# students went # and erm eight hundred have been turned downed already , they've didn't get an interview so the chap said well your to get an interview it's good . # But most of them you see , are at a county standard in in in er erm oh like in # yeah , it's like in er erm # But Claire said they kept coming up to her and saying what are you erm what do you stand as being county for ? # And things like this you see ! # That's what Derek told her . # Well Derek's been telling her for ages you see , to to join the # into level to erm # Yeah . # Well she's an old said she's a bit old to be doing this , because you know , I suppose # Well no . # a bit old because erm # I dunno , something about # It is yours isn't it ? # No . # It's a . # Ooh ! # I would have thought it # had done well . # I thought with all this . # Erm # Well sh she's a bit down . # And then she's got the one from Charnd , you know , being rejected again . # Yeah . # And I said it's , that's what Derek said because there aren't any jobs around you see # they're all going to college . # I know . # Oh yeah . # She erm # She said , what a waste of time ! # She said they're absolutely absolutely useless ! # Yeah . # Yeah . # Bu bu , but I mean but they're not expecting to have it on a plate ! # He thinks , and said well no # so , he said that she's feeling a bit down in the dumps and quite moody . # No . # Well apparently she said stands her in good stead because # the motorway ! # And then , her interview was one o'clock she didn't go in till quarter to three ! # And Derek was sat waiting all that time , but they must have panicked then so they erm we'll have to wait and see . # I'll think we'll have to wait and see . # How's your bathroom going ? # Oh dear ! # Ah erm # Oh ! # Oh ! # Aren't they ? # Oh ! # Yeah ! # What's it looking like ? # What ? # I see . # What's wrong then ? # Do you know , I said that , you see , I said be careful ! # Said Angie did that didn't I ? # Well why didn't he put something in # What do the tiles # what do the tiles look like ? # Oh ! # No . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Oh . # Mm . # Mm . # Yeah . # Oh I see . # Yeah . # Mm . # Mm . # Mm . # Mm . # Yeah . # Mm . # Mm . # Mm . # Yeah , I remember you don't . # Well I suppose it's the way you wanted . # Yeah . # I know ! # Yeah . # Well that's your weakest area # Well of course it's superb , he was a perfectionist ! # Yeah . # Which is worse isn't it ? # I mean he # Mm . # Mm . # Yeah , cos that that was Gerry's trouble wasn't it ? # He was too much of a # perfectionist , that was his trouble . # Mm . # Mm . # Is there ? # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Mm . # You won't get one shaped like that today . # Mm . # Mm . # Mhm . # Mm . # Mm . # But he worried too much about this . # Yeah . # No . # Who did it ? # He he did ? # Oh the other one plastered it ? # What the builder ? # Oh did he ? # Oh ! # He's good then ? # Oh he's good . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Oh ! # Good ! # Oh good ! # That's good ! # Oh ! # Mm . # I should keep some off the floor , I think it should be in # And also , you don't get dust and dirt , if they're on the floor it seems to gather on the floor # but if you hang them up I think it's better . # But I think you can , you can get them all in the cupboard now # You get th # Yeah . # Then you'll be able to put your ironing board in there . # And then # Oh that's good then isn't it ? # Are you ? # Oh ! # This poor shelf gets worse and worse ! # Is that the one of mine you borrowed to do the # She said to me how long ago did you have this ? # And er , donkey's years ! # isn't it ? # Yeah . # Yeah . # How did you go on at the fox hunt today ? # Well I would say # What are they doing all for # No . # Oh well the children are on holiday . # Yeah . # They're on half term . # Yeah . # Well I remember at erm a i i # Mm . # Mm . # Mm . # Oh ! # Oh ! # Oh , that's supposed to be a good shop ! # Cos they queue in our bread shop . # They're queuing there . # That is now , I don't think it does so well . # Cos Betty's used to be in Kwicksave . # And they used to do very well in there . # And then when they went over to the other side of the road which I don't walk on very often # erm I don't think they do so well . # And in , Claire always says there's th , there's a la , dogs sniff around the back of there all the time # by the , you know the cheese shop that used up above # she said there's always dog in with the cleaners ! # So she says , she always says to me don't buy erm # things in that # in that shop . # Yeah . # Ah ! # No . # No . # Oh I don't anyway . # I looked in the Help the Aged this afterno , it's closed again you know ! # Well it was shut on er Thursday , Saturday till four o'clock and nobody was in there and that was half past two ! # and I think they come # to help out . # Well I don't think , I , they didn't have much in the window , I couldn't see very much cos there wasn't a light on . # Mm . # Yes the er builder's broken her bath # he dropped a tile in there . # Mm . # But he's managed to get another one . # Mm . # To go round the er , to to match , I suppose it's the same , I don't know . # She says she's fed up with having them there . # Yeah . # It's been ti , it's been tiled as well . # Mm . # Dropped a tile and it pierced it right the way through . # Mm . # Well she said it was same bath didn't she ? # She wanted me to go and have a look at it with that still in there . # And then she's going home today . # Mm . # Did Julian do it well yesterday ? # Does it look nice ? # Mm . # Can't go back till he's finished . # Oh well you'd better tell him then . # Mm . # Oh ! # Well isn't the lady there ? # No . # Oh I see . # Oh he's started it ? # Mm . # Mm mm ! # Oh ! # And where was he gonna take it then ? # No . # Oh ! # Yeah ! # What do you mean for the er place ? # Oh . # What do you call it ? # Erm # Mm . # Oh . # Mm . # Oh ! # Saxa what ? # Why is it un he erm # What what's it for ? # Sa sa # But what do you take it for ? # What do you take it for ? # Oh ! # What bigger or smaller ? # Oh ! # Oh ! # Your library fine was twenty P and yours was twenty P . # I've put your eighty P out there . # Mm . # Why ? ? # Twenty P she said . # Mm . # Well I don't know . # She just , twenty P # for both of them ! # I said , but they're not mine they're my husband's and my daughter's . # No . # That was me . # Yes it was , it was me # trying to check up # Oh . # By the phone . # Oh ! # Yours is seven isn't it ? # Oh ! # There's no profit in it Claire . # That's not a very Christian attitude . # But it's not is it ? # Yeah but you should have said you were gonna do it should you ? # You shouldn't have said you were gonna do it if you don't do it . # Is that bloke with the fence ? # Oh is that who it # Anyway , Aunty Jean's quite pleased with her bathroom , she says it looks a lot bigger . # And she said the cupboard's good . # And do you know what she did ? # She went down Wednesday she had to go late because the builder doesn't come very early so she didn't go to to B and Q until the afternoon , and she was going around , or Do-it-all , one of them , she was going around looking around and then as soon as she looked out it was half past five ! # She's on her bike ! # She got no light on her bike ! # So she had to ride back on the she rode back on the # she said there are loads of them on the cycle path without lights on ! # I said , well don't do that again ! # She said I was having a lovely time looking all round these things ! # And she bought things with her erm twenty five pound voucher said I was having a lovely time and I forgot the time ! # What time did he go tonight then # late ? # Yeah . # Where was he going then ? # Why did he want go to finish # Oh . # Have I got all the what done ? # No I haven't got the freezer done yet ? # Because I haven't got round to doing it yet . # Right Claire , I will . # Go on ! # You say it as well . # She said is the freezer done ? # Erm , something Electrics in Ashley Road and . # No , just phone up anyone . # I can't find the model . # Why phoning up and saying that # saying that # Eight # Yeah , that's alright . # I'll do it tomorrow . # Alright aunty Jean ! # You're a fine one to talk ! # Mm ? # You never do anything . # You never ever do anything you say you're going to do ! # What to do with me ? # Oh I don't know . # What is it then ? # Oh ! # Amanda's pa typewriter # bit . # Oh ! # Well she must have done . # She's had our car . # Yeah , I guessed that didn't I ? # Yeah . # I said that , I it said if they , if that light doesn't # stop flashing yo it is something wrong with the ribbon or erm what was it , I said , he said clutch and ribbon , or just the ribbon ? # Oh well I , well she said , that's the one she's put on before ! # We better have a # No , it didn't do it until Claire took it out . # Yeah , I sa # when I go into to Poole , cos I'm gonna go in and get your erm # Well Smiths do as well . # Yeah , I'll go . # How much are they ? # Oh are they ? # Oh , they're no more ? # Because when we take , it's best to have one here and then Claire will be taking it away with her when you go . # Wherever you go . # Whenever you do go . # Yes , you see ! # You're gonna get this attitude now aren't you ? # Well they're not very tasty . # Yeah ! # You didn't have , from everyone you applied to ! # Well you only did four ! # You were supposed to do six and you only did four ! # Oh I thought you were supposed to do six . # Oh I thought you did six . # Duncan . # Well he would do if he didn't have marks . # You're not gonna stop doing your biology are you ? # Nor your maths . # It's a bit disheartening isn't it , really ? # It's a bit down ! # You're not # gonna do sports ? # What are you gonna do then ? # Well she can't do speech therapy cos she needs # What do you need ,chemi # Chemistry in A level . # You can't do that . # Yeah . # What about physiotherapy # to have to # Oh is it ? # Oh ! # Why don't you do something with your deaf , your sign language again ? # Well no ! # Tt ! # You don't wanna do the leisure management erm # You know this course you're taking # in June # what does that do for you ? # And what does that # So you can # yeah , so you # can do something # with that ? # And there's loads of them doing that . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Hundreds ! # There's hundreds ! # Yeah . # Wasn't there a course on dance movement or something ? # Yeah . # You could be dance ! # You wanna go to courses # here ? # Well , we all know the basics in English . # What did she say there ? # Oh ! # Do you want more ? # Oh that pleased her did it ? # How many cups have you had ? # Oh ! # I don't think this teapot holds as much # as you think it does # does it ? # Please # Yeah , but I don't expect . # I don't know . # I want # I don't think I want anything else , no . # Yes alright , yeah . # Yeah , but she's a bit despondent now isn't she , really ? # Amanda said I've got to sto , she's not to stop going to night school . # I said , well you co , if Claire wants to stop nothing'll make us go will it ? # I don't know . # Did she ? # How big does she think Cornwall # Yeah ! # How big does she think # Not very nice ! # Well are there single rooms there or # they're single , the accommodation is single then is it ? # They share the same rooms do they ? # Course they have pools with a girl ! # At ! # Well # Well they'd get in there anyway ! # I don't know why ! # Oh ! # Well some of them are aren't they ? # Yeah . # Look what happened at erm # the camp # look at the erm # accommodation at Manda's , they had a chap go in there a rape one of the girls in there didn't they ? # Well that's Paul at Cambridge had erm , a girl on the same floor as him . # Really ? # Yeah , that's what Paul had in Cambridge . # Oh ! # Yeah . # No I dunno about the toilet . # I don't think I'd like to share a bathroom # and a toilet with them . # I # Yeah ! # And I , all the # Mm . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Mm . # Ah ah ! # Well that's incredible ! # Yes , but how can she afford it ? # They're still # Gosh ! # Yeah , but you did yours gradually , I mean she wants everything # all at once doesn't # she ? # I mean , and then then she always doing like that , I don't know what she does ! # She's always # going away , going , she wants to buy that don't she ? # God ! # Well I bet it's nice ! # I bet it's nice ! # Mm . # No I'll , I'll bet it's lovely ! # Because our table's Victorian . # I don't # know what our chairs are but # Our cha , our chairs are not Victorian , they're older than Victorian . # , I don't know what er # what er # I don't know what the chairs are , they're # something or the other , I don't know . # Mm mm . # Mm . # Well there you are . # Is that too # strong ? # Right . # Did you ? # Ooh I've painted the door today . # I volunteered it so Tetley do freeze dried tea or something . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah , on magazines , something like that . # Yeah . # Oh don't they go up that way then ? # Well they should , shouldn't they ? # Well I haven't had anything for ages . # That's the # first thing I've had for a long time is er that . # But , yeah . # I don't know . # Oh yeah ! # Oh ! # Yeah . # Mm . # Did you have to spend it by a certain time or # Oh ! # You better get a move on ! # Mm . # So how's it all going ? # Mm . # Mm . # Oh ! # Aha . # Oh yes ! # And you're gonna come out and find yourself stuck to the wall ! # Imagine ! # You'll be going round glueing everything now ! # Yeah . # Mm . # Mm ! # Mm . # Mm . # Mm . # Mm mm . # Ah oh ! # Yeah . # It's dark . # Haven't got lights on your bike ! # Ha ! # Yeah ! # I bet # Yeah . # He didn't let you do enough did # he ? # No . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah , but he wanted you for slave work ! # Didn't he ? # Yeah . # No . # Mm ! # Mm . # No . # Yes . # Mm . # Mm . # Mm . # Have you done your shelf ? # No . # No . # No . # Oh it's difficult ! # No I don't like to people in the house yo you don't know what to do do you ? # No . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Well you should come round here , I told you . # You should have come round here , I mean # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Well I don't think they expect you to anyway . # Yeah . # Yeah . # It is . # I don't like it when er cos I've got the boiler man coming on Tuesday # to take that out . # And he won't be here five minutes . # No . # Mm . # You got your en suite to do . # Yeah . # Yeah . # When they put that in . # Yeah . # How many years , it's only three isn't it before you have to have planning # permission again . # Oh no . # Two is it ? # Two . # Anyway , as I say , you must be careful because it will run out . # Mm . # Mm . # Mm . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Do think it will be alright if he did this or not ? # I think it would don't you ? # And I think if we go and have something in down by the sea and see what we've got there I think it'll be alright . # Did i , did you # did he say he show you any work that he's done or anything ? # Yeah , he did say you could see some of it # you know , I mean it # wouldn't er # No . # Mm . # Yeah . # Mind , # builders are cos I mean # at times I I , er , yeah they're awful ! # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # What when they go home ? # Yeah . # Yeah . # Mm . # Mm . # Mm . # Mm . # Yeah . # No . # No . # No . # Derek said , and he's there on his own ? # What co er # No . # No . # Yeah . # Mm mm . # Mm . # Yeah . # Derek always clears up when he goes # and when he , he doesn't leave it untidy , he cleans . # No . # Yeah . # Mm . # Yeah . # Yeah . # You won't get that with workmen # I can say ! # No you're right . # No . # Yeah . # Oh yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah but Joey was over the top if anything wasn't he ? # That's the trouble . # He was over the top with some of it . # So er # Yeah . # Yeah . # See Derek's not that fussy . # Mm mm . # Mm mm . # Yeah . # Mm . # Yeah . # Yeah . # What time do they work till ? # Oh do they ? # Oh ! # Well you were on your bike ! # I hadn't reali # Yeah , that's right . # Policeman come up to you . # Yeah , oh yeah without # Oh yeah ! # No . # Expect lots of them do , but # erm if you had to go on the road it would have been different . # No , erm # Yeah . # Mm . # Mm . # Mm . # Yeah . # No . # No . # No . # I don't know where there's a where is there erm # Are there ? # Oh yeah ! # Yeah . # Oh have they ? # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Tt ! # Oh no ! # Yeah . # Ah ! # Ah ! # Ah ! # Ah ! # Mm . # What a shame ! # Yeah . # I know sa so if you get mine what , I told you about the blind as they go , don't pull them up when they're wet . # Yeah . # No . # Mm mm mm . # Mm . # I didn't have any , oh no , I didn't have in the bathroom at all cos # Mm . # Yeah . # Did we have a blind up ? # Mm . # Oh ! # Ooh ! # That was nice your blind in there . # No , I think they've stopped doing it now , I dunno . # Definitely worth it . # Because bathrooms you need something don't you ? # That you can wipe off really . # Mm ! # Yeah . # Yeah . # Mm mm . # Mm . # Sarah hasn't been in has she ? # Not gonna come is she ? # Well I didn't realise she had another job , I thought she was still looking . # That , those lettuces , those iceberg lettuces are seventy eight P ! # I ain't paying that ! # What were they in Tescos ? # Yeah , well I'm not really paying that ! # I'm not paying that for , yet I feel they're better . # See you haven't got any taste . # Don't matter . # Mm . # Are they ? # We've all got one ? # We di , no I did it right . # You can't count ! # The petrol . # Depends though , I mean you might be going to work . # Oh . # What ? # Can you smell it ? # So did Ian going to yo erm something men ? # And I said it was man and , what was it ? # Yeah . # Did he go and see it ? # Someone , someone told me it's on for three and a half hours ! # Oh was it ? # When did you tell me that ? # No , I knew before then . # I was in a car with Amanda . # Where's it scratched ? # I know it , I looked in there and that was cos they've gotta stay here now haven't they ? # I don't wanna like that dear , I want the squat time . # Dunno . # Ten o'clock ? # Ten o'clock . # I can feel it ? # I suggest you # peel a # Cheen a pink !peel and peach and lose a friend . # Peel us a said it's something about if you peel a pinch , peach you lose a friend . # And if you keep the peel on a pear you lo , it's an enemy or something . # That's what she said the other day . # No she doesn't , it's things that she's known for years . # All the sayings . # Oh is it horrible ? # Don't eat it then love . # I thought perhaps it's over-ripe , is it ? # Yeah . # Er , try that one . # Yeah but just try that one cos I told you that # Oh ! # What a shame . # Yeah , but tho , that one's gotta be cut open ! # Oh ! # There's half a banana there . # Or there's a chocolate Hob Nob there . # Oh ! # You're gonna eat them please ! # They didn't have any Kit-Kats . # Ah ! # Can't you eat eclair ones ? # Oh ! # Sorry ! # Well I just picked , I didn't have my glasses on . # I was looking for Kit-Kat but they didn't have any . # ? # Dad's not going , I know so , cos he's going to Holland the weekend after . # That's eight , cos when is it the sixteenth oh it's the twenty first ! # Mm . # I know . # How many calories is that Claire ? # Oh is that lower than this # then ? # Hundred and fifty . # Oh well , perhaps this is dried and horrible ! # We could make , we could put it in something couldn't we ? # No ! # We could make a peach flan or something . # I bought some cooking apples do you want erm apple crumble this weekend ? # You don't like apple pie do you ? # What's # that recipe , the vegetarian one now ? # Cos Paul said you brought it home didn't you ? # Oh ! # Has she tried it then ? # Well has she tried any of those recipes she took home ? # Oh ! # Did you actually speak to her ? # Cat got your tongue ? # I love toast with erm # Mm mm ! # A bit , tastes sort of erm you know that drink dad brought at Christmas ? # Those # those cakes ? # That's what it tastes of isn't it ? # A scented sort of taste . # Oh no ! # Not buying peaches any more at . # What a waste of money ! # Do you think any of them are bad Claire ? # I know dad , dad put that little fox or something , has he been putting stuff out for the # He hasn't ? # What did he put out there ? # And he goes fo , down there you know . # If he touches fox mounds they'll be trouble ! # Well that's a messy int doing that . # Those tha , twins were alright the other day weren't they ? # Alright . # Ooh God ! # And last Saturday I was speaking to her and Gary and the hotel phoned up and said pipes had burst . # Yeah . # So I said so yo , is your mum and dad coming down from Bristol this weekend ? # She said no . # My friends coming down . # And I said well did you manage to do anything last Saturday ? # She said we went to the Isle of Wight . # Mm ! # Well if you're working hard all day long Claire . # Don't know when she does any work , do you ? # She's in the shop all the time ! # Don't eat an apple will you ? # ? # Mm . # No , I thought he was ? # You do , oh is there ? # Mm . # Eh ? # Oh # A tart ? # A ta-ta ! # Don't know , have a look . # Well I haven't given any to dad . # No ? # Ah ! # You haven't , have you eaten much ? # Chocolate ? # I'll come next week . # You're meant to have this . # No I mean it . # Did Amanda have any food or anything for you when you got there ? # Oh yeah ? # Oh ! # Bet that was nice . # Yeah . # Why were you late ? # Oh ! # So you didn't take those photographs . # Bet you stopped didn't you ? # Oh didn't he ? # Why not ? # Oh . # Why do they need them ? # Perhaps they're starting up a fountain . # I'll have to get your bike sorted out then . # Mm ! # Yeah you had a great time ! # Except you shouldn't have been on the pavement . # Mm . # Well if unfortunately you don't go where you'll have Manda to join , you know , if you want to , if there's things you wanna go to . # That's if she gets part-time here . # How she's gonna do another twenty thousand words before June ? # She's only done ten since September ! # You know what you're diving into do you ? # There's an apple there if you want one love . # Where from ? # Oh did you take one ? # Oh dear . # I said to aunty Jean , you won't be having that chap round to do your en suite will you ? # She thought , I'll have him to do the building but not the rest of it . # Do want a half of that ? # Take them away . # Alright then . # If you can't ,if you can't get home if you have to go the that play , give me ring . # I'm sure has . # Where are the tennis girls gonna sleep then ? # Oh yes ! # Has she still got them ? # She had them years ago . # Oh that's alright . # Not , he's not actually an architect though is he ? # Phillip . # What , what's , what's he called then ? # Oh is that they call it . # Mm . # Shame ! # He's not gonna , he don't get any better either do you ? # No . # Mm ? # No ? # In , in # Anywhere I can't reach them . # Oh ! # Looks quite interesting that book ! # Yeah it was quite good . # I don't know . # Oh ! # I don't think so # Well it's not the Moultons # No . # It's not to do with the # erm oh what's the other one dad had ? # Yeah . # They're ever so pretty ! # Don't think I'll go in that # vegetable shop that sells those flowers # cos they're too expensive next to Dave's . # Oh he's got some quite nice ones . # I'm gonna get some and take some down to grandma's grave so I fe , I feel really guilty we've not been there since Christmas eve ! # Was it Christmas eve we went ? # Mind , I don't I think I'm gonna speak to dad , since he went there last year . # Not that two rights , not right , two wrongs make a right . # Gone where ? # Yeah . # What did dad say , no ? # Oh ! # Yeah . # Oh . # I bet nobody's been there at all . # Unless Michael put some , a holly wreath on at Christmas , he may have done . # I would have thought aunty Cath would have phoned Wednesday night when you came back from Cargill # Come on then ! # Is that , is that # sign on that car is that from a television programme ? # Smeg head ! # Well what's it mean ? # No it's not , it's erm # Yeah . # That's young people for you . # That's a lot , it was silly that programme last # night ! # That programme it came from . # Red Dwarf or whatever , yeah ? # Ah ! # That's cos you like it . # Not , cos I don't like it . # I went out the room ! # Don't know . # Yes , but pretends he's not watching and he looks over the top of his paper . # Oh it's stupid ! # I mean if anybody else just got up on the stage like he does and kicks his leg , kick like their leg like er like that they'd boo him off ! # What's funny about it ? # Well you didn't think it was funny when we went to see # A # Amanda laughed at them didn't # she ? # What did he do that wig on his head for ? # Judge who ? # Pickles ? # Oh . # Judge who ? # Oh . # Has that been on before ? # What was that in there ? # You're a little devil you are ! # Where did that come from ? # That thing . # Oh ! # No you gotta butter it again now . # How , how can you call that talent when he's just , does that with his leg and then kicks # his foot around ? # What's talent in that ? # Well eight o'clock it starts . # But we'll go out , oh look at that little bird ! # He's gonna go down on those nuts now . # And we'll go out and pick up aunty Jean about twenty to eight . # Oh I don't know if it'll be very good , but it , what's it called ? # Sex and # No sex or something ? # I don't think dad'll like it , I don't know why he's going . # Well you didn't like the last one we went to did you ? # Well why couldn't you say # It's probably because I was getting looked at by erm a ginger haired boy # Dad said erm that play was ever so awful ! # Yeah . # When I asked him , he said , oh it was nothing different . # Well she never said if she did she ? # When's she ? # No she's going in December . # That's if se that girl wanted to go . # Well there's tre , oh they've got signs outside or not ? # ,da is it golf or # Is that one going ? # They didn't stay there long did they ? # Yeah , erm , yeah . # They might have or # Mm . # Well it could be . # Urgh ! # Claire ! # Take him off your clothes ! # Urgh ! # I took her outside this morning and she is the typical scaredy cat she is ! # The the # that's right when that big ginger tom was there and I , you should have seen her ! # She's peeping round the corner of the stones , that step down there ! # Well she's su such a scaredy cat ! # I think she needs erm # fleeing er Claire because she keeps scratching all the time . # Claire . # You got the flea powder ? # Well , # And she don't like Whiskas ! # That's the most expensive cat food ! # Oh she don't know whether to come and have food or go upstairs with you . # I wish I could get this horrible pest that's doing my ironing ! # Look ! # There's all like little black things ! # Claire . # Look at this ! # Look ! # Two colours ! # Well look at it ! # Well I think it must be . # Well it's bound to be isn't it ? # Yeah , but I know he didn't mean to do that . # A yellow and a pink one up in the same plant . # That's their colour . # I'll have to get something to erm # get rid of it , the black spider things , I don't know what they are . # Oh are you ? # Well take mine cos I don't # want it . # I don't , I'm not using it . # I'm # just waiting for aunty Jean . # Alright then . # Bye ! # So don't be too late # because erm # You'll give me a ring if you're gonna be in for tea ? # Yep . # Yeah ? # How's Pam , alright ? # Fed up ? # No . # No . # It's a bit annoying . # I think they should have tried to the bathroom myself . # Should have done # Are they ? # I didn't know why they haven't done it before . # Why have they # Why is it difficult ? # Cos it's money involved . # Yeah , well I think they could have done it a bit quicker don't you ? # I think they could have done . # I think er , and Pam says there's a sort of post sticking up in the ceiling or something ? # I think Derek says he's sa , it's a , it's a erm tt , temporary thing . # But she says she's made a # hole in this , this the , they've put it in # Well she said she don't want it going up the middle there . # Why not ? # But did she know that before ? # Well # Oh right . # Oh ! # You'd think they'd like that . # No . # Oh . # Well I think , I would have thought they could have done it a bit quicker , the bathroom , if they wanted to . # And it's a bit difficult for her isn't it ? # Especially # with your mother . # It's a bit difficult I think . # Yeah . # Are they gonna do it ? # Are they , what are they going to have today , plasterers ? # No , Monday they're coming aren't they ? # They were supposed to be here last week . # I was # Oh ! # Well they're a bit over the , their stated time aren't they ? # Stipulated # You won't have to pay them anything soon ,cos you wo you keep knocking it off you won't have to pay anybody will you ? # Yeah . # Too # many . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Well then Pam made me laugh cos the tiler he , she said he's go up on the roof and he's there for hours ! # Mm . # Sort of , and then once he comes down he's hardly done anything has he ? # Just sits up there # Has he ? # You can see it from the bottom of our garden # you know , you can see your new roof coming out . # Has he ? # Oh ! # That's alright then . # Suppose it's a bit , I should think I think last night she was absolutely fed up Pam was ! # No , but you're just you're handy aren't you ? # She's gotta have a go at something hasn't she ? # Yeah . # Yeah . # I but don't forget she's got your mother as well and I think you can't # you can't be normal can you really # when erm # erm I couldn't have looked after my mum . # I mean , I did it for four months and then I couldn't do any more , I just think I mean , I know Amanda and Claire were a lot younger then and I think it's difficult when they are they're younger . # But I mean , she's a dear old soul but I haven't got her round me all the time . # And I think i it's her not being able to hear you as well , it's awful isn't it ? # It is hard work isn't it ? # And Cla , Claire was laughing at me yesterday , she said , you don't have to shout at her ! # I said , well if I don't talk loudly she doesn't hear what you're saying . # Has she ? # Yeah . # She I think you can see on her face though sometimes John , that she hasn't understood # what you've said . # It sort of registers on her face . # But then I think if you get one side of her she hears you better . # I dunno . # But she says that she's years ago she used to put an onion in her ear or something . # When she's # She hasn't still got it in her ear has she ? # Hasn't got it # Yeah . # She says it's stuck . # Yeah . # Oh what's that supposed # Does it ? # Truly ? # Or is just a # Are you ? # Oh . # But she said I , sort of , she said puts , puts something in here ear it # Your pop the , yeah , you can # pop your ears can't you ? # Oh ! # Oh well . # Anyway , you've had a week off . # Resting . # What did you # what did you do then ? # You got your greenhouse Pam said . # Where you gonna put it ? # It's down where the rest of goes down int it ? # Plants , not , I keep calling it . # I said to him , they got enough junk up there now and you have to go and # add to it ! # Yeah . # It came from erm # a flat # Yeah , they had erm a balcony and er , so then they didn't want it there any more so he took it off . # And I said , well they've got enough stuff up there ! # Amanda says oh well John wanted it ! # And won't he hit his head hard if he gets into it . # But it's stuck in # Yeah but it's stuck in . # Because I think I would have thought he'd stop doing that now , but Pam said he still runs down the bottom of the garden . # Said he wobbles doesn't he ? # Do you think he'll be any better ? # Tha than he is now ? # But # Cos he wobbles doesn't he ? # And he sort of I dunno he si when he picks his paw up sometimes it's all erm , limp isn't it ? # Where he can't # Will he get any feeling back in those do you think ? # No , I didn't think he'd get that better . # I thought you'd have to have him put down . # I didn't honestly think he'd get any better . # Especially when I first saw him sort of , crawling on his tummy and not wanting any food and I thought , ah ! # I don't think he's gonna get any better . # He surprised me actually . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Really surprised me ! # Because I didn't think he'd have the erm what's the word I want ? # To get up and go again , I think he sort of , I thought he was just gonna lay there . # Yeah . # Yeah , but he's , he's , he can't keep doing that can he ? # Cos I mean if he keeps rushing down there and you got the greenhouse there he's gonna go through that ! # You can't go through ! # He won't be er , but she was so she said you're gonna chop the tree down , that tree whe , that he bumped into ! # But I think he won't do that again . # Will he ? # He's excitable isn't he ? # He's sort of # Yeah . # Yeah . # That's what I mean , you see . # It's a bit like a boxer dog because Derek's sis sister had a boxer dog and he used to we used to walk along country lanes and then he'd pi , he used to see something he used to go straight through the hedge ! # No one 's # in the way ! # and all sorts ! # I thought stupid animal ! # Yeah . # Daft ! # Oh ! # He'll have all fleas all over him ! # Yeah . # Da , have you seen the fox in your garden ? # They # they , yeah we've got one , we've one going through our garden , he's limping now I don't know what's wrong with him . # He's so got something wrong with his back paws or something like that . # Yeah ! # He sits down here and he sunbathes ! # On the bottom down there . # He walks through there and he gets up on that shed at the bottom of the garden next door but one . # Yeah . # Gets up on the , on the shed . # Yeah ! # I don't like him in the garden , but Derek keeps encouraging this thing . # I said if our cat gets out all over the # That's what he keeps doing for them . # I don't want him to do it ! # So if he does it again , he's had it ! # Yeah ! # That's what he does . # And yo you see our cat's always roaming around now , I said he'll get that stuck on his ears that rats has . # I don't want him having that on . # Yeah ! # Do cats get it ? # Most of our garden'll be finished one day ! # Yeah , he was gonna have a path all the way round . # And he's terracing the garden . # Dunno where , mind , but it erm , and he's gotta finished painting outside yet . # And then he's terracing the gar ,th sh , he's gonna bring the shed out , because it's rotten , it's behind that hedge you see . # Mm . # But I don't know if I want it brought out . # I don't particularly look at the shed but there you are . # But you leave it there it rots . # It was my mum's shed actually , he bought it down after she died . # That's his mum's picnic table , we got all dead people's stuff ! # That's his mother's plastic table she bought just before she died . # Looking at all the , at the stuff but the trouble is you've gotta find somewhere to put it all haven't you ? # And our garden's not very big . # And it's alright for , your garden's bare ! # What did you do ? # That's what Derek says . # You see we got th er collects things down here he keeps chucking rubb , he said well I need it . # I said , but when ? # Oh ! # Oh ! # I'll need it ! # We did actually , cos he used to for all going down there . # But I suppose it'll get finished one day . # I don't know how you manages your garden . # Too big ! # Isn't it ? # Yeah , but men don't , but wo wo women at home looking out the window they do don't they ? # Oh yeah . # Yes . # Pam said you did that . # That was good wasn't it ? # Oh it were your mam , I think your mam told me that you'd got it out . # I bet that's made it a bit lighter hasn't it , with that tree gone ? # Well you got one of their trees in there and they'll cut that down and they don't do anything about them . # The sun goes behind there . # What here ? # Thought you said you were in a rush this morning ? # Yeah . # I didn't realise you'd taken it . # I haven't forgotten to go shopping up . # That's why . # If I'd have got my clothes on to get # No . # If I'd have wanted to go # Oh , if I'd have wanted to erm # Yeah . # Mrs S # Oh . # What , ah , have they got some people then ? # Yeah . # Yeah . # Have they got anybody to look in there ? # Oh ! # That's not very good then is it ? # If they're wandering in and out . # Mm ! # Oh well ,isn't it ? # You go and have your shower then and then you can have some tea . # I don't think Claire's phoned . # She's gonna have to work until you go out . # Yeah , but she's # Well she was one who wanted to go . # What one's that ? # Yeah , Claire was looking through it # lunchtime . # How come # Ah ! # Oh ! # Oh . # Oh . # Oh well tell tell him . # Alright then . # Yeah . # And # and he reckons he's on a # Are there are messages on the # answer phone ? # Has he ? # Oh good ! # Good ! # Is he dealing with the payment of that one ? # Andrew . # Oh you will too ? # Yeah , well go and have shower ! # Mm . # You said I'll phone you if I'm coming in for tea ! # Sorry ? # Have you gotta go in tomorrow ? # All day tomorrow ? # Oh ! # Yeah ! # I don't want them . # Well # you move forward to love ! # But this world ! # . # Ooh ! # Blooming shower ! # Yeah . # No wonder this house i is full of dirt ! # How on earth did she get out ? # I think # She must have thrown herself down the stairs ! # She's a strange sort of cat ! # I was surprised to see a cat out there . # How did she get that ? # She's a little bugger int she ? # Mm . # Oh yeah . # Why was he gonna ask you to work ? # Oh well . # Who's working tonight then ? # Did he ? # I've never known a place like it ! # Well there's not much of them , I haven't done my shopping have I ? # I said I'd keep the beans for # How many pieces of toast do you want ? # Put four , er three . # Oh ! # Oh . # Dad took Peter to work today said I thought he was gonna to John when I came home , he took the whole front of # Oh , god # good job I said something because it would of erm # so where did you put it ? # in your bag , yeah # well I thought you had it , I thought you took it out with you one day , when you went out # yes its night outside yeah # those chain cleaners are good aren't they ? # yeah # mm those what ? , its a chain cleaner , dad , how much are they ? # fifteen ? # mm , are they a necessary piece of equipment ? # only if your a professional biker # no its weird in it ? # I've opened some 'em # oh I thought you were buying a new one with that money # oh has she ? # oh are you gonna put different bits , bits on 'em # did they ? # what's it say ? # what's erm interviewees or students already there ? # oh # oh # oh so they have cars then some students # what she mean beat up cars ? , yeah I think it said spicy yeah , is it nice ? # mm How longs the book the erm , a waiting list now for Mrs # oh about four weeks oh # don't she leave her mother then ? # doesn't she leave her mother ? # oh did he ? # mm # how did her husband die did you say ? # ooh # so her sons then not # her sons not the name of her then # what when he was young as well ? # oh # oh # mm # mm # does she and that # yes I'll have a biscuit I said # have a biscuit # no thank you # see you've given her the # ah , will there be more # down there ? # oh # yeah see , soon change don't ya ? # yeah # mm , mm # mm # well he could of done if he'd of taken her in the car would , couldn't she ? # oh is he ? # thank you Clare , erm # has she got relatives in London ? # oh # oh # oh # mm # mm # mm # no he's eighty one # well why did she come and live down here in the first place ? # oh # oh , she's got her own flat # oh # mm # was it ? # does he get a back problem ? # he'll regret he ever met you # well you helped him didn't you ? # mm # show me that # no # oh # mm , mm # mm ? # I've paid it # mm # cos you were there when they called weren't you and they revised it ? # mm # ain't I ? , # I've got loads really but I can't find them any where # I mean there # not doing September's yet you see erm # Simon told me that a school # along the road by Pardah's bakery # well on the main # by Warer Road # well which way your going ? # before the Co-Op # you can a bit its sort of it , you know the pub on the other side # its a bit passed the pub , that's where she thinks it is any way # and I think its to replace Rushcome school , cos Rushcome school's down there isn't it ? # yeah so they won't , oh so its not closing Rushcome school # oh # could of rented Mrs house # yeah but that's the autumn term er there not advertising the autumn terms yet # mm # oh dear Clare # Clare stop sniffing # go and get a tissue # Benny Hill is it ? # it must be Benny Hill next week then # oh he's gone into hospital hasn't he again ? # yeah # oh he was the first four minute miler wasn't he ? # too old don't be daft # yeah and dropping dead # no , he's , he's a bit older than that , I should know . # oh # yeah # mm # mm # I shall keep it for a bit longer Clare # yeah it goes in the dry weather doesn't it straight away ? # mm # does , yeah # yeah # and did I tell you I bumped into Jean when I went down # she's on her way to erm , she showed me her tiles in the bathroom there quite pretty , erm , she erm isn't very pleased with the way the tiling's been done # and she had they were # they were er a what she wants you to look at it and see # mm # mm # oh I don't know # any way she said its nothing like the tiles she had done in the kitchen # so she , she , if it weren't , if she has him to build her own suite , she's gonna get erm Lee , what was his name Clare ? # Lee # dad cos he did a really good job to do the , the tiling and you see she had seconds tiles # from Pilkingtons and there's little , she said you wouldn't notice it but there's little like , little things on and when he did the grouting yesterday she said that she said it was awful , she didn't like it at all so she told him this morning # no didn't like how he grouted it because she said there , things like a little nick in the tile , if he'd gone in with the grouting it wouldn't of shown any and he didn't # I don't know # and she said she , its cos she said , she said of course if its because she's so used to Joe he would of , I said yeah but he went over the top didn't he , cos he always did every thing to perfection , I said you can't have Joe doing it # well he got the tiles she didn't # yeah , but she they didn't get the one's that , she couldn't get the one's that she wanted cos they didn't have enough # well he went with her # she said Joe would of got them all at the top where you couldn't see them and things like that , I said well you won't get builders doing that # haven't got time to do that # I said to her you'll just looking for fault all the time you are I said that's # what your doing , your just , she said I know I am she says I'm nick picking , I'm just looking for faults , I told you that today # no but she said it look's much bigger , she's got a very big broom cupboard # who's died then ? # what they die off ? # well that's that car crash # its that car crash # yeah , well one of seventeen years # yeah well er twenty four ? # he was the other driver wasn't he ? # oh # mm inexperienced aren't they , they just need , they don't know how to get up the top , they must of only just learnt to drive look , seventeen , mustn't they ?that's a fast road that isn't it across there ? # mm # fast moving road I think that is # that frog's # still on top of the pond # no , but I thought perhaps it was frozen so it won't fertilize # yeah , but I thought the frost would of killed the , the # no I thought the frost would of killed of the # that's what I mean there dead aren't they # cos it the frost it was like a lump of ice the other day # yeah I think you might as well throw it # they haven't been # since its too cold # yes , is there really ? # I , I don't think warm , so why they early ? # yeah # no # well I said we'd pick up aunty Jean at twenty too eight # oh yeah , you'll be slapped # that's cos I said to him round the other way # . # I was talking to Mrs the other day , down the road , she's had , she had er back problem and she gets terrible trouble at night , sleeping # did you ? # it yaps a lot that do don't it ? # he hasn't got a job has he ? # oh where's he ? # I didn't have a bicycle # Well I said to Derek , look at our tiles , you see , and he said that's unfair because he said these aren't , what ? # Your tiles are # But then you don't do that . # So you don't do that # Yeah . # Ah ! # Upstairs . # Ah ! # I think you weren't . # Oh ! # Ah ! # And in some places # it was , it was # quite # I've seen them with the tiles . # Well we did them # in the kitchen ! # Well , that's it . # Didn't he ? # So there's that , all that # Yeah . # So th , no spaces in them ? # So you'll be doing it # by eye ? # Yeah . # Well perhaps he didn't use them . # Alright . # Derek's # gotta go . # Yeah . # Don't wait for you for lunch ? # Oh allright . # Oh alright then . # Yeah . # Well I should wait till it's actually Jean , I don't think there's any , it's only that bit anyway , to be honest with you . # Yeah . # I think that # I don't think that's right if you go there . # No . # Have a look what every has got . # So which would you prefer ? # Fine ? # You've got them crossed now haven't you ? # Yeah . # Got them crossed . # Yeah . # Got them crossed . # Mm . # Well # Well I don't know , I think that's quite nice across . # But I # think probably it's because it needs painting cos it's a horrible colour isn't it ? # What is it ? # Er er # A creamy colour isn't it ? # Yeah . # Are you ? # It's not at all . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # I was fuming when I came home ! # And she's gonna get it when she comes home ! # Well I ca came home , I had Derek's overalls in the the sink , they need washing on their own , and I said to Cla , so I had to go shopping this morning because Claire only worked all day yesterday so she # couldn't take me so I # can't do it . # Because it hurts my back . # And erm I said to her , dad's overall's in the machine so when they're finished you hand them on the line . # Yes , okay , she said yeah . # Now in here Jean was her washing bowl full of washing soap in and her bits and pieces like tights and that . # Now , if you take something out of the machine in th , what would you do with that there ? # It was just left ! # I can't do it now ! # So she's gonna get it when she comes in ! # Is just put it in ! # Yeah . # See machine has gone off . # I mostly do now is hers . # But I was really mad ! # I was shattered today when I came home ! # And then Derek home and Manda said he was shopping , and I said oh come on ! # I said , it takes hours going shopping with you ! # He said oh ! # He said , we're not in a rush . # I said , mind they don't eat . # That's what we were saying used to say we do . # Oh ! # Go shopping , go and come back ! # Mm . # Mm mm . # Yeah , but that's different to food shopping . # I hate food shopping ! # I bet you buy something though ? # Don't you ? # We do our in an hour ! # We'd be in there three minutes ! # And that's too long ! # in an hour , they must think you're weird ! # Well , well what do you do ? # But they look # Well I don't think anybody's see how much the # erm # I mean # Yes , but when you , you have to shop for us lot it can , and loads and loads and loads # it gets a bit # Oh ! # Yeah , but you've always liked shopping anyway . # Joey used to say to me # don't go shopping with Jean ! # I'm just gonna see how much the sultanas were at Tesco # Is that how much ? # I have to buy that . # It's a whole week , mind we don't go out and erm when I came home just , the last evening , you know , after the play # It was too hot ! # Mind you , I thought it was nice . # Oh yeah , seventy five , they've gone up . # Yeah . # I'll buy some in Quicksave . # I only buy sultanas . # I only buy sultanas . # Yeah I have bought raisins , but normally they're , but they're not expensive are they ? # Oh ! # I'll change . # Yeah . # Oh . # I'm , I don't like currants # much , I think they're something and nothing , currants . # I got some currants that are left over # from Christmas and # I don't usa , I mean , I can't be bothered with them . # Oh ! # Are they ? # I think if I make a cake today I I'd rather put sultanas in . # Well # Yes . # I might get some mixed fruits . # He's # he's tasted your marmalade . # I , I had a little taste . # I'm not very keen on marmalade . # No . # Well I think it was nice . # But I just don't like bits . # No , I don't . # And marmalade's # too strong for me . # No . # He's got enough there . # Derek says to me something , he said all condensation in Jean's kitchen ! # I said , well I'll ask her what # that was . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Couldn't see it . # Ah ! # Oh ! # Right . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Actually in erm our bathroom and when we have a bath and a shower it always runs all down # the tiles , so I don't think you can do anything about it now . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Well why doesn't , can't he do something about that or does he # Yeah . # Ca # Ah well . # Oh . # I don't know # See we've got air bricks up around ours . # We got two . # Well don't they put air bricks in places ? # Mm mm . # I thought they should do . # No . # Oh I should get that done because it might do something . # I dunno . # Perhaps they didn't bother . # Perhaps they didn't ever go up in the loft . # Wonder you can get up into # You know # You live up in your loft don't you ? # Mm . # Well ours is sort of , well Derek I told you , new ye , new year on the Sunday he went up and just threw some of ours out . # And I # don't know the I don't think he's left much space # Oh ! # Oh dear ! # Ah ! # Mm . # Mm . # Yeah . # That was a , er do , do people make them now ? # It was a rage wasn't it ? # Yeah . # Yeah . # Can't you ? # Oh ! # Mm . # Dining room . # Yeah . # Yeah . # I think they'd sell . # I've erm when Amanda and Claire were younger I bought a milk shake thing from # the milkman and that was , that's stuck in the cupboard . # I said to Amanda when you get your own home you can , she loves milk shake ! # So I said # you can , and then I thought well if I ever do get grandchildren , no , I'll keep it . # And I've got a wok up there that I've never used . # Have you got a wok ? # I didn't know what to do with it ! # No , I'm gonna give it to Amanda and Claire because they'll use it . # They only have vegetarian food but they'll use it . # And I did use it once and I got in such a temper ! # Cos you have to have it so the gas so high , it must be really boiling hot and you just stir fry the vegetables all round this # er thing , and I thought I might as well use a frying a pan ! # Ooh yes ! # Mm . # Mm . # Yeah . # I don't use it sometimes . # Only # thing I don't like u doing with the hands , pastry , so I'll use my food mixer , cos I # don't like mixing pastry . # It gets all , urgh ! # Mm . # Yeah . # No . # Have you ? # I'm waiting for you to make those things in your erm # Sandwich maker ? # Yeah . # Ah yeah . # Yeah . # Well I like to have a toasted sandwich for dinner . # I forget about it . # Yeah , but I can't have much . # I mean , I can only have fo lunchtime with Claire , like , I've been having tomatoes on toast and some . # Horrible aren't they ? # And they've gone all , you see I haven't been eating them so they've been in the fridge and they've gone all soft . # And I thought , well that's not very interesting ! # So I sprinkle about three strands of cheese . # Yo ? # What , cut up or rings ? # No the onion . # Chopped up ? # Ah , not rings ? # Doesn't it bulge out the bread ? # Well don't you put weight on ? # Claire's got to have pi pic piccalilli . # She has Branston sandwich she likes , not the ordinary pic , have you seen the sandwich pickle ? # It's been chopped up much smaller . # Either that or , they like this . # They like this cos it's smaller . # Yeah . # But she likes the lumps in er , I was gonna buy some pickled onions today , till I saw the price ! # I thought blow that ! # Oh yeah . # Well you can pickle some for me . # I erm # No . # Oh . # Well don't put too much salt in ! # Yeah . # Oh did you ? # Oh ! # I don't eat # many and I've stopped eating them at Christmas when I brought them and I started eating them again . # I I just li like # Yeah , but they didn't have salt on these . # So I tho , I thought , you don't do you ? # Have you ? # Oh ! # Not the big one do you ? # Big one ? # Well I wear pop socks . # Alright I'll wash them out and I'll # let you have them . # I was gonna take , I thought perhaps you didn't want anymore . # Well I'll erm wash them out , let you have those . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah , well I'll let # you have those . # Could have the lot , I mean , I know , but erm # I did have a load of that tops and I took them all down the . # So I got fed up , fed up with , a lot of , it's always full up ! # Well why doesn't he # empty them ! # Yeah I certainly am . # Went down there with all the wine bottles from Christmas don't do but and then it's completely ruined ! # People were just leaving boxes of them on the in the car park . # I , I thought the # the lads could come aco , along there and smash them ! # Yeah . # Ooh I know ! # Yeah . # I don't know , I'm not sure which ones yo , I just notice what says recyclable on them . # I don't think you can put them all in now . # I thought they had to say recyclable . # I dunno . # And in this last bottle bank , it used to say up there green , clear , brown and other you see . # Well , they o , they haven't bothered up there , so I think people , I mean I was doing it , I was , she sort of shoved them in this thingie and I looked up and it said , green ! # Well they've got a green bottle and they , they melt it down , it's gonna look green isn't it ? # So I thought well , we've , we've , but I didn't see that . # I said to Claire , I said , I'm sticking them in the wrong one . # She said well it's too late now , the the clear one's full so we just anyway , went I went down the next day there's a new one or , next time , there's a new one down there so they , they must obviously think , well put them all in together . # I do , don't know if you're supposed to pi , take the labels off are you ? # You ta , you're supposed to take the tops off . # They don't like you putting the tops in there . # Well I notice some people do don't they ? # Well I always take the labels off . # Yeah . # Yeah . # I didn't well I , and I took the labels off the plastic bottles as well , but I notice people don't . # No , it's Coke isn't it ? # Erm # Yes . # Like Coke . # Yeah . # Well I was thinking if you do this it helps with doesn't it ? # Yes . # Yeah . # Yeah . # And tissues . # Recyclable tissues as well . # Mm . # Just us doing it won't , won't stop it . # Erm , I don't know . # I look in peoples' erm shopping trolleys at Tesco and they er don't seem to er # No . # No . # I don't always do that . # I try to get recycled erm notepaper and # You can get birthday cards a on recycled paper . # Mind , they're a bit more expensive . # And I know the Post Office prices have gone up with er cards . # Well they didn't use to be # on cards . # They used to do birthday cards in there , in the Post Office . # They used to be from tha , and they still are in there . # See , the others , they're all about ninety nine # for blank birthday cards , but in there they're forty , fifty for cards . # They're a lot cheaper . # Yeah . # No , I don't like them . # I don't even buy them for Derek . # I just like it when you open it it says happy birthday . # Or best wishes or some # Yeah . # Yeah . # Well it's not meant anyway . # That's right . # It's not meant . # Yeah . # And I think and perhaps when I was younger I used to buy it for Derek , but I wouldn't go there now , no . # He doesn't really does he ? # Just looks a card and buys it . # I bet he doesn't he even read what was in . # Well # really ! # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Card # things , yeah . # Mm . # I bought Amanda a card yesterday cos she was a bit down so I thought , oh I'll send her one a card , and I got one from . # It's an old fashioned mangle , like mum used to have in the picture . # When I phoned up she said what a lovely card ! # I said no ! # Cos that was forty nine I said . # Oh , she said , I'm gonna frame that one mum . # Really , really nice it was ! # Thought she was a bit down so I thought well I'll er send her a card . # They had a good job in the paper erm , part of the school . # But it was only for year . # But it's actually temporary that's what I'm , and erm it wan , it was starting in April so that was no good ! # temp , you know . # They can keep the names in the school . # That's what they do , they have a year off er totally , then they go back again . # Oh no ! # No . # No . # No . # No . # No , I wish erm you worked that as well . # Cos I was telling the children . # So I was trying not to talk . # Some it does . # Some it does . # Some it erm , I mean , I'll go Claire'll say , clean up the house ! # Clear up this mess ! # No , but I think it's very difficult for a mum . # Because what is done , I mean when I was in hospital his mum used to that try and pick up # your stuff . # Yeah , but there's a , I can see how she does it because you've done it al , you know , for sixteen , seventeen years # can't get out of the habit . # Mm . # Ah but you never . # Yeah . # Mind you , . # You know , . # Yeah , but you do forget sometimes , you sa , you still think they're . . # You know and what do you think I am ? # An and , and things like that , and yo it's automatic . # And if want to check quickly in a car and I'm driving I automatically put the hand # I've done that to Pam and she couldn't stop laughing ! # Going along driving . # I said , I'm sorry Pam , I keep thinking your Ma Amanda . # No , you see , I automatically do it you see . # driver ! # It is funny ! # I don't think so . # I don't think that now . # I know , now , you could but , but Derek's reading that prospectus in the car today and it's , it's in Cardiff and he said they write in there and say that you know , they want mature students and , and , and this that and the other , and er , they give them erm , priority and well that's rubbish ! # Well they , they sort of near enough said she wouldn't # And yet , in the prospectus it does , yeah # so I mean really they say , they're all going in there and perhaps she's not mature enough . # And I said , what do they call mature ? # And he said over twenty ones . # I said . # Yeah . # last night . # When they say oh , , well they won't . # I said well what if they do ? # I said they won't ! # Mm . # She doesn't want to work today . # No . # You can't force her . # Just says , I don't wanna talk about it ! # Well that's what she does you see . # She's talks about you if she doesn't want to talk about it , she won't , she'll just walk out the room . # Mm . # But I did , I thought how unlike Claire . # And I thought those two girls on Friday , that play . # Derek said , bored to tears ! # Now if that was Amanda there , like at the pantomime # you see # you sit , that's why I don't like going to the theatre with Derek , he , he doesn't clap or anything ! # Well I mean ,th the thing is those poor people have got up there and # he says they're doing the re , rehearsing for what ? # Eight weeks did he say ? # Every night I expect . # Oh I thought the blonde girl was a # bit wooden . # Yes . # Yeah I didn't look like it was her . # Yeah . # Well I # I did see cos she was er # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # But I thought the other girl was good . # Er well I thought it was good how they did the se se scenes , they were # . # So that was good # wasn't it ? # No , I thought she were , I thought goodness knows ! # Derek said they'd been having sex ! # I said , he says th no , they'd have that other girl , but she was quite roly-poly . # Remember that one we went to see her , and sh she undressed ? # She # Yes ! # Yeah ! # But then the other girl was like stick wasn't she ? # Derek said Jean won't want to go again . # Yes she will . # I think she was just a bit hot . # I said , in fact , when she's got herself sorted out we'll go down to Poole Art Centre and see # some plays down there . # We'll get the he's not coming ! # Ge , if Amanda's , well Amanda loves it so when # she comes down , she'd # really love going ! # Erm # Well , you did have your gloves on . # You did have your fur boots on . # Derek said he'd no but Derek said he felt # too hot ! # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # It was hot in , I mean everybody was very red faced # weren't they ? # Yeah , but it's your hot flushes ! # , yeah . # But , you know # Yeah . # Yeah . # But then Claire came home with me . # Cos we missed Coronation Street didn't we last night ? # And I didn't record it because we wanted to record something but actually , I don't , I think Coronation Street . # Did you ? # Yes , I mean I , some episodes are better than others I suppose . # Yeah . # Yeah ? # Her ? # Mm . # Mm mm . # A nice looking boy though . # Mm . # But I don't know how they can have them as twins do you ? # Mind , not all twins are identical are they ? # Yeah . # Yeah ,bu bu bu perhaps the other one will be nice when he # gets older . # And I thought , you know , Tracey's getting to him . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah , but she . # You know , she came home and she was watching television and I bought some Bourbon biscuits round and then I thought I'll have one with my cup of tea and now there's three left ! # I said , do you realise you've eaten the whole packet ! # She doesn't know what she's doing ! # See , well , she just puts her hand in , eats it , hand in , eat , that's , she doesn't even know what she's doing ! # I said you're gonna get a # I said you're gonna put weight on , if # you're not careful ! # Especially Bourbon biscuits . # I said but er # it was only a little bit . # Oh years ago ! # Yes . # Yeah I know . # They say # you should eat Digestive biscuits cos they're . # I don't know . # Oh yeah ! # Did they get your toilets or not ? # Oh they didn't have one ? # No , it's a portable bit er # Yeah ! # Oh no ! # Oh dear ! # Can you hear that stupid noise again ? # Listen . # That's the water pressure . # Why don't you wash your hands in the bathroom ? # Oh well # goodness me Jean ! # If they haven't thought about that ! # Where , in there ? # Yeah , well they were tiled nicely . # It's the ones upstairs Derek said about . # Yeah . # Yeah but Derek made those himself . # He didn't tile them but he # make them himself . # I'm , I'm cold ! # Well I think it looks nice ! # I I , I said to Derek , I don't know why Jean's so # she was a disappointed ! # Yeah , but that's cos of Joe . # Oh well I haven't had anybody so fussy . # Yeah . # They all seem a bit wide , I must admit . # Oh hasn't he ? # No ? # Yeah , but er , some of them are a bit out of true cos they're seconds do you think ? # They may have been so er the # Yeah . # Actually , that's why Derek's never done tiling , cos he's not very good at it . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Well I thought it looked , I thought it looked all right . # No . # It's the I not , I mean he should have grouted that little bit and he shouldn't have put # that tile there actually . # But then , Derek said they haven't got the time to # fiddle he said . # Now , with Joey , he would have # had all day . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah , but you see , they haven't got the time to do # that . # You don't want them there any longer do you ? # Yeah . # I I didn't think he was that untidy , but Derek thought that was awful leaving all that outside ! # But they know you're not like that don't they , round and about ? # They know you've got builders there . # You wanna see Pam's house ! # Yeah could have # Yeah . # Well he shouldn't have left tiles outside somebody could have taken those ! # No . # No . # Yeah . # When are you erm # What are you doing this afternoon ? # Yeah . # Bit cold out I thought today . # I feel cold in # here . # Yeah . # Oh ! # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # No . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Still it's only for another day . # Yeah . # Yeah . # It's only another day . # No . # Yeah , really going . # Yeah . # You wanna be married to Ron then . # He leaves he leaves all I thought Kath would have phoned me because I wrote her a letter and normally when I write her a letter she sort of , phones about the next day but she # I was wondering about Ron . # Well I think she would have told us wouldn't she ? # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # But I didn't like the sound of it much when she said it didn't , it was still weeping . # That's how it was with Elise . # But there you are , I mean , he # but she said that happened with him when he had the erm what did he have an operation for ? # Was it , was it haemorrhoids ? # No ! # I # something didn't heal # then . # Yeah . # No . # No . # No . # Yeah . # Yeah , see that bone in that # I mean , although there's # there it healed up quite quickly . # I can rub it now , it's alright . # Yeah . # No . # Except on a lump , you know , I've still got sa a lump there . # A real hard lump ! # And when I go and have my erm , smear test which I keep putting off . # Erm # Well , I'll go and have # it done . # Erm I'm gonna , if it's still there I'm gonna ask Doctor and ask him why # the lump's still there . # Cos that's a month now , is a month . # Unless it was , Derek , Derek said she really jabbed in the # in the ne , oh the needle there . # Ah no , she was nice . # is tha is that the friendly one ? # I mean , and she was nice ! # Yes . # It's ni , oh I forgot to say thanks . # Yep . # And I've got a navy blue and white striped # Oh yeah ! # Yeah . # Yeah . # It's big on me , so I don't know what it's like # on you ! # No , this Derek's talking about your man being # Well what i , what is it ? # Oh yeah . # Just put it on one side . # I'm not feeding it ! # We don't feed it . # Yes . # I want to get a bit of # Yes . # It's looking as though it's a bit dead that . # Ooh looks it's gone a funny colour ! # It should be quite warm and now it's not . # These , these have lasted a long time haven't # they ? # Those # That was Mrs 's . # I thought well nobody's taken it # I'll get it . # It's got like erm # mm , I thought well it's go with the plant doesn't it ? # Well they didn't take it . # It's down there , nobody wan I wanted to put something in , in that window . # I was thinking of dried flowers and then I , and then I thought no , I think I'll # Well it'd have to big wouldn't it ? # No it wouldn't go in there , it's not wide # enough . # Just gonna have to go on the little table in the corner right between # the chairs , you see . # There , so # Well I thought about putting some , at the moment buy some erm daffodils or something . # But I don't think they're # gonna be in now this # time of year . # Well he , down here ? # They're tiles . # Horrible they are ! # Yeah . # Oh yeah . # Yeah well don't get too light a # colour # Yeah . # And you're gonna have mahogany or was # thinking of having mahogany # so it'll be better to have a # different but you see that one's , you know what I'm like with Domestos and # stuff , if you look on the tiles you'll see a line where I've dropped , # where I've dropped it for , well then , it's the toilet brush you see , I've been going like this with the toilet # Doesn't say a lot . # Oh dear ! # I've got my special clothes with the trademark all the way thr # I must come out . # You can tell I haven't been out in the garden lately I need , it needs to ci , it's been too cold ! # Mine ,th they're , they're taking ages to come up , I mean # Mm ! # Bud ? # See the ones that are growing there's nothing there look . # They're not gonna , they're gonna be blind aren't they ? # Late . # Tulips can go in late . # No , you've got to put them too deep . # You've gotta put them deep . # If you put them to shallow they come up # blind . # Yeah . # Well I'll see you then . # Yes . # He says today he'll finish ? # Yeah . # No , won't be so bad . # I'll see you then . # Bye ! # See you ! # Ooh ! # Alright ? # Not too bad thank you . # Not very nice morning is it ? # Was it foggy where you came from ? # Was it ? # Oh ! # I was surprised cos yesterday Claire came in and she said , ooh , it's really foggy tonight mum ! # And I thought # it can't be foggy , it was a nice # I thought it was a nice sunny day yesterday , how can it be foggy ? # Anyway , I've turned it off so it's colder for you # not , not boiling hot . # Yes thank you . # Yeah . # Well , it's a lot better than when you saw me last time ! # Well it's not it's not a hundred percent but this is how I'm gonna be I think . # I think I get a few , , excuse me things but it's not too bad . # I know it's there all the time . # Do you want a cup of tea or a cup of coffee ? # Coffee ? # Tea ? # Coffee ? # Yeah . # Pardon ? # White with two . # Ah so # Good ! # Not many people are are they at the moment ? # Yeah . # Oh he's very busy ! # Yeah . # Lots of people that are finding it very difficult aren't they ? # Oh I think they do . # Yeah . # Derek's are mainly , there's a sort of few new ones but # Mind , not everybody's got the money to erm pay for jobs have they , today , if they've been made redundant they haven't got the money . # Well I think it's gonna get worse before it's gets better actually , I think it's erm I don't know . # Oh ! # Oh I think they ought to have them cleaned every year don't you ? # That one's sort of exploding a bit again , like something I know when it does ,it needs cleaning ! # It all makes a funny noise ! # It's sort of a louder noise than normal this , you know . # Yeah , so I think oh well , it's about time you came . # Actually , probably , could do with a new boiler thing I should think . # A bit old isn't it ? # Ain't it ? # Mm . # Oh do you ? # Oh ! # How long did it take you to get down here ? # About three quarters of an hour does it ? # Yeah . # Well yeah . # Was it ? # Oh . # We went for a week's holiday at Salisbury . # Well , cos of my back last year I couldn't go very far so we thought , where can we go for a break ? # And we went , we had a nice time . # It was great ! # In erm yes , it's the ring road , in a a a listed building . # What was the road called ? # Do you know as you come in to Salisbury and you have to keep going on with the traffic , then it leads up to the bridge where the wa , where the river is . # That ro , what's it called ? # It's got like the back of the supermarket , back of the er Marks and Spencers . # No I don't know what it's . # No . # Was it ? # Oh ! # Yeah ! # But # Oh are there ? # Yeah , they're all listed aren't but as we came we came in the way we would come , I'm a bit ignorant , so I suppose we were # That big # Yeah you # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yes , the ring ring road round , yes , and then you # Yeah . # Yeah , well i , on the left ? # Or on the ri # Yeah , then I think we went is there a road to left ? # Is there ? # Yeah . # Yeah . # I can't remember . # Anyway , it was a lon , there's a little restaurant in the road , and it was back of sort of erm Mar , if you wal , you crossed over and if you went through a little slip where it came , you came into this little arcade of shops where o , about in the road next to er # Don't ask me ! # That sounds about right ! # That's sounds about the name . # Yeah . # I think that's in New Street . # It was by the hospital . # It was in the road of the hospital . # We were down , we were down much further and the hospital was that opposite the park , like , is it the park or something ? # No , we overlooked erm a horrible block of flats ! # That was very nice , the outlook there , but the outlook at the back was ever so , it was beautiful ! # Cos we could see the spire of the cathedral . # I think it was in , it was in the , but it was in the back road of the hospital , not the front road . # The back kind # Yeah , that's it . # Yeah , I think so , yeah . # Yeah , that's right . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yes , ever so , we enjoyed it . # But it was very cold . # Yeah , can't remember where we went . # My memory's hopeless ! # You know , it was sometime last year and I can't remember if it's early or late . # But it was quite nice , we had a nice time . # There's lots of little walks to go on aren't # there ? # Round er , and they're all qui , er nice shops there . # Oh ! # Enjoyed it ! # Yeah . # Yeah , it was nice . # We thoroughly enjoyed it ! # What kind is there ? # Yeah ! # Yeah ! # Yeah ! # I think it's quite nice . # The only thing is , I think it's quite a way for you to travel isn't it ? # Erm I mean , you don't always come here do you ? # Oh ! # Do you come here every day ? # Oh ! # I don't know if I'd wanna do that every day . # Is it worse in the summer ? # Yeah . # I don't know i # Yeah . # That's right . # Because when we came home , we came home on a Friday night , I say , and oh , the traffic ! # I think it took us about an hour and a half to get home ! # Especially coming up ,co , just coming up to Salisbury , coming up to all those roundabouts . # Cor ! # We thought we wished we'd left earlier now . # It was , no I mean thoroughly enjoyed it ! # We'll try and be a bit more adventurous this year and go a bit further ! # But I can't sit in the car very long . # It's terrible ! # It's a problem . # Well I was thinking of Cambridge but I don't think I , Derek's going to Holland # for a long weekend to do with er , every ten years there's a garden thing in Holland , I don't , forget what they call it . # Flor Florade or something . # I can't go . # I couldn't tra , it's er , on a coach . # I couldn't do it . # So he's going to Holland for three or four days . # So I'm er I said perhaps , because Steve li , have you been to Cambridge ? # No . # Steven said it's nice at Cambri , I think we've been through it . # Yeah . # Yeah , but it's quite , I don't know how to , it's about three hours I should think . # You know . # Have to wait and see . # Cos you could break the journey up a bit ? # Yeah . # I'd have to do it every hour . # I can't sit for much longer than an hour . # It's a pain innit ! # I never thought I'd have back problems ! # Nearly everybody you talk to the fact , they have back problems . # It's a wonder you don't get them lifting boilers and things ! # Yeah . # And I said , Derek has to be careful , because you don't know when you # And he was doing , and they're humping a lot of concrete last week and I think his back's aching . # I said , now you know how I felt ! # How are your children ? # Adults , children ? # How old ? # Oh adult . # Oh ! # How she's getting on ? # Okay ? # She'll be taking her O levels next year won't she ? # Mm . # What does she want to do , does she know ? # Oh does she ? # My sister was a Wren years ago . # Yeah . # She might as well be a . # Why ? # Why ? # Why have you gotta be so nice to be a Wren , I can see a policewoman but not a Wren ! # Yo yo got all to look af # Wrens to looks after , if you're a Wren . # Why have you not got ? # Oh I don't understand that ! # Oh ! # Oh ! # Oh ! # Oh dear ! # Oh well ! # And what is your son doing , I've forgotten ? # Mhm ! # No . # What was he doing ? # I've for # Oh yeah ! # Yeah . # Didn't he like that or # Oh yeah ! # Cos the building , ah ah ah ! # Does he like this job or not ? # I co # Yeah , I feel sorry for youngsters today , don't you ? # There's not much for them to do at all . # No . # But # Sorry ! # Go on . # Mm ! # Yeah . # Yeah . # I think mind , a lot of the problem is because women have gone back to work isn't it ? # Cos I mean , lots of women have to work today don't they ? # For them to make # No ! # Yeah ! # Yeah ! # Sad really ! # And Amanda didn't like our own school , cos she finishes her teacher training college this year . # But it's four years ! # Cor ! # I can't believe it's four years . # It's just had one haven't they ? # It's going up I think . # Yeah . # Yeah . # And get ne new ones in . # I don't think , I feel a bit sorry for her because at the moment they're running a teaching profession down so much aren't they ? # Always ! # Feel a bit sorry for her , but she seems to be enjoying it so . # The frogs . # Put down some more spawn , yeah . # Yeah . # About four . # Did you ? # Oh yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # I don't like them . # No . # I think they're ugly ! # Don't like frogs . # Oh yeah ! # Yeah . # Yeah . # But I don't like them . # Looks as though it's gonna rain . # Have a biscuit . # Have a biscuit . # Didn't you ? # Oh ! # Gone to sleep . # You say he got a fat tummy as he ? # Perhaps he drinks a lot of beer . # Oh dear ! # Perhaps he drinks a lot of beer . # Perhaps he's got a beer stomach has he ? # Yeah . # You were down Ursula's this morning weren't you ? # Did you go down Ursula's this morning ? # Oh ! # Travers # Oh ! #