# I am worrying . # What's happened to my wife ? # She's gone to another planet . # No . # Mhm . # What's all this about ? # Did you ? # The bones ? # What's the bones ? # Mm . # A high speed . # We have been on a high speed , yeah . # It's called the Brunel experience . # Do you know about this ? # Remember that one ? # We've been across that one mummy . # On our honeymoon . # Nineteen eighty five . # Fifteenth of er April . # Yes . # Penzance . # Penzance . # Down to Penzance . # Yeah . # We have the problem . # I don't know . # Push by . # Very very carefully . # Okay # No no no Tim # Right . # Yeah . # Are you going to sit down properly please ? # Tim . # Legs in front of you , remember ? # No ? # No no we don't stand up t to have our dinner do we mum ? # We don't . # But we can't start until he's s he's sitting . # Right , are you gonna say thankyou ? # And what's the serviette for ? # For nothing ? # Who's falling to pieces ? # Why ? # It's the end of the week ? # No . # absolutely ridiculous . # But Julie was saying how desperately . # You had a sweet at school ? # Did you ? # Why did you have a sweet at school ? # It was someone's birthday wasn't it ? # Is she a student ? # Mm . # Mm . # Is she ? # She's going to be a nurse is she ? # In a hospital ? # Is she actually in your class ? # This week then all the time ? # Helping Mrs ? # Wasn't she ? # Why not ? # Did you ? # Who was it today ? # If you want to . # It's very windy today isn't it ? # Yeah , it is a bit of rain . # much . # Just a little bit . # I saw a rainbow today . # Yeah . # . # Certainly in Redditch anyway . # I saw it that way towards . # Mm . # Mm . # You can get rainbows in different places . # It depends where you are . # Today ? # Have you seen Ann today Tim ? # What have you been doing today ? # You've been teaching as well , really ? # All day , or part of the day ? # Really ? # Well this a this afternoon ? # Oh . # So what happened to you Tim then , if mummy was teaching ? # Did mummy take you to school ? # You were at Ann's house ? # And play with Martin ? # And Ian . # Didn't you ? # It was because Mrs was ill was it ? # Oh . # Really ? # Oh . # Both off sick or ? # Really ? # Oh . # Mm . # Yeah ? # That's right . # You eat yours and I eat mine . # Well look at that mummy . # Look at mummy's plate . # Mm . # Who's the winner ? # Have a look at mummy's plate . # I saw you had a drink of water . # You went to Holly Cottage did you ? # And you got a letter ? # Oh you wrote to erm # Gwen didn't you ? # And she's written to you has she ? # I saw the letter that you wrote . # You said thank you very much for the duck's egg . # Or something like that , did you ? # Is this one of the ducks at the place ? # How often do ducks lay eggs ? # Oh . # Have you seen them laying eggs , the ducks # at the cottage ? # Right . # Oh . # You finished your work Tim ? # Well done . # What book you mean ? # It's not like your books where # I've finished mine . # What am I supposed to do ? # No , mind my drink . # Mind . # Yeah , I don't want any more . # No , full thank you . # It took hours to at Pontepool . # Well I seem to recall that we were in the place # Do you do exercises every day ? # You do . # You're keeping them up # Well we did it last night till about ten o'clock . # Yes , yes . # So we'll see how things go . # Yes . # Is it ? # Meals ? # What ? # Oh well it was just this er meal we went out to in the evening . # bar hotel restaurant across the road . # . Which basically means yeah they can't afford a tablecloth or whatever . # What's supposed to be so attractive about it # I was really . # I mean it's you know that means a cafe # without er tablecloths . # Yeah . # Yeah . # I prefer tablecloths to . # Yeah cos we ordered when it was . # About an hour later it arrived but we were standing at the bar when we had er ordered it . # But that was , we were standing there for about an hour I should think it was . # And eventually they told us to go upstairs and sit down at the table . # So we did and eventually . # It was quite nice actually . # Yes it was . # Yes it was very tasty . # but rather expensive # This wasn't the hotel , the hotel was very posh yes . # Presumably felt they couldn't afford # Erm some # some # Oh Tim Tim Tim . # No # Just have a little bit of fruit . # You can have a cherry with it . # Oh . # I would like some # yogurt please . # Ooh . # nice . # Thank you . # Did you ? # Do you want a cherry or not ? # I've got three cherries . # Three cherries ! # Ooh ho ho ho ho . # Ho ho ho ho ho ho . # for mummy . # Remember . # It's tea is it ? # Right . # No . # It's a bit like that , the same with porridge isn't it ? # It's called that but eating breakfast . # Right . # Yes . # Well what did you get up to this morning in your few minutes of freedom ? # Or was it very hectic ? # Take your money . # So you did it from memory ? # And then ? # Was that alright ? # . She got on the bus alright ? # Yeah , we won't see her on Sunday . # Mm . # Mm . # Did miss it . # Mm . # Have you ? # Oh . # Who , Mark and ? # The wedding's in Manchester . # Really ? # No . # No . # Due for completion in May ninety three . # . # Yes , he'll still be six won't he ? # Nearly seven . # Probably . # Were there any electrification trains there this time , or what ? # Didn't look . # was there last week . # . Actually it was a train # diesel train diesel locomotives . # Coach . # People standing on the roof of the coaches putting wires . # Yeah . # They take the roof , they get some old coaches they take the roof off and put a new sort of flat board and you can climb up the outside . # So you're standing on the roof of coaches . # It's about the right height to er well the overhead lines . # He said they had the wires all streaming down the platform so they had to wire up , close off the platform . # Mm . # I expect you'll ready . # You'll probably just about be in bed . # I expect Tim will be in bed won't he ? # Just about . # Yeah . # So they will be all ready so # There's no letter in here . # It's an old empty envelope . # There's no letter . # who who's the letter for ? # Can you see who it's for ? # That's right . # Can you see what it says ? # It says mister Christopher # Well done . # It is . # Ooh . # Is it the picture of school pa oh yes . # Holly Cottage . # Now what does it say ? # Read it to me . # Do you think they will ? # You are an ass . # A madhouse . # No . # I'm full thanks . # # You might . # Eating all that ice-cream . # You might . # Like what ? # Dunno . # Suppose a notebook might come in useful to jot anything down or whatever . # A piece of paper that they give you which tells us what . # Have you got it ? # Well it told you what the subject titles were . # I dunno . find this paper # I feel awfully shattered cos # I feel # Will you ? # Will you ? # Yes . # Yes dear ? # Are you ? # I'm not , we do normally have porridge for breakfast . # I can't cope . # No . # I'll cope with the washing up . # tonight we'll just have to er # I tell you what , I don't want a two hour lecture . # I don't know . # Don't know what the format is . # ever done anything like this before ? # What age did you use to babysit ? # And how old is she # Fourteen ? # What's the legal minimum age ? # Dunno . don't know . # I don't know legal . # Yeah . # as long as she knows what to do # Yeah . # Yeah . # This noisy . # Hello . # Well we can start # Mm . # Right . # Right . # Night night boys . # Night night . # Right . # There we are . # He wiped it off . # You did . # You got the first one you could see . # Cos we wouldn't have wanted grandma to miss her train would we ? # No bus ? # She had to go on a bus actually . # Get the train . # Cos they don't have trains from Redditch # Do you know why ? # From Bar Green # Yes . # What a mess . # It's between Redditch and Mulbridge # Yes . # Between Redditch and Birmingham . # They are . # There's at least one blown over there isn't there ? # Mm . # It's so windy at the moment . # March winds . # Right . # Thank you . # If you ask mummy she'll # I know . # I know . # few weeks before we have time # Have you got sp lots of spare tapes ? # I'm not sure actually . # I haven't seen one about a puppet show . # Is that where # Rosie and Jim went to a puppet show did they ? # Stratford ? # Do they ? # And there's a lion is there ? # An omelette ? # Oh . # So if it's a puppet show did Rosie and Jim do some puppeting ?puppet . # Where they ? # That's what I call a miracle . # Yeah . # Yeah . # How to get to know about these things . # This chap we were sitting next to involved in all these canal projects . # Apparently he's a director of various canal preservation bodies and things . # Yeah . # Yeah he is . # No , he's at Solihull . # Jonathan . # Oh yes . # It was interesting discussing various chaps after # only just sort of see them occasionally to get the inside stories to . # Mm . # She was okay this week . # Well , she's a totally snowed under # with work . # Like I had to give her some top priorities yesterday as she wasn't going to be about . # Actually she did very well on one of those . # She did far better # Oh yes . # Yes . # Well I made sure my boss told her , that's . # Cos he was desperate for cos he needed an answer for Monday morning for Dave . # Dave's erm wife produced a baby last week # so he's having a week off you know to change nappies or whatever . # Well you're not to # I'm not quite sure what happens you see . # That's why # hear the sound of the video . # Well I can hear it now . # Yeah I'm wondering whether it's playing to itself , with the television off . # Do you think that's likely ? # Or does it not do it ? # Would it ? # No . # It's just that I can actually hear it . # I can actually hear the motor on # on turning round # I presume what happens when it's not on it's all geared up ready to # Where are you going to ? # Right . # Yes . # What was that ? # Ah but that wasn't on before was it ? # Cos mummy only just come down for breakfast . # But it's true , it does make a noise . # There's lots of noises , lots of electrical things . # Oh was it vibrating ? # It does . # It a load or # as you know there's a lot of stuff # one . # Am I ? # I'm supposed to wash up aren't I ? # Mm ? # Yes . # What am I going to do ? # Me watch Rosie and Jim ? # That's true , I did make the breakfast . # Did you like the breakfast ? # Right . # I haven't got my glasses . # I won't be able to see it . # Yes . # Right . # No no no no Tim . # Don't you touch my glasses . # Please . # Please . # I know that's # Oh dear . # What's this ? # I don't know . # He's going something to us . # We don't know it . # what it is . # That one ? # Don't know that one Geoff . # Is it possible to lay the table do you think , for me ? # Did you see their toaster ? # What make # was it ? # I don't remember seeing it . # they had it . # No ,why they had it . # Oh yes . # Was that nice ? # Right . # What do you want on yours ? # It's the cheese we've been having at work this week # It's called dutch . # You've been having some of that , yeah . # Yeah . # The trouble is this has erm crusts , sort of rind on it , that's all . # Do you want a piece ? # It's a bit different from # Yes , you've had it with your Marmite . # That much ? # Is that alright ? # Right . # Mm . # Mm . # What about you ? # A rest I suppose . # this week . # That's why I like Saturday's and # Do the garden or walking or whatever it is . # Something very different . # No , there won't be any more now . # What is it ? # You're right . # It is oranges . # They've been sitting there for over a week # Oh . # Sorry for that . # That's right . # Half each . # No . # Too big . # If you peel one I'll peel the other . # Am I a friend too ? # That's nice isn't it ?friends . # Well I'll do one and mummy does the other one . # And you can share it up . # Yes . # very difficult to peel . # One day I had them and they were full of pips . # Did you have that problem ? # Mm . # Have you # With lots of pips in ? # Mm . # Mm . # Sorry about that . # You just couldn't tell from the outside . # I had that problem once . # So I don't know whether this one will have pips in it , so be careful . # Oh they usually do . # They were quite big . # Did you ? # Sorry . # Yeah . # You're checking yours are you ? # Slow down a bit . # Yes . # Chew them properly . # Yes . # Mm . # No I'm not suck it I just eat it . # Oh I see , they don't peel it . # They're nice aren't they ? # Very nice . # It's nicer than a satsuma really . # I'll have a look and see what else there is . # Yeah I think daddy's just erm making sure we haven't got such sticky fingers after our oranges I think . # Then we'll have a biscuit . # Yes ? # Right , thank you . # I've already washed my hands . # # He's been chucked out a lot recently hasn't he ? # I think it's a bit of both . # Yeah . # I think I ought to go . # I ought to go . # I think # possibly . # Even though I have heard it all before . # I don't mind . # Well there might be . # But I can understand # Fair on who ? # Considering everything put together like your tiredness your children # not a tremendous amount new just to get there # But you ought to let Dawn know . # No more biscuits cos you've had # three this morning . # Did you ? # You've had four now , . # That's right . # That's right . # Chocolate . # You'll go pop . # Did you have that many as well ? # Did you ? # At school ? # The one # Is that what you mean ? # This treat # Yesterday at school this student girl , not the one at school ? # You want to watch the telly ? # Right . # I expect you can watch a bit of video . # A little bit . # Oh . # We haven't got much . # But we've got some lemonade and things like that . # Hello . # Your er ? # I don't know . # Right . # We'll have to go # do we need to go upstairs first ? # Erm have you got the purse mummy ? # I haven't got any money . # Good . # Has John got a new car do you think ? # I should imagine it's a new car . # It's a bit bigger than our ford escort . # Yeah , we think it's # did you actually go to sleep mummy ? # Did you ? # You've done very well . # Well you could . # It would be a little bit far for us . # But we could if we needed to . # Yeah . # Where does Gemma live ? # There's a lot of people there . # Do you think we'll get a seat ? # No . # It's # it's a bit full . # Mm . # It is . # Are we gonna get i I don't think we're gonna get in . # Where to park ? # There aren't any spaces . # No there weren't any . # Well # Yeah . # I'd better get out this side I think . # No , your side I mean . # Cos it's flowers and things . # Okay just stay , Tim ! # Stay # Stay there . # Mm . # This thing , is it on , off ? # Has it been on ? # Right ,toast and marmite , times two . # Probably is . # Yes . # Did you really ? # That's very clever ! # Did you manage to do alright ? # Found . # Did you try it did you ? # Ah ho , # Ah ! # Ah ! # What do you mean , what's happening tomorrow ? # What ? # ! # Oh yeah . # Suppose we should do something , yeah . # That's right . # They could just . # Yeah the Stratford Warriors running about every six weeks something like that . # They didn't , they we , they have them more frequently now and they're getting even more and more infrequent now for the rest of the year . # And next one . # Mother's Day a fortnight # Somebody will organize a party for Tuesday # Yeah well tell your mother . # I'll have to # get one ! # Really ? # Well , leave it up to me , I'll see what I can get I'll get for the party . # Is that alright ? # I'll get you some . # You're not supposed to . # I know , he went to school to do # housework . # Right , Christopher will be back too ! # I wish I could I'd like to # Out at the meeting again on Monday night . # Going to Sue's house . # The housewife mhm . # What day ? # Which day ? # Are you ? # Oh well # Yeah cos my mum will be here then . # Unpaid ! # We shall see ! # she wants to tell us all about her wedding # for the third or fourth time ! # Will she have watched Inspector Morse ? # She won't of watched it , cos it's bound to be on a Wednesday night ! # Does she like Inspector Morse ? # No , she probably doesn't like it . # A bit spicy ! # It was I remember reading in the paper that it's been it's been filmed at a house which no one 's ever been allowed to go in even the great sort of one of these country mansions , it was not Bradley Hall # And even people who write about # Well that's fine . # It was some country mansion in Oxfordshire you know ? # It's as you come off the # and # They somehow managed to persuade the owners , apparently it was and it was and nobody else had ever been allowed in this place not even erm historians who write about famous buildings , even they had been refused access ! # Somewhere in Oxfordshire . # I think it was about last week's epi , but they seem to e imply that it was last week's episode that would # do it . # Alright . # Well that's the only chance . # Mm . # Cos yo # And ? # She is a bit but it's . # I think that's the thing . # Mm . # Mm . # Mm . # Yeah . # Well I mean everyone . # I think . # It's much too late . # I know they do . # So he's had to go in , what did you say ? # Three times a week ? # Something like that # Mm a trial ! # That's right . # Yes . # At times like this it would be nice if we lived nearer could help out . # It's about . # Yes . # Yes . # And pulled out . # We'll be paying for it as well . # Well she takes all these tablet things . # I wouldn't care if they made me dazed # ! # Not gonna # No . # I think so . # What do you want on your toast ? # Right , shall I give the marmalade to you then ? # Watch your arm there ! # Which half do you want ? # Do you want some marmalade on it ? # Which half do you want the marmalade on ? # That one ? # Mm . # Will you ? # Do you want me to spread it for you ? # No , just over half of it that enough ? # You're having a lot of milk Chris ! # just cereal . # Christopher's had it all ! # Alright , don't get cross with each other ! # Going to church today . # And you get to go to scramblers Christopher is going to # the chorus . # Is it ? # That's the one . # I refuse to get dressed ! # In future we'll get the out . # Really and erm , just absolutely # before I could stop him , he'd bought his ! # Different when you're not well you feel tired . # You're not saying you are cold and then you're saying you're not cold ! # Are you shivering ? # I dunno . # Ah well you eat that bit of toast , I'll leave it there . # Okay . # Yeah . # I couldn't find can't find any books on # well you know we've been reading stories , little ones , that was only two I could find but there weren't any stories # Well , they weren't ! # Cos I've had a look at those pile , they didn't include them . # He was listing I should read a story on , mother feeding the five thousand # or something like that . # But these are # the only ones that I've found well they were , that was all . # Does that matter ? # I mean I'll bring them back again . # Yeah . # Yeah . # No . # I don't need to do all of this from an actual point # of view . # So , this is all food that is # Take # Whoops ! # Whoops a daisy ! # It will be best if you sat down don't you think mummy ? # He ought to sit down shouldn't he ? # You can carry on watching videos # I just think it's just the same hanky . # Try erm . # Pardon ? # It's alright I've got a few tins , . # Cut your chops up . # No . # I can't do it because I'll start chopping . # No . # to make sure they're alright then they switched the telly on and fetched a couple of , the adult programme . # They want an invitation typed . # They might , they might . # Yeah . # They seem to be mainly , sort of , business programmes or alternative my one was , sort of , how to keep the customers happy . # Doing the bus conductor , do you remember the bus driver , the bus conductor ? # He was very happy wasn't he ? # Kept on smiling and . # Yes . # He was talking to the passengers on the bus . # And telling them things . # I don't know what his name was actually . # double decker bus didn't he ? # London . # Because he's a bus conductor . # And he . # Anyway mummy , how was it ? # From what you saw , ? # Which ones were they ? # Mm . # Did she ? # . # So was Mary Beth helping you ? # Do you know if she minds or was she . # so what are we going to do ? # Lots of fun . # Is this the new library now , or is it the new extended ? # Does that make sense ? # since the adult . # Oh Tim ! # Tim , Tim ! # Yeah well let me change that bit over . # Mhm . # Mm . # Don't you ? # Eat up all your broccoli . # Tim , come on # eat some of it ! # Oh # Tim ! # You haven't eaten any of this ! # Just because it's crispy . # Only two in scramblers ! # Oh ! # Really ! # And there's you , who else was in scramblers with you ? # Sarah oh ! # And nobody else ! # Yes that's true , yeah . # Mm . # Oh yeah . # That was the beginning of the service . # he can't . # stood up when . # Yeah . # Yes there were . # You see , I know # Did you ? # Put them on there . # Thank you . # Yes , okay # just a minute , I can't hold it at the moment Tim ! # Tim , I can't hold it at the moment ! # Yes . # Thank you . # Right . # Yeah . # Right . # Thank you . # I left the heating on . # Yeah . # They're on there ! # Can you manage Tim ? # Shall I come and help you out ? # Oh ! # Well done , Christopher ! # Right Tim , do you want a game ? # Out there in the kitchen . # Cos it was in the bin . # Right , okay , can we go to the table then ? # Am I allowed to play ? # Any . # Is Tim going to be any colour ? # Right , mummy wants to be purple . # What does Christopher want to be ? # Right . # Erm why are we going round that way ? # And there just . # Shouldn't of done it that way . # In fact if we'd done it the proper way you'd of had # you'd of had mine . # That's mummy . # I wonder who's got a blue and a red ! # Take the and come back and be outside there . # No ! # Needed some # Mm ? # Wellington boots it's very muddy ! # Not quite as much as a hot summer's day . # Well done mummy ! # Somebody's eating my caterpillar ! # Are they ? # Are the slugs out yet ? # Don't want no slugs ! # Really ? # Mm oh ! . # Mm . # Yellow and blue please Christopher ? # Thank you . # Yes . # I've gotta get up early in the morning . # Work I mean # Colnbridge # Attend a meeting at eight o'clock . # I know . # I know . # No . # To squeeze more hours in the day . # Obviously what they do when you're # Senior managers . # Thank you very much my dear , that's very kind of you . # Mm . # blue . # Yes # well done mummy ! # I thought you knew I was anti-social . # Oh , they don't like ? # Yeah . # Blue and red . # You've got the longest one now , I think . # Guess who has ? # Blue and yellow please Christopher ? # Just one blue and yellow in the middle . # No , haven't got many greens out . # and # Leaves ? # Mm . # Didn't say yeah . # He's not normally as bad as this ! # That's a bit anti-social mummy ! # Right . # Alright . # I think I'll be a green . # Have another green I expect . # He # just cos I saved you a green there love . # Who's got the shortest now ? # Well done mummy ! # You're going to pinch the lot from me , not a lot I can do ! # That's a lot ! # Let's push him over here . # I haven't bit of a long one that ! # Oh is it my go ? # Finished that's the end of the game . # Don't know yet . # Eight . # Well done , so who's the winner ? # Mummy is ! # Who comes second ? # Christopher ! # Who comes last ? # Daddy ! # Did I ? # I've been beaten ! # Right , what's gonna happen next then ? # It'll soon be tea time won't it Tim ? # Will you want any tea ? # You will he's nodding . # Is it hot cross bun day today ? # Does Tim like hot cross buns ? # I'll try not to burn them this week ! # Oh ! # Do you want them cold ? # Just bread alright bread and jam . # Do you want anything or not ? # Do you think it will make you sick ? # Mm a big yawn ! # What would mummy like to eat ? # You like hot cross buns they . # Don't you ? # I'm not having to consume four hot cross buns , thank you very much ! # I'm not that keen on them . # Isn't it wonderful having a family you never know what sickness is gonna strike you down next ! # Never know . # Never know I might . # I ought to go and catch last time it was horrible ! # Got another day off work already had more days off work this year # in the whole time yeah . # Absenteeism in our department higher than average . # And they obviously don't think caused by pressure . # My ! # I says , my illnesses haven't been caused by pressure have they ? # Been caused by # Yeah . # No . # Yep . # Can't be bothered ! # He'll be screaming ,yo you know , he wouldn't let you touch the phone or something !not tonight . # What happens tonight ? # No , it's okay . # See how he perks up after this . # What is it tonight , do you know ? # No idea ? # No because they always always . # Have you got the notice ? # Was there ? # Oh well . # I don't know actually . # There's another week to go . # Yeah very well ! # What would you like to do Tim ? # Shut your eyes and go to sleep . # What were we going to be doing in the morning if you've had the ? # Is it ? # Lovely ! # I think that's definitely off ! # Yeah . # But I don't think you'll be well enough to go swimming . # Do you think he'll be well enough to go to school ? # So for tea Tim is Christopher's having # Bread , toast ? # What do you reckon to that then mummy ? # Half a bit . # I dunno , I think I'll resign if that's the case ! # Or for you , resign from Church Council # and resign from being a daddy ! # No . # No . # Resign hand in my notice . # Did you hear something ? # So what would you like to eat darling , cos you don't like hot cross buns ? # Bread ? # Not this . # I don't mind . # Hello . # How are we ? # Still all in the land of the living . # Have you had a quiet day today ? # He looks very quiet at the moment . # Hello hello hello . # Hello . # Hello hello hello . # Are we here ? # Are we living ? # Is it ? # Did you ? # next are we ? # Right . # You need to wee ? # Right , do you want to come with me ? # Yeah , I'm going upstairs . # I know . # Who's gonna get upstairs first ? # Erm two minutes # Okay # Yes . # daffodils out since this morning . # Oh , a clean tidy garden . # You've been cutting the bottom part of the grass ? # You had the lawnmower out did you ? # Can you put your bib on ? # can see lots of birds . # see pigeons # And you saw a cat as well did you ? # Did it ? # Oh . # Right , who's going to say thank you ? # No thank you . # I'll do it . # Tim . # Tim otherwise it'll go everywhere you see . # You can shake it with me . # Alright you don't have any then in that case . # Has it been alright today ? # Good . # When did everybody get up ? # You were all asleep when I er # I left at twenty to eight . # Oh . # Did you ? # You shouted for daddy ? # I was already at work . # It's probably just as well cos # pool his strength for tomorrow . # And Tim's going to # Holly Cottage tomorrow . # Aren't you ? # So you just did your own private trip to the library ? # Have they ? # Oh . # Really ? # Yes . # It's odd . # A bug they're passing around . # Child to child . # Mm . # So it's likely they picked it up from them . # Mm . # No . # And is the parentage alright ? # Only strikes children . # Yeah . # Julia ill so she # won't be at work tomorrow . # Sore throat . # It probably needs chopping up . # Mm . # Must be getting better . # So , it's been a nice warm day has it ? # Better than the weekend weather that I saw ? # It's amazing how the worst weather we've had recently has been on Saturdays and Sundays isn't it ? # Did you ? # You've been on the swing ? # Seemed alright . # Yeah . # No it was a fairly quiet day really . # Not many people seemed to be at work . # Some at meetings . # Like you know all # the people who went to Pontepool last week ? # Well they're all off in Bromsgrove this week . # and big Patrick and Sue # No it'll be a tiny pudding if you're not gonna eat er finish all that . # You eat just a little bit more . # Cos then you can have a little pudding . # That's it , you eat just a little bit more . # That's very tasty mummy . # Certainly looks as though it's a Rosemary Conley type thing . # Whoops , it's in your eye . # Potato in your eye . # So she's at home alright is she ? # Mm . # What else have ? # Library this morning and garden this afternoon . # I can imagine actually . # No it must have been nice . # The is more and # Mm ? # Yes . # About a big boat . # What's the big boat ? # Oh about the Queen Mary ? # I was telling you about the Queen Mary . # Because it was on the back of something which he was making recently . # You know he was cutting out some card # and I was saying that it's a big boat that used to go across the world . # And when I was a little boy just a little bit bigger than Christopher I was shown round it with granny and grandpa and Uncle Michael and Uncle David . # We went to Southampton to the docks . # I read about it in the paper today # and it's owned by Walt Disney . # And they're losing so much money they're selling it . # The thing is nobody wants to buy it # so they're scrap . # Well # it was a floating restaurant loses money on it . # It was just too expensive to maintain . # Somewhere in the # I can't manage any more I'm afraid mummy . # I might have # I'm afraid I've had no exercise cos I haven't walked to the shops . # Well I suppose . # Oh we've got Rosie and Jim have we ? # Does it ? # Rosie and Jim . # Mm . # Does it ? # Did he ? # Thank you . # It's a chocolate # It's nice to see a happy family . # A trial weekend wasn't it ? # Yes the previous Saturday you didn't want it . # The rest of us had it . # The Saturday before that none of us had it cos we were at granny and grandpa's . # Correct . # So you haven't seen grandma presumably just sort of spoke to her ? # Have you been out anywhere car . # Yeah . # I'm sure it was . # Mm . # It's nice to walk . # The cassette . # Mum's got to give it back to the man . # Because it belongs to the man . # Very anti-social . # I'm against anti-social things I'm afraid . # I'll only suggest Walkmans # when the music gets so loud here that you can't stand # So they'll be able to record the excitement that might happen tomorrow . # I wonder what's gonna happen tomorrow . # A week in the life of . # Mhm . # Yeah . # Did it ? # Yeah seen it ? # Yes Tim , what were you gonna say . # That's what I'm thinking . # Something about Rice Crispies ? # Something about going to the shops ? # Oh , didn't Christopher go to the library ? # Oh . # Somebody else came did they ? # Did you ? # Did you take a teddy ? # Did you ? # A picnic . # A picnic for teddies ? # Yes . # Cider likes coconut . # Won't it ? # Why is not on a ? # Is it ? # I don't think I've got time to watch all these things . # It's too exciting isn't it ? # Oh definitely tonight . # It wasn't Bump today you mean ? # Oh so it's something new now ? # Not Bump . # I'm gonna wash up now . # And then oh it will be reading stories won't it ? # Right . # Okay . # I expect you can play tummyache while I do # the washing up . # I'm prepared to wash up . # I , it it's my turn to wash up isn't it ? # Cos mummy made the tea # so daddy does the washing up . # Except it looks as though I won't be washing up something here . # It's pie . # He doesn't like pie does he ? # Has he ? # Are you gonna finish it ? # So is it okay if I eat it all ? # Oh Tim , no . # Yeah . # Cos last week I didn't see Rosie and Jim until nearly the end of the week . # No I don't mind as long as it's not wiped off . # Tim ! # I did watch the jelly one . # Yes . # Wibbly wobbly . # Yes . # Yes . # That's right . # Why # trouble videoing . # Did you ? # I haven't watched it . # No I haven't seen it . # I've not watched any videos or television all day because I've been hard at work . # It's not about your mum the the window cleaner ? # Yes . # I'll do the washing up . # Oh . # Is it ? # Right . # Isn't it ? # No . # I've seen the puppet show one , yes . # And I saw the science club one about the bones . # I watched that one as well . # Right . # Mind what's it called ? # Right . # What's it called ? # That's right . # That's right . # That's it . # Walk . # Tim . # If you don't want to finish it just put it down there and keep quiet . # What are you laughing at ? # Right . # Ask mummy for a glass . # Aah , that's why she's not a window cleaner . # That's very good . # Yes . # It's up to you . # Yeah . # That's it . # Right have we said thank Tim before we start . # You have to say thankyou . # Thank you for our breakfast on mummy's birthday . # Amen . # Shh . # Tim chose that one . # Mm that's right . # # Hardly . # a look in there ? # No , they weren't with me when I bought that . # They know what the other thing is . # . # Right . # A baby ? # Is it ? # Dunno . # Little girl . # That might be a little girl Tim . # Mm very very smart . # They all her clothes for her # for her birthday . # I dunno . # We never got them out in the first place . # So we don't know . # What would you like to eat ? # Do you want some Rice Crispies ? # Where are they ? # Did you say you bought some ? # Ah # No . # Hope you appreciate the best pottery to celebrate occasion . # It was deliberately . # No no no no no I thought a special celebration . # Need the best only . # Yes , you can have half . # The half ? # Yeah . # Yes . # That one's mummy's and that one's yours . # Really ? # It's Tuesday . # It's Holly Cottage day . # It is . # You're going to Holly Cottage . # Christopher goes to school . # I'll go to work . # And you're # But # it's going to be something special happening at lunchtime is it ? # That'll be nice . # I won't be there . # It'll be just you and Timothy and mummy and grandma . # Not me cos I'll be at work . # But the rest of you . # I think so . # That's supposed to be the idea . # Is it ? # Hippo-bath ! # Haven't we ? # Oh # That wasn't all that long ago was it ? # No that's mummy's that one . # Is that the ? # I'm sure it # Remember on that day we went on that minibus down to the # station . # Remember ? # Yeah . # You were with me , do you remember ? # We went on that minibus # looked at some trains and then went back on the D M U . # That's right , and you were with me . # That's right . # Well while we were doing that mummy was being all these clothes ready for her birthday . # So she's looking very very smart today . # He's already seen it . # but I think I've s seen actually swimming . # Did you have it on when we were at Newtown baths ? # Hello mummy . # Erm don't look in # in the fridge . # There's something near the bottom of the fridge . # Well I mean you can look in the fridge but don't look to see what's near the bottom . # It's wra it's wrapped in a bag so . # No . # Yes . # Oh no no no I'd had this hidden somewhere else before you see . # Yes . # Not that particular I hope you won't tell mummy our secrets anyway . # No . # No no Erm erm # gonna say ? # I'll try and be home before tea , in reasonable time . # He's had toast . # Well you said you only wanted half . # You're gonna go out to at lunchtime . # Haven't got my knife here have I ? # Have you ? # Okay , can you put it on the edge of your plate and then we'll have a song or # What song would you like Christopher ? # It's mummy's . # Give it to mummy . # Timothy . # It's mummy's # Right . # Jesus' Love is Very Wonderful . # Who which one would you like mummy ? # And you'd like Jesus' Love is Very Wonderful ? # Right we'll have that . # Right . # Shall we have a prayer ? # Well you can have a song in a minute when we've had a prayer . # Cos I need to go to work now because I'm gonna be late for work . # Right . # Heavenly father we thank you for mummy's birthday . # Thank you for all the fun and excitement we can share . # And please help us today as we go our different ways to work , to school , to nursery . # Please pray that you'll be with each one of us and that we'll enjoy today with grandma and all the different things we'll do . # You'll keep us safe and happy . # Amen . # Were you ? # You went on the swing ? # What song do you want Tim ? # Be bold . # Be strong . # Have you had any more tea mummy ? # Do you want some more ? # Right . # Bubye everybody . # Goodbye mummy . # Have a wonderful day # Goodbye everybody . # Bubye . # Don't lose the film will you ? # Goodbye Tim . # Do you want a kiss , or do you not ? # Bubye everybody . # Oh that's a dinosaur , oh there's another one , got that one up , oh there's a daddy there's another daddy too and never put me # That's # Oh my word have the camera # You ain't been wearing that all day # Amen # You went to the the Jolly Farmers , what for your lunch ? # Erm do you want some margarine on , in first ? # I think it might help # What would you like # Shall I pass it to you ? # Yes # It's a bit hard actually # Very busy I haven't stopped for a second . # Well I did have a bit of lunch , yes # No , no , no , no , no , no , no , no , no , no , cos I didn't eat lunch out # so I haven't stopped , you know , a moment to myself all day , Julie # Julie went home this morning , you know , you know # I said she was gonna be ill # She did , she did come this morning , but er then had a message that she'd gone home . # She says that she's going to go to the doctor tomorrow to get treatment # Mm , sounded alright # Mum give you three , right I'll give you one more # So how's the birthday girl been today ? # What you been up too ? # Brought the wrong stuff then ? # Mm # So you're starving are you ? # Right # Has anybody been back to school or nursery today ? # Been to Holly Cottage ? # Not been down the cottage today ? # Were there ducks there ? # No ducks # no eggs , no eggs here oh dear # Erm that's right , everyone's eating with their mouths full . # I mean that , yes , talking with their mouth full . # Oh dear # Careful # See it's such an exciting day . # Oh # really , oh dear # So you went to town , right and you came home # Don't you like your little helpers ? # He had a steak and kidney pie # Not exactly delicate # At least I didn't have to send mine back , the chap sitting next to me had # No mummy can't granny # It's mummy's , mummy's birthday # Yeah , when it's your birthday , everybody does things for you , everybody's nice to you , have you been nice to mummy all day ? # So you went to town , didn't buy anything , went to grandma's , picked her up , went to Holly Cottage # ah , what , you got to Holly Cottage first ? # They know you same time # Right . # Again # In the cafe , yeah in the cafe # So Mrs is teaching is she ? # How is this gonna # Yeah you can come and watch anyway # No they're not ,is anybody starving I want # Yeah , what do you mean by happily being sarcastic ? # Mind you , it's probably # Mm # Yeah # This is a bit odd cos Banbury's got a long way to travel # why didn't they get rid of the train to Banbury ? # One an hour # about one an hour # O six past the hour # There's another one # Yeah , there's two # Not that cloudy though # that's it ? # Definitely two of them just see the other one's just going over the # Did you not get on it then ? # That's right they only have it off the # You're not having any # Right # I # That's alright , right shall we sing # Here we go , let's light them all again cos we've got to come and take a picture , some pictures . # Right you two if you get in close , get in # Right # hold Tim # Right # Right look at , look at dad # Mm , wait for grandma # then I'll take a picture of mummy blowing it , in a minute , ready , cheese grandma # You all blow # Just # I think we had hail stones when we were in # You come and do it here Tim or you sit down there # Have you ? # Was that nice ? # I'm a bit older than mummy # One year yeah that's right # That's right # Just over half a year # This one with chocolate was more expensive than the other one # one , yes , erm ,was another lady and child , taking beeline for birthday cake , you know , they went out the same checkout as I did # cos erm , usually on a Monday there's hardly anybody there at all , you know , they I should think we represented half the you know , just # Does anybody want any more tea ? # Maybe it's getting a bit cold by now # Isn't it ? # Had to do some washing up at work today # For nine # nine people # Gilbert , Gilbert insisted that we provide coffee for all the people # so erm , he went to speak to one of the Director's secretary , to go and buy all the cups , I had to provide the sugar # and er , then of course Gilbert went off for another reason to # I had to do the washing up # He does look young # No he isn't , no he's round about my age # Might be a year or two younger # Gosh these two boys # for the birthday girl # Well done Tim , eight there # It's this game # So you want # I did actually go into Sainsbury's on the way home , but I # Yeah # I'm surprised at that # They have # They had # individual things , you can buy sort of individual cream cakes and things like that from the bakers actually , you can't buy like individual ones # So we're gonna get the original magazine or have you already got it ? # All the house will be burnt down # and be very , very sad # Yes # Yes all of us could get burnt # and your guitar , everything # So you won't play with matches ? # I did # No . # Yeah , I'll play with you , do you want to play cars ? # Bricks # and cars then we'll have a story # Right Tim I think you've got enough over here # Tim can you come and # Yeah , are you going to help me ? # Right , Tim can we come and play please ? # Tim don't bring everything over # I don't think you need everything # many things # What you going to play with ? # Oh that would be nice , I could hear them over here . # Who some of these # I shouted breakfast is ready and then I started my breakfast , cos you had gone upstairs weren't you ? # Is that enough milk Christopher it's very good # I think I'm looking forward to a normal day honey # This is # Bit of a # I weren't very good I'm afraid # It's # What day is it today ? # Yes ,on a Wednesday , this is the day when mummy goes teaching at school in the afternoon # Christopher's school # and do you still have story time # Yes he did , with Imogen # Erm , you didn't tell me anything about what said # want to swap it over # Certainly not a whole that one # Erm apparently # Erm especially # I just wondered # You didn't say anything about that # No , # actually # they # the one that we see # yeah , ah , ah , she's seen the catalogue , ah # I see # oh yeah # I thought it was going to be a magazine ? # Yes , yes # Oh I see , so he's even more liked # I see , oh # Oh Tim # Anyway # They've both got whole # That's it # They they both had half a whole , I thought that's what you said half a whole # Teach us what age are they ? # What age will she teach then ? # Yeah # we have got half a whole # Oh , they've also got half a # I thought I was making the best of both answers # Empty now Tim ? # Tim erm licked your knife ,right can we erm have a I've got to go in a minute . # I wish to choose # Oh dear # A wise man built his house upon the rock , a wise man built his house upon the rock , the wise man built his house upon the rock and the rain came tumbling down , and the rain came down and the flood came up and the rain came down and the flood came up # the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on the rocks slid down , but the foolish man built his house upon the sand , the foolish man built his house upon the sand , the foolish man built his house upon the sand and the rain came tumbling down # splish , splash and the rain came down and floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up , the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on his band fell flat # Do it again # do it lot's and lot's # I was , estimate normal time # Yeah I know # Bye Tim # Bye , bye everybody # But it's more convenient for you to go in that church if anybody else # Nice school ? # No # Did it come off once didn't it ? # Best to let it # I've put it on the stairs you see so it's got like double height to go to , it's nearly filled that , the thing is , the # at the bottom then about six foot gap and then # at the top # the # the branch goes to the top # Mm . # The trouble is that # I could help with maths # I was gonna say Mike has had a degree in that # What you'd have to do , you know , you tell him what you need to know , he'll be able to tell you how to do it . # It's good book though isn't it ? # but it , he needs to find out what he needs to teach you through the book so you know # books are they # I can just remember though you know over the # What I could never do was # but I could never do them # Well you should of been learning those # I can't remember # We learnt them by chart . # I'll take Wednesday # I could never do those of , I never got one of those right . # You don't have to have English ? # Brilliant cos I # We've all stood teaching , I've got maths I haven't got English . # I can do an essay to prove I can # Right this is er # I have you know I've been going round and testing how many miles per galleon you can get out of it # per galleon , yeah # It's surprising # Why not , you should put one of hers on and say it was patterned # We've raised half that size # I'm not sure which # The size # And then you go back to one or something # at one stage # It's # isn't it ? # Here # Is that alright ? # Do you want that bacon chop Tim cos I don't think you'll find it you won't eat it all ? # Chop that up and you'll get a bit more to go with it . # the garden , was it a nice day ? # A big tummy # Yes # Why was that ? # Are they all ill this week ? # What did you do Tim at mothers and toddlers ? # Yeah , what did you play with ? # Anything special ? # The prince and the # A story # Looking in the windows ? # Aah # Is this er Christopher's book ? # The one about mummy # Yeah mummy , mummy the window cleaner went to rescue some people along came the fireman # Yeah , be direct # to the point # You like the ginger bread man ? # But what I did before yes , one or two did # Did you have a # Did you ? # Yeah # To you , eat lots of biscuits # Did you eat all the sandwiches , all the cake and all the banana ? # He must be # Your throat hurts as well what's all this throat hurting ? # I've got a sore throat too . # Probably not very erm # Careful Christopher # Christopher just be careful # Oops they're smart aren't they ? # Not got buns now chocolate pies # Christopher you come up here and you know talk to me # Yep # My staff couldn't cope with the day # Marg went home this morning . # No , day before . # No # just being herself # the ice cream # I thought not , especially the # do double exercise then . # I could see there's a gap there now so # Oh # Can't see it # Record , what is it ? # I see . # Yeah # Has it ? # Haven't seen Rosie and Jim , haven't watched any telly this weekend . # Haven't watched Rosie and Jim , Love Piglet # I wanted to watch # There's one about # erm # something about delivering a letter wasn't it ? # That's Play Bus is it ? # I don't think it's Play Bus # There's a letter in Worcestershire as well # There's a local programme there # Mm , no , well there's lots of things I haven't seen , I haven't had time this week # Right I'm not allowed to watch it any more # Did he help you with the gardening ? # Yes , yes # yes , yes , yes , yes , yes # I haven't , no # I haven't got time to see # And I think about admiral was about erm # bones , bones was the last one I saw . # good # Is it ? # No I haven't # You can't wash up , it's my turn to wash up isn't it ? # I # This one here , what you supposed to be doing ? # I did erm , Christopher's # cost thirty pounds and # Yes # Yes Tim # The last I saw was # when he went to Stratford , and did he watch the puppets ? # That's right # the horse one # Oh # yes # Yeah # I thought that was you Tim # But that was Christopher's wasn't it ? # Cos Christopher had his on his head , do you remember ? # Can I have my ring back ? # Can I have my ring back and then Christopher can go and look for the ring that he had on his head , he had a wooden one on his head , do you remember ? # Who would have children ? # But not at dinner times . # Stop # He can't . # Yeah , before Tim tipped it all over the mat and all over the # not the carpet , what do you call it ? # Table cloth # Yeah . # I'll take your er cassette player # I don't know # tomorrow we'll leave for # at four o'clock is that right ? # Have you got any money ? # Well I've got no money , you'll have to pay the dentist # Alright # Have you got any cash ? # It will be nice . # I don't know # what mummy and daddy # It's only # I don't know , I mean we can either take him up to # or if he wants to # No # whoever , which one of us is there decides to , of course if he decides this after the service you can't stay there very long . # So , whoever takes me , you know # By then we'll know where to go # I think it's on the A ten , erm # I , no , # Yeah # yeah # there's too much # Two days # The er # she'll never manage all that . # Where's your bib Tim ? # going to be recorded everything . # Certainly my dear . # Work work and more work . # suppose Julia will be there . # boss # Don't suppose Julia will be there . # My boss is getting to the position where he wants lots of information from me . # Last night , before I came home he dragged me into his office to work out how much money we spend Pontypool delivering parts to Solihull . # We had , we had to work it out . # Yeah . # I sat with a price list . # He sat with a calculator . # He only did that simply because he gets asked questions . # Thing I don't approve of is the fact that when I ask questions # that he needs and he needs to speak to his boss , he doesn't get answers from his boss . # But when his boss chases him for , you know information or whatever you know . # It's stopped has it ? # I'm afraid the toast wasn't very square shaped . # Somebody must have sat on the loaf or something . # Well it did get squashed . # Did you see ? # What's happened to the loaf ? # Somebody must have sat on it , or pulled it or # No . # You'll find your sandwiches at work will be a little , your sandwiches at school will be a little bit squashed . # Well he works . # You know what I meant . # Course he does . # Works very hard . # And I had to spend a whole hour in a meeting not not an hour , two and a half hours in a # meeting with the French yesterday with # To listen to the French to say non . # You know # the French say non . # Except they didn't quite say non , one word . # They said it in a round about way for two and a half hours . # We knew they were coming to say non . # That's why the meeting had been arranged . # # Ooh , a cat . # I think all the # big green pellet things # That's right . # Yes . # And what's Tim going to eat ? # doesn't it ? # The amount of toast consumed . # How's your throat today ? # Your throat's hurting is it ? # Oh . # Poor Tim . # So's mine . # If you said please may I have the marmalade it might arrive . # Right in front of you . # He didn't ask for it . # He just said where is it . # Just say , please can I have it . # Easy . # Easy-peasy . # You're supposed to sit down to eat Tim . # Remember ? # Right . # Thank you . # So , this afternoon # we gather at the dentist at four o'clock . # You'll get there just before . # Erm will you be able to take some money ? # Right . # Cos it costs so much now . # I think they put the rate up didn't they ? # Recently . # Yeah . # He just remembers these things . # No , Ruth's . # Your cousin . # Yes , you remember . # Ruth and Ann # and Uncle David and Auntie Gwen . # Do you remember them ? # We went to stay in their house one weekend . # And we went with them to the zoo . # Do you remember ? # Remember going to the zoo ? # We went on a little steam train as well . # Yes . # That's right . # Cos there's only one train . # It was going round and round wasn't it ? # So are we all being examined today ? # Right . # Yeah . # Something like that . # Presuming that our dentist still wants to do National Health Service work . # Cos most of them are threatening to give up aren't they ? # Yeah . # Private work . # Cos they say they don't get paid enough money for the N H S . # No . # For everybody . # The vast majority of dentists have threatened to # Well because you'd have to pay even more if you did it privately . # Have you ? # Yes . # Yes . # Right . # Are we gonna have a song ? # I shouldn't be here . # I'm late . # It's got to be very very quick . # Right . # Can we have a prayer ? # Right . # just gonna have a prayer , right . # . # Heavenly father # we pray that you'll be with us today . # That you'll help us as we go out . # Go to nursery and school and work and do different things . # Pray that we'll listen to you . # To help us to be friends to those we meet . # That you'll look after and keep us safe until the end of the day . # Amen . # Be bold # be strong # be bold # be strong # Bubye funny . # Bubye bubye bubye # Bubye . # Bubye . #