Giving and Taking,” the emotional stakes rise as wartime choices challenge the Ashton family's values and resilience. This episode dives deep into the personal cost of loyalty, love, and survival on the home front during WWII.
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00:00The
00:30Edwin!
00:57Hello, Zepton.
00:59I've been up to Preston for the day.
01:00Didn't they tell you?
01:01Mrs. Foster seemed pretty sure you'd be back around now,
01:04so I thought I'd come and wait.
01:06Yes.
01:07Well, I'm glad she made you a cup of tea anyway.
01:11Tony bought me that, you know.
01:12Oh?
01:13The year before last.
01:15She took a good picture, did he, this God rest her?
01:19You know, that last time I went down to see Mother,
01:22I was sitting beside the bed.
01:23She hadn't opened her eyes since I came into the room,
01:25and she just quite suddenly said,
01:27How's Edith, Zepton?
01:29Rambling like she does, you know.
01:32It gives you a bit of a jolt, even when you're used to it.
01:34Yes.
01:35You liked Edith, didn't you, Edwin?
01:38I found her a very understanding woman.
01:41I always found her so.
01:42She used to say to me sometimes,
01:44Sefton, she used to say,
01:46You underestimate Edwin.
01:47Eh, still, that's all behind us now, isn't it?
01:53The past is the past,
01:54and it's better to treat it as such.
01:59How's Jean taking it?
02:02Not very well, I think.
02:04It'll be getting on for two months since you heard.
02:06She says very little.
02:08I haven't been around as often as I meant.
02:11She doesn't think that he might...
02:13No, she never stopped hoping with John, but with Robert.
02:17And then we've had a letter, you see, from someone who was with him when he...
02:21They were...
02:22They were in a boat.
02:25Oh, I see.
02:27I didn't know.
02:29I felt very close to Harry Potter these past few weeks.
02:32You can never really put yourself in someone else's place until it's happened to you.
02:36You can only pretend to share something like that.
02:40Yes, that's true enough, I dare say. True enough.
02:43Um, I'm needing to take a couple of days off, that's why I'm here.
02:49My father's affairs to clear up over in Yorkshire's not much.
02:52A few sticks of furniture to see drawers to go through.
02:54All takes time, though.
02:56Yes, of course it does.
02:57Well, I'll keep an eye on things if that's what's worrying you.
03:01Anything in particular?
03:02No, no.
03:03Alan Mills knows to get in touch if there's anything he doesn't feel able to handle.
03:07And he's very sound.
03:0980 coming up, wasn't he, your father?
03:11Yes.
03:12He had a good innings, as they say, still.
03:15Coming as it did on top of everything.
03:18Yes.
03:20Oh, Tone is on leave, you know.
03:22He turned up yesterday with his girlfriend.
03:24Oh?
03:24Not a word of warning, of course, as usual.
03:29I've got a drop of brandy saved up.
03:31You could manage your spot, couldn't you?
03:32Yes, Sefton, I think I could.
03:34That's the stuff.
03:35Hey, she's a nice lass, that girl he brought.
03:42I met her that time I went over to see him.
03:44Oh.
03:45She's got a lot more sense than he has, if you ask me.
03:47I don't know.
03:51Some of the young people today...
03:53They're all right, Sefton.
03:55They're doing a dirty job that we let them in for.
03:58The way we got let in for the last lot.
04:00The sins of the fathers, eh?
04:03How many more generations are sins of the fathers?
04:05That's the lot.
04:21I'm just going down the road to see if the paper shop's still open.
04:26Mum?
04:32Mum?
04:35Hmm?
04:35I said, I'm just going down the road.
04:38Is there anything you want from there?
04:40From where, love?
04:41The paper shop.
04:43No.
04:44No, I don't think so.
04:46Oh, well, it won't be long.
04:48Oh, shouldn't Margaret and Mike be back by now?
04:50I don't know.
04:51Should they, love?
04:54I'll answer it.
05:04Frida Ashton?
05:04No, no, I'm sorry.
05:07He's not back from work yet.
05:09Can I leave him a message?
05:11Yes.
05:12Yes.
05:14Here we go.
05:16Major...
05:17Dimock.
05:19Yes.
05:20And the number?
05:20Um, white hall.
05:22Yes.
05:23Yes.
05:24Yes.
05:25Yes.
05:26Yes.
05:27Yes.
05:28Yes.
05:29Yes, I've got that.
05:30In the morning.
05:31Yes, I'll tell him.
05:32Bye.
05:33Thanks.
05:34Oh, um, message for Dad.
05:36Scovel it down.
05:37Back in a jiff.
05:38Frida, there is something you can get me, love.
05:43Yes?
05:44Cigarettes.
05:45But you only smoke one a year.
05:49I'll give you the money when you get back and see if you can get 20, then you can dip in.
05:54Me?
05:56You think I don't know you smoke?
05:58Well, I only smoke at work, Mum.
06:00You know, just one, none again.
06:01You get those cigarettes, hmm?
06:05Yes.
06:07Yes, all right, I will.
06:18This could be interested in causing trouble in this region, which is so important for German supplies.
06:25Earth had not anything to show, more revolting.
06:28Ah, you're back then.
06:30Yes, it's been showing me Liverpool.
06:31Yes, what's left of it.
06:33Hope Santa Claus wasn't in Lewis's when they flattened it.
06:35Santa Claus?
06:36Oh, yes.
06:37Mother used to keep me there every Christmas.
06:38I used to think he lived there the whole year round.
06:41You've just missed your Uncle Edwin.
06:42Ah.
06:43He's going over to Yorkshire for a couple of days.
06:46I told you his father had died, didn't I?
06:51No, you didn't.
06:52Soon after they got the news about young Robert.
06:57Poor devil.
06:58Yes, well, they say it runs in threes, don't they?
07:00And your cousin David spent his last leave with his mother's, I understand.
07:05You mean he and Sheila are breaking up?
07:07Sounds very much like it to me.
07:09Not that I do too much asking.
07:11Anyway, Jenny doesn't want to listen to the family troubles.
07:16Here, sit down, my dear.
07:18Can I get you a drink?
07:19Oh, I'd love a cup of tea.
07:20Of course you would.
07:21I'll tell Mrs. Foster.
07:23No, I'll go.
07:24One or two items in here she asked us to get.
07:26Well, you know, it is nice to see you again.
07:33Well, it's nice to be here.
07:34I hope he's treating you well, that lad of mine.
07:37No complaints.
07:38Because if ever he doesn't, I shall have a word or two to say to him.
07:41Is that Tony's mother?
07:47Yes, it is.
07:50He's like her, isn't he?
07:52Yes, most people seem to think so.
07:55Well, he's like you too, in a way.
07:56I wouldn't tell him that if I were you.
07:58Well, why not?
08:00He respects you.
08:01He told me so.
08:02He thinks you're very astute.
08:04Astute?
08:05That's not quite the same thing, is it?
08:07Astute?
08:08Well, that's why I think sometimes that when this is all over,
08:11he'd like to break away on his own,
08:12just to show you that he can do it.
08:15So I told you that, did he?
08:17I'm sorry.
08:17Have I said something I shouldn't?
08:18No, no.
08:20He put his cards on the table a long time ago in that respect.
08:23You want him back in the business?
08:25Well, I built it up.
08:26It seems only natural to me that I should like it to stay in the family.
08:31So, what do you think to Liverpool, eh?
08:33Hey, it's not a bad place to live, you know.
08:35There's some good shops, when there's anything to see in them.
08:39The coast's on the doorstep, and there's some grand country around.
08:43I shall have to think about it.
08:45I'm not sure I'm in the market.
08:46Market?
08:47Dubai, Liverpool.
08:50You sound as though you're trying to sell it to me.
08:52Do I?
08:56I wish spring had hurry up.
08:57Oh, it's been spring for ages.
08:59Not that you'd know.
09:01Oh, and you didn't tell me where you keep the coal, by the way.
09:03Oh, it's in a bunker around the side of the house.
09:05Where's the nearest fire in this establishment?
09:06Back room, I should think.
09:08What?
09:09Won't you come tonight?
09:11Not tonight.
09:12Please, Michael.
09:13Give me just a few nights for Mum, because of Robert.
09:15Of course.
09:17You do like it, though, the flat.
09:19Oh, it's lovely.
09:20It's fine.
09:21It isn't really, but, you know, it will be in time.
09:23It's beautiful.
09:24Now, you go on in, and I'll see if I can find...
09:26Margaret.
09:26Oh, it's great.
09:28It's great, that.
09:29Oh.
09:34Oh, John, uh, George woke up, said Macca, and went off to sleep again.
09:50Macca?
09:51What's Macca?
09:52Michael.
09:53Oh.
09:54David rang.
09:55He's not coming till tomorrow.
09:57He's not really staying here.
09:59Well, he's not going home, I can promise you that.
10:01I knew they had their ups and downs, but I never really thought it had come to this.
10:05Oh, it hardly seems possible.
10:07Lots of things that hardly seem possible are turning out to be possible, aren't they?
10:11Where's Mum?
10:17Upstairs, changing the rooms around to cope with David.
10:19She's putting David in your room, Dad in mine, and we're going to the boardroom.
10:25I'm sorry I wasn't here when you heard about Robert.
10:30You were well out of it.
10:32She seems all right, sort of.
10:34You've been away, haven't you?
10:37Does she...
10:38I mean, you know the bother there was when Dad signed the papers for Robert to go.
10:43Does she blame him, you mean?
10:45Does she?
10:46I don't know.
10:48But when they talk to each other, which isn't all that often, it's like listening to two strangers.
10:52I know that.
10:54Little wear off.
10:56That's just what he used to say.
10:58Little wear off.
11:01Only sometimes things don't wear off, do they?
11:03I don't think we ought to take sides.
11:05I'm not taking sides.
11:07Look, it's awful for him, it's awful for her, and it's awful for all of us.
11:13Did we hear any more than just...
11:17I mean, I didn't dare ask when they came to the hospital.
11:21Dad had a letter from one of the offices.
11:25They were in a boat.
11:26In the boat, he said that he died in his sleep.
11:34In the boat, he said he was very brave.
11:39Brave boy.
11:45A boy.
11:46Oh, Margaret.
11:54Oh, I've never felt like this before.
11:58I know so much better now how you felt about John.
12:02How did you bear it?
12:04I don't know that I did bear it.
12:07I just turned my back on it.
12:10As if it had never happened.
12:12John and me.
12:13Come on.
12:15Come on.
12:15Come on.
12:15Come on.
12:15Come on.
12:16Come on.
12:17Come on.
12:18Come on.
12:19Come on.
12:20Come on.
12:21Come on.
12:22Come on.
12:23Come on.
12:24Come on.
12:25Come on.
12:27Come on.
12:28Come on.
12:29Come on.
12:30Come on.
12:31Come on.
12:32Come on.
12:33Come on.
12:34Come on.
12:35Come on.
12:36Come on.
12:37Come on.
12:38Come on.
12:39Come on.
12:40Come on.
12:41Come on.
12:42Come on.
12:43Come on.
12:43dad
12:52hello love
12:55I got here at dinner time
12:56here we've been round to the flat
12:58how are you feeling eh
12:59oh like new as far as the back's concerned
13:01I'm staying for a few days
13:02oh good good
13:03oh it's lovely to see you
13:05you too
13:06I'm sorry about grandad
13:08well it was to be expected
13:10he had a good innings
13:11yes but even so
13:12I'm going round there tomorrow to
13:14sort things out
13:16there's a message for you by the phone later
13:18oh thanks love
13:19well I'll go and see if Michael's thawed out
13:21does it make sense then
13:24sense
13:25can you read my scribble
13:26oh yes yes thank you love
13:28where's your mother
13:29upstairs getting her rooms all sorted out
13:31I won't play the piano
13:35I might have practiced anyway
13:37go on for me
13:38what's so special about you
13:40is that you Freda
13:54no it's me
13:55oh
13:56I called in at sefton to tell him I'll be away for a couple of days
13:59yes
14:00I'm catching the half past eight in the morning
14:02so I need to pack a few things
14:04oh I'll see to it
14:05that small case of Phillips will do won't it
14:09Jean
14:16there was a message for me
14:18from Dimock
14:18yes
14:19Freda took the call
14:20well that second time he came
14:22when you were out
14:23he told me something
14:24I won't go into detail
14:25but they'd heard something
14:26that made them think that John might still be alive
14:29or at least that we'd know
14:30one way or the other
14:31go on
14:33well he promised he'd let me know
14:35when he was able
14:36any news
14:37but there were security problems involved
14:40so he couldn't be more definite
14:41couldn't or wouldn't
14:43couldn't
14:43they're pretty tough chaps though
14:45they have to be
14:45they're used to
14:46seeing people bleed through the eyes
14:49why are you telling me all this now
14:52she'll need us
14:54both of us
14:55I see
14:57I wish you'd come with me
14:58me
15:01well it's a pretty lonely task
15:02closing the door on part of your life
15:04I wish you'd come
15:05I knew you were trying to keep something from me
15:10I didn't know it was this
15:12John
15:13I didn't want to ask you to share the uncertainty
15:15that's all
15:16he'll try to get her to stay with him
15:19you know that don't you
15:20when he knows that John is coming back
15:23he'll try to get her to stay with him
15:24but we don't know Jean
15:26we don't know that he is coming back
15:28Dimmock told me
15:29it was just as likely
15:30the Germans had found his tags
15:32and were using his identity
15:33to make some game of their own
15:35seem genuine
15:36seems they've done it with other lads names
15:38we don't know
15:40one way or the other
15:41till we're told
15:42I know
15:44I've always known
15:45now that's nonsense Jean
15:47is it?
15:50Mrs. Porter
15:51she knew
15:51she's an erotic
15:53unhappy woman
15:54how could she know?
15:56I suppose you think
15:57I'm a neurotic
15:58unhappy woman too
16:00because there are other things
16:01I know
16:02have known
16:03I suppose you'd have said
16:06they were nonsense too
16:08but they happened
16:10Edwin
16:11Jean
16:12come with me
16:15I'll go and pack
16:20for both of us
16:22and if I can't
16:30I'll give you a ring
16:31listen
16:32what is it?
16:36it's all right
16:36I just keep thinking
16:37I can still hear the siren
16:39oh not again
16:40touch wood
16:41oh you're disappointed
16:43aren't you
16:44that I'm not coming
16:44no no no
16:45no I understand
16:46it won't be long
16:46no you're back
16:48and you're well
16:48good night then
16:50good night
16:51tomorrow
16:52yeah
16:53and all the other tomorrows
16:54hey aren't you going to bed tonight then?
17:06I suppose I'll get round to it sooner or later
17:08I'm just dropping Philip a line
17:09did you see his last letter?
17:11yes
17:12yes I did
17:13good night then
17:15love
17:16are you happy?
17:18well I'm not unhappy
17:19well no pillar fighting tonight remember
17:21pillar fighting?
17:22yes you're sleeping with Frida aren't you?
17:24it'd be like old times
17:25old times
17:26they're never going to come again
17:27but
17:28I thought
17:35bound to get a cup of tea at least
17:37no I mean you were just in time to miss my sister-in-law
17:40oh
17:43what would you have said if she'd still been here?
17:47would you have introduced me?
17:49of course I would have done
17:50I'd have said this is Colin that I met in Southport
17:54he's not much to look at but he's quite nice to know
17:58and she could have written to her brother and told him all about me
18:02and he'd have come round here raving jealous
18:04you'd like that wouldn't you?
18:07I thought we weren't going to talk along those lines Colin
18:09all right then
18:13let's talk about me
18:17where am I going to sleep tonight?
18:19why?
18:20you stopping over?
18:22well that was the idea yeah
18:23well haven't they found you somewhere?
18:26you're firm
18:27not their idea you see
18:29mine
18:29so where do I sleep?
18:32Preston
18:33unless you want to be late for work in the morning
18:35now have you finished?
18:37only I've got to be off in a minute
18:38sorry and all that
18:41only I'm on late shift you see
18:43come on
18:46mum?
18:53oh it's you
19:02do $$$$$$$$$$$
19:04is my mum about?
19:06do DIDLE MUSIC
19:07gone over to Yorkshire
19:08something to do with your grandson
19:09oh
19:10$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
19:12oh that's worthy I got three days
19:14I'll be back tomorrow
19:16doodle do
19:17do do do
19:18do I see they've got you skiving
19:20David!
19:24Hello, Maggie.
19:27My goodness, don't you look...
19:28I feel I ought to salute or something.
19:30Yes, well, carry on.
19:31You hungry?
19:32Yeah, I'll start.
19:33I'll get you something.
19:34Hey, Max, can I have a word with you?
19:36Yes, yes, of course you can.
19:39I won't be a minute.
19:47Yes?
19:50Is he staying here?
19:52Why?
19:54What about me?
19:55Well, what about you?
19:57Well, look, Max, I'm staying here too, you know.
19:59I'm not sharing a room with him, am I?
20:01And what if you are?
20:03Look, don't be so offensive.
20:05It's me you're hurting, you know.
20:06Yes, but I...
20:07So apologise.
20:12Go on, apologise.
20:18I'm sorry.
20:19That's all right, then.
20:21I don't know.
20:22You come in here insulting my chap.
20:24You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
20:25And he's not staying here.
20:27We've got a flat.
20:30Oh.
20:31And neither should you be staying here.
20:34Just for all that, you can do me a favour.
20:37What?
20:38Go and see Sheila.
20:39Maggie, that is a waste of time.
20:41It is not.
20:42Look, in the first place, I don't want to.
20:44And in the second place, she wouldn't want me to.
20:46We don't know till you try.
20:47No, Maggie.
20:47Go on, look, just for me.
20:49No.
20:49Have a try.
20:51No.
20:54Well, I'm not going tonight, anyway.
20:56Tomorrow, then.
20:57I'll think about it.
20:59You'll go.
21:03Yes, miss.
21:07That's better.
21:09You're growing up, aren't you?
21:11What do you mean, I'm growing up?
21:13Well, you're just a little less pig-headed than you used to be.
21:16Thank you very much.
21:17Well, an officer and a gentleman.
21:21It's a far cry, isn't it?
21:24Yes, it's a far cry.
21:29Oh, silly Billy.
21:32What's he leaving the light on?
21:37What are you doing here?
21:39Missing me last train.
21:41It's typical, isn't it?
21:43Well, how did you get in?
21:46I got the key from the neighbours.
21:48You what?
21:50I, er, I got the key from the neighbours.
21:53I mean, you said you left it there in case, you know, in case he comes home.
21:56You must be mad.
21:57What are they going to think?
21:59Well, they've seen me before, you know.
22:00Yes, I know, but not asking for the key in the middle of the night.
22:03Well, I mean, I didn't miss it on purpose.
22:05Oh, yes, you did, Colin.
22:06Honest.
22:07Well, look, you're not staying here now.
22:08That's a fact.
22:09Come on, out.
22:10But, er, where?
22:12Out!
22:15Look, look, Sheila, I'll keep down anywhere.
22:17On the floor.
22:17I missed your last train, honestly.
22:19What a stupid thing to do.
22:20Anywhere.
22:23Right.
22:28In here.
22:29Come on, quick.
22:29In here.
22:30Thanks, Sheila.
22:31For the time I climb to ten.
22:32Yes, Sheila.
22:33One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, er...
22:40You can keep your trousers on.
22:42Yes, Sheila.
22:43Nine, ten.
22:44Yes, Sheila.
22:45Right.
22:46I'm not another peep out of you till morning.
22:49No, Sheila.
22:50Do you understand?
22:51Yes, Sheila.
22:53Good night, Sheila.
22:54Good night, Sheila.
22:54Good night, Sheila.
23:18Ah.
23:20Where's Jenny?
23:21She's, er, putting her war paint on.
23:23Oh, you're going out?
23:25Yes.
23:27You don't mind, do you?
23:28I mean, we did stay here last night.
23:30And that's my ration, is it?
23:31Well, you don't expect us to stay in every night, do you?
23:34I don't expect anything.
23:37I'm too used to being disappointed.
23:40I'm on leave, Father.
23:42A rest from the battle, you know?
23:44A bit of fun.
23:45And what about Jenny?
23:46What about her?
23:46Is she a bit of fun, too?
23:50I'm, er, not quite with you.
23:51Or are you planning to marry her?
23:54Oh, I see.
23:54That's what it's all about, is it?
23:56You want to see me married and settled down, is that it?
23:58I'm thinking of her, too.
24:00Oh.
24:00A woman has to watch her reputation, you know.
24:04Oh, I see.
24:06That's why you slipped with the door open last night, was it?
24:08I thought it was just sour grapes.
24:10I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about.
24:13Oh, yes, you have, Father.
24:14You've got a damn cheek, you know.
24:17Changing the subject, are you?
24:18What subject?
24:20I asked you if you were going to marry the girl.
24:25Not so far as I know.
24:27I see.
24:28You can't see, but I see any of you know.
24:30Don't talk to me like that.
24:32Why?
24:32What will you do?
24:33Cut me off without a penny?
24:36Well, go ahead, because I'll tell you something, Father.
24:37This war's taught me.
24:38If it's taught me nothing else, it's taught me not to give a damn.
24:40I'm ready.
24:45Come on, let's get out of here.
24:47Jean?
24:55Did you get through?
24:57Yes, I spoke to Dimmock.
25:01He's alive, isn't he?
25:03Alive.
25:05All this time.
25:06Where?
25:08They wouldn't tell me.
25:09We'll hear in due course, they said.
25:10Could be a few weeks yet, it seems.
25:13We must tell her now.
25:15Well, yes, I suppose you're right.
25:19Dimm, dimm, dimm, dimm, dimm, dimm, de stare.
25:23Saw a man who wasn't there.
25:26He wasn't there again today.
25:27I wish that man would go away.
25:29How's that one?
25:33All right.
25:35I get letters.
25:36He gets letters now and again when I feel like it.
25:40Oh, like that, is it?
25:41Yes, it's like that.
25:43Are you going to read all night?
25:45Right.
25:46Stop nattering, you two, and get to sleep.
25:49Oh, look who it is.
25:50It's that pilot officer, Ashton.
25:52Who asked you to enter a lady's bedroom?
25:54Oh, I get asked her all the time.
25:58Yes, well, ask a daft question and you get a daft answer.
26:04Did anybody lock up?
26:05I did.
26:08I remember when Dad locked me out when I was caught in.
26:10Oh, Phil let me in through the bathroom window, you know.
26:15I got stuck halfway.
26:17Fool.
26:19I wonder where he is tonight.
26:21Who, Phil?
26:23Yeah, I wonder.
26:25Hey, did you make this bed lumpy when you were a kid,
26:28or was it always like this?
26:29No, that wasn't my bed.
26:30It was Rob.
26:31Turn the light up when you go out, will you?
26:48Yeah, yeah.
26:55Good night, our kids.
26:56Good night, Derek.
26:59Good night.
27:01You sure you wouldn't like a sandwich or something?
27:22No, thanks.
27:23Good damn good mind to have a go at so-and-so's bacon ration.
27:40I hid him where it hurts.
27:43Childish, don't you think?
27:44Well, he sometimes treats me like a child,
27:48and therefore I sometimes find myself behaving like one.
27:52Is that so very unnatural?
27:53It's not intelligent.
27:55It's not you.
27:57And the way he behaves?
27:58He was brought up in a slightly less enlightened age.
28:01Good God, you call this an enlightened age?
28:04Well, let us say we are in the process of becoming enlightened.
28:07What was it you said to me?
28:14The last time I asked you if you'd consider becoming my wife?
28:19There's no age to bring kids, is it?
28:22It isn't yet.
28:23You're not by any chance waiting for an old-fashioned proposal, are you?
28:38Down on my knees, that sort of thing.
28:40I'm not that old-fashioned.
28:43You're the old-fashioned one.
28:44Why?
28:49Because I want to marry you.
28:52He thinks it's just a matter of time, you know.
28:54Sitting in there, counting up how many grandchildren he's going to have.
28:58It's not the shock of his life if he could hear this conversation.
29:01Maybe it is just a matter of time.
29:04But there isn't any time!
29:08Time is something I find very precious these days.
29:14Well, I think we just better pack it in, don't you?
29:23That's what you want?
29:24You know what I want!
29:25You just don't care enough!
29:29Always remember it was you that said that.
29:32Not me.
29:37I'd better go and say goodnight to him.
29:41Yes, you'd better go and say goodnight to him.
29:44Are you awake?
29:46Yes.
29:51What is that noise?
29:53It's the shift going on.
29:56Haven't you slept at all?
29:58No.
30:01You were asleep.
30:03Me?
30:05He was snoring.
30:06Can't have been.
30:10He was asleep.
30:12He was snoring.
30:13I didn't even know I'd dropped off.
30:17I seemed to have been awake for hours.
30:22Do you want a cigarette?
30:24I've got some here.
30:27When did you start smoking?
30:31Yesterday.
30:33Do you want one?
30:34No, thanks.
30:37I'd rather have a cup of tea.
30:42I'll put the kettle on.
30:43Can you put the light on?
30:45No.
30:47We'll have to put the blackout up if we do.
30:50You'll be safe enough, right?
30:51Lighting your cigarette, though?
30:55I'll come down.
30:57It's all right.
30:57I'll put the kettle on.
31:18That bed feels damp.
31:20I had it best I could.
31:22Does it feel damp to you?
31:24Yeah, a bit.
31:31What are we going to do?
31:33Do?
31:34About Margaret.
31:36What else can we do but tell her?
31:39You'll try to persuade her to stay with him.
31:42All we can do is tell her the rest's up to her.
31:44The rest?
31:45Yes, what she does.
31:46Who she decides to live with for the rest of her life.
31:49Is there any doubt?
31:51You know there is.
31:54She's John's wife.
31:58Yes.
32:01And you're mine.
32:03And look at us.
32:04We can't even sleep in the same bed.
32:06We can hardly reach agreement on anything.
32:09If it counts for so little with you after 30 years,
32:12why should it mean any more to Margaret?
32:15It's not the same thing at all.
32:21Isn't it?
32:26I don't know whether it is or not.
32:28I'm never quite sure what your complaint is.
32:36I've tried to be a father, a husband.
32:41You've tried too hard.
32:44Taken it all on yourself.
32:46Shut me out.
32:48Decided things without consulting me.
32:50I've tried to take the man's share of the load, that's all.
32:53Isn't that what's expected of me?
32:56It's what you seem to think was expected of you.
33:00There were other things.
33:02Other things?
33:03Things in me, I suppose.
33:05Things I wanted from life that haven't happened.
33:07You make me sound a complete failure.
33:12No.
33:14You're a good man.
33:17A good man.
33:20I haven't helped.
33:22I'll let you...
33:23Go blundering on, is that what you're going to say?
33:25It's the boy, isn't it?
33:33You blame me for Robert.
33:35Not just you.
33:37Me too, and this grey, grey world we've lived in for the last three years.
33:42What was it John said?
33:44Our lives aren't our own anymore.
33:47I don't know where I am, Jean.
33:50I'm lost.
33:51I want to comfort you, and you turn your back on me.
33:58We've no comfort in each other.
34:00We should mourn him together.
34:07Because I mourn him.
34:13I mourn him.
34:14Oh, God, I do.
34:16I do.
34:19Help me.
34:21Help me, I'm lost.
34:26We're all lost.
34:30Lost.
34:51Sheila.
34:56Sheila.
35:00Sheila.
35:04David.
35:05I was just passing through.
35:08I thought I'd call in.
35:09Oh, yes, yes.
35:12Margaret said that you might be passing.
35:19How are you, then?
35:21All right.
35:22You?
35:23Yes.
35:24Yes, I'm fine.
35:28Have you seen the children lately?
35:30Yeah, weekend before last.
35:33Peter was asking when you were going.
35:35Was he?
35:38So was Janet.
35:41So I told them that you'd probably write and let them know.
35:45Yes, yes, sir.
35:46I will.
35:51Oh, I see you've got your commission.
35:53Uh, yes, sir.
35:57Oh, I'm not, you know, not used to wearing it yet.
36:02Suits you.
36:06Sheila, I...
36:07Margaret was looking well, wasn't she?
36:09Look, is Doris here?
36:11No, no.
36:12She went back to stay with her sister.
36:14Oh, why?
36:16Did she say why?
36:17I don't know.
36:17No, she just took off.
36:21There's a bit of a gypsy in her, I think.
36:25Did you get your money all right?
36:26Yes, I do, thank you.
36:27But, you know, you don't have to.
36:29I don't send it because I have to.
36:33I know.
36:36Save most of it anyway.
36:37Put it away.
36:39Don't know what for.
36:41Whatever.
36:42Yes, we ought to try and, uh...
36:47You ought to try and find another place.
36:52I know.
36:53You keep thinking about it.
36:55But, you know, the rain's still coming in in that kid's room
36:57and I've talked to the landlord now five times.
37:03Sheila, I...
37:04I just...
37:07We've almost opened about a quarter of bacon, but...
37:11David, this is Colin.
37:13Yes, well, I've, uh...
37:18I've got a fly, as they say.
37:24I'll write to the kids, all right?
37:29Now, I'll see you again sometime, eh?
37:31I'm sorry.
37:48Hello, Mum.
37:51David!
37:52Oh, no!
37:53Have the girls been looking after you, then?
38:01Yes, like a prince.
38:03Hello, Dad.
38:04Hello, son.
38:06Where's Margaret?
38:08She was in there a minute ago, hiding.
38:11Oh, look.
38:12You go in the kitchen, love, and we'll have a talk, eh?
38:15Go on.
38:15Yeah.
38:16Yeah.
38:16Yeah.
38:16Yeah.
38:16Yeah.
38:23Hello, we didn't think you'd be back till after ten.
38:37Well, there wasn't a great deal to do.
38:39David's arrived.
38:40Yes, I saw him in the hall.
38:42Here, you haven't got a few spare clothing coupons, have you?
38:45Ah, Frieda's underwear.
38:47She spends all her coupons on what shows?
38:49If she ever had to go to hospital.
38:53What are you looking at me like that for?
38:55Like what?
38:55No.
38:56Well, you're looking awfully unhappy.
38:59Is it you and Mum?
39:01Or don't you want to talk about it?
39:03Lots of things I'd like to talk about, need to talk about.
39:06Well, talk to me, then.
39:08Goodness knows I've been enough of a worry to you these last couple of years.
39:11No.
39:12Not a worry.
39:14Never a worry.
39:15Only that we...
39:17We love you.
39:19Yes.
39:20Well, it's your turn now.
39:22I mean, I'm all right, aren't I?
39:24Are you?
39:25Yes, of course I am.
39:29What is it, Dad?
39:32We've got another bridge to cross, my love.
39:36Yes?
39:37Seems there's no end to them these days.
39:40Well, tell me then, Dad.
39:43We've had some news.
39:45It's John, isn't it?
39:54It's John, isn't it?
39:54It's John, isn't it?
39:54Yeah.
39:55I'm sure I have.
39:56It's all right.
39:57It's maybe you can see us.
39:57It's all right.
39:57It's all right.
39:58I'm sure I've got another bridge.
39:59It's all right.
40:00I'm sure I've got another bridge to cross.
40:00It's all right.
40:01It's all right.
40:03It's all right.
40:03It's all right.
40:03And then, it's all right.
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