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Yeah I got to pub at ten to eleven.
But they give, they usually give her a lemonade, erm, like a drink innit?
Yeah pear juice, I like as well.
Is it?
And he walks in the room and tell me what's going on.
.
She had been at it.
Oh, but yeah, cos so.
Put the kettle on .
Pretty cool out there .
Is it?
Mm.
is dry as one does .
well I've finished the kitchen out there.
Finished is it?
Yeah.
The blind.
All you've got to do is put a little on and cut the quarter er cornice around the top.
That's the cornice at the top is it?
Yeah.
It does look nice.
Yeah.
Put all the doors on and all the rest of it.
All the doors on the
On the units that.
Oh yeah.
It's great, it's very nice.
Course you have doors.
Yeah, it come flat pack, you've got to put them all together in order.
There's no problem putting doors on?
No.
There's no problem putting the doors on?
No, cos it, eh, a, it's one of those things you already know how to do it or you don't, and he's pretty good though, I, know I can't, I've read the instructions and I put that one, that one loose in the bottom and this one
Ah.
but I couldn't do it, but he just knows how, he just knows which way to do it.
Yeah.
I think it is anyhow, they're all nice and level in.
Pigs are doors to hang you know.
Yeah yours look pretty smart up there now.
I bet .
Mm, have a look.
Got to get the tiler in, just to tile yeah.
In between the .
It's exactly three tiles it's eighteen inches so
Three .
Yeah.
three?
I don't know.
How many tiles betw between the worktop and the cupboard there love?
Gail!
Hang on I can't hear you.
Alright don't matter, I'll have a look.
How many tiles between the worktop and the cupboard?
Is yours level with the top, the ceiling your cupboards?
Three.
Three, what is it up to the ceiling?
It's about erm eight or nine inches from top of cupboard .
That's how the were erm, , first one on the right hand side here and little panels.
Yeah.
He's got long cupboards from the window right up to the ceiling.
Yeah.
It's right up tight .
Yeah.
They're er .
but olive green type of doors.
No, but this looks quite nice .
What, you said wasn't it?
Is it this sort of colour?
Yeah, mid oak, or lighter
Might be .
Do you like it ?
Yes, she's all for it now.
That's .
Nice little, out for a meal .
Long weekend innit?
Yeah, it is if she gets into it innit?
Love's sitting there, right into it she was.
That only cost sixty pound, I said only, well it's better than a hundred pounds she said.
That what she said?
What's nice about it as well is they, if ever you did want one anywhere, can always sort of couldn't you?
Yeah , he's had that before hadn't he?
No, he took her over there and pick her up later on.
Yeah
What, you know, wouldn't mind her staying in there, she didn't mind it, so didn't wake Jo up.
Nick says she had a bigger same d , same dinner as what he did, he said he's never seen a kid eat like it.
She do eat bloody hell.
And then while I was there she was eating a bit of chocolate cake, I mean she's right in the kitchen, she come back in and said oh my god, I said what, she said I've never seen anybody pinch a bit of chocolate cake, on a plate as fast in all my life, Ben didn't want it so she whipped his an' all like.
Still got .
You tell, when you see Bruce tell him it's
.
No, it's too sweet for me.
No .
It's like a funny that .
What's it again is it?
Which one is it now? .
.
I wouldn't of gone and see
Our Scott woke up one Saturday night about half past about eleven o'clock it was screaming, I said what's the matter, , I thought I , but he don't never ever cry really did.
I said to him just go to the toilet, I can't move .
Yeah, he was in agony there, so any way carry him to the toilet, sat him on the toilet and sort of sat there with him a bit trying to make him go a wee, cos I thought perhaps he full bladder and couldn't
Couldn't go yeah.
anyway he went to the toilet, went a wee and I put him back in bed and he was laid there and anyway and, and he eventually dropped off, anyway I was telling my mum about it yesterday, and I didn't sort of think no more of it the next day, right, and mum I said well if ever he gets that again she said you should from the doctor she said, because, one of our boys had it she said and it was a blockage
Oh.
yeah, so I thought I'd have to keep him .
But he was in agony and that.
All day yesterday all I heard was didn't that suit you?
Didn't that suit you?
Oh, I get .
.
Oh it's so funny, cos the second time he couldn't, he came back and I think I was upstairs, and she didn't shut the door and I said all four, cos I've got to pick her up at five, he said oh, anyway he went back, after dinner he'd gone back and I said told you about it's five o'clock , he said are you on me.
Oh he said you didn't, you didn't listen to what I was telling you, did you?
I think it was when he come back , I didn't wait, I just couldn't see I just see, you know.
think I mind says that I ask where you going now, going now or, well he's not been here.
And he come in and there was a, a film on Sky weren't there? like one of erm, I can't .
Oh yeah.
did you have a lump in your throat?
Said what when the little girl with the bag
Did you watch that London's Burning last night?
Yeah.
That was sad weren't it?
Yeah.
It's a good effort, good series that innit?
Yeah, it's ended now though innit?
Yeah, what last in the present series?
Yeah, be on next oh yeah, next week is that bloody
Yeah.
Beadle's About's on isn't it?
Not Beadle's About, You've Been Framed next week
Oh is it?
Oh is it?
Yeah.
What a new series or
I don't know, just said instead of Beadle's About.
Oh
He's cutting my hair today instead of tomorrow.
You're not having it cut, ain't got that long has he?
Oh look at it.
Mm.
Be easier to dry it .
Will it?
Yeah.
Oh doesn't need to cut it does she?
Yeah.
What gotta cut it to thin it love.
Why?
So, you cut it
Yeah, gotta cut it haven't you?
Has she?
Mm.
Thin your hair without cutting it love.
What like scissors, you have to, yeah, you've got like a comb
Not, not scissors .
What she say want it thinned out or ordinary cut or what?
She probably have got thinning scissors you know.
I should think so.
What's the matter?
Yeah, .
Who's that ?
Saturday.
Saturday
Saturday morning.
Mm.
I was still in bed so I was
Bloody Nora.
Got a problem .
Didn't .
there's a there's a in there out the back side and he's about that much for the our, our top of our roof.
That's nice.
And he's coming down on all the way through there and he landed just across there and landed, I think he very .
Who over where?
Him.
At the back of Mary and down towards where Home Mead.
Bet that was a school .
was.
down there weren't it?
No, it was up here.
No, you think about Home Mead, the school playing field is in the Home Mead, yeah.
Home Mead innit?
Yeah behind Home Mead innit?
You .
Yes.
Whole playing field, the green, the grass is
Yes, but he was, he was more in line with you know where Mrs lives?
like , yeah.
He was, I would say that he was from here, I would say he's more in line with er Mrs lives, that's the sort of back end of er Earls Court.
I thought it was Magna Green.
Yeah, the, the that way there, I wouldn't say that was he were, I don't think he far enough to the right, to be on the playing field.
If it was he didn't .
But if he was having trouble firing out
Yeah, we'd go
you see him pull this thing and he just says well going out again, so I don't know.
Oh, didn't snap off, Saturday we was out at M F I Saturday .
Were you?
Well two ho till three
Yeah what a relief was it?
There's another one in the distance, .
Oh is there?
You're better not going out this sort of weather.
This was er, from club?
Yeah.
Right then.
This is the part,
That's Spring and Summer Catalogue Club.
Arthur!
Mm?
That's new Spring and Summer Catalogue Club.
Sorry?
My new Spring and Summer Catalogue.
Spring and Summer bloody hell.
.
What book is that?
Grattan, I don't believe it .
order anything, she said, you don't have order them do you?
I said oh no way , two bloody .
Bloody hell.
Down the Boarman they've had a three, three offers of Hamper Agency for next year.
Yeah.
I said, who were they love?
One was Swindon weren't it and er Littlewoods.
Time do you love .
Saucepan .
Erm, what for the school? so we ain't got to the , both together in the
Yeah
on, I thought it was this week but it isn't it's the seventeenth, so I rang Steve and he said I better .
I said he said no, I said why you want against her, he said yeah, he said what and he said I would of got up and actually run.
Mm.
my mate's .
Yeah.
What she ought to do is, I know what I'd do is leave Anthony and Maria and they can put them down and go and see
What headmistress and, and our Tracy said you should have bloody given, teachers have gone down there
Yeah.
I go down and say that it's not good enough.
Right .
Alright Arf, tara then.
Got your .
Cloths, chamois.
Yeah, got your thing round your waist.
No, that's tara then.
Bye now.
Bye bye Arf
Yes, he should of gone then, I don't think .
Try and get it sorted out now if he ain't any better I'd get .
.
What ?
Yes.
Well, can't he be moved into a different class?
What if he special needs.
That Michael went there did he?
Well he's only gonna get worse.
It's not fair on the other children is it?
Cos they know he's been .
He did school didn't he?
Yeah, down by the shops, opposite the shops, by and that.
Yeah.
It's .
Oh, Gail.
Sorry.
You were supposed to have told me.
I forgot.
When was it?
Last week.
Did he get anything?
Erm, a couple of, a little thing for a little dolly for that stocking erm
He got three things, oh a pastry things
Oh yeah.
That was one twenty five and I give him .
Yeah.
And .
It's all like for little kids, younger kids.
Like Daniel?
Yeah.
What sort of age three or .
Did yeah?
Right I suppose I've better got to do some housework Gail.
Yeah, got to .
They .
How much were these Gail?
Sixteen ninety five.
They're alright They look alright.
Alright, aren't they?
Yeah. .
Not really.
the same.
If I put hers
Tell you how to do, see, right Gail?
It's an hour .
Put her foot on it when she comes in , that's her school bus, bus thirteen, do they fit her?
Do they fit her?
Yeah only just, that's .
When she comes in keep this out right?
Yeah.
And when she comes in, what's that one, put her left foot on it, right?
Yeah.
And if, if her foot overlaps it all, take them back, cos you might be better off just getting two anyway
Yeah.
cos Scott's, Scott's in a two football boot, there sort of thing innit?
Yeah.
She's gonna wear her thick socks with them, dangling aren't they?
Yeah.
That's what I'd be inclined to do so
on top of the telly, and say just put your foot on here a minute, now, they look quite thin now, but, that's what I was looking at, yeah, cos her feet are fat, yeah, but they, that do like that don't they?
Yeah, that, yeah , spreads out to the side anyway, don't it?
Yeah, put these .
Try her foot on it and if it don't, if her foot overlaps
Yeah.
then take them back up and get a two.
Cos the thing is as well, I might be inclined to get a two anyway, because she wants it to last a little while don't she?
Anyway , yeah.
They're not gonna last very long not a like that is it?
Is that how it was?
Yeah.
That was quick .
Yeah .
Yeah.
I'm not going to do no housework today.
, see mum and dad on Saturday at .
Yeah. .
If erm
Go on.
if her foot's wide, wider than that would it matter?
Well yeah, cos it ought to be tight on her, across.
But if her foot's wider, you'll get the bigger size it'll take it up on the length bit.
Yeah.
So I'd be more inclined, let me have a look at her when she comes in, send her up.
Yeah
see, is it, I mean sometimes Scott's foot too wide for a both sides.
Mm.
Yeah their trainers upstairs they still, they fit alright.
Yeah.
They're not tight, that's why I went for a one cos I thought it's like a trainer innit?
Yeah yeah
You look quite a way .
Only other thing I can you do is try it on when she's asleep.
That's what I do with his football boots I bought him, .
I, I looking at them .
Yeah.
They look big enough don't they?
Yeah
Yeah, alright then.
I'll see you later on.
I'm sorry I, I nearly walked out, yeah, that's not him, not let him, that watch that, cos it is a bit
It's not too bad
No.
It could be a lot worse.
No, there's been she could say what she doing?
Yeah .
sort of takes it all in says oh that's a bit rude.
cup of tea on there.
Got this fantastic kitchen up here and he's still got
Is that a bread knife?
Yeah, cut me finger on .
Yeah, I know.
I don't know .
, bionic make, bionic make yeah
Ah your compost heap's gone in , ah.
As you can tell I cut my finger up.
Oh dear.
Yeah.
You didn't mind changing?
No, .
How did you get on at the doctor's?
Alright, erm she, erm, she, he thought she had thrush, cos she like .
Mm.
But erm, think it's worms now.
What?
Worms?
Yeah, they before he said that's a classic symptom, like being red sore down below
Yeah.
course I didn't know until I went to put the cream on her, I thought oh what's that, little bit of tissue, it moved and .
Oh my god.
Yeah, , so erm, I've got to get some medicine for all of us in a minute, put the prescription in, but erm, you know, she's had it really for a week like, even though she was treated for thrush
Mm.
, I'm on antibiotics cos I got my .
Oh
Quite thick my hair.
Mm when did she come in from school then Hayley?
Just
Put in two o'clock.
Yes .
But come over to you in it, right in, right in the end of .
Oh.
.
Don't like that.
No.
The next whiz round with the vacuum , oh dear Jackie's got her new car now, then
She's got the new, what the new, new one?
The blue one.
I haven't seen that one yet.
Geoff's put the engine in it, the other one, the white one.
White one And you tape all the music as well.
Well what it was, we watch erm London's Burning
London's Burning.
so we it was on
We have to watch London's Burning, oh great.
Oh yeah, watch that.
That's that's what happens.
Wasn't the last one was it?
Yeah, yeah
What, I didn't mean, I'm sure it's on again next week.
No.
No.
No.
I be funny if .
Haven't actually watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit yet
Yet, you ages ago, you, erm, she, oh she watched it.
She watched it on video , we ain't watch, we ain't watch it on Sky.
Not watched it on v
No, it's on tonight, she had it on video, eight o'clock
It's a good film though innit?
Yeah, cos she was watching at our house one day when she come down
Aha.
and she had to go home before it finished.
Ah.
It was eight o'clock I'd tape it for her, running out of tapes.
Put on my Christmas list, , put on sometimes doesn't it?
Yeah.
That's like erm, with that Pretty Woman, two people asked us to tape it, I thought well there's no way we can do it, cos we just taped for ourself, they'll just have to borrow it.
Yeah.
You know
you never get them back otherwise.
Long innit?
Mm.
What was the film on, did you watch that Memphis Belle?
Yeah, I didn't think much of it.
Didn't you?
I thought it was good, I thought it was good.
Well I thought it was a good film.
I want to see that immediate family right afterwards.
No, I'm not into that either.
Oh, you don't want to see that?
No, no, we watched erm you watch that last night?
Yeah.
Ah it's good weren't it, like that, that little girl's image of my n my niece.
Is she?
Yeah.
Even that's a little .
Yeah, except for her, oh got blonde hair
Mm.
Yeah, she, she's upstairs .
That was the real weren't it?
It's just
Well yes, well they're actors, cos it's a real film innit?
, gone with Father Christmas.
Are they watching the bo , wrestling or
No, no.
Arthur watch it.
I, I'd sit and watch it, if that's what, what was on but erm, I wouldn't put it on to watch.
Erm, I got
He hates it, he don't like it at all. .
Yeah.
he put on like
I before Ghost is on I would think.
No.
Out on video innit?
Mm
There's this film like you know, when it's turn like cinema or not, Silvester Stallone, and it's called Oscar, did you ever see the preview of that?
No.
Well it's a comedy, you know, like, a gangster who's trying to go straight, and apparently it's, it's hilarious make.
Is it?
And you see that when it comes out, but, if you that.
Yeah, but erm, Total Recall's come on Sky isn't it?
What's that one then?
Arnold Schwartzenegger.
Oh is it?
I'm not too .
Oh I like
But I haven't even shown the kids it first.
Yeah.
I had that on video just before we had Sky Movies.
That right?
Yeah.
Is it that good?
Oh it's .
Mm.
Nat liked it.
Oh that Earnest film's on tonight.
Oh is it tonight is it?
Yeah.
What is it it's not his sort of
Prefer it to .
He don't like American comedy at all.
Oh doesn't he?
No, not what's, what so
Half six innit?
Yeah, What's that erm National ?
Yeah, he don't like that either, .
That don't half grow doesn't it?
I know glad it does.
Yeah Saturday, did he tell you he see, he see me?
No.
Oh, well he was over by erm
I was in bed Saturday
the toilets ah?
I was in bed all day Saturday.
Yeah.
Yeah, I .
Erm yeah he was, he was working on the by the park
Oh yeah.
and that or a yeah, yes, we were coming back through that little lane in Berrison Way
Yeah.
and who should be between the back of the houses, but , he said my god, he said, you get everywhere, so I said so do you.
What makes the other day, I find out that erm Demi Moore
Mm.
who was in Ghost is married to Bruce Willis.
Is she?
Yeah.
I didn't know that either.
Yeah, I would imagine
Oh
This is gonna be a year over with .
I know.
Well, got your tree up at home?
No, .
Oh .
It's too early, it is
Is.
it's a long time innit?
Yeah.
Thing is this you know, too much excitement she want
Jackie said to me last week she said, well it's the first of December .
We never, when we were kids, about the week before.
Yeah.
It's horrible that, wait, about two weeks.
Yeah.
put up with Claire's nagging.
I've got the wrapping
Yeah.
let alone anything
Yeah.
the tree, all day yesterday.
So you like that Weekend at Bernie's then?
Oh yeah, that, she's still on about it now went on again, went on again.
Trouble is it only comes on like it sort of early hours of the morning yeah.
Morning, yeah
The, the only thing is, it's an excellent film.
Mm.
I said tell mum to watch it, but she's, I said what do you think, she said well, actor who was playing Bernie was good.
When you think about it, yeah he was So what's been wrong over the weekend then you had a cold or ?
I got erm, like erm, I can't remember what you call it now, it's sort of like tricky erm, , all in me
Brain.
confused , all in my tubes it is, and I had a temperature and that
Yeah.
It's alright when the
What else ?
When I take two and found out at the end of it there was a bit of erm Die Hard cos they're a bit at this .
Long, yeah.
that was nearly two hours long weren't it?
Yeah.
The adverts come on, I kept turning over I said for christ sake stop it How's your mum?
Fine.
Good.
She come up the weekend but she didn't come over cos I wasn't very well, and I'd of .
.
No, she, she said that erm , didn't stay very long, but
Well can't blame .
. Is living in ?
Yeah What's that with a relation innit?
No, with a man.
Oh with a man.
Yeah, with a man.
Harry.
Harry.
Harry .
They're happy, it doesn't matter There's some women and, you know, there's quite a few, I mean, there's never ever looked at another man, do you know what I mean, and not being funny,
but erm, and yet there's some of them can't live without them.
No, I think I'd have one of those, it's not like being on a
Cos she erm, said even he won't
She can't make up her mind about
What she can make herself sick .
So, she's not one to play on it for not going to school though, so
Hang on there, hang on , there we are.
Thank you, that apple pie looks nice.
Do you want a bit?
Yeah.
I don't know what .
Only a little tiddy bit, I might be on a diet you try and get rid of it?
No, want a bit Hayley?
yeah.
Very nice.
That big?
No, a bit smaller than that.
That big?
That bit, go on .
Yeah, I'll try it.
Arthur's home made pies, get down.
Can you make pastry?
Eh?
Can you make pastry?
Yeah.
he reckons I make better pastry than what I .
Yeah.
Yeah.
Hello Soph
Yeah.
Your own kitchen would of made a difference whatever way you done it, did your cooker shrunk?
Yeah, that's it, double cooker actually , gonna try, get some flooring down for Colin's mum, just gonna put some cheap lino down for now
Mm , mm.
and er, get the rest of that wood before Christmas, I said and how you gonna do that, he said at weekends, I said yeah two,
Mm.
he said well what about rainy days?
Yeah lately well he said I've got to do it.
do you want a coffee?
That washing is, is drying, tis innit?
Got washing machine .
Got a washing line?
No I don't.
What you do?
Well I have to go down cos of the greenhouse
Greenhouse?
and then all back up.
Oh.
So in the summer
You should of put all
quite easy really,
Yeah.
of course, now I put a lot of my .
Yeah, yeah.
Oh that's better Sue, alright?
Yeah, that looks great.
No, don't, I just want you to put your foot on there a minute.
Why?
Take your shoe off.
Why?
Cos I want to, this is out of
Your taping me on there aren't you?
Oh, you're not suppose to say that your taping me on there aren't you?, just be, just stand up
Why have I'd a .
Put your foot back in there.
Why mum? why doesn't, mum my foot on here.
Cos I'm trying something a minute.
If that was erm, a trainer, would that fit her? .
Only just.
Put your foot down now let me see .
.
Are we .
Cos her foot hanging right over this side.
Yeah, her toes heal of her toes though.
They were .
Yeah there too .
Take your heal back a little fraction, that's it, ooh, yeah, only just
Mum, but why do we have to.
I'm just asking you, this is else, someone's trainer
Who's?
My friends
Why?
Cos she bought some trainers for her little girl, right, you know Karen?
Adam's mum
Yeah.
yeah, well she bought some trainers for her little girl and she doesn't want to show her, she didn't know what size to get so she took of it to see what size it was, and I said well Natalie's a thirteen, that'll be a thirteen if it fits her.
Mm, she didn't really want
and what's a little .
Didn't have a size inside it I don't know, didn't ask.
So you can't do that with it mum?
Yeah
Put your foot on it again
Thirteen ain't that.
No, its to .
Thirteen thirteen , I'd better take my .
Say something Arf.
Pardon?
Say something.
I don't want to say anything for, I'm reading and I don't read out er loud.
Yes, well, your on there.
Yeah, well in five minutes its all I'm gonna put it, cushion under my head and then you can tape me snoring .
I don't , yes snoring .
Well I'm so tired .
You won't be snoring I know it, you never do snore.
I think you use I think you snore, don't snore.
You tell lies don't you?
No, my doesn't snore.
Well I woke myself up snoring last night.
.
You .
Don't be silly your out the front door
For Lisa oh
.
I have
What is your spelling .
In my school and I'm not learning them now .
No, well I wonder what they are?
There hard.
There hard are they?
.
Oh, Nat get up and walk properly.
I am.
Oh Jesus, oh my god it's not is it?
.
.
No, you can make that Oh your doing well by that, that Arf.
Hello, alright?, how much is left on me thing?
.
Yeah.
What number?
One eighty eight pay for it today
One eighty eight, .
Oh yeah, it's getting quite cold, I reckon were in for some snow.
Yeah, well were suppose to get it, oh I hope it doesn't snow yet, my son's got to come in yet.
Where's he?
Where is he?
He's at university .
Is he?
And he's coming in a fortnight Saturday gone, so it mustn't snow not till he gets in ,
No, not yet ,
I'd hate for him to be stuck up there for last week in March
oh yeah
sixty ninety nine.
yeah I'll pay for that then, alright, what is it Penny .
Yeah.
.
Oh there's so much, I could do with Christmas at the .
Yeah.
hire someone.
.
Can you manage it like that?
Yes, that's alright.
Bag isn't that good.
Oh, that's alright
Six ninety nine please.
.
.
There's another one there.
Yeah, I was gonna say there should be another six ninety nine, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Lovely, alright then.
.
Yes, li oh in me handbag.
Oh saw it down
Oh I forgot to bring it down.
What's the matter with these bloody pens?
.
God.
Neither of them do write, oh here he goes, he must of been a bit cold.
Yeah.
It's cold in it?
It ain't cold.
Thanks then Diane.
only going to cross it off and use it again .
You ain't got no men's slippers have you, not really?
No, no.
No, oh alright then, don't mind, alright, never mind, ta la Diane bye .
Bye .
Hello.
Hey, this is my lavatory here, they have to believe work.
Alright Gail?
Yes m'dear.
Were talking about whether we should be going out to work or not?
No, .
.
Hello sweetheart.
I feel like I can be contributed towards for I must admit that, I do feel as though I could be pulling my weight a bit, especially when Chris worries about money.
Yes.
Like, you know, I saw like, what really, I'd sat there, I mean like you say, I and I admit that I odds and ends that'll probably take me about an hour in total
Mm.
you know, I have got to get , I mean we've got to be ready at four ain't we, which means we'll have to be ready before we get there,
My , got nothing in there sweetheart, didn't get any sweeties.
a good afternoon out me way innit?
Mm.
.
Yeah, go on then.
What you do then?
Down the shop, got Nat's Oh Penny thing, got to get her some bloody shoes, keep moaning her feet hurt, tut, new pair
Where .
What size does she have?
thirteen and a half, and that's blinking, that's Clark's, new pair September.
Oh what happened to three months' bloody growing room then, I , I, take the back, got the receipt?
Growing room, yeah .
I don't know, I don't think I have.
Oh I've got receipt, three months
They don't to September, October, it is innit?
Yeah.
Our Mat was moaning he's, he's got those suede boots and he was moaning the , this morning I goes don't bloody , I, I, more .
trying to see, you got Christmas, you got holidays
Yeah.
Yeah.
.
Well it's so you can't do much about it can ya?
No.
She ain't got a pair of trainers I .
Yeah, she's got like your school not there black, they're white ones, lace-up ones, they look like little pumps .
They're different then to my Gail.
And er, she said oh yeah, but the laces is too short, so I thought I get some other laces.
Yeah, put a longer pair of laces in .
Laces in, yeah
Oh yeah.
Say wear those, cos that's what she was gonna wear Christmas Day with her shell suit, I thought
oh, ah, she ain't one for wearing trainers that, cos she won't wear trainers because her feet smell
.
.
she won't she won't wear them.
.
You never guess what I didn't, forgot to get at the shop .
Oh I got some on me, what you doing with my shoes?
Yeah.
Yeah, I got, she erm, our .
.
What?
.
What you doing?
I've got
What do you think of the tree then?
Fine.
Got yours up yet?
No not yet.
Seems a bit early yet Bud, I don't bother usually putting mine up till .
.
No, I don't either, I'm not like, not into Christmas at all yet, I can't .
Nor are we.
. .
It's only three weeks. .
It doesn't seem right, does it?
It just
My God I think I'm going to .
That's in it?
Innit though, that you people all a fucking .
.
, do you know what we spent, listen, listen, mummy do this, we spent a Christmas in Hungary right, their Christmases right, Christmas Eve the snowplough is out on the road clearing the snow, it was that deep, it was up in
Oh that's nice.
and it was windy right, he got a tree a third of the height of that on a table, they puts it up on a table, and underneath the tree they have got one present which is member of the family from each member of the family, right, that is it, one present, it maybe a box of chocolates, you know, or a box of cigars, something like that, children wake up Christmas morning they have a bag which is about that big, with a full of sweets and bits and pieces, little toy car thing and they have one big present, right, and I'll tell you what festivity over there is as well, that must , it because it's not over dark because there no big glory about it, there so much more relaxed that, well Chris he said, yeah
.
Yeah .
Oh Dummy popped, popped
Too much now in it? .
Chris he
It's competition.
it's, the festivities gone from this, all it is, is an excuse to drink in it?
Yeah, yeah but you've just been and then for us now, cos we're the parents it's a bag of shit in it Christmas?
Yeah.
But for the kid, this way
Yeah, but who .
.
Yeah but would they, what I mean is that there are even for the parents
What, I suppose every comes along I want that .
Yeah.
It's so relaxed
Oh.
Yeah
It's so, I mean, wake up Christmas morning and they put a tray out, the first thing they do on, the last thing at night, Christmas Eve they put a big tray out and on the tray they got it's a called and they're like chocolate biscuits, they're like biscuits, right, and that gets with every member of the house, say there's ten in that house, that that gets lined round the outside of the tray, right, and then inside of that'll be now a circle of the wine, and then they have like whatever drink they got in the middle and the first thing that happens Christmas Eve morning is they get up and that gets poured and the tray goes round, if you sit down
.
and the tray, that's it though, that is it actual Christmas drink that goes round the room and then the presents come out I look out the window and the snow blow
Yeah.
and it's sort of gone in five minutes .
Yeah, gets up bloody in the middle of the night.
We got up at eight and I
Well she need
Yeah our Chris was up, our Chris was up, woke up about five o'clock and .
Well Nat woke up at, half past one, she was awake then all night she kept coming in
Oh
Jesus Christ
Oh God
right
putting my lot .
and then er, so by half past four I just about had enough like, so five o'clock I said well for Christ sake come on open your stocking now like and waking Arthur up and he saying well I ain't , and I said come on it's five o'clock, alright, and by six o'clock we're downstairs, half past six the door
I wish I could be like it, cos I'm so unorganised Christmas morning, by five o'clock I'm not even dressed.
Well then by half past ten, ten o'clock I'm down and then Nat, Nat sees her
And then I all morning have me dinner, Arf's done the dinner and have me Christmas dinner and then go to sleep all afternoon .
Well we don't, we usually erm have a about an hour goes to sleep for an hour .
I setting the alarm this year, .
No, no.
I wouldn't like that, that seems terrible.
Mind I wouldn't mind that quarter past eight.
I haven't got to wake her up all morning, but Christmas Eve
No, no, they don't usually wake .
I think because they don't go off to sleep so early, it's so late there going off erm.
I thought our Charlie was getting our .
Oh I don't put it up there, I don't even put it up.
I don't know if I'm going to do it this year cos this year she's chosen, I've got four, right there's two the same which she usually has up those, like she'll hang one up, fill one up and swop them over
Oh
this year she chose a big one like I got for Arf last year, cos I ain't got a double of that so I'm going to have to tape it off, fill it up and then put it back on cos in case she opens mine.
.
Happy Christmas down the playschool.
No.
Mm, yeah.
Yeah who is it phone.
.
Yeah, I told her if I .
What you call fun, yeah, that's .
And she said last year I'd pulled that on the furniture, and like the first year you're old enough to really wrap and there was a tap on the window and Theresa went out and she went, and come back and she went oh my God Father Christmas is out there and she said
.
Christmas Eve and in he come said he got the, I, he don't recognise, they don't recognise him, he got like a black he says Ho, Ho, are you all behaving yourselves , Victoria sitting there giving it yeah
.
I mean that's brilliant in't it, they do it every year in that, just brilliant, I reckon that's real,
Mm.
that is really the part in it?
Mm.
Imagine your Janice face
I bet she isn't, I bet when she ought to like Father Christmas and they sort of
Well he he Father Christmas
That was Saturday weren't it?
.
That was the best part when Chris was in, when the girls were in the nursery weren't it, .
You done it last year didn't you?
You can't do it.
Yeah he did, yeah, cos the girls were in the first class and he was in the nursery, yeah that's right, yeah, and they .
Got hair on it
Nursery .
They're not knowing this , he weren't, I think that the .
Don't work .
.
You do it, you do it, you do it Dan, this time last year he was in bloody hospital weren't he? got to blow
I likes it when it's the year but I don't like the build-up to it, I don't like mm
I don't like all my .
No I don't, I can't stand the shopping, I can't stand the wrapping up, there's, your all the time.
I wrapped a pile up last night.
I did, I hate .
Your, your mind is sort of like working overtime all the time innit, thinking Christ what else have I got to get, is there anything I've forgotten, that's what I don't like.
Well, I remem , I remember yesterday I went out, thirteen pound it cost me, oh that's
What do you want a drink?
No.
Yeah Do you want a drink Dan?
Yeah.
Yeah, here are then.
.
Mummy.
Here.
That's gone out ain't she?
She's real are ya?
Oh
Yes it's horrible, they're, they're all horrible.
Oh, er, paper in me hand
Now you know why don't bother with them they're all bloody horrible.
Twenty
tree, show you the Christmas tree .
.
Oh Charlie shut her up at, at Chris's mums funeral, when we went to Chris's mum funeral, she's erm, she said something or other about, request something or other about, pointing at the I shouldn't've been there really because I didn't know her and Charlie said she felt didn't know her and erm she said oh well Rose never spoke about her, or words to that effect, Chris says the reason our mum never spoke about her cos she never showed her face in here anyway, he said when was the last time you see your mum, at that, she shut straight up like that, her face went, she'd like saying that I shouldn't've been there cos I didn't know her, I mean yet, she ain't set foot in the house for fucking year like, you know she's a horrible cow, and like when we went in the church, when we went in the crematorium er you had, she had a nice, big one up on the hill is it Arnold's?
Yeah.
and we went in and like the vicar greets you at the door don't he and she was like up to the vicar like, you know, she's more fucking heavier than thou
.
there she
.
.
she had
.
As I remembered old nag, and he had his wife with her, you know, really do, if there's one people I if there's people in this world that I hate, it's got to be the religion
Yeah.
.
Does anybody knock your doors Sunday, Saturday?
Ah Jehovah Witnesses weren't it, .
I thought they were Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses
Was it Jehovah Witnesses or Mormons?
Mormons.
Mormons.
Mormons.
Jehovah Witnesses,
.
They just don't shut up do they.
What erm
I've seen them wandering around, this is when I'm out shopping I find out .
He's just like , you know, they say .
Isn't there any sort of erm church or anything like that, I'm sure there's one over there, is, do you know anybody round here that's sort of religious .
.
Brrrm.
We usually pick, most of them keep their religion to themselves don't they for me I wouldn't know .
Yeah, I don't know , I don't, I think religion's gone out the door to be honest with you, I don't think any religion with anyone really, erm, and is important in life that is used today, no, bloody don't, I .
Do you .
But they do nothing do they?
It's just another way of er .
I think the only people, right, the only people that go to church is the religious people or ones that have something to feel shameful about.
They go because they need to cover some sort of guilt, I'm convinced of that now, the more people that I know I mean fib of all people fib is now turned to religion .
Oops you've dropped it , no, that way now Dan that way.
Have you ever heard anything so stupid in all your life, I mean she's committed all the sins under the sun
.
yeah, like , well actually that is the one worse sin in it?
.
Yeah.
.
And she is now going up .
.
.
Any of you ever .
That'll be like me going up there
Yeah.
Well it's like all these got these of life in it, come out what'll happen to her, the first thing they do is turn to God.
.
It's gone.
Dennis Neilson and Jack, Jack the Ripper whatever his name is
Peter Sutcliffe.
Yeah, Myra Hindley, who's another one innit, you know, off we go, if I don't praise God and you know God it'll, he'll forgive me for all my sins, bollocks, in it?
I mean it's not the likes of the normal people like me and you that go to
It'll be alright like, yeah .
If I go to .
you might not
There's another fact .
no it's not yours.
Oh sorry.
They are, what, there, they goes up the Catholic school where your sister's kids go
Oh yeah.
up there, right, there's the she's on her fifth child, she's got four kids, she just about to have her fifth
Oh, Christ.
and they are the most rude, arrogant, well
Obnoxious.
yeah, him, I can't even bring myself to speak to him.
.
.
Christ knows what she'll have .
what she'll have for this though, bloody Theodore or something.
.
Yeah, something stupid, and they knocked on the door, do you know what I mean, the most kids it's like, it's hiya Matthew, hi aunty , they knock on the door, I want to play with Hannah, I want to play with Matthew, Mat has, Mat has got to go out and play with them, and it's my Milky Bar you can't not can I have one of your sweets Mat, my mother said I, I can have one of those sweets.
Well my there's never any please, there's never any thank you, there's nothing, I mean there are aren't they, when he was saying that all he's done for her and they virtually like turned their back on them, he got out in all those winds and weather weren't it, but, we built there and he come out apparently and said I don't want you having anything else to do with my kids,
Where's the pen?
I mean, I don't mean that, I done the
Oh there he is, in my pocket, it's in my pocket.
.
Yeah, that's Earl, that's it never stand her, I could never, ever tolerate her.
.
.
No.
Oh, she goes up your school now with her little girl.
.
She wears a brown rain mac, right, oh she yeah red and long dark grey greasy hair , .
.
.
And her pumps are like that, I'm, like that, and she got, she she got like this from there .
.
she's really fat, she's ginormous, never seen anything .
Oh .
Yeah, that fire, she had that bloody fire going.
turned it off.
Where's daddy
Bye, bye.
Where's Steve?
Bye, bye.
Where's Steve?
Well I'm going now, you better watch that, you better watch that, and .
Yeah.
in her mini-skirt aren't you Jack?
.
.
Where you off to?
Well I
.
.
Go and make yourself a first.
Yeah.
and if we do some I knew she had but our , and it .
And it makes you .
I bought
What please .
Hang on there love.
I thought there .
.
I was red, if I'm in the red light area, she's going off, banging her .
Yeah, .
kinky boots, kinky boots.
Got on well.
Here's Brendan for you.
Oh you .
.
.
Bye bye children I'll see you all later.
Bye, bye.
Four o'clock then.
Four o'clock, yeah.
Bye, bye then.
Ta la then see you later .
Ta la Jack bye.
You leave that alone. .
I don't, .
Oh dear .
Got .
No, I've never seen her before .
could you leave my tea-bag in there a bit longer, .
Yes, she likes her tea-bag really strong .
Strong .
do you want another coffee?
Yeah, go on then, she's good .
Is she, I don't know her .
Yeah, she .
.
but she'd do anything for you, if you say like midnight one night you got her out of bed and come down .
Yeah .
No.
Yeah, when she when she bath, .
Yeah quite a laugh really.
up the top .
I wonder where you was going , anyone seen this bloody Avon book, don't know if they .
I didn't have enough of that, mine was, not like
I thought it was quite good.
oh I didn't .
down this week. .
Yeah, I thought it was about the best one ever.
Your .
Yes,
I thought it was Kim sat there when I first come down the stair, I didn't know, didn't know her.
Never seen each other before?.
No.
No, I don't think she have called in here.
No.
No.
Gone a long time .
Ah?
He's been gone a long time
Mm, no.
.
I said I ain't done anything, says you've made your bed and all that mum, the bathroom's clean, .
.
.
Who .
Yeah.
Oh, has she?
Yeah.
What's the matter, what's the matter, matter.
.
He's as good as gold in' he? .
Lovely, lovely Eeer, who's had that?
I should get her some lacy .
Yeah.
No, I not bother with bloody shoes or that .
Well I thought if she ain't gonna wear them over, there's two weeks she ain't gonna wear them over Christmas look
No.
she's only got three weeks, well, three and a half weeks to go .
grow out of them again .
Out of them, yeah.
Ah ain't that nice, .
Not bad, going .
Yeah, that's it.
Say night night.
Ah, night night pet, there's a good boy .
.
.
Huh?
Oh, ah.
That's pretty in it?
Oh pretty, oh.
See she cut your hair alright then Gail?
Yeah, it's alright in it?
Thinned it out more than she cut it .
Where'd you have that done?
My friend done it.
Oh, .
One fifty .
Bloody hell .
She charges me , she charges me a five for me per for a perm.
I always gives her like six cos I thinks well, you know she comes , yeah.
Yeah,
oh God
this morning.
Did you?
I gets too hot in mine.
.
Oh God I do, I can't wear it.
.
Oh gosh, she is in't she?
Anybody watch that erm, last Friday.
No, I had Sky on I think Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
light on, well have you ever seen that .
No , oh Alison my mate was on about that.
Oh, it was terrible, I'd seen it on video, it's really sad.
No.
.
Get the saucepans out.
Ah?
I said here it comes, get the saucepans out.
Oh.
.
What, what is it?
.
Show mummy, what is it?
.
I don't know if it's a sweet or a Dan say Arthur.
Arthur.
.
Arthur .
Arthur .
Arthur , Arthur.
Say Gail.
Gail.
Gail.
Say Natalie.
Natalie.
Natalie.
.
Can't say Caroline,
Say Caroline.
.
.
too hard, it is innit .
Caroline.
Bang, bang, bang.
Where's Matthew?, where's Matthew?
Matthew.
Matthew .
.
Say Matthew.
Matthew.
Matthew.
And Katie, .
where's Katie?
, thanks Pat.
here it's gonna snow the weekend innit?
Supposed to, yeah.
Yeah.
Mm.
Mum said did I, it was, oh no you weren't with me
Nerys.
I don't know who Nerys is, you all talk about Nerys and
talk about, I don't know what it is about her I don't like her, very often I sort of she, to me she's sarcastic, the way, the way she's talking to you there's sarcasm there all the time, you know, like
Oh lovely Dan, yeah, mind me coffee.
.
Put them out in the kitchen, out in the kitchen.
.
Yeah, she erm, she turns off er I can't tolerate that, you know, I can't Jean tell you about that
.
Oh was that, that girl that was here, no, I've heard about her, yeah .
Yeah .
She got, he got bronchitis.
.
.
Good God you haven't heard if Karen's gone back in, no.
What, who's Karen?
My friend round the corner.
She's not like thirty four weeks and the baby's only twenty six and she's got to stay in for a week at Southwood, then come home weekends and go back in.
Oh, .
Yeah, yeah and she's, yeah, and she says she's so fed cos to her there's nothing wrong with her , the baby did put on weight last week, but she said you know, what do you do in here all day .
They did that with me with Hannah, right, they, when er, she had B P P done, what they call a B P P, when they do a prick of the baby
Oh I don't know, she's had stuff taken from the placenta and all that's as well, yeah .
That's it, that's what I had they told and they said that it might be that she's just, she's just is small for her size, but it might be that Katie taken all the goodness from Hannah
Yeah.
and erm, I mean they I mean they were born
Good God, they reckon hers is gonna be three and a half to four pounds.
.
Yeah, yeah.
.
Five.
.
Yeah.
Course she's worried, cos like she smokes a lot and she's say what thirty and that's her first, and they keep going on to her all the time like, I said well don't worry about it, you know.
she does feel guilty perhaps she can just try and cut down a bit now.
Well she has, she has, yeah, she's gone from twenty to five.
Well
And it is five, do you know what I mean it is like what I used to say to Rose .
.
, .
I mean Adam's lucky in that respect, I couldn't smoke when I was pregnant, I, it made me feel sick, I couldn't stand the smell of it, I had no urge to smoke at all, I went right off smoking, I respect, I was lucky, but I do feel sorry for these people that smoking at present cos it must be ever so hard.
Yeah, I didn't smoke for the first six months and then I finished work and I was at home
And you got bored.
yeah, and I used to go round and see our Trace every day, and she was still smoking
.
and er, so I used to, I started again and then I didn't smoke until I come out of ho , when I come out, I didn't smoke
Mm.
for about a month, six weeks, cos I had so much on me mind
.
yeah, there's only three weeks between Nat and Neill
Yeah, she's .
yeah, yeah
.
Neill, he was seven pound odd so it makes you feel, sometime you think that makes you think well, it didn't affect, you know,
No.
but there again everybody's different aren't they?
I think they have got a point, I think it might, it might ,
Yeah , yeah.
have some effect on the baby.
Well it's got to I think we've, look what it's doing to yourself
Yeah, I think it must have some effect there
And seeing you've got another life inside you , it must be doing something to them mustn't it?
It's bound to harm, I mean I know what you said when he had all that problem, he sort of said reckon cos I smoke.
You know I think you always bring the blame back don't you?
Yeah.
That's .
Yeah.
I mean if your child was born with one arm you'll still fucking blame yourself for it wouldn't you at the end of the day.
Yeah , yeah
It must be difficult, like I said I was lucky in the respect that I had, it never ever appealed to, to the minute I got pregnant, from the minute .
Yeah.
.
I, I had to really stop meself.
That really turned my stomach, even if, I mean I remember when I was carrying, when I was carrying the twins, and he used to go out huge things you know, and so much so that if he came home in the night, right, and I was already in bed asleep, I would be able to er, he would wake me in the bedroom cos I could smell smoke on him, but he didn't smoke, but where he'd been the pub or a night club, I smelt
In the pub, yeah .
He smokes now though didn't he?
yeah, and I would make him there and then no matter what time of night or morning it was, strip off and go in the shower and , yeah, even in his hair, that's, that's how bad it was, I'd put his clothes downstairs in the washing basket not even in the bedroom one .
I mean it was, it kept me awake it didn't matter how .
You were together when you moved in though weren't you? cos I remember you moving in like thinking cor look at her with three kids , yeah.
Yeah, we were, ah erm, we were together when we actually met, it was sort of on and off really .
I remember Steve saying, remember called her, cor you seen that girl that lives down the road cor there .
What .
Yeah, .
.
Cor you seen her, she's ever so nice, don't know what her name is .
Oh don't you embarrass me.
He said so, didn't he?
Yeah.
God, I thought I was fat as hell when I moved up here, I felt really gross I'll tell you. .
.
Cos you, I, I, did I
.
Dan, he's after that ashtray mind.
I hadn't seen you for months I didn't know you for er
It was a year
Yeah.
That was the year we moved in in the August, well that was the following summer
Following summer .
so it was, even then, it was summer after that she was trying for Em, it was two years after.
Was it?
Yeah.
How long have you lived here then Carol?
Three years.
Good God.
Three and a half years.
Yeah.
It's hot darling.
It's about three and a half years.
.
Hot.
It was in the summer holidays and Matthew was going to start school, so he he's just had his fourth birthday just had his fourth birthday when he moved in here, the twins that were coming up to their second yeah Matthew like, like Gemma, Gemma yeah and by the time I knew you that weren't the summer after
.
because they started at nursery that summer.
worked down the garage, .
Yeah.
Well that was before you coped out for him weren't it?
Yeah, that was two years
Ages .
that was the second summer I'd been there when you used to come down, don't you be silly, cos he said to me, you remember Roy don't you and I said yeah, and he use to er, like if he used to come back without me,
are you?
Yeah, cos we was there in the August, they weren't, we moved in, in the July, there, and the girls were, Matthew was just four, cos just as we moved in our dad took Matthew to Hungary with him, it was like, it was like they were going on the following Wednesday, and he told me on the Friday, he came in on the Friday night, they planned, it was our dad, Crystal and Danielle, Crystal and Danielle, but she said even if I go out in the middle of .
What's that noise?
.
Little what's that noise?
He said that's when they put presents round and er he come in on the Friday on the Friday night and I mean I was in a right state, I mean we've been in there about seven weeks and I was like at the point of like a nervous breakdown and he said to me how do you feel about me taking Matthew from you , so I said I he said I think you need a break .
Cos the girls were a little bit different sort of understand, I think Matthew suffered, Matthew was the one that, that had suffered through it, he was four, and he was old enough to understand a little bit more he knew how brushing off on him
Yeah.
, he was beginning to get naughty
Yeah.
and he knew what way, I was at a low
Yeah.
one thing and another and I said oh I don't know, and there are Sunday and said look about taking Matthew, why don't you let him go and I said well it's a, it's a long time, you know for
Bye.
and I don't know how he, you are, and in the end our cousins you, you know convince me that they'd take sort of control, you know that, if I was worried as well about or dad getting drunk, one thing or another like, you know, and said look we're going, it's not as though we're not going, we're going and we'll have him in with us and I let him go in the end cos I went down in the five weeks
Oh God.
Five weeks .
, we went in the August and they were back by September, so he could start back well school and I'd been in, in the summer holidays and they said and I felt poor little bastard, got to start a new school, he ain't gonna know anybody
Anybody, yeah.
a new house, brand new house, you know, then he gets carted off to Hungary for five fucking weeks then
.
he was a different child when he got back, the break did do him good and, and thoroughly enjoyed it
Yeah.
and he did enjoy that
Take your bibby off.
but make me laugh even now, she said the first, the first memories I've got of new little boy that starting in he looked at this little boy, she said, so, so excited by said with this pure white hair and the
said down the corridor he walked in his full uniform, the first morning say and that memory son will always stick ya, cos when I give her over that picture of the twins at Christmas, she, she looked up, she sort of looked up at me, she said I've got tears in my eyes haven't I, and I looked and like I was choked as well and I, she sort of, I said yeah you are and she said, every time I look at them it brings back those memories the first memories of this little boy
Yeah
that we haven't ever seen cos he looks stuck in Hungary, she said and I'll never forget she said we put a name tag on him I've been to Hungary.
.
And she said like I took to him instantly
Yeah.
said my first reaction was what you know, what a gorgeous little boy and and I
Well yes, it's not like a week away is it?
No, I missed him so much, that it really made me appreciate, you know.
But , yeah, yeah oh walking around.
all through the weekend he wasn't sleeping at night, he was up all night and he was just really yeah, he was really naughty and he was erm, I mean I had the other two erm,
Oh yeah.
I mean to we had to literally eat in the one day
Yeah.
and I mean he walked through the door, I walked through the kitchen in like you know, and the back window, the kitchen window like .
Oh God, cos you had it after Mrs weren't it? after the old women.
Oh fucking mess, I've never seen .
Cos now, they don't do that nowadays though do they cos the go in and
They bloody do.
do they, I thought they had to
They will with an eviction
Oh eviction, yeah, of course.
cos you can't refuse it, can ya?
No, no.
You just get what, whatever, you know, whatever they give you and that's it .
I don't think Daniel's going to go to sleep.
No. .
Who Ann?
Yeah,
, oh God.
.
I imagine in a couple of years' time, Bud's gonna have a lot of trouble with him.
Yeah.
You can see it coming.
.
I can see it coming myself.
.
Mm, mm get into trouble, you know, with police knocking on the door and
.
Sorry?
Oh thank you.
That's moisturiser, cleansing and that's lotion actually pinch a bit a minute.
Thanks Jack Ta.
That's what I said, don't close your door a minute.
Oh Are you going over the shops?
No.
I got to go and get some potatoes.
Do you want some potatoes?
Don't buy any.
Just five pounds back off last week.
Yeah?
and I forgot to leave a note for him today and he's left me another twenty eight pound.
Do you want to buy them?
How much are they?
How much off, off of him?
What's twenty eight pound?
Dunno.
That's half a sack.
Well I usually pay one ninety nine for a big sack.
What fifty five?
Yeah.
Well
Alright then.
Oh flipping heck.
I got to get Matt some sweets.
Alright.
And I got to get some toilet roll.
Alright then.
Saving me going and get them won't it?
Yeah.
Cos I ain't got none for tea.
Yeah well
Alright then.
Well I just thought I'd go over now and I might as well go down the shop when
I don't bloody want them.
I still got bloody about fifty pounds.
We gets.
We got through a bag in about fivepence so it's not bad.
So I got to get another one now for Christmas so
Here you are.
That'll last you a couple of weeks .
Yeah.
Well done.
I've been meaning to offload those on
Give us a fiver and they're yours.
I've got to pay for th .
I've gotta pay before Friday
Yeah.
So.
That's it.
last for a couple of weeks then.
Yeah Bloody all me nails splitting.
I just washed me car.
And I've left a bit.
I thought it looked lovely and clean.
I've left a bit.
I've missed a bit.
Oh typical innit?
Oh.
It is for me anyway.
Bloody missing a bit.
Oh.
But look that's all the black off the car.
But look see me nails are splitting like a
Oh yeah.
Yeah I never bite my nails.
No I don't bite mine.
I only bite them cos I don't like them long.
Alright Cynth?
Alright Cynth?
twenty quid's worth at her party?
Yeah she said.
Yeah.
I wa a Walkman.
Five ninety nine.
Well
Yeah
Geoff wants a Walkman for when he walks the dogs.
On the erm door of our kid's classroom, there's a list.
Things they want for the Christmas party?
Mhm.
Yeah like I've put me name down for crisps.
You got to put your name in erm
Yeah.
You got to put your name down against something.
Yeah go on I've already done it once.
It's probably on the inside the door.
Yeah.
You got a pen on you?
I haven't got a pen.
Well bloody
Yeah.
What's this for then?
The Christmas party?
For their Chris , for their party.
Yeah you got bring like crisps or biscuits or something
Oh we never had to do it before have we?
No it's a new thing they brought out this term.
Oh look.
a minute.
Ah no.
Oh they want helpers for it as well do they?
Yeah.
When's that?
When is it?
Eighteenth.
Wednesday the eighteenth.
Oh I that afternoon.
Yeah well yes I would think so.
Hello.
I'm play and it's about Scrooge.
About what?
Scrooge.
Christmas Carol.
What's that?
For the Christmas play is it?
Yeah Christmas Carol.
Ooh.
That's alright then innit?
Yeah.
Hello Karen.
Is Nicola allowed tonight?
No not tonight cos it's brownies tonight.
Okay.
Alright?
There it is, there look.
Oh look how crooked that is.
Actually I might put down for a s .
I might bring something else as well.
One dozen sausages?
Is that all they need just one dozen sausages?
Yeah yeah well if they bring a dozen and that one brings a dozen and that one brings a dozen.
Oh I see.
Got to put down for one thing is it?
Well I'm gonna put, I'm just gonna put something else on there as well.
Can't do fairy cakes.
No I can't do fairy cakes.
Erm got sausage rolls on the list?
Yeah up there look.
Now then hang on a minute
I've seen, I've seen them
Yeah.
Erm might as well do that then hadn't I?
What are you doing?
Crisps.
What's that one dozen?
six.
Packet of six.
the teacher.
Yes mummy.
She is in there.
Go and get a pen for us.
Can you just not bring a packet of packet of biscuits or something?
Fancy biscuits ?
I do the food.
Are you gonna go up, come and do the food?
No.
I can't.
Not on Wednesdays.
Sorry .
help prepare the food
I'll put a star
reserve.
It's my shopping day.
Hey
Alright?
There's not many names on there, hardly any on that one.
one is it?
Cos a lot of people, lot of us don't know about.
Is that Luke's is it?
Sue, Sue.
Got a pen?
Er oh dear.
Oh hallo.
Hallo.
No I only want a pen.
put on the list.
Cheers.
Embarrassing.
I could do one dozen for them and one dozen
Yeah
for this one can't I then?
I better not put a star on this one though had I cos
Well no cos you'll be helping with them anyway won't you?
She knows who my son is look.
Luke.
She's ever so nice though.
I like her.
Yeah.
I don't know, when I used to go swimming with her I didn't I didn't know.
You know I
Yeah.
She was sort of she was sort of erm a bit snobbish.
Yeah
Do you know what I mean?
But she isn't, not really I don't think.
No.
Not once you get to know her.
I gets on great with
Yeah .
Oh she's funny she is.
And when our Nicky found out she was in her class.
Oh it was brilliant.
Cos I took Nicky in to see her first because our Nicky's one of those that erm takes a long time to get to know anybody?
Mm?
So I took her in so she could help her help her do something like for a while.
Yeah.
Er When was that?
Eighteenth.
Eighteenth.
Right must remember that.
Won't forget that will I?
I'll remind you.
Yeah you remind me.
Yes I'll remind you.
I've had so much on
Yeah.
in the last month, I just don't know whether I'm coming or going.
Alright?
Alright Deborah, alright?
Right did you get on alright?
Did you enjoy it?
Yeah he said he liked it.
He's coming to watch Sunday.
Is he?
Don't think he'll get a game but he's coming to watch look.
What time?
Well erm quarter to six.
That alright?
Yeah that's alright.
Cos his dad has him on a mon on a morning from nine till twelve so
Oh does he?
Alright.
Alright?
But erm they was quite impressed anyway.
They was impressed by his height more so than anything else.
Alright you?
That's done my bit now.
I thought well they've got sausag .
Cynthia Doesn't matter.
I shan't speak to her again.
I said if I've got to do a dozen sausage rolls for one I'd better do them for the others.
She said there's only one, one
Do you want some stuff Wendy?
Oh right Lisa later on.
Is it still there later on?
Yeah.
Alright then.
Oh right.
Okay.
.
And I'm going up to help anyway so.
Bye.
Bye.
They said they'd more likely give you all a bit tom tomorrow.
Alright okey dokey.
Alright.
She ain't got much left have she?
She don't have much round there does she?
What's that, toys?
I'm not particularly interested in going round there I must admit.
Those drawing books are good though aren't they?
For forty nine pence.
Yeah.
Do you see those?
Yes.
I got a couple of books and a tape.
I don't want anything
No I don't want anything.
Hello Claire.
Haven't started yet.
Alright.
I don't, know when you see me just now I was washing the car and I missed a bit.
Oh.
I got a dirty bit on the back.
school today.
Alright?
She seemed fine.
Yeah.
Yeah I seen her I know just now.
Cos .
Come out of school early yesterday cos she was sick.
Mm.
Mr thought it was cos it was choir practice.
Alright.
And I it well I don't think so cos she likes choir practice.
I said well what did you have for dinner because she ran out after dinner being sick.
She said oh we had meat pie so I had extra extra extra helpings.
Ooh
Yeah but that might not be it might it?
No but there again
Yeah.
wouldn't have helped.
She was
Yeah I know.
sick before because she ate one of the lads didn't fancy theirs.
Set her a packed lunch this morning.
Can't eat too many of them can she?
He's little ain't he?
Yeah our dog ate our margarine.
During the night.
Ate your margarine?
Sam that is.
Not Jake.
Jake never does that.
But our Sam does.
He always did didn't he?
Always have done.
You leave it out and he'll have it.
But you want to see what Jake's done.
He had the saucepan.
Got a sauce big saucepan that he has Sam has his food out of because erm Jake's got a big dish.
I goes upstairs to go to the toilet, and I've got no carpet anywhere.
It's it's just all pulled up.
Wh what he does.
He does it with a stone that's what, we g we got erm big stones out the back garden.
Got big stones out the big garden and he, what he'd to do, put it on the ground and then he like this with his paw, see?
Well he must have been doing that with the saucepan, he's pulled all the carpet up.
But in our bedroom as well as the hall.
cos I want a drink .
Oh no.
Course I had to rush to come up here haven't had time to sort it out.
Has Ann gone down yet?
Sorry?
Has Ann gone down yet?
Mum .
Yeah I think she has.
Yeah lovely.
That's her car.
That's her car at the end though innit?
Yeah.
She usually stands here .
But my nails.
Look even my bestest one.
Oh yeah.
They haven't got craft thing in there still have they?
I don't know.
I bet Luke's got a tall telling off today.
Why?
Cello's still in the boot.
Oh.
Forget to get that out of the boot this morning.
Oh dear.
Here you ought to see puppies.
They've started walking round already.
Ah!
No I don't wanna see them!
They've
Oh they're .
They are so cute.
I see one the other day.
A white one.
Right?
Yeah.
And erm it hadn't got it's tail docked.
They're not
No.
allowed to do it are they now?
Well they done theirs.
Certain vets'll do them.
Yeah but after this month they're not allowed to do it after November.
.
Oh I didn't know that then.
Bud didn't want them to be done anyway.
. She doesn't believe in it.
Yeah but it's part of their
have a white one if they're all white they got to be put down.
Michelle
You only just got them.
Yeah they're not allowed to now.
Dock their tails.
Well, seem funny a boxer going around with a tail won't it?
Jack would love to see them but I'm not letting him.
They are so cute.
He'd have one.
I mean you say come on then.
And they comes up to the edge of the box and they're growling and barking.
Yeah, here's Jan now.
Cos I got her stuff in my pocket.
It wasn't the, the the rose one?
That she wanted it was the cocoa butter one and that's the only one I could find.
And that one she has cos her .
Does it?
Yeah I got dry skin .
That'll be alright for you.
Does Phil use that soap and that Sue?
Mm?
Does Phil use that soap?
Yeah.
Does he get on better with it?
Is his skin better?
It's just a sort an elimination progra erm process really.
Yeah.
I ain't had to use that stuff in my hair again.
Yeah.
Haven't had to use that stuff in my hair again and I haven't had dandruff since.
Haven't you?
I've used it twice.
That's alright then.
You know how bad I were?
I mean look I can even run me fingers through me hair now.
You suffered for years with it didn't you?
Terrible.
I used to
What stuff do you put on?
Linium Got it from down the chemist.
Yeah
Yeah?
Linium.
It was only a little tube at one fifty five?
Well sometimes I get it and sometimes I don't.
You want to use it, it's brilliant.
Stop
.
Oh
That's the only cocoa butter one I had left used little bit.
Oh that's alright.
It's only for me hands.
I Haven't got to put it anywhere personal.
Alright?
See I remembered look.
Thank you ever so much Jack that's lovely.
keep forgetting is the soap innit?
didn't like the soap
Oh no didn't like the soap.
It's cocoa butter.
Oh.
Supposed to have snow the weekend aren't we?
Not bloody surprised
Bloody looks like it too.
I've got enough
It do don't it?
to open a little shop at home.
We do we do raspberry ripple bubble bath.
And it's absolutely beautiful.
You know when you put soap in and the bubbles go?
This don't
Well at least your Claire'll wear tights.
Nat will not put anything on but ankle socks.
Yet before the summer
Yeah?
it was just long socks.
And then it was summer to put ankle socks on she wouldn't take them off then.
Yeah.
No Claire came out last night she's fallen over and got a hole in them with a pair of woolly tights.
And Hayley come out last week with a hole in a pair of bloody tights.
Mind you we got our own video when she was about that no she was younger than that.
She'd just started school.
About this time of year.
She had a pair of great tights on.
Which is on video.
And she kept pulling it and making the hole go.
That's what wants for Christmas, a camcorder and he thinks I'm gonna buy him one.
I tell you what.
They haven't half gone down in price
They have haven't they?
Yeah.
My uncle bought one about ten year ago and all there was about was Betamax then.
And he paid over a thousand pounds for it.
Yes, cos they yeah, yeah.
And yet you have a look at them now.
Four cheapest is about four
Four ninety five innit?
Four seventy five?
That's it.
You get it about four hundred and thirty.
Something like that.
Yeah, yeah.
But I ain't got four hundred and thirty pounds.
When you think then he paid a thousand pound for a betamax one.
The same with videos when they first come out wasn't it?
They was hundreds and hundreds
They've come right down haven't they.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It'll be the same with satellite dishes.
Couple of years time
Yeah
Mm.
So cheap.
Still.
All comes down eventually dunnit?
I've thought about next thing they'll do is holograms next.
Cos we've got television and video and satellites and that, so it'll have to be hol holograms won't it next?
said years ago that you'll be able to get a C B where you've got a camera on it
Yeah.
so's you can see, and the port radios's now
Radio yeah.
erm erm phones have it now so you can see who's on the other line.
On the other line yeah.
Handy in it?
You see the picture of it
To add to all this secret code ringing and everything.
Be handy wouldn't it, that would?
Oh
You putting There's a list down Sue, on the boards for, on the classroom
Sue
boards.
Oh no you know do you.
Done my share.
Yeah we done ours.
What you in?
Six packets of crisps
Oh and me!
packet of biscuits .
But I got two classes.
I'm doing a dozen
sausage rolls for one and a dozen sausage rolls for the other.
And I'm coming to help.
Oh are you?
I'm not.
Ah.
But I'm in my element then aren't I?
That's what I need.
A bit of cheering up.
Yeah.
I was going out Friday night.
I'm going out Thursday night.
Saturday night
That's the first time
and the Saturday after.
first time since the op.
Is it?
Wait for this.
I'm going out Saturday night.
Got conned into going out Saturday night.
Right?
And he might be doing guard duty.
So I go on me own
Oh god.
Well I'm going out Thursday night.
Alison said oh great you can get drunk.
I said no I can't I'm on tablets.
First time I go out for a week and I'm on tablets!
good excuse good excuse.
This Clean the do I go to Friday nights, Cleaneasy do.
None of them are taking their husbands see but they're taking friends.
So I said to our Deb, come with I?
So she said yeah alright then like cos sh she haven't had a night out since she had the baby and they got .
Course, she went and told Geoff she was coming and Geoff kicked up then so Geoff and Paul are coming now.
But since I said Geoff's coming all the others are taking their husbands now.
Ah.
I don't, I don't I must admit I don't like going anywhere without Arf.
I'd rather him come with me.
I'm going to the country club look in
Yeah.
I'm not allowed anyway.
in two weeks' time.
So I'm going on me own to that.
last time I went out .
You did didn't you?
You had a lot when you went out with union, weren't it?
Yeah.
Oh I th , he mi , he likes me going out.
Tells me to go without him.
home at eleven .
Well he even went, Arf lets me go see strippers and everything.
Don't mind.
Do he?
I wouldn't wanna do that anyway?
Oh, so funny.
Oh I would.
I didn't think it was mine.
I really didn't think.
Oh god it was so funny.
I do.
Oh next time you go let me know.
I want to go and see the Chippendales.
It was so funny.
That's what I wanna go and see.
Did you watch Noel Edmunds show the other day?
Ah brilliant.
Oh I'd have died.
I kept thinking cos I was, wasn't very well Saturday so I was lying on the settee thinking well I hope it ain't me.
Don't pick me.
I'm alright.
I ain't on the phone.
watch it in two different rooms.
It's embarrassing.
I reckon that programme's brilliant.
It was better the week before when they had erm Henry Cooper.
Oh yeah that was funny.
That was
He didn't know though did he?
didn't twig though did he?
It took ages before he twigged.
And she in the blinking car
She didn't have a clue did she?
No, and she had to pay for the petrol.
What was it the copper said about going on the Wogan show?
And he said, she said in the back , if we get there she said .
I liked it the week before when they did that Halloween thing
Do you watch that Sue?
in the pub.
What's that?
That Noel's house party.
a load of feathers all over his face.
Yeah it's good it is.
They had a party, party game weren't it?
They started off with custard, and had to find an apple in the custard was it?
Yeah.
Then it was jam and then it was feathers.
Dean?
I looked in the paper it's not on tonight.
It's on Friday.
Is that what I got to tape?
Yeah I know because it said erm
Cos I looked at I can't see it.
It's on Saturday 's on innit?
Oh no it was Thurs it was Thursday
There's there's wrestling on on Friday night.
It starts at eight, and it's on till ten and from ten till eleven.
It's on for three hours.
That'll be alright.
Yeah.
Is that it?
Is that one alright?
I'll put it on that one alright.
Yeah.
That's you buggered up.
Did you tape Pretty Woman?
Yeah.
Right I'll have a borrow of that then.
I was watching that yesterday wasn't I when she come to do me hair.
three tapes since.
Nat watched Nat watched it last night?
Yeah.
Just sat there with Kate and then suddenly it was erm mum what's hooker?
I thought oh god.
Arf what's a hooker?
Oh, right, yeah.
That's erm erm means prostitute.
Oh.
Kate said I've heard of that can't remember what it is though.
Mum what's a prostitute?
Arf what's prostitute?
You wanna hear what
Erm oh that's a hard one that.
That's erm erm oh a lady that sells herself .
the other, the other day we was on about, Nicola said about oh she goes like that to Luke.
I said oh you can't do that otherwise he won't be able to have babies.
So Nicola said but he
Hallo.
doesn't have babies.
Women have babies.
I said well it comes from a man.
So Luke said well what are they like?
So I said well they're like little tadpoles.
And he went well I can't feel any.
And I couldn't help laughing .
And do you know what he said?
Luke turned round, he said god mummy's laughing.
I just creased up.
I didn't know where to put myself when he said that.
He was literally feeling.
He was literally feeling himself.
Feeling for his tadpoles.
He was literally feeling his whatsits.
I mean how do you explain that one away?
Oh dear.
Yeah.
Well they are like little tadpoles aren't they?
They didn't ask how they get from a man to a woman not that knows anyway but
washing then?
Er?
erm Look Who's Talking.
Look Who's Talking.
Yeah.
You've got that on tape have you?
Yeah
Betamax?
Yeah
got any sweets mummy.
No I haven't got no money to get sweets.
sweets.
I haven't got a penny Nicola.
Arf was saying for erm to Nat the other night.
He said oh look I got a baby inside me Nat.
She said no you can't have babies.
Ladies can.
Do you know how they get there?
Yeah but I ain't telling you.
I know.
You in the car or walking?
You can have a lift if you want.
No no I was just asking you.
lift.
No it's alright my new car if you want.
Go on.
Have a lift in her new car.
Mummy have you got any sweets now?
No I haven't.
Richard's got to have the cello back.
to a party .
I got to give you the cello.
The what?
Well Luke forgot to bring it.
It's still in me car but Richard's got to have the cello.
Have you done Mrs Neighbour?
No I don't know Mrs Nei Neighbour.
Right my dear?
Oh that's what I would have missed then?
What's that?
remember rightly.
round this house.
I just stood on three bits when I come in.
There's another bit I missed over there.
Where?
Over there on the floor.
Ah oh.
What've I got in here?
Oh fuck
What mum?
What mum?
Mm?
Just what?
He swore.
Our mum didn't sound very well did she?
Didn't did she?
Did, did Harry ans was he there, no he didn't answer the phone when I rang.
And she took a long time to answer it.
Did she?
Yeah.
Unless he'd gone out to get her something or other.
Oh he'd taken dog out I expect.
Hadn't been out since this morning.
Oh hadn't she?
Now then I need two no I need one.
Is there any cards left?
one of your Christmas card .
One?
It's a children's card.
Why is it for children?
I probably yeah.
I probably need two .
Right.
Nat you gotta have a bath my love it's what twenty five to nine darling.
like .
Two different ones.
That's a lovely.
Any
Envelope.
Any envelopes.
Any envelopes with them Nat?
Yep.
Get you one now.
Nat said her envelopes don't stick very well.
Don't it?
What?
Yeah.
Do you hear her get off the bed then?
Mm.
What?
Lady jumped off the bed.
She heard us come in.
cake in the fridge Nat.
I bet he don't eat it .
I don't know.
don't eat a lot of cake do he?
He eats all my cake though.
Hello Lee
Hello.
Better get your spellings a minute as well Nat before you go up.
Is it?
Yeah.
Oh I know what I must do as well.
Ring my mum and ask what Margaret's address is.
Why?
aren't you?
yeah.
I wrote a card for Margaret.
Yeah I think I wrote those down.
Well I gotta write to inform her.
Put it that way.
I reckon this week's gone ever so fast.
Well it's only Wednesday love.
No it's not Thursday tomorrow.
Let's have a go at that Nat.
And then you go and get your spellings.
You can do them before you go up.
Please.
Tonight.
pen?
This ain't a pen it's a piece of plastic.
Ooh.
Now let me try and do it joined up writing like you do it.
They's easy to do.
Joined up writing.
Monday
.
How do you join up a W then?
I dunno.
What comes next an E?
Went E yeah.
Oh I don't know
You don't join up a W.
You don't join up a W do you no.
No.
Pardon?
How do you join up a W?
Yeah well they were supposed to be in flat and then when they're cut it out you supposed, their supposed to turn it over
Oh I see.
Well.
How do you join the W then Arf?
Like went?
You don't.
Mummy you don't join the W .
Yeah you do.
You do it from the bottom.
of the W
Oh .
E N T.
I can't bear do joined up writing.
I can.
Went out to
play with Kate
.
Is that your story?
Wednesday we went to play with Kate.
No, it says out with Kate.
Out with Kate then.
Out to play with Kate.
Oh.
Let me
Hello my little darling and what do you want?
He's been fed.
Not having nothing else.
No you're not.
. I thought you'd written all your cards Arf?
No about
Mum does that look like
No.
You've got you want W like, not .
Yeah.
You were saying Arf?
No, there's quite a few I'd forgotten there.
Is there?
Oh not forgotten.
I put er yeah I'd forgotten few I'd picked up as well.
Mrs .
Oh Mrs go to Mrs .
That's she, and Mrs down to Mrs , that's she.
Now Mrs .
What
Yeah.
Hurry up then love I want you to do spellings.
Go and get them then.
Ah!
Mrs .
Have you drunk all that Cinzano have you?
Almost.
God.
I'll get there next week.
I bet you can't wait till next week can you?
No.
Why?
Cos he's gonna start drinking.
Because he's gonna stop working next week for Christmas.
He's not gonna work .
week off.
I'm gonna allow myself plenty of excuses if everybody's turning, gonna turn up who says they're going to.
Well how many How many have you asked then?
Oh.
Hundreds
Have you?
Who?
for Christmas
Oh I don't know.
. Forgotten.
Now then.
Mrs erm so.
If we get them all in a row, we could do that one ah.
Is that how you spell with?
No.
Yeah W I, no T H love.
Oh my god now
Oh yeah well you ought to ask, you ought to know how to spell with.
You've done it on your spellings.
I know.
You'd have had that one wrong if you'd done that.
Alright.
Can't find a way to .
Is this a note in your bag?
Yes.
Well thank you for telling me then Nat.
Here I want you to take those felt tips and that up as well Nat.
You leaves everything downstairs.
Mrs .
Oh.
Oh shit I've another one to take out now.
Anita
Come on then Nat.
You gonna do this?
How do you spell friend.
Oh I know.
E I.
Yeah?
Are you sure?
Friend.
F R I E N D
R
I E N D.
Come on then Nat.
Alright I'm doing it mum.
Right.
What is it.
One day Dale went to play with her friend.
Yeah.
I'm gonna write more.
No you're not because you're gonna do this.
Cos you need to have a bath and bed.
that?
Now then erm you wouldn't know erm Caroline brother's name would you?
No.
Haven't got a clue.
Oh well.
Mr and Mrs eh?
Do you do what did you do her brother do you?
Up California Road?
Mm.
Do you?
Oh with all the trimmings up?
We just started last .
Started last month yeah.
Ah.
Mm.
Yeah .
Went up them, they.
T H E Y
Them.
No wait wait wait.
Nat!
Them.
Then.
T H E M.
Them.
T H E M
Oh shit.
B's.
T H E M E
There.
T H E R E
With.
W I T H
Thank you.
F
No.
Not fank you.
Hm.
Sounds like thank you .
Yeah, she .
It's not fank you, it's thank you.
Thank you.
T H A N K line Y O U.
Something.
S O M E T H I N G
Thirty.
T H E
No.
T H A?
No.
What O?
No.
Thirty.
U?
Tut.
Mum I
T H I
Ah.
T H, T H I T
R.
R erm T Y?
Yes.
What was it again?
Erm T H I R T Y
Good.
Thousand.
Thousand.
F
No!
Thousand.
T H
I can't hear you.
T H A
No.
O
Oh .
O U S A N D
Well done love.
Through.
T H erm O
No.
R
Yeah.
O U what one is it, through?
Yeah.
G
Yeah.
H.
H.
What was it again?
Oh erm T H R O U G H
Right.
Thought.
T H O?
Mm.
U
Mm
Oh shit.
L?
No.
Thought.
Oh yes.
T H T
That's it.
Good girl.
There I wrote them all down.
I know I could see you writing them anyway.
But at least you're spelling them.
Well you know you're writing them down aren't you?
Yeah.
You're still sp , that's what you gotta do in school.
You've gotta write them down.
Tell me some of them and
Right.
Let's do the ones you weren't very good at.
Thirty you're not very good at.
Yeah.
No just give thirty now.
Tell me then.
T H no let me write it down.
I
Yeah.
R
Yeah
T
Yeah
Y
Good girl.
T H I R T Y
Right.
Through.
Oh
Yeah well that's the ones you're not very good at.
Oh.
No.
come back.
Please.
I want to copy it.
T H O
No.
R
Yeah.
O
Yeah
U
Yeah
G
Yeah
H
Good girl.
And thought.
T H O
Yeah
U
Yeah
G
Yeah
H
Yeah
T
That's it.
Good girl Nat.
They're the same.
Nearly the same.
Yeah but it hasn't got a T on the end with an R in.
Yeah hasn't got the R in, yeah.
T and R.
Right, what else?
Thousand.
Try thousand.
Where is it?
What love?
Me pen?
Oh there it is.
What one was it again?
Thousand.
T H A
No.
Listen, in all the spellings you've got here, there is none A.
So don't bother writing an A in any of them, cos there isn't an A in any of them.
Is in thousand.
There isn't.
Oh there is, yeah.
Bloody had you look!
Ha ha ha.
So there Nat.
There is in sand.
Sorry Nat.
Yeah well I meant at the beginning of them alright?
T H R?
No.
T H O U.
Come on you had it right just then.
Oh yeah.
T H O U is it S?
A N D.
That's it.
What else?
Something?
Yeah go on then.
S O M E T H I
And there's an A in thank you as well isn't there?
What?
And thank you's got an A in as well hasn't it?
Yes.
Where's thank you?
I should have thought it was at the bottom
Oh I ain't got a thank you on here.
I got something not thank you.
Right next?
With.
Oh.
W I T
What the bloody hell have we got those two over there for.
H.
What one next?
Fair.
Come on then you gotta have a bath love.
Well look at that.
That's supposed to be California Road.
Never.
You haven't done them all have you?
It doesn't, no, it doesn't, those two that's all.
What Arthur?
What did you do wrong?
I put the wrong addresses on darling.
Oh.
Oh and another one.
Three new people that have just started with me recently.
Perhaps you'd put cos that's what you done today?
That's what you've been cleaning today.
Tut.
What a pillock.
Erm no I did have more than that.
Have you dropped some or
Can you tell me
You can do any one cos you're going to have a bath now.
Going to bed.
T H E R E.
There.
now.
Yeah I thought you had.
One two three four five.
I can't help you Arf cos I ain't got a clue.
Mrs
Oh oh oh oh
Mrs
Could you pick your stuff up then Natalie my love.
Yes.
Then we've got Mrs
That can go upstairs, and that one can go upstairs.
That's Arf's.
Do you want that love?
Yeah?
Yeah.
Did you write it in the book or nothing?
No.
Gail's giving it up.
And smoking
I'm gonna
Have you?
I haven't hardly had no fags today.
I've had two.
Oh Nat Nat Nat
I know it's still fags.
I know it's still fags.
Nat, don't believe her Nat.
She's such a liar.
You are.
I ain't.
I
Have you still got that Have you still got that horrible on your hand?
Yeah.
Come here.
Nat.
She's smoked over forty today love.
No she got , she got her thumb in her mouth look.
Oh well.
In that case
I bet she'll go up to bed now and she'll suck it.
If I can't see her.
We can't er we can't give up smoking if you're gonna keep on sucking your thumb.
Sorry.
Yeah.
We'll put that in the fridge.
I bought you a nice little savoury egg.
And erm No I thought I'd you know I thought to myself
Yeah cos Matt said for me to come in.
I thought well I don't wanna go giving it to you two as well you know.
she said to me the other day, has my mummy been in?
And I said well I was told she was ill so I said I won't ring her up then but I was thinking of ringing you up but will you be alright hopefully for next Friday?
Next Friday is it?
Yeah.
That's erm my new
Your new number?
Oh.
Yeah that's the account and that's the sort, I don't know if you wanted the sort code as well.
Alright?
when I've got the time.
Right.
And so she come back here.
Rang her .
Super .
And erm got through to the treasury and goodness knows else and they said erm she gotta open a separate bank account of her own.
joint bank account.
Mine's a joint one.
Was it, does it matter?
Well no
Oh no.
Oh I was gonna say.
No .
And then Sue tell her to go to the giro place.
And then do that for a fortnight so she still didn't have any money.
And then erm erm she was all set to go out shopping you know what with
Yeah.
she couldn't go.
And then Monday, what happened Monday?
Started ringing up again to see if sort it out.
Rang up the treasury again.
Said I can guarantee that you'll have it in a week or so said that she got to have it
Yeah.
one way or the other.
And rang her up .
yeah we put it in the Leeds for, well they said they won't give you any money because Leeds haven't sent the cheque back.
It were awful.
It's not on is it?
would you be half past
Yeah next Friday.
hopefully we can have our dinner.
yeah.
How's Pauline getting on, alright?
Yeah, she's alright.
Yeah.
Yes.
She's had a lot to put up with.
This funny business
Yeah
hearts and flowers.
It's a wonder she's sane innit really?
Yeah.
She's good as gold she is.
She's so funny.
She's so well we wind her up.
Cos she's so, sometimes she's so slow.
She's you know she don't get what you're on about for a minute.
It takes a minute to sink in like.
Sue and Bert come in on the Friday whenever and then open an account
Yeah.
So Sue and Bert come in the other day and she I know.
So after dinner I said and she rang the Leeds and they said the cheque comes back here.
But wh , my argument why they didn't cancel that cheque
that cheque yeah.
Oh no they couldn't do anything like that.
So anyway she come off the phone there and I could see she was really
Yeah
and she said I oh she said I no more she said, I get tongue-tied so I thought well I'm gonna have a go at them myself so I had a go at them.
And I said to them, here I said, her husband I said handles money and I said he knows what he's on about.
I said he didn't
But I I thought I had to sort of do something.
And I said the Leeds have told her I said that it was you know something might come this afternoon.
And she few days.
Yeah.
What about I said this number.
Oh he said it was the wrong number he said erm and Mrs erm
have have agreed to it.
So I said well you tell me the number.
I said you, I said I got the number, he said you've got the number?
I said I've got the number in front of me.
I said she was paid on a temporary form for the week
Wouldn't read it.
Yeah
and you read the number to me I said to see if I've got it right.
Yeah.
and he said erm oh he said it was a digit round the wrong way.
Tut.
There was two digits round the wrong way.
It made I mad but whether anything like that, you know.
And I said to him I said sh , I said this is six weeks.
Oh he said I said it's six weeks' that she's been here.
Yeah.
Oh he said well I haven't been handling it for six weeks I said .
And erm he rang her up and it was in the bank, it was literally in the bank yesterday morning
Yeah.
so something, something was done quick then see
Yeah.
but my argument was why couldn't they have done that last Friday?
Yeah.
They could have done it last Friday put up with mind
Yeah, you know.
I said to him I said .
I mean you should be paid
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I said to him I said.
Just remember I said I shall get the stick for this.
I mean, you know
Yeah, yeah
Right you gonna have a coffee Gail?
Yeah go on then.
Yeah.
You all ready for Christmas, or no?
No.
No I'm getting there.
I got ev , all, all me food.
You haven't?
Yeah.
Except for me fruit and me
Yeah?
yeah all I gotta get is my fruit and veg.
Oh dear
Got me nuts.
Got everything.
Oh Gail!
We'll send her out with a list then.
Yeah.
And the drink I got to go and get as well.
Ah dear, dear.
Yeah.
You been up to
Up erm ?
Yeah.
Yeah.
What's it like?
Erm the week I went it was quite quiet.
There wasn't many people up there.
But there's a few th , I got a few, few little things there.
It's bit, you know handier than going all the way down like you know?
Yeah.
So I'm going again tomorrow with Alison. .
I that was lovely up there.
Was it?
I didn't, I didn't get any meat but
That Pauline said she bought something got a
Bet you've lost a bit of weight haven't you?
What?
Erm I I haven't I haven't gained any weight.
But I, I thought I would cos being in bed.
Arthur was just kept bringing me up food all the time.
I'm just lying there eating it.
Oh you you you
But I haven't put on any weight, so so that's one thing.
Yeah.
Lemon meringue today.
Oh shut up.
Oh
Will it be easier er next Friday seeing how you haven't got to do the staff?
Well I should think so.
Should be, yeah.
Oh I was thinking Maureen what about them nursery teachers.
Are they coming?
Are their names down there?
You gotta do anything for the kids parties this year or no?
Cos I think all the mothers are bringing it
Yeah, yeah.
Did they ask the mums?
If they would do it or something?
Well, unless I never heard, I don't know but erm I went down to take Natalie in on a morning, and there's just a list on the door.
And you gotta put your name where you can take
Oh.
you can take crisps in or sausages.
Yeah, yeah.
I gotta go for another Christmas meal on next, next Friday.
So I shall have two.
Oh.
Erm Down in Downend there's a pub called The Folly?
Oh yeah.
And two friends are, we're all going out for a a Christmas meal like, so
That's alright.
Shall have two Friday
Er last night Arthur said oh said I think I'll work extra tomorrow he said and I'll take you out for Sunday lunch Sunday.
So we're going out Sunday so that's the new Sunday lunch era.
Oh that's ever so nice.
Mm.
And it breaks the day up.
I hate Sundays.
Yeah I hate Sundays.
And I do.
Well I don't but I enjoy going out
Yeah.
for lunch.
Yeah.
I've never done that.
Well not last week but the week before we went up the Harvester.
you know but erm I, I would like that.
that's lovely.
My mum goes out every Sunday for lunch.
She don't never she never stays in.
Yeah.
Yeah I think lot's of people do.
It don't cost so much for a Sunday dinner .
No.
What she said.
No
quite cheap
That's it.
I reckon they do it when Do you that Lisa next door to ?
Next door to you?
Don't know a Lisa.
Oh that's alright then.
One what hurt her leg?
No?
Has she hurt her leg?
Was that Mrs erm I don't know.
Is she like a teenager.
She was she was on crutches is that her?
Yeah I don't I don't know her.
Why what had she done did you know?
Or
No I just wondered you know.
Seemed such a mystery about it all.
She seems to be staying with that girl that lives up in erm .
Yeah she walks up with her a lot don't she?
Yeah.
I don't know
Yeah it was that girl that erm that's why it's so strange.
She accused Mr of interfering with her.
He got arrested and everything.
Never!
And then she with withdrew the statement.
And now living there or something.
Living there.
It seems very strange.
Ooh.
Yeah, Arthur cleans her windows doesn't he?
Yeah.
I don't know her.
There's a biscuit in there Gail.
No, it's alright.
No eleven o'clock I'm usually starving.
have a roll .
That's nice salad then.
I can't, I can't wait till can't wait till Christmas cos I don't stop eating.
I'm eating all
Don't you?
From the time I get up, open our stockings eat the chocolate out of it.
Till the time we go to bed.
She always
Oh I love it.
Yeah.
Well.
She wanted a mountain bike.
Well she wants a mountain bike but we didn't know what to do.
Anyway, her dad bought her one.
Oh.
So we don't have to buy that.
Er he's bought, he's bought her two other things which we were gonna get her so we don't have to buy her those either.
Ooh.
So erm I got her roller boots.
I'm gonna get her a dolly which you push his left arm and his, he cries and he's teeth grow or something .
She wants that.
Erm I got her a couple of games.
I didn't really know what to get her.
Cos
You don't do you?
No.
can't afford a lot but you know.
bit of a difficult age now.
Yeah.
That's it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah she got her prams and her bicycles.
Yeah, yeah.
That's right.
That's it.
She wanted a new pushchair but to me she, she's too big for it.
You know the pushchair's sort of so small up to her.
I know, yeah.
For her now, yeah.
Yeah.
Mind it's good how some girls are sort of stay like it
Yeah.
Like she loves her Cindy's.
I got her a couple of Cindy things and that.
Yeah.
She loves her Cindy's.
Or Barbie's whatever they are.
I got her
I got one of them dogs.
Oh no.
What goes
Yeah that's what Nat wants.
. I thought oh god.
I said know you don't want that, you don't want that.
Yeah.
I didn't know what to buy her.
And she kept on and on and on.
So that's what
Yeah she wants Go Go, the white one.
Oh I don't know.
This one's white and bit
Brown and white yours yeah.
Yeah.
She wants just the plain white one?
I said oh you're not having that.
Oh.
How can you be so cruel?
.
The funny thing was, her dad said to her right you've spent a lot of money.
He goes I spent a lot of money on you this year Nat.
Cos last year he wasn't working and he didn't spend a lot on her.
He said ooh about two hundred pound.
Well my sister's dog boxer hadn't long had puppies?
Well they're three weeks old and she's selling them for two hundred and fifty pounds.
So Nat thought ooh dad's spent two hundred pound.
He's getting me one of Bud's puppies.
I'm having a puppy, I'm having a boxer.
I said you're not.
You're not having a dog.
You're not having a dog .
She really thought she was gonna have a dog like, you know.
Ah.
Said no, you're not having a dog.
That's when she said I'll have Go Go instead then.
I reckon that's what my friend will have, a dog.
She moved like into a house, you know.
Well yeah.
She might have one now
And I bought Cassie er a you know to go with
Yeah.
Most of the family have got erm Nat games.
Cos I didn't know what you know our mum got her a couple of games.
Yeah, yeah.
And erm a mirror to go in her bedroom.
Cos she, she bought her this clock once to go in her bedroom.
Anyway she managed she get a mirror the same.
So she's got her that as well.
Cos really for Nat, with Christmas she's lucky cos she gets two lots of
Yeah she does.
Cos off of Nick's mum as well look.
So
Yeah yeah
she's, she got like two, two er families like.
Yeah.
Yeah
isn't she?
She was ever so good when I was bad.
She was.
Yeah she sent me up to bed.
Cos I come in on the Friday after I picked her up from school.
And I just cried.
I'd had enough, you know.
Yeah.
Ah.
So Arf rang the doctor and then Natalie said come on mum up to bed, up to bed.
Ah.
And she was up there playing cards with me and that.
And she got herself ready for bed and you know just went to bed by herself.
And she very rarely does that.
You know, usually I got to go in and tuck her in and that.
Just shows that she can do it
Yeah.
It's harder when
Mm.
Just, and I couldn't really say say where I hurt.
I hurt all over.
You know it was ooh.
I was
Those table-mats are lovely Gail.
Are they?
I mean .
But they're ever so good.
They're really good
Quality, yeah.
Sometimes
But I think it's, you pay for what you, you know you have, pay for what you get now.
Yeah.
What you get.
Yeah.
Did you get your ?
Yes.
Wrapped them up for Nat.
Who's that?
Who's that I can hear?
Oh it's Auntie
Oh?
Erm I've stopped her going as well.
Going where?
Over the chemist.
I was only popping over chemist to get a bloody
Do you want Bud to go?
Do I want to go?
in a minute.
What's the matter sweetheart?
Oh I forgot.
Tut.
Oh sweets.
I always buy him some sweets.
I forgot.
I'm sorry.
That's it Gail.
You've had it now.
Yeah.
I know I forgot.
Got to give mummy, money some mummy.
Mummy some money.
Yeah
I forgot haven't paid it in yet.
Alright then
Yes I'm alright.
Thankyou.
Good.
Except for my chest's killing me.
Suppose I'm gonna have to ring up again.
Yeah.
Did it get better?
No.
Did it get better when you was in bed?
It yeah A bit.
Can't stay in bed can you?
No.
oh it hurt so much, all down here.
You wanna give up smoking.
Well I've only had two this morning.
I'm not nowhere near as what I smoke
I can't cos it hurts.
You're gonna have to go back.
Perhaps you need some of that
Yeah cos he said it's all .
I mean he give me antibiotics but that hasn't done nothing.
Well you want to tell him that
Yeah.
When was that?
That was last week wasn't it?
Last Sunday?
Yeah last Friday.
It should be in you by now Gail .
Yeah well I've finished them now.
And it still hurts?
Yeah.
Hurt when you breathe
Yeah.
or when you straighten?
When I breathe.
Like in my heart, everything.
All all here like.
What's the matter Dan?
He ain't very happy at all.
I think he's bored.
What's the matter?
Where's your shoe?
Your shoe's down there.
I've gotta go and get Nat some shoes tonight after school.
She got corns.
Oh she hasn't.
Oh they hurt.
Yeah.
One on each foot.
I've been saying to her well you'll have to wait she's been saying her feet hurt, right?
And you think oh
She only had them in bloody September like.
I said you can wait till after Christmas and then you can have some.
Well last night I thought oh I'd better cut her toenails cos I hadn't done them for weeks like.
I said oh Christ.
She got one that's, on one foot like.
That's the big toe
Yeah.
right, and it's on that one there, in between.
Yeah.
And on the other one it's on the big toe there.
She's had them growing look.
Yeah, that's what Arf said.
So I'm just hoping those roller boots are gonna fit her now.
Well.
Yeah but you got a bigger size.
Yeah.
Got a one didn't I?
Yeah.
But I took the insole out put her foot on the insole and her foot goes over the top of it.
Oh no.
That's like Neil mind, with boots.
So I didn't know what to do.
when you get if you get hers now today.
Go up tomorrow
Yeah.
and change them to a bigger size
Size, yeah.
Alison said even if you get a two they're gonna, you know bigger is better than
got a one cos it was bigger than what she wears.
Yeah.
Dan!
What's the matter?
Yes.
You wanna get her feet measured.
If they say she's a one
And I'll have to get a two look, cos she was a thirteen and a half so I bought a one.
Yeah.
Cos they're like trainers aren't they, roller boots?
Yeah.
The ones I got her.
Our Neil's got bigger feet than her and then he's a one, he's in a one already but he's gotta have a two in bumper boots.
Yeah she has, thirteen and a half.
Yeah.
But she's so wide.
One of them's over a G
Yeah.
It's like with our Neil's is right up to C.
Yeah, so course she said with the girls shoes they're slimmer look.
They're hard to do them.
So I thought
narrow foot yeah it's like you don't have to sort of ones our Adie got is the best
Yeah I got .
I could get him a chain to go on his St Christopher.
I got Nat's blinking camera in here.
Why?
I bought her a cam .
Cos I wanna get some flashes but I forgot.
Yeah I thought if I come down here
What matter?
One year new chain and I had it in that little on the tree?
Mm?
And he didn't know it was in there look.
Ah.
We've had it in the cupboard for years.
turned the cupboard out.
I thought oh I'll get him
We got our Adie a chain, and earrings for Christmas.
Yeah I got that
Well keep it I don't
You sure?
I forgot you had it.
Oh alright then.
I can keep it, it's been there since
Just keep it Well put it somewhere a bit safer than that.
Oh
Ooh.
ooh
Oh last night Arf
Did he write on the wall?
Oh.
They're mad.
Oh Dan!
Done that.
Like that but
Can't you go over it with a bit of pink?
Yes.
Or I'll try and get it off first and then go over it.
Gail you don't look very well.
I'm just, I'm just fed up with it hurting.
I really am.
I'm going out tonight so I'm trying to be well today.
You coming next Friday?
Yep.
Yeah.
. Well you said Friday I gotta work alright?
I gotta, no I gotta work up the school Friday.
That's another Christmas dinner I'm having so that'll be two.
no
Ah Dan
Oh Daniel!
Put the top on.
Perhaps he's a frustrated artist.
Yeah that's alright Friday.
Good.
Sorry?
Sorry Bud.
Didn't give you a light.
Oh well.
It's nice innit?
Mm.
That'd suit me seeing that's black more than navy blue.
Yeah
Black.
That'd fit me as well
Yeah
I said to Carolyn you won't get your chest in that bloody bl blouse .
Carolyn borrowed it has she?
Yeah.
She wants it she was gonna borrow it after our do
Yeah
but her do's moved forward so she said I'll have to borrow it before you
Who wants
I er I knew
Yeah.
And and when I rang her she said yeah bring the card over in the morning if you like.
Mhm.
alright then she'd put the card morning.
I says I think she's a right bitch.
Makes you feel like saying oh fuck it.
Yeah.
My daughter's asleep innit .
Trace, whatever's a going on here?
What?
She's having like a little party.
But bought her a telly so she's not having too many.
So she said well I'm not telling you what I'm buying you.
She said but you can have someone to sleep if you want.
Next Friday night you say?
Oh, tomorrow night.
Dan.
What's the matter, it's not like you to be crying.
He's been like this since I come in.
Has he?
I don't think its me.
I haven't done nothing to him.
Come and stand on my feet like we do's.
Come on.
I think he was ready to go out look.
Come and stand on my feet like we do.
Come on.
Come and stand on my feet and we walk round.
Oh, why?
Come on then.
Well let's show Tracy.
Let's show Tracy.
Stand on my feet.
Come on then.
Come on.
Come on.
steady.
Up on my feet.
Up on your feet.
. Come on then, get on them.
Get on.
Get on.
No?
What do you want then?
Nothing in there darling.
All gone.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Nothing in there.
Oh what's that?
Bit of cake.
You don't like cake.
You don't like cake though do you?
No.
no no no no no.
Do you want some?
Do you?
Yeah.
Give me a kiss then.
Oh what're you doing?
All gone.
You can play with that if you like.
Bud do you want a bit of cake?
Do you like Gail?
That's Diana Ross isn't it?
Yeah.
Want the box Bud?
Oh no it's
Good boy.
Hang on Danny.
There you go.
Put it in.
she said fill that water up
And leave it in there, yeah.
Two fell in it last
Oh no.
I took out at night.
Which one?
What do you want then?
Hey?
Ah Dan ain't got no juice.
Ah.
Who's that coming in?
Hark at her.
Hello Cas.
Look, this is what I do for
And I don't only try it on the
Do you iron it?
Don't know what he's doing but he's
Yes.
Like er I've
I've had it for a week.
I've had antibiotics but they haven't done nothing.
Yeah I know.
We're all the same.
Come on then.
We're going out now.
Get your shoes on.
Just go and lock me car a minute.
Right I'm going down
Come on then Trace.
Go and lock me car.
I was gonna do look in that did you say you looked in that Argos book for darts did you, or?
Yeah there was about three sets in there and they ranged from about seven ninety nine up I think.
Yeah how do you know what, heavy they are like?
Well the heavier the better really.
Let's have a look.
flunter
Yeah what's er name flunter?
I don't know what
What it is, it was a duke When our Scott I had it.
I said it's for when you've got a blunt dart and you sharpen it.
Well he, if anything goes like blunt he calls it flunt.
Oh
So he said oh you've got have flunter.
Course I went in and
said that to all of them in there and they thought it was really funny.
So they
Yeah Reg's have got order it or something, that's what that Alison said.
They don't take very long to come.
About, well not long.
That's the, that's the I got
Oh you got that one?
Yeah.
Well I got Eric, that's what you played with last night, them there.
That is them is it?
Yeah, that's mine.
And they're a tenner look.
With the case.
Oh well that'll do.
And all that.
Well you better have a flunter with them, number five.
Twenty six so that's a bit heavier so that'll probably be better.
You'll get tungsten precision darts engineered nickel tungsten darts with one extra set of shafts. flights and key-ring dart sharpener .
So you get all that.
I'm not keen on the blobby bit at the end though.
What there?
Yeah.
To me that's thick innit?
As though you're trying
Yeah.
I'd rather have the thinner ones.
What them there?
Yeah.
Go for them, that's exactly the same as mine.
Eric Bristow ones, yeah.
They're like, they look similar to Carol's don't they?
Yeah.
They might very well be.
I don't know what hers are.
No, what was it?
John Farmer's ones or something.
But they're a little bit heavier them there.
Yeah.
But I'd go for that if I was you.
Yeah.
How much is a dart board , just for curiosity?
You got a fourteen ninety nine, nineteen ninety nine.
That's those sort of top over things innit?
Yeah.
And the complete lot dartboard, dart set.
Bristle look, paper dartboard.
In cabinet and blackboard.
Inside doors includes two sets of brass darts, dart sharpener, chalk, duster and P V C mat with oche markings, nineteen ninety nine .
Never.
For all that?
It's cheap innit?
Yeah.
Reckon they're for the kids really aren't they?
Mm.
That's alright then?
Mm.
Innit?
Yeah.
But that's a nice scoreboard there, how much is that one?
That's what I'll probably get when I get the garage like that.
Yeah.
And I've got a dart board.
You've got one have you?
Yeah.
Compliments of the Nag on Christmas.
Oh yeah I remember.
And that's the bag.
There, I was gonna get Scott that one there.
Nine ninety nine.
Well it's alright innit?
That's similar to what you got Nat is it?
Yeah.
But its not a great big thing like that.
No.
It's only a little one.
I don't think that's that big though cos thats his shoulder there look.
It's only
Oh yeah.
Well it might be
Yeah that sort of thing with two pockets on and a clip going over.
Yeah.
Arf said to me last night oh done all the chris , got everybody's now then.
I said no, I ain't got Natalie's, why not?
I said oh I don't know.
What're you gonna get her?
Dunno.
You got her boots.
Yeah.
What else?
You got her loads of stuff.
I haven't.
Not a main present like.
You have.
Her boots was thirty quid weren't they?
No.
Twenty.
I got her boots, I got her Oh Pen , and Oh Penny erm stable
Mm.
listen to this
Erm two video tapes, two ponies.
Erm
Set of clothes haven't you?
Two sets of clothes.
Got her shell suit and ski pants and jumper.
Socks which I got, I got them off Lisa, she ain't given me they yet.
Well they're up there, it's up there.
Yeah actually I could have had that the other day if I'd have thought but I didn't bother.
Erm Got her a camera.
Erm.
Did I show you it?
Her little camera
You said something about it had a no you haven't shown me but you did tell me about it.
I got her flashies I bought her a flashies.
How much was it Gail?
Two ninety nine.
That ain't bad is it?
For kids.
That's what I'd like, a new camera Gail.
I said that's what
I bought her crayons and a brolly
That's what I'd like, a new new camera.
I wouldn't mind an Olympus Trip or Sports.
Yeah
Something like that.
It was three ninety nine .
Oh look.
Ninety p.
That's not bad, I thought that was quite good.
Oh that's ideal isn't it cos she have a packed lunch don't she, at school?
And even if, that's for everything.
Ninety p.
That ain't bad is it?
stocking.
That's ideal cos with what he do's.
Yeah.
Innit.
It got a stop watch on it have it?
Well I think that's just for your, you know, you your seconds, you push them don't you?
Push it twice.
Mm it looks like there's a stopwatch on it somewhere.
Nice.
Alright for ninety p innit?
Alright to go in his stocking.
Right well it was three ninety nine, not two ninety nine this.
But I thought it was quite good, an extra present innit?
Cos she got, I bought the flashies, yesterday.
Mm.
And there's your little album.
What you got all that for that money?
Yeah.
If you give that to somebody for a present, it looks a lot dunnit?
Yeah.
And a album and a film.
It's alright though isn't he?
Mm.
She'll like that.
Cos it's a bit like mine, you know mine's
Yeah.
got a flash and that in it but and I thought well her own pictures she takes Christmas
Yes.
she can put in there herself.
So that's why I bought the flashies.
Scott photograph album.
Does he?
Yeah.
I took, yeah, he, I got him one couple of years ago.
Cos I took some photographs of Sammy, he got a picture of Sammy in there, picture of Nat.
Picture of Dean.
All his little mates in it.
Mates, yeah.
But I, I wouldn't mind a new camera.
I'd like an, either an Olympus or
Yeah Steve got an Olympus and erm
They good?
Yeah.
it's so easy.
Anything like this?
Yes.
That's what they've got.
You know auto shutter.
with automatic focus on them
Yeah and our mum got one of them.
And they takes lovely photos.
Yeah I know.
Or a Canon Sureshot something like that.
Yeah I can't remember what else I got Nat.
Yeah I though, with all what you been saying I thought you had, you got her a Barbie stuff haven't you?
No.
Nick's mum got her all the Barbie stuff.
Oh.
But you got her a bike and that?
Oh I got her a chocolate factory game.
Yeah.
L monopoly haven't you?
No.
Our ma's getting her that.
Oh.
Oh perhaps you've been saying what other
Saying what other getting yeah.
So what're you gonna get her then?
Well I'm gonna get her Mousetrap.
Yeah.
And
Yeah but you're still not getting her a main thing are you?
If that's what you're saying you're missing or
What I could probably get her is erm that dolly just
Oh yeah.
That's what you were saying.
With the teeth.
He's up the market isn't he?
I don't know.
It's dearer in here what it is in Toys R Us.
Yeah I know it is.
And it's dearer in there than what it is John Lewis.
Is it?
Yeah.
I tell you what that, I bought Scott's Playmobile pirate ship.
That was thirty four pound out Toys R Us right?
Yeah.
And er in John Lewis it was twenty nine.
Never.
Yeah.
An , Anything like with a brand name on it.
Yeah.
Like her Lego, Playmobile Etchasketches.
Anything like that is always cheaper in John Lewis
Is it?
cos they got a price promise haven't they?
Of course they have, yeah.
And it was ever so cheap Gail.
Couldn't get over it.
I don't think there's any here.
What?
Yeah it is.
That dolly with the teeth
Is it?
yeah, it's in the front there.
Oh.
Baby first something or other isn't it?
Yeah.
Baby first teeth or something.
Baby first teeth I don't know.
I can't find it in there.
Thought it was in there.
I'm sure I seen it, or was it, less it was only club book I seen it in.
Well no, I seen it in there cos I have checked the prices with that and Toys R Us one.
But it was cheaper in the Toys R Us one.
And Laura's I gotta get, I haven't got Laura's yet.
What are you gonna get she?
Oh well I've got to get her the .
Oh.
I've got
You wanna see her with her glasses on.
She's so cute.
There it is in there look.
Baby's First Teeth.
Thirty four eighty seven.
Get her that then Gail.
I wants a
Oh I got her a lovely cute little teddy.
Who Nat?
Nat.
I've wrapped it up now though.
Little bulldog.
Have you?
Yeah.
How big?
Little one.
Ah.
Down the market.
Two ninety nine.
What that
No it wasn't that one, erm Eastville it was.
I wrapped it up or you could have seen it.
Think going over Eastville.
Is it a real to park.
Well no, not if you go in erm I parks in
.
Do you fancy going down there?
Oh I don't mind.
Yeah.
I'll have to go up our Sam's first and whinge a bit of money out of her.
Oh that's alright.
She owes Alan a .
Yeah, why not.
I gotta, I gotta do I must make a bed.
What time we gonna go then?
Well whenever you're well I wanna clean that oven.
That cooker.
So shall we have a bit of tidy round here, say if we go in about hour?
Yeah, alright.
Hour, hour and a half.
Say about half ten eleven.
Cos we got all day haven't we?
Yeah.
Really.
Well I gotta be back for you gotta help down the school.
Two yeah.
But I mean
And I gotta be back for three.
Yeah.
Why have you gotta be home for three?
Oh.
Yeah, alright then.
That'll be enough won't it?
Yeah.
Cos if we get there see car.
Whose car?
Oh I, no I might be able to go in mine.
I'll just see because I
If mine's thawed out.
well and yours is the same look
No and mine's the same but mind the sun don't get on mine.
But what I'm more worried about is is Alan's gonna go and have his hair cut.
Cos his hair's got so long, it's longer than mine.
Yeah.
Go in mine.
I don't mind.
But if he, otherwise I could take mine.
I don't mi .
I mean I'm not worried about taking it but it's just it's just
Well I'm not worried.
Oh I'm not worried about taking mine.
Like you say by the time the sun comes round ?
Yeah.
Should be alright shouldn't it?
Well should be alright yeah.
Perhaps I don't like let the sun get on it.
I think, bet it's on there now in a minute innit?
I've got lunch on.
Oh I done mine.
Right, I'll see you in a minute Gail.
Yeah, alright then.
See you later.
Yeah, bye.
Bye.
Ta ta.
sun ain't on it yet Gail.
No I didn't think it was.
See you in a minute.
Eh?
See you in a minute.
Yeah alright.
Bye.