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00:05There you go, sunshine.
00:05Thanks.
00:07It's not on, Mehmet.
00:09No, we talked about it all last night, and there's no way you're going to persuade us.
00:12Yeah, it's got to be our business.
00:14I mean, all right, it might be difficult.
00:16Okay, it might not work.
00:17But at least it'll be our success or our failure.
00:20We wanted you to be working with us.
00:21We wanted you to be a part of it.
00:23I mean, if it belongs to the old man, it'll be just like having a job.
00:26It won't be hours anymore.
00:28Have you finished?
00:30Yeah.
00:31I came to say, I've thought about it, and you're right, eh?
00:34We'll do it your way.
00:36Yeah!
00:37Right!
00:38That's not good stuff.
00:40What's all this, then?
00:41Turkish New Year, or what?
00:41Better than that.
00:43Yeah, give me a little tea on the air, say.
00:44But I haven't finished this one yet.
00:45Have another one to play.
00:46You won't regret this.
00:47I'm telling them, right?
00:48Have another one to play.
00:49Yeah, Turkish New Year.
00:50Oh, thanks very much.
00:51Happy New Year.
00:52Nothing like that.
00:53We just had a little family disagreement, and it's all over.
00:56The business is going ahead just like we planned.
00:58Oh, and I'm still in with the chance of that job we talked about, eh?
01:00Sure.
01:00Once we get things sorted out, we talk it over, eh?
01:03And you know, the place looks great since you've done it out here.
01:05Thanks.
01:06Yeah, I'm glad you popped in.
01:07I'll bring to have a word with you.
01:09Oh, yeah, you know, it means a lot to me.
01:11Eh?
01:11With this minicab business.
01:13Oh, yeah.
01:14Well, what...
01:14And his half promised me the job already.
01:16Mind you, it's going to be difficult working through the night,
01:19what with Pauline doing the laundry and coping with a baby as well.
01:21But I need a steady job, steady money.
01:24Yeah, of course you do.
01:25Well, we all do, don't we?
01:25I'll have to talk it over with her, of course, see how she feels about it.
01:28She's got a lot on her plate at the moment.
01:30It's a question of knowing the right time to approach her
01:33and putting it in the right way.
01:35Well, that's what I wanted to talk to you about.
01:37Eh?
01:38Well, talking to Pauline, you know, and you.
01:40I mean, you're going to be my in-laws soon, aren't you,
01:42if we ever get a date for the wedding fixed?
01:44Oh, yeah, yeah.
01:44And, well, she's been a bit down lately.
01:46I mean, she wouldn't even talk to me on the phone last night.
01:49Well, a lot of women get the blues when they've just had a baby.
01:51Yeah, I know.
01:52I thought we might cheer her up if I started getting things organised.
01:55You know, there is a lot to get sorted, isn't there?
01:57Yeah.
01:57And, well, this is the first time I've done any of this.
02:00I wanted to talk to you to make sure I was doing everything right.
02:03Yeah, right.
02:03We'd get together sometime and took it all out.
02:05Well, couldn't we start now?
02:08Well, I'm waiting for Tony, really.
02:10I'm surprised he's not here, will he?
02:13You're not going out leaving the place in a mess like this, are you?
02:16Look, Hannah, you wanted this place done up,
02:18so you've got to put up with a bit of disruption while I'm doing it.
02:20Yes, but I didn't think it was going to go on for months.
02:21It won't.
02:22Well, it will do if you don't get on with it.
02:25It's Dr Legg.
02:26No, that's a prank, Kelly.
02:27Look, and Cassie's still in the bathroom.
02:28Well, knock on the door, then.
02:29I've knocked on it.
02:29I'm thinking of breaking it down.
02:31Tell her I said she had to get out.
02:34Sorry to bother you.
02:35No, that's all right, Doctor.
02:36I've come to remind you that I'm trying to run a surgery next door.
02:39Huh?
02:40People come to me because they're sick, Tony.
02:42All this noise and the flying dust doesn't exactly help.
02:44Look, I'm sorry, Doctor, if I'm disturbing your patients,
02:46but I don't know any other way to do it, perhaps.
02:49I appreciate that.
02:50I'm not being unreasonable, Tony.
02:52People are complaining.
02:54I'd like to know when there's going to be an end to it.
02:56Yeah, so would I.
02:57I mean, when do you expect to finish?
02:58I've been trying to get that out of him all week.
03:00I'll finish when I finish.
03:02I'm doing the best I can.
03:03Look, she's still in the bathroom.
03:04I'll be there in a minute.
03:06Oh, God.
03:07Well, I can see I've come to the wrong time.
03:09I'll leave you to it.
03:10But I'd like some sort of timetable, Tony.
03:12Something I can tell the patients.
03:13Some of them won't even come to the surgery with all this going on.
03:16And that means I've got twice as many house calls to make as usual.
03:20You see?
03:21It's not just me.
03:23I'm causing trouble all over the square.
03:25There's only 24 hours in a day, woman.
03:27I cannot work any harder.
03:28You don't have to work harder.
03:29You've just got to get your priorities right.
03:31You've got to start a job and see it through.
03:33Instead of setting things up all over the place
03:34and wasting half of your time rushing about between them.
03:36I've got a better idea.
03:38Why don't you do something?
03:39What?
03:40That's based on spare overalls over there.
03:42Why don't you get on with some painting when you get back tonight?
03:44I've worked hard enough doing my own job, Tony.
03:46So do I.
03:47So stop being Lady Mock and mock him!
03:52It's only to come, sir, dear, lover.
03:54I wanted to look in on my way to work.
03:57I wanted to apologise for the other night.
03:59No, I'm the one that should be apologising.
04:02All forgotten, then?
04:03Yeah.
04:05I've got enough problems with face ache, haven't I?
04:07Where is Dent today?
04:09He's with her.
04:10He's decided to spend alternate nights at the pub and her place.
04:13It's called spreading your charm around.
04:15And what are you going to do?
04:16Do?
04:17Well, you're surely not going to put up with that.
04:20You haven't quite worked out the ground rules of this place yet, have you?
04:24Mind you, I've been here years and I haven't.
04:29Let's just say I haven't quite planned me next move, but I'm working on it.
04:33But you didn't come round to listen to the state of play between me and him, did you?
04:37No.
04:37No, I brought you this leaflet, love.
04:42You've come to the wrong house, darling.
04:44I don't read literature.
04:46A quick flip through the women's mags, that's about all I can manage.
04:49It's about access.
04:50I can see that.
04:50They help people with drink problems, love.
04:52They're not quite as extreme as some of the other groups.
04:54They don't expect you to give up just like that, love.
04:57There's an address there at the back.
04:58Look, Andy, when I want you to go, I'm off to school now.
05:02Hello.
05:02Sharon, I brought your mother a leaflet.
05:04I'm off to work, I'll see you.
05:06Bloody cheek.
05:08What's all this, then?
05:11He thinks your mother's an alcoholic, darling.
05:13You gonna follow it up?
05:14Course not.
05:15I can give up drinking whenever I want.
05:17Well, you might at least read it.
05:18Looks like it makes a lot of sense to me.
05:21And what would you know about it?
05:22Mum, I've been brought up in a pub.
05:24I'd say that makes me pretty well qualified.
05:27Look, it won't do any harm to read it, surely.
05:30I'm busy this morning.
05:33Mum, we all need help sometimes.
05:36The trouble is we don't know how to ask for it.
05:38And then when someone offers, we chuck it back in the faces.
05:42Sharon.
05:42What?
05:43You wanna watch that halo of yours?
05:45It's gonna ruin your hairstyle.
05:46Give it a fair chance, Mum.
05:48For me.
05:52All right, babe.
05:55God, you've changed, haven't you, darling?
05:57I hope so.
05:59I'm really worried about her, Pete.
06:01Hey?
06:01Angie.
06:02Oh, uh, them have been at it for years.
06:03They thrive on it.
06:04No, it's different this time.
06:06She's been acting really funny lately.
06:07Yeah, maybe.
06:08I just don't know what she's gonna do next.
06:10Well, whatever it is between them two,
06:12they're nothing like that sticking out big all in, aren't they?
06:13I'm not bothered about it, Dan.
06:15He can take care of himself.
06:16It's Angie I'm worried about.
06:17She is my best mate, you know.
06:19I never ever give myself if I let her down.
06:20Yeah, these tomatoes are gonna take some shifting.
06:22They're gonna last much longer.
06:24Are you listening to me, Pete?
06:25Yeah, well, of course I am.
06:26But we have got a business to run, Kath.
06:28I mean, don't these tomatoes are turning into a deadloss, do I?
06:30Not at the price I pay for them.
06:32Do you think I ought to go and see?
06:34If they give you peace of mind, darling, yes, it's a good idea.
06:37Yeah, well, I don't want her to think I'm interfering.
06:39Look, just be careful.
06:40And while you're in there, I'd say you'd have that old job back, will you?
06:42We'd be getting to miss the money.
06:43It's not just the money.
06:45I want to be where I want to keep an eye on her.
06:47Well, ask her, then.
06:47She's your best mate.
06:48Like you said, she'll have your back like a shot.
06:50Yeah, but it's Deb's to think about now, though, isn't there?
06:52Aye?
06:53Well, she's working my stint.
06:54Oh, she'll give her the old boat and get you back.
06:57Yeah, it don't seem very fair on Deb, though, do we?
06:58I mean, she's on our time.
07:00She's behind with the mortgage.
07:01She really needs the money.
07:02Well, we need the money.
07:03And Charlie begins at home, Kath.
07:07Of course, you know all about babies.
07:09Mary getting up in the night, changing nappies.
07:11I mean, I don't want to leave it to Pauline, but what can I do?
07:13Martin needs providing for us, so I must have a job.
07:16I just hope Pauline sees it that way, that's all.
07:19Oh, hello, Tony.
07:20I've given you up for lost.
07:21Take our tea, Ali, please.
07:22Sure.
07:23A bit of trouble on the domestic front.
07:25I'm sorry to hear that.
07:25There's nothing I can't handle.
07:27Hannah is screaming about getting the house finished.
07:29Doc's moaning about his patience.
07:31No, you're never popular when you're a builder.
07:33You're popular with me, mate, because I need to work.
07:35Yeah, cheers.
07:36Yeah, cheers.
07:37Oh, by the way, Arthur.
07:38Yes?
07:39You haven't given me your cards yet.
07:41I know.
07:41I was wondering if we could do it, um, cash in hand this time, you know.
07:45Okay.
07:46Well, that's the way you want it.
07:48Let's get started, shall we?
07:49Yeah, indeed, yeah.
07:50Tell her, love, dear.
07:51Yes, Mary.
07:51Tell her.
07:53Well, I never thought I'd see Arthur working cash in hand.
07:57Why not?
07:57You've done it.
07:58I've done it.
07:58Everyone does it.
07:59You know, Arthur's sort of Mr. Honesty of Albert Square, isn't he?
08:02Yeah, well, maybe he's seen the light at last.
08:05Well, I used to admire him for it.
08:08Look, I'd better be getting to work.
08:09I'll see you later, are you?
08:10It's all right, Annie.
08:12It's all right, sir.
08:13Oh, bye, darling.
08:18Not in?
08:19Er, no, I wanted a word with you, actually.
08:22Oh.
08:23Yeah?
08:23Well, Arthur said there might be a chance for job.
08:25You know, with the minicab starting off and that.
08:27Yeah, that's right.
08:28Working the radio controls.
08:29Yeah.
08:30I don't think I'll be up to that, actually,
08:32but there might be something else for me as well.
08:33We haven't sorted out how we're going to run the business yet.
08:35Yeah, we've only got the one car at the moment,
08:37but if we do need someone to work behind a counter,
08:39we'll let you know.
08:40Yeah, thanks.
08:43Oh.
08:45Right, that's 85 quarters.
08:52Okay.
08:52Bye.
08:56Hello, Doc.
08:57What can I get you?
08:58Oh, I don't know.
08:59It's gone clean out of me head.
09:00It's like bedlam in here.
09:02It's given me a migraine just standing and waiting.
09:04What's your time?
09:06It's probably elf acid, all these paint fumes.
09:08I reckon if the counts have got wind of it,
09:10they'd close you down till it was all finished.
09:12It won't be long now, Doc.
09:13And think how convenient it'll be,
09:14if you want to get all your shop.
09:16Yeah, it's if me elf end ruined in the meantime.
09:19What can we get you, Doc?
09:20Nothing.
09:20I'm going down Turpin Road.
09:22I mean, I don't like that cheapy shop,
09:24but at least I can think straight while I'm in there.
09:28Sorry, Mother.
09:29I seem to have lost you another customer.
09:31It's not your fault, Tony.
09:32I asked for the work to be done.
09:33You're doing a great job.
09:35How long do you think it will be before you finish?
09:37Well, I wouldn't have said if I was you.
09:39Eh?
09:40Look, everyone's on at me about finishing things quickly.
09:43I mean, I'm a craftsman.
09:44If a job needs to end well, that's time I get it.
09:48Morning, ladies.
09:49Morning.
09:50Morning.
09:51No one doesn't seem to mind the noise and dust.
09:53Can we get you today?
09:54Oh, no, no, no.
09:54I'm not shopping.
09:55I just popped in in a line of duty.
09:57Oh, yeah?
09:58Yeah.
09:58Look, we've been winding down a bit round here.
10:00Now the bank job's nearly sorted, right?
10:03Yeah.
10:03That's great.
10:04It's one less on the crime figures.
10:05It's better in your cab.
10:06Yeah.
10:07It might not be such good news for you, though.
10:09What do you mean?
10:10Well, less police around means more chance
10:12for the protection boys to come pestering you again, doesn't it?
10:14But I thought that was all over now.
10:15Well, I hope so, but I doubt it.
10:17Anyway, look, if you have any trouble,
10:19you know where to come, right?
10:21Always there if you need me, right?
10:23Sorry.
10:24What was all that about?
10:26Moral blackmail.
10:27What?
10:28He's trying to prove he's the big, strong man
10:29who can solve all my troubles.
10:32You might be right about the protection boys, though.
10:34I don't think so.
10:35Den seems to know more about it.
10:37He said they've gone on to another patch now.
10:39You heard about him dumping all that scaffolding outside my place?
10:43Oh, yeah, it's terrible.
10:45Oh, all this building work's ruining my health.
10:47I can't even get to the doctor, you know,
10:49cos I'm stuck here covering for Pauline,
10:51so she can run about visiting Michelle.
10:53Yes, Dr. Legg's had ever so many complaints.
10:56Some people have cancelled their appointments.
10:59Oh, I say, your dad's responsible for a lot of trouble in this square, Kelvin.
11:03My dad's just doing his job, Doc.
11:04Yeah, well, if it he doesn't do it,
11:06we're more consideration for others.
11:07Yes, yes.
11:08What, like putting some cotton wool over his sledgehammer, you mean?
11:10Hey, there's no need to be sardonic, Kelvin.
11:13It'll be no joking matter when I'm laid flat on me back with nervosa.
11:17No.
11:17He's doing his best.
11:18We're all doing our best.
11:19That's why I'm here doing this washing in my lunch hour.
11:21Yeah, well, it'd make more sense if you was to give him a hand.
11:24I mean, you might get it done quicker then.
11:25Yes.
11:27Oh, we don't take no notice.
11:29Oh, we don't care.
11:30I mean, I thought this was our country.
11:33I thought we had some rights.
11:34Seems I was mistaken.
11:36Oh, Doc.
11:37I didn't know you'd taken up smoking again.
11:39Well, are you surprised?
11:41What I've had to put up with me, nerves are in tatters.
11:43I mean, it's either smoke or have a nervous breakdown.
11:45Oh, yes, but I mean, it seems such a pity
11:47because you've done so well giving it up.
11:50Yeah, well, I ought to send his dad the bill for me fag
11:52to see who's responsible.
11:54Gum.
11:55Eh?
11:55Yeah, well, Dr. Degg's got some special kind of chewing gum
11:59and it helps you give up smoking.
12:01You ought to try it.
12:02Yes, I have.
12:03It tastes horrible.
12:04Yes, well, it's meant to taste horrible.
12:06That stops you from enjoying the benzodrine and the cigarettes.
12:11I had to have a fag just to get rid of the taste.
12:13I mean, it's no good, Ethel.
12:14I've got to face facts.
12:15With my nerves, I've got to smoke.
12:18It's about the only consolation I got, apart from the church.
12:21Ah, yes.
12:21Well, at least the church doesn't do you no harm.
12:24It's what keeps me going, Ethel.
12:25Well, you ought to come with me sometimes.
12:28Well, thanks for asking me, but I mean all that hymn singing
12:32and getting up and down off your knees all day long doesn't agree with me.
12:37Hey, well, you don't have to be a service.
12:39You know, I'll go to the socials.
12:41It's like one big family.
12:43I see.
12:44You get free tea and biscuits.
12:47Oh.
12:50No, two, 20, all together.
12:52Right.
12:53I suppose we can have something for breakfast, Kat.
12:54I like tomatoes on toast.
12:56It's only going to make a hole in this lot, is it?
12:58A few gallons of soup, I suppose.
13:00Pete, do you mind hop up in the Vick, see how it is?
13:02Yeah, sure, love.
13:03Bring us out at the front of the church.
13:04I forgot to ask for your Christmas club money.
13:06We're going to pay you in tomatoes, could we?
13:07Eh?
13:08Never mind, Arthur.
13:09I'll see you later.
13:12Here.
13:12Tell it you start whenever you like.
13:14I'll see how it goes first.
13:15Yeah, right, right.
13:16So, finish the dinner.
13:17Good day, then.
13:18No.
13:18Tony's doing a couple of hours on his kitchen.
13:20I'm glad he had a break.
13:21It won't turn you out, is it?
13:22No, no.
13:24Dot's been in and out complaining all day.
13:26Well, at least it means you can go and push your old plates up for a bit.
13:28Yeah, you must be joking.
13:31I've got me Christmas club to sort out.
13:32I've got a pile of work up on the allotment.
13:34And I promised Pauline that I'd try and buy a baby button down the market.
13:37No peace for the wicked, is there?
13:39No.
13:39At least it's better than having nothing to do.
13:41Yeah, I'm fed up with that.
13:43That's why I'm trying to get something laid on when this lot finishes.
13:45Yeah, we'll back the signing on, otherwise.
13:47Yeah, well, actually, I haven't stopped this time.
13:49Oh, naughty, naughty, Arthur.
13:50Everyone does it, Pete.
13:52Yeah, no, the bloke's got to pay for it.
13:53But they force you into it.
13:55I mean, it's the only way we can get by these days.
13:57Look, I'm not going to have a rock with you, Arthur.
13:58It's thinking like that that's making this country into a state.
14:01Oh, I was forgetting you voted for this lot, didn't you?
14:03I graphed on this, dog.
14:03Ten or twelve hours a day.
14:05I don't want my money going to some poncy student to smoke dope.
14:07Oh, no, come on, Pete.
14:08It's not like that and you know it.
14:09How come you've been to disco so much lately these days?
14:12Used to be the bloke with two left feet.
14:14I couldn't dance to save your life.
14:15Yeah, we'd have had a good teacher, haven't I?
14:17Oh, come on, say you'd come.
14:18All right.
14:19Cheers.
14:20See you later.
14:24Oh, hello, ma'am.
14:25Dinner ready?
14:26Yes, in the oven, darling.
14:27Do us a favour.
14:27Will you put it on your dirt?
14:28It's for me.
14:29This is a good girl.
14:29Okay.
14:30Ta.
14:31That's Deb settling in.
14:32All right, then?
14:33Yeah, we've smoothed down her rough edges a bit.
14:35She's stopped putting alfalfa on all the grub.
14:38Oh, she certainly seems popular with the Panthers.
14:40Yeah, she is.
14:41Not as much of a laugh as you are, though, darling.
14:43You look, I enjoy...
14:44Mind you, I'll say one thing about it.
14:45It's good to do a mate a favour.
14:47I mean, she was really grateful for the money.
14:49You'd be amazed at the mess she'd put herself into.
14:51She thought she was going to lose her ass, you know.
14:54Yeah.
14:57Here.
14:58Hang on a bit.
14:59I've got something to show you.
15:01Here.
15:03What do you think?
15:05It's lovely.
15:06Get it for a special occasion, did you?
15:07Yes.
15:08It was ever so hard to choose.
15:10You see, I didn't want anything too glamorous,
15:12but it's got to be tasteful.
15:14Well, it's very tasteful, yeah.
15:16Yes.
15:16You see, these people have got different ideas
15:18on what's proper.
15:20Who has?
15:21Well, the vicars.
15:22They don't have nothing showy.
15:23So you're off to see a vicar, are you?
15:25No.
15:26I'm going to the church social with Dot.
15:29Do you think that was your kind of thing?
15:30Oh, well, it is the way she talks about it.
15:33They're all just like one big happy family,
15:36and when anything goes wrong in the parish,
15:39they all muck in and help out.
15:42Yeah, but it's nice to know there's another side to Dot,
15:44I suppose.
15:44Yes, they redecorated this woman's home for her.
15:47You see, she's disabled.
15:48She couldn't do it.
15:49No.
15:50And then, of course, poor old Dot.
15:52She wasn't much good because the smell of the paint's
15:54bad for her condition.
15:56Yeah.
15:56They've got lots of projects on, you know.
15:59They're now trying to do something about them glue sniffers.
16:02It's about time someone did.
16:04Yes.
16:05Here, free tea and biscuits.
16:11Why aren't you at work?
16:12I brought some stuff back I can do at home.
16:14I can finish it off tonight.
16:16Thanks for helping out.
16:17Well, after what you said this morning,
16:19it seemed like the only way anything was ever going to get done.
16:22Want some lunch?
16:23No, thank you.
16:24I don't know how you can eat that rubbish.
16:26I eat this rubbish because I don't have time to prepare a proper meal.
16:29I can eat this while I'm working.
16:31Why do you get on with it, then?
16:33Take a bit of care, will you, woman?
16:35What?
16:35Look, you're just slapping it on.
16:38It's not like butter and bread, you know.
16:39Look, I might be slapping it on, but at least it's getting done.
16:42You can go round after me and tidy it up.
16:44Hey, hey, hey, hey.
16:45More haste, less speed.
16:47That's a secret with decorating.
16:48Tony, you told me to help you, and that's exactly what I'm doing, right?
16:51So why don't you get on with your bit and let me do mine, okay?
16:54Hello.
16:55Done the washing.
16:56Hello.
16:56I didn't expect to see you two at it.
17:01Happiness is decorating together, eh?
17:03There's some pie left if you want it.
17:05Er, no, I'll get something at Koolish Hall-Nheimer's Pie.
17:07It's tasted brick dust lately.
17:08You're doing a great job, Mum.
17:10She's a great painter, aren't she, Dad?
17:12Sarah?
17:14You're lucky to find anybody in.
17:17Pauline and her mother's gone down in hospital to see how Cheryl got on with her exams.
17:20I only come back to drop this in.
17:22I've got a bargain here, look.
17:24Did you?
17:25Yeah.
17:25Well, I know it wants cleaning, but I can manage that.
17:27And I've got two quid knocked off the price.
17:29Well done.
17:30Are you sure it's safer?
17:32Well, one of two things, one tightening up, but basically it's as sound as a bell.
17:36It's for our son, Martin, you see.
17:38He's getting too big for a pram now, so we can pass that on to Cheryl.
17:41Yes.
17:42Actually, it was Michelle I came round about.
17:44Oh, she's a bit down in the dumps.
17:46It's what her gram would call baby blues, I suppose.
17:49Postnatal depression.
17:49Yeah, that's it.
17:50But then you'd know all about that, being a health visitor.
17:52Is that what you came round about?
17:54No.
17:54No, I just thought I'd pop in to see if everything was all right for her to come back to.
17:58Or if there was anything that I can do.
18:01Oh, well.
18:02Now we got it all set up, we had to get everything in for our own baby, you see.
18:05Yes, of course.
18:07House full of babies, I never expected that at my age.
18:09No?
18:09No, but I love them, always have.
18:11I'm sure.
18:12I expect you see quite a lot of little Martin being at home so much.
18:15You're not working at the moment, are you, Mr. Fowder?
18:17No.
18:18No, no, that's right.
18:19But I'm hoping something to turn up soon.
18:21Oh, good.
18:22I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
18:23Mind you, I do pull my weight.
18:24I'm not like some blokes.
18:26I can change a nappy, get a feed ready.
18:29Michelle's breastfeeding, though, isn't she?
18:30Oh, yeah, I know.
18:31But she'll always know that her mum and dad's here if she can't cope.
18:35Well, that's a comfort.
18:37Mind you, there's something we've all got to remember, me as well as you.
18:41She is Michelle's baby.
18:44Yeah.
18:44Well, sometimes with girls Michelle's age, a grandmother virtually takes over,
18:48and the girl ends up feeling like she's got nothing to do with the baby anymore.
18:52Of course, you're all far too sensible to let something like that happen.
18:55Oh, yeah.
18:55We've got to boost Michelle's confidence, especially if she's a bit down.
18:59Make her think we know she can cope.
19:01Because she can, Mr Fowler.
19:03You'd be surprised how resilient 16-year-olds can be.
19:05Yeah, she's a good kid.
19:07I suppose I shouldn't call her that anymore.
19:09Well, I'd better be getting back to...
19:11I'd better be getting on.
19:15Relief when they go sometimes, innit?
19:17They?
19:18Visitors.
19:19You look forward to them coming, but they don't know how to tie you out.
19:21Yeah, I know.
19:23You've had a lot of visitors.
19:24Yeah.
19:26But your husband ain't been yet.
19:28No.
19:29You're not married, are you?
19:31No, I'm not.
19:32Me neither.
19:34I thought your husband was working abroad.
19:36I say that.
19:37Makes things easier.
19:39Does it?
19:39For me.
19:41Got myself a ring down the market.
19:42Two quid, that cost.
19:44Well, I didn't bother.
19:45I know.
19:46People have noticed.
19:48Just have to put up with that, I suppose, won't I?
19:50You're not having it adopted, then?
19:52No.
19:53No.
19:54Got a lot of bottle, for a kid your age.
19:57Not really.
19:58Must have.
19:59I couldn't take it.
20:01She's my baby.
20:03I'm not ashamed of her or myself.
20:04I don't let myself get attached.
20:06If you do that, you're sunk.
20:08You can't help yourself, surely.
20:10I suppose you think I'm hard.
20:13I don't know.
20:14I mean, we're just in the same world.
20:15That's right.
20:16You don't know me.
20:18You don't know anything.
20:19What?
20:19What gives you the right to look down on people?
20:22I'm not looking down on anyone.
20:23You think I'm cruel?
20:25Well, you're the one that's cruel.
20:26You don't know what it's going to be like for you.
20:28When the guy gets really tough, you'll give the baby up.
20:30No one won.
20:31You'll sort make me sick.
20:35Ethel was telling me about this church meeting you're going to.
20:38Oh, yes.
20:39Well, Doc, I was wondering if I could come along, too.
20:43It's always seemed like a load of mumbo-jumbo to me, to be honest, but now...
20:46It's been a great comfort to me.
20:48Yeah, I can see that.
20:50Ethel says they help people in the parish.
20:51That's what the Bible tells us to do.
20:53Well, you see, I want to help someone.
20:55Only sometimes it's hard to know where to start.
20:57We don't give out money, if that's what you're thinking.
21:00Money's not the problem.
21:01It'd be a lot easier if it was.
21:02Oh.
21:03Trouble at home, eh?
21:04Look, I don't want to talk about it.
21:06I'd just like to come along to the meeting, see it for myself.
21:09Maybe talk to a few people, if that's all right.
21:10Of course it's all right. More the merrier.
21:13Thanks.
21:13Only I think you'd better meet us here.
21:15It wouldn't seem right, starting off from a public house.
21:20So you still ain't named the day, then?
21:22No, well, it takes a lot of planning, doesn't it?
21:24Yeah, right.
21:25Still, I don't suppose Paulie and Arthur come forward to reception.
21:28That'd be down to you and all, wouldn't it?
21:29Yeah, I know.
21:30It's responsibilities, old son.
21:32They're starting to creep up on you, aren't they?
21:34Yeah, well, we'll manage.
21:35Won't be easy, though, will it?
21:36Not on what them pays you.
21:38No, well, I'll get myself something part-time, eh?
21:40Bump it up a bit.
21:41Nah, you must be joking.
21:42You won't find another job that fits in the pub hours.
21:45Not unless you're thinking of giving up sleeping.
21:48Yeah, thanks, Si.
21:49What for?
21:50You just gave me a really good idea.
21:51Look, if Andrew's looking for me, tell her I'm on me break.
21:54I'll be back in ten minutes.
21:55Oh, right.
21:56Oh.
21:57Yeah, me dad asked me to give you this.
21:58It's the money for the week.
21:59Thanks very much.
22:00What, are you going to check it?
22:01It's all there in case.
22:02No, I trust you're dead.
22:03Well, I didn't think it'd sell out, after all you talked about last week.
22:06Seems like no one's got any more ideals anymore.
22:09What's everybody having a go at me for today?
22:11I can't afford ideals.
22:13Off and up.
22:14Okay.
22:15Yeah.
22:16Er, I come to apply for a job on the minicab firm.
22:21What, packing it in at the pub, are we?
22:23No, but I need two jobs.
22:25Well, I've got a lot of expenses coming up with the wedding and the reception and the baby
22:28and setting up home for me and Cheryl.
22:30Yeah, I mean, I can see that, Lofty, but I think you'd be taking on much more than you
22:34can handle.
22:35No, look, I've got it all worked out, right?
22:37I'll get a couple hours kicked between shifts and then I can come and do a night-time stint
22:42here and get me head down for a couple of hours before I start bottling up.
22:46Clown for punishment, aren't you?
22:48No, no, I can handle it.
22:49I'll need the money soon.
22:50Er, sounds a bit risky to me.
22:52We can't afford to have anyone who's going to sleep on the job.
22:54Look, I'll never let you two down, have I?
22:57That's true.
22:57And I'm a trained mechanic, right?
22:59And that's got to be useful to you, even if you only use me as a backup.
23:02Yeah, he's right there.
23:03Well, what do you reckon?
23:05Well, he can't give you a decision straight away.
23:07Yeah, I mean, we haven't even sorted out how we're going to run the business yet.
23:10Yeah, but I'd say you're in with a good chance.
23:12What do you think, Mamet?
23:13Hmm.
23:14Sounds OK to me.
23:17Thanks, Sergeant.
23:19Well, I think it's about time people round here have kept their noses out of my business.
23:22Oh, you're still not going on about that, are you?
23:24What gives you the right to judge me?
23:26You're not exactly perfect yourself.
23:28And you've done some dodgy things in your time, too.
23:30All right, let's drop this out, OK?
23:32Well, nothing I seem to do is right.
23:34Nobody's having a go at you.
23:35I mean, I'm glad you're trying to go out.
23:36At least it means you and Sis might be having some nice things for change.
23:39I'm not working for luxuries.
23:41I'm working for necessities.
23:43What, like the carpet?
23:45No, not like that carpet.
23:47You get off my pad.
23:48Look, that's only a joke, Arthur.
23:49Don't get a fee.
23:50Yeah, well, I didn't think it was very funny.
23:52But where are you going now?
23:53Finish your drink, mate.
23:54Later.
23:55I'm going to Sue and Ali's to collect their club money.
23:57They're a fortnight behind as it is.
23:59It's not right, Andy, and you know it.
24:01I don't know what you're getting so worked up about, love.
24:03It's not that important.
24:04You're just being irresponsible.
24:05No, no, no.
24:05All we're talking about here is natural instinct.
24:08So, it doesn't bother you if you find that you're responsible for all the pregnancies
24:11in the square?
24:12I think we're exaggerating just a teeny-weeny bit.
24:14Oh, no, I'm not.
24:15The male species never thinks of anything else.
24:17Yeah, but maybe I think castration's just a little bit extreme.
24:20Oh, God, you're not going to get the male...
24:22Can I help you there, Wix, the old bean?
24:24Oh, no, mate.
24:25I'm just here with you.
24:26Oh, yeah.
24:27Well, since you're here, I'd be grateful for a neutral opinion.
24:29Oh, well, it's difficult for a bloke to be neutral about castration.
24:31Yeah.
24:31Yes, but if you've got two male cats and they start to stray, you've got to get them doctored.
24:36You owe it to other cat owners, yeah?
24:38Yeah.
24:39Yeah, see, even Wixie agrees with me and he's a man.
24:41Well, thanks a lot, Al.
24:42I'd better be getting back.
24:43Okay, Lofty.
24:44We'll let you know when we've sorted it all out.
24:45All right.
24:45Hello, Lofty.
24:47Oh, hello, Arthur.
24:48What can I do for you?
24:49I was wondering if you could let me have your club money.
24:51Oh, yeah.
24:52Sorry.
24:53Okay.
24:54Any idea when I can pick up that job, Ali?
24:56Well, it's not definite yet, Arthur.
24:58Yeah, but I'm first in the queue, aren't I?
24:59Well, it's not a question of first come first serve.
25:02You see, you've got to choose the best man for the job.
25:04We had another couple asking today.
25:05Yeah, Arthur, two weeks, right?
25:07Yeah.
25:07Everybody seems to be looking for work.
25:09But you're what a local man.
25:10I mean, for the night work.
25:11Yeah.
25:11They're both local.
25:13One of them's a trained mechanic.
25:14I see.
25:15Would you mind telling me just who's been in here asking for work?
25:18Mary and Lofty.
25:19Lofty?
25:20That's what you just popped in for just now.
25:25Ian's here for you, darling.
25:26All right.
25:27Um, sorry, I'm a bit early.
25:28I went down the market and bought you a present.
25:30It's pretty, isn't it?
25:31Yeah, it's lovely.
25:32I knew you'd like it.
25:33The thing is, Ian, I can't come out tonight.
25:36What, you're getting a bit behind me, the old revision.
25:37Nice, all right, we'll go out later.
25:38No, it's not that.
25:39I'm going somewhere else.
25:41It's all right, darling.
25:42It's not another fella.
25:43She's going to a church meeting, ain't you?
25:44Yeah, you're pulling me leg.
25:46No, straight up.
25:47I said to her this morning she'd be joining the Sally Army.
25:49Now I'm convinced of it.
25:50Oh, come on, Sharon, you promised me.
25:51I never promised anything.
25:55Well, I'll leave you two lovebirds to it, eh?
25:58Oh, come on, Sharon, how can you do this to me?
26:01Ian, I don't know why you're making such a fuss.
26:03We can go to a disco another night.
26:04Do you know what?
26:04I don't understand you.
26:05We was getting on so well.
26:06Everything was all right between us.
26:08It is.
26:09Look, just because we go out together
26:10don't mean I can't have a life of me own as well.
26:12We don't have to see each other every night.
26:14Might be better if we don't.
26:16You're not going to give me the elbow, are you?
26:17No, I'm not.
26:18I'm just saying I want to go out for one evening without you
26:20and you're making a big issue out of it.
26:22Yeah.
26:23What?
26:24It's our first round.
26:25Me?
26:25Well, it's the most, isn't it?
26:26We're having our first round.
26:27So?
26:28Well, look, we've got to learn to sort things out,
26:30talk things over, sort out our differences.
26:31Don't I talk a load of rubbish sometimes?
26:33Eh?
26:34Well, if we sit here discussing it all night,
26:36I won't have time to go anywhere, will I?
26:37Oh, come on, Sharon, you're being a bit unfair.
26:39Yeah?
26:39Look, I did buy you a present.
26:41I don't even like it.
26:42Huh?
26:42You can have it back if it means that much to you.
26:44No, I'm going.
26:45I'll speak to you soon.
26:48Here, I got around it to you, Lofty.
26:50You don't let the old grass grind to your feet, do you, mate?
26:53No worries.
26:53Nothing definite yet.
26:54But I'll seem pretty hopeful.
26:55Get your fingers crossed for me, eh?
26:57Fine.
27:00I don't want to talk to you, Lofty.
27:02What's up?
27:03What's up?
27:04You stand there all innocent like and ask me what's up.
27:07Well, I've not done something.
27:08I told you about that job in confidence.
27:10I thought I could trust you.
27:11I thought you were going to become a member of the family.
27:13And then you go sneaking in there and stab me in the back.
27:16I don't know what you're talking about, Art.
27:17My job.
27:17You nip my job.
27:18I wouldn't do that.
27:19You've already done it.
27:20Look, I thought they'd be employing quite a few people.
27:23I mean, that's how it is now, isn't it?
27:24You know, job sharing.
27:25I haven't got a job to share.
27:26That's what I'm complaining about.
27:28Look, I didn't mean to upset you, right?
27:30I'm in the same boat you are.
27:32Me and Cheryl are going to need money when we get hitched.
27:34Yeah?
27:35Well, I'm rapidly going off that idea.
27:37What?
27:37I don't think I want a son, nor I can't trust.