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Kerr Avon
  • 5/30/2025

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00:00guitar solo
00:30I don't know what they can do with the sociology lectures.
00:49They do go on.
00:50Anyway, we're back working now.
00:52Yeah, it feels more like parole.
00:54Oh, terrible, Hopkins.
00:59Want some coaching?
01:02I mean, it's all off Pat.
01:04This causes this effect as this cause...
01:06I'm always grumbling.
01:08Oh, I'm tired.
01:09She'd go to bed early.
01:10Yeah, she'd do a lot of things, I don't.
01:12Like being less touchy.
01:14Those touches just would see things differently, that's all.
01:18I mean, I'm fed up to here with compromise.
01:21On the ward, life was simple.
01:23People came in here and cured them.
01:25Well, mostly.
01:26Now all I seem to do is patch things up.
01:28I'm afraid we've spent our allocation on this.
01:31And if only we had more staff than that.
01:34Et cetera, et cetera.
01:36That's life.
01:37I think so.
01:38Nothing's perfect.
01:40Or effective.
01:41Oh!
01:42Does it ever frighten you?
01:44Frighteners?
01:45The responsibility?
01:46Being on your own?
01:47It doesn't make that.
01:48Mom's got mother's a period to fall back on.
01:49Perish the fall.
01:50She skates on in this lunch.
01:51Who?
01:52Our instructor.
01:53Are you a thick or something?
01:54Sorry?
01:55Oh, you're always so sweetly cheerful.
01:56And don't forget, it's your turn to do the shopping.
01:57Never!
01:58I did it yesterday.
01:59Yeah, I believe your thousands wouldn't.
02:00That'll teach you to clean it.
02:01Promise?
02:02Yeah, promise.
02:03Yeah, promise.
02:05I'm sorry.
02:06Oh, you're always so sweetly cheerful.
02:09And don't forget, it's your turn to do the shopping.
02:11Never!
02:12I did it yesterday.
02:13Yeah, I believe your thousands wouldn't.
02:16That'll teach you to clean it.
02:20Promise?
02:21Yeah, promise.
02:34I'm not out of bed again.
02:35I know tomorrow.
02:36Tomorrow's not today.
02:37Oh.
02:38Oh.
02:57What a drink's different lunch be.
02:58Mrs Higgins, what have we got to do with you?
03:02That's what they all say.
03:03what they all say and no talking either just look at the sight here what do you mean and i surely
03:08don't have the courage to open that locker that's me glorio there's nothing glorious about it well
03:13we're not all perfect oh look my me here anyway i likes me maddo it's a saving leave up the
03:21christmas stuff long enough and it's there when you need it that's unlucky no just leave a saving
03:26darling anyway i don't take a repetition oh well except for me pleasures
03:35there you are isn't it nice to be right no it isn't oh go on with you me and the kids back at
03:40the home give the likes of you what they call it job satisfaction yeah that's it plenty to do
03:45without your mess and what about them social workers eh where would they be without us up the
03:49labour if we didn't exist they'd have to bloody well invent us just to stay superior nonsense
03:54well just let them try tidying me away darling that's all
04:24cheeky
04:34cheeky
04:54Don't be frightened, love, it's me.
05:24Don't move, just hold on while I go round the back.
05:29Yes, I...
05:30Yes.
05:34Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry.
05:36Mrs Rudolph, what have you been up to?
05:38I'm such a trouble.
05:40Of course you're not. Now don't you move, you just tell me why it hurts.
05:42Well, it's my head.
05:44Your head?
05:45Yes.
05:46What about your bad hip?
05:48Well, no, I think that's only bruised.
05:50Then we're lucky. How long have you been here?
05:54Well, I was...
05:56I was coming downstairs.
05:58And you passed out?
06:00No, no, no.
06:02No, I should have been more careful.
06:04We can't have you sitting here all day.
06:06Let's get you into a chair.
06:07Hold on to me.
06:09All right?
06:10Yes, thank you.
06:11Yes.
06:12Yes, yes, I'm quite all right.
06:14Quite all right then.
06:17Oh.
06:18Oh, you're freezing cold.
06:23Hands are like ice.
06:24You sit down there and I'll put the fire on for you.
06:27All right?
06:29Is your hip okay?
06:31Yes, fine dear.
06:32I was just afraid to move and get...
06:34Yeah, of course.
06:35Oh, hell, I hope I can catch Dr Turner before he's down.
06:38Oh!
06:39I won't have to go to the hospital.
06:42Well, we'll have to see what he says, won't we?
06:44Oh dear.
06:45Oh, cheer up.
06:46It'll only be for a check-up.
06:48I'll wait till he gets here then.
07:03It's community nurse Joe Longhouse.
07:11That was lucky.
07:12I just caught him.
07:14I was only careless.
07:16That's what you said last time.
07:17Well, it's not my age, dear.
07:20I'm really very strong.
07:22Except for the arthritics, that is.
07:24Yeah, I know.
07:25Do you?
07:28Well, what's the time?
07:31Half past two.
07:34Oh dear.
07:35My son always looks in after banking.
07:37He mustn't catch me like this.
07:39You couldn't help falling.
07:41No, no.
07:42I mean my clothes.
07:43All right.
07:44I'll get your new dressing gown.
07:45One Henry gave you.
07:46He'll like to see you in that.
07:47Well, you won't tell him I was still in my nightie.
07:49No.
07:50My room.
07:51I'm afraid it's not very tidy.
07:52My chamber pot.
07:53I'll put it all straight before I go.
07:54Yes, but here you look.
07:55Henry's very particular.
07:56All right, I'll tidy first and pack later.
07:57Pack?
07:58Just in case.
07:59Oh.
08:00All my dirty underclothes.
08:01I'll put them in the laundry basket.
08:02They'll be found.
08:05Oh, Mrs Rudolph.
08:06Oh, Mrs Rudolph.
08:07Everyone has dirty underclothes.
08:08Yes, well, sometimes it seems to slip my mind to change as often as I should.
08:12And he's a very clean boy, like his dad's father.
08:13All right, I'll put them in a bag in your case until we know what's happening, eh?
08:14Don't you worry.
08:15Now.
08:16Well, I'll put them in a bag in your case until we know what's happening, eh?
08:17Don't you worry now.
08:18I'll put them in a bag in your case until we know what's happening, eh?
08:31Don't you worry now.
08:32All right, I'll put them in your case until we know what's happening, eh?
08:38in your case until we know what's happening, eh?
08:41Don't you worry now.
09:08It's like talking to a brick wall.
09:10Never heard of the pill or the loop, I suppose.
09:12Vera Higgins, you must be joking, loop the loop more like.
09:15And guess where she does that?
09:16Oh, the mind boggles.
09:19Yes, well, her tribe are de-loused as per usual,
09:23and they'll be ready, willing, and waiting,
09:25poor little beggars.
09:27Well, she's not a bad mum.
09:28As long as it's not too much trouble.
09:30What's that supposed to mean?
09:31Oh, you know very well.
09:33Getting off to school, tending antenatal, staying in at night.
09:37Whoo!
09:38There you are, Stephen.
09:40So, when she comes out, where are you going to put her?
09:43Bed and breakfast?
09:44My dead body.
09:46Nice to have known you.
09:54Hello, Timmy.
09:56How's mum?
09:57Guess what?
09:58It's definite.
09:58She comes out tomorrow afternoon.
10:00Really?
10:01Honest?
10:02Yeah, it costs me half.
10:03I won't let's back to her escort.
10:04I know.
10:05Turn your back for a sec, and they've boiled it up,
10:08that wavy tin stuff.
10:10Well, it's very dangerous for her.
10:11Look how she fell.
10:12Stoned and fraggers.
10:13Doctor says she had she's a shell in peace.
10:16What was that, Mum?
10:18Yeah, well, it's not so bad here.
10:19It's rotten.
10:21Always washing, cutting, mucking about.
10:24Nails and knits.
10:25I'm used to them.
10:27Yeah, and vice versa.
10:28Grubs rotten.
10:29And no chips.
10:30Well, they're not good for you.
10:32What is good for you?
10:33And where have they put us?
10:35Bed and breakfast.
10:36Oh, God.
10:37Look, it's the best we can do.
10:38Mum don't take some.
10:39Yeah, don't blame her.
10:40I mean, me and you, we understand her,
10:44but them landlady's always grumbling.
10:46And they like the wets.
10:48Look, would you like us to go and check the squad,
10:50just in case?
10:51Please, Miss.
10:529-11.
10:53Yeah, I know.
10:54Tell them we manage.
10:55Yeah, I understand.
10:57More than I do, and give a...
10:59Yeah, nah.
11:00Yeah, nah.
11:01Yeah.
11:02Come on, are you going to see it to the gate?
11:04Andrew!
11:06Still playing lousy before?
11:08No.
11:09Oh, come on, I've heard about it.
11:11Who don't you?
11:12The girls left right there.
11:18Right, OK.
11:19Sent to Ford for England, one day.
11:21Look, I'll see you soon.
11:22Bye-bye.
11:23Bye-bye.
11:24Bye-bye.
11:30You will come in and see me in the hospital, won't you?
11:36Yes, I promise.
11:37Everything's very untidy in there, you know.
11:39Don't worry, I'll see to all the things.
11:42All right, bye-bye.
11:43Bye-bye.
11:44Bye-bye.
11:45Bye-bye.
11:46Bye-bye.
11:47Bye-bye.
11:48Bye-bye.
11:49Bye-bye.
11:50Bye-bye.
11:51Bye-bye.
11:52Bye-bye.
11:53Bye-bye.
11:54Bye-bye.
11:55Bye-bye.
11:56Bye-bye.
11:57Bye-bye.
11:58Bye-bye.
11:59Bye-bye.
12:00Bye-bye.
12:01Bye-bye.
12:17Hello?
12:23Hello?
12:24oh my god what's happened afraid she's had an accident you don't worry it's
12:33nothing serious she may have slight concussion I knew something like this
12:38would happen well where is she? St. Angelus? Dr. Turner thought it's safer to send her
12:43in. very right and proper. I'm afraid the ambulance couldn't wait. no no no of
12:48course not I suppose she fell again she should never have been allowed back not
12:55after that last time it's those stairs I've been telling her I really do think
13:02she'd be better off turning this into her bedsit well then she could have somebody
13:05upstairs handy if she needed anything if she could live on the ground floor I'd
13:11better go see how she is well look I've just made a pot of tea would you like a
13:15cup yes that would be very welcome it was a bit of a shock expected of course but
13:24still a shock
13:45I keep telling her but um she will hide bills it was never like this nurse Longhurst not when father was alive
14:12what wasn't? state of it it's the beginning of the end
14:17how do you mean? well you know when your standards drop
14:21perhaps your mother prefers not to bother sugar? yeah two level spoons please no
14:30it's not right I don't see why don't you? no well like I said before it's standards
14:37much obliged to you
14:43but if it doesn't worry her oh no it is something new every time I mean I never thought to see those
14:52tarnished when she's letting herself go she's getting old happens to all of us we do the best we can my
15:00wife and I coming in each day I know I'll not have anyone say we neglect her I'm sure they don't
15:05and she won't come to us though we've asked her time and time again and we've never let her see that it'd be a squeeze
15:11very nice
15:13now my wife's even done over the spare room with the foam back carpet but
15:17she won't come
15:19well sometimes old people prefer to be on their own but not alone
15:23well I know I come in most days and there's the home help
15:25well if she could let the top
15:28has she been suggesting it again?
15:29no I told you Mr Rudolph
15:31she gets these ideas
15:32it's out of the question
15:34well there'd be somebody here
15:36she's never needed for money
15:37I know
15:37no it's quite impossible
15:38but I don't
15:39I'm afraid there are no buts about it
15:41you see ever since that iniquitous rent act
15:44we house owners
15:45I thought your mother owned it
15:46well yes yes my my father left it to her and quite rightly
15:51where was I?
15:55since the rent act
15:56well householders are victims in the tenants hands
16:01they're manipulated victims
16:02I never forget once they're in they're in for life
16:06their life
16:07not mothers
16:07there's no getting them out once she's gone
16:10but it wouldn't affect her
16:11oh no
16:14so?
16:17well they put on very pretty hairs when they want something
16:20but it's quite a different story once they're installed
16:24but if she's careful
16:25no no she'd never manage
16:26people can be very deceitful
16:29I know
16:32you're much too young to understand
16:35well then what do you suggest?
16:41well if she won't come to us she should go to that old folks home
16:43where she'd get three square meals a day
16:45and proper meals marking on of her snacks nonsense
16:48and warmth and looking after
16:50they're very decent people by all accounts
16:53my lodge gave the most favourable report
16:56but she'd hate it
16:57how would you have felt
16:58if you'd found her dead?
17:01dead?
17:01it could have happened
17:03well we have to balance out the risks
17:07it's not a responsibility I care to shoulder
17:10well if it's impossible to let it off
17:18it is
17:18well I suppose you're right
17:23you really must understand nurse Longhurst
17:27that my mother is not used to making decisions
17:29I'm happy to say she's never had to
17:32she's always been taken care of
17:35and as long as I draw breath
17:37she always will be
17:39there you are my darling
17:43all clean and tidy
17:45is there anything else you'd like?
17:47no thank you dear
17:48everything's very nice
17:49cup of tea?
17:51they're not just saying it
17:52I mean about my going home
17:54of course not
17:55there's nothing broken thank god
17:56now under the tongue
17:58here
17:59don't let them bully you Petal
18:01you don't have to do nothing you don't want to
18:03anyway
18:04we'll all be home tomorrow
18:06I've tried speaking to the director
18:28well yes well
18:36we all try to do our best
18:43and I'll carry on carrying on
18:45though much good it'll do us
18:46come in
18:48look you can telephone god
18:55if he's not ex-directory
18:56but the council won't budge
18:58and the same to you bossy boots
19:06he's got a lot to answer for
19:08you bossy boots
19:11I was thinking well
19:12god really
19:13what can I do you for?
19:15can I have a
19:15yeah
19:16you're caught in the rain
19:18you look like one of my clients
19:19be like that
19:20so who's in trouble this time?
19:23Vera Higgins
19:24oh she'll never have asked
19:26well they've bored up the squad
19:27don't I know
19:28and I'd rather house the lost tribes of Israel
19:30go out into the world and multiply
19:32well now that squad Vera's very devout
19:35nice bit of it
19:36Maury
19:37let's get on with it
19:39oh we'll be here till midnight
19:40you're worried about bed and breakfast?
19:43well it's ridiculous
19:44council's done everything in their pound
19:45she's mucked up the lot
19:46catch 22
19:47rotten conditions make them hopeless
19:49and because they're hopeless
19:50they stay in rotten condition
19:51yeah something like that
19:52I do know
19:53but it's not good enough is it?
19:55what is?
19:57you're new to this business
19:58you've got a lot to learn
20:00so everybody keeps telling us
20:02coffee?
20:03what was that to sweeten the pill?
20:06let me fill in your notes
20:07by going back about
20:08oh
20:09three years
20:10when our Vera
20:11that's two of her little angels
20:13were in a furnished flat
20:14nothing fancy man
20:16but adequate
20:16until she short-circuited
20:18the gas pipe
20:19leading to the meter
20:20saying of course
20:21that it was God given
20:23what?
20:23North Sea gas?
20:24and hers by divine right
20:26sugar?
20:27hmm
20:28I can only say
20:29she had an explosion
20:29that would not have shamed the IRA
20:31she was then popped into
20:33a nice new tower block
20:34prior to the council
20:35the pebbled ash front
20:37and no gas
20:38therefore unexplodable
20:39however
20:40madam buys on HP
20:42an industrial sewing machine
20:43to make her fortune
20:44plugs it into a public socket
20:46and it incarcerates four people
20:47including councillor Simpson
20:49in the nice new lift
20:50a lift that had been researched
20:51by Rossborough no less
20:52they were trapped
20:54for over two hours
20:55your character she really is
20:56yeah we all think that
20:58those of us that are still sane
21:00but they didn't just turn around
21:02ooh
21:02nothing so simple
21:03there was a lot of smoothing over
21:06to do
21:06councillor Simpson being
21:08called short
21:09and losing face
21:09so to speak
21:10in front of voters
21:11however
21:12to continue
21:13our Vera sees a program
21:15on telly
21:16about tower blocks
21:16fear of heights
21:18and moves her bouncing brood
21:20three by now
21:20into the squat
21:22you know the rest
21:25thanks
21:27then Howzen will just have to find another place
21:31of course
21:32but she gave up the tenancies
21:34they'll be a bit reluctant
21:35especially this area
21:36with so many deserving cases
21:37oh there's no more needy
21:39trouble sinks to the bottom
21:41oh haven't you heard
21:42all right then
21:44how long in the B&B
21:45at least three months
21:47how much is that little lot gonna cost
21:50over a thousand pounds
21:52if she doesn't bunk
21:53before she's housed
21:54bunk
21:55you been to the lectures
21:57oh those
21:58yes those
21:59come on
22:00the deprived
22:01need instant gratification
22:03not understanding
22:04delayed reward
22:04that's better
22:05so what happens
22:07if she does bunk
22:08you tell me
22:09well I say
22:10four kids in care
22:11and Vera an alcoholic
22:12right
22:13hello
22:18got your sponge bag
22:19I hope it didn't take you out of your way
22:21no I had to report back
22:23how are you feeling
22:23I'm going home tomorrow
22:25I know
22:26and Henry's on his way
22:27but he had to go back to the shop first
22:29he wasn't angry
22:30just worried
22:32well there's no reason
22:34he doesn't like you living alone
22:36then maybe you should let me let thee upstairs
22:39seems set against it
22:41then I shall just have to show him
22:44that I can manage
22:45anyway I must fly now
22:48bye bye
22:49hello Vera
22:50oh blimey
22:51he dropped the baby
22:52and it's Miss Vera Higgins to you
22:55it's ground
22:56oh where's the baby
22:57nice and cozy
22:59incidentally
23:00why didn't you go to family planning
23:01as I suggested
23:02I did
23:03and?
23:03I didn't like the wallpaper
23:04I give up
23:06now about tomorrow
23:09I'm going back to me squat
23:10I'm afraid it's been boarded up
23:12what?
23:15well where's me bits?
23:16back in homeless family's office
23:17what about them lot for a place?
23:20not a hole
23:21now about money
23:23you can't get social security
23:24until you've got an address
23:25so I'm gonna give you a sub
23:27eight pounds to tide you over
23:28and I'll expect you to pay back
23:30a pound a week
23:30alright?
23:31yeah
23:31now sign here
23:32and go carefully
23:33no boozing
23:34oh charming
23:35I'm letting them know
23:36I've given you the money
23:37so you can't say you haven't had any
23:38oh blimey
23:39we all know you
23:40we all know you
23:40we all know you
23:41so where do we go?
23:45bed and breakfast
23:46oh no
23:48which one?
23:49mrs kelly
23:50oh not mark kelly
23:52you've been through the rest
23:53well they're all bitches
23:54they're also human
23:55well what about shelter?
24:00it's the worst time of year love
24:01it would be
24:03hiya mother
24:03oh you shouldn't eh?
24:09it's such an expense
24:10we know you'd like to
24:11go and fetch your vars
24:12pamela
24:12well mother
24:15here we are again eh?
24:18yes
24:18everyone er
24:19treating you proper?
24:21they're very kind
24:23nonsense
24:25it's what they're here for
24:26so er
24:28you've had another fall eh?
24:30just careless dear
24:31that's all
24:31I don't think so
24:33you had a blackout
24:35didn't you?
24:36like last Christmas
24:37when we had to break
24:38into the
24:38into the toilet
24:39I haven't got over
24:41that gas business yet
24:42you could have burnt
24:43the house down
24:43well I didn't
24:45and that reminds me
24:46I found this gas bill
24:49hidden behind the photos
24:51it's only just arrived
24:53posted ten days ago
24:55you know I like to
24:56pay by return
24:57well I don't like
24:59bothering you
25:00no it doesn't get
25:01any cheaper does it?
25:06er
25:06by the way
25:07er
25:07Lashmore's
25:08next door's
25:08closing down
25:09oh dear
25:11what a pity
25:12after all these years
25:14yeah it's a nice
25:15little shop
25:15and it could give us
25:16that extra bit of room
25:17we've always needed
25:18to expand into
25:19garden furniture
25:20and all that sort of thing
25:21but
25:21capital isn't
25:23easy to come by
25:24these days is it?
25:25no no
25:26I dare say
25:27yeah well
25:28er
25:29we'll have to see
25:30cool blimey
25:32we are impressed
25:33nobody can miss
25:34those darling
25:35excuse me
25:36you've got a light?
25:37we don't smoke
25:38could you oblige me
25:40with them matches
25:41on the table
25:42if you'd be so kind?
25:44I'll go
25:44there's no right
25:47to put you in here
25:48I don't mind
25:49well I do
25:50top
25:51he's quite unsuitable
25:52in fact I think
25:54I'll have a word
25:55oh dear
25:56it's only his way
25:58yes I know
25:59oh I've bought you
26:01some change
26:01for the morning papers
26:03dear Pamela
26:04what would I do
26:05without you?
26:06my pleasure
26:07oh that was lovely
26:08oh this is my
26:10daughter-in-law
26:11Pamela
26:11hello
26:11how do you do?
26:13oh
26:14can I help?
26:16well you can take
26:17this washing
26:17no I can manage
26:19I'm sure your daughter-in-law
26:20wouldn't mind
26:21of course not
26:21don't worry
26:23I won't let
26:23you know
26:24be quite safe
26:26in my bucket bag
26:27oh
26:28I bought you this
26:30oh thank you dear
26:31that's very calm
26:33calls herself a sister
26:36now that's not quite fair dear
26:38indeed
26:39well she refuses to move you
26:42I can't stand a viciousness
26:45incidentally
26:48have you been saying anything
26:49to nurse Longhurst?
26:51nurse Longhurst?
26:52you're about letting the top floor
26:53well it seems a good idea
26:55because it's quite out of the question
26:56my mum might be able to manage
26:58it's all right dear
26:59in fact nurse agrees with me
27:01you'd be much happier
27:01at the sunset home
27:02as I've always maintained
27:03I don't need to
27:06doesn't seem right
27:07now please Pamela
27:07leave this to me
27:08it's not a question of need
27:11as you well know
27:11I promised father
27:13that I'd always take care of you
27:14and if you won't come to us
27:15I manage
27:18sometimes you can be very obstinate
27:20I've always tried to do my best
27:23by everybody
27:23it's difficult enough
27:25trying to make a life
27:26for Pamela and the boys
27:27without being continually worried
27:29by all this
27:29we'll just have to see
27:32what the doctor says
27:32why don't you leave her alone
27:34I beg your pardon
27:37you heard
27:37it is getting a bit late
27:39Mr Udoss
27:39perhaps you ought to go
27:40at least you'll be out of here
27:44tomorrow
27:44come round and see you settled
27:46come along Pamela
27:47it's nearly closing
27:47well Charlie's there
27:49yes I'd rather do it myself
27:50come on
27:50look sharp
27:51oh lord
27:58me unmentionable
27:59the boys have fallen out
28:00Henry dear
28:02would you mind
28:03picking them up
28:04slut
28:12people like that
28:13better go
28:18come on
28:19bye
28:20bye
28:20bye
28:20bye
28:20bye
28:21bye
28:22bye
28:22bye
28:23bye
28:23bye
28:24bye
28:24bye
28:25bye
28:25bye
28:26bye
28:26bye
28:27bye
28:27bye
28:28bye
28:28bye
28:29you're late
28:56Just like home.
28:59You know, I don't know why I bother.
29:01With what?
29:02You know.
29:03Work?
29:05Yeah, I've been on the phone for hours.
29:06Much good at this old Vera Higgins.
29:08It's a full job.
29:09For supper?
29:10Oh, yeah, way.
29:12In the ward, next to one of my old ladies.
29:15Uh-huh.
29:16Hmm.
29:17Oh, look, I knew I was getting a chill, Blaine, wasn't I?
29:20Mrs Rudolph's.
29:21I told you about her.
29:23Oh, yeah.
29:23What'd you get for supper?
29:24I forgot.
29:26You what?
29:28I forgot.
29:29But I told you, you promised.
29:30So I did.
29:35But if you thought to get wine, which we don't need, how come you forgot food?
29:39I need it.
29:40I don't know what's going on to you.
29:42Won't you?
29:43Look, there's some tin stuff in the kitchen.
29:45I don't want tin stuff.
29:46Oh, suit yourself.
29:48Do you want some?
29:49No.
29:49Good.
29:50Good.
29:54Well, Mrs Rudolph's had another fall.
29:59Nothing serious, but her son thinks she should be looked after properly in her home.
30:02I'm furious.
30:03You don't know him.
30:04I'm beginning to know everybody.
30:07She is at risk.
30:08Aren't we all?
30:10Especially me.
30:11Well, you know what I mean.
30:13And you don't know what you're talking about.
30:15Craggy, the moment we're born we die.
30:17That's the biggest risk of all.
30:19We don't notice much, as long as we're left to kill ourselves to suit.
30:23But your old lady won't be allowed to do.
30:25Caved for and filed.
30:27Have you ever thought she might like a short life and a merry one?
30:30She might just might prefer risks.
30:32It's our job to protect them.
30:35Oh, from themselves?
30:37Sometimes.
30:39Yeah, most like making more problems than we're solved.
30:42That's not fair.
30:43Hmm.
30:44You know where I come from, where Vera's going to, fairness just doesn't exist.
30:49That's what our work's all about, isn't it?
30:50Existing, supposed to live in.
30:54Do you want some?
30:55Uh-uh.
30:56Oh, it's one of those moods, is it?
30:59Mm-hmm.
31:06You shouldn't drink on an empty stomach.
31:09You know what?
31:09We're like some dreary married couple.
31:11Don't do this and don't do that.
31:13At least I do my fair share and more.
31:16I don't just come home and...
31:18And bitch?
31:19Right.
31:19Oh, goody two-shoes.
31:21Try and do my best, that's all.
31:22A word I no longer understand.
31:24Don't be clever.
31:26Go on, then, you tell me.
31:27Best for who?
31:29For everyone.
31:30Hmm.
31:31That's nice and tidy for you.
31:33Tidiness isn't a sin.
31:34It's not positive good, neither.
31:36Doesn't harm anyone.
31:37I think not.
31:38Can't tidy away life, you know, you and Mrs Rudolph's son.
31:42Oh, I bet you agree with me about the home.
31:45Care and situation and central heating and all that.
31:48That also happens to be true.
31:51Hmm.
31:52At some point everything's true, but is it true for her?
31:55She is at risk.
31:57From what?
31:58More important, who decides?
32:00Everyone.
32:00Oh, there you go.
32:02Are the authorities, her son, Mrs Rudolph's together?
32:06That's where you're wrong, because the people in power who decide,
32:09not your Mrs Rudolph and certainly not my Vera.
32:12So that's what's bugging me?
32:14Yeah, dead on, because we all live in tight little boxes as blind as bats.
32:19And what no one seems to realise is what one's person's need is another person's straight jacket.
32:25Do you know what?
32:25Some people even like their own smell.
32:27You see?
32:28See what?
32:29Smells not the same as nasty, but it is to you.
32:31I mean, human smell.
32:33Some people like dirty sheets.
32:34They like full ice trays, just to let them know that they're there.
32:37Like you?
32:38Yes.
32:38Take my family enclosed on top of each other.
32:41So you're all the time.
32:42They're pushing past face to face and they're touching and they're smelling.
32:45Oh, it's embarrassing, isn't it?
32:46Right now, yes.
32:47Always.
32:48No.
32:49You know what?
32:50Intercourse just doesn't happen in bed, you know.
32:52It can be having a round.
32:53I'm not going to rise, not tonight.
32:54Yes, you are.
32:55Why should I?
32:55Because I want you to.
32:56And what about what I want?
32:57Because sometimes we have to unpick and spoil and destroy just to stay in the same spot.
33:03If we're bought there a house instead of dropping it into a B&B.
33:06There isn't the money.
33:07Think not.
33:08Because it's a damn sight more the way things are going.
33:12You know, I've worked it out.
33:13Four kids in care till the age of 18 is over 60,000 pounds.
33:17I don't believe it.
33:17You better believe it, sweetheart.
33:20If she had a place somewhere she could call her own,
33:24something she could lose for the first time in her life,
33:26she might just might be given the dignity to try.
33:29But we don't trust them.
33:30Only because they prove we can't.
33:32We've never prepared to risk enough to try.
33:36Kills me as they trust us.
33:37God how they trust us.
33:39Don't let them down.
33:41Think not.
33:42Trying to teach delayed reward do is a favor of middle class syndrome,
33:46if ever I've heard one.
33:48If you want a bicycle day, you'll have to save.
33:50But the poor have no choice,
33:52because you can't do now if you've got now to save with.
33:54There'll never be any pie in the sky for them,
33:57no daddy to cushion them.
34:00Meaning I have?
34:01If the cap fits.
34:02And what makes you so different?
34:04I grew up with the have-nots.
34:05Life changes.
34:06Yeah, but not memories,
34:08not enough to believe in your solutions.
34:10So I don't trust what I'm doing anymore,
34:11I don't trust the motives,
34:13nor the training,
34:14I don't feel I belong anymore,
34:15not for you.
34:16Oh, stop it.
34:16And not as a nurse,
34:18because they won't stick her B&B,
34:19I don't blame her.
34:20Oh, I've had it on.
34:21I can see.
34:22Pack it in.
34:23Nurses.
34:23Yes, right.
34:24You're mad.
34:25Yeah.
34:26Just because you can't put the whole world to rights in one go.
34:29Something like that.
34:29Because you want it all now.
34:31That's right.
34:31Instant gratification.
34:33Then ask her here.
34:37You what?
34:37You heard.
34:39You wouldn't have it.
34:41Try me.
34:42And if she's that important,
34:43you wouldn't care,
34:44and you know it.
34:45For the truth is,
34:46you're not that caring.
34:47Anyway,
34:48patching up is better than opting out.
34:50I'm not opting out.
34:51Then what do you call throwing up nursing?
34:53All because your principles are so precious.
34:55There's nothing wrong with my principles.
34:57Absolutely.
34:57But what people like you forget
34:58is that a B&B is better than being on the streets.
35:00Oh, not much.
35:01With children,
35:02oh, grow up.
35:03You pompous me.
35:04And that means accepting what you can't change,
35:06so you have the breast to change the rest.
35:07As long as you know which is which,
35:08you're running away.
35:09I won't compromise.
35:10I just want you and ease you most.
35:12So you cope?
35:15Oh, yes.
35:16I'd cope.
35:18Because I'm much sorrier for her
35:20than I am for myself.
35:22Me and I am not.
35:23Right.
35:24That's a rotten lie.
35:24No, it's not.
35:25It's dead on.
35:26You're so blinded by resentment
35:27of anyone who'd had a better start than you,
35:29you can't do anything but destroy.
35:31Well, I've got news for you.
35:33You're not a have-not any longer.
35:35Much though you yearn for the lost glamour.
35:37For 18 years I was.
35:38Oh, clinging to the past
35:40like some grubby security blanket.
35:42You're as prejudiced as any.
35:44A spork brat who won't face facts.
35:45No, I'm not.
35:49Then why are you upset?
35:51I'm not upset.
35:54Yes, you are.
35:56Because I'm spot on.
35:58And you don't even have the guts to admit it.
36:00I didn't know you had it in you long, Hurst.
36:17Because I'm mostly too tired to rise, that's all.
36:19You're not the only survivor.
36:21You're not the only survivor.
36:22Yes, we're on order.
36:23Good.
36:28You're a tough little bitch.
36:30If it's called for.
36:35And here's another home truth.
36:36You won't leave because you've nowhere to go.
36:39That's not fair.
36:40I thought that was a word you didn't understand.
36:43Oh, sure.
36:44Because I'm right.
36:49I feel sick.
36:50Serves you right.
36:54Got it out of your system now?
36:55No, and I never will.
36:58Typical.
37:00I think so.
37:04Packs.
37:06Till the next time.
37:07And there'll be one.
37:08You bet you won't.
37:14Something's out of your system anyway.
37:17I'm never so grateful, Doc.
37:20I haven't been called ever since I was a kid.
37:23Don't see why you should bother.
37:25Oh, bother.
37:26It's my pleasure.
37:29Takes me back.
37:31Sheets side to middle.
37:33Socks down, collars turned.
37:36Life meant something when things was mended.
37:39Funny us both been from the East End, innit?
37:42Yeah.
37:43No place like it, I say.
37:47When I was a girl, the streets was full of sounds.
37:51Muffing men, ringing bells.
37:54Knife grinders.
37:56Beryl organs.
37:58Mum shouting over the fence.
38:01Where I am now is very quiet.
38:04Oh, I likes a bit of life.
38:07Yes, I used to.
38:09Saturday night, at the pub, the old knees up.
38:12Oh, do you want some?
38:14Oh, no, better not do.
38:15Oh, yeah.
38:16Come on.
38:20Perhaps I will.
38:22Tom.
38:29How many was you, Doc?
38:31Eleven, including my Uncle Bert.
38:34Pecked into our little house like hundreds and thousands.
38:37We had some times, I can tell you.
38:43So you was happy then?
38:45When you was a nipper?
38:46Happy?
38:47Yeah.
38:48Caw!
38:50Well, do you know, I suppose I...
38:52I'd never thought of it like that.
38:55But you see, my husband, he couldn't wait to leave.
38:58I said it was common.
39:00What's wrong with that?
39:02Well, it's nothing really, but...
39:05Well, he was very clever, too clever for me sometimes, I used to think.
39:10He was always working this ironmonger, scrimping and saving till he could get us out and somewhere respectable.
39:17And he did, right to his very own shop on the high street.
39:22Nice smell, ironmongers.
39:25He stocked over 2,000 items.
39:28All in little mahogany drawers with labels slotted into brass holders on the front.
39:35Oh, you have to be very tidy and methodical to be an ironmonger.
39:40My son says it's a calling.
39:44Oh, wouldn't suit me, Doc.
39:47I tidy where I drop.
39:51You don't want to go into that home, do you?
39:54No, I don't blame you.
39:57Holmes is awful.
39:59I know, love.
40:01I was in two orphanages before I was five.
40:03Go on.
40:04Yeah.
40:06No colour nowhere.
40:08Dark floors and paintwork and uniforms.
40:11Couldn't tell one kid from the other.
40:14So don't let them bully you.
40:16You stay put.
40:18I can't for long.
40:19Of course you can.
40:21Oh, no, it's only a question of time and there's no use pretending otherwise.
40:27Henry's a very determined man, like his dad.
40:32And though I've never said it, it's a bit frightening, you know, on your own.
40:38You don't need to be.
40:40Well, the other morning, I picked up my hand mirror to do my hair.
40:45And I wasn't there.
40:47What?
40:49I was staring into the back and for one dreadful moment I thought I'd disappeared.
40:53Ha, ha, ha.
40:55You spent too much time by yourself.
40:58Yes, that's why I was hoping about my top floor.
41:03Yeah.
41:05Yeah.
41:09You're just lonely.
41:11Don't worry.
41:12You got me now.
41:14You've been very kind.
41:15No, no.
41:16You have.
41:17Oh, you mean about the washing and that?
41:18Oh, it was nothing.
41:19Not to me it wasn't.
41:21I don't know whether I ever took to anyone so quick.
41:25And I haven't talked about myself so much for as long as I can remember.
41:30Why not?
41:32We're two of a kind, you and me.
41:34I suppose we are.
41:36So we should stick together.
41:39That's what mates is for.
41:42We're going home.
41:44Yeah.
41:50What's yours like?
41:52Oh, quite ordinary, really.
41:54You know, it's just, er, home.
41:57No place like it, and I know.
41:59They boarded up me, Squat.
42:04Does that mean that you've got nowhere to go?
42:08Yeah, marvellous, innit?
42:09I mean, you move into a place because nobody wants it,
42:12and then when you're in there they want it back again.
42:15Just like kids.
42:17Well, where will you go then?
42:19God knows.
42:21What about the kids?
42:23Dunno.
42:25Wouldn't mind so much for meself, you know, but with the nippers and that...
42:27It seems lopsided, Summer.
42:30What?
42:32Well, there's me in that house.
42:35And you...
42:38Yeah.
42:45Have I dropped more, eh?
42:47Why not?
42:48I forgot how nice it was.
43:01I forgot how nice it was.
43:03I said some awful things.
43:05You're being punished for it.
43:06Yeah, right.
43:07Say one thing, you're not boring.
43:08Mm.
43:09Ah!
43:10Three, seven, eight, two...
43:12Uh, three, seven, eight...
43:14Oh, hello, Mrs. Wheeler.
43:16Yes.
43:17When?
43:19Yes.
43:20I'll call.
43:22Right.
43:23You know what, Veeves, discharse yourself first thing.
43:24We'll get a call.
43:25Thought she was going anyway.
43:26Not all fancy pants had given her the once-over.
43:27Oh.
43:28I wonder where she's gone.
43:29The squat, of course.
43:30She'll have those boards down like trials over weeks.
43:31I haven't forgotten anything about that.
43:32Excuse me.
43:33Oh.
43:34Oh.
43:35Oh.
43:36Oh.
43:37Oh.
43:38Oh.
43:39Oh.
43:40Oh.
43:41Oh.
43:42Oh.
43:43Oh.
43:44Oh.
43:45Oh.
43:46Oh.
43:47Oh.
43:48Oh.
43:49Oh.
43:50Oh.
43:51You know the paninarians down like trials over weeks, we.
43:53Oh.
43:54Oh, I haven't forgotten anything about that.
43:55Excuse me.
43:56Oh.
43:57...the weather today.
43:58After a very wet night here in London Town, there will be another bright and sunny day.
44:02So let's match it with a bright, sunny tune for our Mum's frag.
44:08For Mrs. Elsie Saunders.
44:09Saunders with love from the kiddies and dad
44:39hello good girl now be off with you where's she gone eh and wash those filthy mitts anywhere
45:08but heaven darling well I don't know where else to look Stephen what I always say is when in doubt
45:13man the telephones look up our files might get some clues yeah I suppose you're right it's just
45:18I'm really worried that's all I shouldn't be bad pennies always turn up Charmaine if you do that
45:24to Stephen once more I'll knacker you well here I'm back again hello yes thank you
45:38health visitor said you what are you sure that's fantastic right I'll be right over
45:58what's going on you may well ask I can't believe it I can assure you it's very real listen to him
46:07hello dear don't you ever do things now will you now meet you thank you
46:12you know I've been that worried
46:18I don't need any help thank you very much yeah I can look after myself just for a couple of nights she said to tide us over
46:43what do you see mind your own bloody business
46:46Vera talked her into an art bit
46:50she didn't think mrs. Rudolph was unwilling
46:52chance to get back at Henry
46:53speak of the devil
46:55time you weren't here
46:56hello the skee-girls I'm just going back to the health center now I'll be back later
46:59his mother here
47:00amongst others
47:01what's going on
47:03she's going to need some corporate drug
47:09well she's got Vera
47:10that's right and they're solving their own problems in their own way
47:14just as you wanted
47:16I wonder
47:17mind look out though she's too old
47:20a short life and a merry one
47:23but I'll see her
47:24and more risks than she'll ever cope with
47:27no I don't know that but I do
47:29no we don't
47:31tell you honestly
47:36they're going to make that neighbour's life a misery
47:38and that's made my day
47:39come on
47:40sometimes I think you're tougher than I am
47:45it's not difficult
47:46don't worry
47:48we'll still be here to keep an eye on them
47:49forever and ever our men
47:51look let's go in your car
47:52I've got to come back and vet the kids
47:53opportunist
47:55she'll use her
48:05of course
48:06but it won't all be one way
48:08Mrs. R is a survivor too you know
48:10you know I've worked it out this business
48:14I mean what's wrong with the service
48:16don't start that again
48:18I'm not strong enough
48:19no listen
48:20it's important
48:21I mean the authority
48:22no matter what each individual is
48:25lumped together all middle class right
48:26I mean they've got to be
48:28with all that loot and power
48:30and delayed reward nonsense
48:31but they demand from the people
48:34who they're meant to be helping by the way
48:36what they themselves aren't prepared to risk
48:38because they need instant feedback too
48:40such as putting Vera over here
48:42and your old lady over there
48:43in fact they're more worried about the places
48:45instead of the people
48:46haven't you heard
48:48places are scarce
48:50people aren't
49:16they're more worried about the people
49:17they're more worried about the people
49:18they're more worried about the people
49:19they're more worried about the people
49:20they're more worried about the people
49:21they're more worried about the people
49:22they're more worried about the people
49:23they're more worried about the people
49:24they're more worried about the people
49:25they're more worried about the people
49:26they're more worried about the people
49:27they're more worried about the people
49:28they're more worried about the people
49:29they're more worried about the people
49:30they're more worried about the people
49:31they're worried about the people
49:32they're worried about the people
49:33they're worried about the people
49:34they're worried about the people
49:35they're worried about the people
49:36they're worried about the people
49:37they're worried about the people
49:38they're worried about the people
49:39they're worried about the people
49:40they're worried about the people
49:41You