 #
Yes , exactly . #
Yeah . #
Yeah . #
But no it , it doesn't bother me . #
I don't mind you know on camera , I don't mind being on video , anything . #
Warts and all . #
Oh no no . #
I know #
I can't see Mike and Robin making a cake , can you ? #
Not , no no no . #
Robin necessarily but just temperaments #
Jill . #
Were they ? #
Mm ? #
Mm . #
Oh it would be ready mixed , yes . #
Oh it's a tribute to the #
Well that'll be a tribute to the manufacturer , sure . #
Mm well I rem #
Oh that revolting #
That was terrible . #
I remember Jill though . #
I don't remember the mix but mm I don't know that , I vaguely remember now , yes but #
Mm . #
Was it ? #
Mm . #
Yes I've got a hazy recollection but . #
Mm . #
Jill'll remember . #
But she was a lot younger surely , Jill ? #
And she'd be a bit #
Younger than them I mean . #
Mm mm mm . #
Mm . #
I don't Chris #
Mm well that's true of course . #
Yeah I know . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mhm . #
Mhm . #
But erm quite frankly I can't see myself ever getting given the same sort of circumstances . #
Yeah . #
No I #
No . #
Use a soldering iron or a blow lamp or something , not #
Ah no , it's not really burnt , it's the way I like it though . #
Must admit technically #
Well yes technically speaking I suppose it is burnt but well done I #
I can't agree cos I , that's how I like it . #
Oh if it gets really charred I know but #
if it's really charred that's a bit #
Certain degree of grey blackness even but #
Well leaving it that little bit too long , you know . #
Remember Ro Robin coming home I don't believe it , burnt burnt toast from an electric toaster . #
I don't know how he does it . #
Mm . #
Oh well . #
Doesn't feel like Sunday does it ? #
No . #
I don't think , well . #
I think it's much to do about nothing quite honestly . #
I mean it may well be that we have to resort to some sort of er #
Well I mean how do all the rest of the pond they've not all got bloody herons , plastic herons perched on the side have they ? #
Plastic #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Flipping ducks on it . #
Yeah I know . #
I don't think so somehow . #
That was just #
Art nouveau . #
Mm . #
That's interesting er that erm comment Steve made about the postcard . #
And the bird of prey silhouette , you know ? #
I can #
believe that being rather effective . #
What the plastic plastic heron ? #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
But that silhouette business , that could work you know . #
I can see that working . #
Birds of prey . #
Oh the snake you mean ? #
Yeah . #
Mm I've still to have that proved to me to be honest . #
It's a damn great snake #
isn't it ? #
If you think about it . #
Mm , yeah . #
Cat didn't bother . #
No . #
Are you sure ? #
Waiting #
Mm , yeah . #
That's what I mean . #
It may , if it's any effect at all it's very short lived I think . #
No . #
One shower of rain and you've lost it anyway . #
I'd have thought . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
No no . #
We'll have to watch that pond though leaves next year . #
Well this year of course . #
Mm . #
Well yes I could be a little bit more erm atten attentive to the damn thing couldn't I ? #
We need to sca scrape quite a lot of that out but erm not all by any means . #
See a certain percentage have blown in I think off the grass and if I had some sort of a #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
Oh yes please . #
But I think mm mm . #
It was unnecessary wasn't it ?oh yes I'll want a bit of a hand then . #
With the top window #
I've left it with two screws holding it at the moment . #
As we did ,painting the outside yeah . #
No not at all . #
I'm gonna hold it while you take the two final screws out . #
Yeah . #
Cos it's almost impossible to get at it . #
What ? #
You mean the whole frame ? #
And the opening light ? #
It won't be too bad , will it ? #
Well there's not a tremendous amount of burning left . #
There's only one skirting board and the pipe cover . #
The casing round the other cupboard . #
And that's it I think . #
And possibly the edges of the cupboard doors , I don't know . #
No . #
Mm certainly want cleaning up . #
I may end up taking them off completely though . #
I think that may be easier to do rather than do them in situ , you know ? #
Oh yeah . #
Mm . #
What two cakes and put them together , he's ? #
Mm . #
Mm . #
I'm trying to remember , did they have any , the kids ? #
I know they cut some for them but #
No . #
Mm . #
Well yes . #
No . #
Er well not to me she didn't . #
In the afternoon . #
They seem very confident they'll be back in time don't they ? #
Yeah . #
Pick him up at twenty five to four . #
Oh god I know . #
You're telling me . #
Where possible I'll sand down obviously but there's there #
won't be many places I'd have thought . #
No . #
Yeah . #
I can't get over that screw in the woodwork . #
Good god . #
I've seen dust before but and bits of fluff and rag and stuff but I've never seen a bloody , and a nail damn great screw ! #
They've papered over ,I know . #
I know . #
Mm . #
Oh the you mean ? #
Oh aye . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
No , coming back to the . #
I would prefer to keep it in natural wood if we can but #
all those splodges of white are putty . #
Mm . #
Unfortunately . #
Well except to take them out . #
Scrape the bits of putty out and put some filler in that will accept stain . #
Mm . #
But that's a fairly long job though . #
Mm . #
See it won't accept stain anyway with that varnish on . #
Well I don't . #
You can't burn that off though . #
It's dust . #
What ? #
It'd stand out a mile wouldn't it ? #
Well perhaps not as obviously #
Well it would still stand out wouldn't it cos it's a different colour ? #
Mm . #
Not as #
not as obvious perhaps as the white but #
Mm . #
Mm . #
But I'll have to get rid of all that varnish before it'll take any other stain . #
I what it's like when ? #
Mm . #
I may have to use varnish stripper . #
Get a kind of varnish stripper for it . #
I don't think it'll burn off . #
After all the other fumes I don't think that'll matter . #
After the fumes of the paintwork , I don't think that'll #
No . #
Not as bad as . #
No no . #
Mm . #
Ah well that was a varnish paint . #
That was a varnish paint . #
Varnish . #
No . #
It is a stain varnish . #
In other words varnish , with a stain added to the varnish before you apply it . #
As opposed to staining the wood and then varnishing it with #
relatively clear varnish . #
Mm ? #
Well I think , I mean they're very nice , it would rather , I'd prefer to , it would be nice to have tile there to break it , but not those damn things and they certainly won't come off and go back . #
Mm . #
One two three four five six seven eight , twenty four . #
Two dozen . #
Mm . #
The pack . #
I don't know . #
I really don't know . #
Oh it varies , the pack doesn't it ? #
Think it is twenty five actually . #
pack anyway . #
Yeah . #
Doesn't really matter all that much . #
I'd skim over the plaster anyway . #
Mm . #
It's highly probable I'll finish up skimming anyway . #
mm . #
Well what have they done anywhere ? #
Mm . #
That's more likely the case . #
Mm . #
Twenty four . #
Twenty four on this front face wasn't there ? #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
Oh it's quite effective if it's done correctly , yes . #
As it is now it's bloody awful . #
Er no I'll give it a miss right now thankyou . #
I'm a bit full from my sandwich . #
No I I'll enjoy it more #
later on . #
No no . #
Cup of tea would go down like a bomb but #
Possibly yes . #
Mm . #
Mhm . #
I meant to ask , oh #
Aha aha . #
Pardon ? #
Right . #
Right . #
Pardon ? #
Er oh yes , yes I have actually . #
I'll have a cup of tea then bash on with my window then I think . #
Well , yes because it is at least dry today . #
But erm It's gonna make a hell of a racket sanding down afterwards you know . #
No it can't be helped , no . #
I'll probably have to get some medium grade paper too . #
Cos I've got a lot of gr fine and coarse but #
I can't think that all that much goes through you know , to be honest . #
Obviously #
Yeah . #
No that's what I mean . #
Some of the heavier banging and the , the high pitch high frequency erm noises like me drill and erm #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Yeah yeah . #
Well exactly what we have been doing . #
Oh yeah . #
They'd still do , yeah . #
Oh rather more noise , yeah . #
And the clatter of tea cups . #
But then I was meant to mention , ask Rachel if she'd seen the photograph cos Mike didn't know about the two photographs that er Rachel and Louise have taken . #
I don't know . #
I really don't know . #
Well you claim to be able to . #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
What the hell's it called , a what ? #
Something anemone wasn't it ? #
Oh yes ? #
Mm will it get it there ? #
Mm . #
Well it looks like the illustration doesn't it ? #
Mm . #
Has it yeah #
Has it got the same number of petals on it ? #
Oh yeah . #
Not just the colour and the number of #
Well it's . #
I would have thought . #
Must get some rose fertiliser you know too because erm I don't suppose the original plants have been fed for generations , literally . #
Yeah . #
Well those ramblers and all over the place , mm . #
Yeah . #
Well it's a good general purpose fertiliser isn't it ? #
Growmore #
You're the gardening expert . #
Yeah that's right , yeah . #
Ah ! #
That was right erm it was the tomato fertiliser wasn't it , that was quite good for something ? #
As well , er you know as well as the rose fertiliser . #
Yes , they can use rose fertiliser for tomatoes . #
But also tomato fertiliser apparently is useful for I don't know . #
Look it up at the end of the book . #
Incidentally what's this er operation that Jenny was on about ? #
Er not Jenny , Josie was on about this morning that er Jenny had ? #
Oh she had a caesarian did she ? #
I was forgetting she had a caesarian . #
Of course . #
Of course , good god yes . #
I was thinking it was knit one purl one on the stitches you know , but mm . #
Of course , oh yeah . #
Oh yes . #
Yes it was on the radio this morning about that erm it is in England somewhere I think a woman's given birth to a fifteen pound some ounces kid . #
Good gracious . #
Tremendous size that is isn't it ? #
Mind its weight , I don't know about the size but mm . #
We seem to have a tremendous lot of seagulls don't we ? #
Over that playing field there . #
Yeah well I , no I'm generalizing throughout the year . #
Of course not , that's true . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
Oh yes but I mean they they seem to concentrate pretty well round these playing fields for some reason . #
blackbird there . #
Yeah it's interesting to watch the different birds , the different methods of landing . #
Some are quite accurate . #
The others are a bit sprawling those blackbirds I think . #
Yeah . #
caw caw caw That looks like an old one to me doesn't it ? #
Yeah . #
Well not an old fella necessarily . #
Hang on . #
What seems to change ? #
In what way does it ch ? #
I'm looking from here . #
I'm going along . #
Er y oh yes , there in front . #
Oh it does there . #
See what you mean . #
Yes . #
Yeah #
it definitely does change doesn't it ? #
Mm . #
Yes . #
I'm not surprised they're poor . #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mhm . #
Oh you're getting back to the privet hedge and suburbia aren't you ? #
Same #
Mm that's why I don't want to clip that erm bottom hedge too cleanly . #
Lop it down . #
Yes I agree . #
Lop it down but erm #
Take its own #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Yes maybe you're right . #
Mm . #
Have to keep our eyes open for a decent er path cutter , hedge cutter you know ? #
No there weren't . #
Oh new they are certainly yes . #
Preferably . #
Not essentially . #
I don't think you need the , think it's a twenty four is it ?no . #
Yeah . #
They could be . #
Mm . #
Oh and you'd have to be that little bit more careful too . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
And again , unless the motor is fairly hefty #
it could conceivably be easy to burn the motor out . #
Because it's doing more work isn't it ? #
Mm well in theory . #
A bigger area , bigger length . #
You're cutting more at the same time . #
Good god . #
Stone the crows . #
Cor . #
Good gracious me . #
No no . #
What ? #
Chainsaw ? #
Oh they'll take er do a fair amount of work but erm I think , certainly as far as the hedge is concerned #
Yeah hang on . #
Hang on . #
In a well established hedge like that #
I would think er the loppers , if the erm hedgecutter won't tackle it the loppers will #
Mm . #
Er I wouldn't like to put er erm a hedgecutter through that erm that bush there . #
That's a little bit too heavy for it . #
Well the one where the hedge terminates and #
That dead looking e well dead #
Yeah . #
Yeah . #
Yeah . #
Oh I see what you mean , to cram on the trailer . #
Yes . #
Yes yes . #
Er combination of both I should think . #
I , well I'm not too concerned about that anyway . #
I can use the loppers . #
If we were doing it seven days a week , fair enough , you'd probably need a chainsaw but anything , the loppers or the handsaw . #
No . #
No no no no not the really not the thick ones #
But erm #
But you see we don't really need a chainsaw do we ? #
No . #
No . #
No . #
To hire one possibly for a specific specific job but #
Not very dear . #
What erm chainsaws ? #
I think last time I looked at the hire list , price , price list #
I think about five six quid a day something like that , they were last year . #
Mm . #
Oh it isn't bad if you've got a lot of erm chainsaw work to do . #
That can be done in a day you know . #
Mm . #
Now whether that's erm including all the protective clothing or not I dunno . #
There might be a different charge for that but #
Oh the twelve quid's worth wasn't it ? #
Was it twelve ? #
Sixteen . #
What is , well yes . #
Anything that'll fill a skip , it'll be a skip . #
And I suspect that'll be the smallest skip , I don't know . #
Did it say from ? #
What did it just say ? #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Well yes , it's probably the smallest skip . #
See I don't see erm them shifting very much for that because by the time you've got a bloke out paid his wages , paid for the the erm skip shifter , transporter you know . #
It might be a trailer . #
It might be an open back lorry , you know . #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
Well , you know mm . #
But again on a costing basis I mean hourly . #
How long is it gonna take a chap to load loads ? #
Er I had noticed . #
Yes . #
Yes . #
Yes . #
I was worn out already . #
What are you on about ? #
I'm knackered . #
Mm . #
Oh I'm not adverse to having bit of help #
you know of the right sort . #
No no no , no no no , no Erm #
A little perhaps but er I mean you can have people that are more damn trouble than they're worth can't you ? #
Quite honestly . #
Spend your time watching #
Ah well that's straight on the trailer , yeah . #
Well more , more or less , yeah . #
One or two things I'll be keeping but most of it it's just straight , that's why it's all piled up ready to go . #
Oh that's not rubbish that's just erm off the trees isn't it ? #
Chuck it over the fence and it'll go straight in , more or less straight in the trailer won't it ? #
Oh highly probable . #
Sod's law , yes . #
What ? #
Oh yes you mean the fact that they've been in flower ? #
Mm . #
Mm . #
I honestly don't know Nina . #
I don't know . #
Oh I w , no I wouldn't do it today . #
No , crikey no . #
No . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Oh yes . #
I'm going to investigate , see if I can't do a conv I don't think for one minute I will but it's possible do a conversion er into erm the box type . #
Cos that way all the or most of the cuttings at least , go into the box wouldn't they ? #
It's possible . #
It might be . #
It might sound a bit potty but utilizing that small vacuum cleaner and cutting the erm #
No ? #
Well i it's not a big thing , it's only you know what I mean don't you ? #
That yellow and green one ? #
No #
It depends which mounting . #
Keep the centre of gravity low and there'd be no problems . #
Mm . #
Maybe not , no . #
Mm #
It's quite possible but erm #
Well I'm gonna bash on with the erm #
Well er yes please . #
We can do it now then . #
Okay . #
Right . #
And hopefully by teatime I should have got the burning done . #
Right , away we go . #
What's it called ling #
Mm . #
Is this the rather uncovered one then ? #
To erm #
No . #
No that's what I thought yeah . #
Mm mm . #
Mhm . #
Mm . #
Mm #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
What , to mix with the soil or ? #
Oh I see . #
Mm . #
Prick them out . #
Prick them out ! #
How on earth d'you remember that , prick them out ? #
Well not really . #
Mm dunno . #
Not a clue it's #
With being bush things you mean ? #
What were they like , those ones we had before ? #
Grew #
Well the ones we grew previously . . #
Mm . #
Well edible wise ? #
Oh definitely I know that but were they pleasant , unpleasant ? #
Rather nice or run of the mill or ? #
Oh that's right . #
Oh yes I remember those . #
Mhm . #
Mm . #
What were those go on . #
No I don't frankly , no . #
Mm . #
Oh that's right . #
I remember growing those on the roof of the shelter . #
What were those ? #
Ordinary tomatoes were they ? #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Any particular reason , or #
they won't do well ? #
Mm ? #
Mhm . #
Mm . #
Change of weather's turned the place into a hive of activity hasn't it ? #
The change in weather , you #
power saw , power drill . #
Lawnmowers . #
Strimmers . #
Mm . #
Erm oh yes , yes it does . #
That chap's making a good job across the way you know . #
Round the corner . #
Well he's just rendering the the house . #
He's a builder fair enough but nevertheless he's doing a good job . #
The erm lives next door to Anna ? #
Mm . #
Last two houses ? #
Oh yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm chap round the corner young fella , what maybe in his late twenties perhaps a rather seedy , scruffy looking bloke #
keeps saying hello , I'm not completely sure where he lives . #
He seems to know me cos he erm when we've been out and big smile , hello you know ? #
He may be somebody's father or a kid's father , I don't know . #
Who ? #
Oh my god I don't know what erm oh well it was toward the end of the week wasn't it ? #
Yeah . #
Was it Thursday ? #
Oh Wednesday it was going to be . #
Wednesday , that's right w weather permitting Wednesday . #

Mm . #
Mm . #
Well apparently they've got to have the loot in tomorrow . #
Or by tomorrow anyway . #
the boy ? #
No . #
No . #
It could well be the meters have been changed to erm twenty P . #
Probably have . #
I did the lawn twice . #
Once one way , cleaned it up and then did it the o opposite way . #
With the grass being so long , you know ? #
Oh it was , yeah . #
Mm #
oh this year definitely . #
Oh I know it's a combined fertiliser and weed killer . #
The only weeds we've got to get rid of really are those erm are they dandelions ? #
Mm . #
And I doubt whether it can get rid of dandelions . #
really ? #
Oh . #
Was it we went to ? #
With your mother I mean . #
Hawthorn Cottage or something . #
Jasmine House , well Jasmine House . #
mm . #
Oh did we go oh go on #
Yeah . #
Well christ well Mm . #
What's on the magic tonight then ? #
Apart from The Bill that is you know . #
Oh my god so it is . #
Do you know I could have sw is it Mo is it Monday ? #
Oh yes of course it is . #
Good grief . #
Oh well . #
Mm . #
I suppose that politics will be mentioned . #
Oh where do we go ? #
The village ha oh that place where they had the erm used goods sale ? #
Mm . #
Mm . #
That is the village hall , yeah . #
Mm . #
Oh Mm . #
It's logical when you think about it cos being a small community #
you'd be able to cope quite easily there wouldn't you ? #
Why disrupt the school and shift stuff . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm ? #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Well I'm quite decisive really . #
conservative again . #
As far as I'm Paddy no but the party #
No no no no . #
That's why people won't vote er a lot of people won't vote for them . #
Cos they're considered a wasted vote aren't they ? #
But erm you're voting for a party not for a character . #
Although I don't know , look at Maggie . #
Yeah I mean she for a bit she was the party wasn't she ? #
Old bossy boots herself . #
Well she appeared to have done yeah , mm . #

That was on the way anyway . #
If she hadn't done it somebody else would have done . #
It's a pendulum business isn't it ? #
No union , downtrodden workers and so create the unions and swing the pendulum . #
Mm . #
Well that . #
Even some of the strikers . #
I mean you've got no choice have you ? #
If your union came out you were out . #
One out , all out . #
Oh yes , that's right . #
I'd forgotten about that . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Was really wasn't it ? #
It seemed that Smith has got a better image than the present chancellor hasn't he ? #
Mm . #
Pity he couldn't , doesn't come over better . #
He may be quite an able chap . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
No . #
Exactly . #
Power . #
Mm . #
Why do people want to be on the stage ? #
Why do people want to be vicars and things ? #
In the public eye . #
Erm #
No no no . #
Something to do with growing things ? #
No no no . #
It was something to do with growing things . #
That sort of came over quite strongly . #
Was it ? #
Are you sure ? #
Oh . #
No I growing things . #
Still I don't suppose he'll be . #
Kids very seldom are are they ? #
Oh Major I bet he wanted to be right from being a kid , wanted to be prime minister . #
Very ? #
Oh extremely yeah . #
Like his father . #
No . #
Steve doesn't . #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
Mhm . #
Oh crikey yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Oh he's a very bright little boy but #
You can't really relax with him can you ? #
He's switched on #
Mm and they shouldn't be can't , rather it can't be down to lack of contact I wouldn't have thought . #
In part I suppose it's due to erm complete contrast of lifestyle between Jill and Steve's way and our way . #
Could be . #
She was just like an automated programmed doll , oh god . #
Poor kids can't help it of course but #
Oh she's a nice little kid , yeah . #
Pathetic really to see her wa waving like that . #
Aah ! #
Mm . #
Oh well . #
She may change quite a lot , on the surface anyway . #
Oh indeed yes . #
Yes . #
Certainly has . #
Mm . #
I mean it's most unnatural for a child not to be chatting away in the presence of grandparents isn't it ? #
Unless the grandparents are a couple of weirdies . #
Perhaps she thinks we're two weird , no I'm weird anyway . #
Could be right . #
Could be right . #
Yeah . #
Yeah . #
It's not a bad evening now is it ? #
No . #
very brief this morning I think . #
We were due for better weather today which we've had . #
And then I think more rain tonight . #
But as the girl in the post office said erm it's usually different here than the weather forecast which is probably is , the gulf stream #
It's not too bad finding where you want to go #
when it comes to looking for x-ray or path lab or whatever it is but finding your way out . #
Very seldom they have continuing er continuity of markers saying exit , you know , or this way out . #
Mm . #
Not short on the emergency exit signs , but yeah exactly . #
Mm . #
I mean once you've got in . #
But once you've gone down and turned left then turned right and gone ahead #
It's like a labyrinth you know . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Exactly . #
I asked somebody the way out and she offered to show me . #
Mm . #
Oh yeah , cleaner , mm . #
Mm ? #
Yes I remember you saying . #
Oh it would be of course , yeah . #
Mm oh it would be . #
It's quite a , it seems at least quite a pleasant hospital . #
Quite a pleasant atmosphere . #
Mm . #
oh no , they won't of course . #
Oh no . #
What ? #
Well they're often having intruders ,go on #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
Oh that's right I remember . #
Yes yes . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
And di didn't she have to leave ? #
Didn't she ha well , to get from A to B didn't she have to leave the building somewhere ? #
Yeah I thought so . #
Mm . #
They're not too bad here but at Witham Withamshaw it'd be a different kettle of fish altogether . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
Erm hang on . #
I remember going late at night . #
Were we collecting her ? #
Were we really ? #
Mm . #
I remember that happening but #
And that was Withamshaw ? #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
You said . #
Oh yes , that's right . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Oh yes , that's right . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Yes , you get so used to having a phone at home don't you ? #
Not too bad here from what I've seen . #
No . #
Oh well ! #
It was a very pleasant surprise if there is one working . #
Mm . #
Were you ? #
Jolly good . #
W tomorrow is it they go ? #
Mm go on . #
She probably #
Was it Carol ? #
No it's not Carol . #
I don't know what her name is but I know the one you mean . #
The travel agency girl ? #
Young woman , yeah . #
Probably . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
I'm wondering what made them change their mind over the er knock through into the garage . #
Oh I'm not sugge #
I know . #
Mm . #
Yes but surely they thought that through before they got to the stage that I mean even with the mortgage #
No . #
Before they got to the stage of asking for quotes because Nev had moved all his tools and tackle and stuff to clear it . #
I don't know . #
I really don't know . #
They were due to get one . #
Any time . #
Possibly . #
Oh possibly again i it's just possible actually that the construction of the bungalow didn't lend itself properly well to knocking through . #
Well #
Labour . #

Well mm . #
Oh yeah I know . #
But they , they are a little bit inclined to what shall we spend some money on next , aren't they ? #
Mm . #
Oh ! #
Fair do , I know but er it's up to them what they do with their money I know but mm . #
Well which paper ? #
I haven't the faintest idea . #
One sheet ? #
Oh . #
I don't know . #
I haven't the faintest idea . #
I haven't moved it at all . #
Not knowingly anyway . #
No . #
It's possible I've used it but I don't erm don't recall . #
Never had an occasion to use , well the only time I've used a newspaper as far as I know this afternoon when I emptied the bag . #
And that was #
Yeah I know . #
Yes . #
Yes for the er #
the two bungalows yeah . #
Mm . #
It is incidentally . #
It's where I thought it was . #
On the left hand side and erm it's pretty near the main road . #
Oh you do ? #
The area . #
It is on the main road . #
I don't know Nina . #
I haven't the faintest idea . #
I d I could only glanced at it as I drove past cos the traffic was moving fairly quickly for the lights there you know . #
But #
Probably . #
There's not much of a difference between #
No . #
Mm , yeah yeah . #
fairly tight . #
Sorry , go on . #
Oh yeah . #
Where Whereabouts was that ? #
Oh not a bungalow , a house you mean ? #
Sorry , yeah . #
Well did Carolyn say that ? #
I can't remember . #
Well Dawn thought it was . #
I certainly thought it was . #
But then #
I don't like traffic noise . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Oh crikey , no . #
Oh no . #
No . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Certainly not at night you won't get a lot , no . #
Erm #
Yes but it's noises you don't notice , if they're continuous then they become #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
I mean that's one of the beauties here wasn't it ? #
It's so peaceful , so quiet . #
There's no noises to get used to really . #
Apart from the birds and the bees and the #
sycamore trees . #
And Sambo flying around yeah . #
No he just crawled under the door sort of glare ,glare at me and then scootled , shooted past , you know . #
Shot I should say . #
Shooted past . #
He shooted past as well as shot past . #
Mm . #
I don't know because he he's never really been frightfully keen on me , that cat . #
I doubt that very much indeed . #
Get on . #
No . #
No . #
No I try to him but you know but er #
He's alright . #
He let me sort of tickle him and god knows what but er he's pretty wary for some reason . #
It may well be of course that father was a bit er all dog and no cat sort of person , you know ? #
I dunno . #
Oh yes . #
No argument about that , yes . #
Good nick #
and well fed and #
Mm . #
Hang on . #
Oh there , yes . #
Yeah . #
Well we won't be needing so many that's for sure , no . #
I want some for the erection at the side of the pool there . #
To take the waterfall . #
Mm . #
It's only gotta match the existing er #
Not bricks as such , no . #
Cut some of the paving stones #
to roughly brick size #
and use that . #
As I have done with that erm #
collection Pardon ? #
Not no no no no no . #
Not an awful lot , no . #
I can pad out with sto with er brick where it doesn't show . #
It'd look a bit odd with bricks though , I think . #
Oh yeah . #
And then we want matching slabs really don't we ? #
Mm . #
Wonder what do they do with old gravestones when they've er #
when they've abandoned the graveyard . #
Yeah . #
Yes , they made it so it could be #
Yes . #
Oh there must have been some sort of arrangement , I don't know . #
To , to cope with that though . #
Well bear in mind a lot of them were very old ones and there are #
probably no nearest and dearest left surviving . #
Mm . #
I seem to remember papers about that . #
Erm that removal or disposal or alteration of the any creation around the grave was erm can be done at the discretion of , of the #
parks authority or whatever it is , yeah . #
Parks and cemeteries , yeah . #
Oh yes . #
Both in far more pleasant to the eye #
far neater and er oh yeah . #
They can get more bodies in too . #
No I ha ! #
No I just had a thought because there must be stacks of old grave gravestones around . #
Some of the marble they cracking cracking bit of , yeah I know . #
Should be for the price they charge too . #
Ridiculous forking out a fortune . #
Yes you've got , yeah . #
Yeah that's a point . #
That's a point . #
I think they're rather thicker than that , the damaged gravestone . #
Mm . #
When you think of all the . #
Go on . #
Oh #
I wouldn't say indestructible , but I know what you mean , yeah . #
Yeah . #
Yeah very very longlasting , yeah . #
Depends on the quality of the marble too doesn't it ? #
Obviously . #
No I was gonna say , when you think of all the money that's spent with these very elaborate er headstones erm creations showing angels looking down on them , plonking at their harps and god knows what . #
They look quite nice from one point of view but er fifty seventy eighty hundred years later what the hell does it matter ? #
You know ? #
Well if we get some headstones it'll be different . #
Cor . #
Er yes . #
The mantelpiece ? #
Yeah . #
That one is I'm pretty sure , yes . #
Yeah . #
Yes . #
Oh no that will . #
No . #
No no , it's not original that . #
No . #
You can see where the original fire surround was . #
Look at the plaster work there behind it , above it . #
Mm . #
And where's the hearth different hearth isn't it ? #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
No I should imagine it's a typical sixties , late sixties erm well early sixties er tile surround , you know ? #
It's not #
Go on . #
Erm #
And our bedroom . #
There's in there , no . #
Not , no . #
Yes . #
Lick over . #
Oh yes . #
Yes it's good enough there . #
There's between the two yeah yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
. Mm . #
For wallpaper removal ? #
Oh yes . #
I need to see how those steamers work , how well they work . #
Mm . #
Yes and Derek remember , next door ? #
And Terry , he said . #
He hadn't used one before , and he was a bit cackhanded . #
So they must have been pretty good . #
Mm . #
Nice just to #
Mm . #
You mean it was working so quick and easy ? #
Yes . #
Yeah . #
Yeah . #
Oh . #
Do you remember the old days when it was standard practice to put one paper on top of another ? #
With the overlap . #
You know ? #
Oh god I don't know . #
Yes . #
Yes it probably was . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
But do you remember the borders ? #
The edges I should say at the , at the roll ? #
They used to have little marks to line the paper up when you hang it . #
Yeah . #
Down the #
Exactly . #
Down the edge #
the name of the manufacturer and possibly the say the model like the that particular paper's erm category name . #
But it had at about oh eighteen inch intervals , something like that ? #
Little marks , sometimes an arrow sticking out . #
When you , when you put the next roll on you married up the arrow . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
That's right . #
Yeah but don't you remember when they had that erm erm semi-perforated edge on it ? #
And you knocked it on the edge of a table ? #
Mm . #
Yes . #
I don't quite know why they put that edge on in the first place . #
Unless it was , in those days , they didn't have the shrink wrap stuff did they ? #
Oh didn't th I was just thinking yeah . #
Oh it was standard to , yeah a standard practice job that , yeah . #
Oh yes of course . #
Oh god . #
Well this particular paper , you you've got to be very care #
otherwise it crushes very easily . #
Mm . #
No . #
It's not my favourite by any means . #
What ? #
Yes , there's a bit more plastering to be done yet . #
Not a lot , no . #
I want to skim that corner , ceiling and the top of the wall . #
Erm #
and there's also there's a usual crack between the plasterboard and ceiling over the door and a little crack running down to the door . #
yeah . #
It's worth doing . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Oh yes . #
And there's all the burning off and mm . #
And also I want to , while the carpet's up , investigate the run of the cable . #
So it's #
About ? #
Yes . #
Yeah , yeah . #
I think it's a spur coming off that runs into the er But I don't think it's a proper imme immersion heater circuit . #
Well it doesn't have to be . #
No it doesn't have to be . #
No no no . #
No . #
No . #
Er yes . #
Yes . #
That would be erm the junction box . #
Mm . #
To feed I s would suspect the immersion heater . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Because y you , when you have your cable up to the junction , hang on up to your junction box #
and from the junction box to the actual immersion heater itself #
you have erm a heatproof cable called er systaflex I think it's called . #
Yeah . #
Er it's sort of a white , braided stuff that goes over . #
Heat resistant . #
So you'd need a junction box to erm connect the #
Hang on . #
There are a lot of pipes . #
Erm #
do you mean the one with the pump in ? #
Oh that pipe . #
Yeah , yeah . #
Oh . #
Erm #
offhand I can't say yes I do but #
Flat and then it comes down . #
Oh you you mean in the room ? #
Yes but I mean which pipe you mean , no . #
Oh it's in the oh sorry , go on . #
Carry on . #
If there's a pipe or pipes cupboard yeah . #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
Yeah . #
Yes I know , yeah . #
Yes . #
Yeah yeah . #
Yeah . #
Yeah . #
Oh it's not just for the radiator . #
It's the hot water to the tap in the kitchen . #
That's right , yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Well again that's not original is it ? #
The central heating system is er a later addition to the house isn't it ? #
And those pipes were where the circs where the , the where the pipe run to the hot water tap in the kitchen . #
And to the bathroom . #
Mm . #
And quite probably the cold water supply to the bathroom too . #
Mm . #
And I think not the kitchen , that's on the rising main . #
Cos your stop tap is underneath the er #
sink top there . #
. But that one there is er fed , I'm pretty sure from the , yes it is . #
Yeah because the pipe goes up there . #
Mm . #
And , if you think about it , there's a header tank in the loft . #
the cold water from somewhere . #
So it'll come from there across the ceiling #
across the ceiling up through the erm cupboard #
into the l into the loft and . #
Mm . #
So you'll have the hot water pipe to supply the hot tap #
taps . #
And the cold water feeds by the er header tank in the loft . #
Yes they certainly could . #
But at the time of building I think it was just continued practice from the victorian days to run it round on the top . #
Mm . #
Pretty sure . #
There has been , or appears to have been , a hole in the wall that's been plastered up rather badly but above that housing , that cover #
on the bathroom wall #
the wall separating the bathroom from the spare room #
from the back bedroom in the bottom there's been a hole about the size of a pipe #
about three quarter pipe , yeah . #
Or fifteen mil twenty two millimetres yeah . #
Mm . #
What a good #
time we had a wash up and a cup of tea I think . #
It's two and a half minutes to six o'clock . #
Or eighteen hundred . #
Oh the news . #
Let's see if the queen's dead . #
Where's the new oh is that the news ? #
See if the queen's dead . #
Oh yes I noticed yeah . #
Well #
Oh I wouldn't know any of them . #
Mm . #
Is it based on the contents of of rather the erm #
people on the box ? #
Oh crikey ,I w definitely wouldn't know . #
I definitely wouldn't know , no . #
up my nose it's erm quite erm #
Not a bun but a cake . #
Right . #
Well what time do I remind you ? #
Half past six ? #
Yeah . #
Well it's quarter past six now . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Well it wouldn't take me that long . #
Quite a bit more today anyway . #
Mm . #
There's a lot of work . #
But we , we're getting there slowly . #
Mm . #
you see the doors are different , quarter inch difference in size . #
No it didn't surprise me cos they usually no , they put the casing up , the door casing . #
And then the chippie erm cuts the door to fit . #
it , you know ? #
Very seldom you get it a perfect fit when you #
just it in . #
Fortunately it is the right way round . #
Well it is more or less . #
No . #
No . #
They possibly are today . #
Erm a lot of stuff's factory er #
On the building site , yeah . #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
What ? #
Oh she said a few days ago about some bungalow or something he's he's helping to build . #
He , he's a brickie isn't he ? #
Yes that's right . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
I haven't the faintest idea . #
Not the faintest . #
yeah . #
I'd have thought he's going to find it extremely difficult down here to find a job . #
Of any sort . #
Never mind just in the building trade . #
Well he's got all his mates . #
And he er I don't think he's got the confidence to . #
No . #
Mm . #
See I did see there's that place erm erm oh it's going , it's Tearscross direction . #
Erm #
they advert #
Well , they advertise in the paper every week . #
Advertise carpenters and joiners . #
But #
Mhm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Well he #
See hang on no no no . #
The job's been never finished never will be finished with the corporation on it . #
It's amazing . #
Specially there . #
Oh the shopfitting and mm mm mm . #
Mhm . #
Mhm . #
Oh to be fair to him , yes he has . #
He's been very quick at that . #
No , precisely . #
No . #
No . #
I would have thought so . #
Yes . #
I would have thought so . #
No . #
Oh he'd never do it . #
It's ridiculous . #
Ah . #
Yeah , can't #
It probably was Swansea area . #
I think it was , yeah . #
Go on . #
Ah yes but it was quite a different run you see Nina . #
That was motorway nearly all the way . #
And he could do it in less time . #
It was a straight run . #
There was no driving involved . #
You just point the car in the right direction press the pedal and you're there . #
It's a longish way but erm for Ken it's not quite the same as erm the A roads and B roads and #
oh no . #
Cos he doesn't really like driving . #
No . #
He'd never do Mike's job . #
Well he'd never do Mike's job anyway but #
you know , the driving side . #
Mm . #
He's got a big area to cover , Mike if you think about it . #
Seems to yes . #
Mark you he wouldn't crack on if he didn't . #
No he wouldn't say very much about . #
No . #
No . #
Oh yes he obviously likes it better than when he was at er at that erm what do they call themselves ? #
Mm . #
Oh a hi fi firm . #
Oh no . #
He'd sooner be out . #
I'm quite sure he does his job extremely well , yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Oh yes . #
Mm . #
Oh yes . #
Well #
Go on . #
Well you usually mm . #
Er no I d particularly in view of her experience #
I don't think she would . #
Quite as much anyway . #
She might have to wait a wee while but I think she'll get on , yes . #
And possibilities for Carolyn #
came now . #
I don't we may be completely wrong . #
But as far as this exchange business is concerned . #
You'd never get erm you'd never get an exchange . #
I don't think we operate that scheme now . #
No . #
No , no . #
It's er moderately interesting so far , yes . #
No I thought you might . #
That's one , another reason I got it out from the library . #
Erm it rabbits on quite a lot up to now . #
About all the er astonishment , amazement the English press and public and the Swedish press and the public and the American press and public , you know ? #
Push push push all the time . #
Erm #
Yes well of course you can only assume that what he says is correct . #
He's quoting various er authorities on the subject . #
I've only just started the damn thing really . #
Well he that's why he wanders on a bit . #
Erm keeps giving little bits erm It was when he was a child apparently , he claims to have been aware of it , you know ? #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Oh that I don't know . #
Mm . #
He admits to wanting to be a showman , you know ? #
A film star and god knows what . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
You certainly shoot through the first few ch chapters of that anyway . #
Oh yes . #
Lot of repetition . #
In effect . #
Politics . #
Is this based on TV then or ? #
Oh well . #
It's probably their own quiz game then is it ? #
Or panel game or #
Mm ? #
Oh . #
I can't think of any TV quizzes or panel games or #
You don't think it is ? #
And you haven't got any of the letters ? #
Oh . #
Oh , I wouldn't know . #
Oh English , I do know . #
Oddly enough . #
Arthur English . #
Oh yes , yes . #
Well not really , no . #
It's just that I happened to . #
Mm . #
Good grief . #
and all that jazz . #
Mm . #
Oh . #
H E Bates . #
I think so . #
Steer away from bloody television and we might still have a fighting chance . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
No . #
I haven't the faintest idea . #
Oh I'm certain it is . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Still think something , probably it's about something but probably tied in with the er erm #
Hang on . #
The first letter is A ? #
Oh it's not the South Bank Show then . #
Erm A something E something ? #
Mm . #
Depends how desperate the need is . #
Yes thank you . #
puddings . #
Well let's face it Mm . #
The broom . #
Erm #
Oh for the back ? #
Yes . #
Probably . #
Where else could we go ? #
Other than that er rather expensive #
It's laid out but the plants look healthy and they're kept in healthy conditions . #
Mhm . #
To me that Dingle place #
I wasn't at all struck , no . #
There were all weeds growing among the plants they're selling . #
Yes , messy . #
And it wasn't just the messiness , I don't mind that , but #
They weren't looked after . #
Mm . #
No . #
Yeah . #
Where did we get that ? #
Did we ? #
Mm . #
Oh yes . #
With most of the plants it does , yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Well obviously , yeah . #
For the for the contrast , yeah . #
Mm . #
Mhm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
It should look quite attractive . #
It might be a bit of a job erm keeping them separate . #
growing into one another . #
No ? #
Oh . #
Oh that's alright then . #
Good . #
Yeah , but they do grow out a bit too . #
I mean the one at twenty seven #
No no . #
No no no no . #
Mm I suppose so , yeah . #
Mm . #
Gardener's World ? #
I haven't really looked at it , no . #
I glanced very briefly at it but #
No I didn't see that . #
Some er excellent photography there you know . #
Mark you , most of #
There's a what ? #
I've no idea . #
Saturday or Sunday ? #
Erm the left or the right ? #
Do you mean where the daffs are going ? #
Yes . #
Oh yes . #
Oh there you mean , not at the bottom , at the side . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Yeah ? #
Haven't we got some towards this end ? #
Perhaps #
Oh I see . #
Mm . #
If it's an evergreen , no it's not is it ? #
Mm . #
No . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Survived . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Yes . #
Yeah . #
Mhm . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
Yes . #
Course they will , yeah . #
Mm . #
Pardon ? #
Cutting the hedge ? #
Oh yeah . #
But how often do you have to cut that sort of hedge then ? #
Not like a privet . #
Mm . #
No ? #
Er all I can remember a lot of plants coming . #
But I can't remember #
Oh yes she did , a label mhm . #
Mm . #
I don't know . #
Oh I see #
Yeah . #
Mhm . #
Mhm . #
Mm . #
Mhm . #
Ah ! #
Well , good o . #
Well . #
Mm . #
I've come across a bit of architrave by the way . #
Quite apart from #
. #
Erm . #
So I can use that as an experimental piece . #
, there's stuff come to think of it it's the one in the hall . #
The doorway that's bricked up . #
Yeah . #
Yeah . #
That's right . #
the architrave from there . #
Erm it's exactly the same varnish stain as this . #
So I can muck about on that piece before I tackle it in here , so mm . #
stripping goes . #
Without staining , without what ? #
Yeah . #
Yeah . #
That's right . #
First of all what's the best stripping medium . #
Whether it's gonna be gentle heat , whether it's gonna be varnish stripper ? #
Paint stripper ? #
What the hell . #
And then see the go on . #
If we want to change the colour . #
Unless we're going to use a varnish stain as such . #
But it's very , and it looks a bit crummy , that stuff I always think . #
Mm . #
See look at #
Pardon ? #
Well it's only what erm the architrave the arch there this side , that side and that one there . #
Well as I say you can't stain varnished wood Nina . #
You can put a varnish stain on . #
Varnish stain but erm In in this particular light now I can see where they've put on thick blodges that run down . #
Mm . #
Oh what was ? #
I don't think . #
Oh no I don't think , I don't think it's from square one . #
It probably would be varnished from square one but that's not the original varnish . #
Shouldn't think , no . #
I doubt it very much indeed . #
Yes it is . #
And do you know the old bog door , it's the same colour as next door's . #
Or was I should say . #
The same yucky blue , yeah . #
Mm . #
So if you look at the next time you're in the loo #
where the handle was , look where the blue shows . #
And that's that was the original colour . #
Yeah . #
The original colour , yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
It might of course have been a more acceptable blue when it was put on because it changes #
Oh goodness . #
Oh down here ? #
Where ? #
Oh Prestwych #
Yes . #
Yeah , yeah . #
Paid a fortune for the damn . #
Yeah . #
No . #
I only remember one #
Yeah . #
Yeah yeah . #
Was it really ? #
Well how do you mean ? #
The paintwork was blue ? #
What ? #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #

Well it's isn't it ? #
Blue for depression and red for excitement and #
What's a calming colour ? #
No , no . #
Well it's a change from black that . #
They've got the furniture of course , yes . #
That's true . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Well it'll die the death eventually won't it ? #
I mean the stripped pine really horrible . #
Isn't it ? #
Course it's overdone . #
It's blooming cheap half of it . #
It is cheap . #
Er no it isn't cheap . #
God no . #
Cheaper than #
No , it's not . #
. It's usually crummy wood . #
Badly assembled . #
Well I mean the one that er that er thing , what is it ? #
It's it's rubbish , that thing . #
It's rubbish . #
Absolute rubbish . #
It really is cos #
they moved it out when we went on one occasion cos was the carpet wet or something ? #
I don't know . #
They moved it out for something reason so I had occasion to look at it more closely . #
I thought , I was looking at it before , I thought mm . #
Anyway it drew my attention to it and I thought god god . #
Mm it might be fashionable but phoo Incidentally I wasn't far out with th the age of our friend across the road was I ? #
Twenty four . #
I thought he was about that . #
Mm . #
Bit like Eric's place in a way . #
Mm well no . #
Not in that se pardon ? #
Eric ? #
I don't know I wonder . #
Oh probably , yeah . #
Floating with his beer every afternoon , yeah . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
Most probably he got waffling on in the Royal Oak and that . #
Gave the impression I think . #
Mm . #
I can't see our friend er what was his name ? #
The chap that bought our house ? #
The probation officer anyway #
. #
Erm I can't see him him getting very chummy with Eric can you ? #
No . #
No . #
Well he'd try , initially . #
He did try . #
Oh yeah . #
Mm . #
He's a soft touch for everybody else . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
He always meant very well though , Eric , in a lot of ways . #
He couldn't help being a simple soul could he ? #
Simple soul . . #
Mm . #
He used to swear blind he saw his mother standing at the end of the bed . #
Yeah . #
He'd seen his mother sat at the end of the bed ages after she was dead , you know . #
Oh yeah . #
Mm . #
I know yes . #
Oh yes . #
No I don't think so . #
I don't know I'm sure but he never mentioned it anyway . #
I've got a very hazy , but I could be confusing it her with one of the other relatives #
Was she short , dumpy podgy sort of thing and ? #
Oh I , neither do I . #
Auntie #
Yeah . #
So it could have been his auntie , his mother I don't know . #
I wonder if John and John and er mm #
Liz have moved yet . #
Oh yes , I vaguely remember that but I , whether they'd actually moved or not I don't know . #
Mm . #
Which stool ? #
Oh the tall stool Robin made ? #
Yes yes . #
actually . #
I don't know ! #
It was a state of chaos then though wasn't it ? #
Oh god no . #
Never again . #
Well if we do we'll wait another sixty years anyway . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Well #
it depends on a lot of factors really doesn't it ? #
Or a lot of factors come into it . #
Age group finances #
desire to move for a variety of reasons , erm permanently regarded house in the first place , you know ? #
Yes , that always struck me as a bit odd , yes . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
That and the obvious school problem too with the kids , yeah . #
No it can't be . #
Well I don't know about that , I mean with some schools it'd be a good idea to get them away from it . #
And some areas , in fact . #
I mean really desirable to move away from there wasn't it ? #
Mm . #
And privately it would be no bad thing to move away from where they are now . #
I mean , well they're gonna have problems wherever they go , but the on erm a different estate different type of estate , they wouldn't have as many problems would they ? #
I don't think so . #
Not as many . #
No another idea ? #
What is it this time ? #
No , no ? #
Oh I , yes . #
Don't you remember erm #
somebody on Gardener's Question Time answering that ? #
Well either did I but #
Yes #
For obvious reasons , yeah . #
Yes . #
Mm . #
How much er ? #
lions obviously , well . #

 #
Good god ! #
Mm . #

Mm . #
Mm . #
Open container with care . #
And stand back . #
No it would , it wouldn't necessarily pong . #
Mm mm mm . #
You can take it two ways , it'll probably get up and bite you . #
Was it broom ? #
Oh yes , yes . #
The name of that particular species is in there though . #
What do you want ? #
The colour or something ? #
Well er won't it be in the other one , catalogue . #
I seem to remember looking at it in the other one . #
Oh yes , your free giftie . #
Oh yes . #
It'll arrive no doubt . #
Not for that sort of er thing , no . #
They're certainly not quick . #
And they probably haven't if they get five hundred certain number and five hundred thousand you know ? #
It's not worth looking on the box for the news because it's , they'll be nothing new . #
Mm . #
Mm no doubt you will eventually . #
these ? #
What on earth is a rolled house ? #
Oh no no . #
Yeah . #
Well it's a bit like these victorian wheelbarrows and things aren't they ? #
Yeah solid . #
How much were they ? #
About seventy five quid or something stupid like that . #
They're not as good as the . #
Lot of weight in themself . #
Bound to go rotten eventually . #
Mm . #
Well they're trendy so I suppose it's the usual afternoon run to Leo's is it ? #
Usual afternoon run to Leo's ? #
Yeah I suppose we want Mm . #
Am I not supposed to be going somewhere tomorrow to to enquire about something or ? #
Ah . #
Oh . #
Oh yes . #
The estate agents ? #
Mm . #
Yes I think their office is near the erm near Iceland . #
Think that's it . #
Yeah . #
You can have a look . #
Yeah . #
We always do though . #
Don't we ? #
Oh yeah . #
Well I'm not t is the address there ? #
. #
I think it's on High Street . #
They don't sh give the address ? #
Oh good god . #
Oh . #
Ah . #
Yes by the number I er it is , I'm pretty sure where I thought . #
Going in to , or rather going up High Street in to High Street from the erm Freemans Way , you know ? #
It's this side of Iceland on the right . #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
There's no there's no price on there I presume ? #
Ooh ! #
Well it's possibly at the request of the vendor you know . #
Oh yeah I know . #
Course you will . #
Oh no no no . #
Course you will . #
Mm . #
Oh I won't bother with that cos that'll be too expensive , or whatever , yeah . #
Oh quite , mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Or possibly #
Yeah . #
Yeah . #
Where are those two ? #
Are those #
Oh , St Peter's Road one is it ? #
Yeah . #
Are you sure that isn't I think they were agents as well for one round the corner . #
In Cromwell Mm . #
Mm . #
Can I have a look ? #
Okay . #
Yeah . #
No , that's not the er unless it's another handling agent cos that's not the photograph #
No of , no .Oh I don't know . #
I don't know . #
Well misconstruction about the use of a room more likely but where's me other windows ? #
Can't see with these damn things . #
Most attractive detached bungalow blah blah blah blah blah Come to think of it I don't think it is that one . #
I don't think that's the one on St Peters . #
No . #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
It did . #
It's , it's not in this week then , that one ? #
Mm . #
Yeah that's possible . #
Ouch ! #
This other one in Johnston will be fairly pricey I think . #
This white one . #
Mm . #
Eighteen foot lounge job . #
Fitted kitchen , dining room . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Erm #
I can't visualize them to be honest , no . #
No . #
Oh ,one or two of them were they ? #
I can remember one quite clearly that absolutely dog rotten window frames . #
Cottage ? #
Oh . #
Mm vaguely . #
Is that the one that's going up er but the auction . #
Thirteen was it , she said ? #
Or sixteen ? #
I'm sure it was thirteen actually , yeah . #
It may have been , it may have been sixteen . #
Mm . #
It can't be much for sixteen . #
Coo not today . #
No . #
It may be of course it's on , on auction because they can't get a mortgage on it . #
It may be too bad for a mortgage . #
It could be . #
Mm . #
Down here you mean ? #
Oh . #
Ah . #
North Wales ? #
Yes . #
Oh yeah . #
Yes I do . #
Yes . #
Oh buying unseen you mean ? #
Oh ! #
I know . #
I couldn't . #
You just have to be a fool . #
That people could buy a property unseen , well you know , it's ridiculous . #
And the price #
I mean just when you think about it they they were actually following estate agents when they went out to value a property . #
Gee , god . #
But now I mean what a difference . #
Mm . #
I find it a bit hard to believe what said about being the boom's coming ba not boom but picking up . #
I don't #
I don't know . #
Well #
mm very . #
Mm . #
Sorry , no . #
Even if . #
At least let them know you're not going . #
For one reason or another , yeah . #
Mm . #
No no . #
Never forget that girl in that bungalow we saw . #
Was it the one ? #
With the #
With the yellow radiator . #
That's right . #
She and dog muck all down . #
But I couldn't help but feel sorry for her . #
She was quite a young girl wasn't she ? #
Oh yes . #
Yes . #
Mm . #
She knew damn well we weren't interested didn't she ? #
She must have done . #
She was sort of half apologetic #
Mm . #
I presume she must have done eventually . #
Mm . #
Er and a husband was a teacher er a lecturer #
wasn't he ? #
And that one we saw . #
You walked in the front door and you quickly walked out the back door . #
Oh strewth . #
Well exactly , yeah . #
Mm . #
Still . #
I suppose we might have had one or two lucky escapes there didn't we ? #
By not buying up there . #
Well I certainly wouldn't , but I know somebody else was getting a bit fed up but #
Quite a few . #
We certainly travelled around didn't we ? #
Yeah when I think that's mm . #
We clocked some miles up . #
Not bad . #
Not bad , no . #
Not compared with down here I don't think . #
No . #
It still had a north of England feel about it you know . #
Didn't it ? #
Mm . #
It was a big improvement on Manchester , fair enough , but er mm . #
I can accept , of course #
Yeah , yeah . #
Oh the properties themselves . #
oh yes , indeed , yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
The comical thing is one of the comical things is there's quite a lot of money go into some of those corporation houses you know ? #
I know . #
Yeah what about the income going into the house ? #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
No they don't need a big place . #
No . #
Ooh with all the space heating , carpeting , decorating . #
furnishing #
Well . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
It's jumping about I know but I wish we could hear from Robin . #
It'd be nice wouldn't it ? #
Yeah photograph or something #
Mm . #
Hang on . #
Which Ken ? #
Big Ken ? #
Oh well li #
Oh yes yes #
Er when is his birthday ? #
Is it really ? #
Oh . #
And how old will he be ? #
Poor old codger . #
Is he as old as that ? #
Good grief . #
Well I don't think anybody does . #
I mean #
Remember Percy across the road ? #
Not wanting anybody to know he's seventy four , #
Well exactly . #
I was quite surprised . #
For a farmer too , ex farmer I should say , yeah . #
Mm . #
By god he's got some stuff #
Ooh . #
Oh I can't forget Alec . #
Go on . #
Yeah . #
Oh yeah ,Mm . #
Did he ? #
Mm . #
Yeah he looked older than he w he looked older than he was , yeah . #
Never guess how old I am . #
I don't know you , no no . #
Mm . #
graceful if you tried to really , yeah . #
Mm . #
bloody handlebars on his bike . #
It's handlebars up his sleeves isn't it ? #
He said I don't know . #
put his legs . #
I do not know . #
Mm . #
Oh well . #
He was a sitting target for Mike though wasn't he ? #
Oh strewth ! #
Mm . #
G er go on . #
She probably is . #
Erm #
Not in her later years , certainly not , no . #
? #
Was he ? #
Oh I thought he was at school , you know , bigger boy at school . #
Mm . #
Oh ! #
Really ? #
Oh well , mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Oh yes . #
Yeah . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
Well th that was incidental . #
Er things got that he could make his mother ,the other way round . #

Mm . #
Mm . #
Y yes . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
damn paint and stuff , cor strewth . #
Ooh . #
Oh I'm doing it outside tomorrow definitely . #
Oh weather permitting . #
There's a lot there's a lot more paint left to burn . #
Good grief . #
It's a worthwhile job though , isn't it ? #
Mm . #
Unfortunately it's #
See that back door , had it been applied well , the paint I would have just rubbed it down . #
If it had been like our door , the existing door it would have stood rubbing down flatting down and er then . #
No , bloody likely , oh no . #
too much to repair it . #
Yes , it's a thought that . #
I wonder . #
Well where it's been hacked about #
I'll see if those handles will fill that hacking about . #
They might . #
Well that I would have to fill of course , obviously but #
that's not too ba oh no no no #
Pardon ? #
Mm the rest of the door isn't too bad is it ? #
Okay . #
Hm . #
Mm . #
I'll have a look tomorrow . #
No the leading edge I can fill in alright . #
To save the #
Variety of things . #
Finish off with timber . #
I could erm and save the lock er well the yeah the lock . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
It might . #
I dunno . #
It may have gone too far , they may have bashed away too much . #
We'll see . #
Which other side ? #
Hang on . #
No how do you mean the other side ? #
Oh well I've got to do something with that anyway . #
Haven't I ? #
N no , no no . #
Cut the bad stuff out and er put the new timber in and shape it to fit the existing door casing , architrave and #
It won't scream anyway . #
I mean short of replacing the whole door casing which I'm not going to do yeah . #
Yes . #
Hm . #
I'd forgotten Josie saying it was er you know it was a wardrobe . #
Made the wardrobe , ha ! #
No according to Josie it was . #
Cos erm I think she or was it Yvonne said to me perhaps I'll find me hillbilly lend me er yeah #
Or perhaps . #
Something like that anyway . #
All the rough , rough sods in oh strewth . #
Terrible . #
Yes . #
Yes . #
Yes . #
Oh yes . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
And that's when you're being careful . #

Mm . #
Incidentally what er arrangements er if any , have Mike and have Mike and Dawn made for this er summer ? #
Well wasn't Dawn saying about they're going to go to France this year or something ? #
Well this is #
When they were here I think . #
Oh of course , yes . #
Obviously Mm . #
Mike has to inform the company obviously if he's taking the car out of the country , you know . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Aha ! #
I recognize a bit , yes . #
Go on . #
. Why ? #
Mm ? #
Mm . #
Well a succulent with the leaves being #
dark green glossy #
Well what did you s #
Mm . #
Who is it ? #
Mhm . #
Read on . #
Go on . #
Full flower ? #
No . #

Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Look it up in Titmarsh's book . #
Mm . #
About the flowering . #
You've looked it up in the Titmarsh have you ? #
Really ? #
Oh . #
Mm . #
Fount of all knowledge isn't flowing , mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Unless it's under it's ge generic name is it ? #
Hello our friend , ooh ooh . #
Mm . #
That's squeaking and creaking isn't it ? #
When you come in . #
Good afternoon . #
Just a spot of information with somebody . #
Ooh out of breath from this hill . #
Erm bungalow in St Peters Road . #
Ah , thank you . #
Can you give me the particulars ? #
Yeah . #
yeah . #
It's the one right bang on the main road ? #
Yeah . #
And anything else up to about forty five-ish . #
From about thirty five to forty five . #
Thirty five a snatch back or the repossession type thing I suppose . #
one of my daughters is er #
Oh . #
Preferably Johnston er but it really doesn't matter . #
It really doesn't matter to be honest with you . #
In saying that hang on , no , hang on . #
It isn't , well yes . #
Not necessarily , no no a house would do . #
Er Milford #
Johnston Arford Not way out , you know ? #
Preferably three but two get by with . #
Oh that one ye oh yes , I know . #
We know that er yes when we were looking . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
Thank you yes . #
Okay . #
I thought it was going to be , yes yes . #
Yes please . #
Yes just in case . #
One never knows . #
One never knows . #
Thank you . #
I thought it would be #
Well that's the asking price . #
Preferably three but not essentially . #
Two er one , if it's a two bedroom they're into the caravan outside . #
For the spare bedroom , usual thing . #

Where the hell's that ? #
Yes we do , yes . #
Yeah . #
Oh which way are we approaching it ? #
From this end or ? #
Yeah , go on . #
You turn right #
Oh thank you , yes . #

I see , yes , yeah . #
Please yes . #
Thank you . #
I'm so sorry . #
knock and shove me but I always get in the way . #
Thank you . #
Right okay . #
Well my wife and I have only been here , living here ooh just over twelve months now so we don't really know the #
Not frightfully well , no . #
From Manchester . #
Been #
Chorlton or Chorlton cum Hardy if you want the full glory . #
Don't tell me you were too ? #
Whereabou #
Stockport . #
Oh or what have you yes . #
Did you indeed ? #
Road or ? #
I know . #
Did you really ? #
Good gracious . #
And of the two places #
of the two places , where would you sooner be ? #
. #
Should have come here what #
Yes , I accept that . #
Yes . #
Y you're absolutely right there . #
You really are . #
Yes . #
Mm . #
How many think of the credit column . #
Precisely . #
Well our milkman , to be honest with you , it got to the stage where he wouldn't collect milk at night to collect the cash at night . #
No . #
In . #
Stretford #
Mollyrange Stretford , Mollyrange er #
I , I can remember Mollyrange sixty years ago and it was a very very different place , between you and me it really was . #
Mosside wasn't too bad sixty years ago but now , good gracious . #
Oh no ! #
Oh the wife and I went around Mosside the day after the riots there and , do you remember the riots ? #
Perhaps you don't . #
In the coloured area . #
They were smashing shops and burning cars and what #
You could feel the atmosphere when you were sat in the car . #
Disturbing . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Oh yeah . #
Range Warehouse #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Very good #
value for money , yeah . #
Yeah . #
Yes . #
Yes . #
Yes . #
I know . #
Yes . #
Yeah , and yet mm . #

Yeah . #
Yes I can believe it , yes . #
Yeah yeah . #
Well the the really ? #
There's a friend of my wife and I she's , what age is she now ? #
Well at the time she was in her very late thirties , schoolteacher . #
And she bought a house in Mollyrange . #
I didn't know about it , I didn't even know she was looking for one then . #
Er we saw her one day she said oh I've got the keys by the way . #
I said oh , keys for where ? #
You know . #
Oh I've got a house in . #
I said oh , whereabouts ? #
One side of the road there were three brothels and on the other side there were four . #
She was a schoolteacher . #
She'd no idea , very innocent , very er church , you know ? #
Oh yes , father was a parson and #
she lasted there about six months , that was all . #
Mm mm . #
Yeah . #
Oh it's very patchy . #
But it's interesting , Mollyrange , if you draw a line down the centre Pakistanis on that side and Jamaicans on that side . #
Seriously . #
Seriously . #
Well we've wanted to move for twenty five years possibly . #
But you know how it is , it's family ties and kids growing up and then they grow up and have families of their own , then you get tied to the ch grandchildren or what have you . #
I've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? #
Well I have a brother-in-law living in Stainton He's lived there , he retired there some what , ooh fifteen years ago , more than that . #
He'd been pressing me to come down here for a long time . #
When I used to bring my wife #
drive down drop her off at in-laws . #
Cup of tea , turn the car round and go back . #
I couldn't stand the bloke at the time . #
An ex Manchester lion board of directors , very very full of himself . #
He'd been used to having chars and minions running round him . #
Took him a while now he's a very nice chap . #
But now yeah it took him a while to calm down but he's a very nice fellow now , very nice chap . #
And erm we searched over north Wales first of all but phew no thank you . #
Extension really of Manchester in a way , north Wales . #
Mm . #
Then we er got a letter from ah my daughters , one of my daughters one of my many daughters married to a coastguard in Milford . #
Erm she spotted a house in the paper , sent it up . #
I said oh come on , we might as well go down and have a look . #
And we went down , liked it and that was it . #
Mm . #
And regretted that we hadn't come before . #
Oh seriously . #
Yes . #
Yes . #
Right . #
Thank you very much my love . #
Oh indeed yes , that's right . #
Well I'll concern it with my daughter first of all naturally . #
Cos I d I hate wasting , I remember when we were selling ours , the time wasters , the people that had no intention of buying . #
A magic cottage ? #
Did I hear right ? #
M A G I C , magic ? #
Good gracious . #
Well you never know , yes exactly , yeah . #
Oh you've got a pretty picture for it ? #
Oh it's just come in , obviously yeah . #
Mm . #
Obviously just come in . #
That reminds me . #
When we bought our house , thank you . #
Thank you very much indeed . #
Erm we had the original full blow up #
from the estate agents . #
And erm we sent it to well one of my other sons in Australia there and he was thrilled to bits . #
oh you did very well with your photography . #
I thought #
Yes . #
Just too late I see . #
Never mind I'll come #
I'll come back later . #
Thank you very much for your time love . #
Bubye . #
Bubye . #
Forgive me smiling but does everybody do that , fall over the step there ? #
Same as me . #
There's not much of me but . #
Erm what if anything have you , erm these are enquiries I'm making on behalf of my daughter . #
Anything from about thirty five to forty five . #
Two bedroomed , no ? #
Round Arford , Johnston and Milford #
Have you ? #
Good good good good good . #
Thank you . #
I never realized it's first time price . #
Give me out a load , yes . #
And we can browse and #
Are there really ? #
Oh #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Oh look at that , thank you . #
Very well oiled runners on those er #
drawers haven't you ? #
Bit too much #
Yeah . #
Mind of it's own job , yeah ? #
Yeah yeah . #
Funny I'd just been saying that , just been reading a book allegedly written by erm Uri Geller , you know the #
and he claims to be er able to move things and do the poltergeist stunt , you know ? #
Mm . #
Claims to be . #
Oh yes , yes . #
Indeed yes . #
He claims that's been done . #
Exactly . #
That's right , yes . #
Some people can , yeah . #
Mm . #
Well , yeah . #
In his last chapter in the book he claims he did a a beam me up scottie business and #
Yeah exactly , yes . #
That I find a little bit hard to believe . #
One minute he was shall we say in Arford , next minute woof , he'd shot to Johnston through somebody's window ? #
Oh ! #
Yes exactly . #
Mm . #
That is pushing it . #
Think think think , she says . #
Think . #
Er I I don't know Johnston frightfu er Johnston ! #
I don't know er only be a matter of #
Well possibly , I don't know love . #
She might . #
Erm Well she might well do . #
You've given a goodly little pile here . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
A niece of mine living in tells me that it's picking up slightly , the property market . #
Would you agree with that or I find that hard to believe . #
Mm . #
No I don't think so , no . #
No , no . #
Mm . #
And , exactly , yes , yes . #
Quite , yes . #
Yes , yeah . #
Mm . #
Do you want to ditch me and grab the phone before it #
Alright , thank you . #
Yes . #
Marvellous . #
Good gracious . #
Yes a goodly pile . #
Quite a wide range . #
Erm erm #
Oh indeed yes . #
Yes . #
Yes . #
You're going to an awful lot of trouble for me love . #
Fine . #
Thank you very much indeed . #
Yeah . #
And the stuff ripping out the front . #
Oh I hate those things , personally , but still , there we are . #
Matter of , exactly yes . #
There we are . #
Thank you . #
Er yes , I s suspect they must have paid a lot of money to have that done too . #
Mm . #
Well , yeah . #
in that case , yeah . #
Er at this stage I don't think so to be honest with you because #
Well exactly , yes , she can give you a ring erm or I could give you a ring for that matter erm . #
expensive business for her , phoning from Manchester , . #
Yes yeah erm no there's little point just now , go on then she's thought of something else . #
Oh . #
Ooh . #
There's enough to keep me going for the week there isn't there ? #
Forgive me for saying so but the lighting in here is appalling , you don't you get headaches ? #
Don't you get headaches from #
Yeah I thought you would . #
Terrible light that . #
Doesn't help with the dark ceiling , that soaks it up doesn't it ? #
Mm . #
What when the property market picks up ? #
Oh I see . #
Oh yeah . #
Mm . #
Really ? #
Is it really ? #
Good gracious me . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
No sorry . #
Go on , yeah . #
Fine , thank you . #
Yeah , I can post it to her . #
Give her a tinkle and er yeah . #
Mhm . #
Yes . #
Fine thank you . #
Well yes exac thank you , because my wife writes to her practically every week #
and she can bung this in with the er #
Well yes . #
Quite , yes , yes . #
Thank you my love . #
Fine . #
Yes indeed . #
Thank you . #
Aha . #
Yes it is . #
Mm . #
Right . #
You can get back to you're er whatever you're getting back to . #
I dunno . #
Pretending to be busy . #
Or are you busy ? #
Drawing , oh well ! #
Ma oh ! #
It's getting more and more important as it goes . #
I'll try not to fall down the step when I go . #
Thank you my love . #
Bubye . #
Loads a money . #
Mm ? #
Aha ! #
Yes . #
Oh are we , have you have you been to Boots ? #
By the way . #
Are you sure ? #
I think #
thirty six erm thirty six this expires at half past four . #
That can't be right , this . #
Expires at sixteen thirty six ? #
God it's erm #
Well it's only fifteen thirty five now so Oh it is two hours you get for the er that's right , it's not an hour and a half , it's two hours you get isn't it ? #
It could be right . #
Yes . #
It is right in fact . #
Yeah we're okay , if you want to . #
I , we can #
Hang on , hang on , hang on . #
I can run the car round the other side of the car park . #
So it's less to walk . #
And walk from there . #
Why not ? #
Well somewhere else High Street . #
Hang on . #
Pardon ? #
Where will I go in there ? #
Well you want to go to this other car park for Boots don't you ? #
Yeah . #
Oh you're alright . #
Yeah , it's two hours . #
There we are . #
Oh yes I haven't got the strength . #
It's not my idea of a #
Yes . #
High Street , yes . #
No . #
No no . #
No need to lock up . #
a P reg . #
Erm do you find most of the old cars , more old cars than newer cars ? #
Yeah . #
Yeah . #
Just out of interest . #
Purely . #
Oh . #
Oh that figures . #
That figures . #
Yes exactly . #
Yes exactly . #
It's . #
Exactly . #
Yeah . #
No it must have been just coincidence . #
I no noticed the #
Oh I see , yes . #
At all ? #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm ? #
And they're a little bit over , yeah . #
At all . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Oh that's very #
Do you really ? #
Er yes , yes . #
Yeah . #
Exactly . #
Yes . #
Yes . #
Yeah , they can well afford to and er #
Exactly , exactly . #
Yes , yes . #
Yes . #
Exactly yes . #
Oh I see . #
Will you really ? #
Oh that's very good . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Yes quite . #
Yes , yes . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Oh indeed , yes , yes of course . #
Mm . #
It must be quite a boring job though ? #
Yes . #
Yes . #
Oh I know the multi-storey , yes . #
Yes . #
Yes , yes . #
Oh do you really ? #
Do you really ? #
Oh I see . #
Oh well yeah . #
Ah . #
Oh no I assumed it was just here and . #
I see , yeah . #
I see , yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
In circles . #
Yes . #
Yeah . #
Oh yeah yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
That's reasonable . #
Yeah , oh well #
Yes . #
Yes , quite , yeah . #
No . #
Oh no no no . #
Mm . #
Oh ! #
Because #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Ah yeah . #
And give a reasonable explanation or be pleasant about it and #
Yeah . #
Right . #
Mm . #
I think you'd get more than a t parking ticket looking at it for M O T wise if he get pulled . #
Yes , exactly . #
Yes . #
Ha ! #
Yes . #
Yes exactly . #
Right . #
Can I borrow your writing device ? #
Lovely , thank you . #
Right , thank you . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
Oh I see what you mean , yes . #
Yeah yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
I think though this afternoon . #
Big success , yeah . #
I'll empty the pockets and then #
Decisions . #
Oh . . #
Mm . #
Er yes . #
Well it's the only time we get chance to talk at the moment isn't it ? #
Mm . #
Well that's true , yes . #
Yeah . #
You could get twenty four hours continuously with Neville couldn't you ? #
God strewth . #
yourself . #
What , what is this ? #
No . #
. Ooh . #
Bring me thing with me . #
Easily carry that . #
No I don't think so . #
No no . #
It smells like burning . #
Mattresses or blankets , the carpets #
No . #
I've not had a blow lamp going this morning at all . #
It's probably come in with the door being open . #
It may even be the school you know ? #
Burning some rubbish in the er #
in the incinerator thing they've got there . #
Cor it really pongs doesn't it ? #
Mm . #
Many different types of smoke and pong . #
Wood smoke , when you're camping is #
it's , exactly . #
Yeah yeah . #
Oh yes . #
Yeah , well it was worthwhile wasn't it ? #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
That's really org yeah . #
Jolly good . #
Mm . #
No . #
We went camping again ? #
Well that's not very likely ! #
No thank you . #
I do . #
I'm not gonna go . #
Oh I see . #
Yes . #
No I know what you mean . #
Yeah . #
Yes I have a hazy recollection of that . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Yes . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Seems an awful long time ago in some ways , you know , camping . #
Yet other ways it doesn't Nina . #
The erm difference in cer some things can seem a long time ago and some are relatively recent . #
It doesn't really seem all that long since our lads in shorts , you know ? #
And there they are thirty nine . #
No no seriously #
Oh I know . #
Yeah . #
Oh . #
Which ones did you heave , by the way ? #
Oh my god , yeah . #
Well hang on , no . #
You didn't put a definite no on economy seven did you ? #
Oh well fair enough . #
No I'm talking about economy seven in case you heave #
any more #
Mm . #
She prefers er far prefers gas cooking I know , but #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mhm . #
Ah is that the one the Barratt type place ? #
Yeah well #
Yes . #
Exactly , yes . #
It's the same estate isn't it ? #
It is yeah . #
The same address , same area . #
Yeah . #
But there's quite a difference in price if you notice . #
And thirty something for that . #
Thirty seven I think it was , something like that . #
Could be wrong . #
This is this is , this is #
Mhm . #
I don't like either , to be honest with you , but there we are . #
Well if you weigh that other one up the end one . #
Yeah . #
There wouldn't be room for the caravan to start with . #
No I don't think so , no . #
Yeah . #
No . #
I don't think there would be . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Full stop . #
That'd be it . #
Mm . #
No room for a garage . #
No parking a car is there ? #
From what I can see of it . #
Oh yeah . #
It's erm important to remember by the way #
Well some estates , not many of course , but some estates have got a no go area for caravans parked don't they ? #
Mm . #
I don't think we're likely to meet it here to be honest with you but yes you do get it . #
Well I'm just saying I just said that we're not likely to get it here . #
But erm it would be a damn sight safer down here wouldn't it ? #
It wouldn't get vandalized , broken into scratched , bashed or whatever . #
Tell me , the #
Mm . #
Go on . #
Yeah I read it . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Depends what you mean by privacy of course , but go on . #
Privacy or privacy as they seem to say these days , don't they , sometimes ? #
carry on saying it whether it's right or wrong . #
Same with controversy and controversy . #
I know , I still . #
It's a real controversy though . #
Controversy . #
God , you've got me at it . #
You see ? #
How easily you can change . #
Good gracious me . #
Did you notice this morning on the box , the er weather girl ? #
She uses controversy and er #
Our friend what's his name , Mike is it ? #
Yes . #
He did the accidental I'm sure , controversy . #
Mm . #
And she #
Well it is for us because we've always been saying it . #
But I don't see any reason why it should be easier . #
Controversy , controversy . #
It's just accent on the #
Mm . #
Fed up with plaster up me nose and #
Oh strewth , yeah . #
There's quite a lot of it to do yet . #
Well we're it's it's the er first principles , prepare your surfaces isn't it ? #
Which we're doing . #
No . #
But that's the mm . #
Well we've finished the burning off in there . #
Yeah so that's one pong gone . #
Very largely gone . #
It still lingers on a bit though . #
There's not an awful lot more filling to do , but there is a bit of course . #
I sincerely hope not . #
No there's no more plastering . #
No . #
No . #
Just filling now . #
Imperfections you know ? #
Joints and , stuff like that . #
And that , it's a pity about that but I'm leaving the damn thing #
Fancy putting boss white ? #
Oh I know . #
If it works leave it alone , but #
erm on balance it's best left on and to just #
Yes . #
Oh yes . #
I'd far sooner take it off and do a proper job but well #
Well #
Well that's a p yes exactly , yes . #
Cos #
and I've got to scrape out all that horrible boss white . #
Cos it goes rock hard that stuff , over the years you know ? #
Boss white . #
Do you mean that's why they used boss white ? #
Possibly . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
Oh quite , yes . #
Mm . #
Have you noticed that by and large , not all the time of course but I should say that eighty percent of the time birds face that way ? #
Mm . #
Cos see that pigeon is now . #
In the tree , yeah . #
Mm . #
By far the majority of the time . #
Oh god , yes . #
Yes . #
Mm . #
Facing basically west , aren't they ? #
Mm . #
pardon ? #
Yes . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
You don't often get one pigeon though do you ? #
There's usually at least two of them . #
Yeah , exactly . #
Yeah . #
Yes that was getting on my wick that door , yeah . #
Mm . #
I was bunged up before I started this . #
bunged up now . #
Well and the fact that it was just their garden , and as far as I can make out it was simply that garden , it would suggest that she's fallen out with some kids or something like that or somebody and yeah . #
I mean why pick on one garden and systematically #
I don't think they'd been actually taken from what I can gather . #
They slashed them about , yes . #
Cut them all . #
Mm . #
Oh according to Josie , I really don't know about all the cabbages , it might consist of one or two . #
Funny business , yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
That's Yvonne's mother isn't it ? #
Yeah . #
Didn't Yvonne say she can be an awkward old devil ? #
Mm . #
So I sh #
yes . #
She's probably fallen out with some kid or other . #
Oh no no no no no . #
If there'd been a trail of destruction down the road , then fair enough , but #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Well we think so . #
Obviously there's others that don't think so , but not everybody thinks so . #
Yes . #
Yeah , yeah . #
Oh true , true . #
They're not an ug ugly thing . #
Mm . #
No . #
No . #
Oh yeah it's very small beer really isn't it ? #
Compared to some of the dodges they get up to . #
Mm . #
Light ? #
Er well no the , well at the front . #
Other than that , over the door area somewhere , I don't know exactly . #
I might stick it on a flying lead and wander around with it for a bit and see where it's best . #
But I've got a rough idea where it'll go anyway . #
of course is cable running to it providing it with power . #
I'll probably run it from the garage . #
About the easiest source . #
Do you mean the return ? #
If you come from the front of the house going towards the garage , that little bit there ? #
There's two feet or something . #
I am , yes . #
Well what do you mean then , the corner ? #
Yes , you mean literally on the corner ? #
The apex of two #
Well I'd have to make something to mount it on to go right on the corner but #
No . #
No . #
No . #
No . #
It'll screw drive on to a flat surface . #
Brickwork . #
Yeah . #
Certainly it will . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
Above a vandal . #
Well so you've got to get up a ladder to get at it . #
Er up a step ladder I mean , not a #
I'd thought roughly speaking in that area , yes but #
Ah well that would illuminate the er see if I put it fairly close to the actual corner at the front side , going down towards the garage . #
Close to that corner , still lighting on the front face but #
then a percentage of light will go round the corner . #
Well cos lights don't go round corners but #
No . #
No that would throw the front door into shadow wouldn't it ? #
Mm . #
Mm like I say that would be mm . #
Oh that way I can then get a decent cable run I think to the garage . #
For feed , you know ? #
Mm . #
Well that's the easiest bit , . #
To the circuit , yeah . #
That is . #
It will be helpful though , having a light there . #
Because at night , you get a percentage a a #
degree of light I should say from that street lighting , but not an awful lot . #
Mm . #
And for people coming in , going out for the step . #
whatever , you know ? #
Mm . #
It'll be a quite sufficient spread to , to cope with the er entrance to the garage I mean , you know ? #
Mm . #
I still think two rows of erm pavers stones inbetween's the best bet for the front you know ? #
To put there . #
There's only one problem #
Well the approach to the garage , yeah . #
The drive . #
Er yes . #
Yes . #
Exactly . #
Yeah . #
The usual thing , yeah . #
You get a what ? #
No , not if you put sodium chlorate down . #
Nothing'll grow then . #
Good grief . #
If you what ? #
Yeah . #
Yeah . #
Up the sides , yeah . #
Yeah ? #
No , well that doesn't really matter . #
I mean the erm in fact , there's only one fairly tight path you can follow to get the car in . #
Into the side . #
If you think about it . #
It'll be worth putting a couple of pavers on there just to cope with the track of the pa er the wheels going in . #
Not necessarily , no . #
No . #
I don't mean put down like bloody tramlines . #
A railway line in . #
No no . #
Actually it's quite attractive #
that actually . #
I was looking at it again this morning . #
Yeah . #
Ooh hark at her ! #
Well they want stabilizing a bit yeah and er #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mhm . #
Oh lifting them you mean ?you mean ? #
Oh god . #
Yes . #
Yeah . #
Well there was at the time obviously . #
Cos do you remember there was that erm monstrous creation I should say erection ,erection for erm #
The foundation , exactly . #
I know , yeah . #
No , I'm not with you . #
Yes . #
I'm with you now . #
It's fairly deep eight inches down , the bricks ? #
I know I went quite a way down . #
I mean honestly you'd have thought they were building a ruddy house there wouldn't you ? #
That's only er I don't know . #
It's the same with the greenhouse #
They'd have had a nine inch thick #
erm solid concrete path in the centre . #
Who the hell #
wants that ? #
In the middle of the co #
er of the greenhouse . #
Oh there ? #
Yes , yes . #
Well oh dear . #
I've kept my eyes open when we're going through Harford #
and there's no signs of work . #
Mark you it wasn't a brilliant day was it ? #
So #
Yeah . #
Yeah , oh yeah , yeah . #
Cos those were definitely new ones , ready for placing in . #
A , a pile of stones . #
Oh yeah . #
Well no . #
No no , no . #
No , straight to the tip . #
That's not the tip . #
Yeah . #
That's not the tip . #
You've never been to the tip . #
I don't think , no you've not . #
It's erm Tearscross way . #
You know the quarry ? #
Well the quarry area anyway , the same road . #
You can approach it two ways . #
From erm #
No no no . #
That's just bits they've had on various trucks . #
Lorries and things . #
No , no . #
No no . #
The tip is where I went . #
The first time I went I followed the route recommended by Peter ? #
Peter which on a map looks quicker but it isn't cos it's a winding #
country road single track in a lot of directions . #
Apparently yes . #
No . #
No they don't they just they stick them on to #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Yeah . #
On indeed it would , yes . #
It would . #
Mm . #
I'll be giving that mixer a caning this year though . #
I hope to give the mixer a caning this year . #
Yeah . #
Mm . #
Mm . #
Oh yes , yes . #
In some ways it is sensible , yes because you're carrying muck down . #
Yeah . #
I mean down , when we've done down here we've pu god been putting mats down and lord knows what to #
oh yeah . #
Mm . #
But the erm ceiling rose and preferably the light switch could do with replacing . #
Mm . #
Well the , the lighting switch isn't so clever either . #
And before I put too much back I want to have the floorboards up to clear #
