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00:06Music
00:08I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:39Mary.
00:40Mary.
00:41Mary.
00:42Come on now, Mary.
00:46Mary, come on now.
00:47Open this door.
00:54Who is it?
00:56It's Jean Hancock, the health visitor.
01:03I'd like to see your baby, Annie.
01:06What for?
01:09Can't we talk inside?
01:11My baby's all right.
01:13Oh, I'm sure she is, dear, but I'd just like to meet you both.
01:17What was that moaning about?
01:21Oh, I had a nightmare, that's all.
01:25Why don't you open the door so we can talk?
01:29Do something about the blood that will make you better.
01:32What?
01:34Is there anything wrong, Miss Hancock?
01:38Why don't you just leave us alone or move us away from here?
01:45Lofty!
01:49Lofty!
01:51I'll get you, my boy.
01:53I'll get you.
01:57Ethel, if you see Lofty, tell him that there's no escape.
02:00I'll track him down.
02:09Yeah, thanks, Harry.
02:11I'll do the same for you someday.
02:14Well, that's Fat Harry, Larry and Len.
02:17All fine and all got their own golden circles going.
02:21Thank you very much.
02:23Here, Dan.
02:24Here, Dan.
02:24You tried Vera.
02:25I could phone Percy Newcastle.
02:28And there's your Aunt May in Detroit.
02:30I've even phoned Tommy Trout at the Licensed Vitchellers, who was on about the pipe and will be sending a
02:36man to have a look.
02:36All blank me.
02:38So?
02:39Phone some more.
02:40Oh, you phone some more.
02:41I'm going out.
02:43What about the man about the pipe?
02:44Well, deal with it, darling, like you deal with everything else.
02:47And the car?
02:47I suppose that's still out of action, is it?
02:49If you want to get under it with a spanner before I get back, you're very welcome.
02:52What's up with you today?
02:54It was your idea we went in with Ethel in the first place.
02:57With which you agreed, right?
02:58Now I'll be back in an hour if I can ever get out that door.
03:04Come on, boy.
03:05You love me, don't you?
03:06Come on, Rowdy.
03:10Ah, Dan!
03:11You're a gambling man.
03:13How would you like to join my Golden Circle?
03:15Golden Circle.
03:17Do us a favour, Tone.
03:18I do not ask you to join Golden Circle.
03:20It's a great opportunity you're missing, man.
03:22You'd join our Golden Circle, would you?
03:23I don't want to know.
03:25So were you, then.
03:25Well, I said it was Golden Circle.
03:27I've already got one, Captain.
03:28I don't want to know, right?
03:29Where did you get it from?
03:29Ethel.
03:30Ethel?
03:31Yes, Ethel.
03:32As in man.
03:34Pete, can I have a word?
03:35Go on, then.
03:36Well, it's Jan, isn't it?
03:38She's getting stroppy, demanding to see me.
03:40You want me to stop work for something like that?
03:42Oh, come on, mate.
03:44You're in a white state, aren't you?
03:46Never thought I'd see you get in such a state.
03:48Under the thumb, you mate.
03:50Here, Kev.
03:52Another one under the cuss.
03:53Come here.
03:54I said I'll see you tomorrow night.
03:56I had to.
03:57It's the only way to keep her quiet.
03:58So where do I come in?
03:59Oh, please.
04:00Well, just tell her and go out.
04:02Just tell her and go out for the night.
04:04Oh, well, who will?
04:06You know what it's like.
04:07Just go out.
04:10Come on, then.
04:10Tell me about it.
04:11I need a good one for tomorrow night, Pete.
04:13That's the only way I can manage.
04:14A 100% rave uncertainty.
04:16That's all I ask.
04:19Mary!
04:21It's Sue and Ali!
04:23You've started it!
04:25Telling me about that man and enjoying it!
04:29You have a girl, Ali.
04:31She likes you.
04:33Mary, it's Ali.
04:34Downstairs.
04:36Can I leave that?
04:37All right.
04:40It is a health visitor.
04:41Honest.
04:45Mary?
04:53I don't want to live here.
04:56I don't want to stay here with my baby.
05:03Thank you, Sue.
05:04Thank you, Ali.
05:07Now, while I have a peep at Annie, why don't you put the kettle on?
05:20Oh, she's lovely.
05:22Aren't you, Annie?
05:24I'm sure your mummy's proud of you.
05:30What about mixed feeding, Mary?
05:33Have you started yet?
05:34She looks as if she's ready for it.
05:37I can't live here.
05:41I just keep getting these dreams about what happened here.
05:46I'm bathing, Annie.
05:49And the water's turning red.
05:51And I'm trying to wash you off.
05:54But it's coming from her.
05:58What about her injections, Mary?
06:00What she had?
06:03Oh, I know how difficult this must be for you, Mary, but...
06:07The most important thing at the moment...
06:11Well, we must get you registered for the clinic.
06:14At my office, we can weigh her.
06:16And we can have fun, and she'll enjoy herself.
06:19And at the end of it, we'll have the satisfaction of knowing that Annie is all right.
06:25Well, that's the most important thing for you, isn't it?
06:28Yeah.
06:30Yeah, I suppose so.
06:32It's just that there's bloodstains somewhere.
06:36What about her baby book, Mary?
06:39From her last clinic?
06:41Well, it'd be all right if I wasn't on my own.
06:45Well, isn't there anybody you can go and stay with for a while?
06:48Parents?
06:50No.
06:51Nobody at all?
06:52I said no.
06:54Well, what about Sue and Allie downstairs?
06:56Well, if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't know about it.
07:01You couldn't sleep?
07:05No.
07:07Of course you couldn't.
07:17I think the best thing for you to do would be to go to Dr Legg's surgery this evening, don't
07:22you?
07:25Somewhere in this room, there's blood.
07:29You can't see it, but it's there.
07:36If I could find it, I could scrub it out!
07:49Doctor's asking for you.
07:50Yeah, I know, I just see him, that's why I'm whispering.
07:54He's got a difficult one downstairs and he'd like us to keep it down a bit.
07:59Who is it to know?
08:01Nothing!
08:04Oh, Lofty!
08:05Was that Lofty just sneaked out?
08:07Yes, Doctor.
08:09Did you tell him I wanted a word with him?
08:10I did, Doctor.
08:12What is that gruesome object you've got there?
08:14Isn't it blip?
08:16Is something wrong with your voice, Ethel?
08:17No, Doctor.
08:18Then why are you whispering?
08:20Well, Lofty wanted us to.
08:22He said you had a very difficult patient, so I thought it must be Mrs McCarthy,
08:26who fell down the area steps and killed the cat, remember?
08:30Has she gone yet?
08:31She was never there, Ethel.
08:33She was never there so we can talk normally, can't we, Ethel?
08:36Isn't this lovely?
08:38It looks to me as if a bird of unattractive appearance has suffered a massive coronary and collapsed on a
08:43heap of artificial flowers.
08:45I can get you one.
08:46No, thank you, Ethel.
08:47I can afford one.
08:49Come in.
08:49I want to know more.
08:56What she really needs is to belong, I suppose, to feel safe, so if you and Sue can keep an
09:02eye on her.
09:02Yeah, sure.
09:03Right.
09:04Oh, the mother and baby club.
09:06The heater's not working down with the mother and baby club.
09:10Why don't you come sometime with Hassan?
09:12No, thanks.
09:13But we do get dads nowadays.
09:16No, thanks.
09:17I leave things like that to Sue.
09:19Right.
09:19So, if you could, keep an eye on her.
09:23Yes, sure.
09:25Not everyone can win with this golden circle thing, Ethel.
09:28Well, I can.
09:29I've had money from Den and from Lou and I've had 20 quid from Lofty.
09:34Lofty.
09:35And so the circle turns full circle.
09:38Be careful, Ethel.
09:40Try to restrain your generous nature.
09:42You sure you wouldn't like one, Doctor?
09:44No, thank you.
09:45I'd like to have a word with Lofty.
09:47If you see him, you might tell him so.
09:50On second thoughts, I think I'll go and tell him myself right now.
09:53I'll go and tell him, Edel.
10:13Harry!
10:14It's me, Al.
10:18I'm busy!
10:19I'll come back later, then.
10:33you've been trying to avoid me haven't you me dr. leg miss hangout can i have a word with you
10:40yeah uh hold that a moment and don't move yes well if you've got a minute i'd like a word
10:50about mary at number 23 i've just been to see her just a minute oh no
10:59i miss that side he ain't saying much but i think he must be yours hey calvin come here
11:07hey then this is my son calvin calvin this is then he's the governor so you've got to keep in
11:14with
11:14him all right son and this is his wife angie hello nice looking boy time oh wow
11:22and i'm still sharing my daughter who is never at school you or the teachers
11:30you on strike two nice dinner time what were you like kevin coke kelvin
11:36kelvin can i have a word with you then yeah of course well like a private word
11:44sharon bye kelvin
11:54so
11:56mum found out about i spent sunday with you what do you mean found out she knew didn't you
12:03know you said it had all been arranged you lied to me i don't know what it's like living there
12:10dad
12:11she wouldn't let me see you anyway she would have made me go to church so you lied to me
12:15and your mother you don't know what it's like living there
12:19you'll drop me in it as well
12:22i was gonna let you know just run away
12:24smart move oh it's all right for you why should it be me who has to suffer
12:28you're not the only one who is not enjoying themselves it's all right for you though you're
12:32doing what you want
12:39it's all right i'm going to go and see your mother and sort it out
12:43yeah you better do because it's getting bad dad if you don't finish the basement soon i'm
12:48gonna do something stupid who you calling stupid myself you ought to know yeah i do
12:54i thought you might like another straw for your coke you should suck too loud
12:57look do you mind i mean i'm trying to talk to my dad
13:00it's all right sharon you can stay it's all right he's not normally like it is he
13:04no not at all
13:06he's worried i can tell so we'll have a look at this time
13:14are you trying to shave me alive you've got to finish that basement soon dad or i am gonna
13:22do something stupid i told you not to get involved i feel sorry for her sue so do i
13:31where's the harm in it didn't get involved with old reg did we look what happened to him
13:36that was not our fault she needs to belong to something that social woman said we ought
13:42to keep an eye on her you keep your eyes off
13:47can you manage on your own i usually do why
13:51that's your kip miss my line didn't i that's your pint more like or the betting shop
13:56no straight up didn't finish cabin till two did i then up early because of mary
14:00okay go on i'll cope
14:07i've been watching you you've put nearly three quid into that machine
14:11it's not a base of law is it i don't understand what you lot see in those things
14:16you have to laugh isn't it
14:21how are you doing
14:23you sleep good
14:25bye
14:26bye
14:27look them up
14:31hello kathleen
14:32three bills yes sir
14:35ian don't you be late for school
14:38how long you been on that i don't have some concentration man
14:41how long
14:42it's my first game
14:44and where are you getting the money from anyway
14:46i think we're giving you a bit too much pocket money
14:48you're joking aren't you
14:49yeah
14:51well telly said there's some kids who spend a couple of hundred quid a day on
14:54these things
14:54cool i'm definitely not getting enough pocket money then
14:57turns into an obsession you know
15:00you want to watch it
15:04is that his first game
15:06i knew him
15:07oi
15:09get your bag off
15:10oh mum
15:11forget about the score
15:12off to school
15:14go on
15:15we'll just have to order more in future won't we
15:17we've run out of rolls haven't we
15:19now we want sandwiches
15:20and we chock her in there
15:21here don't you be late for school
15:23we're on strike
15:28well just don't sit there sure i'll answer it eh
15:31i'm optimizing it
15:32and don't you be late for school
15:34we're on strike
15:38what's she done with a prawn cocktail flavour
15:42well who was it
15:43i don't know they had that
15:44wrong number
15:45yeah
15:47oh hang on just a tick
15:49excuse me
15:51you should have been having her out
15:53no
15:53that's salt and vinegar do
15:55yeah yeah
15:55and everyone seems a bit on edge that's all
15:59now princess we're just busy that's all
16:01um
16:03i'll get it
16:04take that please
16:06queen big
16:07oh hello
16:10oh look i'm a bit busy at the moment
16:11can i ring back later
16:12fine bye
16:15how worried are you jean
16:16well the baby seems properly cared for
16:19i don't know
16:20i'm not worried
16:21not in the sense that
16:22they're both at risk but
16:24she's too inward looking
16:26i don't know she's much too concerned with what happened there before
16:30is there any chance of her being rehoused
16:32here
16:32i could write a letter
16:35everybody's got a letter these days no it would be better if she came to terms with where they're living
16:41now
16:42well there's more chance of that than there is of them being rehoused if we could only get her a
16:47bit more involved i've told her about the clinic and the mother and baby club but if we can keep
16:53her away from tablets and capsules i'd feel much easier
16:56so i'll see you and i'll talk to her so what that young lady needs is a job something to
17:01occupy her mind but no sedatives no tablets i agree with you not for someone who sees blood when there
17:07is no blood
17:08out damned spots
17:09ha
17:10ah excuse me
17:12i'll deal with it jean but excuse me
17:24i'll deal with it
17:26i'll deal with it
17:27i'll deal with it
17:43yeah
17:44tell lofty that i'll get him
17:47thank you for the dead bird ethel
17:48i knew you'd like it
17:50how could i not
17:51now what about this golden circle here
17:53just sign this and i'm yours and you could get a fortune into the bargain
17:58angie you're a bad woman
18:01i know
18:01but i'm sorry i'm gonna have to disappoint you
18:04unless you want to join me in mine
18:08so leave it to me i'll get you off the hook
18:11now leave it to me
18:20job's finished
18:21tony's paid me off in news oncees
18:23and i've seen the last of that nutter neck
18:25now i'm gonna spend a couple of hours down by the canal
18:27throw myself in
18:28right
18:29i make a date to fish
18:30and you can bet your life it rains
18:32i tried to throw a party
18:34but the guy upstairs complains
18:36what guy upstairs
18:37mum lives upstairs
18:39yeah i know and even she's all right at the moment
18:41but you wasn't gonna throw a party anyway
18:43oh i don't know we could invite mum
18:45sit on a chair in the middle of the room
18:46all dance around her
18:48heads bowed
18:49just to let her know who's boss
18:50oh what's up with you
18:52constructive use of my enforced leisure paulie
18:55that's what's up with me
18:56plus the sunshine of your mother's smile
18:58it goes like this
19:00if i can't land a job
19:01i can land a fish
19:02and if i can't land a fish
19:04seeing it's a canal
19:05maybe i can land a bike
19:06then i can jump on the bike
19:07to look for the job
19:08that i can't find
19:10either way
19:10i'm going to have
19:11two hours of pure pleasure
19:13oh good
19:14yeah so sod them
19:15just for the day
19:16so if the social calls
19:17tell them i'm out
19:17and join me so
19:18oh
19:19here i got rid of one of them
19:20letter things to a customer
19:22earlier on today
19:23yeah and den's in with ethel
19:24but today
19:25i don't give a monkey
19:28did that health woman
19:29put you up to it then
19:30come on down
19:31bring the baby
19:34did she
19:35look you can't keep being on your own
19:37not all the time
19:38it's not good for you
19:41look you've got to trust someone
19:44who
19:45sue
19:47she's not as bad as all that
19:53she's just
19:56well me then
19:57if you won't trust her
19:59trust me
19:59i ain't done you any harm
20:01have i
20:02look
20:03stop thinking about it
20:04it's easy for you to say that
20:06isn't it
20:06there isn't any blood mary
20:10how do you know
20:12because i was one of the geezers
20:13that found him
20:14he was just sitting in his chair
20:21even if there was blood
20:22you wouldn't tell me
20:25i swear i would mary
20:28all my baby's life
20:31sis
20:31i'm looking for you
20:32i thought you might like to go after the stall
20:34for the last couple of hours
20:35you just missed him
20:36he's gone fishy
20:37in this weather
20:39can you imagine
20:39you could skate that canal
20:41never mind fish
20:43oh well
20:44never mind
20:45he was in ever such a funny mood
20:47he even said something nice about mum
20:49has he been drinking or something
20:50don't let him slide paulie
20:52what are you talking about pete
20:54well he's only been working for a couple of weeks
20:56and he's got to keep going at it
20:57find something else
20:58oh leave him alone
20:59he does his best
21:01what fishing
21:01a couple of hours leisure
21:03he is entitled
21:05anyway
21:06what was you going to do
21:08if he took over your stall for you
21:09sky of old
21:10see
21:11yeah well it's different for me
21:12you've got to keep up thinking of that baby paulie
21:15yeah well we think of nothing else do we
21:18are we going to be able to manage
21:20of course we'll manage
21:22somehow
21:23yeah
21:24more was to me then
21:25at last
21:30can i get you something doctor
21:31no thank you sue
21:35the rent
21:38young man you are making me uneasy
21:40and do you know why
21:42because
21:42because you have a responsibility towards ethel
21:45we all do
21:45but you do nothing about it
21:48i like ethel
21:48it's not enough to like ethel lofty
21:50you must do more
21:51you must protect her
21:52who from
21:53from herself and from those who seek to exploit her
21:55but what's all this got to do with me
21:57nothing
21:58that i know of
22:00well you're here eh doc
22:02thank you sue
22:04now is there something that i should know of
22:07not that i know of
22:09then pay me my rent
22:12i haven't got it
22:12oh yes
22:14flip flip flip flip
22:16you should have it lofty
22:17not for me but for you
22:19you should have it
22:21responsibility is not enough lofty
22:23but
22:23it's all we have
22:24the gyro never came
22:26ah
22:26your gyro
22:28from the social
22:29from the social
22:30it should have arrived two days ago
22:31yes
22:32that's the brown envelope with the window in it
22:33and your name in the window
22:34it never arrived
22:36so the brown envelope with your name in the window that i saw on the mat yesterday
22:40never arrived
22:41that was a circular from the yop
22:43the yop
22:44ah
22:45then you'd better get on to the social haven't you lofty
22:47i will do it's a liberty to what i'm up here
22:49no lofty
22:50it is a test of responsibility
22:53always you have the words but never the deeds
22:55thank you
22:57yeah
22:58what a time
23:00thanks
23:00very nice
23:02he was in a funny mood today
23:05was he
23:06hmm
23:07what about
23:07oh about you
23:09and work
23:10or lack of it
23:14they're all the same round here
23:17they know the situation
23:18but to them you're a marked man
23:22i think he was more worried about the baby than anything
23:24whether we'd be able to cope or not
23:28we've coped with harder than this
23:31i know
23:33i was just thinking today
23:34just before mark was born
23:37and we didn't have two pennies to rub together
23:39do you remember
23:39biggest row we ever had
23:41should we ask the old bag for a loan or not
23:46yeah it was different then though wasn't it
23:47i mean uh
23:49the dinky's job
23:50that saved a day
23:52yeah
23:53just in time
23:54hmm
23:57i will manage a girl
23:58i'll see to that
24:00i know
24:03perhaps they're jealous
24:04about the baby
24:05with them just having the one
24:08hey
24:10perhaps kathy's getting a bit broody herself
24:13hey
24:13oh
24:14not her no
24:16she's too fond of her own comfort
24:18yeah
24:25so who fancies a new motor then
24:27how much
24:28oh too much for you ethel my love
24:31now this is for somebody like myself
24:33who likes a bit of class
24:34with a capital c
24:35which rhymes with b
24:37which stands for bentley
24:38i'll have two
24:40why don't you have it then
24:43how old is it pete
24:45well it's not as old as you
24:46but it's close
24:47but age here is a plus
24:48i mean these motors run forever
24:50mature like wine
24:51it's nice is it
24:53oh nice is not the word
24:54it's great
24:55like a rain cloud
24:57how much
24:58well you can't get it on the sausage
25:00but it's a bar
25:03hang on
25:10what you doing
25:11a golden circle stops here right
25:13it was your idea
25:14well now it's finished okay
25:15oh like the car
25:16i told you this morning
25:17you want to get the car fixed
25:18you fix it
25:19that'll be your idea right
25:21and what about what pete's been saying
25:22oh do me a favour
25:24do you want me to pour more money down the drain
25:25then
25:26what about it danny
25:28fancy a bit of the luxury jam yard then
25:30oh leave it out with you pete
25:33what's wrong with your old man tonight
25:35here danny
25:36don't you fancy a bit of the uh bentley then
25:39bentley
25:40no way
25:41now rolls royce mate
25:44the man who turned his back
25:45on a million and two grand saving
25:47last arrest
25:48hang
25:50this motor is worth checking out
25:52i mean don't let old misery guts there miss your chance
25:54you have a butcher's yourself
25:57don't make me laugh
25:58she wouldn't know one end from the other
26:00not the only one am i
26:02oh she knows how to get in a motor
26:03if the door's got door written on it
26:05but that's about it
26:06someone stole the battery once
26:07it was three days before she noticed it was missing
26:09all right you're so clever
26:11you have a look at it
26:12no way
26:12one of his dodgy deals
26:14what is it
26:15some bankrupt bookies bentley
26:16what's he trying to flog it before they repossess it
26:18vivid imagination you old man
26:20for your information
26:22this deal is 98% kosher
26:24at 50% off the guide
26:27price
26:28if it's such a good motor
26:30why is it so cheap
26:31tell me that
26:31oh you want it
26:32it should be dearer then
26:33these boys
26:34oh it's a welsh car
26:36all right
26:37so you're not interested
26:38no
26:39yes
26:40yes yes we are here
26:41my idea
26:42leave it to your uncle
26:55oh eric
26:56it's pete
26:57yeah pete bill
26:58here i've got somebody dying to meet your motor
27:02well that's no good
27:04we'll all be brown bread by then
27:05try again
27:09what time are you arriving
27:11when you're getting back
27:14your idea right
27:15oh cheers eric
27:18oh and er
27:19give my love to the dog
27:20what
27:20oh yeah and the missus
27:22yeah
27:23sorry
27:23cheers eric
27:25bye
27:34that's it then
27:35eight o'clock tomorrow night's very suitable
27:38so come on danny
27:39get them in
27:40i can't go then
27:41that's when the pub's open
27:43oh nit nit then
27:44it's the only chance you'll get this side of xmas
27:46oh we'll get lofty in old gaw
27:48you go and have a look at it
27:50oh i suppose i'll just have to make the best of it then won't i
27:53go and have a look at it
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