When the Boat Comes In. S02 E02. Tram Ride to the Bluebell.
First broadcast 5th November 1976.
Jack and Dolly move, with Matt, to their superior new house though Dolly, unable to bear children and anxious to adopt, is heart-broken to find that Jack's prison record will prevent this.
James Bolam ... Jack Ford
Susan Jameson ... Jessie Seaton
James Garbutt ... Bill Seaton
Jean Heywood ... Bella Seaton
John Nightingale ... Tom Seaton
Malcolm Terris ... Matt Headley
Madelaine Newton ... Dolly
Geoffrey Rose ... Arthur Ashton
Roddy McMillan ... John McNeil
Colin Scattergood ... Harry Duffy
Bob Ritchie ... Stan
Al Clarke ... Jimmy
Jackie Lye ... Minnie Bates (as Jacky Lye)
Noel O'Connell ... Young Tommy
Jack and Dolly move, with Matt, to their superior new house though Dolly, unable to bear children and anxious to adopt, is heart-broken to find that Jack's prison record will prevent this.
James Bolam ... Jack Ford
Susan Jameson ... Jessie Seaton
James Garbutt ... Bill Seaton
Jean Heywood ... Bella Seaton
John Nightingale ... Tom Seaton
Malcolm Terris ... Matt Headley
Madelaine Newton ... Dolly
Geoffrey Rose ... Arthur Ashton
Roddy McMillan ... John McNeil
Colin Scattergood ... Harry Duffy
Bob Ritchie ... Stan
Al Clarke ... Jimmy
Jackie Lye ... Minnie Bates (as Jacky Lye)
Noel O'Connell ... Young Tommy
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00:00Come hear me little Jacky, now I've smoked me backy, have a bit of cracky, till the boat
00:11comes in.
00:12Dance to the daddy, sing to the mummy, dance to the daddy, to the mummy, sing.
00:17Thou shalt have the fishy on a little dishy, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes
00:22in.
00:23Thou shalt have the fishy on a little dishy, thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes
00:39in.
00:40Don't they feed you in prison then?
00:52Nobody else in the world feeds you like this.
00:56Thanks mum.
00:57You can fetch that with you, eh?
01:01Where are we going, Doc?
01:03The shop.
01:04Work to be done.
01:05Oh for heaven's sake, I haven't even finished drinking this tea.
01:09Tea can wait, work can't.
01:10Doc?
01:11Aye, what?
01:12Turn round, Doc, let's look at you.
01:13Well, what?
01:14Aye, I can see you haven't changed, Doc, not a bit.
01:15No more of you, you're still dodging work.
01:16Now come on.
01:17Wait, Doc.
01:18I said wait, Doc.
01:19Get off, will you?
01:20I'll even say please if you like.
01:21Mum was always one for good manners.
01:22Well, hurry up and get it over with, the store's to be humped.
01:23Are you going to stop it or not?
01:24I said wait, Doc.
01:25Get off, will you?
01:26I'll even say please if you like.
01:27Mum was always one for good manners.
01:28Well, hurry up and get it over with, the store's to be humped.
01:29Are you going to stop it or not?
01:31Not while I'm here, I did three months, Doc.
01:44And I can read the papers.
01:45It wasn't a Sunday School, Elton?
01:49It wasn't supposed to be.
01:55More like an education.
01:56Aye.
01:57And what do you learn in prison then?
01:58Sewing mailbags?
01:59Oh, they teach ya a but more than that.
02:00so the marks don't show.
02:02You'd be surprised what you'll learn in prison.
02:04Take prostitutes, for instance.
02:06You'll shut your dirty mouth.
02:08Tom?
02:09Yes, ma'am?
02:10You're home, son. It's over.
02:13Prison chaplain says it's never over.
02:16Not till the day you die.
02:17But even he didn't say I hadn't changed.
02:19Why, hasn't our Billy changed?
02:21Well, what the hell's that got to do without?
02:23Well, Billy's a doctor.
02:25He's finished college, doll, like me.
02:27Aye, and he's working for his living.
02:28And that's not like you.
02:29Oh, I'll work, all right. You'll see to that.
02:32But not a bat do you get out of me till I've seen the bear.
02:35The bear's all right.
02:36Well, of course he's all right. He's been with ma'am.
02:38But I want to see him.
02:39You'll see him later.
02:41In the meantime, there's a crate of pineapple chunks upstairs.
02:43And I want them down here now.
02:45They won't sell up in your bedroom.
02:47How do we up and fetch them?
02:49No, da.
02:53What did you say?
02:55Not till I've seen our Tommy.
02:57Shop!
02:59Bugger, I'll fettle you later.
03:02But if that fella in the shop wants pineapple chunks,
03:04then you hurry up and get them!
03:14Ah, you've changed, you're all right.
03:17You're not soft any more.
03:18Couldn't be, ma'am. Not after...
03:20Ah, well, menace, it's not such a bad thing at that.
03:23Just wouldn't be left to ruin, ma'am.
03:25Left in peace.
03:27There's plenty of us want that.
03:29Precious few of us gets it.
03:31Yeah.
03:57I promise you won't open them.
03:58All right.
03:59No cheating, mind.
04:01Keep them shut.
04:04Right.
04:07And through here.
04:11Bye.
04:13This way, sir.
04:16Well, what do you see?
04:18A palace.
04:20Dolly, you've made a palace.
04:27Oh, God.
04:30What's the matter?
04:31Your work's finished.
04:32Mine hasn't even started.
04:34Oh, you and Matt'll soon tidy the garden up.
04:37You do like it, though, don't you, Jack?
04:39Those dukes would envy us.
04:41I thought we could have our tea in the other room.
04:43Aye, we will when we have company,
04:44but today we'll have it in the kitchen.
04:46Ah, but, Jack...
04:47I like kitchens, Bonnie lass, and so do you.
04:49We've lived in them all our lives.
04:51Anyway, I might drop crumbs on the carpet.
04:52Oh!
04:53Here you are.
04:56You really do like it, though.
04:57It's what I've always wanted.
04:59So you're happy?
05:00Never happier.
05:02You mean that?
05:02Of course I mean it.
05:04Only with me leaving school at 12
05:06and going into service...
05:07You've made this place, pet.
05:09Started with bricks and mortar and made me a mansion
05:12where a lot of college girls wouldn't have known where to begin.
05:17Do you think our Matt's gonna be all right?
05:18He'll be as happy as a pig in muck,
05:20unless they start on the garden.
05:22And you're sure you want him here with us?
05:24I am.
05:25I wonder why I can't keep my eye on him.
05:27You never told us why.
05:28Matt's the sort of fellow that believes what he's told every time.
05:32And sometimes people tell him lies and that could lead to trouble.
05:35Because he's your assistant?
05:36Because he's Matt.
05:38Somebody has to look out for him.
05:40Oh, well.
05:41Just as you say, Jack.
05:42That's a good lass.
05:42Come on, let's have this tea.
05:50You know, you said something else once, Jack.
05:52Oh, it was Gavin, that's me.
05:54He said, when the time was right, we could adopt a child.
05:59It's the time right now, Jack.
06:04Is he all right?
06:05As good as good.
06:06Ah, there's a clever lad.
06:12Oh, Tommy.
06:14Careful, mister.
06:16He's a bit nervous for strangers.
06:17Leave him be, Minnie.
06:18Be careful, pet.
06:19It's his dad.
06:20Your son.
06:21Yeah, it's my son.
06:23He's been away for a bit.
06:25Big man.
06:26Bye, young Tommy.
06:27He's the muddle of Mary.
06:29Bye, mum.
06:30He's the muddle of Mary, isn't he?
06:33Happy now, are you, son?
06:35Happy?
06:36Aye.
06:37I've got all I need.
06:39Away, Tommy.
06:40Hey, I'd best go home some pineapple chunks.
06:54You might have known.
06:55There was only one spade.
06:57Besides, Matt likes gardening.
06:59You don't.
07:00I dug enough trenches in the war.
07:03You've been spending all my money.
07:04Well, you and Matt will be wanting to send a dinner,
07:06I suppose, even if you have gone up in the world.
07:09Well, we haven't.
07:10Beef.
07:11Sirloin.
07:12We've gone up in the world, all right.
07:13A few weeks ago, it was scrag.
07:15Well, a few weeks ago, we had nothing.
07:17We should celebrate we're first week in the new house.
07:21Hey.
07:23How do you set about it?
07:26Adopting the bin?
07:28Well, right in one of the adoption societies, I suppose.
07:31I'll get Miss Laidlaw to do it on Monday.
07:33Get your secretary to write?
07:35I'll dictate it to her.
07:36It's what she's paid for.
07:37Oh, I'd sooner do it myself, Jack, if you'll help us.
07:40All right.
07:41Doesn't seem right, your secretary doing it.
07:43I've said I'll help, Dolly, but just you remember,
07:45I haven't said we'll do it yet.
07:47Needs a bit thinking about.
07:48But you did say we could have a look.
07:51It's all we need to make it perfect, Jack.
07:53But it wouldn't be our bin.
07:55Oh, but it would, and would make it ours.
07:57Oh.
07:59Oh.
08:01I hope you've left us some of that.
08:03I've earned it.
08:04And I hope you've wiped your boots out on that.
08:06I don't want you bringing your muck in here.
08:07It's your muck I'm digging.
08:09All right, I'll wipe me feet.
08:11And use the scraper?
08:12Yes, now I can have me beer.
08:15It seems funny you two not working on a Saturday morning.
08:18What do you mean, not working?
08:19Your back's just about broken.
08:23Fancy a walk down the Bluebell?
08:24It'd be tram ride no, Matt.
08:25Plenty of pubs nearer.
08:27Well, I'd sooner go to the Bluebell.
08:28Home sick, are you?
08:29Come on.
08:30No, I'd better take another look at that compensation case.
08:33Harry Duffy?
08:34Aye, that's right.
08:35Need any help?
08:36No, you go and get yourself a pint.
08:38Have one from me, you know.
08:39Ah, thanks, Jack.
08:40I'll be seeing them.
08:42Shall I bring some fish and chips back?
08:44No, I'm making a proper meal.
08:46Sure bit of breeding.
08:47Matt, a pen of the beach in Lavender Avenue, the idea.
08:54Hey, I wish our Matt wouldn't keep on saying thank you.
08:56Aye, me and all.
08:58You working in here?
08:59There's a fire in the front room.
09:01Oh, it's in a bit of company.
09:03What happened to this Harry Duffy thing?
09:04Oh, something went wrong with the lathe.
09:06He lost three fingers.
09:07Oh, my poor fellow.
09:09Aye, and you said I didn't work on a Saturday.
09:11Will it not keep them?
09:12There's more ways of enjoying yourself, Bonnie Lass,
09:14than a tram ride to the Bluebell.
09:16Enjoying yourself?
09:18Jack, that's a man who's been hurt.
09:20Aye, he has.
09:21And that's why the game's started.
09:23Game?
09:24That's right, game.
09:26And if I couldn't play it, Harry Duffy wouldn't get a penny.
09:37Not there, you fool, over here.
09:39Wait till I get me breath back.
09:41Oh, you went soft in prison, did you?
09:43Soft.
09:45Aye.
09:47All right, where do you want it?
09:49Over there with the others.
09:55That's the lot.
09:57Well, take the top off, can you?
09:59Don't expect a cripple to do it.
10:01Here, use this.
10:07Did Mam have to do this?
10:09Pumping crates?
10:11She brought the things down a few at a time.
10:13She couldn't manage a whole crate.
10:15Well, how can I do it?
10:17We've got other stuff to sell.
10:19Aye, it's a good job I came back.
10:21Is it?
10:24Right.
10:26I'll leave you to it.
10:28Hey, empties.
10:30Aye, you win your pound of flesh, don't you, da?
10:33Look, this is a commercial business I'm running, not a charity,
10:37and the sooner you realise that, the better.
10:39I never thought I'd be homesick for prison.
10:42Here I am, missing it my first day.
10:57Tom's Satan, to be fair.
10:59The only Satan I knew was a miner.
11:01This chap was a miner.
11:03Bill's Satan.
11:05He had a pit accident. He came for the shop now.
11:08Are you a family man?
11:10Be a family man?
11:12I believe he was.
11:14He'd have a son, maybe, eh?
11:16Maybe, is he one?
11:18Two sons and a daughter.
11:20One of the sons called Tom.
11:22What are you after, mister?
11:24Oh, I've got a message for him. He's a mate of mine, that's all.
11:28Tom's not here now, not as far as I know.
11:30Where is he?
11:32Do you know that?
11:34Aye, I do, but I don't think he'd thank me for telling you.
11:36Well, suit yourself, Mike.
11:38It's only a message.
11:47Don't suppose you would know where I might find a fella called Jack Ford?
11:51Another message?
11:53Yeah, I owe him something.
11:55I'll feel better once I've paid it back.
11:57It's all right, Christian, it's a bit of you.
11:59I never forget a dead friend.
12:02Jack Ford, did you say?
12:04Aye, that's right.
12:06He's the union secretary.
12:08But there could be others with Jack Ford around here.
12:10What union, friend?
12:12Fitters.
12:14Youngish fella, slum belt.
12:16That's right.
12:18You could try him at his office some, wouldn't you?
12:20Yeah, I could, couldn't I?
12:22Thanks.
12:26Hello, Matt. Didn't see you there.
12:28How are you, sir?
12:29Chomping on. How's the new job?
12:31Hard work, I suppose I'll get used to it.
12:33Mr. Headley, there's a fella here just now looking for Mr. Ford.
12:37Oh, aye?
12:38A Scots fella.
12:40Said he owed Jack Ford money.
12:42Well, I didn't know Jack knew any Scotsmen.
12:44Never mind lend them money.
12:46Tell me you've moved.
12:47Aye.
12:48Posh place.
12:50Mansion.
12:51You've got a long way, Matt.
12:52Oh, don't worry.
12:54I'll never go far from here.
12:56Not so long as I serve beer like the Bluebell.
12:59See you later, Lanky.
13:00Aye.
13:18Hello, Dick.
13:19Hello.
13:20A pint of ordinary, please.
13:26Can I have a word with you, Mr. Headley?
13:28Oh, aye.
13:29Of course. Do you want a drink?
13:31Oh, no.
13:32Sit down.
13:40Ah.
13:44Hand plane you?
13:45Aye.
13:46It's like hell.
13:47What's the doctor say?
13:49Well, I only saw him on Thursday.
13:51Wasn't so bad then.
13:54Oh!
13:55You clumsy git, can't you see he's been hurt?
13:57All right, Matt. All right. I'm sorry, man.
14:00That bad?
14:02It's my life, sir.
14:04Away.
14:05Where are we going?
14:07To find your doctor.
14:08I only saw him on Thursday, Mr. Headley.
14:10I'm not that flush.
14:11Well, let the union worry about payment.
14:13Away.
14:19Anybody in?
14:20Aye.
14:21Come in.
14:26Hello, Tom.
14:27Hello, Tom.
14:28Well, Jessie?
14:30Are you all right?
14:31Me? Fine.
14:35Where's Mum?
14:36She's out with Tommy.
14:38And Dad?
14:39Dad's giving himself a treat.
14:41He's counting the till.
14:44I didn't know you were that keen on making mutts.
14:47I'm not.
14:48You don't suppose I'm allowed to sit here idle, do you?
14:50Dad.
14:51Aye.
14:52You took it badly.
14:53I worked that out for myself, even if I didn't get to college.
14:58You're angry because I didn't come to see you.
15:00It's your life, Jessie.
15:01Mine and Arthur's.
15:04Aye.
15:05I don't suppose it'll do him much good
15:07having a convict for a brother-in-law, will it?
15:09He stuck up for you, you know.
15:10Did he?
15:11Yes, he did.
15:12Spoke out against Dad and a lot of other people and all.
15:15Just didn't want you to come and see us.
15:17It's different now you're home.
15:19Is it?
15:20Yes, it is. He wants you to come over, have tea.
15:23Bert, you must have used the thumbscrews on him.
15:26Thanks, Jess.
15:27Do you want a cup now?
15:29Aye, champion.
15:32Our Billy says you were badly treated.
15:34I didn't say so.
15:36That's what he suspected.
15:38Is it true?
15:39Look, Jessie, I don't want you to start any crusades because of me.
15:43Oh, Tom.
15:46Isn't there anything I can do?
15:48Aye, there is.
15:50Give us a hand with this bloody mutt.
15:53Here, come on.
16:04So, you've got yourself a hobby, have you?
16:06It'll be fret work next.
16:07Hard work never killed anybody, mutt.
16:09I'm a cripple if you look at me.
16:12I'm sorry, lad, I didn't see you.
16:14Come in and sit down.
16:15Where's Dolly?
16:16In the front room, right in the letter.
16:18I'd stay out of her way if I was you.
16:20Your dinner's been in the oven for two hours.
16:22It'll be rock hard by now.
16:24I met Harriet the Blue Bell.
16:26I thought you'd better see a doctor, so I went with him.
16:28You haven't given trouble?
16:29Aye, what's left of it.
16:31It's serious, Jack.
16:32I think we'll let him tell it, mutt, eh?
16:34There is a couple of drinks.
16:35Come and sit down, son.
16:37Come and sit down, son.
16:43Well?
16:45The doctor thinks it might be septic.
16:48He's gone to the hospital for tests on Monday.
16:51If it is septic, then the hand will have to come off.
16:53Maybe he's half an arm and all.
16:55Dear God.
16:56I said it mightn't come to that.
16:58I mean, if he's not sure...
16:59He was sure, all right.
17:00He was just covering his bets.
17:02I was going to get married next week.
17:04You'll get married, lad.
17:05You'll just have to postpone it for a while, that's all.
17:07What use would I be to her now?
17:09How could I provide for her?
17:10A one-armed man?
17:11You'll find you something, Harry.
17:12You've still got your right hand.
17:14Clarkon, maybe?
17:15Didn't nobody ever tell you, Mr Ford?
17:17I was left-handed.
17:20No, son.
17:21Nobody ever told me.
17:23I'll fight for every penny I can.
17:25I'll need it, won't I?
17:26And you'll get it.
17:27You can rely on me.
17:28I do, Mr Ford.
17:30I do.
17:32You'd better get on home, mutt.
17:34Aye, up you get, bunny lad.
17:40Oh, there was a fella looking for you in the Bluebell.
17:43Oh, aye?
17:44A Scots fella.
17:45Said he owed you money.
17:46Beats me.
17:47Do I look like the sort of fella who'd lend a Scotsman money?
17:49Just what I said.
17:50Did you see him, Matt?
17:51No, he left before I got there.
17:54You sure he said money?
17:56Something I owe him, he said.
17:59You'd better get on home, Matt.
18:00Oh, and hurry.
18:01Let us know if you see this Scotsman again, will you?
18:03I doubt I will, Mr Ford.
18:05Not unless he ends up in hospital.
18:07Strange things have happened, bunny lad.
18:09I'll wait, lad.
18:19Was that our mutt?
18:20Aye.
18:21Where's he off to this time?
18:22Working.
18:23Oh, working in a pub more likely.
18:24What about his dinner?
18:26That's Harry Duffy.
18:27Seems his hand is worse than we thought.
18:29Oh, poor fella.
18:31I've finished me letter, Jack.
18:33I thought I'd slip down with it meself this afternoon.
18:36Can I read it to you?
18:37Aye, go ahead.
18:38Dear Sir,
18:39I wish to inquire into the possibility
18:41of adopting a child from your orphanage.
18:44We are a couple in comfortable circumstances
18:47and my husband is the district secretary of his union.
18:51He is sober, industrious and honest.
18:53Maybe I am, but I wasn't always.
18:55Oh, surely that's all over with, Jack.
18:58People can't go on dragging up the past like that.
19:01Some will try, believe me.
19:03Where have ye been all the day, me billy boy?
19:07I've been walking down the lane with me charming auntie P
19:12And me auntie's picking me fancy on me charming billy boy
19:16Is she fit to be a wife, billy boy, billy boy?
19:21Is she fit to be my wife, billy boy?
19:26Anybody know a shop called Seaton's?
19:33I gave Billy a message for Jack.
19:35Do you know if he passed it on?
19:37He did.
19:38Are you sure?
19:39I was there.
19:41Good marry, you said.
19:43The best. You need one in prison.
19:45Got you out of trouble, did he?
19:47Take a saint to do that. Now, Jack's no saint.
19:50What then?
19:51Leave it, Jess. I just wanted Jack to know I hadn't forgotten.
19:55Hello, ma'am.
19:56You two look cosy.
19:58It's worse than sewing mail bags.
20:00Want a cup of tea, ma'am?
20:01Oh, yes, please.
20:03Where's the bear?
20:04Out there with Minnie.
20:06Dye she thinks the world of him.
20:08Does she? Perhaps she'll let his da have a look in one of these days.
20:11Just give it time, son.
20:13Time?
20:14Aye, I know all about that.
20:16Where's your da?
20:18Still taking the till?
20:19Lost to farthing, likely.
20:20Oh, I'd better go and see.
20:22No, it's all right, ma'am. Drink your tea.
20:24I'll go.
20:26Makes a change from proggy mats.
20:32What the hell's going on?
20:34Oh, the bloody chair's run away from us.
20:37What are you doing on your feet?
20:39Exercising.
20:41Exercising?
20:42Me legs, you fool.
20:46Do you want any help?
20:50Go on, then. Have a good laugh.
20:53You seem to laugh a lot.
20:55Best he were in four colouries till the rocks fell on his legs.
20:58That's a joke, I don't see it.
21:12Oh, give us a hand with you, son.
21:22That's it.
21:24Not much to lift these days, am I?
21:27Well, you know what they say.
21:29Good stuff in little bundles.
21:31Yeah, and I'll give you a hail.
21:34Aye, well, maybe as I deserved it.
21:37The magistrates thought so, anyway.
21:41I'm sorry, son.
21:43Don't, da.
21:45The things I miss, you see.
21:48Like running for a tram,
21:51taking your mum for a walk along the pier.
21:54That old bike I used to have.
21:56Do you know, I even miss walking up the back lane of a cool morning to meet you and go down by.
22:01Oh, that's one we both miss.
22:03If only I could get some feeling back in my legs.
22:06The bloody muscles are too hard.
22:08Do you feel anything?
22:10No, not yet.
22:12I started these exercises weeks back, and I'll...
22:15But I will, you'll see.
22:17Hey, did somebody come in just now?
22:20Aye, Mum's back. Jessie's here.
22:24Mind you can say no to them about this.
22:27I'm doing this meself.
22:29All right, da.
22:31Word of honour? Word of honour.
22:37He was talking about Jack, if you must know.
22:39Why? The good marrer, he said.
22:42The best, till you cross him.
22:46I crossed him three weeks ago.
22:48I had to, Mum. It was a matter of principle.
22:51Likely he'll make you pay for it.
22:53He already has.
22:55Had words, did you? Words like whips.
22:57Jack knows how to hurt.
22:59Always did.
23:01You've got a good man, you know, Jessie.
23:03I know that. A kind man, a caring man.
23:07So it's no good hungering after a black eye from Jack.
23:12Well, well, well, well, well, that's what I like to see.
23:16Women at work. What's got into you?
23:19Me? I'm chomping.
23:21Fancy some beer soon?
23:23Oh, well, if we're celebrating, I'll have one and all.
23:26I wouldn't doubt it.
23:28Jessie? No, thanks.
23:30How's the shop, Dad?
23:32Oh, good week. Now all the debts are coming in.
23:34Why, canny.
23:36First time I've heard you admit it.
23:38Aye, maybe it won't be the last.
23:42Oh, there's no bloody peace.
23:44I'll go. No, you won't.
23:46No, Tom will.
23:48Well, I can't seize enough. The prices are marked.
23:51But I've never done it like that.
23:53Look, you've got to start sometime soon.
23:55You'll have to wait before they go on somewhere else.
24:00So you trust him, do you?
24:02Of course.
24:04As long as he doesn't start giving tick.
24:10What can I do for you, mister?
24:12Five woodpiles.
24:15That's tuppence, please.
24:17You just started here?
24:19I'm helping me father. Tuppence.
24:21Aye, Bill knows me.
24:23Tell him I've told you to put on this today.
24:25No, take it here, mister. Company rule.
24:27So whether you give us tuppence or give up smoking.
24:31That's that.
24:35I haven't tried, no, you haven't.
24:37Aye, just so long as you know you won't succeed.
24:39Aye.
24:45No sign of any Scotsman.
24:47Come again?
24:49I thought maybe we'd come here looking for Scotsman.
24:51You thought wrong, Matt.
24:52Did I? Aye, you did.
24:54You worry, Jack, I can tell. I've known him long enough.
24:57There's times you're worse than our dolly.
24:59A debt, Harry Duffy said. There's other debts than money.
25:02Leave it, Matt.
25:04I thought I knew everybody around here that you know.
25:07There's not a Scotsman among them.
25:15But then I was...
25:17forgetting the time you were away for a month.
25:19Met him in prison, did you?
25:21I said forget it. I can't, Jack.
25:23We're not Robin Hoods any more.
25:25Stealing sheep to feed the poor.
25:27We're union officials. Us men with responsibilities.
25:30Responsibilities, Jack. All right.
25:32We're what you might call public figures now.
25:35Folks who've got their eyes on us.
25:37For God's sake, give up.
25:39So if we're going to have to belt somebody, we'd better do it and no-one can see us.
25:44LAUGHTER
25:49You coming to chapel, Tom?
25:51No, thanks, ma'am. I'll wait here for the band to come back.
25:54You're right with Minnie.
25:56I said you used to go when you were away.
25:59Oh, well, that was different.
26:01Still singing your prayers?
26:03Singing hymns?
26:05That's not what they do in prison, d'oh.
26:07What then? Have a bit of crack.
26:09Didn't the warden stop you? One time they couldn't.
26:11What do you mean?
26:13Oh, you mean the parson wouldn't let them.
26:15I knew I was the worst of the lot.
26:17You know how we used to talk to you in the hymns?
26:19I mean, like, say it was, uh...
26:21Onward, Christian soldiers.
26:24Some of us would be singing the right words and I'd be singing, uh...
26:28I have got some tabs for sale
26:31Cost you half an inch
26:33See what I mean? Never.
26:35Like it might be, um...
26:37I am going to chapel
26:40Who will come with me?
26:42Oh, she's a proper old lad, isn't she?
26:44Well, they're supposed to be worshipping their maker.
26:46Wasn't their maker forbidden them to talk like Christians?
26:50You mean you really couldn't talk?
26:53Bread and water if you're caught.
26:55Even a beast's allowed to make a noise.
26:57Even a pit pony.
26:59You mind them, Tom, just before feeding time?
27:02Aye. They always knew.
27:06Why don't you go to chapel, Doc?
27:10Oh, have we?
27:12Uh-huh.
27:13Go on.
27:14Well, maybe's I could now.
27:16Oh, no, you're here.
27:17Well, aye.
27:18You know, it's been ages since I've had a good sing.
27:21Of course it is, Kit.
27:23It's lovely.
27:24Well, canny old man.
27:26Well, he's got one.
27:28I've got plenty of time.
27:30Are you sure we've got time?
27:31Oh, well, yeah.
27:33Now, are you sure you'll not come with us, Tom?
27:35No, no, I'll take a bit walk, see if I can find Minnie and the band.
27:38If it's not all the way.
27:40You know, that singing, it's as good as a game.
27:44We are going to chapel.
27:48Let's hope we're not late.
27:57You missed something, you know.
27:59Not coming.
28:00You mean God?
28:01Of course not.
28:02God's always there, you know that.
28:04No, I was thinking of the music and the words.
28:08Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night,
28:12nor for the arrow that flyeth by day,
28:15nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness,
28:17nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
28:20A thousand shall fall beside thee and ten thousand at thy side,
28:24but it shall not come nigh thee.
28:28No man living can write like that.
28:31Did you ever hear anything more beautiful?
28:33You'll be late.
28:36No, there's time.
28:38Anyway, I was brought up chapel.
28:41You don't go there either.
28:43I can't. I miss it, but I can't.
28:49Arthur.
28:51I know it sounds daft after what I've just said,
28:53but say a prayer for Tom, will you?
28:57I don't think it's been a good week for Scoutmasters.
29:01Scoutmasters?
29:03Cautioned and charged with committing an indecent act,
29:06the accused replied,
29:07that's what you get for devoting your life to the service of youth.
29:11Here's another one.
29:13Percy George Hudson, Rover Scout Leader.
29:16Oh, he fancies the mature type.
29:19When charged, he replied,
29:21my God, what'll the wife say?
29:26What's up with you?
29:28Well, what would she say, poor woman?
29:32We had a couple imprisoned.
29:34Gave them a chance to remarry each other, poor devils.
29:37Oh, you didn't hurt them?
29:38Me? No. Some did.
29:40Couldn't you stop them?
29:41I had a full-time job looking after meself.
29:44He's mad up.
29:45Who do you think made the tea?
29:47He's digging the garden.
29:49My God, he's keen.
29:54Jack, for heaven's sake, folks might see you.
29:57Come on, Matt.
29:58This time next year, we'll have onions like elephant's knackers.
30:01Jack.
30:02There's nobody here, bunny lass.
30:03Will you get back to bed?
30:05Suppose the neighbours were watching?
30:06Bit of a treat for them.
30:08All right.
30:12Come here.
30:13I've got the dinner to make for you.
30:15OK.
30:16Being greedy again, like last night.
30:19Anything wrong with last night?
30:22In the trenches, just before a battle,
30:24I used to get as randy as hell.
30:26My husband uses such beautiful words.
30:29Well, listen, I'm scared rotten, you see.
30:31He took me that way.
30:32I wanted a woman that bad.
30:34Well, you're not scared now, are you?
30:36I'm not scared, honey.
30:38Making up for lost time.
30:44What was that you said about elephants?
30:47What was that you said about elephants?
30:58Nice day, Murrah?
31:00Seating.
31:01Well, well, Tom's seating.
31:03Just the man I've been looking for.
31:05I've got a note to say to you.
31:07Oh, you're a hard man, seating.
31:08That's right.
31:09Yeah, and I think you're a right scared one and all.
31:11Maybe not scared enough, eh?
31:13Clear off.
31:14Wait now.
31:15You only clear off.
31:16I've got things to tell you, and I think you'd better listen.
31:21All right, make it quick.
31:24I've been learning things about you.
31:26Lots of things.
31:28I like learning things about people.
31:31You never know when it's going to come in useful.
31:34Tell me, you're a married man, eh?
31:37My wife's dead.
31:39Ah, so they told me.
31:41You're bearing's not, though.
31:44You touch that bear, and I'll...
31:46You know what, eh?
31:47You're not thinking, laddie.
31:49What can you do to me?
31:51Call the police, eh?
31:53Well, the bear's not harmed, is he?
31:55Not yet.
31:56It'll just be one old lag's word against another's.
32:00They would like to lock us both up.
32:02You'd not risk that?
32:04Oh, yes, I would.
32:05I've got nothing to lose.
32:08No bear to care for.
32:10No mammy.
32:12My mother never hurt you.
32:14Oh, she gave birth to you, didn't she?
32:17Your Wayne and your mammy.
32:20Oh, you have got something precious to lose.
32:23Two lives.
32:25Now, I'm not a sentimental man,
32:27but I'd be willing to bet that you would give your life for either of them.
32:31Aye, I would.
32:32And you'd better remember that.
32:38Oh, I don't want to kill him.
32:41I might not even hurt him.
32:43If you're sensible.
32:45Well, look then.
32:49You've got to pay, eh, Seton?
32:54And paying costs money.
32:56Now, I'll take what's in that till at your old man's shop.
33:00Oh, I know what you're thinking.
33:02You're thinking there's only the two of us and maybe you could fix me, eh?
33:06Well, I've got friends.
33:08Good friends.
33:09I'm very lucky.
33:11And they know where to find you and your son and your mammy.
33:18So go and get what's in that till.
33:20I'll wait.
33:30And you'd better be back.
33:32Aye.
34:03There.
34:06That's a good lad.
34:08Here, keep the change.
34:12Now, after that, you can bring me 50 pounds.
34:16Don't be daft. Where'd I get 50 pounds?
34:19Feevin'.
34:20You've got it.
34:21Or if you haven't, you know how to get it.
34:23Now, bring it to me tomorrow afternoon.
34:25I'll bring it to you.
34:26I'll bring it to you.
34:27I'll bring it to you.
34:28I'll bring it to you.
34:29I'll bring it to you.
34:30Now, bring it to me tomorrow afternoon.
34:32I'll be at the North Beach.
34:33Come alone.
34:35I'll have some friends with me.
34:37I don't like crowds.
35:01I don't like crowds.
35:02I don't like crowds.
35:03I don't like I don't like crowds.
35:05I don't like crowds.
35:25Minnie.
35:26Yes, Mr Siddons?
35:27What?
35:28I've come to take Tommy home.
35:29No, no.
35:42Why on earth would I let you talk me into coming all this way?
35:45Like me to Scotsman, remember?
35:47Anyway, it's the best beer for miles.
35:49It's pretty good beer where we live.
35:53It's where your roots are, Jack, where you belong.
35:56Pig belongs in the stye, is that it?
35:58I didn't say that.
35:59No matter how much you clean him up, a pig is still a pig.
36:02Harry Duffy drinks here when he can afford it.
36:05I'll take care of Harry, I've told you.
36:07I had a case in Glasgow exactly the same.
36:09I've written to the district secretary there.
36:14I'll put this in a telegram, Matt.
36:15Well, it's Sunday, man.
36:16Can't you wait till tomorrow?
36:18I'll have to.
36:20Anyway, I'll phone tomorrow.
36:21I'll be quicker if I phone.
36:22So you reckon Harry's got a good case?
36:24Harry?
36:25I'll take care of him, Matt.
36:28I'll take care of him myself for now.
36:31Get him in.
36:36Tom!
36:38Where the hell are you, man?
36:40All right, I'm coming, I'm coming.
36:42Open the door, man.
36:42Oh, you're no good for me, you stupid.
36:45What the hell's the matter with you, son?
36:48This door's never locked.
36:50Shut the door, ma'am, will you?
36:51What the hell's?
36:52What is it, son?
36:54Ma'am, I met this fella.
36:56It's the fella I used to know in prison.
36:58He wanted money.
36:59Did he give him any?
37:00He said if I didn't, he'd harm young Tommy and you.
37:03Yes, should have flattened him.
37:05He's got friends, d'you hear?
37:06So you gave him money?
37:08Had to.
37:09My money?
37:10I've got money of me own, don't I?
37:11He'll get paid back.
37:12What you've got, you stole.
37:13I won't touch it.
37:14Here, can you not go to Bobby's?
37:16I'm a convicted thief.
37:18I wouldn't deal, not till it was too late.
37:21Well, look.
37:22Well, lad, if I had the use of these legs.
37:24No, listen, get young Tommy away.
37:25No, where can I take him?
37:27You shouldn't come in till we can think of something else.
37:30Where about, Arthur?
37:31You don't understand.
37:32That's all you need, lad.
37:34They'll be after Jack Ford and all.
37:35Oh, I might have known.
37:36What the hell was he up to?
37:38I haven't time, da.
37:39Look, ma'am, can you get a message to Jack?
37:41Tell him where I'm going.
37:43But don't go yourself.
37:44Send Minnie.
37:45All right.
37:45I'd best be off.
37:47Away, Tommy, son.
37:49I'm sorry, da, but what else could I do?
37:50Oh, trouble.
37:52It never leaves you, Tom.
37:53Does it wherever you go, it's never far behind.
37:57Ah, but you're mean well, son.
37:58I'll say that for you.
37:59Thanks, da.
38:01Come here, ma.
38:02Now, listen, lock this door and keep it locked.
38:04All right.
38:05All right.
38:06Now, wait.
38:07Come on.
38:09He does mean well.
38:11Oh, he always means well.
38:14What the hell use is that?
38:18I'm sorry to put you out like this.
38:20Not at all.
38:21Delighted to have you here.
38:23Tom.
38:25If you don't mind me asking.
38:27He's asleep.
38:29He's a grand little fellow, Tom.
38:31Aye, not much like his da, is he?
38:32What's happening, Tom?
38:35Look, I've, uh, I've sent for Jack Ford.
38:38He's in the snow.
38:39Jack?
38:41Is it to do with prison?
38:42Aye, it is.
38:43Look, if you don't like it, Arthur,
38:45I'll take him somewhere else, as long
38:46as I can leave the burn here.
38:48But I've got to warn Jack.
38:49Is he in danger, then?
38:50We both are.
38:51He can't stay here.
38:55You'd better let me go.
39:01Sounds bad.
39:01It does, indeed.
39:03You're letting them stay?
39:04Provided there's no danger to you, if there is, it goes.
39:09Mrs. Ashton?
39:10Mr. Ashton?
39:11How do you do?
39:12A drink?
39:13Thanks.
39:15Big Mac.
39:16Aye, that's right.
39:17Harry was looking for me, I know.
39:18Aye.
39:19If he finds out you're married.
39:20We'll have to fettle him, Tom, there's no doubt for it.
39:22Would you mind sitting down and tell me what's happening?
39:25Thanks.
39:26You haven't explained?
39:26I was waiting for you.
39:28It's a bit rough.
39:28You sure you want to hear it?
39:29Quite sure.
39:30It's up to you.
39:32Tom and me were mates in prison, Mr. Ashton.
39:34And we like a smoke.
39:35Oh, I'm sorry.
39:36Please help yourself.
39:40Only you're not allowed to smoke in prison.
39:42So instead, they have what they call tobacco barons.
39:44That's, uh, fellows who bribe a warrior to smuggle in some
39:47tobacco so they can sell it.
39:48Rampant capitalism, Mrs. Ashton.
39:50500% profit.
39:55Now, in Durham, we had two tobacco barons.
39:58And Tom and me was minders for one of them.
39:59Oh, it's like, uh, to us, like bodyguards.
40:02Only the other baron wanted to put our fellow out
40:04of business so he could shove his prices up
40:05so he could have a monopoly.
40:07But how could he put you out of business?
40:08I mean, if it's all illegal anyway.
40:09Violence, Mrs. Ashton.
40:10Violence you wouldn't believe for half a pound
40:12a shag and a few matches.
40:14For the one pleasure you had.
40:15That's right.
40:16Only Tom and me got violent and all.
40:19Aye, we duffed the other baron.
40:21There's a Scots fellow called Mac Neill.
40:23Belonged to a Glasgow razor gang.
40:25And the war has moved in.
40:26He didn't like it and he hit one.
40:28We got away and he didn't.
40:29What happened to him?
40:30They flogged him, Mrs. Ashton, with a cat and nine tails.
40:33He told me he never yelled once.
40:35He reckons it's our fault. He wants us to pay.
40:38Are you going to pay, Tom?
40:40No, I'm not.
40:42Good lad.
40:44Jensen!
40:45Here, I'll get some water.
40:49Sorry.
40:50I didn't mean to upset her.
40:51It's not you.
40:53You can't help the way you are.
40:56Are you all right, pet?
41:02I haven't been very well, that's all.
41:03You never told me.
41:04There's no sense in worrying till we have to.
41:08So it's off to the wars again, eh?
41:11What else can I do?
41:13You always have a good reason for fighting, don't you?
41:16You always fight.
41:28Where's Dolly?
41:32Gone to see Mama Dar.
41:33Good thing and all.
41:35What are you on about?
41:36Something came for you while you were out.
41:38What?
41:41This.
41:43Through the front room window.
41:47Want to tell us about it, Jack?
41:49Well, I'll have to now.
41:51But it's not your fight.
41:53Just tell it, then we'll see.
42:07Bella?
42:07Mm-hm?
42:10We're going to open the shop.
42:13Do you really think we should?
42:15No, we should.
42:17Just the two of us, for the sake of a few bulbs.
42:20That's not the money.
42:23Isn't it?
42:24No, it's not.
42:26This house has never been a prison, Bella.
42:27It's not going to start being one now.
42:32If you buy the look of yours, you'll
42:34think we're going back to the shipyards this afternoon.
42:36Well, I've got some rough places to see.
42:38You must have.
42:39That reminds me.
42:40I'm going to have a word with Apollos.
42:42Can't see Ben, so I didn't break through your front window.
42:44Now, don't worry, pet.
42:45I'll see to that.
42:46OK.
42:47Are you going to be late back tonight?
42:49No, lady, that won't help, Bonnie Lott.
42:51Oh, that'll be the post.
42:55What about the pick handles?
42:57I mean, the briefcase.
42:58So we're going to war in style this time.
43:01Jack, I think it's from the orphanage.
43:04Read it.
43:07Dear Mrs. Ford, delighted to hear from you.
43:10Look forward to seeing you.
43:11Joy to the children.
43:13Naturally, we require character references and evidence
43:16of financial stability.
43:19But the only real impediments, other
43:22than those of religious difference,
43:24are bankruptcy, lunacy, and bankruptcy,
43:33lunacy, and imprisonment, none of which
43:35I feel sure can apply to you.
43:38We'll never get a Ben now.
43:41They'll find another way.
43:44I'll be honest, Jack, there isn't another way.
43:50You went to prison, then.
43:53And all it was to have a widow and her babes.
43:55But you still went insane.
43:5928 days.
44:02A debt to society, they said, and I thought I'd pay it.
44:06Once you start paying out, folks,
44:08always come back for more, till you make them stop.
44:28That's him.
44:29You get it?
44:31Aye.
44:33Let's have a turn.
44:34Right.
44:38That's done it.
44:53I'll take more money off you.
44:57Wait, man.
44:58I want him conscious, for now.
45:02You're going away, MacNeil.
45:04Far, far away.
45:05I'm not going to say that.
45:07I spoke to Glasgow today.
45:10You know, I couldn't understand why you stayed down here,
45:12instead of going back there.
45:14But now I know.
45:16You and a few of your mates did a job up there, a big one.
45:20And you took off with all the money.
45:23And they've been looking for you ever since, with these.
45:28Well, now they'll know where to find you.
45:31I'll make sure of that.
45:33Well, kill me.
45:34You're lucky we didn't.
45:36Bugger off, man, while you can still walk.
45:38Wait a minute.
45:40How much did he have out of the till?
45:42Three pound.
45:48Well, that's four.
45:51And that'll pay for my window.
45:54Now, bugger off.
45:57Aye, that.
46:00He had me worried for a bit, not seeing you.
46:03It's one thing we learned in France.
46:04Always keep your head down.
46:05No matter.
46:08Anyway, we fettled him.
46:10Aye, we did.
46:12You've toughened up mind, haven't you?
46:14About time.
46:17Well, thanks, Jack.
46:19I better go and see if the bairns are right.
46:22I'll see you in here.
46:23So long.
46:24So long.
46:34You knew this Glasgow guy was after that fellow?
46:46Aye, since I spoke to the Glasgow district
46:49secretary this morning.
46:51He knows a lot of funny fellows up there.
46:53And some of them have been looking
46:54for MacNeil for weeks.
46:56Well, now they know where to find him.
46:58So we didn't have to fight at all, did we?
47:00A threat would have been enough.
47:01Him and his mates deserve more than threats.
47:03They got it.
47:05But you had no right to risk it, Jack.
47:06You could have got hurt.
47:08Any of us could.
47:08I'm talking about you.
47:11If things had gone wrong, you could have
47:12been slashed or lost your job.
47:14Chunks are hard to take.
47:15That's what I thought and all, but I was wrong.
47:19Hell, man, you wanted this fight.
47:21When I thought there wasn't another way.
47:23But there was, and you knew there was.
47:25You had no right to do it, Jack.
47:27No right.
47:28Our Dolly relies on you.
47:29Harry Duffy, a hell of a lot like them.
47:31I'll have to wrap myself up in cotton wool now, have I?
47:33Yes, Jack, you have, as long as Fortneed's you.
47:38Matt, it was just a fight.
47:48You coming home?
47:49No, I'm not.
47:52Your Dolly thinks we haven't got a burn.
48:03Dance to the daddy, sing to the mommy.
48:10Dance to the daddy, to the mommy, sing.
48:18Thou shalt have the fishy on a little ishy.
48:21Thou shalt have the fishy when the boat comes in.
48:34Thou shalt have the fishy on a little ishy.
48:37Thou shalt have the haddock when the boat comes in.
48:40Thou shalt have the fishy on a little ishy.
48:43Thou shalt have the bloater when the boat comes in.
48:46Thou shalt have the fishy on a little ishy.
48:48Thou shalt have the mackerel when the boat comes in.
48:51Thou shalt have the fishy on a little ishy.
48:54Thou shalt have the salmon when the boat comes in.