# Hello Matthew . # How was your grandma ? # Mm ? # Did you go to see the river yesterday ? # Oh . # We did , didn't we ? # Yes . # Yes . # It had gone down a lot though . # Has anyone listened to erm what was it , Radio Newcastle ? # You've listened to it ? # Oh . # We see Mrs as we came out of school . # It was at the school yesterday , rather . # And er she said that one of them was drying out nicely . # What's happened to my voice this morning ? # Can I turn it down a little bit please James ? # James ? # Can I turn it down a little bit please ? # Why ? # What about yesterday ? # Oh ! # The walking ? # Aren't you used to walking that far ? # Aye . # You walk a long way when you go to , across Crackside . # Would you like to go to Crackside Richard ? # He is . # Tired I think , just nodding his head isn't he ? # What are you doing ? # Making what ? # A fortune teller . # Oh I love you . # It's for what ? # One . # What do you # What is this ? # A thingummybob ! # Explain it . # Oh ! # That's clever . # Have you seen it Amy ? # Look ! # You can have it that way up or # that way up . # Brilliant ! # There you are . # Oh . # I see . # And what are you doing ? # Oh ! # You're making one as well . # Jim . # How many leaflets did you say you still had to deliver ? # Well # have you got the leaflets ? # Are , are you going to ring Martin and see if you can get some if he's got any more ? # I just thought , if it was any good if I took Bryony to the hairdresser with me and you took Richard and James # if you could get hold of any before I went out , I need to be out at quarter to ten . # Is that any good ? # Or not ? # Oh . # Okay . # Right . # I just thought it would have saved time . # Still a lot of roads blocked by snow according to the television news . # Yes . # Didn't you see the # cars ye when Doro didn't you have snow at Lonsdeen ? # Dorothy said her lawn was covered with snow when she arrived yesterday morning . # And it was thick on the front of our car . # And you're only a hundred yards from her . # Oh it was th and we saw a well you saw some , who was it ? # Erm Richard you were trying to break up a big lump of snow yesterday weren't you ? # Where was that ? # Yes . # Er , that could have fallen off a car cos it was a big piece and there wasn't anywhe anywhere else . # Where else did it say the roads are blocked Jim ? # No I meant # Aye . # What are you reading Richard ? # I can't see it . # What does it # Who ? # Soccer Coaching . # Mm ! # Do you want to be a footballer ? # I think your brother is tired this morning Amy , all we're getting from him is nodding . # Was he in a bad temper when he got up again ? # Screaming ? # Oh dear . # Oh dear . # Have you finished it ? # Sorry . # You're an expert on these are these aren't you Rebecca ? # Whoops ! # You've dropped your pencil # pen . # Rebecca . # Who's got a hairy chest ? # Oh . # Where are you up to ? # Oh you're still filling in the # Aha . # What are you making ? # Is that a hat or a boat ? # What # The what ? # The crayons ? # And there you are . # Waterproof ? # Oh ! # Of course , with wax crayon . # You'd have # to do every single tiny bit . # I know , we've got , we've got hardly any crayons left , I think someone's eating them ! # Now are you sure Richard ? # You do strange things ! # Are you sure you haven't eaten the crayons ? # I don't know where they're disappearing to . # What have you got so far ? # Mm ? # What do you usually put on ? # Well do you want something nice or something horrible ? # Do you want something complimentary or something insulting ? # Ooh ! # Ooh ! # Ooh ! # Who wants to be a princess ? # Richard do you want to be a princess ? # Well # There you are , we've got a smile out of him . # He must be coming round . # That's right . # Well if I could choose I would go to bed at about two o'clock in the morning and get up at about ten o'clock in the morning . # That would suit me fine . # Er er well , I would read for an hour before I went to sleep . # Yes . # Well last night I went to bed at about I went to bed early last night , I was in bed at half past eleven and I read # That's early for me . # And I read for about an hour . # Midnight , one o'clock depends what I'm doing . # I better get my contact lenses in hadn't I ? # Oh ! # Good heavens ! # It's twenty to already . # I haven't even got my face on . # And my lenses in . # Ooh ! # Urgh ! # Where are they ? # Whose hairy legs are lovely ? # Tt ! # Oh ! # There's a bit of fluff or something on there . # Has anyone seen the river this morning ? # Oh it was down a tremendous amount # yesterday afternoon wasn't it Rebecca ? # Oh ! # You were there weren't you ? # Right from the what was it ? # The # ninth step it was the night before . # Right down to the second from the bottom . # Oh ! # Don't say I'm going to have bother with my lenses this morning . # This one feels funny . # Is anyone here later tonight ? # Rebecca , are you ? # Matthew are you here after school today ? # You're not late . # What day is it ? # Frid oh it's # Friday that's everyone's here . # Yeah . # Martin's not coming after school today , his granny Jean's going to meet him because his mum has to go to Scotland with her work so Trevor has to push the triplets home in the buggy . # Cos Jim'll be at work , he won't be able to give them a lift in the car . # And granny Jean is going to take Martin home in the bus . # And Dorothy's bringing granny Iris back down from Scotland with her . # I think she's probably going to stay overnight . # Amy said you were a what ? # A bug ? # Well come to think of it , Rebecca ! # I do see the similarity . # Mm ? # Oh . . # She doesn't really think you lo you're a bug then ? # Oh yes . # Oh . # It's got # Who had the hairy chest ? # Oh yes . # Well you've got a cough Amy . # How long have you had that ? # You weren't coughing yesterday . # Were you ? # I didn't hear you . # Right . # He saying eight cos that's his birthday . # What colour ? # Erm , I'll have red # What do I do now ? # Choose an number ? # Six . # Er # five . # Two . # Oh ! # Rebecca ! # Love Jim and hate me . # Right , I've got to go upstairs and put my face on , very quickly . # I'll have to do it quickly . # Erm # where was that , I was going to take # that upstairs ? # That , and that . # Okay . # Right , I'll # I haven't got time to do it again # pet , I've got to get ready . # Will you ti put the er # papers and things that you've finished with bits of paper in the bin please . # And # tidy up the rest of the things . # Jim , there's a letter here addressed to Mrs S do you think it must be Shirley ? # It says inside your Sealink travellers cheques . # Why would Shirley use our address do you think ? # Unless they've sent for two lots and used used this address for one . # Right . # Er well I'll just put it up there . # I better go . # Where are we ? # Right , see you shortly . # Bye . # Have you all got your lunch boxes . # Have you got everything Richard ? # Right . # Okay , let's go . # Ooh ! # Should have # brought my umbrella I think . # Look at the sky . # Come along . # Don't fiddle along in the middle # of the ro mind the puddle ! # Oh ! # You'll have soaking wet socks in school . # What love ? # I'll let you see this . # Oh . # Can you see this ? # Come on Twinkle . # You're losing your socks Rebecca . # If you trip up with two hands in your pockets Amy , you'll have nothing to stop you falling on your nose . # Where is she ? # A flat nose ? # How do you get a flat face if you don't do hard work ? # Oh I see . # I see . # Er , stop here , we'll we'll cross here look . # Right . # Line up to cross the road . # Yes . # Right , cross now . # Pardon ? # Oh it those huge puddles along the path sometimes take ages to clear away . # The weather man said dry today , look at it . # Doesn't look as if it's going to be dry to me . # Yes . # You can have a look at the river toni it's right # it's right down Matthew . # I don't think it's time to go across now . # Cos it's er nearly nine o'clock . # That's not Dorothy's car , it no , it isn't . # Mm ? # Who ran in front of a car ? # Who ? # The new girl in your class ? # Oh ! # Who's the new girl in your class ? # Just stop here a minute . # Look , there's a car reversing . # Wait a minute till this car # gets out onto the road . # Wait a minute # Rebecca you can't cross yet . # Is anyone going to decide which way the cars are going here ! # Right . # I can go , oh ! # Did it ? # Where ? # Oh ! # Right , you can cross now . # Bye # Amy ! # Bye Matthew . # Bye # Rebecca . # I'll come this way . # I think they're just going in . # Hello . # Bye Richard ! # Morning Cathy . # Morning # Brenda . # Oh ! # Hello ! # It isn't . # Hello everyone ! # Were you ? # What did you hear ? # Pardon ? # Songs ? # Wait a minute . # Hold on ! # Hold on ! # There are no cars coming . # Aha . # That's right . # Well # Have you ? # Oh ! # Yes . # Well I'll see you tonight because I know granny # No , I know granny Jean's collecting you but granny # Jean usually comes and stands beside me anyway . # See you later pet . # Go straight in cos they've just gone in . # Bye-bye . # Hello . # Bye Martin ! # Hello . # I am . # Yes . # Hello . # Ooh ! # Er oh right . # There we are . # A piece of paper . # And how are all of you this morning ? # Is Bryony any better ? # Oh ! # There we are . # Oh ! # There isn't much room . # Wow ! # Aren't you good ? # Thank you . # You got up too early ? # No ! # You were very , very good mummy says . # I bet you were . # Are they still alri # er well you had a busy day yesterday didn't you ? # This morning # I'm going to go to the hairdressers so Jim's going to look after you . # I won't be away very long . # I'm going to the hairdressers , cos I usually go today don't I ? # But you're here today instead . # So instead of going this afternoon I'm going this morning while Jim's at home before he goes to work . # You're going , you're # going to look after Jim , how about that ? # Right . # Oh ! # Get this seat belt off # this # car seat off my ni # Oh ! # Oh dear ! # Oh ho your # Come along Richard . # Your brother's being naughty , he's run away up the street look ! # Where's Bryony ? # Oh sta Bryony stay there , I'll lift you over the puddle . # Don't come through it . # Right Richard . # Wait a minute . # No , you're not going to run away ! # Come and see Jim . # You go to mummy while I close the other car door look . # In you go . # In you go . # Go and find Jim can you ? # Cathy Dorothy James You've decided to come back have you Ja er we Got you ! # Aargh ! # You thought you were going to escape ! # Didn't you ? # Get in that house ! # Wipe your feet . # Clever boy . # Wipe your feet . # Feet wiped . # Come on . # Wipe your feet . # Er , feet wiped please . # Clever boy . # Show me how you do it . # Com oh ! # Very , very good . # Oh ! # Very good indeed . # There we are . # In you go , find Jim . # Go and say good morning to Jim . # Have you said good morning Jim ? # Where's what letter ? # You're doing a picture are you ? # you're at work already . # You're doing it very nicely . # She's drawing a picture mummy , very nicely . # What are you doing Richard ? # It's what , Bryony ? # It's what ? # That's that one . # Yes . # What are you drawing ? # Yes , but what a what # are you drawing a picture of ? # You've drawn a circle . # You're drawing a circle as well . # What colour is this circle ? # You've drawn a # Yes , that's right . # That's # orange . # That's an orange circle . # Oh yes . # Right . # Will # I put # Put those # at that end look . # Yeah . # Right . # No problem . # No problem . # Yes . # She , cos she # when she's been at the school gate , she comes # and stands with me anyway usually # so I'll see her . # Why ? # There you are . # What time have you to be in Clackmannan ? # Oh . # Aha . # Well , there's no , well there is a there is a bit between er , Ocken and er Widdrington isn't there ? # There's quite a bit # Aha . # You've made clean # Let's have a look . # Oh ! # You have done green and red , yes . # That's a beautiful picture ! # Oh ! # You should have left your Goldilocks at home and just choosed mine . # And then we wouldn't , you wouldn't forget . # Because what ? # Oh I see . # Is that your book today ? # The tissues ? # In the kitchen I think . # What time # Pardon ? # The Three Billy Goats Gruff ? # I don't know where it it should be # The Three Billy Goats Gruff # should be with all the books . # I read it to them yesterday afternoon . # We practised didn't we ? # Cos when we went to nursery yesterday morning Jim , all the children # sat on the floor for this story . # And these three wouldn't cos they're used to sitting on the chair arm . # Aren't you ? # But we , we'd better practise sitting on the floor for stories , so that you're ready for nursery when you go # properly in May . # Oh no Ja oh ! # James this ho this hole in the corner near the # door is being stuffed # with all kinds of things ! # I bet that's where half my crayons are . # Look , no Richard ! # I don't want things stuffing down that hole . # Put it in the bin . # Clever boy . # Come and say bye-bye to mummy , look , cos she's in a hurry . # Come , are you coming to the door ? # Well pu i alright put it in the bin quickly , then come and say bye-bye to mummy . # Hurry up . # Hurry up ! # Hurry up ! # Diddle ee dee dee ! # That's it . # Oh ho ! # Oh ! # What a polite boy . # You want Beethov # Who wants Beethoven music ? # Oh right , if # alright you can have Beethoven music . # I'm going to go and wave to your mummy , seeing as no one else will ! # Horrible lot ! # I'll wave to you . # They're too busy jumping around wanting Beethoven music . # Well they don't like Elvis . # James doesn't anyway . # He switched it off . # Are you staying at your mum's tonight ? # Oh . # Aha . # Aha . # How long's your mother going to stay ? # Don't look like that ! # Oh ! # Oh ! # God ! # Aha . # Yes . # Aunty Edna's Trevor's Aunty Edna i that's right # yes . # Oh well . # Oh well . # O hang on , I can't hear you . # What ? # Aunty Yakky Da ! # Yakky Da ! # Right . # I'll see you on # Monday . # Bye ! # Yo you're not having a look at Beethoven music , you're listening to Beethoven music . # Who wants Mozart ? # After Beethoven , what ? # You want Mozart music do you ? # I see . # And Bryony's going to play the piano at the same time # is she ? # Pardon ? # Ooh yes ! # They've sprouted up . # Richard , what ? # Yes . # That's Billy Goat Gruff . # Look at these begonias ! # They're growing bigger aren't they ? # I think that umbrella tree's going to have to be thrown out . # Hello Bryony ! # Yes , I'm in here as well . # Well # How can you listen to music and listen to the Three Billy Goats Gruff at the same time ? # Why don't you save the story for when I go to the hairdresser ? # Cos I'll be going out in # in what ? # Have you ? # Oh thank you . # Right , Jim's made me some coffee , so while you have the story # I'll go and drink my coffee . # You found it for me ? # What is it you've found for me ? # Oh , my Mother's Day Card . # That's the one from Jim . # What are you doing ? # Right , take come and have your milk and biscuits , I've got it ready . # Come along Bryony . # Jim put it off . # Come along then . # It's ready . # Cos I've got to go out in a few minutes . # Come along James . # What am I doing ? # I'm get I've going to give you your milk and biscuits . # What have I got in my hand ? # I've got a a tape recorder in my hand . # Right , let's have you at the table . # Well , Bryony wants to sit in her own chair today , so you sit on your own chair . # Well she might want to swap later . # You don't wa # You don't want to go on your chair ? # You haven't sat in your own chair all this week . # Come on . # Clever boy . # Cos I've got to go out in ten minutes , I'm going to get my hair done and you're going to look after Jim aren't you ? # Come along . # Up you jump . # Let's see how quickly you can jump up off the floor . # Let's see if you can jump up # I thought you'd had yours when you made mine . # I'll make you # brought mine . # Oh ! # Sorry . # I didn't think it was in there . # Let's see how quickly Richard can # jump up , see if he can jump up before I count three . # One , two # three ! # Oh ! # He # can't . # Come on Twinkle , up you come . # Oh ! # You're going to have a squawk are you ? # Don't you want this nice biscuit ? # No do there's yours look James . # Don't eat # your brother's as well . # Oh well . # Richard doesn't want his biscuit . # He hasn't , I got it back off him . # Look , there it is . # There it is . # Up you jump . # There . # Right , I'll we'll go out after dinner shall we ? # We'll go and see if the river's gone down any more . # See if the swans have come back shall we ? # Is it very deep ? # That wasn't # Well # You're not going to go in your own chair ? # Well , in that case , wait till Bryony's finished hers and then you can sit in her chair . # Will that do you ? # See if we've got there's lots of milk left . # Right . # Well give him it what back ? # You've drunken it ? # It's , you you've drunk it you mean ? # No you haven't . # Are you going to drink yours later then ? # I think I'll have to get some straws and you can practise drinking out of th drinking with straws . # Cos they have little # milk bottles at nursery school don't they ? # With straws . # Quickly ! # Look if we don't be quick it'll be time to meet the children from school before # we've even got anywhere . # Right , here are your reins Bryony . # Have yours then . # Arms in . # Just put your straps on # so you can get in the buggy . # Yes you can have the red cover on you , don't worry . # Haven't even got the buggy out yet . # I didn't # want to get it out till the last minute in case it rained on it again . # Right , who's next ? # You're red ! # I no , the door's locked Bryony . # I'm not ready to get the buggy out yet . # I haven't got your coats on , or mine even . # Right . # You stand still . # Good boy . # Hood up . # Wait a minute ! # Where are your reins ? # Don't think that , come here ! # Don't run away when I'm trying to # get you ready ! # Well Richard'll be left behind won't he ? # Come on Richard . # If you're coming , come now . # No , I want James in the front today . # Listen to me ! # Listen to me ! # Listen to me ! # Will you be qui yo will you be quiet and listen please . # I want James in the front today because the buggy is easier to tip up with the lightest one in the front . # And # if it starts to snow or hailstone , or pour down I want to try and carry the umbrella and it's very difficult # to , push a buggy with three of you in , and hold an umbrella up . # So now don't vanish again . # You can't get out the door James cos it's locked . # Right , let's have the cream on your faces . # Come here . # Come come on , we've got to windproof # you . # Lift your dab , dab , dab dab dab . # Rub a dub dub , three # keep still it'll go in your mush . # Three men in # a tub . # Yes you do like it , it stops your face getting sore . # Who wants a sore face ? # No you don't . # Did you have to do that James ? # Give it back to me please . # Thank you . # It'll have to be washed now . # Right , let's have the cream on your face . # Bryony do you want some ? # Stand still please James . # Well don't you ? # Why ? # Well your face doesn't get in a mess like the boys # does , does it ? # Alright . # Just a tiny bit to your face . # So your face doesn't get # sore . # Alright . # Hey ! # Little boys do not sit on windowsills . # Get down ! # Before you break your neck . # Come on . # Down , quickly . # Get back on that chair arm . # It's not a good idea to pull him off . # Let me have a look . # Don't you climb on now you've pulled him off . # Let's have a look at you . # What did you bump ? # Show me what you bumped . # Show me what you bumped . # He just did something did he ? # Come on , let's have your straps on . # What did he do ? # James pulled Richard off the windowsill and sat on his head . # Now come down ! # Down ! # Now ! # You're not to climb up there . # Dangerous . # You will fall on yourself and bang your head on the radiator when you step backwards . # Yes . # Right . # Have my coat on . # Will you pick that # cover up off the floor please so I can get near the back door ? # Thank you . # That one's Bryony's the red one . # Who knows where my gloves are ? # Here's yours , yours is on the radiator Richard . # There's yours . # And I # don't want you to take them outside because you trail them in the wet . # And there's no point in # put , covering you # I'm going to cover you up with # Yes , that one's yours . # Let me find my gloves first . # Are they in my shopping bag ? # No they're not in # Where's your cover ? # It's on the radiator in the hall . # Go and get it carefully # I think # I think it's there . # No it's not , it's in the chair in the kitchen look . # It's on the chair in the kitchen . # Why have you only got one hand in this glove . # What are you doing ? # Don't ! # I think I'll cry in a minute . # Get out the way . # What's the matter ? # Did you hit your sister again ? # Well you might be the smallest , but you're a bully do you know that ? # He is a naughty boy when he hits you for nothing . # That's not kind is it ? # You'll what in a minute ? # Right . # Let's have my lipstick on . # We'll be ready yet , won't we ? # What time is it ? # Do you realize we've been trying to get ready for twenty minutes ? # Or more . # Move over please , I can't get past you . # I can't . # Let me just write the # Hold on a minute . # There you are , you're past . # Richard , where have you got # I know he hit you pet , but you're better now aren't you ? # Richard , come back please . # No you do not need to go in the shower . # You're not going in the shower ! # Come back ! # You've been in the shower have you ? # Have you ? # You're not supposed to go in the shower with shoes on . # Right . # I'm fastened up . # Now then , gloves . # Where have I put the key ? # I'm going to get the buggy out of the garage so mind your , # lift Jack out the way . # Now listen , I want nobody to come over the step because you're trailing these covers and you'll get them wet , so inside ! # Are you listening James ? # Good . # I'm pleased to hear it . # Right , I'll just get the when I get this lock off two three , that's it . # I said stay inside James ! # No ! # Stay on the doorstep please till I bring the buggy over . # Cos it's very wet , and if you jump in this puddle and get your trousers wet we'll never get out if we've got to stop to change you . # Oh ! # And I hope the handle's not stuck this time . # Or I'll have to bash it with a rolling pin again . # You want to what ? # Oh in a minute , I've got to put get my lock off the gate put it back in . # Now wait a minute till I get the handle fixed . # Wait a min oh ! # It's sticking , look . # Let me , wait till I # tt . # Oh ! # No ! # Don't get in yet ple er will you bring me the rolling pin please James . # Go with si go on then , now ! # Let me get anybody . # Don't fight , I asked James cos he was nearest Richard . # You're not going in the front Bryony , you're going in the back beside Richard . # Can you get in the back please . # Go on then , climb in the back . # I wonder if I kicked it # wait a minute I've kicked it . # Oh ! # It's a bit # Still no good though . # Yes , no . # That's a roll of greaseproof paper . # You know what a rolling pin looks like . # What do we use when we're baking pas oh it's alright , I've fixed it . # Right . # Wait till I put the brake on . # Right , come and get in . # Bryony , you've got in the front , you're supposed to be in the back . # Come on . # In you get . # Good girl . # Sit down please . # Sit down please . # That's it . # That's a rolling pin . # Clever boy . # But it , I don't need it now , I managed to fix it without bashing it with that . # Mm . # Don't climb over backwards , get in the side like you're supposed to . # In you get . # He's not in your side . # Right . # Sit down so I can fasten you all in . # Wait a minute . # Oh . # Where's Richard clipped in . # Turn round James . # Put your foot re # Put your footrest up . # Leave your sister's face alone Re Richard . # I think your brothers are not being kind to you today are they ? # Don't say it's raining again ! # Oh ! # Ah . # There . # Right , that's everybody clipped in . # Let's get your rain covers on . # Keep # the wind off you . # Maybe you don't want to but it'll keep the wind off you , and it keeps raining . # Well you'll just have to cry Bryony because you're going to have them on because it keeps raining . # And , they'll keep your hands warm cos none of you'll keep your gloves on will you ? # Right . # Red one for Bryony # to match your coat . # Here we are . # Where is she ? # Your ho alright ! # Your hood's come off , we'll pull it up again . # Don't panic . # Just tell me , there's no need to squawk . # Right . # Let's see . # Put your head up straight so I can get this one on top of this . # And then it won't come off . # Your hood's up , your , your anorak will # You don't want it # That's right . # That's the way it goes . # Now then , let's see put your feet straight on the footrest so I can tuck these things over . # I'm going to get your rain cover , I can only I've got two hands and there are three of you . # So you have to wait your turn . # Who's been tearing up all the newspaper that the wet wellies were on ? # Right . # Richard , let's get yours on . # Oh ! # No , you never do it do you ? # The other ones did ? # It wasn't torn up when the other ones went to school . # So I don't think they did it . # Put your arm up a little bit till I can get this pulled down over your feet . # There ! # Is everybody wrapped up warm ? # Now hang on , cos I need some tissues in my pocket . # Erm where are we ? # I don't need my purse . # Let's see I need my umbrella my gloves , where have I put the key now ? # I took it out so you wouldn't lock me ou oh , it's my coat pocket . # I'll just put the lock off the gate on the windowsill . # Er I need that piece of paper . # I think we're ready . # I think . # Right , what's stuck to my foot ? # A piece of newspaper . # Lock the door . # I've got , yes . # Mhm . # Can I put this bag # do you think it'll just go on there ? # I'll just put it on there like that . # Cos it keeps slipping off my shoulder . # Oh ! # I've still got my glasses on and I don't need them . # I'll just put them in the bag cos I've locked the door . # Yes . # I know you carry it on your shoulder sometimes . # It's a bit long for you . # Oh ! # Look at # I'll have to go back in the house because I've got two odd gloves on . # I've got two left hand gloves here . # Ooh , I am a nitwit ! # I don't know where I go er Right . # That's better . # I've got a pair of gloves now instead of two odd ones . # I'm going to put it o # I'm going to put it on . # Yes . # Right . # Take the brake off , and off we go . # Are we ready ? # We'll reverse out the gate . # Are you going to reverse . # Beep , beep , beep , beep , beep ! # Aren't you doing it today ? # We're a minibus today are we ? # Right , we're in the # You're in a minibus Bryony . # James said he's in a double decker . # A what ? # You're driving a mini # Yes , you're driving a minibus Bryony . # James is driving a double decker . # I don't know what Richard's driving . # You're driving a double decker as well . # There we are . # Paul must be fixing his car . # Pardon ? # Paul's not in his car today ? # No . # I think he's been fixing it . # Not many flowers left on that winter jasmine now are there ? # Yes . # It's winter jasmine . # There's only about six left on . # The leaves are growing now though . # The flowers come on before the leaves come on . # And when the when the flowers drop off the leaves grow . # Pardon . # You'll have to talk louder I can't hear you , you're all muffled under those covers . # And the wind's blowing in my ears . # Pardon . # You're nice and warm ? # Yes you are nice and warm . # My face is cold . # The rest of me gets warm with pushing this # buggy . # Mm ? # You did . # I don't think it is a Telecom van any more . # It used to be but I think it's an old # I think it's an old one that somebody's bought to use for themselves . # Cos they've painted the Telecom writing off it . # So it's just plain yellow now . # The new Telecom vans are grey . # I like the yellow ones better . # You like the yellow ones as well . # They're nice bright ones aren't they ? # Can you see the sandbags ? # Look at those sacks full of sand near the door , near the shop door . # They're called sandbags , do you know what they were for ? # That was to stop the water flooding into the shop . # It didn't get quite that high though . # Oh ! # What can you see now ? # Yes . # That's right , that's a gas van . # Clever boy Richard . # Whoops ! # Yes , that's right . # Hello Shirley . # It is , it's a gas van . # Perhaps somebody's having a gas cooker repaired . # Perhaps the gas cooker's broken and they need it mending . # Oh look the boys and girls are coming for play time . # I saw Erin run past and Amanda . # Did you see Erin and Amanda ? # I wonder if Martin and Richard are out ? # Hello Claire . # Hello ! # Hello Christie . # Who's that ? # Can you see them ? # Look , they're coming out for play time . # You can't wave to them can you , cos you're all covered up ? # Anyone else we know ? # There's Mrs . # Hello . # Mrs said hello . # We'd better go hadn't we ? # Oh ! # It's too cold to stand still anyway for me . # We'll see them when we come back to collect the others . # Wait a minute , I can't hear you Bryony ? # What pet ? # What did you say ? # I don't know what you said . # I didn't hear you properly . # Is that the minibus you're driving Bryony ? # Hang on a minute . # This path's all covered in mud look . # It's a plarty path . # Yes it wa you're driving your minibus . # And one just went past . # Didn't it ? # Oh , a man's pressed the button we can't make it in time . # Another minibus . # And a motorbike . # Oh it's a . # What colour's that car ? # I can see an , an orange Land Rover . # It's an electric one , electric van . # Hurry up green man . # He's coming now . # Over we go . # Round the corner . # There look . # There's an electricity van . # It's an electricity Land Rover . # With two big ladders on it . # There . # Look at the trees now . # Oh look ! # Can you see the buds on the conker trees ? # Look ! # They've all opened out . # Can you see all the new little leaves on the conker tree ? # I didn't notice them before . # Probably cos we've had to walk with my head down with the rain all the time . # Right , we'll go along we'll go the long way . # Mm ? # Oh . # Yes we're going in here , we say that again , what did you say ? # What can you hear ? # Oh ! # That was what you said , what can you hear ? # I can hear the # That's right . # The car wash . # You can see the steam coming from it cos it's hot water . # I can hear the weir . # Listen . # Can you hear the weir . # At least you can see the weir today , we couldn't see it on Wednesday could we ? # The water went straight across the top . # There wasn't a weir there . # Oh look . # It's all bubbling up again . # The water's still flowing very fast isn't it ? # It is very deep . # It's very , very deep . # But it's gone down a lot . # I bet there's been a lot ducks' nests washed away though . # I don't think there'll be as many ducklings this year . # A lot of the ducks' nests will have been washed away . # Can you see the sand on this path where the water's been right over the top of it ? # What you saying Bryony ? # What love ? # I wish you'd talk a bit louder I can't hear you . # Look , here's another conker tree . # Horse chestnut . # Can you see the leaves ? # Wait a minute , I can reach this one . # Look at this one , can you see hang on there look look at the leaves opening , oh , you're too far forward . # There look . # Can you see James ? # Up here look . # And , can you see on the end , look that's where the flowers'll grow , the blossom . # They look like big candles don't they , when they're growing ? # That's the beginnings of the flowers growing . # Can you see all the sand on the grass ? # Yes , the river washed it all up , right over this path . # Look , we're going through sand now . # Think we were at the beach wouldn't you ? # Yes , it looks like the beach with all the sand across the path . # The river washed it all up onto the path . # Can't see the swans though . # They're not at this end of the river . # Yes , I can see ducks . # Ah look ! # There's a white duck . # Can you see the white duck ? # Straight over there look . # There's a white # duck . # White ducks like that one have escaped from farms . # There a lot more drakes than ducks though look , aren't there ? # Yes , you look . # There's a # Moorhens ? # Where ? # I can't se # I can't see any just at the moment . # How much time have we got ? # Right , we'll go up this way , through the promena along the promenade , and then we'll go back through the town and it'll be time to get the others from school by then . # Right . # We're going for a walk along the river to see if we can if the swans are near the Old Gate Bridge . # See what else we can find to see . # You're having the bag . # Are you carrying my bag for me ? # Someone naughty's smashed a seat , look ! # Can you see ? # A seat's missing from there . # Just the posts at the end . # When Jim and I came along at night time on Wednesday # there was erm # Those are drakes those . # Yes . # They're the daddy ones . # There was erm , some ribbons tied right across here sa saying police notice closed . # Couldn't go down there under the promenade . # But the river was right over the top of it . # Who left the gate open ? # I don't know . # Oh it's tied up a somebody's tied it back with a piece of string . # What's the dog doing ? # I can't see a dog , where is it ? # I can't see a dog . # I can only see a daddy and a little girl on a roundabout . # Along where ? # We're going down here , yes . # Right , now this is steep hill so I've got to go slowly and hang on to you tightly so th buggy doesn't run away from me . # Whee ! # There we are , we're at the bottom . # We haven't seen any moorhens at all have we ? # Look over there ! # Look though # I can only see one one duck all the rest are drakes . # One , two three , four # five , six , seven , eight , nine , ten , eleven , twelve , thirteen drakes and one duck . # Not many ducks though are there ? # They're all daddy ones . # Yes , we saw a white one , that was round near the leisure centre . # Wasn't it ? # Can you see all the bubbles on the river . # All the white bits . # That's all the air bubbles because the river's flowing so fast . # And bubbling up over the stepping stones and things . # Can you hear the birds singing ? # Listen . # Can you hear ? # You can hear the birds singing . # Yes . # They're in those trees up there . # You want to go in the tunnel ? # You mean underneath the bridge ? # I think it's still flooded James . # It was still flooded yesterday . # We can't pet , I can't get the buggy down the steps # anyway . # Yes , you've got your coat on . # You need your coat on today don't you ? # Yes , we've all got our coats on . # Cos it's cold . # Look at the wind blowing the trees . # Can you see the wind blowing the leaves ? # Yes . # Can you see # can you see all this rubbish , all these leaves and bits of grass and everything on this wire netting ? # Can you see James ? # Look all of this , this is where the river came up to . # The wa the water was right up to there . # That's why no one could come along here on Wednesday night . # You can see how high the water is with all all that # all those bits of grass and leaves stuck on the fence . # There's a bird singing , listen . # Can you hear it ? # Sounds as if it's just above us # doesn't it ? # Mm ? # It has , it's # all stuck on the fence . # Bits of grass and leaves . # And all kinds of rubbish # stuck on the fence cos that that's how high the river was . # And there's all those things got washed along in the river , they got stuck on the fence . # And that's how hi you can tell how high it was . # It was right over the top of this seat look . # Even over the back of this seat . # Mm mm . # It did , yes . # Didn't get stuck on here because # these this fence is , has , hasn't got # netting on it . # Yes . # Yeah , they've oh ! # Hey ! # I wonder if you can there's a huge tree stuck underneath the bridge . # Oh . # I don't know , wait a minute till I see if I can where can I , can you see wait a minute , I'll show James first . # Look James . # Can you se no you're too far forward . # Wait a minute . # Can you see # There's a big tree stuck underneath the bridge . # If you look un can you see the bridge over there ? # Underneath the arch of the bridge . # It's a big tree stuck there . # Now , can Richard see it ? # Hang on a minute . # Bryony , can you see it now ? # Look through there look through that opening there . # You're looking the wrong way . # Let's see if Richard can see it . # It's a huge tree ! # Can you see , Richard , now ? # Ov that's , that's right . # Big tree stuck underneath . # What ? # You were looking the wrong way ? # Yeah . # Look , if you look down there under the bridge in the tunnel , look it's still flooded . # Oh ! # Look at all the sand , you can't get down the sand's so deep . # Cos the river was right up here . # Look at all that sand # it's left behind ! # Tha would make a huge sand pit that would . # Ooh ! # Golly ! # Look at the state of the path , it's all wet mud . # Never mind . # We can't go back again , we'll have to go this way . # Look at the muddy state of the path ! # We're gonna have muddy wheels . # Never mind . # A pick-up ca pulling a horse box look . # Oh , there's no horse in it though . # That's a horse box for carrying horses around . # But it's empty . # There isn't a horse in it . # If I can get across this road and the bridge I'll take you over the other side and you might be able see the big tree trunk better . # Hang on , there's a car coming this way . # What love ? # Ooh ! # It might be a wonderful contraption , but it is heavy ! # Yeah . # It's suppo hello . # It's supposed to fit them until they're four , but it won't . # It's had the handle repaired three times . # And it's so high now their dad's mended each time , fortunately he teaches technology # and he's mended it , but er it's high . # You know when I want to turn a corner I've got to stand on my toes and put my full weight on it to turn it . # Oh they're , they're # they can walk very well # and they can walk a long way # but if the weather's bad # and they want to stop and look in # every shop window # which we usually do # it takes forever to do it . # So # So this is we yes . # He's fine thank you . # Yes . # He was off for ten weeks . # Yes . # But he's # he's they put him on erm he went onto ward one # because it was lighter # for # oh about six weeks I think he was on er and then he decided he was well enough to go back to his # own heavy ward . # Yes . # Yes . # Mind , the election's taking up quite a lot of his time . # He's out # so he # haven't seen a great deal of him recently . # And I'll only go when it , the rain's not torrential . # Get fed up being frozen and wet ! # Now then # Look , I've brought you , now you can , now you can see the great big tree stuck under the bridge . # Look at it . # Is Bryony looking the right way this time . # Hang on , till I get the brake on ,or you'll run into the river . # Can you see ? # Look at that great big tree stuck under the bridge ! # It's pulled up by its roots . # By the deep water running so fast . # The water's been flowing so fast it's just dug up the tree by its roots and it pulled it along and it's got wedged in the bridge look . # Yes , it's wedged against # the bridge . # Yes . # Oh , a digger going over the bridge , look . # Yes . # A digger . # That's right . # I'll just er put you beside this seat for a minute while I check this whatsit . # I've got to check , ouch ! # Oh my silly knee ! # I'm checking to see if this has stopped . # I'll sit on this seat a little minute while you tell me what you can see . # You can see the tree wedged under there ? # I can , oh you can , can you see the duck sitting on the bank ? # If you look under the arch of the bridge you can see them . # What can you hear ? # Listen very carefully . # Can you hear # What can you hear ? # Hear what ? # A car coming ? # Yes but listen what you can he I'll tell you what I'll turn you round . # I can hear something else , another sound . # Yes ! # Clever girl . # Bryony can hear boys and girls . # They're in school , I'll show you where the school is . # Yes we ca I think these ducks must think we've got some bread for them , but we haven't have we ? # We haven't . # No . # They're coming to see if we have though . # And there's a white duck come along now look . # I think it's escaped from a farm . # Yes , a white duck . # That's right . # And there's one other duck that's a mallard duck isn't it ? # And all the rest are drakes again . # Yes . # What are green ones ? # The ones with green heads are # Yes . # What are the ones with green heads ? # They are the # The what ,da the what , Bryony ? # Bryony said they were daddy ones . # That's right . # And the daddy ones are called # Drakes . # Oh ! # My goodness ! # One , two , three , four , five , six , seven drakes chasing one duck ! # Poor duck . # They're chasing them . # All the drakes are chasing the duck . # Yes . # They're all chasing the duck . # Ooh ! # They've all sat down . # Mm ? # Sounds like the boys and girls are go having a good time at play time doesn't it ? # That's the school that Terry goes to . # We haven't been round this way for a while have we ? # We usually go one of the other ways . # Where it's easier for you to walk . # They were , yes . # All of them were chasing the duck but they've all they've all decided to stop for the moment , they're all sitting down on the grass . # I don't think you can see them , can you see them ? # Or is that tree in the way ? # I wonder if that's the latest fashion ? # All those boys er , over there have got scarves tied round their head like pirates . # They are what ? # Pirates ? # You think they're pirates do you ? # Pardon ? # What ? # Yes . # It is . # It's still stuck underneath the bridge . # Richard . # Come up here . # Here we go . # You've got your what ? # A birthday ? # You're in an aeroplane ? # Oh I see . # I see . # I forgot , I've gotta change the batteries . # That was your daddy James and Richard and Bryony . # Your , he's , he's er he's going to try to leave school earlier today and he'll be here at half past four instead of quarter past five . # So , I'll just drink my coffee and I'll get your tea ready quickly . # Richard , let me wipe your nose again . # Keep still . # Don't move your head around . # There you are . # Right , let me drink my coffee quickly and then get their tea ready . # Oh gosh ! # I'm going to be drinking cold coffee here aren't I ? # You , can you slow down ! # D'ya know Rebecca # Oh dear ! # Rebecca made me a cup of coffee ages ago # and I'm never going to get it drunk . # Right . # Are you in the aeroplane now ? # Oh ! # You're what ? # You're bad guys ? # I know that # you don't have to tell me you're bad # guys . # Who's doing anything # exciting this weekend ? # Not you ? # What are you doing ? # You're not doing anything ? # Can Amy catch this aeroplane ? # He'll , he'll tell you what's next . # He please come out of that drawer will you ? # That's right . # There was a mighty splash and he fell head first into the river and he didn't come up again . # That's exactly right . # You know it word for word . # Every time I say what which story shall we have today , they say the Three Billy Goats Gruff . # It's exactly # the same . # Exactly the same as when I used to look after # Amy and Richard ! # Here's your mum . # Here's your mummy , Amy and Richard . # Oh ! # D'ya know I've wiped , washed this floor three times from this orange spilt ! # Can't be bad cos I couldn't work it out ! # Do you want a calculator ? # Thank you . # She's trying to work money out # in her head . # Move over please Rebecca , I need to sweep there dear . # Let's have a look . # I'll just , come over here cos this is hot . # Yes you want it in soup cups . # You can have it in soup cups . # Do not worry . # I'm stirring it to make sure it's hot enough . # Warm enough . # I'll have to though . # I've got a clean spoon . # It isn't warm enough yet . # Yes you want , you don't want cold # soup , it's a cold day . # Let's see . # Have you got your sleeves pushed up ? # We don't want soup on your sleeves . # Have you # Oh . # These are Amy's papers aren't they ? # There you are . # That's it . # I , I'll , I'll cut that in two . # Wait a minute , I'll cut it in two . # It's too big . # Here you are . # Sit on your chair . # There's a piece of stottie for you . # And there's a piece of stottie for you . # Bye-bye Richard . # Bye Amy . # Bye Andrea . # Cor ! # I'll have to give this floor a wipe again . # My shoes are sticking to the floor . # Where there's orange been spilt . # Oh ! # Where's Bryony gone ? # Bryony come and have your tea pet . # Your dad's coming at half past four . # Well as near as half past four he can . # That means he'll be quarter to five ! # Well Dorothy had to go to a prison in erm Clackmannan for her # you know with her job # and while she's up there , after she's been there she was going to Creep to spe # Probation Officer . # She's going to spend the night with her sister # and then pick her mother up cos she lives in Creep as well , she can't stay at her mother's house cos she's just # got a one bedroomed flat . # Yes . # Anyway , she's I think it's an old people's flat . # She's got she's gonna pick her mother up and come back home , bring her mother back home tomorrow with her . # And # That's right . # And she's going to stay for a fortnight with them . # So bu Bryony ! # Your tea , come and have your tea ! # What's she doing ? # Come on square eyes ! # Never mind the television . # Oh ! # Golly ! # This floor's sticky everywhere . # You must have spilt more juice than I wiped up . # Never mind , by the time # I've wiped this I'll have washed the whole floor . # I won't need to do it tonight . # I'll get some knitting done . # Seeing as I haven't any ironing to do . # See if that's better . # See if this soup's warm enough now . # She # she's not very well Sally . # She's not well # She's not even very we she's got a quite a bad # Oh . # Come on horror ! # Are you our horror ? # You're not a horror ? # What are you ? # What are you ? # You are the best # That's right ! # The best # girl in the world Sally ! # We told her that once she started going to the loo every time . # There you are sh oh where's your cushion ? # You can't reach the table without your cushion ? # You want some more stottie Well that's no way to get any is it ? # Try again . # May # That's a good boy . # You like # stottie don't you ? # Do you know when I go stay with my Gareth I've got to so we've got to take stotties with us # for him and Shirley . # Cos they , Shirley loves it as well . # And Shirley's not a Geordie like you . # A Geordie hinny . # Oh ! # There's a knot in your apron . # Good boy . # Just a sec # You certainly may . # Clever boy . # Just wait one minute . # Cos your brother's apron's got a knot in it . # You may . # Yes his apron's alright now . # You need your sleeves up . # And you need it fastened a bit higher . # Yes it's coming . # It's coming . # It's coming . # There you are . # Yes . # Here you are . # There now . # Clever boy . # Oh ! # What polite children we've got . # Haven't we ? # Mm ? # We couldn't see the swans today Sally . # Were they # Which way did you come home ? # Oh ! # And the Skillery Bridge isn't washed away is it ? # But who , who started # the rumour that Skillery Bridge had been washed away ? # Yeah but then dad said when he came in that , he'd heard that the middle of it had gone . # And who said the flood wall had gone ? # When you were all sent home early . # Ha ! # One way of getting out of school , I don't know ! # Said that as well ? # Were you only collected ? # Could you only come out if your parents collected you ? # So how did you manage to get out early ? # Oh ! # But er nobody rang me . # I don't think I was out . # I mean , I would have come up and # and got you all . # You have , yes . # You like that soup don't you ? # I didn't re # I didn't realize , I would have thanked her . # I've seen her twice since then . # I didn't , I didn't realize that erm # Right . # Let's find some spoons . # One # two # three ee ee ! # There's a spoon for Bryony . # One for James . # And one for Richard . # Are you going to swap hands Richard ? # You've , you've got it in # Oh ! # You're going to be right handed today are you ? # That's first time I've seen Richard use his right hand . # With his spoon . # Matthew , here's your daddy ! # Mummy's coming back for you two . # Right then . # Hello . # It is . # Well # they're eating better than they did at dinner time . # What ? # That wouldn't surprise me at all , the things I've seen them try to eat . # Erm # Is it four four times ? # Monday he didn't come Tuesday he didn't come # Wednesday he didn't come . # Thursday # I did two sessions . # So that's five from ten . # Well I know what you mean . # I ha # I haven't been up there since I got in from school # I haven't checked with the so in , just in case they don't # see it # they had , they've been telling everyone to go home . # Now then ooh ! # You're eating very , very nicely . # Er don't wipe your se hang on a minute till I catch this soup that's dribbling down . # You want some more stottie cake ? # You have , yes . # Is it delicious ? # Scrumptious ? # It's dripping on the table is it ? # There's your stottie Bryony . # There you are James . # Yes you may . # There you are Richard . # Thank you . # Good boy . # You're welcome . # Your cup's got orange juice in it has it ? # Have you got everything Matthew ? # Do you think I'll be able to put my wellies away now ? # I'm just going to , I think I can put my wellies away now . # Well , we were getting worried . # Bye . # Bye Matthew . # Right . # Oh ! # I was gonna put the television off but Rebecca's still in there ? # Rebecca , is Joanna coming tonight ? # Or is she going to library ? # I think # Mm . # Yes . # Well it's quarter past already . # Why are you eating left-handed this Bryony ? # You don't eat left-handed . # And Richard's decided to be right-handed after all this time . # Well that is daddy's isn't it ? # No , you're not spilling it . # You're being very careful . # Can you drink it ? # Take your spoon out of this # cup . # No . # Put that there . # Who's got it on his face ? # He's got moustache ! # Right . # Carefully , with two hands then . # You need your spoon . # Oh . # There it is . # Wait a minute now , we'll just wipe that on this off the table so it doesn't go on your sleeve . # That's it . # There's some on your arm is there ? # Hang on a minute then . # Let me see . # Is it off ? # That's good . # That's why we push your sleeves up cos we don't want it on your arms do we ? # On your hand ? # There you are then . # It's off . # Er er # Let's see you Richard . # Yo oh just a minute , it's dripping down your chin . # Let me get it off here so it doesn't go on your collar . # Lift your chin up cos your collar's got out of your pinny somehow or other . # Let me wipe it down here look . # It's on the edge of the table . # That's it . # That's it . # Oh well you'll ha if you keep getting it on your fingers just eat it up and I'll wash you when you've finished . # As long as it's not going near your sleeve it doesn't matter . # Oh ! # Girls . # What are you doing ? # Look , don't mess about . # Daddy's coming early for you today . # Those ? # These # Well you know where I got them from . # When er # you probably got them from the same place . # They were free with petrol . # And when Paul had his taxi business . # Betty ? # Betty gave you yours . # Betty gave me mine . # They use so much petrol on a taxi business they got she's got about a dozen still I think . # She gave me five I think it was . # Well I think Jim got one and I got five . # Erm Betty gave me five I meant . # Richard ! # Properly please . # Do you want some help ? # Anyone want some help ? # Well you're getting nowhere doing that . # Come on , I'll help you . # Well , well do it properly then . # Look if you hold the handle you can tip it , tip it up . # Like , like that . # it . # Bryony's going to drink hers . # Do you ? # Erm # I didn't think it was really much better than any # item used . # Are you finished Bryony ? # Are you going to eat your stottie # Don't ! # Right . # That's to go home with Trevor . # Has Bryony got her other shoe back on again by the way , does anybody know ? # Shall I take that off you # now you've eaten # all that ? # Good girl . # Give me your spoon . # Give me your spoon . # Clever girl ! # What a clever girl ! # And you're a clever # Pardon ? # Look at those two ? # Yes . # They're being good boys # aren't they ? # Well # look at the sun shining again ! # Hooray ! # No it's not dark yet . # It it's springtime now . # It was dark when you went home in the # winter . # It's light time is it ? # It's the day time . # It gets dark later now . # Cos it's springtime now . # And James has so soup on his sweatshirt . # Keep still a minute while I wipe you . # It's because # James will not sit straight at the table , he sits # sideways . # Don't you ? # Oh yes you do . # Oh yes you do # Oh Yes you do # That's not what you're supposed to say . # Richard'll tell you what you're supposed to say . # You do it Richard . # Oh ! Yes you do . # And what do you say ? # What ? # No I said that . # You look as if you've been washing your face in soup . # Thanks Sal . # Sally be careful ! # Oh you've got your sock off as well . # Not Sally , Bryony . # I'm calling you Sally ! # Aren't I silly ? # You're not Sally are you ? # I'll go and I'll go and find your can anyone see Bryony's sock ? # Oh there it is . # And where's her shoe ? # Right . # Right . # Let's put your shoe and so # Put your shoe and sock back on . # Very good ! # Thank you James . # Good boy . # Give me your spoon . # Thank you . # Have you finished with , ooh no , not quite Richard . # Well I'll he look it's difficult to get the last bit out of soup cups , I'll help you . # You do it then . # Here you are . # I'll tip # wait a minute look , you've got some on the table , you don't want your sleeve in that . # You don't want that piece ? # Right let's sling it on the garage roof for the birds . # Here you are stuggies Wo ! # I hit it . # Right from the back door . # D'ya think # I'm brilliant ? # Er , wait a minute . # D'ya want a # You think I'm brilliant ? # That's good . # Do you want something else to eat ? # Well sit back at the table please . # Don't get off your chair until you've finished . # Let's see what I've got # Let's see what I # can find for you . # Do you want one of these ? # Say yes please . # You don't ? # There you are . # You wanted the green one ? # What # colour have you got James . # Yes , you've got yellow . # There's one for you . # Right . # Let's see # I thank you . # Give me yo # See what colour's in here for you then ? # What love ? # Thank you . # I have to get the packet open first . # It's difficult . # Where's my sharp knife ? # Here we are . # What colour ra what colour Richard ? # What colour is it ? # Yes . # Another green one . # There you are Richard . # Now where have I put the cloth ? # Here . # I keep losing things don't I ? # Lost one what ? # What have you lost one of ? # Let me just wipe your hands and your chin before you wipe them on your sleeves . # What are you doing down there Bryony ? # Get back on th # What did you get ? # You got what ? # You want me to open that ? # Do you want it opening ? # You want it leaving in ? # Don't you want to eat it ? # You mean you want the wrapper leaving on it ? # Oh . # I know . # I'm going to put your shoe on any second . # Do you mean like this Richard ? # Is that what you mean ? # There you are . # Right Bryony I'll put your shoe on now . # Come on then . # It's your other foot . # Bring your foot round carefully . # That's it . # And who's coming to see you tomorrow ? # No , daddy's coming in a minute for you . # Who's coming to see you tomorrow ? # Yes , mummy's coming back from Scotland , but who's she bringing with her ? # Granny Iris ! # Won't that be lovely ? # And your Granny Jean had a lovely holiday . # She went over the sea in an aeroplane didn't she ? # To Jordan . # And she went to Egypt at the end of last year . # South America . # Goes on lots of holidays doesn't she ? # There now . # Are you finished James ? # My goodness ! # You've filled your mouth too fu # Mm mm ? # Keep still . # You've still got that lot . # Do you want some milk James ? # Pardon ? # Better . # Where's your cup gone ? # Here . # I'll get you some milk . # There you are dear . # Drink some milk Richard now . # It's lovely and sunny now . # No . # There you are . # Thank you . # You need the toilet ? # A wa # Yes . # You need to be washed first . # Let's wash your face quickly # then , then we'll go to the toilet . # Let's see your hands . # You need the toilet as well ? # Oh right . # Oh thanks Sal . # Just a minute # I'll take it off for you . # Oh ! # Rebecca needs the toilet as well . # She's going to take you . # I don't think James ne Richard needs to go , it's , it's # er James . # Sit down there you do ne ne don't need to go yet do you ? # Wait a minute . # It isn't loose enough it won't go over your head . # Look after Amy ? # Amy's gone home . # Amy , and big Richard and Matthew have all gone # home now . # Er , Richard ! # You're not going upstairs in a mess like that , you'll stick your hands on everything you come to . # Let's get you washed . # Are you going to finish eating that first ? # You sit there and finish eating that and I'll wash your hands . # You've eaten it all up ? # Yo # you put too much in your mouth at once . # You can hardly close your mouth ! # Can you ? # You put water in the ceiling ? # I don't want water on the ceiling . # We had water on the ceiling . # Gareth's turned the bath on . # When Gareth lived with us before he got married he turned the bath on and walked away and left it . # Mm mm . # That was a mess ! # We couldn't have the lights on . # all the water came over the top of the bath . # Had to get the , ladder ? # They went years ago . # How long was our guarantee ? # Oh yeah ! # I haven't even read the papers today . # What ? # Do you think it's a real ? # It's a whole page spread . # Three at five hundred there . # the last three hundred . # There's no catch . # From such an established reputable company . # All prices are fully inclusive of double glazing the Raid One Security P V C , da da da . # Fittings and all the service guaranteed . # Well I don't know . # It doesn't say anywhere where there's a guarantee . # All Windows in Cheshire . # I wonder if it's the same address as when we got ours ? # Unle it's , it's how # long is it since it was supposed to have gone bust ? # I thought it was about ten years . # I can't remember . # When we got that , when we had ours it , and er they said if you if you found someone else who would like who would have cold shield you would get er , seventy five pounds back . # And you gave the thing to , who was it who was thinking about it ? # Was it erm what did they call Isobel Isobel # . # Wasn't it her ? # Wasn't it just before or after her husband died ? # Yeah . # Yeah . # Well I phoned Shirley and she said she's fine . # I told her off for not le not telling me she was ill . # And she said , no , no ! # I'm fine . # She's got her friend Sandy staying with her . # She was , he was in the house , I didn't speak to him though # so that , I just spoke to Shirley . # Erm Sandy's staying with her for a few days . # What else did she say ? # No I didn't mention it . # At the moment . # She's got somebody # staying now . # I asked her about the letter and she kne she said she couldn't remember anything about it but she filled in something when they came back from Belfast . # And she said , open it . # So I opened it and it's one of these things er if you book to go to Dublin before May the , whatever , the end of May # then if you went again in the autumn you you ge you get er fifty pounds' worth of vouchers or something ,yo you go half price . # It's one of those con things like they tried # Yes . # Why , I mean why would she go to # Dublin before # it's and why Dublin when er , when they were # when they crossed from Northern # Ireland ? # Yeah . # Anyway , she doesn't want it . # Martin still ha hasn't got his erm invalidity pension sorted out . # But he's managing alright at the moment . # He's filled in all the things . # I forgot to er , I haven't watched the television at all . # And I forgot to record , what do you call that thing ? # With a devil in it ? # I fo # I forgot to # That's , I know , I forgot to record it for you . # I think I'll go to bed early tonight . # Does that rain mean it's off the coast or it's # in our area ? # And was that minus one just the western side or us as well ? # Oh yeah . # Oh well . # According to this it's cloud . # At least it's a white cloud not a black one . # Did you see your mother ? # Oh . # Oh . # What was she doing tonight ? # Ooh ! # Mostly # sunny spells . # I'll have to get some washing done . # Sally was quite intrigued by that . # You'll have to get this week's a new one . # We'll have to get a a better box . # There's some bottles jars for the bottle bank as well . # You know the last time you missed the erm # the last time you missed the television pages television supplement and a comic thing out of the Mirror . # I don't think he believed me . # And it's in it'll be twice in a month . # And Chris is back again as our paper boy . # The other was so useless ! # But according to the er , that new manager in the paper shop everyone else got theirs . # So I said , well I'm sorry but I'm not included in everyone else . # And he gave me one . # The Radio Times ? # Why ? # Oh . # Are we staying up all Thursday night ? # What shift are you on on Friday ? # Oh ! # Of course . # Well you could stay in bed all day on Friday . # And I could take the kids to school and go back I could do that . # We need to oh no we don't . # I need to go to the Co-op and Iceland . # What shall I get for your mother ? # I'll get her some chocolate biscuits or something . # You would think she would put on a lot of weight wouldn't you ? # I know , she's she doesn't eat that much , but what she is eating i everything's sweet . # Chocolates and # Pardon ? # Well sh I don't know . # She goes in the # Mm ? # I know . # Most of them are , well yes . # But , they certainly do . # If anyone offered me a chocolate when I was nursing , yes I would eat it cos I was always hungry . # Which reminds me I meant to get weighed this morning before I had my breakfast . # And I forgot . # Remind me tomorrow . # Before I eat anything . # I think I'd better put some washing in before I go out . # Are those ankle boots dry ? # What ? # It's better now . # I get , on Wednesday I , I did the erm Angeline said to me don't do the high impact if you think it's going to hurt again . # I co still have the support under it . # I managed okay . # It didn't hurt . # The pink one's a dish cloth . # The blue one's the one I wipe up small stains off the floor . # I wonder how Bryony is ? # I said , I wonder how Bryony is ? # And she wasn't very well yesterday . # Every time she got a bump or knock off one of the others she was crying instead of clouting them back . # It must have been Richard , I do I don't think Richard's very , he # I said I don't well stop running the tap . # I say , I don't think Richard's very well either . # Cos he cried more than usual . # I wonder what time , the other night , Trevor had with them on his own ? # What do you think of granny Jean offering it offering again to get Martin from school to save Trevor walking him home ? # I don't know . # I like her . # I like her . # Can I just ri rinse my thingy . # And get my in . # Ooh ! # I've got hand cream on my hands . # That spurtle was used as a I can't # remember what Richard was using it as yesterday . # What are we going to do about these tiles for the step # to cover this little hole in our path ? # I should hate to think what must be down there now . # Tt . # Oh ! # Well leave it cos it's it's # Cheaper ? # Fenwicks ? # Cheaper than the do-it-yourself shop up Brady's ? # But when , can we get through to Newcastle ? # Which Tuesday ? # After they break up ? # Yes . # The what ? # Lin # See , you didn't tell me about that . # You didn't . # All you told me go on ah only this one's # all you told me was that Miss was retiring . # But , I haven't to tell anyone . # Which I haven't done . # Which I don't intend to do . # Yes . # Aha . # Yes . # What good's a bed with no extra nurses ? # Oh you mean a bed ? # Well # D'ya mean a special kind of mattress be # You mean a bed to replace a bed that there already is ? # But why's # Yes . # Aha . # Mhm . # Yeah . # A what ? # A # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yes . # Hold on . # Which one was going to see which # one ? # Was going to see Miss # Oh . # I see . # I didn't know which one . # Hold on . # Wha how where is it going to be seen from ? # A six thousand pound grant for a proggie mat # exhibition ? # I can't see the education committee with their lack of money paying for transport for children from here # to go Ashington Hospital to do a # garden . # No . # I would expect # that's a very low priority . # Well I don't # And then you'll need a P S V # licence . # I only know one person I only know one bus driver with children . # And he got hi I think their children go to the Catholic School . # Er this letter from the Multiple Sclerosis # that says if you've got wheelchairs in you reduce your number of people . # You're not # you're not reducing the size of the bus . # And someone who's been just used to driving a car are they going to be able to drive the huge long bus with no extra # tuition ? # Whether it's got whether it's got sixteen people in it or twenty nine # it doesn't alter the length of the bus . # I know . # Would you like to get into a vehicle the length of a bus with no extra tuition # and just drive # it ? # Oh you do ,the they've looked into that . # Yeah . # Didn't you da drive Dancy Dags ? # Yeah , but yo you drove that one # Mm . # You drive her to Ashington in it . # Erm do you think I should throw these roses out ? # They're # dead aren't they ? # It's a shame . # Pardon ? # Oh I know . # I know , but they were dead by about Tuesday . # The yellow one was dead by Tuesday . # So what a shame . # Never mind . # Right , I'll put my make up on . # Er er # Well there's a huge saucer on the old one . # Well # Jus just leave it there for now . # Erm I'm going to put my make up on and think what I need from the shops . # I know . # I'm gonna have to hurry up or you'll get no dinner . # I'll take that upstairs with me . # Ooh ! # My head feels a lot better . # Oh ! # I don't # I haven't had a a headache like this for a # I know . # I need some le er the , I wanted a carton of live yoghurt I don't think the live yoghurt I used was any good because , for a start it was fruit flavoured , no it wasn't , it was natural , but it said mild flavoured # and I don't think it was the proper like the Greek style , real live yoghurt that would have # started all the fungus growing on it . # It is beginning to look like a proper stone cup though . # And they're saying that er okay , I'll go and get ready . # I don't think it matters , but if the weather's still going to be freezing at night # I've got the # I know , but it's got the polythene bag round it still . # I got it standing on that brick so it would drain . # I wish I knew what to do with the other azalea . # Some of the erm stems on it look as if the not mouldy but they're , they're sort of # green . # Those hyacinths in the cauldron are taking a long time to come out aren't they ? # I would have thought the tulip that went in the er coal scuttle the tulips in the cauldron I thought they'd had it , they were lying down completely . # They were # just grown up again . # And those forget-me-nots that are called blue ball and are supposed to have brilliant blue flowers , they're coming out with erm tiny pinkey , purpley flowers . # If they're blue , so am I ! # The wha # Is there one in the tub ? # No . # Oh ye the one in the tub looks okay , it's the other one . # I like the other best as well , it's the peach one . # When are you going to prune them ? # I wonder when er John 's going to have the erm # Yes . # Oh ! # Said in yesterday's paper that someone had had a wheelbarrow valued at thirty pounds stolen from a back garden and it was somewhere at Kirk Hill . # Where the back gardens aren't particularly accessible . # So ours must have cost , I'm sure that would cost them a lot more than thirty pounds . # Cos it didn't , it didn't say a wrought iron wheelbarrow or anything , it just said a wheelbarrow . # So we'll have to get it # What four tapes ? # That who sent to you ? # Ah ah ! # I wish you'd think of something you would like for your birthday . # Well I can't see very well through binoculars . # Oh Jim they're too heavy . # It doesn't need a camera , it needs you ! # New # new camera # You # You have never sat down and read # all the # read all the instructions , the same with the video camera . # You haven't even watched the tape . # Oh ! # You must have been able to squeeze half an hour sometime or other . # Anyway , I'm going to get ready or we'll never get the shopping done before you go to work . # Will we ? # Right , I'm ready . # Have you locked the back door ? # I thought we were walking ? # I thought we were walking ? # Are we not ? # Okay . # Pardon ? # I thought we were walking ? # Well I'll have to go to the paper shop . # Oh . # That's a good idea . # I'll turn it . # I hope we can get out at the road end . # Have you stuck a poster in , no you haven't , in the back window ? # I think more people see the back # coming up that way than they do the front window . # Yeah . # Yes . # Have I got my glasses with me or I can't see the prices . # Oh ! # I haven't got my purse . # Oh well , brilliant ! # Is that a squashed ball in the road ? # That means I haven't got a key to get back in the house . # If you just stop here I'll run over the road . # If you give me the key please . # Thanks . # Ooh ! # It's there . # Sorry ! # He didn't look very pleased did he ? # We don't usually get a second post on a Saturday . # Oh yeah . # I've dropped my pen under your seat . # I'll get it when we sa unless you , have you got another one ? # Thanks . # Have you seen Kathleen , er Katherine recently ? # I've just realized I haven't either , when I saw that woman crossing the road I thought it was her . # Please let us out someone ! # Press the # button somebody # Oh , thank you kind sir . # It wasn't what ? # We need some sugar . # We've had no sugar all this week . # Not that you've noticed . # I made the custard from er sugar cubes . # And I didn't know how lo how old the sugar cubes were . # Right . # We got them when we packed up your mother's house . # Right , where am I , I'll meet at er # Co-op . # Okay . # I can't get out any quicker . # See you later . # Hello . # please . # And there was no erm television supplement , and no comic in the Daily Mirror this morning . # That's the second time in the past four weeks we've had missed that . # Seventeen . # Aha . # Sixteen forty eight . # There you go , the sixty five . # Thank you . # Thank you . # You haven't given me the bits missing from the Mirror . # Well I'm sorry but my Daily Mirror divi delivered this morning without the television supplement , and without the comic and I want # them . # The whole , the whole supplement that come on Saturdays . # That part . # This part was not in . # And there's usually a free comic as well and that wasn't in either . # And that's the second time in the past four weeks that those pieces have been missing from it . # No , I don't need the whole paper , I've got the rest of it . # Well you're going to have to ! # Because # when I pay for a paper I want it to be complete , so I want that piece and I want that , that piece . # No , wait a minute , where is it ? # Which is the television ? # Where does it start ? # Which is the beginning of this ? # There we are . # Right , so I've got the two pieces that are missing from my paper . # Well I've already paid for mine so I'm going to get # so , well you'll just have to tell them that it's missing . # But when I've paid for a newspaper I expect all the pieces that I've paid for . # And I've already paid for mine , so this I'll take . # Thank you . # Hello . # I said to him . # Hello . # Hello . # That's # Oh . # I'll support that . # Aha . # Will it go in ? # Thank you . # Thanks . # Because we get no sun in this room whatsoever # of course # with the the bathroom # blocking it off . # You sound like me , I'm always moving # Would you like some coffee ? # Where's she been ? # Oh ! # I didn't know . # I # was talking to Maurice yesterday . # Yes . # He's a lovely little boy isn't he ? # Urgh ! # This coffee's # cold . # Did you see those on the news yesterday ? # Adults and children # injuries . # I fell off one the week before last at the soft play but it wasn't blown up quite enough . # And , as I ste # Well , there was # there's a great you know the big heavy erm , foam thing , but it kept slipping away . # All the morning I kept pushing it back again . # Er # and it a it had happened to of slipped away at that time and I went to step off , and , with it not being blown up properly that's how it just flattened and I went off sid I've still got a big bruise on my left knee ! # So I , I do not jump on any more . # So they've got , they've got it back now , so it's got nothing to do with us ? # Do you work ? # Mm . # Was that the year the oranges were horrible ? # I've # they were Seville oranges , I'm sure they were # Seville oranges . # Well that year # Well if you're at work # If you're at work Dorothy could go If I help , I'll help with Trevor with his triplets . # Yes , but it's , he , he couldn't possibly push that buggy # around that field . # Oh ! # That's # better . # Oh ! # Because of that lea # leaking # Yes . # Right . # Fred # Well I helped you one year # cos there was only # there was only you and somebody else . # There was one child came up about seventeen times # I think . # Yeah . # I can't say that properly . # Those words aren't used where I come from . # Mind , I use words that Jim doesn't . # Yes . # I know all the children . # And ee , all the kids ended up with a prize didn't they ? # Yeah they # The winners got # Yes . # They had big eggs , well , you know , sort of the # Smarties type egg so about so big # for the prizes # and the others got little Cadbury's # Creme Eggs . # Which remi reminds me , I've got to get some for all they spare children before # before they ran out . # The blooming Creme Eggs are on sale all the year round and then they run out at Easter . # That's happened , I couldn't get any one year I took the triplets to the erm Goose Hill coffee morning in the Town Hall and I gave them all money for the tombola and one of them won a Creme Egg # but I persuaded him that it would melt while he had his drink and to put it in my bag and er it was lunchtime when we got home and we were going some I , I can't remember what we were doing afterwards so I gave it to his mother , I thought she could share it . # Mind , by the time you'd shared a Creme Egg between those three and their older brother # No , but I could have seen a , there'd be an almighty tantrums from the other two if Ji er # James had had it . # Mm . # Mm . # I've been counting them since . # I read the letter in the paper . # There were thirteen # drakes cha er chasing one duck er , just past the baths along the promenade . # And then we sat at the far side of the Old Gate bridge and er an old lady came along and said , and she was counting them but she said , just look at that thing , she counted seven although , in actual fact , by then th these dra the seven drakes had stopped cha chasing the duck and they were all sitting down . # And a there was a domestic one in each group there was one along near the baths in among the thirteen , and there was another white one near Old Gate Bridge . # Yes . # Yes . # Yes . # Yes . # I came along the river path when I came home from shopping . # Sitting in the , the sand , damp sand under the bridge . # Yes . # No . # Mhm . # Well # There were wild rumours flying around on Wednesday , I was told # by several people that the Skillery had gone . # In # Well Jim , Jim saw the children going back to er school after swimming # over it on Thursday afternoon but er # Yeah . # Was Fold Cottage flooded ? # It didn't # I thought they built a wall around it the # last people who bought it . # Yeah . # Aha . # It's called Aubern House is it ? # Oh ! # Yes . # And I , I gave up smoking when I was pregnant . # It was it was the # The cooker was three pounds a quarter . # And he let # We couldn't afford to drink ! # We were destitute in those days # We didn't know at the time , but I wasn't working # and we were actually living , living below the poverty line . # If I'd read erm i if I'd read properly all the instructions in the back of the er book # I would have got fo erm free orange juice , free vitamin drops # and free milk for Gareth . # But , Jim was a charge nurse . # Goodness only knows what staff nurses did then ? # Jim was a charge nurse , it never occurred to us that we were living before , below the poverty line . # I mean , er # Possibly . # we do we do live on # we don't live on so much erm # broth and er # we used to have , I used to make big pan of broth you could get gorgeous bacon bones with plenty bacon on in the Co-op in those days , it were wi it was when they , they did all the boning in the shops and you could go , get good meaty bones and I used to # I used to fill it full of vegetables # and barley so , and # and split peas . # But er it was po possibly a healthier diet actually , than we have now . # It was quite fat free anyway . # When you , when you look and you see how people survived and of course they delivered the that you , I mean like we had dripping and bread . # Yes . # You read books like erm Lark Rise to # Candleford and there they went breakfast was bread and dripping and # I gave my , a # a few years ago when my sons were teenagers I had some nice dripping and I said , you've never had bread and dripping and I gave them some , I put a bit of salt on , I said , try this , I loved a bit of med bread and dripping when I was your age . # And they took a mouthful and urgh ! # Urgh ! # And we when how old were they when we went to Whitley for a holiday ? # And I saw some liquorice root and I said , oh ! # Look Jim # I haven't seen that for years . # I used to buy that for a ha'penny . # a ha'penny for two sticks . # And I got them some of that , urgh urgh ! # They thought it was horrible . # So there was I walking round Whitley chewing this liquorice root . # I didn't like the locust beans though . # And I loved a pennorth of , a pennorth of karie lick your finger and dip that in . # I know they call it sherbet now , but it's not the same , it was sort of erm # it's like sugary # Was it two ounces a week we got ? # I used to get my , my teacakes . # No . # I # I knew what a pineapple # looked like because we had erm # a black leaded , no we had one of these black leaded grates , you know , with # oven at the side # and there was a pineapple on the oven door . # The first # oh we , I , I got dried bana we had dried bananas Jim . # I was under five . # And my bro # My brother and I got dried bananas # and we also got peanut butter because we were under five . # But erm # the first bananas I saw , my # My great aunt had a sho # a fruit shop . # Erm just very occasionally in the school holidays # erm at lunchtime I don't have many children at school holidays because apart from one of them , all of them have one or both parents who are teachers # so I have Sally , and , and er , her mum always cooks a meal in the evening so I , I do something like toasted cheese sandwiches or beans on toast or something like that at lunch time , but there was one time when she wanted peanut butter and , all her brother used to ask , I , her brother doesn't come to me now , he stays at home cos he's going on fifteen , and as he's next door but one anyway , you know if , if anything goes wrong he can come along to me , but all he wanted was my homemade blackcurrant jam , and now he doesn't come any more I've got to actually give him # I give him the blackcurrant jam , I give Myrene the blackcurrant jam , jam to take home for him . # He loves it ! # Oh I like , I qui I quite like making jam . # And it would be absolutely sacrilegious to , to buy hot cross buns . # Yeah . # Oh do no I # Oh . # No there are certain things that I just couldn't do . # I couldn't buy a Christmas pudding , and I couldn't buy a hot cross bun . # It , I think it's too ingrained in me from my grandmother and my mother . # You know , you made your Christmas puddings , everybody had to have a wish when they stirred them . # I better see if this dinner's ready . # Bye . # Hey , you know , talking about the ducks on the river , you know that elderly , ever so refined lady # Yes . # I think she must have been quite well off some time , had fallen on really hard times . # I mean , she told me oh , a couple of years ago that she was eighty . # And , I better get this dinner out . # And erm she always thought of her husband as daddy . # And her daughter I think she must have been getting on because around the time she told me that she was eighty , she happened to mention that her daughter was forty . # I know , her daughter , er her daughter's not married . # Well I haven't seen her feeding the ducks for about three or four months . # I wonder if she's died or she's ill ? # I know . # All , all her clothes came from jumble sales . # Everything . # She wa she was buying , long after nylon shirts went out of fashion , there we there was a pile of nylon shirts , and she said I'm , I'm just looking to see if this if these will be suitable for daddy . # I can't remember er , she gave me the reason why she wanted these for oh , he , he , he always wears his cuffs out or something . # She was quite pleasant to talk to , I liked listening to her . # I don't think I know her name . # So , I couldn't even ask anyone . # Are you ready for your dinner ? # I've made the tea . # I forgot to put those in the freezer . # I think I'll do the bedrooms this afternoon . # Which ? # Where ? # In the front room ? # How many have grown ? # Sometimes you look at them . # It doesn't matter , you don't need to look . # Get on with your dinner ! # You'll be late . # So that's seven out of ten , was it ? # Well that's not bad for one ninety nine . # There's erm I know they'd be , probably be better quality but there are nine , I think it is , advertised in today's paper that say , erm for er eleven ninety nine . # So even , we get seven for one ninety nine , it's a bargain . # I hope they're different colours . # Well they go on flowering for quite , you you've got # Oh yeah , you'll have to le leave the children's . # Aha . # I don't think , I dunno that I wonder if we should put some gravel under that umb umbrella tree . # Or if it should even be near that radiator . # In Australia , you know they grow into great big huge trees in Australia , Mrs told me . # She said er , Derek has them in his garden . # Well it must get hotter than it does in this house for a start ! # I was freezing last night in bed ! # And you were snoring . # I hardly got any sleep last night , my head was aching so much . # How can I , it , I was on my side . # Ouch ! # Ooh they're hot ! # How many staff have you got off ? # Mm . # Will you be home late ? # Mm . # Have you checked the television pages ? # Is there any wildlife programmes or anything you want me to oh hold on , I've got it here . # Er # The Messiah ? # The Messiah , the Messiah in Dublin seven forty five tomorrow . # Right . # There's absolutely nothing on on Saturdays . # I hate being here with on my own on a Saturday . # I haven't recorded any . # Have I ? # I haven't recorded any . # Can't remember what I was doing . # Might as well watch the wildlife programme . # Oh well . # Tt . # Jim'll Fix it , the Big Break . # Oh . # Clint Eastwood film . # On The Up . # On The Up's a repeat . # Casualty's a repeat . # The Life and Works . # A writer has his work , has her works republished and proves to be something of a mixed blessing . # I wonder what that's about ? # It don't give you much information . # Film , The Marrying Kind at three twenty five . # Barton and Simpson comedy An Extra Bunch of Daffodils . # A humorous view of a wife murderer from the writers who brought us Hancock and Steptoe . # Stratford John's Killer . # That might be interesting . # That's at five past eight . # Randall and Hopkirk Deceased . # That surely must be a repeat . # They haven't put repeat on for that . # Johnny Cash and San Quentin . # I seem to remember seeing that years ago . # Is that the , ah ! # T V Heaven . # Ah ! # So it is . # I don't remember An Extra Bunch of Daffodils do you ? # Oh oh oh ! # Live and Let Die . # House of Fear . # A spooky tale about a woman who returns to the stately which has been home to the Stafford Dynasty for hundreds of years . # The trouble is her ancestors are still around . # It doesn't say who , I suppose , the guests are . # Nope . # Absolutely nothing . # Are these oh . # Mm . # There's much more on a Sunday . # There's May to De December . # And I like Lovejoy , except I've missed but they're repeats , but I never saw it the first time . # Did we ? # Messiah in Dublin . # Well there's no point in me watching it if I'm going to record it for you . # I'll watch it with you . # Blimey ! # He's brave . # A man left paralysed from the waist down after a parachuting acce accident two years ago , attempts the World's first solo paraplegic sky dive . # Blimey ! # Perhaps he thinks lightning doesn't strike twice . # Jeeves and Wooster . # Screaming Thing . # Knocked quite a lot in their reviews in the papers . # I like it . # And I like Wed anyway . # What are your shifts next week ? # Can you remember offhand ? # Wait a minute . # You're early , Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday ? # And you're off Thursday , Friday . # Oh . # It's time you had some early . # Do what ? # Why ? # Has someone changed with you ? # That will be Easter Sunday . # Do we want to travel on Easter Sunday ? # Well if it hadn't been al for all those hours and hours hold ups last time we went down I quite like travelling overnight . # Especially when you get to the M twenty five . # Are you ready for your pudding ? # If it stays fine I think I'll put another load of washing in here . # I think I've given myself too much dinner . # And I've got , there was some left if you wanted it by the way ? # If forgot . # I cooked too much . # D'ya know that blue wool I got ? # Well Dorothy got er , some to knit something for Bryony and she actually got too much so if I do run out if I haven't enough to finish this er er vest , T-shirt summer top , whatever it's called she'll have some . # Mm mm . # There should be plenty of that wool for me . # I still have to stitch er , erm my cardigan up for Melanie but erm it was easy to start off the other one while I was talking to your mother . # Right . # .So were these dumplings okay ? # Well they were ma and they were made with vegetarian suet . # Catherine's were baked not boiled . # I prefer baked dumplings anyway . # I've , I would bake dumplings if you liked them . # I prefer them baked . # I like crusty tops on them . # You only had a tiny taste of one . # You were pinching somebody else's I don't know . # I don't know . # They were in the middle of the dinner when we got there . # You'd had yours . # And you grabbed a piece of somebody's dumpling and said , oh I'll have a bite of that . # And you said afterwards you didn't like it . # Well they must be better for you than an animal fat . # They cook just as fluffy # as with ordinary suet . # What ? # You can have a , a cholesterol test , you know in erm # which chemist is it ? # Er Simm and Webb , they've got a notice on the window , have your cholesterol tested . # Why don't you go and see ? # Well I would be interested to see them put # I know what mine is , mine was erm well below # the last ti what did I have to go for ? # The last time I went for a smear and a blood pressure check and various things sh I , I said are you doing cholesterol checks ? # And she said no . # Would you like one ? # And I said , yes I would please . # Anyway , I had to ring up after two week , can't you remember ? # I rang up after two weeks and I spoke to the nurse and she said , oh , your cholesterol's alright . # And I said but what is it please ? # And she said , oh well it's no it was the receptionist , she said it's fine . # And I said , yes but I would like to know exactly what my cholesterol count is . # So she said , oh I'll have to get the nurse . # So the nurse came on the phone and she sa she said erm oh it's , it's fine it's well within the limits . # And I said , but what is it ? # So she said it was five point four , or five point six I think it was . # Why can't they just tell you ? # Why do you have to drag these things out of people . # I want to know . # Oh ! # That's stupid . # It's my body ! # Betty's Betty has lived on they had roast beef for Christmas because they'd eaten no red meat for so long # with her cholesterol , that they actually , she was so sick of turkey and chicken , and fish and er she's had no cream cakes . # What else does she have ? # She uses semi-skimmed milk . # He's thoroughly settled isn't he ? # Thank you . # Oh , were you watching it ? # The horse race ? # Oh ! # Oh ! # No . # Mm mm . # Ah ! # Oh oh ! # Yes . # Yes . # Ah Norman . # # Have you got a chance ? # I'm thinking about Tony . # Oh well . # And is Alex comi are you expecting Alex ? # Anyway , talking of over the road , where is she ? # Is she home ? # Still ? # And has she been cleared o # Has she ? # She's not # demanding to be home or anything ? # Yeah . # Oh yes . # Yeah . # Mm mm . # Would she agree to it ? # Oh ! # But # Oh ! # Well how old is she , eighty # eighty two . # Yeah . # Yes . # In fact , one of the nurses had said to Jim last night your mum said er don't tell my brother and then , then she said , your brother ? # Who , who is your brother ? # She said , I don't , I mean , don't tell my son . # So well Jim said , well what is it ? # She said I can't tell you , I haven't to tell you ! # So he didn't know what she'd been up to . # Oh yeah . # Aha . # Mm . # I've never been in wo in er one or two . # Two . # I've never been in ward two . # Oh yeah . # Yes . # Oh ! # Mm . # Yes . # Yes . # Mm . # Who's Mr got in with him ? # Has he got # has he got # Yeah . # Oh ! # Mhm . # Get out . # Yeah . # Oh . # Yeah . # Oh . # So are they selling his house ? # Isn't it ? # Oh ! # Who does it belong to ? # Mm ! # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yes . # Yeah , that's right . # He did . # Yeah . # Oh well . # Is Doug going into the police or applying ? # I know . # He told me he applied but I thought he told me he'd been turned down . # Yeah . # Cos er erm # Marie Marie was going down to her mother's she was running as usual , she dashed up to our back door and said , is Doug around ? # And I said , I don't know what shift he's on , is his car out ? # And it wasn't . # And I said do you want a piece of paper to write him a message or something ? # And she said , no it was just that he's talking of renting his house erm and I know of someone who wants to rent one . # So I said well where's Doug going ? # Then she said something about June and the Met . # Or did she say he's going for an interview in June for the Met , or something , anyway . # Cos I , I haven't seen him at all . # Mm . # In fact , I thought it must be all finished with because he , he was quite talkative about it during the summer # then I , and he said to me about # being turned down . # Oh ! # Yes . # I tell you someone erm our boiler went wrong on ah , I think it was Wednesday # Thursday , I just can't remember , and Raymond came through # it must have been Thursday because I didn't want him to come , I said to Jim , tell him not to come we'll just turn the whole lot off . # But the kitchen was reeking of # fumes ! # And , and # er , I could feel it prickling the back of my nose and my throat # and and my eyes started to water # I opened the windows . # Oh ! # And there was when it came on , in the afternoon there was this tremendous very loud roar ! # Now , it sometimes goes whoosh ! # It comes on initially # and it immediately dies down and then it's okay , but there was this tremendous roar and a loud click and it went out . # And it was only about we i it was wi within a couple of minutes , or , probably less Jim came in er I think he was , I don't know where he'd been cos his day off was Thursday I think . # Yes he was . # And I told him about it , and he said oh yes , the pilot light has gone out and he relit it . # And it was fine . # It sounded okay but we kept getting these fumes . # So we kept opening the door it blew out once again and he put it on again and we were still getting these fumes till about oh about half past five it seemed to stop ,u we had the windows open . # And then Raymond phoned at about quarter to seven . # No . # He didn't . # Sorry ! # Sorry ! # It we he phoned at it was , it was five to six , Jim was going to take me to aerobics because of the weather # I had my wellies in case the leisure centre was flooded ! # Ha . # There was only ten of us there . # Anyway , erm Raymond was on the phone because he was tal and I was saying to Jim tell him I don't want him to come if the ra if the road's cut off to Blythe I don't want him to get stuck , I mean , he's got a wife # and two small children at home . # And I'm saying , it's time I was out , I'm gonna be late . # Anyway , he insisted he was coming at half past seven . # And he came at half past seven and he cleaned it and he looked at it , and he said er it wasn't anything that he could see , he thinks it was just down draught , but we've had winds before . # And he said that the cowl we've got on that chimney # off the kitchen and ru and runs the boiler , he said it's the best kind you can get , nothing should come in there . # And as he's driven up at the back then he looked up and he said you ca you could see daylight through it so it was , wasn't blocked by anything . # Erm but he said # I don't know . # I said could it have been continuous rain ? # And he said something about he'd once they'd once had to work all one day and all one night a near the Regent Centre because er , something had gone wrong with the gas pipes because erm of flooding . # So whether we've but nobody else seems to have noticed anything like this . # Anyway , he couldn't find anything . # He said , we'll just have to leave it and , if it happens again we'll have to go into it further , but it hasn't happened again , so now it's okay . # Except last night I thought what on earth's this ? # It just smelt like Christmas cake cooking , and I wasn't cooking anything at all . # I mean Jim went to work at one o'clock and the last of the kids went home , I've had my dinner # at midday . # But i it was no , it was no stronger in the kitchen than the living room . # I sniffed around the boiler , I sniffed around the cooker # ah , but when the kids went home I just had ha I had a sandwich . # That's all I had , I hadn't cooked anything . # Erm the triplets had soup and stottie and I warmed that up in the microwave . # And this smell lasted for about half an hour and then , then I couldn't smell it again . # Er ooh ! # I can't remember the make . # It's one of these that uses less fuel . # More efficient . # Well we've had it , how long have we had it ? # About three , four years . # Anyway , how are the # We've have had ,we # Yes . # Th the shelf with containers on have been too close , you know those Tupperware containers ? # Have been too close to it and it had , and the vents at the back had got churned up with dust at one time , I keep dusting it now . # Anyway , while I go Ra Raymond was here , he says , oh Alan's back . # And they said , well where from ? # He said well he's got a transfer to Accrington . # Didn't you know he was in the prison service ? # I didn't # Yes . # And he had to go and train somewhere down south , but he's got a he , apparently he'd been trying for a year and he's got to Accrington . # Cos I thought he was doing pretty well in the Post Office , he was # he was getting promotion . # Oh ! # Is there ? # Yeah . # It's , no , it , that's the Telecom I think , he actually worked for the # Post Office . # He started off as a counter clerk # and worked his way higher up . # No . # I mean , last year was Oh ! # Oh ! # I saw Gillian I met her round . # Don't you know your own number ? # It is Gillian . # Yeah . # Yeah . # I saw her briefly , and , I didn't even speak to her other than to say hello . # Dorothy and I took the triplets for their nursery visit on # Thursday # Er they wouldn't go and sit down for the story with all the other children sit at , sat on my knee on the floor for a short while . # Cos , at home you see er Dorothy and Trevor always read their stories in bed , and when I read their stories I have me on the arm chair two sitting on one chair arm # and one sitting on the other chair arm # so that they can all see the pictures . # So , they couldn't get it into their heads that you had to sit on the floor . # Mind , when I read their story on erm I read them on Thursday afternoon and I said , right we better practise for nursery # so I had the older ones from Goose Hill # you know the when they were off school # and I sat them on the floor # and they sat and listened then . # They're three on the nineteenth . # And , the other thing it took a while for u for us to get them to , they'd never drunk milk out of a straw , through a straw # and a third of a pint bottle is too big . # I only give them half that much at a time . # Bryony especially tends to drink small amounts . # But you leave the cup on the table and she'll call you back every ten # minutes for a sip . # But of course , they were picking the bottle up and they were trying to tip it as well . # So I'll have to get some straws and we'll have to practise # that . # No , this , they're quite , they didn't th they were quite tough # strong plastic ones so they they didn't chew # they didn't chew them . # And er # I know . # Yes . # Yes , well when we came out Bryony was difficult to start with , she didn't want her coat on . # But Richard I was trying to get his on a and I , I've , I've helped two other children to put theirs on , I don't know who they were , and Dorothy says , oh we better get out Ann the teacher wanted the the visitors # to get out before # the others came . # Well , we just got out into the hallway where all these mothers were standing round and # Richard threw himself on the floor screaming ! # He wasn't going home . # And I was try and he ,he of course he's , he's heavy # and when he just makes himself flop , he wouldn't stand up . # When I tried to sit him up # to put his coat on , I picked him up and tried to carry him , and he just flung himself around so hard I had to put him down and he immediately flung himself on the floor again ! # Oh ! # Golly ! # Anyway # Yes . # Oh ! # He was staying there . # And we I was I was trying to explain to him that erm we've had to go home , the teachers were clearing everything up # all the children were going home # because there were different children coming in the afternoon . # But no , no . # So I picked him up and I carried him , Dorothy had gone out the wrong door , instead of going out the door at that end she'd gone right along this long corridor # so I followed her and of course , we're going past all the blooming classrooms ! # And the # classrooms all had their doors open . # And anyway I carried him half way along and I had to put him down # I managed to get his coat on and a woman came along , I , I don't know if she was a dinner lady or what , she had a a sort of overall on and er I said come on let's catch up with your mummy , and she said , ah ! # Are these triplets ? # Are these # Mr 's triplets ? # And I said yes . # And she said , oh Mr teaches my son at school . # She said , come along hold my hand as well and er , I'll tell my son tha that , that er Mr 's son took me to the door . # So he shut up # and listened to her . # He'd calmed down tha # by then . # Mhm . # Mhm . # Yes . # The one we should have go gone in # and come out of ? # Yes . # Mhm . # Mhm . # It's a lovely nursery isn't it ? # They've got every kind of toy and equipment you can think of . # And they've got it divided up into bits with a , sort of a little kitchen . # Erm and then there's one like a little living room , it has a little settee in it and chairs , you know , child size ? # And there's a big er water play bath sort of thing # and sand and slides and # Yes . # And every kind of building brick and Duplo brick and Lego brick and Stickle brick and # things . # And plenty of easels and paint # and er oh , they've also got books yo you know you can buy the books # just just in that er , sort of little tiny lobby bit # where you turn right to go into the nursery # into the actual classroom # er , they've got books on there # and there's a , a book to sign and you can borrow any book # then you just sign the book to say you've got it . # And have you looked erm , the headmistress took us outside to see the yard and that looks # huge # yard with a a apparently they have er , a lot of in the summer they do a lot of er whatever they're doing out there . # Practically everything they do out there , they take all the equipment outside . # Oh ! # Mm . # Still around ? # Yeah . # Does she ? # Mm ! # Is that , you put it flat onto it # it's a windproof thing . # Oh yes # she's gonna be one of the very young ones . # Yeah . # Ya . # Mm . # Do you remember when I had erm Michael he's fifteen now . # The one whose mum had multiple sclerosis they lived at Upham Pond . # He was only four and one week when he started school . # His birth er his birthday was the thirty first of August and I think it was , I can't remember when he started # it was the fifth or the sixth of # I think it was the sixth of September . # And he was I know he was chubby but he was quite short . # He looked so young . # Oh yes . # That's where er # Dorothy takes the triplets on Mondays . # They , they are actually starting nursery school on the fifth of May . # They seem so tiny to be going five mornings a week though . # Mhm . # Yes . # I don't # Yes . # Er well , well she'll obviously # collect them on Mondays and Fridays # and walk up , they'll get the minibus down . # I forgot to notice exactly where the mi where the bus stop outside the school . # Oh ! # Yes . # Well I'll have to move myself away from the school gate they can just they think I'll be actually waiting # at the school gate . # Oh . # Oh that's fine . # And the yeah # Mm . # Their grandma said to me yesterday , have you worked out how you're going to get to nursery ? # And I said , well yes I'll just walk up and I'll get the minibus back . # And she said , will you manage ? # But , I've had them on buses several times just when I , when I'm going on a bus . # It won't be a special treat any more once they're coming back from nursery three times a week on a bus will it ? # And probably when I was # Yeah . # Mm . # Mhm . # Yeah . # Yes . # Aha . # Aha . # Yeah . # Have I seen you since erm I haven't seen you to talk to for very long have I ? # Well it's # d'ya know it's funny , on a Wednesday when I go , when they've gone home and I've tidied up a bit # and gone straight to aerobics for six o'clock # I feel quite fit by the time I get back , you know by the time I've done # the aerobics you sho I should be feeling absolutely knackered ! # But I'm not . # I fe I fe I feel , you know # I feel full of beans and quite # hungry by then . # Yes . # Mm . # It's like Jim at work he's shattered when he comes in . # Mm . # I never feel cold in your house . # Aha . # Yes . # You might have slightly overcooked it . # It's , you tend , to start with you do tend to erm # overcook things . # I know i i it # Did you let it stand ? # For a while after ? # Before it carries on . # It's like when you cook # cakes they look as if they're not quite cooked # but by the time they've stood for five minutes they are . # Did you remember if you cook a cake and you put a piece of erm kitchen paper over the top # Oh . # I , I can't remember where I got , I remember telling Beryl that a long # time ago # well before she knows # Someone who told me roundabout that # time . # The other thing is yes . # Yes . # What # kind of a cake did you make ? # Oh . # Chocolate cakes are , are very nice if # you do , brown , but use brown sugar . # And u and dark brown # sugar . # I that's nice and # moist . # But when you , when you time when the cooked cake's finished cooking # if you leave it for two minutes # run a knife round # tip it up onto your hand , just briefly # just for a second , and then # back a again . # Let's the air go , and get underneath # and that helps the bottom to dry out quicker . # Now someone else told me , and it worked , and if you just lay a piece of kitchen paper over the top , that absorbs some of the moisture # as well and ta and the top isn't so soggy . # But chocolate cakes are definitely the best . # In the microwave . # Yes . # Yeah but they're so # they're so pale as well . # The o # the only cakes I make in erm in a microwave are chocolate cakes # Yes . # They're a lot moister if you , if you use dark brown sugar # they definitely are a lot more moist . # And as long as you don't over , overcook them . # And I'll tell you what I always do . # I've got these , you know the very thin microwave dishes ? # They're getting a bit battered now . # They're very thin plastic . # They're about # Th I got them in the electricity board , there three for sixty pence . # You're only , I think you're only supposed to use them for a , a few months , I've been using them for about three years . # Er , they've got a dimple in here and there . # But er # Yeah . # Mhm . # That might help . # Yeah . # Yes . # Ah ! # Ah ! # These things are about so high . # Smales # have a lot of microwave dishes . # They're about that wide and they're about that deep and I just put a circle of greaseproof in the bottom # don't grease them or anything . # Ju I just lay a piece of greaseproof in the bottom . # I don't grease them I just put this I've got a pile of little circles of greaseproof paper ready cut to to fit the # bottom of the # three dishes . # I've done it for all kinds of things , I mean , I , I cook vegetables in them in it and I warm up # tins of peas in it . # I warm up baked beans for the children's # tea in it . # In fact , they're # stained with tomato soup . # I don't know why I get tomato soup with all that colour in it . # Yes . # And # I make mine , I make my , my custard in erm er I think it is it's a casserole about so wide , it's my biggest casserole . # It's a round one about that far across . # Er er nearly two pint I think # it'll be . # It's about this shallow # I found it , it , it , it seems to cook quicker . # Erm the last time # I made half a pint of white sauce in the measuring jug I # boiled it all over the place . # The last time I made about half a pint of bread sauce , I lost half the bread sauce all over it ! # Yeah , you need to stir it every minute or so . # And you don't # no you know your erm smoky glass beakers # don't use those in # Nancy used one of those in it and she just lifted it out and the whole lot shattered all over # the place . # But I read you know when you make your coffee in it # Give it a stir first . # It's just recently I read about this it's not getting air into it or something is the reason it ex it can suddenly shoot up all over you . # Well I always # I put the coffee , my milk powder , and the water in # and , stir it anyway # and then put it in , and it's so far it's been okay . # Yes . # I di er , I only have er I only make chocolate . # Oh yes . # Yeah . # Yes . # Yes . # I haven't got one of # those of course . # When this wears out I'm gonna # get rid of this one . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Yes . # Well you know when we got our Vax vacuum cleaner # that was ten pounds cheaper than Argos . # So , er we got that at the Co-op . # It was # a hundred and forty nine # in or a hundred and forty nine ninety nine or whatever it was , I can't remember in erm Argos # and it was ten pounds cheaper in the Co-op . # But so we got it there . # There was something else , you know when I got the when I got my food processor # that was something like eighty pounds , I can't remember exactly # but for some reason we'd been to Gateshead , and I'd looked up food processors in the Argos catalogue # and the Index , Littlewoods # catalogue and we were in Argos , I mean , sorry , we're in Gateshead and we I know I was trying to get erm a very pale peach wallpaper for , for the # bathroom to match the very , very , very extremely pale peach # flowers that we've got # on so many tiles # and I couldn't get any . # And , we've looked in Mawpers , and we've Newcastle , and Jim said let's go to Gateshead . # I can't somebody had a sale on in Gateshead so we went there and then we went to the Co-op , and of course , I got the exact paper I wanted , just sort of this mottley mottley , marbly pale peach # paper . # And we looked at erm food processors # and we got the food , food processor , it was cheaper than Argos and Index # I got a free , there was a free electric carving knife with it # plus , at the time there was five percent extra off erm , cos Jim's got a , a Co-op gold card # and if you got it through this gold card there was another five percent off so or something like that off . # So , we got a real bargain there . # Yeah . # Oh , I'm very careful with my money . # I always # check if them things are cheaper first . # Yes . # Mhm . # That , that erm yellow ex Telecom van # that usually parked down # the end of the road # is that the same one that's just gone past with it said erm snacks ? # I could just er say read it when it went by # in big red writing it said snacks , and one er , I couldn't make out what # I don't know . # Has somebody started up in business ? # Oh ! # Don't mention the ! # I'd love to slaughter that child ! # Having trouble ? # Did you not hear about when they broke the thing ? # He # Yeah . # Yes . # Aha . # Mhm . # One of ours was off as well . # Mhm . # Mm . # Well , Jim had just put something through Bob's letter box # and he heard there was a crash and Martin said , ee ! # I've broken the glass . # And the other two , Ali and tha you know the erm , Bangladeshi boy down he plays with them . # There was Ali and the and Michael . # And Jim came along and he says what did you say ? # He says I've broken the glass . # And he said well just get yourself home and tell your father that I want it paid for this time because I only replaced that glass last week , which he had # he'd put it in at the beginning of the week before . # So he came in and he , he , he said I'm just going down to see 's father , he's just smashed the glass in the cold frame and I'm I'm sick of this ! # Cos he's already stopped him setting fire to trees in the orchard over there . # He's stopped him cutting down trees . # So he went down and it was Kelly he spoke to and er she said he # Weren't you expecting this ? # Oh ! # You , when you rang the other night you , you did sound like Jackie , I'm sure you were Jackie on the phone , and with her not living here very long # thought # I thought she'd just er you know , she was worried about her children cos as usual they'd left the keys behind , they were the house . # Yeah . # Oh well , if you don't know . # Forty four days ? # Oh . # Oh well . # Are you going to get # to pay your debts with a pan # in your hand ! # Oh ! # Mhm . # Right . # Oh . # Well then , while # you can you've gotta # sell out . # Yeah . # We want some erm er , what they call them ? # Quarry tiles # you know to step down into the kitchen . # I would like some quarry tiles on there , but we can't get any of the narrow ones , they've got a curved edge . # Well they told , they , they told us that we couldn't get i they couldn't get us any # with a curved edge . # And I don't want the little ones tripping up and crashing their heads on a # And , and in the corner where the door is there's a hole in the step underneath the the door hinge . # And er James , triplet he's pres er pushing bits of paper and I should imagine there's pens and crayons and all kinds down there . # Yeah . # Yeah . # Aha . # You can get them in the square ones , the six by six , but I wa I wanted the way we worked it out , eight by four would work out more economical . # Cos eventually , I wouldn't mind the kitchen having quarry qua quarry tiles . # I like quarry tiles . # Right . # I don't know , it's been , I went along to ask Betty and Paul if they knew . # It's been there since before half past one I think . # I was putting the washing on at the back and I saw the en the bit sticking past the house . # I think it must be a , I think it must # be a driver . # He can't , he can't be actually at a wedding because # . # Oh yes ! # We can dream ! # Hello . # Oh ! # Oh ! # Mm . # I know what it was erm the Empire Stores' man brought a parcel for Jackie when she was out and when # I took it along to her , to save me locking myself out I put the sneck up . # I must have forgotten to put it down when I came in again . # That was hours ago . # Well I'd hardly be out if the door wasn't locked when it's dark . # Ooh ! # Was the inside door closed ? # Mm . # We haven't got any # of next door's cats upstairs then ? # Have you had a good day ? # Why ? # Did you have any deaths ? # Oh . # Mm . # Had enough for this week . # Right . # I'll get you something to eat . # Are you hungry ? # Well it's now , I'll just warm it up . # Okay ? # Yes . # Yes , but she's got all the erm she's got hundreds of well not hundreds , but she's got a lot of customers , I mean , she works in huge offices doesn't she ? # Yeah . # Right . # There was erm what I thought was a , a white Rolls parked outside our house when I was putting the washing on the line just after you went to work . # Erm well I've gotta wash the dishes . # I was with , and it was , I could see it at the front . # Er , it turned out it wasn't a Rolls it was a Bentley , but I don't know one car from # another . # A # Yes . # Well it looked like a wedding car cos there were bouquets in the back . # And , Paul was working on his car out the front and I went to ask him if he knew who was getting married . # And er he said it had been standing there for quite a while . # He thought it was maybe just er the driver had taken someone to the church was waiting to go back for them . # And er Betty called me in for a cup of coffee but and I was there , I think , for over two hours . # I didn't mean to stay that long cos I had a lot to do . # Anyway , it was , it was still there # it was still there when I took # Housework ! # It was still there when I took Jackie's parcel to her and it wa I , I think I didn't look out the , the window till about five o'clock and it had gone then . # But Betty # Yes . # And tho erm Betty thinks the er the for do er cars as well . # Yes . # See if it is hot enough . # Has that just come through the letter box ? # Oh . # I'll make you some # coffee . # Right . # Is it raining ? # Well the back wall looks wet . # It is raining . # I got the washing nearly all dry anyway . # All the shirts . # I didn't it was so bright and windy so I put another lot in after that lot came out it'll be , only be T-shirts I'll have in the dryer when they finish off . # Yeah . # The what ? # Which one ? # The one facing onto the bridge ? # Well I saw the curtains were down erm when I took the triplets # all around there yesterday , the curtains were down and it looked as if there was a table piled up with cardboard boxes in the , in the front window . # The one on ? # Th the one just past the social club ? # Well , that one on the cor the first one # That was the one that was on television with the water right the way # up it . # Brian ? # Have they ? # I never noticed that . # Mhm . # Mhm . # Have they done # that themselves ? # And he , he is the very end one isn't he ? # Didn't he buy the one that we looked at , once ? # I've never seen Ro Rosie for years ! # I know , she's working erm # at the workers' education what is it called ? # W E A ? # She works , she works for that . # Erm # Yes . # I think , yes . # I can't remember , but there was a whole # No it's at Ashington . # No , erm I'm sure it's in a , at Ashington . # And # I'm not sure . # I think # I think I think I heard Jean say something about erm the writers' workshops . # I'm not sure if she said tha that Rosie had , had given them a lecture or something once , then I said oh ! # I know Rosie quite well . # There's your coffee . # Was it hot ? # Was it # hot enough for you ? # It looked as if it was . # Pardon ? # Oh I know , you're like my mother , stone cold ! # I know . # I know , I think it's hilarious ! # Asdir erm saying my ginger wine was too hot . # Bloody ridiculous ! # But they don't drink red hot stuff I suppose . # I suppose that was the difference . # They don't drink red hot stuff , they drink ,only eat red hot stuff , and they drink cool things to cool their mouth down after ! # She drinks tea . # Well she she used to drink tea when she if I ever well I didn't invite her in for a coffee do , well I didn't to begin with did I ? # I mean # No . # I invite , when we walk back from school erm when she first came to live round there , and er I used to walk back from school with her sometimes and say , would you like a cup of coffee ? # Well she didn't know anybody of course and she'd say , no thank you . # And then after oh , after a few weeks she said I'll come in for a cup of tea . # So I said , okay . # So I used to make tea for her . # And it got , in the end , actually , if I was , if I had to do something that was urgent or I had to go somewhere I used to have to say to her something like , you know , erm oh I better get on , I got a lot to do this morning , or I'm goi I've to be shopping and be back in time to cook Jim's dinner or something like that cos he's starting , oh I've gotta have his dinner ready at twelve before he goes to work and if I really was pushed otherwise she would have come in every day . # Not that I minded her coming in every day , just didn't , not always that time . # And also , if she came in when I had the triplets it meant that erm you know , she was sitting talking to me when I wanted to be playing with them and taking them out and getting on with doing things with them . # No . # Well I was just talking about that today to Betty . # You ar di didn't you see it ? # Didn't you show someone round it once ? # Did you notice the bathroom ceiling ? # I only saw it erm you showed two lots round didn't you ? # I only showed er , Gillian # Well actually the time I went in it was erm when Gillian was thinking of buying it # and er I went her mother and father were with her and I just really went in up and down the stairs , and they went upstairs and they , they shouted , oh Ann ! # Come and look at this . # And er in the back I think it was the back bedroom there was a , a light switch and the wiring was sort of hanging from , from the switch . # It looked dangerous ! # And there was there was something weird . # It wasn't a telephone point I don't know what it was . # No , it came from half way along the hall , up under the stair carpet and into the erm front bedroom , but it , it didn't have a , a sort of , you know the # it didn't have a telephone , sort of attachment . # And the bathroom ceiling was black mould ! # And of course , if it , if it had been I know they came once because # Well , Syrej # dropped Asdir off and she drove away and I saw her and the four children go , along to the house # cos I was in here and er I think she had some paint in her hand # and after about ten minutes I thought what the devil is she doing in there ! # No , she only had the three children , erm Asthana wasn't born . # That was it . # I thought , what's she doing in there ? # Tha that's right , she was pregnant wasn't she , after # Asthana wasn't born when she left here . # Mm mm . # No ,go well perhaps it wasn't long after Asthana was born . # Anyway , it was , it was in the winter . # Erm # It is , you know . # I think Asth # No ,Januar . # Janu # it's January the seventh . # Asthana's birthday , she must be two . # Oh ! # They moved before Christmas . # Aye . # Well , whatever . # And er well that might have been it ,A Asthana might have been a tiny baby . # So I went along there cos I thought if she was painting the children will be frozen and nothing to sit on and no # heating . # So I went down , and she was , she was painting the bathroom ceiling . # And I said er , I'll take the children back to my house with me , at least they'll be warm , I can give them a drink or something . # So they came back but of course , if it's jus if it's been pouring in on that bathroom ceiling again it's , it , when I took , when Elsie called up to me , come and look at this , the bathroom ceiling was black mould ! # Oh no . # Perhaps he's been and washed it off again . # Sometimes when he comes # through . # But nobody , how long is it since the last time we showed them in ? # And the key's still on our kitchen windowsill so # Oh yes , but but look how quickly Marie sold hers . # Oh it was beautiful ! # Some of them are sold quite quickly . # There's some new people in number ten is it ? # They park their car just beside Doug's house . # I don't see them very much , they tend to use the back door , and sort of come out and then go down # the back lane . # I don't see them come round the front . # You haven't drunk your coffee . # Did you see your mother ? # Ee ! # The places she's been in the last couple # of weeks . # If she could only remember where she'd been and how much she's enjoying it while she's actually doing it . # What thing at the chapel ? # Mm ! # Oh yes ! # I'll have to go earlier to see her because they'll be maybe getting her changed for that . # Didn't she want to go ? # Or wasn't there room ? # Er , yes . # Yes . # What had she been drinking ? # Oh . # Well your mother wouldn't want that . # I know . # Your mother doesn't remember where she's been as soon as she's , gets out of the minibus . # Tt ! # I mean , and she , and # she asks the same question over and over again . # It's lying around somewhere . # Has she got her colostomy bag back on yet ? # Or are they still leaving it off ? # How do they take her anywhere if she's got the bag off ? # Must , well that's you out . # Well supposing you , if that's okay . # I mean # it's one thing being in a hospital but to take her somewhere # enclosed is # not very fair to her . # I think I read that Blagden was open from half past # one till half past three or something . # Or was it half past one , where did I put it ? # Was it half past one to dusk . # It's not much # Where is it ? # Well you've got so many piles of papers lying around ! # Where ? # I've got my glasses on , I'll do it , I'll read it . # .You can't see without your glasses . # Where ? # Oh yeah . # I can't see at oh right . # Wait a minute till I switch on the other light . # It's cos it's written on blue paper in tiny print . # Daffodils and arboretum # products , plant and cake stalls . # Suitable for wheelchairs . # Toilet for disabled . # Tea with home-baked scones and cakes . # Open from one till five . # It still isn't a lot of time if you finish work at quarter past three , and you're not home till # Oh ! # Oh ! # Right . # Oh that's okay then . # Sunday , May the third . # Well do you want to go take some of the other patients that day and I'll go as an escort ? # On when ? # Twelfth of June , your Hazel's birthday . # I've no idea . # Fourth of July's Independence Day . # I don't think anything's the twelfth of July . # And what are you that day ? # Ordinary early ? # Quarter past three early ? # So if you took them that day you'd be going while you were on duty ? # Is that a Sunday at Easter ? # You're not gonna drive that bus are you ? # Oh ! # And does he , does he drive the buses ? # Er , the hospital bus like # that ? # Yes , but , if he was willing to drive in his spare ta time , he would have his name down surely ? # Wouldn't he ? # Well whatever it's called . # Yeah . # Does he work ? # It sounds , it sounds odd saying , oh my husband's just renewed his , it makes it sound as if he hasn't had a P S V erm licence for a while . # Cos if he was working , and driving he wo it , surely he would have automatically renewed it ? # So it sounds as if he's just renewed it after a while . # So maybe that's why he's never volunteered before . # If he didn't have the licence , he couldn't . # Except , he could have for the minibus of course . # Where's my knitting gone ? # Well he wouldn't need a P S V licence for a pet shop . # Unless you were a Pet Shop Boy and were a roadie . # I can't remember what line I was doing . # Blagden ? # There are no shops # at Blagden . # Oh . # Mhm . # Yeah . # Mm mm . # Yeah . # It's a bit far to take her to near Berwick . # Oh . # And Corn Hill on the Tweed's a bit far for you my love . # There's Anwick # Howick at Anwick . # Where's Hallington ? # Oh ! # Wait a minute . # Between Colwell and Kirkharl . # Wasn't it Kirk oh no it was Katheaton . # Was it Ka # Yeah . # That's right . # We never did find his house did we ? # If there's any # if there's any remnants of his house . # There was certainly no indication of it anywhere in the village . # There wasn't even anybody to ask ! # We could walk there . # Yeah . # Isn't there ? # Well how many houses are on that road ? # There's only # Yeah . # Did you tell me what did they call the one who lived there ? # That worked with you . # Yeah . # Di # Oh that's right . # Where is she ? # I used to see her in the hairdressers sometimes . # I know . # I remember that . # Mm . # Oh dear . # She was nice , she was a nice woman . # Mhm . # Yeah . # Mm . # Mm . # Didn't know that . # I nearly stood on a grouse once , when we were walking up I wasn't walking with you , it was when we were with the Footpath Society . # Got the shock of my life ! # I was walking along talking to Mika I think and it just shot up from in front of me , I had my foot out . # It waited till the very last second . # I couldn't believe it ! # Perhaps it decided to stay put and I wouldn't notice it was there and maybe at the last second it decided it would run for it ! # Mm . # Mm . # Mm . # Well Edith told me that erm # as soon as she bought her house do you know which is her house ? # What did you go there for ? # Oh maybe , a Christmas # card it would be . # Cos that , the , you know the le # you know at the left hand side of her house they've planted some trees . # Yeah . # But there was already no . # It's at the oh ! # No , the back of her house opens has erm # The back of her house , the back garden erm , faces onto a field . # There's the fence # o over the fence from that , er , the back garden is the field , but # but to the left of their house , when you're facing the front door to the left # the there are some trees # Outside . # There are some erm trees there # there was already quite a few trees there , it was like a small wood and they've plan and # they've planted some extra ones . # I think they've planted some # fruit trees . # It's a huge garden ! # So they've got a # wood in it # but from the time they moved in she noticed red squirrels . # I think she said she'd seen a badger as well . # No . # Yes I mean , that's right . # Well yes . # Mhm . # She's gone to California , Edith . # I met her erm # Yes . # I don't know if she's gone alone or with some , or with a friend , but er she said she wanted to , she'd never been to California and she wanted to go before she was too old and crotchety to get there because David's he's in no fit state to go anywhere any more . # So she asked , she asked if sh her sister-in-law cos Sheila's living er near her daughter . # Well ,so # and somewhere near Berwick , yes . # Ladyki no they moved from Ladykirk into Berwick I think . # And Sheila , erm # Oh , your glass where've you , have you picked your glasses up ? # Seeing as you frequently forget them # What ? # Oh # If they're not , if they don't , if it doesn't get sufficient light , the leaves turn all green # it's proper name's erm , er Schefflera # Schefflera something like that # Yes # if it's been standing on the floor though , only the top leaves would , I don't know what to do about having it there though , that's right above the radiator , it'll dry it out that's , that's why I said # do you think we should stand it on some gravel in the saucer there's plenty of gravel # oh I'll go and put some in after , when you've gone to work # Yes , but when we first got it the radiator wasn't on it was the summer time # it was erm it was bought for us in July ah July # can't remember which July # It didn't , we took it in the front room # I said I thought it was that # Why ? # Well put it on the draining board and I'll wash it and then put it back # Mhm , mhm # mm , bye # It's okay , it's just , let's get me bag in , thank you # I've got a T-shirt under this # huge long jumper . # Hang on a minute , let's see , oh very nice why did you get that ? # Aha , I should have this seatbelt fastened shouldn't I ? # I don't know , I mean unless you # it's a daft place to have an antique shop isn't it , where there's no other shops ? # It's , it's # erm some of it is , but I mean , some of the things like that washing machine from about # nineteen ten by the look of it # and the great big photograph of Queen Victoria but they do have some nice things in , some of the crockery was quite nice # I don't know , I've never been in it , I've just looked through the window and then they've got junk , I mean that , that er # that erm modelled bull # well that's some # someone's obviously brought , obviously brought from Spain , from a holiday , who wants a secondhand bull from Spain ? # Aha # I suppose they do yes # yeah # George the fifth # yes # ah # I've got some Coronation mugs somewhere , I've got some that er my grandmother had # Right next door to the pub # it's got a very , very old oak staircase in that house because erm # Er , no , there's Joanna one of the girls I look after and er Rebecca who lives next door to me , erm some friends of ours years ago were going to , were thinking of buying it , it was about five thousand pounds then , so it shows ya how long ago it is # er , but it needed quite a few repairs doing to it # it had one of those # it had , erm one of them cast iron baths you know in the middle of the bathroom with the sort of er curly legs , Queen Anne type legs on it # they said it was very nice , but , the , they reckoned then it needed about another five thousand pounds spending on it # Oh yes , yes # Yes , lift the seat up then please Chris # Why do you ? # I've got some in my bag actually # I'll show ya , here are # Close the door so your mum can lock it # Oh , our front passenger seat won't lock either , you've got to lock it from the inside , ta # Thanks , can you stick that in my shove it , shove it in my bag # please # Are you invited for tea every time ? # Oh # We can hear you , hmm , erm # No thanks # I don't , I'm going the wrong way , I'm going the way when I go with Jim the quick way # we can't go that way when we're not staff # Mm , mm , never mind # Probably # Look at these crocuses mine are all # mine are all dead . # They do , ours are finished # mind they get more sun here than they do in erm , or in , or even though the ones in the front garden are , they're dead , and they get lots of sun , the ones in me tubs and cauldrons and # stuff in the erm in the back , don't get so much sun # Of course , when do I go anywhere without me knitting ? # wait till I put this in the bin oh I want to sneeze again stand on it there we are News Post Leader down there , we didn't get one this week # we got neither of the free press this week # We did a few weeks ago # for about a week trying # all these extra benefits you could get # well I read the free one for the week and that was it # Oh , have you pressed the button ? # I don't know if it was pressed or not , hello # hello hello # hello mum , oh what ,glasses clashing together # You've just made us a cup of tea have you ? # Oh # if I'd got here a minute quicker I'd got you some chocolate biscuits you could of been having with that cup of tea # er # He gets them out the day room I think # I dunno he just gets them # well if there's , if there's not many people sitting in the day room , perhaps we can pinch one , all the stools seem to be taken there aren't many spare in there , can we pinch a couple of chairs please ? # Er , the stools all seem to be taken er there you are , are you getting one Chris ? # Can you carry that ? # Thank you they're all watching the Sunderland match , can you hear them ? # On that television Chris # Absconded right # Is this some washing ? # I'll take it # It's alright , I don't mind # I can see them there where I can seem them , so I can , there's you , biscuits mum # Have you lost something ? # Come a bit forward we can't hear you , I can't see you # you stand up and Pat'll pull it oh ee # Two steps forward that's it , hard work # getting up , standing up # There's your tea back # Have you got your knitting ? # Yes # the peach one ? # Er that one # Oh yes of course # yes # Oh yeah # mm # yes # yes # They were from Aunty Barbara and Uncle Alan for Mother's Day , yeah # they sent money to Uncle Jim and he , oops , that knitting needle nearly go in your eye , and er , he went and got them , let's see they're keeping them watered # it must leave it or you'll get noises they need watering # I said I'll get , I just go and put some water in # for this plant # It's a shame , it was an expensive one # I'll take it to the tap # There you are it's had a drink # My knitting , it's here # You're going , you're going out to tea , that's where you going # At the Methodist church and then # you're going to the service # you went out for lunch on er Tuesday , you went to Eldon Square and you had your lunch there # you had your hair permed on Monday was it ? # Or Wednesday # Morpeth Methodist # Yeah # Yeah cos er Jim had just come on duty and she was going up in the lift with somebody and they said please can we have five pounds , your mother's just had her hair permed # No , it's er # this Dorothy told me about she said get yourself up to the wool shop Ann and # I've got it , I've got some how , but this wool threaded through here , she said get yourself up to the wool shop at Stock Hill they've got this cotton look stuff in all colours for er fifty pence a ball # so I went # Did you ? # Er , er , Jim got erm a ticket in the sweep at work for me , but it was er , what was it ? # Over the Road # His didn't win either # Jim should have backed Party Politics shouldn't he ? # Don't think I don't think he's actually backed one in his li I , I haven't backed one in my life # I've , I've just bought erm # sweep , sweeps # yeah # oh # In third # Too true # Did you give up on your squares ? # Oh have you got , can you have it louder and quieter ? # Oh I see # Well you've got less actually because they'll be getting your grandma changed # Yes they're going to Methodist church , then they're gonna that # yes are you too you young to remember our christening # that one # yes you'll have # you'll have your tea in the hall downstairs and then go into the service upstairs in the Methodist church # Cos you're invited ma # You like a good sing and you know all the Methodist hymns # Why yes yes I was told you should of heard you erm on the karaoke night # when they had all the songs you knew # you were singing your head off non stop # You forget we've got spies , all the staff on this ward tell Jim exactly what you've been doing er , that's , that's how he knew you got your hair done , can we have five pounds , she's just had her hair permed , the day before he's just coming in and , no they sent to the ward can we have five pounds please your mum's been out for the day and she's had her lunch out you cost him a fortune and you say you've never been anywhere # He didn't get in yesterday to see you because er he's got , he was very , very busy , he's got a lot of poorly , really poorly patients at the moment # Aha , yes # The general election ? # You're voting for an M P # is yours Ronnie ? # are you not in Ronnie 's constituency ? # Are you in are you in Morpeth constituency # or Blythe ? # Have you had no election addresses around ? # Don't you know even notice the names ? # Teesdale you must be # you must be in erm , you must be in Blythe constituency # because ours are Conservative is Glen and the Green is Nick , Nick is it ? # The Green er the Lib Dem is Brian oh he's a horrible man # he's one of these men who stand up and talk whether they've got anything to say or not you know at at meetings # not , not just political meetings , any kind of a meeting he gets # up and spouts , and a lot of it's a load of rubbish # and he's got such a superior attitude , I feel like spitting at him yes , she got that yesterday # We surely don't want any more Tories in # What do you think's happened to the Health Service ? # Have you talked to a nurse recently ? # Oh # just talk to them , just so short staffed , I don't know when Jim last got off duty on time # the last time he should have finished at quarter to one he got off about half past one mm # They can't , because of all the wards that are closed , because there aren't enough nurses # They can train , there's plenty training , but when you've finished your training there's nowhere # there's no jobs , look at erm Sunderland # Sunderland General out of the last thirty something that trained , two got jobs # and they had to , I don't know where they went , but two got jobs it was in # I read that in the # in that free general I got # or was it er # somebody's Chronicle I borrowed for some reason # I can't remember # Have you beaten your last score yet ? # Where you going ? # Very nice # aha # yes # Oh yes # Oh # Is it your just , just your Brownie pack ? # They're going , is it just one pack go at once , not ones from various # How long are you going for ? # Mm , mm where you trying to go with that Zimmer ? # I didn't see any television last night # I was trying to catch up on housework # Are you trying to impersonate a monkey or what ? # She's crawling round and round the bars of this Zimmer # Hmm # Well aren't you ? # What makes you think you're not ? # oh # whoops # Mm , mm # Oh # She's making jokes # Aha # I don't know # Oh yes # And do you think you'll like it ? # I'm sure you will # Aye , we was , yeah # mm # Fred # No # Were schools smaller when you were at school though ? # It was certainly , the grammar school # I went to only had er there was about between twenty five and thirty in each year and there was only form for each year so I say # say there were a hundred and say , say there were thirty in a class , five forms is a hundred and fifty # and er # there was about twenty yeah # there was two two hundred at the most and that covered fourteen small towns and small villages and mind some of them were very small villages # came from quite a wide area way up in the hills Airedale and all that area , at the foot of the Cleveland hills # I think there's thirteen hundred at the high school in Morpeth , well yes they come from Rothbury # in fact there was one boy Les , Les actually lived fifty seven miles from the school he lived er , what was his address ? # Something , his father was a shepherd , his mother actually did bed and breakfast , she was on television about five years ago , she'd actually got electricity I think it was # erm both he , he became a shepherd when he left school as well , erm something # was Pennine Way was his address # but , he actually lodged in Rothbury well that was fifteen miles to come each day # When he was at school , but he used to go home for the Christmas holidays and nobody saw him again till about March cos he was , he couldn't even get to Rothbury he was snowed in . # It would of just , it would have been , if he hadn't been that he , you know that he had to go to a school in Northumberland , he was just as near # or possibly nearer to Scottish well he went home at weekends # It's , it's just the same as the kids from er , say erm # that's you she's talking to mum # That's the cardigan we bought you for Christmas # it's a jacket cardigan # You need a bib mother # At the Methodist church # the mad hatters tea party # You can't , you can't go with that one you spilt your dinner down # That's her excuse # Oh I will have one please , thank you # I always end up with a dry throat in here with all this heat # Mm # It's just me paper I'm marking me rose on # Here have a sweet they're there beside her # It's a pad Uncle Jim gave me # That's supposed to be a picture of your intestines , that's your stomach that's your duodenum # that's your # that's your large intestine that's your small intestine # Doesn't look very nice does it ? # mm , mm # on the on the wrong side # Why don't you move this Zimmer and sit on the seat ? # And tell me what you've been doing all the week # Have you done anything exciting ? # No , I'll tell you how far the rain affected us personally , you know the , well the antique shop at the end of our road # you know there are steps go up it # behind it # well they go up at the side of it and down behind it # down and there's a path goes along and it comes , it goes under the road bridge and it comes out at the foot bridge and it runs next to it # the water got up to the second step from the top , but , when , instead of turning right into my road if you'd keep straight on # and go along the river , you know where the flood wall is ? # that's called Bennetts Walk , Bennetts Walk was all flooded , that was closed off # but that wasn't with flood water coming over , that was because it was coming up the drains , cos it couldn't drain into the river # so those houses were all sandbagged , but it , it got into some , the problem was that the , the road closed sign kept blowing down in the wind , I tried to stand it up but it was oh so heavy , I got it up , but it , it immediately blew down again , and # people couldn't see that it was water there # sort of going just a short way along and having to reverse back out again # mm # from the # some , er when one of the # when the father of one of the children came # he said has flooded # yeah # Thur er Wednesday and Thursday the children I have before and after school at Goose Hill School , you know the one , the one near me , just the bottom of the road on the corner , that's had to be closed on Thursday because the boiler room had flooded on Wednesday and er they had to dry it out and also the children from Newminster were told anyone living in the Middle Queens area go home # They must send them home at erm they must of sent them home about quarter to three , because they got home at quarter past # No Newminster is the one along Midford road the one in the same grounds at Chantry # if you were going # Yes # Yes , well , they , they , they thought it # yeah , the , the , the erm , they share the same school gate # you go up along drive in and Newminster is on your left and Chantry is on your right , at , but I should imagine erm I should imagine that quite a lot of Chantry School children would be sent home because they're for the children outside of Morpeth , you know they go there from # and er , where else ? # Do they go there from Nether Witham ? # Yes they'll go there from Midford and of course the water was well , well up # into the gardens , the back gardens of the houses in Midford Road # and the greenhouses # There's a big tree was wedged on er , I don't know if it's still there on Friday , I took a trip up to see it # Oh heck erm under the er # Under the er old gate bridge # the was flooded and the house # No the one from the Joiners that footbridge # that was closed off on er # you know where the clock you know where the clock tower is ? # Go past the clock tower # and that's the old gate bridge , that nice big stone one , the newest one # you go over to the club # that's right # Yes # and it was it was over the footbridge you know when you go into Morpeth instead of turning # right to go into go into Goose Hill # to come to my house , when you go over that bridge there's one further over on the left just a footbridge from the Joiners # through to Chantry Place # that bridge was closed off it was up to there # Yes , that was closed off # I don't know if the I didn't see the water over it because we went , Jim and I went out at about erm ten o'clock # It's a heck of a way down # that's right , with # I don't watch it pet , and er , when was it Wednesday night ? # And we went , because it , it'd been at five o'clock you see , it'd been up to the second , that was when it was up to the second step # behind the antique shop , and we went along and had a look and at ten o'clock it had dropped right down to the second step from the bottom roughly # mind it was gonna be a high tide at one o'clock in the morning # but it would still of had to risen # a heck of a lot to get # to that level # Oh it does # Well you know where the weir is in the park ? # that's quite a drop down # well there was no weir er there , it was just , it was above that # so you know it was just flowing along smoothly , you couldn't see that there was a wi er weir there # and the bridge near the baths the Elliott bridge # that was closed off # I think it was probably the other day because erm the wa the ducks were swimming on the road at er six o'clock just on the road near the baths # and all the new wood chippings that they'd put er # Oh so would I # mm , mm # What is a horse's favourite television programme ? # What is a horse's favourite television programme ? # Neighbours , mm sounds more like a sheep than a horse , neighbours # What is a pig's most favourite thing ? # Oh # I don't know I think she's got a joke book have you ? # Disgraceful # they'll drop out # She has , she's just eaten a yellow sweet , her tongue's all yellow # What is a cows favourite meal ? # Mousse # Oh , it's getting hotter in here # I know # Well he should finish at nine # No he star # Parrot # he started at one # he went out at quarter to # he started at one # he should finish at nine or is it , or is it five to nine , I think it's officially five to nine , not that he ever does # Well # there are # occasions when er I want to discuss something seriously # with him , I I sarcastically make an appointment # There was once years and years ago ,he came in one night and I gave him these three pieces of paper and er what was it ? # He said what's this ? # I said it's an application in triplicate I'm go I'd erm , I forgotten what it was I was going to buy and I said I wanted to discuss this with you and when we can go and get it # I think I probably decided what it was more or less , but er he got quite stroppy # Ann can be funny sometimes , I can take a joke can't I ? # I thought it was quite a good joke myself # Yes dear anyway the rest of them # have gone to Belfast by the way # I didn't see last Sunday did I ? # Cos we came in the morning # No # Shirley said she wouldn't believe he wasn't going until he didn't go and all the rest of them had gone # No but I watched , I watched the programme on erm training the Paras # Oh it sickens you doesn't it ? # Oh yes swear at them # there's no doubt about that they swear at him # I can remember when Gareth did his initial Para training , even though that , that they wear vest and a T-shirt and one of those thick army shirts # and erm , you know that the erm padded er what do they call it ? # You know the camouflage jacket , what did he call it ? # Can't remember , anyway that # even though they had that on , with having to march and run , and he were doing these fifteen miles half , well sort of jogging and running and with the forty # Will you get me the key then please ? # Have you got everything Richard ? # Have you Amy ? # Right . # Matthew , have you , have you anything else ? # Right , are we ready ? # What am I standing on ? # Will you prop it up please ? # Oh I forgot it's bin day I'll have to hurry back from school . # Right , troops forward march ! # Put the key in me pocket . # Rebecca's the colonel ? # Right colonel ! # Open the door please . # Yes # Mm I had to go back it suddenly occurred to me I've got the back door key but it might still have been bolted . # I didn't know if Jim had bolted it when he went to work cos he went out before I got up . # Hello # A ginger and white one ? # Oh # Did you ? # Right . # Left , right hup , two , three . # Hi Louise # Let's catch up with Louise . # There's four of you what's the other one ? # Yes thank you . # Are you ? # Good . # Er yep and what have you got to say this morning Erin ? # Nothing ? # Is that all ? # Is Christopher awake ? # He's got what ? # Oh , yeah oh keep together everyone I'm the colonel . # I'm the commander-in-chief . # Haven't we got a lance corporal ? # My son's a lance corporal . # Oh quickly , there's a car coming ! # Oh They tell me it's er open day on Wednesday ? # I didn't know . # But # you know I haven't er had I had letters about it ? # Oh , I mustn't have read it . # They usually show me the letters in case # it's something to do with me . # So they want collecting early ? # Well none of the parents ouch ! # Broken a nail . # None of them are , be going during school hours so I'll get them out half an hour or three quarters of an hour early or so . # Oh # I've been up since half past seven . # I've never heard that one a broken down snail . # I like that # that appeals to me . # I shall use that . # Bye Matthew , are you # Oh yes , you're not in my house . # Bye Rebecca ! # Bye bye Rebecca , bye Amy , bye Matthew , bye Richard I've got a load of videos in here the triplets left on Friday . # Although I don't think Trevor would of wanted to carry them cos he was pushing them up . # Dorothy had to go up to Scotland . # oh has Kathy had her hair done ? # Oh ! # Good . # Very smart . # You've finished your decorating ? # Oh # Who is it ? # So will you see Lorraine then ? # I don't know . # If she doesn't , if we don't see her I'll ring her . # Right . # I'd better get over the road # I'm not sure if I'm seeing Martin or , over or not cos Dorothy's got her mother staying with her . # Yeah # Oh ! # Where's your mum ? # Alright , I've gotta go and see her . # Right pet . # Your Granny Iris get here ? # No but she , she came , she's come to stay with you . # Yes , alright pet . # See you Bye ! # Whoops ! # Oh ! # Yes please . # I've got a pile of stuff in here anyway for you . # The videos , your children's videos # and er what else , oh and the Goldilocks book he didn't take home . # I found that yesterday in the erm doll's pram . # Yeah ? # Mhm # Where're you taking her ? # Yeah # I know . # I still haven't given , that's reminded me seeing Shona there , I , I don't think I've given her that pair of trousers and the sweatshirt and I told her that I've got them . # I must look for them . # Right , I'll get you these er # Alright , well I'll , I'll give you them now cos they're here in the car . # I've got I've got them with me . # That's erm the card with teddy bears on that Bryony wanted that she kept me # she kept meaning to take home and kept forgetting . # It is , yes . # Oh she loved it . # She carried it all around on er Tuesday . # Right , there are your videos . # Well , the er th they seem to Richard seemed to cry a bit more or a bit easier , you know , if he bumped himself and Bryony , and I think it was , well Bryony it seemed to be a heavy cold that was making her feel miserable . # And I think maybe it was with all of them . # They were just slightly under the weather . # Oh great ! # Oh great ! # Oh dear ! # Oh well , it makes a change from a stupid idiot # Oh . # Again ? # Why ? # No . # No . # Oh dear ! # Oh what a start on your first visit # or a good impression . # I heard her say you've got your hands full but I didn't know why . # Oh , hey . # Ah but that , that # that was a good sign wasn't it ? # He was screaming because he had to go home . # Yeah , oh , no # Well none of the others looked as young as them did they ? # Yes # Yes # It does yes . # Oh , how's your mother ? # She hasn't driven yo you round the bend yet ? # Oh dear . # Well they're not . # But if they're not feeling quite well what can you expect ? # I mean what do you feel like when you're not quite well ? # Aren't you short-tempered and whatever ? # Oh I've undone me belt . # Right then , I'll see you # Yes # Yeah one book yours . # I just thought you might've needed them today that was all # If you're going up the wall with them if they're not very well . # Okay # Er they watched they watched a bit of Spot and a bit of Paddington . # They didn't , they di they weren't watching them for very long at all . # I'm climbing up # Oh yes . # If I'm climbing up the wall I just take them out . # Right , can you , wait a minute , I've got me hand caught round the handle . # Right , oh you'll need er James's Goldilocks book though . # Okay . # Ow ! # Me head ! # You didn't do it , it was me . # Right . # Right , thanks , see you later . # Bye ! # Morning Isabelle ! # Kennel maid , oh yes # Aha . # Paul ! # It's like Fort Knox your house . # Where do I get car mats for Jim's car ? # Yes . # I want some car mats for his birthday . # He's on yes , he's only getting a little present cos I'm still paying for his camcorder till next month . # Where's that ? # Mayes # Oh right up the top of Newgate Street ? # Cos you have to get special mats for special cars , don't you ? # Don't you ? # Oh . # I just wondered because we were in Winners once and it had some and he picked them up and he looked at them and he said I don't think these are the right shape for my car and I know he needs some . # Oh yes but erm # I can't remember how much they were . # I didn't know if you had to go to er a special Fiat garage or what ? # Oh # Yes . # Yeah I was . # Mhm # Yes , it was nice to see her wasn't it ? # Well I knew that . # I met Edith the day before she was going . # She said erm according to Sheila , David's not as bad as , as Edith says he is . # But Edith said to me # Does he ? # I haven't seen him Oh ! # I must've been out at the wrong time . # No # She said he's most upset because he can't drive any more , erm # Yes . # Well , were you making one now ? # Oh , half a one please , Paul ! # Half a cup please ! # I'll just go an lock me door then . # Right . # Er yes I'm going to get these car mats . # Well if that's where I'm going to I wouldn't be able to get the triple buggy into that shop , would I ? # It's only a small shop , isn't it ? # Anyway ,it's better to go today . # It's too far to walk them and it's , it's up hill all the way in that , with that chariot # Yes . # Besides which , if I can't get any I'll have to think of something else . # Right , I'll go and lock me door . # Which is mine ? # Ooh ! # Doesn't sound very hopeful . # Does erm Bob er m know a lot about growing plants and things as well as vegetables ? # I'm looking , I want somebody who knows something about gardening . # I'm trying to find out why one of our azaleas has turned up its toes . # Oh . # Oh . # I'll try # I know # yeah . # Thank you . # Is it lit ? # Well they're both in tubs , they're both planted in ericaceous compost which is what we were told . # When we fed them before the winter we gave them proper er fertilizer for things that need acid soil . # I know they can be affected by wind and frost and it turns the leaves brown and kills off the buds , but why is only one affected ? # And as soon as it's # No . # They're the same kind exactly but they're different colours that's all . # They're both in , they're both in wooden half barrels . # Erm I think some do but some are evergreen and these are evergreen . # Well , yeah I think some do . # They're not big enough to prune yet . # They're , they're about er # eighteen inches . # No i it's er # It said in the gardening book . # It didn't say much about them . # Really it's about , you know , huge erm rhododendrons , it's only a little bit at the end of that . # But erm # you know that er polythene that's got wire netting in between it like a , like a wire netting sandwich with po with clear polythene on the outside ? # We bent some of that round the windward side of the barrel # and I , and tied a lump of string round it to keep it on . # So it's been sheltered from the wind . # We've made sure # Oh God , next door's cats . # Er I thought I had one in the house yesterday I went , as Sheila was going erm Jackie was in her garden # and I was telling her that that was the daughter-in-law of Mrs who lived there before # Graham did # and er I'd left the front door and the inner door open and # oh , and er the cat was lurking around however , it had gone somewhere else . # I can't # Oh never mind I'll drink half of it . # Yeah , azaleas . # It just says , where is it ? # Lime-free soil plus large quantities of peat or leaf mould . # Some shade during the heat of the day . # Er it doesn't get any . # Erm when the sun's at the hottest anyway it's sheltered it only gets , oh and the other thing is , you , er it , it doesn't say here but you're supposed to , it's supposed to be somewhere where they'll be sheltered from the early morning sun if there's been # a frost . # Oh we've had frost we haven't any early morning sun anyway . # Thank you . # I gave it some water cos I # Yeah but # I know it's , it's just turning up its toes . # How much are car mats , Paul ? # Mm I can afford that . # Yes they are small cos I got them # to go in these half barrels # Well it's against the garage wall . # It said in my book just tidy them up if you , you know , if they needed a bit of tidying up . # That's more or less what it said in my book except erm they need to be shaded from early morning sun if there's been a frost . # Well we've had plenty of frosts but there's been no early morning sun . # I know there's been wind # but er # Yeah # Yes . # And the , they're beside the garage facing towards the kitchen # and the sun always comes along the side of the house . # I can tell because me , me washing always blows towards the gate , to the back gate # right ? # Erm so that must be , that's south over there isn't it ? # Well it should be a south wind , it's not even a north wind . # Yes , that's right . # Hang on . # Wait a minute ,wh which , which direction's Scot oh me nose . # Yes . # Well it's coming along the side of the house along there . # Yeah # Yes . # But it's only about er what's in between the two barrels ? # Th the ,th you know that erm small cauldron with er primroses in ? # That's all that's separating them , I mean they're close together # and it's not big enough to shelter the other one and the other one looks perfectly healthy . # Good cup of coffee that . # I said it's a good cup of coffee that . # Thank you Paul ! # Oh ! # Oh yes now # I think Edith # Well what about erm Kathleen's Jenny is seventeen ! # Yes # Yeah # Mhm # Oh yes she was very keen wasn't she when she used to come and stay with her Grandma ? # You can't do that without A levels . # Yes # Yeah oh # And Jennifer's doing er did she say history and politics ? # Aha , yeah # Mm so he must be twenty # four , five ? # Oh and is Ann still in Kenya ? # I didn't ask her any of it . # Er yes # Well I thought Edith said she came across at Christmas cos if you remember , we've always sent her Christmas cards to her house in , near Harrogate haven't we ? # Well we didn't know where else to send them . # But I'm sure # You know when er the fir when we went up to Edith's , when she'd first moved in , for # coffee ? # Didn't Edith say then that Ann came across for Christmas ? # To be with the children , mm # Oh yes it will be . # No she's be erm Edith moved in was it January or February ? # That's right because we got a card in the , in our Christmas card saying that they were moving back to # and er they hope to be in by January the something ? # Yeah , oh cos that's when she said Frank , Frank only came for a short while or something ? # So he doesn't have to pay taxes . # Yes . # Oh what's Paul doing ? # Oh I wa I was wa # I was watching for him erm I'd been to the loo and I glanced out the er landing window and I thought it looked too tall for you . # I thought it was his shape moving behind your kitchen net curtain and er I thought oh I'll dash and ask him now about those car mats so I can go and get them . # Yes . # Well this is , this is why I thought perhaps erm I didn't want to ask Jim too much or he would know I was buying them for him you see . # And I remember this time in Winners when he , he picked them up and looked at them and said I don't think these are the right ones for my car and that , that's why I thought # and I was thinking where on earth is there a shop in that sells , sells things like that or do you have to go to a garage and I'd forgotten that that fruit # shop was one now . # Yeah # Mm # You mean if they haven't got any I'll have to make a model . # I bought him one Christmas years and oh hey , we were just married and I ordered him an extending ladder from the Co-op # and I ordered it in November , it finally came in February . # So I bought # him something else for Christmas , something smaller and I made him a model out of matchsticks and I said this is the prototype # of your Christmas present ! # I # I , I just sort of made erm two short ladders about two inches long . # I think I did it with a pair of tweezers to , so I could stick the # matchsticks together and then I stuck one half on top of the other to make it look like an extending ladder . # Yes # Er Wednesday . # Yes . # He's always telling me all the best people are born in April . # Oh yes . # I'll tell you who else is the first of April as well . # Mrs at this end of the old people's bungalows . # Oh # I'll tell you why he's probably not going to be on the mar market committee because his daughter had a # jewellery stall . # This is # She's on the council , the town council , his daughter . # Fiona yes . # According to Jim she's never opened her mouth and said a single thing yet but er # Yes . # Well I suppose he's had a lot of flack , I mean look at the # everyone says if you want a council house in you've got to # you've got to join the Liberal Party and you've got to be related to Ian # But let's face it # well all his three children got houses at , at eighteen . # None # of them married # and when when this one who's got the market stall was pregnant # she gave up her flat and went to live with her mother . # When she was pregnant again , I think the father by then was divorced so she married him , she immediately got a house # no , she had a house to start with . # When you think of all the families on the waiting list # and single eighteen year olds being given # houses it's , it's , they left themselves wide open for # people to # Yes . # Mm # It is . # Stupid . # But remember when # Are you ? # Oh yeah # I forgot to check wha if Jim's got a meeting tonight . # If he has I've got to think of something to cook that he can finish off cooking so he can eat it before I get back from aerobics so I can stick mine in the microwave to warm up . # Yes , I mean it # it doesn't need to be absolutely freshly cooked . # Yes . # No this is why I ca I don't know if you remember , but erm she was interviewed by a reporter , Fiona and she ,i when the market traders were all on strike and you know all those months the # er and there was only the two fruit stalls there # and occasionally the fish st well # yes occasionally three fruit stalls and one fish stall , she said er the market , the market hadn't ceased trading , trading , it was perfectly healthy it was doing very well ! # Cos I thought , I # thought where have you been ? # I mean there had been how many ? # Ninety was it ? # Sometimes a hundred . # And er four stalls at the most there and according to her it was perfectly healthy and there was nothing wrong with it . # I thought , and then I happened to go , Jim came to carry the fruit and vegetables for me and when it had opened again , and there was she with this , I looked at Jim and I said ah ! # That's why she said that she's got this jewellery stall . # I haven't had a proper look around the market for I looked # I looked at the buttons next to the fruit stall because what I usually do I go and get the fruit and vegetables , if Jim's on the right shift he takes them home , otherwise I buy them while it's quieter , the man keeps them for me , I go straight across the leisure centre to soft clay cos it's only open on Wednesdays and then on the way back one of them walks # and I put the fruit and vegetables in the buggy and we come straight home cos it's time to eat by then . # I'll have another cigarette and then I must dash . # What time are you to go up ? # Dorothy was telling me this morning you know when we were at erm nursery ? # That's lit erm I heard Mrs you've got your hands full there . # Dorothy told me why . # She'd er Mrs had asked James to close the cupboard and he called her a stupid idiot . # Yes . # Oh that's gone out . # And now Martin's taught him to call people stupid zombie so Dorothy's not pleased . # Yes . # Well her boys are quite amenable really but erm # Bryony you know # the tantrum screaming carries on when she doesn't want her coat on to go out . # I mean # if she # Yes . # Mm mm # Yeah Bryony went if you , well she's not so bad now she's got over that phase where she refused to have her coat on , but if you're trying to get her ready erm and she doesn't want to get ready , she'll say either go away or don't do that to me if I'm trying to get her coat on . # And and James sometimes says I don't want to hear that ! # Well she says it's not her and I don't remember saying that . # I mean , no if he says something that I don't like I usually say oh that's not very nice is it ? # But if er if I'm s if I say to him you're not , you're not eating properly , sit up and , you know ,pu bring your plate near to you # I don't want to hear that ! # Tt oh ! # Erm they'll go a year in , wait a minute . # They'll go a year come September , won't it ? # Yes . # April , May , June , July , August , September they'll be four in five months # by then . # When you think it doesn't seem five minutes ago # that the tiniest # Well they was # well James especially , the , the tiniest Baby-gro # his feet came down to the knees on it # and they had Bryony in , I'm sure it was a doll's dress # you know when they were two days old , Trevor took me through to the hospital # Who ? # That's funny . # Jim said that to me yesterday and I said isn't he on holiday ? # That , that # Jim said to me last night is er Jimmy h is he not working ? # I haven't noticed . # Oh ! # Oh . # I wonder if erm Shirley's sister's working because she often meets her nieces yes her nieces from school and she has her nephew with her , you know , Judith's . # No I # Oh she remarried . # She's # she's got , yes , have you seen her # eldest daughter , # Ruth , you know the one I used to look after ? # Well , when she first left her husband she moved in with Shirley # and er how did they all fit in that house ? # Cos there was Shirley and Jimmy , and Ann and Sarah , and Judith , and Ruth and Christopher , and Christopher was was Christopher nine ? # Or was he at road , by then ? # Erm Ruth was definitely at Goosehill School . # She's very tall , very slim and very , very attractive . # She's really pretty . # And Christ Christopher's six foot something and a very handsome young man . # Well this is what I was wondering because # because Shirley seems to have been looking after , anyway she married this Robert # apparently she used to go out with him before she married Derek , I think her first husband was called . # And now she's got er Rona and Sophie I can't remember the boy's name . # I can't no , she's got Ruth and Christopher , Judith's the mother # She's got Ruth ,a Shirley's Ann , to me , looks more like Judith than she looks like her mother . # Except of course , Ann's blonde and # er Shirley's black , or it was . # She seems to have gone very grey very quickly . # You know , really , really quickly . # Mm mm . # No ! # Shirley herself . # Yeah , her sister's got slightly lighter hair than , than Shirley had . # But I think they live at Pegswood . # But the other thing is , Judith's husband plays in a band now I'd , I th it might be a pipe band , I'm not sure # and he travels arou they go or is it a band ? # I don't know , erm but he sometimes goes abroad with it I think , but he , he goes to different parts of the country and Judith goes with him . # I know erm when there was only Ruth and Christopher before Judith had Rona , they sometimes used to come and stay with Shirley . # I would think it would be easier for Shirley to go to their house to look after them now . # But I think , I think # No , erm the little ones ? # Yes . # Well # I wonder well they did , they certainly were living in Pegswood , but I've noticed when they bring the children to school the car frequently comes along the river way . # So that to come that way # Or from # or from up the hill or somewhere , yes . # Or unless they come from Stobb Hill and come by the station and over the crossing . # I know but it's , it's sometimes # it's sometimes very difficult to # turn into Goose Hill off erm # off the main road . # Right , I'd better go and get ready and go and get those car mats . # I know . # Yes . # I'll take the jars . # I've got some jars there's s bottles and things for the erm # I've still , oh # I've still got one milk bottle left . # Mm # Oh ! # I didn't know they sold them . # Well take them , take them back . # Is there a crate there or what ? # Take them back there . # I wonder if that has , does that milkman still come round here ? # Has he got any customers left ? # Oh I've heard the milkman # I've heard bottles rattling early in the morning but I , sort of one o'clock , two o'clock but I hadn't # noticed who it was # Mm # Mm mm # You had a good day ? # good what are those little ones doing ?you all by yourself Martin ? , # Martin where are the , where's Richard ? , big Richard # well where was I ? , oh , must've been when I went to the loo Have you had a drink Martin ? # hello # what're you laughing at ? , with those two # well # very cultured children # ah you've remembered to tell me today have you ? # why where's she going ? # right , well I'm just making you some coffee , it'll be , it'll , nearly ready if you want to put the Beethoven music on for them # I went to the loo and Ron's been and collected Amy and Richard # and I , I I , wouldn't have known they'd gone # I said to Martin where's Richard ? # Rebecca's with the two little ones isn't she ? # what's er # who's telling secrets ? # oh # you've got secrets ? # oh you listening to the moonlight sonata ? # is that the moonlight sonata ? # can you say , can you say moonlight sonata # I want to hear James say moonlight sonata # what ? , what did you say ? # I don't know what you're saying that's all jumbled up # say moonlight # that's it , sonata # not sternata ,sonata # that's it , say it again , stop kicking the piano , say sonata , if you're going to kick the piano , you'll have to come back round here or you'll come out of this room # well come away then , you don't kick the piano that's not # what they're for , nor is Sally supposed to eat crisps in this room , go in the other room please I don't wanna , I don't vacuum in here every night # , that's not Beethoven though James # oh , Mozart's Jim's favourite # what's he got ? , tt # what d'ya do , what's Richard doing ? # what're you doing Richard ? # don't fiddle with the speaker pet come round here to me for a minute # he's pale isn't it ? , look at his face # come here , let me , come here and have a cuddle from me , you're just wanting to look at what pet ? # I still don't know what you want to look at , you want to look at what ? # you want to look at my things , what things do you want to look at ? # the ornaments ? # oh # if I go to look at something # in the supermarket and I pick it up to have a look Bryony says don't touch that's naughty , don't touch Ann , put it down at once # what do you specially want to look at Richard ? # oh # it's really a pen holder that erm # crystal heart , yes no what ?he didn't , no that was a silver wedding anniversary present from Dorothy who used to work with Jim # yes Betty , I'm sure it was from Dorothy # I know it's a long time ago # oh I'll get your coffee # er I know someone who has a P S V licence , Doug , just got it , mind he's does voluntary driving already for age concern at er , where , it's not in I can't remember where it is # he's applied to the Metropolitan police , he's going down for an interview in June # I'm just going to get it what are you doing Sal ? # it's a funny place to read a book # in the kitchen lening , leaning on er , on there there's a drink there look on the draining board for you if you haven't had one # there you are dear # it isn't though # you funny boys # not on there please no not on , not on there and don't touch those ornaments please cos those are my expensive ones # yeah # the handle oh he's pulling the # I don't know , your brother's a menace Martin # what is it ? # a ghost school ? # Rebecca do you know if Amy took her poster ? # she didn't # oh # take your tie off what ? # oh Jim Jim's badge on his tie , yes # leave the doors open , I don't like polishing # they need polishing though # oh blimey # oh Rebecca , I can think of five million things I'd rather do Rebecca says she likes ironing I certainly don't # she won't when she's bigger # what pet ? # you coming for the what ? # for the polish , well it's , it's very kind of you , but it doesn't matter , thank you all the same I'll # I'll tell you what I'll give you a duster if you want to rub it , will that do ? # here , if you want , there , that'll do , give it a good ru , I think that's the right one , give it a rub with er , oh no it isn't , hang on , that's got or something on it # where's the , where's the soft , are you going ? # here you are I'll give you this look , this is a nice soft cloth , you can give it a rub with that oh dear # hello Marilyn # he'd come to get a cloth , they're in the front room with Jim , the , he couldn't get in the door , they're saying , we , I want , we want Beethoven music , we want Mozart music , so Jim's in there with them and they will not leave the cabinet of the music centre # you know the , the things alone and I said get your hands off those doors I don't like polishing , so he's come for a cloth and the polish # yes , so I've giving him a , a cloth to go and rub it with # mm # they all complain of that mind , that there , that there isn't time to get dressed , to dry their hair properly # oh # yes remembered to tell me # tomorrow is Tuesday , are you going swimming ? is that what your going , is that what you're telling me , is that what , is , that was what you were trying to remember # and Wednesday on the open day , you're going after school # oh # I'll go and collect them early anyway # I know but when , when the others are going there's # the # yeah there're , there are very few left # and I once went in to collect some and erm , I think it was Mrs said oh good have you come to take them away or something like that cos there was , there weren't many left in the school so I # I , I said well is it alright if I take them because I've not actually come to see their work # and the parents are coming after school , oh that's fine she said , we don't do very much # so it's ever so , have you polished it ? # we can , can I just rub the lipstick off the end of your nose , where I kissed you ? # there oh # no , no cos she just told me this morning you were going to see her work in the morning . # he came and asked for the duster and the polish # he said I want a cloth and the polish # bye Marilyn # there , you putting it away now # no that's not , that isn't polish anyway # you're working very hard aren't you ?you're a hard worker # my coffee's got cold , that hasn't stayed warm very long has it ? , perhaps I didn't heat it up hot enough to start with , I'll warm it up a bit . # Er might do it , oh that's very kind of you , you're dusting all my kitchen cupboards ? do the drawers as well # you're a very , very helpful boy , are you feeling happier now ? # he's , he's not very well , he's fi , look how pale he is , he's pale , James is quite pale as # oh , er well the two I've finished with are together mm # why # you want a drink of milk # well do you , well try again , mind your fingers and # you certainly may have some milk # alright , let's find your cup # that , yes , but you can't get it out , you'll spill it on ya , right , close the fridge door please , you're not supposed to go in the fridge either are you ? , you're supposed to ask me if you want them , look you're letting all the cold out of the fridge ah , get out of the freezer what shall I do with you ? # what shall I do with you ? # look James I'll get cross , now leave the fridge and the freezer , closed please # here , here you are , here's your drink of milk # where are you ? , here you are # please give the , no don't fight ,b ,ge Richard's doing the dusting , let him have the duster , he asked for it # yes # oh lovely # all sparkling clean is it ? that's lovely # you want to what with the washing machine ? # you want to rub it with the cloth # look , you're going to spill that milk if you're not careful # look , you're going to have it on the floor , will you hold it up straight please or I might have to scream , shall I scream ? , it's alright Richard he didn't spill any # you , you , you don't need to wipe the floor he didn't spill it # it's er colostomy # bags it belongs to Jim really , I just acquired it Martin I think your comic's here somewhere , or did I there you are , remember to take it home with you please , good boy # yes # I haven't read that one # erm , let me have a look , I don't think I've read this one # I've read those two I haven't read that one , I'll have that one out please # what's he doing with a knife ? , # I know it's not a sharp one but nevertheless , you don't , scrape # cupboard doors with a knife # well her mother was hop you're being a pest James , er her mother was hoping to have it just below her ears , but # look , come out of there please , there's nothing in there for little boys is there ? # I know I when I make chutney I use look you'll smash all the enamel off that casserole and it's a pretty one , I don't want it , why don't you have a run around outside ? # come on let's go outside and have a run about # well get your coat then , you can put # show Sally how you can put your coat on have you seen him put his own coat on Sally ? # Jim # where'd you want this , the post ? , that the , before they stab each other with it oh that sounds like he's in the cooker is he # do you want strangulating ? , or hanging upside down on the clothes line by your toe nails ? # or beating till your nose bloods vinegar # that's what Jim's mother always threatens to do to people # it's Sally's hair band # yes , oh , Richard looks more cheerful , he's jumping up and down , not on the road , come back in this gate . # Oh Jim you've left them stay there with Jim , James come along , back this way please come back horror ,I can still run fast , faster than you , come on , good boy , you're not to run away , come along , here's your mummy coming look there's mummy # I've got James Jim , have you got Richard ? # Jim went to put something in the garage # and these two escaped oh look # sshh , look , there's Paul look , there's Paul cleaning his car # let's have a look at Bryony # Dorothy # oh look at pretty Bryony # thank you very much , no you're not running away # look at your pretty , look at your pretty sister , look at your pretty sister , she's got her hair cut shorter , isn't she pretty ? # I'm gonna squash your son so it's alright , if he doesn't stop twisting my arm round # pardon ? # yes it looks nice # aha , Richard's cheered up , he was a bit miserable # he says I wanna go with mummy , but he's , he , no , in that gate , in that gate has Jim got hold of Richard's stuff ? # oh # where's the l lock gone ? # oh # mm # I want you in here # let Jim # will you let Jim through the gate # you , you can't have the cars and bikes out , you're going home now , mummy's come to get you , you're going home for your tea # what ? # I don't know what you're saying , er you're mumbling # I want to # you can't have a bike today # why's he mumbling like that all the time ? # no I'm sorry but you can't have the cars and bikes out because it's tea time and you're going home for your tea , Bryony's had her hair cut and mummy's come back there's look # which one do you think ?who are you ? , tell who you are # what's your name ? # they're not babies any more now are they really ? # Bryony , James and , what's your brother called ? # Bryony and James and # that's right # are you James ? # I am , I am # you're not to climb on this gate , look there's a little tiny bit of rust there already # oops , oh golly , look at that # you hold my hand Richard , my goodness you're like grease lighting aren't you , a pair of slippery eels , your poor mum's trying to run after your brother in high heels are you staying at my house tonight James ? # can you get hold of Richard please and I'll go back and get Bryony Bryony # come on pet , in the car , clever girl , isn't she pretty ? she's had , she's had her hair cut , isn't she pretty ? , # Eran thinks your hairs pretty , jump in the car , tea time # where's your little do ? where are you , where are # oh # mummy's got them in her pocket # oh they're in no they're not , there the , oh they're there # you and me isn't on at the moment # oh # oh well if I'm in I'll try and remember # to tape things # yes , no the erm , the two o'clock thing that they used to watch , well erm story time it was once and er # oh # then you , you and me came back on , but it's finished and it hasn't been replaced , it's are you out of breath # look at that , she's just fastened James in and he's undone his straps # fiddling with the gears # cor , huh # I know # well look how quickly Richard learnt to operate my video , got to have the child lock on it now all the time # except I forget to put it on and then he twiddles , twiddles with the er # I haven't seen anything with it , it , I haven't # where were you erm , I'll help you to look # I can't hear you what you doing ? # you didn't pick up Jim's library tickets did you ? # you # you haven't # oh alright , he's put them down somewhere and he can't find them , and he thought perhaps you might of picked them up , cos you're always picking things up you shouldn't aren't you ? # you've what ? , you got what at Woolworths ? # oh # what do you want to do tomorrow when you're at my house ? # yes what are you going to do ? # you're painting strawberry , how would you do strawberry ? # strawberry , strawberry # and cheese # urgh that doesn't sound very nice to me , I like strawberry cheese cake though he's telling me something about strawberry and cheese # alright put your arm in and I'll close your door , I've had a # mm # I don't know , depends what you want to do , I can prepare it now actually there's only Sally left is ? , is it only you left Sal ? # I know but I can warm mine up in the microwave , have you got a meeting tonight ? # oh # erm I can't hear for Dorothy's car , what did you say ? is he going I think I'd better I said thank you for the cake # I'm saying there's Jim going to the library in the car , the lazy lump , take him all of seven minutes to walk there # yeah # right , see ya tomorrow , bye everyone which doors Jim gone in ? # we'll go round the back , cos I don't know if he opened the front oh you have to move fast haven't ya to catch those three ? # well two especially right I can put the lock in # well you should know if ever you've lost anything # bye # did you hear what I said , I think your , I don't know if you'd gone back in the house when I said , I'll prepare , I'll prepare the dinner # tonight I mean I'll prepare # alright , whatever you say , right there doesn't seem to be so much mess as usual # in fact I might not even need to vacuum the floor , need I ? , if I pick that bit of paper up off there # what is it # right are you watching this ? # right , I'll shall go and do some work in the kitchen then the # I'm here # I went to the loo # oh , phew # right # yes , yes # mm , mm # yes # no # no # our holidays the first two weeks of the school holiday # yes , yes # yeah # yeah , yes so we're # doing it alright # oh that's right , there's there's # a new exhibition # at the Hancock the # erm , oh what did Pat tell me ? , she just told me yesterday # yes # yes yes it's dinosaurs # yes # yes # mm , mm # I'm doing ours # when I come back # from me leaping about # yeah # right Hello # I haven't got much done , I've got all the cups and things washed , but oh Catherine's just phoned me # wait until she gets her phone bill pay the phone # erm , I'll get , have I got time ? , # I've got time to do the potatoes before I go , erm # she said yeah , she , erm , the reason that women who does the earrings couldn't make them for me , was that she buys all the parts , well the flower earrings she makes , she buys all these parts and she ex assembles them which ever parts you want # the colours and everything and the order you want them , but the little figures erm , she buys them and she just paints them , and that's how she could make er the ones for Shirley er for me , erm she gets little soldiers and she can paint them in the camouflage dress # you know the , er the para smock and er # but in , no it's not red , it'll , I think it's military police , erm , that's how she can do it with er , erm a maroon beret , because she said to me did I want a peaked cap ? and I said no the , the er , erm maroon beret , so it shows its the parachute regiment # what , oh , erm , there's something I've just thought of though , when they wear the er camouflage things , is that when they wear the maroon belt round ? , isn't the kaki belt with the dress uniform ? # anyway she said , er Catherine said she was surprised that the woman couldn't do it for me , before the end of June # but Catherine , cos I didn't know Catherine sells stuff for her # that's how Catherine gets such a lot of stuff by post she , she actually # and , er , ah but you spoke to Catherine on the phone and I was out , and you didn't tell me that part , and erm # but Catherine hasn't got her number # well I have because we have erm , we've got that Durham and Wearside telephone directory , so I gave Catherine the number and she said she's got to ring her tonight about something I think what Catherine must of done was , well she must of send orders to her by post # cos they're not X directory if we can get hold of the number , er so she's going to say to her could she do it any quicker and I said well the woman said if she could do it any quicker she would ring me , she asked for me phone number . # You know I'm hungry , I feel slightly sick , I , I think I'll eat er , what , a digestive biscuit , it's a bit late isn't it ? # to start eating now no I , no I'll walk round , I'm meeting erm Cathy at the bottom of the road , or outside her house , whatever , Lorraine's not going again # yeah # what was it ? # oh # you mean its kind for architects # serious students or architecture # aha Marilyn got had got # oh # the Sackville West ? # yes # yes # among lots of other things # mm , mm # right , there's the potatoes done anyway # get them in some water # Brian would of only need twenty , I told # you that # that , that was to do , behind Algate that you said you were doing # Algate Court # well he was twenty short # Was that Dorothy ? # so she's got about twenty left # oh , right , erm , look I'll have to go and get changed , or I'm gonna be late # oh where's that digestive biscuit I was gonna eat # oh yeah # mm , mm # well it can't do any harm , why doesn't he go up when he's in on Wednesday , well he's coming to the market # on Wednesday , why doesn't he go in while then ? # you're not in are you ? # oh you won't be able to , anyway I've gotta get changed quickly # oh I need a pair of clean socks # I'm not pinching your socks , I'm using me own white ones oh which is a pair here ?that one goes that's a pair # they belong to the triplets right # Right , money money , money , money , there's my money and that what else do I need ? , # I can't think I need those # I'll be back by ten past seven , erm what else do I need ? # erm just keep turning # right , I'll just put me money in my pocket but I've still got # what ? # you can if you like , erm , what else do I need ? oh heck is that the time er # oh I know # pad and me pen I've got me what ? # I should hope so , I've got me socks on me feet # nothing got some tissues # I've got some tissues in my pocket , er , right , I'm going then , see you later , bye # right # What's he got oh he's got the box , he's climbed up and got the box with me # hey that's got my engagement ring , my eternity ring and # oh dear me # it's mine and it's got other rings in it , look # that's one a , that one's # pet , you must not touch that , you're not to climb up and get things off shelves , you come out of the cupboard ee # mm , mm # what you doing ? anything interesting # he's in that cupboard again look , huh # mm , mm # oh , what's he got in his hand ? # he's got the washer instructions # they've already got the front torn off it # yes they're nice aren't they ? # no they're bought ones # we'll have to , we'll look we'll have a story this afternoon , if we don't get out this morning it could be pouring down # and we've got to go to buy some # yes # which sale ? # I did # I didn't know there was one # oh # oh , I haven't seen it advertised # there was a stall in on Saturday , but that was for the erm , was it Saturday ? # it was for the er cat scanner and it was run by the Co-Op it was , it was just # outside the Co-Op # well what's there ? just # oh , half us , listen we're not having the three billy goats gruff just know , because we're going to go out , would you like to put your coat on ? # well you can't go out without it # yes # oh I've locked the door again , I've gotta keep the door locked you see # I once went to get the buggy out and I'd accidentally left the key in the door # and Richard locked me out and I # I had to go and get Doug , I had to run down to school # I know I'd had to smash the door , he had to smash the door open with a spade , the lock for me , cos , he , he , he couldn't get , he tried er taking that panel out at the bottom and he couldn't get it out and I didn't really want him to smash the double glazed glass , in fact it , that would of been very difficult # erm , frosted double glazed glass would of been difficult # they are , yes # yeah # oh , mm # busy , right , bye , are you gonna shout bye , bye to Mrs ? # say see you another day # right , bye # shut the door again , are you going to put your coats on ? # no you are not , well you can't come out with me then without coats on # can you ? # what love ? you're gonna put yours on , what a clever girl # You're standing on your rain cover look what you trying to reach # mm ? , what you doing ? , will you boys come back please and put your coats on ? # you want your coat on , how about you having a try and see if you can put yours on , like Richard and James do you think you can ? # stand that up look if you break that mirror I won't be able to see to put my contact lenses in . # Who's putting their coats on ?oh they've gone to the toilet what you doing ? , looking at your pretty face mm we'd better go and see what your brothers are doing # you , no they're not putting their coats on , they've gone to the toilet , Richard can go to the toilet by himself actually can't he ?he's a clever boy isn't he ?can you get your coat for me ? , you get your coat now , I'll put it on for you I hope you haven't broken that , have you ? , pick it up , carefully give it to me look # right we'll put it back right over there , here's your toilet roll there if you want # you need the toilet again ? , you've just been # alright # you don't need the pink potty , the pink potty's right outside the toilet door # you don't need the toilet # I'm here , what , wait I'll see what they're doing , what are you doing boys ? # pardon ? # you're in the shower # you're in er # you're on the moon # Richard's in the shower and your on the , alright I'll close the door # you want to go to the toilet first ? # you want the toilet first Bryony you said , alright , go on then what are you going to # your , that's the moon is it ? # alright , do you want me to close the door ? # I close # oh , where is it ? # her rain covers over there , it's , ooh , where is it ? # I don't know where it is , where's Bryony's rain cover James ? , oh it's down here look , it's on the kitchen floor you've put it is this your space suit to go to the moon ? , is that your space suit Richard ? # is it your space suit , if you're going to the moon you need a space suit on if you're going in a space ship , er thank you , thank you # er you don't play with my aerobics mat # it isn't , it's Bryony's space suit , give her , otherwise she'll be squeaking cos she wants her own , here's yours James , you have your own , give that one to Bryony , here's your space suit Bryony , you'll need this if you're going to the moon # look Richard's got his on , here's yours # wait wait a minute , look this is how you do it , do it as if you're in the buggy you see , you put your head through there , put your , there now # look at Bryony , with that red peaked hood and , and the front of this rain cover hanging down and the back bit all punched up at the back # you look like a red chicken # you look more like a red chicken Bryony # oh Richard be careful not to bump into each other # oh I'll get me ready # you want what ? # has it come off ? , your space suits come off has it ? , alright , here , well stand still or I can't put it on while you're jumping about come here jumping bean , don't you want it on ? # well come and get it on then , here it is , there you going back into space # eh # you're going where ? , you're going back to the moon , oh have you co , have you come back from the moon now ? # you haven't I thought you had , have you come back down to earth ? , you landed ? # you're going back to the moon ? # Are you still on the moon ? # you've been to the moon , are you coming back yet ? # you're going to Ashington now # right , I'll see you when you come back # you're gonna come back from Ashington when it's dinner time , look it's starting to get brighter outside . # Ashington's not in the bathroom , come on , downstairs please , Bryony while we're up here lets you go to the loo , you might as well , look when your upstairs already , you said you needed a wee so you might as well go now while we're upstairs # do you pet ? # alright , shall we take this space suit off you while ya # yes , you can , ooh what's he getting in the bathroom , I can hear something , you sit there # and see what they're doing , where are they ? , where've have you got # you are not , will you come downstairs please ? # come down then # you've done a wee on your thingy , oh don't worry , we'll wash it , down the stairs boys now , quickly please # good boys , what # look at it , I will wash your hand in two seconds , when you're ready , here , I'll just wipe it with a bit of loo roll for now and we'll wash it when your ready # there you are , drop that in the toilet can you please ?look at them , right , down these stairs this instant , look be careful what you're doing with that round you , carry it downstairs please , Richard , take , take your space suit off while you walk downstairs otherwise you're gonna trip over it , here I'll drop them down the stairs for you there we are you go down those stairs ooh # you've got lots of what ? # got lots of them in , have you ? , you've got a piece stuck to you , you look as if you're making confetti tiny bits of paper # I'll just stand here look so I can hear what Richard and James are doing downstairs # gent # what pet ? # right just # you're going on the potty instead of the toilet now are you ? # well you need , you want the pink one # make your mind up # well you need # need to get at the front of it look , sit down , pull your trousers down further , that's it # well you sit there then , I'll come back in two minutes I , I can't hear what Richard and James are doing # what are you doing boys ? # what ? # I'm coming Bryony , I think she's shouting now , don't come downstairs with your trousers round your ankles ooh oh what a clever girl , stand still while I wipe your bot , ooh come here , bendy over , touch your toes , clever girl , down you go , that's it , what a clever girl , right just hold on a minute , wait a minute , let me put some water in here and then , oh dear # you did , yes I'll just give this potty , move , oh I'm gonna fall over your feet , I'll just give it a rinse out and dry it # you did , you're the cleverest girl # you did , you're the cleverest girl in the world aren't you ?there's your space suit where are you ? , come here while I pull your pants up , pants up first , pants up first lets run some water wait a minute your trousers are not pulled up right both hands in a little bit of soap on , now rub them together good rinse , get all the soap off , right shake , rattle and roll , hands washed , I mean dried sorry # what ? # yes you're in my bathroom now then # my bedroom ? , this isn't , I don't sleep , oh dear , somebody's crying downstairs # lets yes # yes it's Richard , wait a minute , lets go down and see what's the matter with Ri , what's the matter Richard ? # what's the matter Richard ? # James is in your seat is he ? # oh , are you in your brother's seat ? # well there's plen there's plenty of room there look , you can get beside him # look Richard , Richard , I want you to put your coat on now anyway , coat on please now # we are going out now and I want your coat on , here we are # there's yours James # we've got to go and buy some milk # er you put yours on please James for me # I'm here Richard , what's the matter ? # look , where you going ? # he's going in your seat ag , look , you don't , you , I've told you , you want your coats on # you come , you come with me a second , just come here a second with me , you just stand beside me , come here , oh poor Richard # are you feeling niggly ? , mm # is he ? # is he not being kind to you today ? # oh dear # what colour what is ? # I think your brother and sister are about to fight now # what's the matter Bryony ? # who isn't nice ? # James is not nice # you tell me the colours # what colour is it ? # it is pink you're right , clever boy , what colour are the others ? # come here please Bryony # jump up , you've got your shoe off look # are you two fighting ? # come here # what , he what ? # he smacked you did he ? , are you smacking your sister ? # oh look I've got all the tissues are used up , I'll have to go upstairs , let's see if there's one in my shopping bag , your nose is streaming Bryony you can't get out James , it's locked , Richard I mean , sorry come on , let me in , here lets wipe your nose # look it doesn't matter now because we're going out for some milk , here # turn your face round good girl , yeah # oh cheer up , come on mm , poor Bryony # come on , let's have this coat on # what love ? # er no we're going out the back door cos you're going in the buggy # I can't keep three of you out of puddles if you're walking # and your trousers I'd be soaked before # you'll be freezing cold and wet # no , you're not walking , not this time it's damp out there and it might rain again # you need some wellies you three # my wellies are too big for you , I've got much bigger feet than you've got haven't I ? , look you just compare # well when you're a bit bigger perhaps your mummy I'll buy some , you just look at your feet , compare your feet with mine look look at your feet , yes look , look at the size of your feet and then look at the size of mummy's , look , who's feet are biggest ? # yours , they're not , my feet are much , much bigger than yours , my feet are twice as long as yours # I think your mum will buy you some when you are a bit bigger , I expect you'll have some next winter , when you go in the ,at the moment you don't really need them do you ? # where's your dog gone ? # , I dunno # James don't lick the window please James , when I said don't lick the window , I mean it who's got a biscuit ? # oh he sucked his biscuit before , that's right , I put it in the bin didn't I ? and I said to you don't eat it because Richard's been sucking it , lift your foot up please let's have your shoe back on again # James , I don't want you licking the window please # it's been cleaned with er windowlene , we don't want you licking that in case there's any traces on it , apart from the filthy mess you make of the window , right , there's one coat on , are we at last beginning to get somewhere I ask myself # yes , Richard put your coat on please for me # where've you put it ?come on look on your toes now , get up come on , stand here and put your , here you are , here's your coat , here's your coat , put it on please here's yours James , stand up please # yes you put it on yourself then , you two boys are yawning , I'll just get the straps , where are they ? , oh , oh right here we are # you're not going to walk , you're going in the buggy stand up # look it's no , it's no point , there's no point in arguing Richard because # well unfortunately it's not what you want # what's on the television ? # pardon ? # look your sisters trying to tell me something about the television , well the televisions not switched on though # you're getting your straps on , stand up please # stand up please # come on , no time for arguments , that's you zipped up , fasten your hood # good , James has got his coat on look , clever boy , right lets sort these out , lets see # they're all tangled up together , there's yours Bryony , which are these ? , # James , this one's Richard's these are Richard's # arms in # the front is James's seat Richard # look , yes you are , you er , you're mummy puts you in the front , but she's a lot taller than I am , and she can tip it up easier , I need James in the front because he's the lightest , you're the heaviest # and it's hard to tip the buggy up when I've got the heaviest it's , one in the front , it's easier with the lightest one let's have your reigns on # it is , it is yes # if , you are , because you're bigger than James aren't you ? # everybody's different sizes look at Jim , Jim's very , very tall isn't he ? # Ji Jim's a lot taller than your daddy and your mummy's taller than I am # and you just happen to be taller and heavier than James # you've got a daddy to , yes # you are the heaviest pet # Bryony let's have your straps on # up the , what are you doing to her ? # oh , let's get out # come on put your arms in # I know he's # oh , I know # keep still # it's so hot # who hit you ? # no he said that # hey , what happened there ? , # I want no more fighting or I might have to fight what shall I do with you ? # put him in the bin , right # well there's plenty of room the , don't hit Bryony James , there's plenty of room # James , stop hit , hey , stop it , now , oh , are we gonna have one of those days where you go around beating up your brother and sister ? # I'm going to get the buggy can I # get off her you're hurting her # I'm going to get the buggy # will you # well if you run away , I'll tie you up , what ? # got what on ? # what did I say about going on the road if you're helping me , come back onto the path , hello # I can hear a car , I think there's one gonna come round the corner # no , if it if it stays dry after dinner you can have the cars and bikes out # who's going to have wellies on ? , who's gonna have wellies on ? # let me open the gate the other way so I can get the buggy in # right , come on , come on the buggy's ready now , hello , in # in the , jump in the buggy , come on James # get in the buggy and I'll close this door , where have I put the lock ? , oh it's not good we're gonna have to get a new garage door , that one nearly kills me lifting that up , scraping it along the ground , you're in are you ? , oh very good , two of you in , Richard , come and get in , just a minute where's your , let me clip you in # how're you stuck ? # you're not stuck , you're pretending , was that a joke ? , # Richard come on love # you're pretending as well are you ? # no James's is in the front # mm , mm # Richard come and get in please , Richard Richard come on in you jump , good boy # get in please Richard # in please Richard # where's he gone , round the corner , come on in you get # I'm sorry , but I'll just have to lift you in then , one , two , three up he goes , ooh # sit down please Richard # where's your shoe ?you've lost your shoe , oh is that it ? , there it is , put your feet down , let's have your shoe back on , you put your foot rest up and stop clanging it please # you want it just like that , we'll have to put it up if you're gonna carry the milk back for me right let's clip you in who do I fasten in ? , # James # listen , listen , what can you hear ? # yes , yes , I can hear the birds singing # I can't see them , can you see any ? , oh I can see one on Marilyn's roof # you can't see the garage is in the way turn round # you can see one bird # oh # yeah , will you turn round straight please so I can clip in at this side good gir # yes , now , shall we put the rain covers on or not ? # we'll , we'll have to take them though # yes , we'll have to take them # oh look at the sky it's grey , the sun came out for a minute , but it's all grey again , oh , this sides ever so stiff # what's wrong with your knees ? , # Richard needs his nose wiped I'll have to go upstairs and get some more tissues , who needs they're nose wiped ? , # Richard # let me see you James , look up James # look up James , you're okay , I'm gonna put a bit of cream on you though let's put this tissue in the bin , right # are we ready ? , let's have # yes I'll put some on yours # you don't , oh look I've got cream on Rich James's coat , I'll have to wipe that off quickly # alright you don't ne , actually you don't need your hood up , because it's ever so warm even though it's dull # alright , you can leave it down # yes I'm going to put some on your face when I've got this rubbed into Richard's Richard's face is looking a lot better isn't it ? , right dab , dab # dab , dab , dab , rub a dub , dub , three men in a tub , the butcher , the baker , the candlestick maker # that's it , how are you turning round when I've got you strapped in ? , are you , I've fastened it both sides # I'll have to adjust your straps # just a minute , that bit isn't rubbed in , wait till I get something to wipe that bit off your coat who's going to carry my bag ? # here # just keep still # well wait a minute I've got get me purse better make sure I've got some money with me hadn't I ?oh there's plenty there here you are , oh don't take your shoes off Bryony , fasten them up look , here you are if you're carrying my bag for me # you're , you're going to carry the milk back James , right let's get these rain covers behind you # well it's easier to carry it on the front ru font , oh , front foot rest # what's happened here ? # oh that's right you don't want it on , I'm just going to put it behind you # you , you can't carry , oh where's the think that goes on the back ? , oh there , there we are , you can't carry the milk pet back because we can't put your foot rest up high like we can with the front one , so there's nothing to balance it on , and if you drop it , the big plastic bottle will burst open , won't it ? put this rain hood # behind you # here you are James , put that behind you ah # it's me wire you've got caught in nearly now then I just put me lipstick on # No , two . # Two after this one . # Oh , oh , it took four sides , James , after this . # No , two . # Right . # Now then let's see , where are we up to ? # What's the matter with you ? # No , not I falled over I fell over . # You fell over the living room ? # Oh dear ! # You fell over me living room floor ? # Let me have a look at you . # Did I get you washed ? # Who did I wash ? # I must have I've taken your apron off . # You're drinking out of your mug the wrong , beaker the wrong way round . # Bryony , did I get you washed ? # Let me have a look . # I don't think I did . # Let's have a look at your face . # Come and get washed . # Come and get washed , clever girl . # Why are you drinking that ? # Oh look he's spilt milk all over . # Shall I tell you something ? # I think I'll be glad when you go home today . # Do you know that ? # Keep still . # Careful . # Right Bryony , there's just you to wash when I find something to wash you with . # Where's it # You are very , very good ! # Come out of that cupboard , please ! # Oh , your brothers are being baddies today , aren't they ? # Where're you going , Richard ? # Yes , you are bad . # You haven't got your hands washed , love . # And the other hand . # The other hand . # Don't squawk ! # You sound like a squeaky , squawky parrot . # What ? # Yes , I'm taking your apron off . # Right . # Wipe this one . # Now where have they gone ? # What are you doing ? # I know , Richard simply uses it # as an excuse to get in the bedrooms # to try and switch on the cassette player in the bedroom . # Yes . # You don't want your shoes , down the # stairs , please ! # There's no toilets up those stairs . # Down you come , Richard . # He does , he likes to get in the bedroom and , and he fiddles on with the erm # the cassette player if he gets a chance . # What's Richard doing ? # Come out of the bathroom you two ! # Look ! # Look ! # Down the stairs , please . # Down ! # Down the stairs , please ! # You need a wee , right . # You , come out of that bath and down the stairs . # Come on , your mummy's coming in a minute and daddy . # Come on , let's have , oh ! # Who's that coming in the gate ? # Did I hear it ? # No . # Come on , pet . # Where are we ? # What's that ? # Oh , it's just a wooden train . # Well you don't need the train while you're on the toilet , do you ? # Oh , I know he can though . # He can actually . # What ? # You want your pants up ? # You haven't washed your hands yet . # Oh yes you do ! # Oh , yes you do ! # Oh , yes you do # You mean # You're supposed to say , oh , no I don't . # And I say , oh , yes you do . # And then you say , oh , no I don't like Richard does . # Yes , when you get a bit bigger we'll have to take you to a pantomime and then you'll be able to say that . # Right , shake . # Who's that ? # Oh , just the boys playing in the lobby . # I think they're , I think they're # Wait a minute ! # You're not going with wet hands . # Perhaps they're going back in their space ship . # Right , off you go . # What about this train , do you want it ? # Oh , he's pulled all this dirty washing out the basket No , not in there . # Not in there ! # Let's not have every room in the house turned into a tip . # One coat missing . # Oh dear . # Is that Jim back ? # Thought I heard Jim's voice . # It wasn't . # Oh . # I wonder what time he's coming back for his dinner then ? # Er , Bryony ! # Let me put your shoe on . # Can I have your sh # Are you , what are you in a you four ? # I know you're all sitting down . # What are you in ? # This was their space ship this morning . # They had the plastic covers off the pram over them for space suits , didn't you ? # You were spacemen . # They were # going to the moon , weren't you ! # Ooh , that's a nice cuddle # Wait a minute ! # You're falling over me ! # What's on the television ? # What was on the television ? # A spaceman you mean ? # Er just be careful that you don't trap your fingers in this door , you two . # You've done it before and your arms . # What are you going to do again ? # Let's say boo ! # You want to say boo as well ? # Are you all going out and leaving me in here ? # Don't , stop banging the door so hard ! # Boo ! # That's just what I need as well . # Just what I need all your filthy fingers and , and mouth marks all over the glass top of the door . # I can see you from here . # You've got funny striped faces through this glass . # Ha ! # Ha ! # Ha ! # I can see you ! # I can see , I can see Richard through the keyhole . # I can see you through the keyhole , Richard ! # Whose is that eye ? # I could see you through the keyhole . # Bo ! # Listen who I can hear , listen . # Who's that ? # What can you hear ? # I can , I can hear your mummy's voice are you not going to see her ? # She's not that way she's that way ! # Well , aren't you coming to see your , come and say hello to your mummy ! # Come on , say hello to mum . # Go and give her a kiss . # Come on , kisses for your mum . # Go and give her a big cuddle . # She's been at work all day ! # Don't ,s oh . # Come out of the car , button . # James has been a James today . # I could've throttled them after dinner . # They fought over everything they could think of to fight over they were really niggly ! # Well James was . # I thought maybe he was getting the same as Richard and Bryony had had , but he's cheered up . # You have been , James monster . # Yes , we had a carry-on at , at dinner-time . # He would not stop hitting , slapping Richard across the face . # So I , I made him swap places as , er , with Bryony and of course he wou he wasn't sitting there ! # He was gonna sit in his own seat . # I said you can't cos you keep hitting Richard in the face for nothing ! # You won't let him eat his dinner ! # So # so Richard's crying because he'd been hitting him the face . # He's howling and scr w wailing cos I wouldn't let him go back in the same chair ! # So he ate his tea later and then he said to me I'm not gonna hit him any more . # He didn't at teatime , did you ? # And then they just had the bikes and cars to fight over . # Oh , we've been like this all , Amy and Richard tried to tidy it up . # Well I tried to tidy it up before we went to school and they were flinging it all out again and there just wasn't time ! # So , I shall do it when they've gone home and then I'll , at least I'll know ,that it won't it won't be being undone . # Tomorrow . # I've just put it back on her ? # Oh Richard , James , James said can I have the hairbrush out . # I said as long as you don't go near your sister . # I didn't want to hear everybody running round the hair , room screaming , not having my hair combed , not ! # And he's chasing them with a brush and saying , come here , an absolute mess ! # He said to her , not today this was a week or two back . # She's going screaming , not get my hair done ! # He says come here , come here ! # You're an absolute mess ! # She can take it with her . # You borrow it . # Yes , you can borrow the train . # Where's she put her shoe ? # I've just p is it near the front door because I've just put it back on her . # Oh it's down here . # It's a wooden train . # It's a wooden one it's made of wood that train . # Yes , you're taking it home with you ! # Oh . # Oh we've been telling her how pretty she is with her hair cut . # Major operation ! # Martin , put the television off please . # Martin , put the television off please , Martin ! # Thank you . # Oh , here's Jim back . # Where are your shoes , Martin ? # He finishes at quarter-to-one tomorrow . # I think . # Oh , is that it ? # I didn't know Jim had recorded one for him . # I knew I recorded one for him and I didn't , I didn't # know Jim had recorded one . # Well we definitely , I definitely only recorded one . # What's , Bryony dear , what are you saying ? # Where's your other one you had two ducks when you , ah , there's one down there look near Hazel's feet . # And I think the other one must be in the car . # We haven't got another video ! # I recorded one and he took it home and if Jim had recorded another episode on it I don't remembering him doing it . # Because you took the recording # home after # Well that would make three and we've definitely have not recorded three because there were only two episodes to go when you were upset # because you were going to miss it . # And I # recorded it and I sent it home with you . # I didn't know Jim had sent another one , had recorded another one # Well don't know where it is cos I didn't , I didn't # record it . # Where's the car box gone ? # Is your mum waiting to put you in the car , Richard ? # Can anybody see the car box ? # Unless one of them tipped it over . # Oh , it's here . # If I find it I'll it but I , I don't know of any other recording . # That's just Richard he likes to ring the door bell . # If it was someone else they're hardly likely to ring the door bell with Jim standing beside the front door , are they ? # Get your shoes on , Martin , please , your mum's waiting to go home . # Are they here ? # That's rubbish . # Puzzles forever . # Have you got your shoes on , Martin ? # Right , get your coat it's under Sally's look . # Put your coat on , good lad . # Oh , the wheels are off the tractor I wonder where it is ? # And if I can mend it . # What's this in me hand ? # Put that in there . # Martin , have you got any books , or s oh he's not here . # Oh , hello . # Has erm # Did Martin have any , Martin ! # Martin , Martin , Martin , did you have any books or anything # with you ? # Okay . # What's he doing ? # Who's that ? # You'll fall out . # You've got to stay fastened in the car . # It's dangerous ! # What was that for ? # Oh , very good ! # You didn't tell me that ! # Expect so . # Oh . # Yes . # Yes . # Well you weren't going to be anyway because you er , oh it's on tonight is it ? # Yeah . # That's right . # I know it was cancelled because of the weather . # There now ! # Are you all calmed down ? # Bye everyone ! # Blow me a kiss ! # Blow me a kiss . # See you tomorrow ! # Say see you tomorrow ! # Yes , clever girl ! # Bye ! # I must sit down for two minutes , Jim . # I will . # I'll sit down for three minutes ! # I need to sit down for three minutes or , me back'll snap in two . # Oh thanks , Hazel . # Now where's that # Are they ? # Well , are they not private roads ? # Oh no , # they're unadopted roads aren't they ? # Oh , where does this go ? # Oh , I'll put them away later . # They go in the cupboard under the stairs . # Where does this go ? # Well you wouldn't have been able to go if you'd been erm # Oh I see . # Some of these puzzles , Jim , must've fallen down behind the erm fermenting bin . # I just can't get close enough to see . # Some of these things as well , they've been pinching back from upstairs , toys they , they've played with when they were smaller and they don't play with them now and I put them upstairs out of the way and they keep going and finding them and bringing them down . # That was up , cos they don't seem to play with that much now . # So have you got all these things delivered now ? # How many ? # Where ? # Which area ? # Oh . # Where does that shape go ? # Oh , was there ? # Is erm Matthew at Matthew # Oh , well he wouldn't # I can't remember how old he is . # Ouch ! # When I want to sit down and have a cigarette I haven't got any . # Are you at a meeting tonight ? # Oh , . # Yes please . # Oh , there's a piece of I should imagine there's bits of puzzles under the chairs anyway . # Sure to be . # Oh ! # Mm . # Yes ! # So you get yourself down there , then . # Oh . # Yes . # Yes , you do . # Yes . # Well , that's it . # I mean you should have all your friends and neighbours in and have a party ! # Mm . # Mm . # Mm . # Well you wor work on , work on Jim ! # I mean Pat said he can go so tell him to get two tickets and you'll go with him . # I don't know if er # Mm . # Well our Nick used to have er a red , the red and white scarf and hat and everything . # He had a tie there's drawers full of stuff upstairs belonging to him I don't know if there's anything in there . # I knit him red and white stripe gloves . # Mm . # Yeah . # Aha . # Mm mm . # Jim , will you go and g , what time does the off-licence shut ? # The Victoria Wine . # Cos it's where , # it's where I get my cigarettes from the Victoria Wine shop . # No , what , he was talking about taxation . # And that er they would be worse off because he said even staff nurses are getting more than twenty thousand pounds a year . # Which of course charge nurses aren't getting anywhere near twenty thousand pounds a year and only a few erm nursing officers . # Yes . # Hague is a # And of course he had the nurses' pay # scale in the other hand while he was ringing them . # Where's me purse ? # There you are . # Thanks . # Yes , but that's all very well but , bout , but er # That's right ! # So there's half the country thinking staff nurses are earning well over twenty thousand are owning , earning over twenty thousand . # Your Pat said to me on Sunday while I was talking to her , she said , when she was saying oh well she doesn't know whether to vote Tory because # she's done quite well under them . # As Jim said , in six months time if he's redundant she won't be feeling # the same . # But she said , I said oh # I said oh Pat just , just , I said have you spoken to a nurse recently ? # You know , how demoralised they are and the state of the hospitals and things and she said , oh well , nurses er , they , they've always complained that they're hard up and , # and the rest of it . # So , talk some sense into her will you ? # Just point out that they might be redundant and # That was another thing he said , wasn't it ? # That they privatized erm ambulance service , they're now the highest paid in the country . # and Jim , Jim's got their pay scale and , and # They're being paid , # they're being paid less than the N H S # ones ! # And that's , you know , anybody listening to that on the television would think , oh yes , that's true ! # You know it's , it's # once it's stuck in their head then it's like reading things in the newspapers . # Er ,fort well if you , if you manage to get to Victoria Wines in time er , get me erm ,er twenty erm no , get me forty er Emb what do they call them ? # Elite , please ? # If you've gotta go to the Co-op , just get me twenty of whatever's there is . # If you get to the Victoria Wine in time . # I don't know if he will . # I don't know if it shuts at five o'clock or what they do or if evening staff come on ? # I've never tried to go after five o'clock . # No , she wasn't thinking , well she wasn't exactly thinking about a Tory vote . # She said , well I , I don't know what to do , she said , I haven't read , you know , she hadn't read the election , she hadn't had time to read the election addresses , and she's not really interested in ac actually so she hasn't watched it on the television . # And I said , oh Pat , you don't want a Tory government in a again , do you ? # And she said , well , I I I don't know , she said , you know we've done alright under them . # What does she think's happening to education ? # What does she think's ha happening to the hospitals ? # Put your daughter straight ! # Mm mm . # The unemployed certainly haven't been better off . # The young people leaving school haven't been better off . # Yeah . # That's right . # And isn't it a hundred , hundred and , hundred and fifty small businesses go bust every year ? # I mean they keep saying we've given the all , all these opportunities to all these # small businessmen and there's a hundred and fifty . # Mm . # No . # Paul next door left school , you know , he cou all he wanted to be was a mechanic , it's , it's all he's ever been , he's really good . # But he's learnt from his father # and he couldn't a job and then , I me I mean , he tried for apprenticeships all over the place and other jobs and he just couldn't get one ! # When his father died , when he was twenty- one , he took over the erm taxi business . # Well it was private hire , but most of the work came from Northgate Hospital . # You know they , they ran , they took the nurses , because the nurses home was a mile or , was it a mile or a mile and a half or something from the hospital , they had this , they took them in the morning and then they took them at lunchtime and then all the different shifts coming on and off they took them , and they had the schools run as well . # And then , of course the er , they started running down Northgate hospital and they closed down the nurses home . # So there was half his business worked out , wiped out in one go . # And then erm , his schools run was way up into the country , quite a long way and then that was changed . # First of all th the erm registration went up , then something else went up and then two of his children from farthest away were moving so he was gonna be paid much less than that . # Well the ordinary private hire , there's so many of them , I mean his dad had been doing it for years but there's so many started up . # He couldn't compete ! # And , and then finally the council said , he actually had an Austin Princess , but you know Paul and his cars that that nineteen , I don't know what it is the car he's got in his garage now , but he buys old cars and completely rebuilds them , it looks like a new car now and he ha he had an Austin Princess which , which actually it was a P reg and er they told him he couldn't run the service unless he bought a much newer car . # And he couldn't do it , because , the pair of them , I mean , that was , that business was supporting his mother as well and between them , after they'd paid for the petrol , they were taking in less than a hundred pounds a week and that was for the two of them . # So he couldn't keep it going any longer and he had to give it up , so he's on the dole again . # It's about oh , it's , it's over a year since he packed in and he's tri applied for hundreds of jobs . # He's applied for jobs in Washington and # you know it's quite # a long way to travel to # but see you just get nothing . # He wrote to Nissan . # That was one of the places he # wrote to . # Yes . # Thirty thousand # Mm mm . # Yes . # Yes . # They say unemployment's hitting the south now but I wonder how many jobs they get that thirty thousand apply for ? # Yeah . # The teaching , teaching jobs are the same . # Hundreds and hundreds applying for teaching jobs . # Rubbish . # Is that rubbish ? # What's this ? # Something from # No . # Nope ! # There's bits of paper everywhere you look . # Whose key's this ? # That's not your key , is it ? # I'm sure it's not mine . # Jim's is on his car keyring , I'll put it there until I find out . # Unless it was a loose one that was lying on here cos Richard was # Oh , I've got , # oh , I've got , I've # I've got keys to these , there's an old lady opposite , I've got keys for her erm front door and back door . # She's got a , I think er has she got a no , I don't think she's got a key to my house now , she used to have er in case I lock meself out . # And Betty had , but that # then we got the new front door so only Betty now has got er , a spare backdoor key which wasn't much good the day I bolted the door into the kitchen ! # Could only get as far as the kitchen . # Yes . # There's something extremely sticky on this windowsill . # Urgh ! # It's all claggy . # I don't know what they've had on there , I'll have to wash it off properly . # Oh . # Well if they've applied in time they can get a p postal vote . # Er or they can ask for someone to take them . # Jim's actually running people from Comfort House there . # Someone er asked it was someone who was deliving , delivering the erm election the polling cards . # He'd been helping his wife to , she must work for the council and he'd been helping her and he said er the matron at Comfort House had asked and he , and he'd noticed Jim's name on when he delivered ours so he knew where they could , he'd take them . # The only thing is in a place like that they're more likely to be Tory . # However , Jim says he'll take them . # It's er , a private nursing home do you know where the library is ? # You go past past the library past the ambulance station and round the corner . # Oh , the clinic , yes , yes , yes . # No , it's further round than that . # If you go , if you actually # Fruit and vegetables back . # Do you know whose car was stolen from this road last week ? # Oh . # Cost Kathy down the road was telling me that erm a Yugo car had been stolen from Alexandra Road # Last week . # I don't know anyone who's got a Yugo car do you ? # I don't know . # But apparently it was stolen last week . # No . # Aha . # Jim can't get ours in it's it's all our garage is full of paper work and things # from the front . # Well he puts a krook-lo gotta krook-lok when he goes # Yeah . # Aha . # Yes . # yes . # Sit still Bryony . # Sit still Bry Yes it's lovely . # What d'ya want to do ? # What's the ma # You want what ? # You're not fastened . # Oh sorry . # I'm careless aren't I turn round . # No we're going with the child minders tomorrow . # I know # I was you I I arrived as you had left er so # Louise afterwards . # Oh yes . # Aha . # Is that the erm cardio func # or the er what is it ? # Is there a lot of high impact in it ? # Oh # Yes . # I go to Maxine's erm intermediate class . # I wouldn't be able to do the you know the really high very high impact . # They # Yeah . # And apart from the fact that you're less than half my age . # It helps doesn't it ? # Although the intermediate class most of them seem to be teenagers and twenties . # There's a few thirties and there's a couple I think probably in their forties but when it comes to the high impact they don't do it they just step it out you know . # Erm # But the # the advance class on a the first one on a Friday morning is nearly all high impact . # There are very few floor exercises . # Well I wouldn't be able to do that . # But I can keep up with the intermediate class and I said to Maxine , Does this get any harder ? # And she said , No we do different exercises but there's this amount of high impact . # So . # Oh what's the mat # Is he ? # Oh . # Have a look at have a look at baby Daniel . # Have a look at him . # See if he'll have a look at you . # There . # Is he a tired boy ? # Yes . # Aha . # Have you seen Bryony's hair ? # She's had it cut . # Yeah . # It was . # And it was so tangly . # And she wouldn't have it brushed and she was shaking her head about when you tried to brush it so . # She's lost all her curls from the bottom of it . # I don't know if it'll come back . # Yes she wanted to ride this morn I'm taking the buggy like this so I can carry the fruit and vegetables back from the market . # Get up . # Get up . # Oh fancy climbing under a buggy . # Get out . # Get out . # Yes tell your brother to get o . # Oh are you gonna keep him right today James ? # James was the horror yesterday . # No J James with a cheeky grin on his face just kee often when he gets in the mood goes round doing # anything he can find that he knows he shouldn't be doing like pulling things out the freezer and then the fridge and and pulling the cooker door down and # What ? # I can't push the buggy with you riding on the back either . # You might trip off and go underneath it . # Jump down . # Right we'd better go . # Say bye bye to Daniel and Alison . # Bye bye Alison . # Right see you bye . # How we doing ? # We're progressing very slowly . # As you can see . # Aren't we ? # Yes they're triplets . # No they're not mine . # Do I want two year old triplets at fifty three ? # Ah Have you never noticed I only have them three days a week ? # You must have seen me often enough without them . # What is that man ? # He's called Tom but I don't know . # What is your other name ? # . # Mr . # Aha . # Yes . # Oh yes . # Oh don't # Oh . # So you're not going to go back now ? # Where is it you come from in Ireland ? # Oh . # That's right . # I remember talking to you and I said I had erm friends from , that's in Tipperary isn't it ? # I had friends from # There were there were there were student nurses with me their their father was a sen senator . # There was about nine children in the family I think . # The ones I knew were Bridget Margaret and Mary . # They had brother # and I can't remember the rest . # Yes yes . # Yes . # Mm . # I used to read the erm these friend that I was a student nurse with erm used to have their local paper sent over and er I used to read it . # Not that I knew anything about the area of course . # But it was quite fascinating reading about the Ja Richard jump down . # Oh dear . # I think they're gonna start fighting any second . # We'd better move . # No no . # Oh they're rub oh they're rubbing noses . # Oh # It's not a good idea because Richard's got a streaming cold and James hasn't . # Bye . # Hello Rosie Oops . # You gonna crash into # Yes . # It's lovely isn't it ? # Sunshine and has this man got his buttons on today ? # I can't see . # Well yes . # Only for my granddaughters mostly . # Now then oh no don't you can't push the buggy into the lady's legs . # Don't think she'd be pleased at all . # Right now then . # I'll just park Bryony here look . # Let me park Bryony here . # No sit still be Just sit still for now please . # Sit still for now please . # It's only for a few minutes till I buy these and then you can have a turn at walking . # Er can't see a small turnip . # There's no cauliflowers any more . # Let's go up here and join the queue . # Let me get in the queue look or we'll miss our turn . # Stand here look in the queue . # Have a li have a little talk to Bob look . # There's Bob # Are you going to hold his hold is erm straps for Doug . # There oh I'll have to bring her over a bit . # Let's see . # Er what do I want . # I'll move you a bit nearer Bryony just one sec . # Have you got a spare hand on you ? # Can you just hang on to those while I I'm push Bryony a bit . # I'm going to pu right . # I'll push you a bit bit nearer look . # Doug's in the queue have you seen him ? # He's holding James and Richard's reins while I bring you a bit nearer . # There you are . # It'll be your turn to walk when I've got the fruit and vegetables . # Thanks Doug . # There I've moved your sister a bit nearer . # She was too far away . # Yes you will Bryony I can't hold . # Give him a gentle stroke . # Oh look I'm getting pushed out the queue beca I'm gonna There we are . # Mind Bob's tail don't stand on him or he won't be pleased . # Give him the bag . # Two pounds of carrots and two pounds of onions please . # Don't pulled him James just hold his lead gently . # Being served thanks . # Erm a small turnip please and a small cabbage . # Yes please the the smallest you've got . # Don't stand on Bob's tail whatever you do . # Er broccoli please . # What else do I need folks . # We've got oranges and we've got apples . # Celery please . # Erm three pou # Three pounds of bananas please . # Wondered what I was standing on there it's a bit of squashed carrot . # Three pounds of bananas . # Pound of mushrooms please . # And ten pounds of potatoes and that's it thank you . # Stand still you two . # Yes I'm going to get you out Bryony in a . # You're going to it's your turn to walk in a minute . # Thank you . # Right let's go let's go to the end look . # The man's going to give us them at the end of the stall so that . # Yes I'm going to get you out . # Let me let's bring the buggy back look . # I'm putting them in the back of the buggy . # Right can you just drop them in there please . # Thanks very much . # Well Jim's at work all day so I won't . # He can't come and pick them up from here on anything . # Thank you . # Now who's who's James you ride a little bit now and then Richard will . # So I'll get Bryony out look . # Let's get Bryony . # Don't squa Will you stop whining petal . # No I think James is going to have a ride now are you James ? # And Bry # Who is it you Richard ? # Are you goi is it # Well one of you must and then you can get out and walk again . # You have to take turns . # Bryony's ridden all the way here look . # Just a minute . # James will you stand very still be # Stand very still . # Oh wait a minute it . # What did I say ? # I sa I said stand very still please beside me while I loosen Bryony . # Very very still . # Yes I'm getting you out treasure . # This this er thing's got stuck on the rails . # Yes but one of them's going to get in . # Who's going to get in first and who's going to get in later ? # You you both have to have a little ride each back to my house because I can't I don't think # Oh that's it . # James you're going away again come back please . # Well you have to hang on to the buggy then . # Look I've been holding Richard . # Let's see if I can manage all three of you walking . # Get on and hold the buggy then . # You have to hold the buggy or you have to . # No if you hold it there you can reach better . # You're a bit small to hang on to the handle . # You you've got a filthy nose . # Let's have a look . # No you're going to tip it if you do that . # Don't tip it please . # No . # Yes you're tipping it because you're trying # Listen you're tipping it . # You can't swing on the handle Richard . # Bryony if you're going to walk you need hold on to there because when you hang on to the handle it's too high and you tip it over . # Richard get off the back of it or I'll put in the buggy . # If you want to walk Bryony you must hold there please . # You hold on to there . # Go on good girl . # Well I can't push it because there's nowhere to put my # Listen to me there's no # Well I'll have to hold your reins then . # You can't hold there because I need to be in the middle of it to push it . # Where am I supposed to go ? # James your straps are stuck round her arm . # Right well I'm going home without you then because I can't put I can't there's no way I can push this buggy with you walking on my toes Bryony . # So you need to walk there . # So that I've got room to walk . # You hold on there . # You get round the corner please . # You hold on to that handle . # Look look James is hol Richard's holding that handle James is holding that handle you hold there . # Well you'll have to ride again then . # Wait a minute the brake's on . # Because I can't if you're holding that handle there there's nowhere for me to walk . # I'll just be treading on your toes all the time . # You heels I mean . # If they would just cooperate a bit . # Yes . # Never mind we're in a straight line now so . # They don't no . # No there's things to be said # Yes . # Now listen I want to see I want to s Have you got buttons today ? # Oh right thank you . # He that man hasn't g Hello . # That man hasn't got buttons today . # So we need to see if there's another button stall . # There's one more lady but where does she go ? # I think she I think she might be at the far side . # Just a minute . # Just a minute . # That's a nice jog suit but it's oh it's the same as one I've got . # Oh no it's not it's better it's a zip down the front . # Let's see . # Right . # Now that's that's good Bryony I can push it while you're walking there . # Very good . # Is the lady with buttons round this . # Oh dear you see what I mean I'm walking on your heels . # Now then . # Can anyone see the lady with buttons ? # I can't either . # Oh . # Let's see . # Let's see if this man's got some # What ? # Pandas . # Oh pandas on the cans yes . # Ca we need to reverse a bit . # Let's go back across here look . # I'm going to get some bread buns . # Right I need to get my purse look . # Here we are . # Bryony come and stand over here or hang on to the buggy whichever you want to do . # Right stand here . # Those a cans of erm it's fizzy . # No don't touch them because if if you drop they'll fizz up and bust . # Yes they're pandas on the drinks . # I said don't # don't touch . # Sorry . # Yes sorry . # Oh . # Look can you move over here look cos it's nearly our turn . # Nearly look . # Isn't it ? # Don't touch the buns . # You have no browned ones . # Erm right I'll have a packet of er round ones please . # Yes . # What are these ? # I'll have er two orange two lemon er what else and a packet of shortcake please . # Erm is that all I want ? # Er yes that's it thank you . # Keep still till I get my money out pet . # Have you always had that notice up there ? # I've never noticed it before that you came from . # We used to live at Washington . # That's where my husband comes from . # monument . # One sorry what did you say one six one sixty . # There you are thank you very much . # There now let's put this in the bag . # Thanks . # Don't swing on the stall Richard . # Let me put # let me put this in the front of the buggy look . # And don't squash them . # Those are biscuits . # Right Bryony shall we get in the same # Will you put the biscuits back please Richard you don't want biscuits now you've had a biscuit this morning with your milk . # That's all for to all for this morning . # Bryony come back where you were clever girl . # What a clever girl . # Come back where you were . # Come back where you were or you'll have to get in . # Come on you help me push like you were before look . # Can you ? # That's the way good girl . # Richard don't swing on the buggy pet . # I think that lady with the button . # Oh wait a minute . # No that's not her . # That's not her . # Can you stop while I just glance at this . # Richard . # You are you tired ? # Do you want to ride ? # You don't ? # Don't swing on the buggy you're gonna have it tipped completely over . # Look how many times have I told you to stop swinging on the handle you're tipping it over . # We'll end up with all the fruit and vegetables and and the bread buns and the biscuits all over the floor . # They would get filthy . # Do you hear the music . # Shall we have a waltz ? # Yes . # I'm yes . # We will make love . # See these . # But I I need to you see I need some buttons for Beverley and Melanie's cardigans . # You're not to touch them . # Those aren't cream they're yellow aren't they . # Listen . # I'm been blue sorry . # Are those clear or blue ? # Where's the lady ? # Where's the lady gone off this stall ? # Clear . # No they're they're blue . # Take me back in your arms # No tho those are not clear . # Those are clear . # I think I'll have to get this kind . # But the lady's vanished off the stall so I can't buy them . # Lonely have you ever been blue . # What treasure ? # I think these are too small . # Let me see that one . # That's that's yellow lemon . # Some of them are so faded on the top that when you they're not they're not the colour you think they are . # Oh that's the size I want . # Now let's put them all back and see if we can see the lady . # No just leave all of those look . # Oh here she is . # Put them back please . # Hurry up cos it's near our turn to be serv where's my purse . # Let's get my purse . # Put them back please Bryony . # Fourteen please . # Oh no you're not to take the top off . # Don't take the top off put them back now look . # Thanks . # Oh I've used all my change I'll have to give you five pounds . # No . # You're gonna lose half . # Richard . # Hang on a minute . # Yes . # Wait a minute you're you're losing some of your buttons over here look . # Come back . # No . # Let's put them all back . # Put them back . # Clever boys . # Thank you . # It does get rather warm on occasions . # Is that in # Right let's let's all get lined get lined up again ready to move . # Actually they they were quick at learning colours . # Especially Bryony she learnt the colours very very quickly . # Even things like silver and grey and brown . # Not just the primary colours . # Right Bryony in the middle . # That's it . # Richard # Wagons roll . # Thank you bye . # Let me see what these eggs are like round this corner . # Where is he ? # Oh it's it's sorry it's round the next corner . # Those are garden garden gnomes . # Cats ? # Gnomes er frogs look over there there are frogs . # Can you see oh and snails and little houses . # Hedgehogs there's a tortoise . # There's a little fawn look a baby deer . # Oh look at the seal and the birds . # I don't like the gnomes but the animals are very good . # James you've you've gone on the wrong side . # Bryony in the middle . # We're going round the corner to the egg man . # And round this corner . # Look at the tiger ski tiger skin seat covers . # Can you see there look ? # Like tiger ski hello . # Oh the ducks yes ducks that's right the ducks had better watch out or they're gonna get run over . # Yes the ducks are on the road . # What love ? # No we need to get I think I'll just get half a dozen . # What have I done with my purse now is it there it is . # Right let's Oh do you see there's the road sweeper . # Right let's get over here a little bit . # Yes it was a road sweeper . # It's getting them to push it and keep in keep in line . # One in the middle and one at each side . # But yes I can get the shopping in . # It's no good shopping in shops with it though cos we can't get round the aisles with them like this . # Bryony . # Come over here just in case the road sweeper's coming up here . # Six size three please . # I'd better not take any more at once in case they fall off . # Just a sec . # Yes I have . # Thanks . # Thank you . # There we are let's put see if we can find a space to put these . # Yes I've I've bought eggs yes . # Let's see if they're go in this I wonder if I can balance them on top of the on top of the potatoes . # Now we need to turn the buggy round . # We're going back to my house now . # We're going back to my house because we're going # We no we're not going to soft play today . # We're going to soft play tomorrow . # Look let's move because the man can't get out for us . # Tomorrow we're going to soft play not today . # Round we go . # No we're going no not Tuesday we're going on Thursday this week . # Right you get back in the middle please Bryony . # Good girl . # And off we go again . # Off we go off Here we go here we go . # Yes . # Oh you've bumped your head on the handle . # It's stopped now it's gone away . # Up we go . # Yes we saw a road sweeper . # The green ducks are drakes the ones with green heads . # Right let's get back to my house or there won't be time to make this case before dinner time . # Look at that duck over there . # That must be one of the ducks that's that's half white and half domestic duck and half mallard . # Is that is that the swan up there look or is it the white I can't it's too far away to see . # It isn't a swan I thought it was but I I don't , hello , I don't think it is . # You don't want to go back to your house . # Do you want to go back to my house . # You're not going back to my house . # Where are we going then ? # We are . # You're going to help me make to make a birthday cake for Jim remember . # You don't want to help . # Does anybody want to help ? # I thought you would like to do that you like cooking . # Come off the mud please Bryony it's all clarty . # What are we doing ? # I'll tell you what we're going to do # No Bryony come back please because if you walk by yourself they'll want to as well . # Yeah . # No you're not going to walk by yourself . # No darling we're near the river . # No way can you walk by yourself . # What ? # I can't let you walk by yourselves near the river . # What if you ran away ? # It's no good saying you don't because you do . # Hello . # Look you see what I mean . # Bryony . # Come on get hold of the buggy . # You hold the middle of the buggy like that . # Richard come back where you were at this side . # Well get in the buggy then Bryony . # Either hold on to there or get in it . # Well if you're gonna . # Put you in the front seat hold on Bryony wants to get back in the buggy . # Let's put her let's put her in the front seat . # Well well Bryony says she wants to go in the buggy . # Let's see . # Richard oh my goodness . # You would want to stop and change over when we're right beside the river wouldn't you ? # When it's hard to hang on to all your reins . # Right you jump in . # Jump in . # You'll have to have it up a little bit or the same thing'll happen at # Yes . # Right let's go again . # One at each side boys please . # Bryony if you get your foot underneath it like you did before when you kicked the footrest down and then your foot went underneath the buggy and you screamed didn't you ? # You can't swing on the buggy handle it makes it too heavy and it makes it tip up . # James hold your side please . # There . # The moorhen one moorhen Bryony . # Wait a minute cos Bryony wants to see moorhens . # Let's see if we can look . # Where . # Let me see if I can get Bryony to see where this moorhen is . # Can you see that tree branch , move along a little bit Richard . # That's right it's in the bott the trees hanging the branch is hanging right down to the river and the moorhen's standing on it . # That's right . # But I can't see any more moorhens and there's usually a few more round if there's one . # But I can't see them . # Right then let's get in a line again . # In a line again . # Yes we're going yes you can see it as well . # Yes it is it's over there that's right . # There we are . # You want to see the birds . # Well in that case no there Richard Richard means the birds in the park in the aviary . # We we can't go and see . # Listen . # Yes that's what kind's that one Bryony ? # Bryony says she can see one in the sky . # What is it can you remember ? # That's right it's a seagull . # There's another seagull . # That's a black-headed gull that one . # Yes it's a white one with a black head . # You want to see the birds in the park . # The trouble is # Yes but but I can't push this buggy up that very very very steep hill to get down the other side to the birds . # Isn't it beautiful . # I am . # I am . # They want to go up to the aviary but I I can't get I can't get this buggy up there up that hill . # Listen we'll come # Yes cos we we can walk easily # We can easily # Oh I hope so . # Oh yes . # You wouldn't think it was the same month would you ? # Yes that's the weir . # You want to see what ? # But I've just explained about five times . # To go to the one in the park we'd have to go up that hill and there's no way I can push this buggy with Bryony in the front and all these fruit and vegetables I couldn't get up and the hang on to you two with your reins I couldn't get up that steep hill . # So the best thing to do the best thing to do listen . # No Bryony I'm telling you you listen I'm telling you . # The best thing to do would be to come tomorrow and we'll walk there without the buggy . # We can easily walk there and we can come in the front we can come in the front gates of the park and we don't have to go up great big steep hills do we ? # Just a minute # I'm not mummy . # I'm their friend . # No I look after them three days a week . # Mhm . # Oh she's got out look . # Come back a bit . # Oh look we're gonna have to press the button # We're gonna have to press the button again look . # Let's get the buggy up to the go on then somebody . # That's the way . #