
00:42:21ah to get ready before work starts yeah it'll be a ten o'clock touch every night
00:42:25well they've got the same problem at eastwards i can't let you have no more sparks so
00:42:29i'm sorry lads it's up to you we'd better get cracking then hadn't we
00:42:32listen to the park timer sky ringer
00:42:35right well um i think you can carry on with the maintenance and me and bernie will get the new
00:42:40gear in
00:42:40all right suit yourselves well let's get this stuff out the van first shall we
00:42:43come on in kiddos we've got our work cut out
00:42:46and a re-spray to do and all
00:42:48have you got out on bernie
00:42:49no i won't wait
00:42:51did you crack it last night
00:42:52no i have
00:42:53all right so at the other side of this ducted steady
00:42:55there you go
00:42:56oh hello there you're left
00:43:04all right
00:43:04get it steady
00:43:06that's it then
00:43:06that's it right you go up the top and push and i'll stay down here and pull
00:43:10all right hey i'll pull if you like
00:43:11well go on
00:43:26are you frightened about it
00:43:27no
00:43:33steeplejacks have shitted
00:43:43you can pull when you're ready
00:43:45all right
00:44:02that's it
00:44:04all right
00:44:17is that clear then out there yeah is it okay yeah it's okay
00:44:28there's only one thing though
00:44:29what's that
00:44:30it's on my bloody foot
00:44:31that's it
00:44:50got it
00:45:00absolutely
00:45:03That's bone china, you know.
00:45:05I know. Nothing but the best for the fellas that make it.
00:45:08It's all unselected, washed and dried, with loving care.
00:45:11I've got two of them tea sets over the years.
00:45:14What, do you want applause?
00:45:16Yeah, what am I supposed to stare it with?
00:45:19Well, if you don't know now, you'll never know.
00:45:24It's more like witch piss and tea, isn't it?
00:45:26You worked very hard this last week.
00:45:28You've gained some psychological points over this plant.
00:45:31I don't know.
00:45:32That's a fact, Nat.
00:45:33You could be very influential over this year.
00:45:35Yeah, well, it's bloody grease me.
00:45:37Ah, well, you can have a couple of days rest, really.
00:45:41On Monday, the office's big rush will start.
00:45:43I'll be back, will they?
00:45:44Yeah, I'll be back from the Costa Brava.
00:45:47Sick as pigs and brown as niggers.
00:45:53Is it positioned okay?
00:45:55Oh, yeah.
00:45:56You just want to pull him through and correct him.
00:46:00Hey, listen.
00:46:02Has he been on the birdseed?
00:46:04Don't know about the birdseed, but we're on the booze tonight.
00:46:07We're going to have a topping-off drink.
00:46:09Bloody hell, he's at it at all.
00:46:11Sounds like a pop factory.
00:46:14Oh, I could sleep for a month after this.
00:46:16Hey, lots of that.
00:46:18We need you.
00:46:20I can see there being three sets of overalls down here in future weeks.
00:46:24Oh, great!
00:46:25How long the highways, on the byways, by the night.
00:46:33She was my woman.
00:46:38As she deceived me, I watched her went out of my mind.
00:46:44Why, why, why, why, why, did I learn?
00:46:50Why, why, why, why, did I learn?
00:46:57I could see that girl was no good for me.
00:47:02But I could say there was just an old man to breathe.
00:47:09I break up till you end up and roll away, I was ready.
00:47:15I crossed the street to her house and she opened the door.
00:47:22She stood there laughing.
00:47:28I felt the knife in my hand.
00:47:30Well, Fred.
00:47:31Hello, Mary.
00:47:32I waited 20 minutes for a bus.
00:47:34Well, it's all right.
00:47:35As long as you've come.
00:47:36Better get me some empty glasses, please.
00:47:38Yeah.
00:47:39Can I wait?
00:47:40Yes.
00:47:41Why, why, why, do I learn?
00:47:44That's right, well, most of a pound.
00:47:46I think it's a 25-pence change.
00:47:48No nonsense.
00:47:48Don't get many gorillas in here.
00:47:50Two gorillas still must have paid 15 pound a pound.
00:47:53Oh, why didn't you stop me?
00:47:54I wanted to do a tagline.
00:47:57There you are.
00:47:57There you are.
00:47:58Hey, Mary.
00:47:59Captain.
00:47:59Mary.
00:48:00Here.
00:48:01Sit down.
00:48:02Come on, sit down.
00:48:03Sit down.
00:48:05Hey, I'll tell you I'm going to have my bloody leg over there tonight.
00:48:08Can I watch?
00:48:09Any tip to my toes up?
00:48:10Of course you get a dollar.
00:48:14Hey, I'm talking.
00:48:16Oh, I'm busy.
00:48:17I'm late.
00:48:18Hey, I've been working all the long hours getting the good money.
00:48:20I'm looking for fresh lodgings.
00:48:22How am I fixed?
00:48:23Talk to me when you're so.
00:48:25Hey, come on.
00:48:26Don't piss me about.
00:48:27I'll just have to bump up.
00:48:29Come on.
00:48:29Do us a favour, love.
00:48:31Go on.
00:48:31I've seen to you.
00:48:32I'll serenade you.
00:48:33And see you laugh no more.
00:48:34All right.
00:48:35You can take me home.
00:48:37Give me my parlor.
00:48:40Yeah.
00:48:43All right.
00:48:44Why, why, why, why, why, why?
00:48:47You lie a skill, you lie a skill, you lie a skill.
00:48:58I just couldn't take any more.
00:49:02Forgive me, too, Lila,
00:49:04I just couldn't take any more.
00:49:16Who's going?
00:49:17Oh, Jesus Christ, what's up?
00:49:19No, I think I'm looking for it.
00:49:21I'm not even looking for it, yes.
00:49:23Is he all right?
00:49:24Yeah, come on, let's get him out.
00:49:25No, no, let's get him out.
00:49:26He what?
00:49:49It's a cup of tea.
00:49:50Are you all right now?
00:49:51Piss off.
00:49:54A mess, you'll have to get cleaned up.
00:49:56I couldn't manage.
00:49:58Too much booze.
00:49:59Don't be daft, you had a fit.
00:50:01I've seen people have fits before.
00:50:03You want cleaning up?
00:50:05Bugger off.
00:50:07Had a fit.
00:50:08It's a load of cup.
00:50:08What the hell do you know about it?
00:50:17May they still be the same for as long as we live.
00:50:33May they still be the same for as long as we live.
00:50:36I've seen people have been up.
00:50:39I've seen people have been up.
00:50:41I've seen people have been up.
00:50:41Hello, Bernie.
00:50:42Hi.
00:50:44Are we running shots of tea?
00:50:46Yeah, I think we need some more.
00:50:48Well, are we all chipping in then?
00:50:52Have you got yours, Bernie?
00:50:54Yeah.
00:50:56Are you all right?
00:50:59I should get that trouble seen to if I was you, lad.
00:51:02I've been having it seen to since I was 15.
00:51:33I've been having it seen.
00:51:34But never say it's just so.
00:51:59Hello, let's go.
00:52:04Uh, what you gonna do about, uh, Bernie then, Mr. Durbin?
00:52:07He's got to go.
00:52:09I can't afford to keep him on.
00:52:11There's the insurance risks.
00:52:13And the firm can't afford them.
00:52:15No, I suppose not.
00:52:31I can do the work.
00:52:33I've proved myself.
00:52:34I'll be on contradiction.
00:52:36I've taken pride, I have.
00:52:37I've pulled that place out of the shit.
00:52:39Played your part, lad.
00:52:40I wish I'd got them bloody panels up.
00:52:42I wish I'd sabotaged it, don't I?
00:52:44That silly talk.
00:52:45Well, that's how I feel.
00:52:46I know you're bitter, and you've every right to be bitter.
00:52:49Well, in a way, haven't it was best you got the bullet?
00:52:52Oh, bollocks.
00:52:53Well, listen, let's face it, you're a very suspect.
00:52:56Suspect me arse.
00:52:57Well, there's a lot of awkward questions could be asked,
00:52:58and there's blogs in a Monday who'll be asking them.
00:53:00I've satisfied you and Arthur.
00:53:02Oh, well, you told us a tale.
00:53:04I've passed me city and guilds.
00:53:05I've studied for that since I was 15.
00:53:08I worked with the Sparks on the colony.
00:53:10When I left there three weeks ago, I knew more than they did.
00:53:12It's unacceptable, you see.
00:53:15A frightening kiss ever fit?
00:53:16I'm frightened for you.
00:53:18They might fall into one of the machines.
00:53:20I couldn't send you up ladders.
00:53:21I've had three fits in two years.
00:53:23Do you know that?
00:53:24The only reason I stayed at the colony was because my family wouldn't.
00:53:30Well, anyway, I said Sodom.
00:53:33Will you go back there?
00:53:34No.
00:53:36I only get warm, yes.
00:53:38Yeah, wear a bell.
00:53:39Like a leper or something.
00:53:48You can let me out here.
00:53:49Where?
00:53:50The hospital.
00:53:51What, the Salvation Army?
00:53:52Yeah.
00:53:54I thought you were supposed to have digs.
00:53:56Digs?
00:53:57I might have a fit all over the carpet.
00:53:59Oh, it's shy to dust you.
00:54:00It's not our bloody fault.
00:54:02Get knotted.
00:54:03Hey, look, this car costs money, you know.
00:54:05Let's go for a car over your ass.
00:54:46Let's go for a car over your ass.
00:55:16Let's go for a car over your ass.
00:56:01Let's go for a car over your ass.
00:56:31Let's go for a car over your ass.
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