First broadcast 17th December 1976.
Bill opens a second shop. Jessie returns from hospital with her baby son, Arthur William.
James Bolam ... Jack Ford
Susan Jameson ... Jessie Seaton
James Garbutt ... Bill Seaton
Jean Heywood ... Bella Seaton
John Nightingale ... Tom Seaton
Madelaine Newton ... Dolly
Geoffrey Rose ... Arthur Ashton
Basil Henson ... Sir Horatio Manners
Isla Blair ... Lady Caroline
William Fox ... Duke of Bedlington
Kathleen Helme ... Mrs. Turnbull
David Lawton ... Tovey
Wendy Williams ... Guest
Robert McBain ... Guest
Bill Horsley ... Vicar
Noel O'Connell ... Young Tommy
Bill opens a second shop. Jessie returns from hospital with her baby son, Arthur William.
James Bolam ... Jack Ford
Susan Jameson ... Jessie Seaton
James Garbutt ... Bill Seaton
Jean Heywood ... Bella Seaton
John Nightingale ... Tom Seaton
Madelaine Newton ... Dolly
Geoffrey Rose ... Arthur Ashton
Basil Henson ... Sir Horatio Manners
Isla Blair ... Lady Caroline
William Fox ... Duke of Bedlington
Kathleen Helme ... Mrs. Turnbull
David Lawton ... Tovey
Wendy Williams ... Guest
Robert McBain ... Guest
Bill Horsley ... Vicar
Noel O'Connell ... Young Tommy
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00:00Come hear me little Jacky, Now I've smoked me pocky,
00:09Have a bit of cracky, Till the boat comes in.
00:12Dance to the daddy, Sing to the mummy,
00:14Dance to the daddy, Till the mummy sing.
00:17Thou shalt have the fishy, On a little dishy,
00:19Thou shalt have the fishy, When the boat comes in.
00:30Thou shalt have the fishy, On a little dishy,
00:37Thou shalt have the fishy, When the boat comes in.
00:39It's a lovely tune.
00:50Aye, a tune.
00:52So it has.
00:53Oh, it's a lovely room and all.
00:56I bet Jessie's done all right for herself.
01:03You used to sing this to me.
01:04Did I?
01:05Aye, you did.
01:07Where'd it first come out?
01:08During the war, would it be?
01:09Where the hell is she?
01:10Oh, it's a long way, that nursing home.
01:11But I've got shops to worry about.
01:12Ah, they'll still be there when we get back.
01:13Don't you want to see your own grandson?
01:14Huh, you wanted a granddaughter.
01:15Well, what if I did?
01:16If it was our Jessie that had him, as long as she's happy.
01:17Anyway, have I spent any time yet?
01:18No, I haven't.
01:19Oh, you haven't?
01:20No, I haven't.
01:21Oh, you haven't?
01:22No, I haven't.
01:23Oh, you haven't?
01:24No, I haven't.
01:25Oh, you haven't?
01:26No, I haven't.
01:27Oh, you haven't?
01:28No, I haven't.
01:29Oh, you haven't?
01:30Well, what if I did?
01:32If it was our Jessie that had him, as long as she's happy.
01:34Anyway, have I spent any time yet?
01:37Oh, it's them.
01:40Come away from that window, woman.
01:42Hey, Bill, she looks lovely.
01:43She's walking by herself.
01:44Yeah, you think I was a blind man out here taking pictures?
01:47Absolutely enough with this.
01:48Will you come away from that window?
01:52Oh, Jessie and Bill.
01:55Surely the nursing home she's back from, not timbuk, too.
01:58Be careful, man.
01:59I've done it before, you know.
02:03Well, Dad?
02:04Well, Jessie, you looking better?
02:07I am.
02:09And you?
02:10Oh, I don't change, you know that.
02:13Well, Arthur, lad, glad to get your wife back home?
02:17Very glad.
02:18I've missed her.
02:19Ah, you're a family man now.
02:21Responsibilities.
02:23You're making of you, not like Sue.
02:26For heaven's sake, Father, don't start.
02:28How's the shop, Dad?
02:30Oh, we manage.
02:31Manage?
02:32It's shops now.
02:34He's gone and bought himself another one.
02:36Never?
02:37Where?
02:37Cobbett Street.
02:38Gala opening Thursday.
02:40So you've turned capitalist at last, have you, Dad?
02:42I'm making a bit money the only way I can.
02:45I'm not ashamed of it, neither.
02:46Steady on.
02:47It was only a joke.
02:48You'll find there's one thing we don't joke about in our house,
02:51and that's money.
02:52Are you ready?
02:54Oh, take a look at the van first.
02:59I know.
03:01Ah, he's a Bonnigan.
03:05He's a canny builder on a manor.
03:08Make a fine pitman.
03:09Dad.
03:10Daddy warned.
03:11Oh, Jesse, you're a great one for working class solidarity.
03:15But you're not that keen on joining it, not you and yours.
03:17Oh, shut up, Tommy Lipton.
03:18It's time I got you home.
03:21I'll have no beastly's back with this ledger's Woolworth
03:24pert.
03:25There we are.
03:27I'll trouble you for me coat, Arthur lad.
03:29Won't you stay and have a drink?
03:32No, not now.
03:33After the christening, that's when
03:34we'll wet the bunny lad's head.
03:38Have you got a name for him?
03:42Arthur.
03:45It's only fair, Mother.
03:46Arthur William Ashton.
03:48If he's teasing your own mother like that,
03:50you should think shame.
03:52Who's minding the shop?
03:53Oh, Tom.
03:55That's why I couldn't come, you see.
03:56I see.
03:58Shall we send his best to both of you?
03:59Give him ours, please.
04:01Thanks, Arthur lad.
04:02Oh, I've been mean to ask you.
04:04Do you know anything at all about double entry?
04:06A bit.
04:08Won't it be the pop round sometime?
04:09I need a bit more advice.
04:10Of course.
04:11Oh, never mind about bookkeeping.
04:13Say goodnight to Arthur William.
04:14Aye, well.
04:16Like I said, Jesse, you're a family now.
04:20It's small yet.
04:22You made a start.
04:24Keep it up, Arthur lad.
04:28Good luck to you, son.
04:29Thanks, Dad.
04:30Ta-da, bonny lad.
04:32Ta-ra, then.
04:33Oh, we're my lord.
04:38All right.
04:39Have a nice day, Arthur.
04:41Lovely.
04:42Ta-ra.
04:43Ta-ra.
04:44Good night.
04:45Good night.
04:49Ah, the place looks nice and tidy.
04:52Mrs. Charlton does her best.
04:53Oh, she does, does she?
04:56I've missed you.
04:57The whole house has missed you.
04:59Welcome back.
05:00It was the longest six weeks I ever spent, and the cost.
05:03Sometimes families don't come cheap,
05:05but they're always worth having.
05:07For a fellow that claims he's so shy,
05:09you're never sure to the right word.
05:12Arthur?
05:13Yes?
05:14Dad's awfully touchy just now.
05:15He's got a lot on his mind.
05:16But he wasn't touchy with you, I noticed.
05:18We get on very well.
05:19I see.
05:23About the christening.
05:24There's been no time.
05:25It's not a legal thing, you know.
05:26The legal thing's the registry office.
05:28It doesn't have to be a christening.
05:30Oh, but there does, my dear.
05:31Believe me, there does.
05:40What in the world?
05:42Oh, now mind, Jack, that's the skirt you're treading on.
05:44Who minds skirts?
05:45What about me tea?
05:46It's all ready.
05:47What's all this dressmaking for, anyway?
05:50You going to open a salon or something?
05:51Madame Dolly's modes?
05:53For the dinner, you daft thing.
05:55What dinner?
05:56That posh stew that you're taking us to
05:57at the Royal Saracen.
05:59I'll have to have a proper evening dress.
06:00Aye, you will, but it won't be one you've made yourself.
06:04Don't tell me you're going to buy us one.
06:05Looks as if I'll have to.
06:06I gave up thieving a long time ago.
06:08Anyway, I don't think sheepskins have been worn this year.
06:12Jack, they're terribly expensive.
06:13You're my wife, Dolly.
06:14It's up to me to make sure you're as good as the rest.
06:18Sir John and Lady Ford, eh, Jack?
06:20Give us time, Bonnie lass.
06:21Don't rush us.
06:23Where's Matt?
06:23Oh, there's a branch meeting he's taking it.
06:25I thought you were.
06:26I've got a cold coming.
06:27Oh, have you?
06:29Can I get you something?
06:30I've got all I want, and it's not a cold.
06:33Matt will manage.
06:34I just fancied a bit of a cuddle with a dressmaker,
06:36that's all.
06:37Oh, did you?
06:38Aye, I did.
06:40You seen anything of the seedlings, Jack?
06:42I saw Bella pushing Bill home when I left the office.
06:44Why?
06:46I think you know why.
06:49Oh, so you've heard, have you?
06:51Aye, Tom told us when he was doing the garden.
06:55Jesse Ashton's had a baby.
06:56Arthur William Ashton, poor little clart.
06:59Jack, that's not a nice thing to see.
07:01Isn't it?
07:02Suppose he takes after his father.
07:05You're thinking your second best again, is that it?
07:07I can't help it, Jack.
07:09You know I can't, because it's true.
07:12Is it?
07:13You know it is.
07:14It better not be, pet, because if it is,
07:16we've got no life at all.
07:18Funniest little fella you ever saw.
07:21Is he?
07:23Funnier than Tommy?
07:24Certainly does.
07:25Yet, have I gotten jealous?
07:27I said you sent your best wishes.
07:30I didn't.
07:32Then I told a lie, didn't I?
07:33I hope the Lord will forgive us.
07:36But I should have done.
07:37Aye, you never could hold a grudge, could you?
07:40Oh, I'm going to be a kidness to you, Louis.
07:44Kiddness to you, Louis.
07:46Cash book, single entry, double entry.
07:50They're like double dutch to me.
07:52Price of riches, doc.
07:53Riches?
07:54Working and worrying to keep folks fed.
07:59Why, that reminds me, that gardening job of yours.
08:02Uh-huh.
08:04How many folks you working for?
08:0510, a dozen, maybe.
08:07All good peers?
08:09No tick, doc.
08:10Company rule.
08:11As I've been thinking, I know where I can get seeds cheaper.
08:15Cottons and all.
08:16Now, if you were to sell them, we could split what you make.
08:19What do you say, son?
08:20Bah, you never give up, do you?
08:22I never will either.
08:24Is money all you think about?
08:26What the hell else have I got to think about the way I am?
08:30All right, doc, I'll go in with you, 50-50.
08:34Bah, you're not as deft as you look, are you?
08:37Well, it'll be me that'll be selling them.
08:38That'll be my money that'll be back in here now.
08:42All right, then, 50-50.
08:45You punch your drink?
08:47Aye, I'll get him.
08:54Oh, so it's whiskey now, is it?
08:57It's all that worrying to keep folks fed.
09:00He needs it to calm his nerves.
09:01Ah, sure.
09:04Do I have to go to this damn dinner?
09:06I'm afraid so, Duke.
09:07Not really my sort of thing, you know, a bunch of tradesmen.
09:09Admirable people, no doubt, but I can never think of a damn word to say to them.
09:13You needn't wait, Toby.
09:14Very good, milady.
09:15Just put the sherry where we can reach it.
09:18Won't my son do instead?
09:20Daddy, you know perfectly well Christopher is playing polo in Argentina.
09:24Blasted boy's never there when he's wanted.
09:26Couldn't it keep till he gets back?
09:27A new trading estate's an important affair.
09:30And an immediate one.
09:31I discussed the figures with your man of business.
09:33Yes, yes, yes, went over them yesterday.
09:35Nice to make a bit of money for a change.
09:37To make money, we need you.
09:39But I don't know a thing about trading estates.
09:41The English dearly love a lord.
09:43Precisely, Lady Caroline.
09:44And you, Duke, are the best lord we can get them.
09:47The best that money can buy, Sir Horatio.
09:49Don't you start being witty, girl.
09:51Not before dinner.
09:54You really think that my being there is going to make all that different?
09:56I'm quite sure it will.
09:59More sherry, Caroline.
10:01Yes, but dash it, manors. Gallow shields in all places.
10:05Well, we get a decent dinner.
10:06We won't.
10:08We'll be working.
10:09Mulligatawny soup, I suppose.
10:11White baked roast chicken and tinned pineapple.
10:16Why don't you give the dinner here, Daddy?
10:18Well, I hardly think...
10:19Not a bad idea.
10:22Not bad at all.
10:24If a duke's all that important, let him see him in his duchery.
10:28Home match and all that.
10:30Some of them aren't really quite used to...
10:32Good experience for them.
10:35Time was when you weren't used to it either.
10:38Besides, no reason why I should make a habit of it.
10:42Just shovel some food into them, take their checks and sling them up.
10:46Oh, what an enchanting evening.
10:48They won't be so very bad, will they, Sir Horatio?
10:51None of them actually eat with their fingers.
10:53Not even the trade unionist.
10:55The what?
10:56Oh, no. No.
10:58Sorry about that. I was willing to help.
11:01We can't have the Reds in.
11:03I'll have to swallow the Mulligatawny and the tinned pineapple
11:07and vomit in decent privacy like the Romans.
11:10It was the Romans, wasn't it?
11:12Yes. They used a place called the Vomitorium.
11:14But that was for between courses.
11:17You know, Orford used to wonder what all those governesses taught you.
11:21Well, now we know.
11:22Ford, the trade unionist, is really quite civilised.
11:25I've seen him in action in a place not unlike this.
11:29And I know.
11:30Yes, but if he's a Red...
11:31He isn't. He'll be with us on this.
11:33Oh, I'm not sure I like that either.
11:35The chap should play for his own side.
11:37He'll do that, all right. More work for his members if we get the trading estate going.
11:41His wife may be a problem.
11:43Not a lady, I take it.
11:46A parlour maid.
11:47Well, at least she'll know about knives and forks.
11:50Well, anyway, Caroline can trot her out with the other mayors
11:54while we talk business over the port.
11:56One delight after another. Oh, Daddy, you are sweet to me.
12:00This fellow Ford...
12:02... he'll be no trouble.
12:03I don't think so.
12:05But if he is, then God help us.
12:07You know, Sir Horry,
12:09you sound almost afraid of him.
12:11It's taken me a long time to realise it, but...
12:14... I rather think I am.
12:16Hmm.
12:20Boy...
12:22It's a drop of good stuff, that.
12:25All right, help yourself.
12:27Anybody in?
12:29Hey, put that bottle away, will you?
12:31Huh? What do you want?
12:31Tell her to get rid of them glasses.
12:33Well, I heard so.
12:34It's Mrs Turnbull.
12:36Your darling old manageress.
12:38I don't see why we can't have a drink, huh?
12:39Oh, she's chapel Tom and strict TT.
12:43Hi, how are you in?
12:45Look, you two should have a couple of mints or something, will you?
12:49How are you in?
12:54Oh, it's you, Mrs?
12:56We're just in time.
12:57Bella's just going to put the kettle on and make a nice hot cup of tea.
13:02If you knew how much I hate hot milk.
13:05Doctor's orders.
13:06Oh, the baby's over a month old.
13:07Surely I could do...
13:08I had to promise you'd drink it before they'd let you come home.
13:11Oh, all right.
13:20I notice you're not having any.
13:22I didn't have the baby.
13:23Serve you right if you had.
13:25We've got a lot of nice letters.
13:27All the staff, college friends.
13:29But there's one here from Aunty Ellen.
13:31I haven't got an Aunty Ellen.
13:33Yes, you have.
13:34My aunt.
13:35You never told me.
13:37She and my father quarrelled years ago over a legacy.
13:42It's strange, isn't it?
13:43Family money, family business.
13:47It's strange, isn't it?
13:48Family money always breeds quarrels.
13:51They never saw each other and that saddened me.
13:53I'd always liked her.
13:54When Arthur came, I thought I'd try again.
13:56It seemed to have worked.
13:58Osborne House, Mayfield, Kent.
14:00Sounds rather grand.
14:02A big stone house in a couple of acres.
14:05That was the legacy.
14:07She wants us to visit her.
14:09You'd enjoy it, I'm sure you would.
14:13It would be good for Arthur, too.
14:15I'm afraid young for visiting relatives.
14:17Not this relative.
14:18She has no children, Jessie.
14:20Well, she's not having mine.
14:21Not even as her heir.
14:23Oh, I see.
14:25Is that why you want him christened as well,
14:27so it'll all look nice for Aunty Ellen?
14:29No, it's not.
14:30He's being christened for the good of his soul.
14:31No matter what I think or want?
14:33I'm afraid so.
14:34Arthur, you're marvellous.
14:36I could search this whole town.
14:38Do you know that?
14:39I'd never find another man like you.
14:41I hope that's a compliment.
14:43So do I.
14:46Oh, you were the one that said it.
14:48Family money always breeds quarrels.
14:51We mustn't let it happen to us.
14:52No, indeed.
14:53Not on either side of the family.
14:54Either side?
14:55We haven't got any money.
14:56Your father has.
14:57Dad, all he's got's his shop.
14:58Soon it'll be two shops he makes more than I do.
15:01You're having me on.
15:03As if I dare.
15:05Your father's very comfortably off.
15:07If he goes on like this, one day he'll be rich.
15:09How do you know?
15:10I've helped him balance his books.
15:12You admire him for it.
15:14I see no virtue in poverty, my dear.
15:16With all this money on both sides,
15:18we'd better put Arthur's name down for eaten.
15:20Hardly that, but there are other public schools.
15:25Do you know something, Arthur?
15:27I don't think we see eye to eye about this son of ours.
15:30We don't see eye to eye at all.
15:33Well, that's about it, Mrs Johnbow.
15:36Hope it's all clear.
15:38Crystal, Mr Seton.
15:40My, you've a grand way with words.
15:42Hasn't he, Mrs Seton?
15:44Never been at a loss for them since I've known them.
15:46Ah, well, you're settling in all right, are you?
15:48Oh, yes.
15:49It's a nice little house.
15:51Plenty of room for the stores.
15:53Aye, well, I'll be popping in the first few days
15:55just to help you get settled in.
15:57I'm sure I'll always be glad of your advice, Mr Seton.
16:00And where might you be off to?
16:01Huh?
16:03Oh, I thought I'd just drop in at the Cocoa Rooms.
16:07There's a fellow there promised us a look at his tracts.
16:10You abide where you are.
16:12There's no more questions?
16:14No.
16:15With God's help, I'll manage fine.
16:17And yours, of course, Mr Seton.
16:19Aye, well, we'll just have a bit of prayer then before you go.
16:22Bella, Tom?
16:23Here?
16:24Well, of course, here.
16:26Oh, you'll have to excuse her, Mrs Johnbow.
16:28The young's very careless of their own salvation.
16:31Why, you want to listen to your father, young man?
16:34It's the only way you'll get numbered among the elect.
16:37Aye, well.
16:39Now then.
16:44Lord God in heaven,
16:46look down upon these, thy children.
16:49Sanctify our labors
16:51and remind us, O Lord, that thou art ever watchful
16:53to those whom thou hast chosen to put in a position of trust.
16:58For thou, O Lord, seest all things
17:00in darkness as in light.
17:03Thou wilt reward the virtuous and honest
17:07but the thief and liar thou wilt sentence to the nethermost pit.
17:12We know this to be true, O Lord.
17:14Help us never to forget it.
17:17Amen.
17:18Amen.
17:19Amen.
17:20Amen.
17:21Beautiful words, Mr Seton.
17:24Them's lovely words.
17:28Well, I'll have to be going, I'm afraid.
17:30I'll see you out, Mrs...
17:31So I'll just say goodnight to you all then.
17:33Aye, goodnight, Mrs Johnbow.
17:35Goodnight, Mrs Turnbull.
17:37Goodnight, lad.
17:38Goodnight.
17:42Now, what in the world was that all about?
17:44Why, didn't you know that prayer was the riot act?
17:47Huh?
17:48Right, Bill?
17:49Mrs Turnbull fears neither man nor beast,
17:51but she's terrified of God.
17:53Hey, Bill, you shouldn't say such things.
17:55Why, it's true.
17:56And if I don't keep putting the fear of God into her,
17:58she'll rub us blind.
18:05It'll be good to me.
18:31Pleased to meet you, Your Worship.
18:36Your Lordship.
18:39Your Majesty.
18:55Mr Seton.
18:57Yes, Mrs Ford?
19:00Why, you do look grand.
19:02Jack's taking us to a posh do at the Royal Saracen.
19:05Only he says this dress won't be good enough.
19:07Get away.
19:09Why, you'll be the bill of the ball.
19:11Scared stiff, more likely.
19:13Scared, you?
19:14Aye, me.
19:16You know, it's funny, I worked for the Toffs for years,
19:18and it was all right.
19:20I mean, I'm not the kind of woman
19:22who's afraid of anything.
19:24I worked for the Toffs for years, and it was all right.
19:27I just hated them and got on with it.
19:29Hated?
19:30Yes, of course.
19:32Fetch this and carry that and polish the other.
19:35It's never a moment to yourself, Mum.
19:38Now, Jack says I've got to be one of them,
19:40and that scares us, Mr Seton.
19:43I've never even been in the Royal Saracen.
19:46Oh, you'll manage, champion.
19:50Did he bring the bed?
19:51Aye, he's outside.
19:53You'd better change your dress first.
19:55He's been eating claggy toffee.
19:56That's an out.
19:57I'll just slip a penny over.
19:59Will you fetch him in?
20:00There's no need for him to be playing out.
20:02It's a cold wind, that.
20:03Aye, all right.
20:19Here we are.
20:20Hiya, bonnie lad.
20:22How careful.
20:23You haven't changed.
20:24All right.
20:25I'll put me pinion.
20:28Do you really think this dress looks nice?
20:31It looks lovely.
20:36What have you been doing, then?
20:37Aye.
20:38You've been helping her down the garden.
20:39I'm going to rest you on, will you?
20:40There you go.
20:41There you go, Mrs Ford.
20:42That's your brandy.
20:43That's it.
20:44Have you been in the shop this morning?
20:46Have you been helping your brandy?
20:48Oh, Jack, you're back home early.
20:50Not early enough by the look of it.
20:52Your wife's very friendly, young Tommy.
20:53Aye, so I see.
20:55I was just going to give him a bit of a clean up.
20:57And your party dress.
20:58It'll not spoil, will it, me Ben?
21:01Oh, well, I'd best get on with the garden.
21:07Look at that colour.
21:09You're at it again, I see.
21:11I can't help it, Jack.
21:12You know I can't.
21:13You'll just have to force yourself, bonnie lass.
21:15You're not going to send Mr Seton away.
21:18No, of course I'm not.
21:20Here, give us the bairn.
21:21What do you think I've come home early for?
21:23We're going out to buy you a new dress.
21:25Now, how do we get changed?
21:26Well, go on.
21:28All right, Jack.
21:34How is she?
21:49This lot should come in handy for the bonfire.
21:51Bonfire?
21:53Aye, your Vicar's organising it.
21:55St Thomas' Sunday school treat for the bairn's bonfire to finish up.
21:59You taking Tommy?
22:00Me?
22:01We're chapel, you know that, Jack.
22:03I wouldn't mind seeing it go up, though.
22:06Hey, what in the world's a parson doing starting a bonfire?
22:09Maybe he wants to act fine for a few chapel goers.
22:12Where is it?
22:13Oh, it's that bit of spare ground up the road.
22:15I've got a canny bit of stuff there already.
22:17Best place to get rid of this lot.
22:19Do your things best, Tom.
22:20You're O.C. of the garden.
22:22I see you've got your apprentice.
22:24Aye.
22:25Proud missus of yours.
22:26She's daft on him.
22:27He's a cunny little fella, all right.
22:29Come on.
22:33Don't you think I shouldn't bring him?
22:35None of my business, Tom.
22:37Do your things best.
22:41I like bringing him.
22:43I like bringing him.
22:45He needs the fresh air.
22:47Ever since his mum died of TB, I've been wondering
22:51why I suppose it's in him and all.
22:54Then you bring him.
22:58You should be thinking of putting a few croissants in.
23:00Should I?
23:01I know you can let your hands on a few crippins.
23:03You know.
23:04Well, your da knows.
23:05You're not the one for doing deals in the seating family.
23:08Are we?
23:10What would I give today?
23:16Just to hear someone softly say.
23:24Alec Lawson, third battalion man.
23:27You must have heard I got home early.
23:29He got that lot of wipers.
23:32Here, Jack, give him the snow.
23:35Save your money, Tom.
23:36This will do for Alec.
23:38I never went to France, Jack.
23:40God knows enough people have told us.
23:43This is earned money.
23:45He's the only one entitled to say whether he wants it or not.
23:49Ah, you're right, bonny lad.
23:51Thanks.
23:52♪
23:57♪
24:02♪
24:07♪
24:12♪
24:17♪
24:22♪
24:27Now, as I say, Mrs. Turnbull,
24:30anybody what spends a shilling on the day we open
24:33gets a dip in this brown tube free.
24:36Why, you have a kind heart on you, Mr. Seton.
24:39Look, for anybody else, it's a happening.
24:42A happening?
24:43For a grand saucer like that?
24:46Beautiful.
24:47That's charity, that is.
24:49Real Christian charity.
24:51We never could shift that stock, could we, Bill?
24:53The roses comes off at the first wash.
24:55Well, they've still got the sauce, haven't they?
24:58Just a bit of dividend, that is.
24:59Show them our appreciation for shopping at Seton's.
25:02Can't expect Wedgewood for that.
25:04Shop at Seton's?
25:07Why don't we make a grand slogan, that?
25:09You could put it in the paper.
25:11Aye, why, maybe's I will one day.
25:13Aye.
25:14Over Woolworths.
25:17Woman that speaks her mind, your wife.
25:19Aye.
25:20But a bit inclined to worry, I should think.
25:22Oh, she's got no head for commerce.
25:24That's her trouble.
25:26I don't think you'll have that trouble with me, Mr. Seton.
25:29Will we have a bit prayer?
25:31No.
25:33Prayers is for chapel or in your own home,
25:36not among the brown tubes.
25:39How were you thinking of asking the Lord
25:41to keep the roses on the saucers?
25:43Mrs. Seton.
25:44Howay, Bill.
25:45You've got another emporium waiting.
25:47I will.
25:48Ta-ra then, Mrs. Turnbull.
25:52Bye, Lizzy Turnbull.
25:56You've got a lot to learn.
26:00Jack Ford, you crackers.
26:02You must be.
26:03There's plenty of folk would agree with you.
26:04I'd like to see them try.
26:06Eve at seven pounds.
26:08It's madness.
26:10Seven pounds for one dress.
26:12Let's have another look at it then.
26:13Will I get my jacket off?
26:17Oh, Jack.
26:19You can be a good man when you want to.
26:21Still think you're second best?
26:24Oh, I'm sorry, pet.
26:25Maybe I am crackers at that.
26:27Come on, let's have another look.
26:40Try it on again.
26:42Oh, it'll crease.
26:43No, it won't.
26:44Go on.
26:45Let's see how you look.
26:46All right.
27:11Jack, there's somebody at the door.
27:22Yes, I hear them.
27:24I can't go.
27:25I've got no dress on.
27:26Be a bit of a treat for them.
27:28Gee, Jack, it's Sir Horatio.
27:33All right, I'm going.
27:35Now, mind, I want to see you in that dress when he's gone.
27:41Drink?
27:42A bit early, isn't it?
27:43I'll get the wife to make us some tea.
27:45No, that is what I've come about is confidential.
27:47Sit down.
27:52Betrayed an estate?
27:53In a way.
27:54You're getting greedy, Manners.
27:56Grabbing Mandrake Place for houses isn't enough.
27:58Now you want a chunk of Galashield for the house?
28:01Something gone wrong?
28:02No, not wrong exactly.
28:03I've raised all the capital I need.
28:04It's still going up.
28:05If I can get the investment for factories.
28:07And if the Duke of Bedlington will sell the land?
28:09Oh, he'll do that, all right.
28:10Offering a good price, are you?
28:11My best.
28:12Turning generous, Manners.
28:13Never be stingy with a duke, for they know too many of the right people.
28:16I see.
28:17And there is another if, of course.
28:21If the unions won't work there on the terms you offer,
28:23there'll be no trade in estate because you won't get the money.
28:27If the unions won't work there on the terms you offer,
28:29there'll be no trade in estate because you won't get a government grant.
28:32Oh, come on.
28:33My fellow secretaries are made to fit as a test case salary.
28:36If I let my members work on the estate, the rest will follow.
28:39Plumbers, joiners, electricians, the lot.
28:42But if I don't...
28:43You said you'd agree our terms.
28:44Oh, I will.
28:47I'm just reminding you.
28:50Can I ask you something?
28:51We'll see.
28:52How much of this estate will you be using?
28:5430%.
28:55That's a bit modest for you.
28:57More would look greedy.
28:58Don't want to look greedy.
28:59Not that I mean.
29:00Then if some of the others should find they want to sell.
29:04Oh.
29:05Oh.
29:06Well, I'm dabbing if I can see what your problem is.
29:13It's your wife.
29:17You better explain yourself.
29:19As you know, the duke and I are giving a little dinner.
29:22I'm Paul Saracen.
29:23I've just bought Dolly a new dress for her.
29:27Are you trying to tell me that Dolly's not good enough for them?
29:29Of course she's not.
29:30I could take them on five at a time and I wouldn't even be breathing heavily.
29:32I'm perfectly aware.
29:33And if any of them thinks he's got a wife half as pretty as our Dolly,
29:36I'll give them the union agreement for nothing and you can tell them I said so.
29:39Now, look, Manners.
29:40No, you look.
29:41I told you years ago, women are what make you vulnerable.
29:44You haven't changed.
29:45I wouldn't want to.
29:47All right, I lost my temper.
29:49I'm sorry.
29:50Let's have it.
29:51Your wife is a simple woman.
29:53By that, I mean she has no pretensions to being a lady.
29:56Well, what's the odd?
29:57She's my wife.
29:58I'll tell you what odds if you'll listen.
30:00Most of the women there won't be ladies either.
30:02But they will have pretensions.
30:04Some of them may set out to be rude to your wife deliberately, maliciously,
30:07particularly once they know she's your wife.
30:09Dolly can take care of herself.
30:11Can she?
30:12I still don't see why she should be so rude.
30:15I still don't see why this bothers you.
30:17Because you've got a dangerous temper.
30:18And by that, I mean dangerous to me and to you.
30:21You think I might go back on the agreement if Dolly got upset?
30:23It's possible.
30:26Aye, it is.
30:27Much better not to bring her.
30:29No.
30:30Use your brains, Mann.
30:31I am.
30:32I've hurt her manners, hurt her bad.
30:33I didn't mean to.
30:34I just didn't think.
30:35Well, I'm supposed to bloody think.
30:37Now, she's going to that dinner.
30:39She's going to show them that she's as good as the rest.
30:41Does she want to go?
30:42Or do you want to show her off?
30:44She's going.
30:46And I'll promise you this, Mannis.
30:48Whatever Dolly gets up to at the Royal Saracen,
30:50you'll get your agreement.
30:52But if you withdraw that invitation,
30:54there'll be no agreement at all.
30:56Well, just one thing.
30:59The dinner won't be at the Royal Saracen.
31:02It's being held at Rayburn Castle.
31:06The Duke's place?
31:08Yes.
31:11You don't love him, do you?
31:13If you did, you couldn't possibly risk her humiliation.
31:16I'll see myself out.
31:29Well?
31:31You look beautiful.
31:34Do I?
31:35To the manor-born.
31:40What did Sir Horatio want?
31:42Some money, a deal. What else would he want?
31:44But it's all right.
31:46Everything's fine, Bonnie Luss.
31:48Perfect.
31:50Well, almost perfect.
31:54Come here.
31:58Now, close your eyes.
32:00Oh, Jack.
32:08Can I warm them?
32:09Not just yet.
32:11There.
32:13Now it's perfect.
32:16Oh, Jack.
32:18Where on earth did you get it?
32:20Russia. A long time ago.
32:23The last woman to wear that was a countess, Donny.
32:26They were all countesses.
32:28That's what you told us once, remember?
32:31All those women in Murmansk or wherever it was.
32:34They were all countesses.
32:35Well, now you're a countess and all.
32:37Please, Jack. No clever words.
32:40Have you been talking to Matt again?
32:41I don't have to.
32:43Not this time.
32:46You stole this, Jack.
32:50Let it be.
32:51You hurt me.
32:52I said let it be!
32:59You've done that to me before.
33:02With this, me engagement ring.
33:05That belonged to another woman and all.
33:07Is that all I'm ever going to be worth to you, Jack Ford?
33:10Your other woman's castoffs?
33:18Now sit down.
33:21I want to talk to you.
33:32Drink this.
33:33I don't want it.
33:34No, you don't. It's medicine. Drink it.
33:37No.
33:42Now, about the ring.
33:45Do I have to talk about it?
33:47Yes, we do.
33:48All right, Jack.
33:50In the first place, you and me had an agreement.
33:53Just like the union.
33:55No.
33:56I said I'd marry you if you got pregnant, and I did.
33:59I kept my side, now, didn't I?
34:01No!
34:02Didn't I?
34:03Yes, Jack.
34:05You're a man of your word.
34:06That ring was the only one I had.
34:09I bought it for the woman I was going to marry.
34:12You were that woman.
34:14Clever words again.
34:18All right, say what you have to say.
34:21You had money.
34:23You had a whole box full of money.
34:25Gold watches, jewellery.
34:27Why couldn't you buy us me own ring?
34:29Taken us to a duel. Isn't that me choose?
34:32Oh, no.
34:33I was second best then, and I still am.
34:35I bought your ring.
34:36Not mine!
34:37Your ring, I said.
34:38You're wearing it.
34:39I bought it out of a fitness wages.
34:41The stuff in the box is for something else.
34:43Oh, it must be.
34:44You never even used it when you're locked out and now you're on starving.
34:47And me with a bairn on the way.
34:49I knew I'd come round.
34:51And I did.
34:52We didn't starve long, pet.
34:53Not like some.
34:54I lost me bairn.
34:55That money's for getting on!
34:57You've got on!
34:58Me?
34:59I haven't even started.
35:00We'll wind up in a mansion yet.
35:02Oh, well...
35:04You can bet on it!
35:11It's 200 years old, that necklace, Dolly.
35:15And it's never been on a prettier neck.
35:19Be patient, pet.
35:21I'll make you happy.
35:24Oh, you really do want to get on, don't you, Jack?
35:27I've got to get on.
35:30And I've got to go to the Royal Saracen.
35:33No.
35:35That's off.
35:38We're holding this due at Rayburn Castle.
35:41The Duke of Bedlington's place?
35:44Oh, man, Jack, I couldn't...
35:46You'll be the belle of the ball, bonnie lass.
35:51I went to bed.
35:56You've said that before and all.
35:58Have I?
36:00When was that?
36:02Another time we had an argument.
36:06Another time you won.
36:13Rem?
36:15Yes?
36:18Ramsay Macdonald has resigned.
36:21Good riddance.
36:23You mean you'd laugh?
36:25Of course I'm glad. Macdonald's no socialist.
36:27He's not even playing at it.
36:29You'd sooner have Baldwin.
36:31He won't last, you'll see.
36:33The workers will have him out in no time.
36:35Billy says...
36:37You don't give tuppence what Billy says, do you?
36:39Not a brass farthing.
36:41You've seen Billy?
36:43No, I was just going to quote him.
36:45When he does, I shall see him, whatever you say.
36:47I've said nothing.
36:49No, but you're thinking a lot.
36:53There's something else I should tell you.
36:55Well?
36:57Jimmy Maxton's addressing a meeting at the Royal Saracen tomorrow night.
36:59And I'm going.
37:01Maxton?
37:03He's a real socialist.
37:05He's the kind that wants action.
37:07He's the kind that'll get it and all.
37:09You're going to a meeting?
37:11That's right.
37:13Mum will come over.
37:15Be reasonable, Arthur. It's not as if I feed him myself.
37:17Reasonable?
37:19You're his mother. He has a right to be looked after by you,
37:21not some substitute.
37:23I'll thank you not to speak about my mother like that.
37:25Like what? For heaven's sake.
37:27Look, Arthur.
37:29You're having the baby christened and I've agreed to it and I'll stick to it.
37:31All right?
37:33But you needn't think I'm going to change my whole life
37:35just because I've given you a son.
37:37I'm going to that meeting tomorrow night, whether you like it or not.
37:39Jessie, be sensible. Things have changed.
37:41I haven't.
37:43Blast.
37:55It's your brother.
37:57Tom.
37:59Wrong one, eh, Jessie?
38:01You could never be that, Tom.
38:07It's a fine big lad you've got here.
38:09He's lovely.
38:11Aye.
38:13Well then, Arthur William.
38:15Here you are.
38:17Thanks, Tom.
38:23Drink, Tom?
38:25Ah, thank you.
38:27Jessie?
38:29If you like.
38:31Yes or no?
38:33Oh, for heaven's sake, yes.
38:35You two been having words, have you?
38:38Ah, what always happens after a ban.
38:40Least thing, eh?
38:42Leaving a name.
38:44You know, I wanted to call ours after Dar.
38:47Mary wanted to call them after me.
38:49We had a right barney.
38:51Guess who wouldn't?
38:53I don't think our disagreement's quite the same.
38:55I know it's not. It's not the same at all.
38:59Well, you going to the gaoler opening tomorrow?
39:01The what?
39:03Dar's new shop.
39:05Why not?
39:07It'll be a sight worth seeing, Jessie.
39:09Why, it's wonderful, the power of prayer.
39:11By, isn't that lovely, pet?
39:15He doesn't think so.
39:17Here you are, son. Take these and home.
39:19Compliments of Seton's.
39:21Ta-ra.
39:23Ta-ra.
39:25By, what a lovely gesture, Mr. Seton.
39:27Aye, and he'll tell all the neighbours
39:29it was lovely and all, won't he, Bill?
39:31I should hope so.
39:33Here are your coffees.
39:35Well, you can lock up now, Mrs. Stone.
39:37Plenty of time, Mr. Seton.
39:39No, we'll not get any more shillings
39:41now the brown tub's empty.
39:45It ain't not a bad day, by the look of it.
39:49Aye, aye.
39:51The Lord's been good to us this day.
40:03I can't, Jack.
40:05I just can't.
40:07You can.
40:09You will.
40:17See you back here later.
40:33Sir, how are you?
40:41Servants are impossible
40:43even if you can guess.
40:45They won't do this.
40:47They can't do that.
40:49They're as bad as the Union.
40:51Mind you, I blame the war.
40:53There's no respect anymore.
40:55The lower classes seem to have forgotten their place altogether.
41:03I'll have a glass.
41:05Claret, madam.
41:07Yes, thank you.
41:09Mmm.
41:15The Duke is famous for his claret.
41:18Oh, yes.
41:19Somehow I don't think this is his best.
41:25Tastes all right to me.
41:27Bit sour, maybe.
41:34Something so noble.
41:36At least that's what George says.
41:39Mind you not that he go near one.
41:43But he's quite an aristocrat.
41:45A good hunter, really.
41:48Do you ride?
41:49Pardon me, ma'am.
41:51LAUGHTER
42:01Ladies.
42:14Take us home, Jack, please.
42:16Don't keep the ladies waiting, Dolly.
42:21Uh-huh.
42:26Oh, come along.
42:31You're the union chap, aren't you?
42:33That's right. You must be an employer chap.
42:35I might be, if you're civil.
42:38Aye, same goes for me and all.
42:40We were thinking of Antibes this spring.
42:43Pardon?
42:44Antibes.
42:46Well, surely you know where that is.
42:48I'm sorry, I don't.
42:51I'll quit.
42:53It's in the south of France.
42:55You must know where France is.
43:00Those terms you're offering...
43:02What about them?
43:04You're asking too much.
43:06I don't think so.
43:07Well, I do.
43:09You'll have to come down.
43:11Have to?
43:13Little man, little man.
43:15Must is not a word to be used to princes.
43:18Queen Elizabeth said that.
43:20I wonder if Ford has any Tudor blood.
43:23If you want a government grant, you'll take my offer.
43:26Or?
43:27Or nothing. Nothing all round.
43:29You've got a nerve.
43:31We know that, Charlie.
43:32That's why we accepted Ford's offer.
43:34I haven't.
43:35We'll miss you.
43:37You're bloody greedy.
43:39For me members I am, aye.
43:41I learned that from me bettors.
43:44Yes, that was the year George bought the Gainsborough.
43:49I don't suppose you know what a Gainsborough is either.
43:53No, I don't.
43:55But I know what you are.
43:57You're a bloody snob!
44:01Excuse me, ladies.
44:09Bitches, aren't they?
44:12I'm sorry.
44:13Oh, please. No apologies.
44:16I only wish I had your courage.
44:18Oh, don't, my dear.
44:20It isn't the end of the world.
44:22It is for me.
44:24When Jack finds out...
44:25Your husband. We shall affect him.
44:27Oh, no.
44:29Just let us go.
44:31Please, madam.
44:33Just let us go.
44:41I agree, then.
44:42Charlie?
44:44All right.
44:46Then perhaps we should join the ladies.
44:57Do you shoot, by any chance?
44:59I do.
45:00I like to shoot here.
45:01Very much, but it won't affect the agreement.
45:03I've only one thing to sell.
45:05That's land.
45:06But I expect a good price for it.
45:08Same here. Only with me it's labour.
45:10Good man.
45:11Do come and shoot.
45:14Mr Ford.
45:15Lady Caroline.
45:21I'm afraid I have some unfortunate news for you.
45:24Your wife's gone home.
45:26Those biddies in the drawing room.
45:29I call them bitches.
45:31Biddies is much better.
45:33I'd better get after her.
45:35I shouldn't.
45:36She's much too afraid of you.
45:39Afraid?
45:40She was a parlour maid, wasn't she?
45:42She told you?
45:43She called me madam.
45:44It was the way she said it.
45:46She's not a parlour maid now.
45:48She's not a lady either.
45:50But then that's her choice, Mr Ford.
45:52Not yours.
46:09Hello Jack.
46:12Jessie.
46:14Here's to your band.
46:16Thanks.
46:22You're looking very grand.
46:24Been dining with the Duke, Rayburn Castle.
46:27You mean it.
46:29It's true. Me and the wife.
46:31Is she here?
46:33No, she left early.
46:35I see.
46:36Maybe you do. You're a clever girl, Jessie Seaton.
46:38I don't want your troubles, Jack.
46:40Neither do I, but I've got them.
46:42Troubles of your own, have you?
46:44I came to hear Jimmy Maxton speak.
46:46I'm just waiting for me husband to take me home.
46:49Socialist troubles, are they?
46:53You're a clever one and all, Jack Ford.
46:55I ain't a fat lot of good I did either of us.
46:57That'll do, Jack.
46:58It'll have to, won't it?
47:00Here.
47:02Give your band this from me.
47:07This won't do, Ashton.
47:09Won't do at all.
47:11Leaving your wife alone at this time of night.
47:13You wouldn't believe the riffraff that gets in here.
47:37Pull!
47:51Mrs. Ford?
47:53Hey, you had us worried then for a minute, Mrs. Ford.
47:55I thought that was a ban you were carrying.
47:57A ban?
47:58No.
48:00It was something I had to get rid of.
48:03I couldn't keep it, Mrs. Seaton.
48:05I couldn't, honest.
48:07I had to get rid of it.
48:14Hey, here now.
48:17Are we bad?
48:19What's the matter?
48:30Mr. Ford, isn't it?
48:32That's right.
48:33Come to see the fun, have you?
48:35Fun?
48:37Not tonight, bonny lad.
48:39I reckon I've seen it.
48:55Dance to the daddy, sing to the mommy.
48:58Dance to the daddy, to the mommy, sing.
49:04Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy
49:08Thou shalt have a fishy when the board comes in
49:22Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy
49:25Thou shalt have a haddock when the board comes in
49:28Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy
49:31Thou shalt have a bloater when the board comes in
49:34Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy
49:36Thou shalt have a mackerel when the board comes in
49:39Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy
49:42Thou shalt have a salmon when the board comes in