Coronation Street-12th of January 1966.
Lionel Petty is considering selling the Corner Shop to Dave Smith in this edition.Ken Barlow meets up with his Journalist friend Jackie Marsh.And Val Barlow starts taking Piano lessons from Ena Sharples.Another decent vintage edition.
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00:30I reckon it was me that put Dave Smith on to it in first place.
00:33You told him?
00:34Ken!
00:35Well, no, no.
00:36But I told Ernie that works for him.
00:38I reckon he must have cottoned on through him.
00:40Oh, well, never mind.
00:41He'd have probably found out anyway.
00:43Hey, I'll strangle that alarm clock.
00:44What time is it?
00:45That alarm clock's all right.
00:46I got up.
00:47I'm not spending me life shaking you.
00:49Ah.
00:50But if they do turn it into a betting shot,
00:51what'll happen to the post office?
00:52I don't know.
00:53Go for a burton, I suppose.
00:54But can he do that?
00:55Would the post office let him do it?
00:57You've got time for some toast.
00:58Hmm?
00:59Hmm.
01:00Ken, they wouldn't let him do it, would they?
01:01What?
01:02Post office.
01:03At the corner shop.
01:04Uh.
01:05What?
01:06What's that?
01:07Uh.
01:08Well, I don't know.
01:09What'll he be doing to him, Valerie?
01:10He seems miles away.
01:11Oh, um.
01:12I was just thinking about our David, that's all.
01:14Oh, why don't you go around there tonight
01:16and take him out for a drink?
01:17Hmm.
01:18I might do that.
01:19Irma said he's terribly depressed about his leg.
01:21It's really getting him down.
01:22Yeah.
01:23And of course, he's all sixes and sevens.
01:26He's obviously lumbered.
01:27Well, I don't think he's ready for it.
01:29According to the hospital,
01:30it'll be at least three weeks
01:31before he can walk without a stick.
01:33Well, that's got to turn his hands to something, doesn't he?
01:35I mean, what do you think he can do, Ken?
01:38Um, go on, then.
01:39Well, I think he ought to go to one of those training centres.
01:42You know, a rehabilitation centre.
01:43Something like that.
01:44Well, I don't know if they'd have him.
01:45Not now he's got a job lined up.
01:47Yeah, well, um, just a thought, you know.
01:49Don't worry about it.
01:50Right, well, I'd better be off, love.
01:52I'll see you tonight.
01:53What time will you be late?
01:54Why do you say that?
01:56Oh, all right.
01:57Please yourself.
01:58Go out and come back when you like.
01:59No, I'm sorry, kid.
02:00I'll be back about 5.30, all right?
02:01Suit yourself.
02:02As a matter of fact,
02:03I've got a little bit of business on meself today.
02:06Oh?
02:07Mm.
02:08It's no good looking at me.
02:10I don't know what she's up to.
02:11Business?
02:12Mm.
02:13You'll see.
02:14Anyway, you run along to work.
02:16I'll see you tonight.
02:18Go on.
02:20Go on.
02:26Go on!
02:28Yeah.
02:31Hey.
02:32You got him worried, dear, you know.
02:34Oh.
02:35And you can take that look off your face
02:37because I'm not telling you either.
02:39I'm not going to have enough.
02:41Mrs. Pilling.
02:42Oh, she'll be a lucky for start.
02:46Have you not come in about bread, Mrs. Sharples?
02:48Delivery man's let me ride him cart to give him a ring.
02:51Yes, what was it?
02:52I believe you're selling this place to Dave Smith.
02:54He's opening up a betting shop, is that right?
02:56Aye, well, I've been thinking about it,
02:58but how the ick did you find out?
02:59Don't you think we get enough riffraff in this place
03:01without you adding to it?
03:02Get a betting shop down here
03:03and have them be dead like the miles around.
03:05Do you want to buy it?
03:06Don't talk so daft.
03:07Do you know anyone else who does?
03:09Who else will offer me £1,750 for it?
03:12Aye, that's what I reckon I can screw him for.
03:14I don't care what you reckon.
03:15But I do, Mrs. Sharples.
03:16You come in here, right in your eye, all shouting the odds.
03:19Now, look here, Mrs. Sharples.
03:20I'm selling this shop, right?
03:22I want to get out, so I must sell it.
03:24Now, you find me someone
03:25who'll pay me the price that Dave Smith offers
03:27and he can have it.
03:28There's been a corner shop in Coronation Street
03:30since Methuselah was allowed
03:31and no stranger has a right to change it.
03:33Mind you, I'm not arguing, I'm just telling you.
03:35And I'm telling you, Mrs. Sharples.
03:37Now, look here.
03:38You come in here shouting the odds.
03:40Now, look, this shop is my business
03:42and there's now you or anyone else can do about it.
03:45Ah.
03:46Well, I wouldn't bank on it if I were you.
03:48I've seen bigger fellas than you come across before now.
03:51And don't you forget it.
03:54Ah, silly old...
03:59That's all I can do.
04:01How's the cold?
04:02Yeah, it's going off me a bit now.
04:03Can I help you?
04:04No, it's all done.
04:05You know, it's all this gallivanting around
04:07what's given you this cold.
04:08Too many late nights.
04:10Not bothering you, is there, love?
04:13I've finished gallivanting, as you call it.
04:15Oh, and how about this boyfriend of yours?
04:18I've finished with him and all.
04:20Had a barney, have you?
04:21No, I just got fed up with his daft talk
04:23and his dafter ideas.
04:25I seem to recall that you were very impressed with him.
04:28Well, you can go off people, can't you?
04:30Ah, at your age, you can afford the luxury.
04:33Besides, he wasn't very reliable.
04:34He stood me up a couple of times.
04:36Not that I'm bothered.
04:37Oh, of course not.
04:38I mean, there are plenty more fish in the sea.
04:40Aye.
04:41And it's open season all the year round, isn't it?
04:49All subscribers, please check
04:50that their telephone life pieces have got.
04:52I haven't been in here since Tickler brought me.
04:55Just look at him.
04:56Fred Coke.
04:57Wife and five kids,
04:58and one of them with a Coke to their backs,
05:00living on national assistance
05:01and gambles away every penny he can lay his hands on.
05:03Well, he seems to manage all right, he and her.
05:05Mine are all the same in that family.
05:07I remember his mother running away with the Diddle and Club money.
05:09Brought up a family on chips and sugar butties.
05:11What are you gawping at?
05:13Oh, there's Ernie.
05:14Having a go at the cheese, Mrs Caldwell?
05:16Time to do a gaffer show.
05:18Mr Smith.
05:19Oh, he should be here any minute now.
05:21Why, do you want to see him?
05:22Well, I'm not coming here
05:23chucking my money away like these mugs.
05:25There you are, Ernie.
05:26Have one on me.
05:27Thanks.
05:28Come up for you then, did it?
05:29On the nose.
05:30There's one mug that's happy anyhow.
05:32For how long?
05:33Come in here and toss it all away again tomorrow.
05:35Tickler used to reckon he had a system.
05:38And you won yourself a nice few quid, if I remember rightly.
05:41Yes, and I could do with another win like that and all.
05:44Well, now.
05:45I'm not going to promise you anything definite,
05:47but according to a whisper that's going round here,
05:50six of them have got local colour in the 12.45 record.
05:55It's a knocking bet.
05:56I'm seeing you.
05:58That one's as bad as the rest of them.
06:00Local colour?
06:02You're not betting, are you?
06:04Well, just a shilling, maybe.
06:06I mean, if we've got to sit here, I might as well.
06:09Don't you face, Blucky.
06:16Just a minute.
06:21Oh, is Mrs Sharpe not in?
06:23No, she's gone on an errand with Minnie.
06:25Did you want her for our special?
06:27Oh, no, not really.
06:28It's just she promised...
06:30Oh, it's that piano stool, isn't it?
06:32Yes.
06:33Yes, she mentioned you'd be around to collect it.
06:35This is over here.
06:37There you are.
06:38Oh, it looks strong enough, doesn't it?
06:40Get in the piano, then, are you?
06:42Oh, the seatlifter.
06:43Oh, no.
06:44Oh, what's that lot there?
06:45Oh, I'd better leave these here.
06:46Oh, let's have a look.
06:48Toy drum major,
06:50Renny and Billy Houston.
06:53Hey, little hen,
06:55in a monastery garden.
06:57Oh, best keep them, I think.
06:59I can't see them wanting them, can you?
07:01Oh, well, I'll leave them in here, just in case.
07:03The mat knows.
07:04Fetch them back.
07:05Shepherd of the hills.
07:06Oh, that's a bit advanced for me.
07:08Yes, I'm getting this old piano.
07:10Oh, how much is that, Osher?
07:13Oh, just a couple of pints for Len.
07:15They were going to pay me to take it away.
07:17Still, I suppose Ken'll go spare anyway.
07:20Give over.
07:22You can't beat the old sing-song round the piano at night.
07:25Just you and him.
07:27Of course, they do seem to be going out of fashion nowadays.
07:30Was a time when folks would save up like mad to get them.
07:33Used to keep them under the window with a cherry boy on top.
07:37Saturday night, after pub's shut,
07:40you'd get off home, taking a drink with you, of course,
07:43get the old meat and butties out, and you was landed.
07:46Yes, I've heard Uncle Albert used to be quite a lad with roses of Picardy.
07:50Roses of Picardy.
07:52Oh, aye.
07:54Well, that's all changed now.
07:56You come back from the pub, you switch on the telly,
07:59and it's either that Robert Robinson or the epilogue.
08:02By the way, how is Albert?
08:04Oh, fine.
08:06Well, if you'll excuse me, I must get along, Mrs Midgley.
08:09Yes, well, I'll tell her that you called.
08:11Oh, thanks.
08:12Oh, I'm sorry, love.
08:13Thank you.
08:15Ta-ta.
08:16Ta-ra now.
08:18Roses are blooming in the Picardy
08:24But there's never a rose like you
08:30And now they bet.
08:31They bet 4 to 1, number 10.
08:33Yeah, I'm waiting for the Yankee bet.
08:3410 to 1, 14.
08:35Same price, 9, 15, and 25 to 1, 5.
08:39And they're going down to 10.
08:40You can't go on 4 on that stamp, dear.
08:43Sweating a bit, are you, love?
08:44What time does it start?
08:46Oh, 12.45, any minute now.
08:50This is not the only paper, love.
08:53But I told you to back it each way.
08:55How much have you had on it?
08:57Oh, just a shilling win.
08:59Always play it safe, love.
09:01I mean, 25 to 1, that's a long shot, isn't it?
09:04I thought you said he'd be in this morning.
09:06Well, he usually is.
09:07Perhaps he stayed out and had a bit of dinner.
09:09Aye, well, that's where I'm going now.
09:11But that'll be back, and when he shows his face in here,
09:13you can tell him that and all.
09:14Are you coming to stop him?
09:15Oh, I can't come now, Ian.
09:16I've got to stay and see how my bet does.
09:19Judas.
09:20Oh.
09:29I didn't know this was your local.
09:31Relax.
09:32No, it's not really.
09:33I move around, you know.
09:34Coffee?
09:35Please.
09:36Let's have one coffee, why not?
09:38No, I was just passing by and dropped in.
09:40Just like that.
09:41That's nice.
09:43I use this place quite a lot.
09:45It's handy.
09:46How did it get on with the old fella yesterday?
09:48Marvellous.
09:49Make a good piece.
09:50He was as mad as the birds.
09:52He wanted to marry me.
09:54I enjoy going around with the gallery with you.
09:56Good.
09:57By the way, I looked up a story of yours yesterday,
10:00one you wrote last week about the counting dog.
10:02It was very funny.
10:03Turn me on to anything.
10:05No, really, you write well.
10:07I'm ambitious.
10:08Good thing.
10:09Why not?
10:10You're also very self-assured, aren't you?
10:13Brothers and sisters, have I none?
10:15Alone.
10:17It's quicker that way, don't you think?
10:21If I had my road, I'd sweep you up the street.
10:23You're not with other scavengers,
10:24feeding on the ignorance and stupidity
10:26of a lot of folk who's ought to know better.
10:28You're barmy, do you know that?
10:29You've done it.
10:30One by three legs.
10:31Oh, how much?
10:32Where's your slip?
10:33And don't you think that fellas like Len Faircloth
10:35will welcome it?
10:36You'll get no change out of him.
10:37Look, get lost with you, Mrs Sharples.
10:39Look, another crack out of that lie you,
10:40and I'll do it, and I'll lash you.
10:41Hey, hey, hey, hey, now, just take your hands off.
10:43Look.
10:44Well, now, that's what I like to see.
10:47Everybody having a bit of fun.
10:49What did he come in at, love?
10:5025 to 1.
10:51Oh, stroll on.
10:53Still, all a bit of a giggle, isn't it?
10:55Ah, yes.
10:56It's all a bit of a giggle for them little starving kids
10:58when they see their tea go down at 25 to 1.
11:01Are you coming?
11:02Oh, you go on in.
11:03I'll catch you up.
11:04You will do, and I'll catch you up.
11:05You come in now.
11:06Oh, I'll come in a minute.
11:07What's up with you?
11:08Well, I think I'm on a bit of a winning streak.
11:11I think.
11:14I think.
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11:43I think.
11:44I think.
11:57Walking for you.
11:58Oh ...
11:59Call Garrow, isn't it?
12:00You've got your own private phone here, haven't you?
12:03Oh, yes.
12:04It's the office.
12:05Oh, it's always the office.
12:06They want to know where my story on working men's clubs is.
12:08And where is it?
12:09Still in here.
12:10Oh, let them wait.
12:11Sweat a bit.
12:12Well, at least I'll never get any ulcers, galloping meals down to rush back to the first year English appreciation.
12:18Do you find teaching dull?
12:19Um, it's a living, but I'm not delirious.
12:22Why do you do it? A nice, well-set-up young lad like you, with a B.A. to boot, well, you could go and do anything.
12:29Yeah, I've got a few odd principles about it. They're buried a bit deep, but, um...
12:33Well, I suppose somebody's got to drag up kids, and I'm vain enough to think I can do it better than most.
12:37Good for you.
12:38And what about you now? How did you start in the newspaper? Grammar school, then what?
12:42Oh, I just got in. I used to write a lot of poetry at school, you know, big stuff.
12:47Oh, didn't we all? You know, it seems ages since I put two words together that rhyme.
12:52I suppose I got into papers because I've got a lot of lip.
12:55Oh, yes, you need a lot of that, I know. You know, I got one hung on me once, something I wrote in the university paper.
13:00Hung on you?
13:01Yeah, thump, done, you know. I wrote about where we live.
13:03We?
13:04Yes, I've got two kids.
13:06I wrote about this street where we live, the vital proletariat, and I got thumped in a pub.
13:11Thanks for the warning. That's never happened to me yet.
13:14Well, I don't think you should be put off journalism by one thick ear.
13:18No, I've often thought about it, but that's all.
13:23Do you really like it?
13:24Suits me. A lot of rushing about, never knowing where your next meal's coming from.
13:29I'll buy it for you.
13:32Where is she?
13:35Oh, you know, it's a lovely coat.
13:38Oh, it is.
13:39Oh, where's Ina?
13:40Out back.
13:41Oh, you know, I could do with a nice warm coat like that.
13:44How much did it cost you?
13:45Oh, I got it as a bargain, but didn't Ina tell you about me winnings?
13:49What winnings?
13:50Oh, she hasn't said anything then.
13:52All I know is she came in here with a face like thunder.
13:55She hardly said two words and walked out back.
13:58What winnings?
13:59Well, I went down to Dave Smith's.
14:01The bookie?
14:02Yes, I won 26 shillings, but I lost some after.
14:05You never...
14:06No wonder you come in here sporting your new coat.
14:09Oh, but I didn't get it out of me winnings, Clara.
14:12I got it off a man.
14:14You got it...
14:15First you win 20-odd bob on the horses,
14:18then you stroll in here wearing a brand-new coat,
14:21and then you say you got it off a man.
14:23Well, I can't tell you who he is because he asked me not to broadcast it.
14:28Oh, I must be going up the flaming wall.
14:30What's this money doing on my table?
14:32She says it's her winnings.
14:34Well, take it off. Don't come in here flaunting your pieces of silver.
14:36Oh, Ina.
14:37I don't know how you've got the cheek. Go on, put it into your purse.
14:39What are you getting so het up over?
14:41Not wrong in having a bit of a flutters along as your wing?
14:44Gambling leads to ruination.
14:46Oh, Ina, I only had a shilling.
14:48It doesn't matter what you put on, it's the principle of the thing.
14:50Gambling is evil and that's all there is to it.
14:52How come the church at the bottom of end of Maudley Street
14:55used to rung a bingo session every weekend?
14:57Oh, that lot's a crowd of heathens. They do out to raise money.
15:00So you're saying I'm evil just because I had a bet on horse?
15:03I'm saying, now to sort, I took you down there to help me
15:05to stop them bringing that, that, that den of iniquity into this street
15:08and all you do is encourage them.
15:10Now, where are you going?
15:11Out. You've said enough, you have, Ina,
15:13and I'm not going to put up with it.
15:15You silly old... Minnie Caldwell!
15:17What? Oh, she's gone.
15:19Duck egg, here, go on after her.
15:21She'll have all the neighbours out the stake she's in.
15:23I don't see why she'd run your errands.
15:25You heard what I said.
15:27The stake she's in, she won't listen to me, will she?
15:30After what you just said, I doubt if she'll listen to me either.
15:33Here, I won't be long.
15:36And what do you want?
15:37It's our Valerie.
15:39She thought perhaps you might like to come and have a look at that piano she's got.
15:43It's that kitten on the keys, Minnie Caldwell, I've got to sort out first.
15:48You go in there and I'll finish that, it's freezing in here.
15:50I'm nearly done. You get back in there, wrap yourself up and keep warm.
15:54Cocked for the light cold she has.
15:56Aye, she looks a bit washed out.
15:58Here, what she needs is a drop of brandy.
16:00I'm not too late, am I?
16:02No, no, I was just going to put the towel on, but this time...
16:04Right, well, a drop of brandy, lots of hot water for Lucille,
16:07a whisky for me and have one yourself, will you?
16:09No, it's all right, Mr...
16:10Nonsense, nonsense.
16:12Help to sweat it out, best thing in the world.
16:14Now, you take it upstairs with you.
16:16Down the hatch, jump into bed, sleep it off, that'll shift it.
16:18Go on, I'll bring it up later, love.
16:20Just a taste of brandy.
16:21Now, you get in the bed and I'll bring it up after.
16:23Well, thanks very much, Mr...
16:24OK, love.
16:26You know, she thinks brandy's just for getting drunk on.
16:29Well, how's things, eh?
16:32Oh, not so good.
16:34Heard about the stink Mrs Sharples is kicking up above me selling shop.
16:37Oh, I went in hours ago, all the streets were full of it.
16:41Oh, I went in hours ago, all the street hears about it.
16:45Ah.
16:46Here we are. I've not taken for brandy.
16:48No, no, no, you take it. I'm looking after her.
16:50Oh, I told her.
16:52Well, now, what do you think, Jack, I mean, about the shop?
16:55Well, I'm afraid that this time I must agree with her.
16:58I don't much like the idea of having a Betty shop at the end of the street.
17:02Mind you, it's easy enough for me to talk.
17:04I mean, if you're dead set on leaving,
17:06you've got to sell the place and get what you can for it.
17:09Pity it had to be Dave Smith, though.
17:11Cheers.
17:12Well, I reckon I can get 17.50 for it.
17:14Oh?
17:15Aye. I tend to get another 2.50 for stock.
17:17I clean forgot about it when I'm talking to him before, but that's a must.
17:20Oh, you don't want to be left with any stock on you, Hans.
17:23Er, what are you thinking of doing next, eh?
17:26Oh, I don't know.
17:27Go and see Sandra first, see if we can't work something out.
17:30Oh. How's she going on?
17:31Well, she seems happy enough, but that's not the point, is it?
17:34I mean, apart from after all,
17:35she's worrying knowing your daughter's living on her own in digs.
17:38It's surprising how many young girls do that nowadays.
17:41Even Lucille at times, you know.
17:43That's why I want to sell up quick, get a few quid together
17:45and make a fresh start somewhere else.
17:47It's a pity you couldn't make a go of it round here.
17:49Ah, yeah. I thought I had me stall all laid out.
17:52Still, I dare say it'll work itself out, won't it?
17:54Oh, well, it usually does.
17:56What I want to do is find a groove somewhere where I can fit in.
17:59You wouldn't think that'd be so hard to find, would you?
18:01Oh, I expect you'll make out all right.
18:04Yeah.
18:08See you.
18:09Ah, ta-ra.
18:10Hey, you've left your ch...
18:12Oh.
18:14Yeah, well.
18:20Oh, the door won't open.
18:22Well, what do you think?
18:25Well, it looks all right.
18:27Not bad for nothing.
18:29Len Faircliffe was shifting house for that Mrs Grundy that lives next door
18:31and she just wanted to get shut of it.
18:33Makes you weep, doesn't it?
18:35Must have cost them all of 30 quid
18:37and I'll bet it's never been opened since the war.
18:39What's the tone like?
18:41Try it. I wouldn't know the difference.
18:43Oh, by the way, thanks for the stool.
18:45Oh, that's all right. Glad to help.
18:47Well, they're coming on, aren't they?
18:49Yeah, that was the one Miss Newton took with that new camera of hers.
18:51Mm, very nice.
19:00I've heard worse.
19:01I get Billy Campion to it.
19:03You know him, what lives in Byrooke Street with the bad leg.
19:05He'll tune it for you.
19:07Ah, tuning, yes.
19:09But who's going to teach me to play it?
19:12Well, I'll take you through book one if you like.
19:14Mind you, there's a lot of hard graft in this.
19:16Needs application.
19:19You don't play like Charlie Coons after one week, you know.
19:23Oh, egg.
19:24You know, that bloomin' woman gives me the pip.
19:27No need to ask who.
19:29She's in the markers on you as cleft declarer.
19:31Well, I'd rather settle for Ewen than buy gum that's saying a lot.
19:34Oh, shall I leave the room?
19:36Hey, hey, why don't you play a tune?
19:39What about Roses of Bickerdy?
19:41Oh, grow up, the war's over.
19:46At 17
19:49He falls in love quite madly
19:53With eyes of tender blue
19:57At 24
20:00He gets it wrong the best
20:03Here, I thought you were going to wait for me, Albert.
20:06Why, where were you going?
20:07Nowhere.
20:09Did you put the cap in, John?
20:11Yes.
20:12Thought you'd be round at the corner shop.
20:13Why?
20:14Just saw Dave Smith going in.
20:16Oh, what was his face like?
20:18Couldn't see.
20:19It was across the other side, looking for you.
20:23Sounds as though he's called it off.
20:26Better slip round and see what's happening.
20:31At 18
20:37Stock?
20:38I reckon it's worth it.
20:39Not to me it didn't, mate.
20:40250 quid, you must be out of your mind.
20:43What do I want with this stuff?
20:45Why don't you flog it somewhere else?
20:46That means giving it away, I can't afford that.
20:48Yeah, well, that's your problem, isn't it, Mr Paddy?
20:50I'm sorry, Mr Smith, if you want this shop, this lot goes with it.
20:53Ah, look, there are other premises, you know.
20:55I mean, what do I want with all this stuff, eh?
20:58Got to cough me a bob for alterations as it is.
21:00Look here.
21:0217.50, cash.
21:04I told you I can't do it, not and lose 250, I can't.
21:07Well, it's not worth 2,000 to me, I'll tell you that.
21:10Oh, that's up to you, isn't it?
21:11Well, in fact, the more I think about it,
21:12the more I think I might have made a bit of a bloomer in the first place.
21:15Well, that's up to you, mate, isn't it?
21:17Yeah.
21:18You know, you're being a very silly fella.
21:20I mean, well, you're not exactly sitting on a gold mine here, are you?
21:24I mean, not on a dump like Coronation Street with all the dead beets you get around here.
21:27Close the door on the way out, will you?
21:29Aye, now, wait a minute, look.
21:30You can't afford to be too choosy, you know.
21:33I'm not going to sell it to you, I'd rather give it away.
21:35Go on, sling your oak.
21:37What are you talking? All I'm trying to do is...
21:38Go on, you heard me.
21:40Ah, get lost.
21:42Thank you.
21:43Good afternoon.
21:45Oh, I see you took my advice.
21:48Nothing to do with you, Mrs Sharples.
21:50If I weren't so bull-necked, I'd go after him now and call him back.
21:53Ah, well, it doesn't matter what the reason is.
21:54The main thing is you're not going to sell our corner shop to a fella like Dave Smith.
21:59Oh, well, who knows why we do these things.
22:03Sure, you wouldn't like to take it off me, Mrs Sharples?
22:05Nice, comfortable living.
22:07What, this dump?
22:08I'll touch it with a ten-foot barge pole.
22:10Give me half a pound of oatmeal biscuits.
22:17Hello.
22:18Hey, hey, what's the hurry?
22:19I'm being followed. Shut them doors.
22:21You're being what?
22:23Oh, it's that Clara.
22:25What, Mixley?
22:26Ah, yes, at her age and all.
22:29Now, look, look, it's no giggling matter.
22:32This is very serious.
22:34What's she after, your pension?
22:36Oh, I can't make a move without she's there breathing down me neck.
22:40Well, I don't know what you're moaning about.
22:42It's not often a chap of your age gets two bites at a cherry.
22:46Oh, but it was that there big oggie that mixed it up for me.
22:50What's that?
22:51Dumb cake.
22:52Oh, is it?
22:53Yeah, he told her I fancied her.
22:55And do you?
22:56Yep.
22:58Gee, I'd like to give him a punch on the snitch.
23:02And there's that Valerie of ours, too.
23:04She's been at it.
23:08It's all right, you're laughing, Jack Walker,
23:10but I feel the right tater.
23:12Never mind, lad.
23:13We'll give you a good send-off.
23:14What?
23:15Well, it's not often in the street
23:17that we get two weddings in the same family, is it?
23:20Wake.
23:30Oh, yes?
23:31You're not annoyed, are you?
23:33It didn't cost me a thing.
23:34Yep, it didn't.
23:35And I won't play it when you're working.
23:37And it won't disturb the kids, providing I play quietly.
23:41Oh, you are annoyed, aren't you?
23:44Well, what's wrong in us having a piano?
23:46Apart from anything else, it's a nice piece of furniture.
23:51Oh, don't just stand there. What do you think?
23:54What are you laughing at?
23:55Val, honestly.
23:56Well, apart from the fact that you can't...
23:58I can hardly play a note.
23:59Hardly, that you can't play a note.
24:02What's that, then?
24:03The opening note of Oklahoma.
24:04Correct. You've just won five pounds.
24:06And tomorrow you'll get the second note.
24:07Oh, Val, what are you, a sociologist, a pianist?
24:10I'm a married woman with two kids
24:12going spare for something to do.
24:14Why do you say that?
24:15Oh, I never seem to get time for anything
24:17but washing and cooking and mucking out after those two.
24:21Do I complain?
24:22No, but I do sometimes.
24:24Well, listen, Val, love, this is what I want, really.
24:27Just you, me and the twins.
24:28Oh, it is not what you want.
24:30You're always saying...
24:31I'm never saying anything.
24:32You're always saying I never talk to you.
24:34You can't talk about a piano.
24:37Oh, well, I just want something to do, that's all.
24:40Just something apart from the kids.
24:42Right.
24:43Now, come here.
24:45Sit down.
24:47Now, then.
24:49Play.
24:50I can't play yet.
24:51Come on.
24:55What do you expect?
24:56Here, come on, I'll do a bit of vamping for you now, then.
25:00Ah, here, that'll be Barbaralee now, ringing up to complain.
25:03Oh, I thought we did.
25:04Oh, that's a reporter.
25:05What?
25:06David was on.
25:07He sounded totally depressed.
25:08He was on about some reporter or something.
25:11Oh, I know what I know.
25:17Hello? Kenneth Barlow?
25:21Oh, er...
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