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00:24Feels funny without mum somehow, doesn't it?
00:27Yeah, she has been away before, though, love.
00:30Mind you, it was a relief to see the back of her this time, though.
00:34Yeah, she has been a bit of a strain.
00:36A bit of a strain.
00:38She's been more troubled than a house full of kids.
00:40Yeah, I suppose we could all do with the break, but still, I just...
00:43Look, there's no sense in fretting, no sense at all.
00:46Your mum's in good hands, and once they've carried out the tests and everything,
00:49we know what's what. Nobody will be in the dark.
00:51Yeah, but, Arthur, I can't help worrying.
00:53I mean, they must think it's something serious to take her into hospital to look at her.
00:57Well, that's the way they do it these days. It's the modern way of doing things.
01:01Yeah, but at mum's age...
01:03Look, the old dragon will be back before you know where you are.
01:05In the meantime, you just enjoy the peace and quiet. Ta-ra!
01:09Huh. Chance it'd be a fine thing.
01:17Here.
01:17Don't you ask me all the first round here now? That vermin's gone?
01:20Yeah. Not to do hardly believe it.
01:22Well, you believe it, darling. You won't see no more of the likes of the next cutting round here.
01:25Do you reckon he'll stay away?
01:26Nothing, sure.
01:28Part of what we're celebrating tonight, innit?
01:30That, and our fresh start, eh?
01:32I'll be smashing peep. Just you and me. A bit of soft music.
01:36Dinner by candlelight.
01:37If we get the place to ourselves.
01:39We will. We're going to get the message.
01:40Well, that's just it, innit? If he gets the message, he'll want to hang around, won't he?
01:43He's acting a bit moody lately.
01:45Oh, look, just leave Ian to me. And don't forget to get hold of the veg I want.
01:49Oh, and don't forget to pick up the wine from Dee. I'll leave the choice of that up to you.
01:53Here.
01:55What are we having with this wine, then, and cold jets, eh?
01:58Something exotic.
02:00I feel it's fake. Good for you virility.
02:02That's right. Well, I'll have two portions, then.
02:06Well, I hope you're both satisfied. My nick's gone, and I've come out in a rash.
02:12Look, it's not the end of the world.
02:15You'll just go through what thousands of people go through every day.
02:18A very simple procedure.
02:19A highly humiliating procedure.
02:21What's the terrible about signing on, eh?
02:23I mean, you've been out in ten minutes, love.
02:25It's all so pointless.
02:26Look, it's not as if I'm entitled to anything, am I?
02:28Look, you don't know that for sure.
02:30You're in full-time employment...
02:32Now, you haven't gone into it with them yet, Debs.
02:34There are all kinds of exceptions to the rules.
02:36Not to that one.
02:37We live together as man and wife, as they so quaintly put it,
02:40and you're technically capable of supporting us both.
02:43No question of benefit. End of story.
02:46And you, my love, are determined to look in the gloomy side.
02:49There are two very good reasons for that.
02:52One, if I look on the gloomy side, I won't be disappointed.
02:54And two, there's no other side for me to look on anyway.
02:57Oh, look.
02:59I know how you're feeling.
03:00I do understand how tough it is.
03:02Do you?
03:03Of course I do.
03:04I sometimes suspect you'd like to turn your back on the whole rotten mess.
03:07Oh, look, you're wrong to think that.
03:08I'm honestly trying to help you.
03:10And honestly, I do sympathise with your predicament.
03:14But barking at me all the time does not help anything.
03:16It isn't my fault you haven't to go through all this.
03:18Well, that's perfectly true.
03:20The fault's all mine, and you're just dying to say I told you so, aren't you?
03:24Oh, Debs, listen.
03:25Now, if you could excuse me, I'm just going upstairs to get ready for my big day.
03:29You'll be going round the mountain with people.
03:33You'll be going round the mountain.
03:35Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye.
03:36Jack come down his beanstalk early this morning, didn't he?
03:38You've been banging around down here for hours.
03:40I'm sorry if I disturb your beauty sleep pedal, but I've got a lot of things to do.
03:43Monster busy, busy, busy.
03:45Did you say we're going to make us a cup of tea?
03:47I might do. I've got things to do myself.
03:49I'm monster busy, busy, busy, busy, busy.
03:51I always said that was the best way for people to be.
03:54Aye?
03:54Busy.
03:55That's right, Ethel. The devil makes work for Eidlands, eh?
03:57Ooh.
03:58Tea up in ten minutes, then, give or take.
04:00Oh, while I remember.
04:01What?
04:02If you can find time within your busy schedule,
04:04I'd like to go over a few things with you this afternoon.
04:07Brewery price changes for one, bills and some new pub grublins.
04:11Oh, it's a shame. I'm booked this afternoon.
04:13Ladies' darts meeting round at Dev's.
04:14Darts, darts, darts, darts.
04:16Well, we're playing on Thursday. There's still things to be arranged, you know?
04:18Oh, come off it.
04:19These darts matches just an excuse to have an extra night off every week.
04:22You are wrong, Dennis.
04:23I'll work me night off when we're playing away.
04:25Tonight I'll be behind this bar dishing out the usual courtesy, charm and goodwill.
04:29Might be cramping your style, will I?
04:31Is that it?
04:32It's right, though, isn't it?
04:34What?
04:35Well, you should keep busy all the while.
04:37It's the way to keep cheerful and healthy and stops you from getting broody.
04:41I mean, look at all those busy young women today.
04:45Now, they get through far more than they could have done in my day, don't they?
04:50Do they?
04:51Well, of course they do with all the modern conveniences.
04:54Hoovers, washing machines, micro-mesh ovens.
05:00Nicotnautra kept busy.
05:02Like Angie says, idle hands.
05:07His mother's in a dreadful state.
05:09So's Russia.
05:12Is he?
05:13No, no, you're not wasting my time at all.
05:15It was right of you to come, Pauline.
05:16Oh, thank you, Dr. Legg.
05:17You see, I wanted to find out more about it,
05:20because I keep waking up at odd hours in the night worrying about Mum.
05:23I'll tell you what I can, but you must remember
05:25we won't have the test results for a while yet.
05:27Oh.
05:28Do you think it's serious, then?
05:30It's serious enough, but I don't want you to go thinking
05:32that your mother's on her last legs.
05:34There's been times lately when she's looked as though she was.
05:36Yes, she's getting older, and her heart isn't the trouble-free workhorse it used to be.
05:41It's definitely her heart, then.
05:43Well, the symptoms could mean a number of things,
05:45but the most likely diagnosis, as you'd imagine, is angina.
05:50Oh, yes, I've heard of that.
05:51Yes, it's a common enough complaint in a woman of Lou's age.
05:54The trouble, in simple terms, is that the arteries around the heart
05:58can't keep up with its demand for oxygen.
06:01Oh.
06:01Well, what do you do about that?
06:03We use drugs to reduce the strain on the heart
06:06and to stimulate it whenever that's necessary.
06:08We also try and make sure that the heart doesn't demand too much oxygen,
06:12and that means lots and lots of rest.
06:15I see.
06:16You'll have to face the fact that Lou won't be able to carry on
06:19the way she has done till now.
06:21Not at her condition to be kept under control.
06:23Poor mum.
06:25Yes, she'll need quite a bit of looking after.
06:27There'll be big changes, whatever the test results show.
06:30Yes.
06:32Yes, we've noticed a few changes in her, I must say.
06:35No, I mean changes at home.
06:36Changes in the way things are run.
06:39Lou's days in the driving seat are over.
06:41From now on, you will be the woman in charge at number 45.
06:44Yeah.
06:46I suppose I've been getting myself ready for that.
06:48Well, in my mind, anyway.
06:50You don't need me to tell you it won't be easy.
06:53Pauline, I'd like a social worker to call.
06:56Just to help you out in the early stages.
06:59Oh, no.
06:59Not a social worker.
07:01No, I don't think so.
07:01Bear with me a moment, Pauline.
07:03Just let me explain.
07:04Well done, Ruby.
07:05Hello, Cass.
07:06Here, been having the early morning spend.
07:07Uh-huh.
07:08Bits and pieces for celebration dinner.
07:10Do what?
07:10Me and Pete are having a romantic evening at home.
07:12Oh.
07:12Come on this way.
07:13Yeah, come on, Rowling.
07:14Yeah, babe.
07:15Oh, tell.
07:16What's the occasion?
07:17Well, we're marking a new beginning for us, you know.
07:20Togetherness, trust, and to celebrate the departure of one Nick Cotton.
07:24Sounds great.
07:25I'm laying on the works.
07:27What are you having, then?
07:28Well, for starters, I'm having fresh prawns with avocado.
07:31For afters, I've got black cherry cheesecake, Pete loves that.
07:34Oh, but the main course blow your mind.
07:36Well, go on, then.
07:37Tell me you got me dribbling already.
07:38I've got grilled steak with Dutchess potatoes, sliced courgettes, green peppers,
07:44and I've got this at that side eat.
07:45Yes.
07:46Let's have a look.
07:47Look.
07:48A delicate blend of spices and herbs, which added to any meat dish, will impart an eastern
07:54richness that is both subtle and enticing.
07:56What do you reckon?
07:58Celebration sounds more like seduction.
08:00Yeah, just think of the look on Pete's face, eh?
08:02All that grub, wine, soft lights, dreamy music, and me thrown in.
08:07Poor devil.
08:07He don't stand a chance, does he?
08:09It's natural to have misgivings about strangers coming into the house.
08:12But believe me, Pauline, this will all be for your mother's good, and for yours.
08:16I'm sorry, but I've just got this thing about strangers coming in snooping and interfering.
08:21I assure you again, it won't be anything like that, Pauline.
08:23You won't be bullied, supervised, or interfered with in any way at all.
08:26The social worker will be there simply to help you organize things the way you want them.
08:32Well, I'd rather try and manage the family meself, you know, without outsiders interfering,
08:37but if you think it's for the best...
08:39I'm sure it is, Pauline.
08:40You'll be helped through a difficult period of readjustment by an expert.
08:44Okay.
08:45Well, thanks very much for seeing me, Doctor.
08:47Any time we talk, Pauline.
08:48All right.
08:49Someone will call round shortly.
08:51Right.
08:52Thanks, Doctor.
08:52Bye-bye.
08:52Bye-bye.
09:02Blimey, are you still here? It's gone a quarter ten.
09:04Yeah, I know.
09:06What's up?
09:07I've been sick.
09:09Yeah, you're lucky. The best thing you can do is get back in the bed.
09:12I've got to go back to school.
09:13But, Shell, you're in no condition to go to school.
09:16Dad, I'm not ill. I'm just pregnant.
09:18I'm only seeing something I've got to put up with for a while.
09:20You're the colour of porridge.
09:21Please, don't talk about food.
09:23Look, one day ain't gonna matter much, is it?
09:25Look, will you write a note?
09:26Say why I'm late.
09:27Say I've got a tummy bug or something like that.
09:30Look, I'm in a hurry.
09:31Here you are.
09:33All right.
09:33And, um, while you're out today, will you post this for me?
09:37Looks a bit official. What is it?
09:38Oh, it's the papers for the part two of my bike test.
09:40Oh, Shell, I wish you'd have another think about this motorbike business.
09:44Dad, we've been through this. Just hurry up and write the note, please.
09:46But motorbikes are dangerous things as they are, without taking risks in your condition.
09:51Dad, will you stop worrying? I'm not as delicate as you think, you know,
09:54and stop wrapping me up in cotton wool all the time.
09:57You can't stop me worrying, Shell.
10:01Look, I know you're late.
10:04But it's still time for a little cutaway.
10:06Come here.
10:08You're getting stuck in our seat.
10:11Yeah, I started late this morning. I mean, just look at that lot.
10:14Ooh.
10:14Oh, it's awful when you get behind with the service washers, isn't it?
10:18Happened once or twice with me.
10:20Yeah, I had an idea today was gonna be rotten, but I'll cope, I suppose.
10:24Well, of course you will. You always do. You get that from Lou.
10:27Yeah, that's another thing. I wanted to get the family together to have a chat about Mum,
10:30but I suppose that'll have to wait.
10:32Oh dear.
10:33Dot's not coming in neither.
10:35She's gone all to pieces over that nick.
10:38I could come in and do a shift if it'd be any help.
10:41Well, would you?
10:42Well, of course I would.
10:43And I mean, if you wanted to go early, I'd come in, fill in,
10:47and then you can go and see the family.
10:49Well, are you sure you don't mind?
10:50Well, of course I don't. I mean, I wouldn't offer if I did, would I, Pauline?
10:54Oh, Ethel, that's great. Oh, you're a little gem.
10:57Yes, I am, aren't I?
10:59But, of course, I'll have to take Willie Walk about first to do his thing.
11:05And then I'll come straight back when he's been.
11:07Oh, right, smash it.
11:08I say.
11:09Yeah?
11:10It isn't serious about Lou, is it?
11:13Well, Doctor said there's gonna have to be a lot of changes.
11:16Oh dear. Well, I'll be back in a jib.
11:21Den, I don't know why you don't just stand it round your neck, you keep your eye on it better.
11:25You can't be too careful.
11:27You keep counting the cash and looking over your shoulder every five minutes,
11:30you're gonna drive yourself round the twist.
11:32Money was taken. On that score, I've no doubt.
11:34Somebody had to take it. I'm not being neurotic. I'm just keeping my eyes peeled.
11:37I still reckon it's all in your imagination.
11:39There's any number of ways that money could have gone missing.
11:41You could have given the wrong change, but the money...
11:43The money was nicked!
11:44And when I find the villain, he's gonna get them.
11:46Oh, my God.
11:48All right, Flo.
11:50I thought you were on nights.
11:51Aye, mate.
11:52By the time I had a jog, a shower and a shave, I was too wide awake for bed.
11:55Oh, darling.
11:56Anyway, I am off tonight.
11:58You're all what it's like to be young and bursting with bigger, eh?
12:00Yep. Lager?
12:01Yeah, just half, please, Dad.
12:02Mind you, it's not everyone round here that's brimming over with energy.
12:05Take hunger, didn't there?
12:06Looks like he's been on his feet for a month.
12:08Yeah, I've put it all side.
12:09Paul, have you seen the price he's charging this place?
12:13How's it going, mate?
12:15It's going, I suppose.
12:17I thought you'd been busy at the shop just now.
12:19No?
12:20No, I felt like closing up for half an hour.
12:22If it's anything that important, people can always come back later on.
12:25Yeah.
12:27Ah.
12:30My mother told me something when I was young.
12:33Seriously?
12:33She's lame, my mother.
12:35She's very sensitive about it.
12:37She stayed indoors a lot.
12:39Just to sit there, gazing into space, thinking.
12:43What she told me was, it's hard for a man to respect another man's good fortune without begrudging him.
12:50That comes back to me a lot when I see you.
12:53How do you mean, mate?
12:54Envy.
12:55I really envy you, Andy.
12:58I envy you your good fortune.
13:00I see.
13:01I mean, I know you've had your troubles lately, but you're a lucky man all the same.
13:06You've got the love of a good woman.
13:08It still hurts quite a bit, though, eh?
13:12I'm so lonely, Andy.
13:14I'm so lonely, I can't tell you.
13:18I keep thinking about things that happen, nice things, when we were two couples.
13:22You and Debbie.
13:24Me and Naima.
13:26There's never much anybody can say, mate.
13:28Nothing that helps, anyway.
13:30But believe me, though, things do get better.
13:32Look, if you don't give in, don't go under.
13:35Then most of that pain just sort of evaporates.
13:37Some days, it's so hard to make myself do anything.
13:42It's so hard to see why I should keep going.
13:45Other times I feel better, but I don't know.
13:48Mostly it's a bad dream.
13:50Or something close to one.
13:52Hey, let me get another drink here.
13:53That one says we had it.
13:54One thing, though.
13:55When I see you and Debbie, apart from envying you,
13:57I also feel better in a way.
14:00Hopeful, I suppose.
14:02Do you understand?
14:04Yeah, I think so.
14:06You're a lucky man, Andy.
14:10Den, don't be ridiculous.
14:12Kath wouldn't nick off us.
14:13She's my best mate, for God's sake.
14:15I'm only being realistic, Ange.
14:17Pete and Kath ain't exactly breaking into the big time tax bracket
14:19what they make on their barra.
14:20They're always short of dough.
14:21Don't mean to say they'd nick off us, or anybody else for that matter.
14:25As I said, I'm only being realistic.
14:27Well, while you're being realistic, bear in mind that Pete and Kathy
14:30are the sort of couple that have romantic candlelit dinners.
14:34They're a normal married couple with affection and respect for each other.
14:38What are you going on about?
14:40As a matter of fact, they're having a right smoochy evening this evening.
14:43Fresh start.
14:45Know the sort of thing I mean, Den?
14:46There's nothing marvellous about sentiment.
14:49Villains get sentimental.
14:50I'm talking about them being romantic, Den.
14:53Romance hasn't died for them, has it?
14:55Hang about, Ange, I'll pop upstairs and get the old varley.
14:58Oh, what do you have to be so cynical all the time for?
15:00I'm just being practical, clear-eyed.
15:02Well, for somebody with clear eyes, you've got a lot of blind spots.
15:05Meaning?
15:05Us!
15:06You still don't see, do you?
15:08A few romantic candlelit dinners and a bit of a smooch wouldn't do us any harm.
15:13Well, would he?
15:16Don't try and change the subject on me, Ange.
15:18We're talking about money being taken and possible suspects.
15:21Not romantic dinners and all the rest of that twaddle.
15:24It's not as if he's in charge, just tell him.
15:27You know how stubborn he is.
15:28I mean, I can't blame him lately.
15:31Right, Mum.
15:32Talk of the devil.
15:33Leave it to me.
15:35Oi.
15:36What's afters?
15:3712p.
15:38Stick it on the slate.
15:41Listen, son, I was wondering what you were doing tonight.
15:44Own work?
15:44I've got a backlog.
15:46Well, couldn't you wait for another day, like?
15:48What do you mean?
15:49Well, me and your mother, we'd like a bit of privacy tonight.
15:52Oh, yeah?
15:53Yeah, like a couple of hours on our own.
15:55Why don't you go out?
15:56Well, there's some things that need doing indoors.
15:59Dad, your sex life does not concern me.
16:02I've got own work to do.
16:03I've already had a couple of warnings this week.
16:06Oh.
16:06Here.
16:08Look.
16:10Give yourself a splash, Harry.
16:11Get yourself a Chinese.
16:13Do me a bit of a favour.
16:14Ian, look after the stall for ten minutes, will ya?
16:16Is that included in the food?
16:18No.
16:18Aunty Pawnee wants to have a word with us.
16:20Won't be long.
16:22Listen, we'll be alright tonight, do we?
16:24Yeah, I suppose so.
16:25I'll break, son.
16:26Look, we won't be long.
16:27Yeah, alright.
16:27See you in a minute.
16:28Oi, girl.
16:29Go here.
16:31Don't see a wild night out, do ya?
16:33The old man's bungless enough to see us both alright.
16:36What's that you need of?
16:37They fancy an evening on their own.
16:39They didn't be past that sort of thing at their age.
16:41What'd they be up to?
16:42What's it they're thinking about?
16:45What?
16:46Permanently?
16:47Yeah.
16:48Dr Legg says you're going to need plenty of rest.
16:50You've got to stay in bed and take drugs
16:52and don't do anything strenuous.
16:56Hell's bells.
16:57It takes some getting used to, innit, sis?
16:59Look, Mum, you could be getting the doctor wrong.
17:02They can make out things to be a lot worse than they are.
17:04No, I'm not getting it wrong, Michelle.
17:07I mean, when the doctor starts talking about bringing in social workers,
17:10well, it's serious, innit?
17:11And it doesn't mean that things are going to start looking up in a couple of weeks, neither.
17:15Bloody social workers.
17:17I can just imagine what it's going to be like,
17:18telling her she can't work on the stall anymore.
17:20Oh, God, yeah.
17:21That's the least of it, innit?
17:22How's she going to take it when she finds out she's got a packing storming about this place like Beau
17:26to see her?
17:27Yeah, be no more running up and down stairs and no heavy lifting.
17:32It's going to be murder, that's what it's going to be.
17:34Look, Dr Legg definitely reckons it's going to be that bad, does he?
17:37Yeah. Ah, but he said we're not to treat her like an invalid.
17:40He was very strong on that point.
17:42But up and down the stairs and heavy lifting, out.
17:45Oh, you're in for a rough ride, love.
17:48I reckon she'd be better off in her home.
17:50Arthur, my mum is not going into an home. Now, I've told you that before.
17:54But they're equipped for a situation like this, aren't they? They're geared.
17:57I mean, things are tough enough in this house as it is without your mum...
18:00Oi! Our old lady ain't going into no home, and that's flat, Arthur.
18:03Oh, no, of course she ain't.
18:05And he said it's me, Mum, and Dad to get lumbered with the old flaming lot.
18:08Michelle...
18:08Yeah, well, it's true.
18:09I mean, we have to do our fetching and carrying, getting bawled out and criticised
18:12and not getting one minute's piece from morning till night.
18:14Michelle!
18:14Yeah, well, thanks very much, you two. That's just great.
18:17And what contribution will you two be making, eh?
18:19Well, it's all very well you getting on your eye horse about Grant not going into a home,
18:22but you two don't have to live with her.
18:27Well, we'll have to sort something out.
18:30Things will never be the same.
18:34How did it go, love?
18:35How do you think?
18:36Depressing?
18:38Grading?
18:38I'll make you a cup of coffee, eh?
18:39I don't want any.
18:41What did he say about benefit, then?
18:43Just what I thought they would.
18:44No chance.
18:45I'm not eligible.
18:47And I can't go on the Professional and Executive Register.
18:50Why not?
18:50They don't accept bank personnel below the rank of assistant manager.
18:54Ah.
18:55Oh, but guess what?
18:56They offered me a job interview.
18:58Oh, great!
18:58At a bank.
19:00There's a vacancy, a grade lower than the one I gave up.
19:03Ah.
19:03I refused to go, of course.
19:05That earned me a lecture on how precious jobs are
19:07and how I should think myself lucky to be offered anything at all.
19:10I think you should have that cup of coffee, love.
19:11I told you, I don't want any.
19:13Coffee's the least of my damn worries.
19:15All right, all right.
19:16Do you realise the mess I could be getting into, Andy?
19:19My savings aren't going to last forever.
19:21I'll be broke.
19:22I've got nothing coming in.
19:24Nothing at all.
19:25I've got bills to meet.
19:26The mortgage of love.
19:27I know, love.
19:27I know, I know.
19:28I can't even afford it now,
19:29and in three months' time it'll go up to the full whack.
19:32What am I going to do?
19:34I'm staring disaster in your face,
19:35and all you can suggest is a bloody cup of coffee.
19:38Look, Debs, don't blame me for all this.
19:39Oh, I'm sorry.
19:40I forgot.
19:41It's all my own fault.
19:42Well?
19:42Well, go ahead.
19:43Say it.
19:44Tell me what an idiot I've been.
19:47Hello, darling.
19:47How you doing?
19:49Coping.
19:49Harry's done a vanishing trick again.
19:51Never does it when we're quiet.
19:53I know.
19:53Den's the same.
19:53They're never around when you need them, are they?
19:55Listen, I just popped in to say there's a meeting of the dance team
19:58round at Debs, back 20 to 4, all right?
20:00I'm not coming.
20:01Oh, you can't back out, Sue.
20:02It's official.
20:03I'm not going anywhere near that bitch's house.
20:05Eh?
20:05I don't want to talk about it.
20:06Anything I've got to say, I'll say to her face.
20:09Thanks, sweetheart.
20:10Look, Sue, I know you want to be in the team, so what's going on, eh?
20:14I wouldn't mind if Miss Fancy Perks decided to drop out, though.
20:17Yeah, but she wants to be in the team, same as you do.
20:20Can't have everything in this world, can we?
20:22Look, we've got to have a bit of team spirit, eh?
20:24All girls together.
20:26Oh, can't you sort it out, Sue?
20:28Oh, I'll sort her out all right, but it won't do much for team spirit.
20:33Look, Sue, I know you both want to be in the team and you want to do your best you
20:37can with it, right?
20:38And you've got to mingle.
20:39Now, you can't both play darts and keep cold shoulder on each other, can you?
20:43I could manage it.
20:45Oh, come on, Sue.
20:46Put your private differences aside, eh?
20:48Come to the meeting, please.
20:49I need all the help I can get.
20:51I can't promise nothing.
20:52Oh, well, make an effort, eh?
20:53We could be the scourge of the ladies' league.
20:57If Ali gets back in time to look after things, I'll be there.
21:00Oh, thanks, darling. Under protest.
21:02Oh, come on, he's not like you, is he?
21:04Yes, it is.
21:08Isn't Dot here?
21:09No, she's got her nerves bad again.
21:12All that trouble with Nick, it proved too much for her, you know.
21:15He just took off, you know.
21:17Oh, yeah, I heard.
21:18Yes, and when he went, he took all her fags, he took her Christmas club money,
21:23and a pair of her favourite earrings.
21:25He never left no note nor nothing, he just took off.
21:29Well, she's well rid of him.
21:31Yes, well, you try telling her that.
21:33Pauline's got her troubles as well.
21:36That's why I said I'd stand in for her this afternoon.
21:39Oh, I see.
21:41Now, do you want that done?
21:43You look kind of busy.
21:45Oh, well, I'm never that busy. I can't do a bit more.
21:49Well, if you're sure.
21:51Well, that's what I'm here for. Let's have it.
21:54Now, let's say, er, two hours. That'd be all right for you?
22:00Ethel, are you sure you can cope?
22:02Well, of course I can.
22:05Oh, my goodness. What's going on here?
22:10Oh, my goodness.
22:14Hmm.
22:16Temprimodal swine of a thing.
22:18But I could always bring the washing back later.
22:19No, no, no. Give it here.
22:22I'll get it done for you.
22:24OK. Fair enough.
22:26Hmm...
22:26Hmm.
22:29I've just done that floor.
22:31Right, that's it then, eh? All fixed except the transport.
22:35You wouldn't think it'd be so difficult to scrounge a leaf with all the cars that's about, would you?
22:39You sure you won't have some tea or coffee, Sue?
22:41No thanks.
22:42Well, I'll try leaning on Den again, but I can't guarantee anything.
22:46Are you sure you don't mind us practising in the pub?
22:48No, of course not. You practise all you want, you darling, after all.
22:50We're out to be winners, aren't we?
22:53Here, listen, I'd better get started on the dinner.
22:55Yeah, I'll make you right.
22:56Right, I'll see you again soon, then.
22:59See you, Angie.
23:00Yeah, tell us soon.
23:01See you soon, thanks for coffee.
23:03Well, that's it then, darling, eh?
23:05Duty calls, eh?
23:07Angie?
23:08Yeah?
23:08Can I have a word?
23:09Yeah, of course you can, darling.
23:10It's just, well, what I wondered was, is there any chance of some part-time work at the Vic
23:14until I get something permanent?
23:16Oh, um, well, it might be a bit tricky at the moment, darling.
23:20We're overmanned as it is.
23:22Not to worry, it was just an idea.
23:24Oh, I'd love to help you out. Honest, I warned.
23:26No, no, no, don't worry about it. It's just a thought.
23:28Don't worry.
23:28It won't be long before you get something full-time, a smart girl like you, something
23:32to turn up soon, you'll see.
23:37Right, that's it then, eh?
23:38All set for Thursday, except for the flaming transport.
23:41Oh, never mind. We'll manage somewhere, eh?
23:43I'll see you, darling. Take care.
23:45Ta-da.
23:51Good at the sleep?
23:52No, I'm too restless.
23:55How did the meeting go?
23:56All right, I suppose.
23:57Sue was a bit frosty.
23:59More than a bit, in fact.
24:00I'm going to go round there later and make my peace with her.
24:03I'm not so sure that's such a good idea, love.
24:06Maybe it's best to let things cool or let the whole business blow over by itself, eh?
24:09I'd like to do one positive thing today, just for a change.
24:15Hey, Cassie.
24:16Another minute and you would have missed me.
24:18I'm going to the laundrette. Come in.
24:20Well...
24:21Look, when I've picked up my washing, you can come back and have a cup of something hot, eh?
24:24Is Calvin about?
24:25Oh, he'll be back later.
24:27Come on, you can see him later.
24:29So.
24:30How have things been?
24:33Have you had a good day, eh?
24:34Oh, there they are!
24:36Oh, hi.
24:37Hi.
24:38Hey, hi.
24:39Where are you two guys heading?
24:41Over to the cafe.
24:42Got to lay down the fans for this evening.
24:43Yeah, I've got to make myself scarce.
24:45Mum and Dad want an evening at home.
24:47Still got some decent dinner money, didn't we?
24:49That's the Chinese for tonight.
24:51Hey, you can come and have something to eat with us, Ian.
24:52Instead of going and wasting your money.
24:54No, I think we'll go to the cafe and talk about it.
24:57I'll come with you. I'll pay to see a Coke.
24:58I hope you've got your own money.
25:00Of course I have.
25:01I thought you were coming with me.
25:03See you, Dad. Bye.
25:06Cassie!
25:07I'm all fit for a king.
25:09Yeah.
25:09Served by my own little queen.
25:11I'm soppy.
25:12Yeah, I know.
25:15This really is it, then, Pete.
25:16Fresh start.
25:18No looking back.
25:20Drink, do you?
25:21Yeah.
25:27I know it won't always be easy for you.
25:30Looking back, I mean.
25:31But will you promise me something?
25:33What?
25:34Well, even if you're ever really mad with me,
25:37you won't throw nothing in me face.
25:39You know, dig it all up.
25:40Promise?
25:43You know, Kath, we ought to do this more often.
25:46Too many meals like this, and I shall look like the back end of a bus.
25:50Yeah.
25:51You never look like the back end of a bus.
25:54Yeah.
25:55I've seen more fat on a cold chip.
25:56Oh, what a romantic chat, aren't you?
25:59Yeah.
26:03How long do you think Ian will stay out?
26:06You haven't had your afters yet?
26:07That's one.
26:08I know, pal.
26:09Oh, get off you.
26:12Can I come in for a minute?
26:21Well?
26:23About that business the other night, accusing Ali.
26:26Look, I made a terrible mistake, and I'm sorry, and I want to clear the air between us.
26:30A mistake, was it?
26:32Yes.
26:33You've got a bloody cheek.
26:35Coming round here with that patter.
26:36Please, Sue, listen.
26:37No, you listen.
26:39I can see right through you.
26:40You're nothing special.
26:41Even if you think you are with your fancy gear and your lardy-dar.
26:44Come on, Sue, that isn't fair.
26:46Fair?
26:47Fair?
26:47You talk about fair.
26:48What's fair about having your own bloke and going after somebody else's?
26:52What?
26:52One wasn't enough for you, was it?
26:54You went after my alley, and when he wasn't having any,
26:56you started spreading a load of mucky lies about him.
26:59The woman's scorned, eh?
27:00That isn't true.
27:01You had a decent job, and you didn't have the guts to stick it.
27:04And now you're in your arse, you weren't handy to keep you in style.
27:08You've got plenty of time left on your hands, though, now, haven't you?
27:10Plenty of time to go sniffing round other women's men.
27:13Why don't you go back where you came from?
27:15Where I came from?
27:16I came from round here, Sue Osman.
27:18You don't have any special rights to the East End.
27:20So I made a mistake.
27:22I came round here to sort things out in a civilised way,
27:25but of course you couldn't possibly cope with that, could you?
27:27You'd rather behave like a fishwife,
27:28ranting on with your vicious lies and abuse.
27:31My God, you've got a mind like a sewer.
27:37Andy?
27:39Andy?
27:43I'm off out, love.
27:44What?
27:46I'm off out for a drink with some mates.
27:48But you can't.
27:49Why not, eh?
27:50Because I don't want to be left on my own.
27:51Oh, Debs, you can cut the atmosphere in here with a knife.
27:55I fancy a laugh or a change.
27:56A drink with some mates.
27:58Don't wait up, eh?
28:00No.
28:05Oh, debs.
28:10No!
28:20I don't want to be right.
28:21Oh, that was my child.
28:24I have to kind of say-
28:24Do you ever know what functions?
28:25Yani tan by a friend.
28:27I promise you so few volunteers.
28:28Don't wait.