[Joyce:] Who's here?
[Alec:] Eh?
[Joyce:] Who's hang that coat up?
[Ann:] Joyce
[Joyce:] Yeah...
[Ann:] Hiya
[Joyce:] Hiya
[Ann:] Bloody fog eh?
[Joyce:] Are you alright?
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] Terrible int it?
[Ann:] Aye
[Joyce:] I didn't I didn't know if you'd be coming or not.
[Ann:] Oh, God
[Joyce:] Mind you, you had a good week off didn't you?
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] It was terrible
[Ann:] Yeah, freezing weren't it? It was cold up there
[Joyce:] Was it?
[Ann:] Mm, bitter, it's like really biting up there
[Joyce:] Yeah, how did Dan go on?
[Ann:] Erm, most of it grown, it'd grown back and it has grown back funny
[Joyce:] Do what?
[Ann:] My sideboard has grown back, it's grown back funny
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] you know, more like causing a blockage and that
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] you know
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] so we are alright now
[Joyce:] [cough] Yeah
[Ann:] thank God
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] there's no bugger in
[Joyce:] So what did you like, what did you think about your week off then?
[Ann:] Me, liked it off thank you
[Joyce:] Do you like it up there? Did you like it off? [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] Oh I do
[Joyce:] You didn't enjoy it?
[Ann:] No, ready for home
[Joyce:] We are
[Ann:] Bored
[Joyce:] we are
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] our old be in town, if you only go up and see her if you're in town couldn't you?
[Ann:] Oh God, he went in Sunday, Bill took him in at ten o'clock about sixteen mile here and sixteen mile back it is
[Alec:] Yeah
[Ann:] so Sunday we went [clears throat] Sunday afternoon when had got back we had to go back again, er Monday he had his operation so we didn't go in afternoon we went over the Metro Centre, but I couldn't settle, so we come back
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] [clears throat] and er
[Joyce:] When did he have his operation?
[Ann:] Monday morning
[Joyce:] Oh yeah
[Ann:] Joe said he went through night, he said I sat and come home in morning
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] so he come home Wednesday morning
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] and then he went back Monday for his stitches out
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] and then he's got a big packing, he can't have that out like tenth of February er so
[Joyce:] So he was only in for a couple of days then?
[Ann:] Yeah Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
[Joyce:] It's like Peggy across the road
[Ann:] four days
[Joyce:] she had, she's had to have her breast off you know, she had cancer
[Ann:] Has she?
[Joyce:] and she had it er Tuesday
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] and I went across to see how she was and he says I'm expecting her home today, that were Thursday, so that was
[Ann:] It's not long enough you know
[Joyce:] that was two days
[Ann:] disgusting
[Joyce:] that was two days
[Ann:] Yeah well, they let her home in a week you know
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] after a week
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and right, they have a drainage thing on it
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] to fetch all badness, I mean it were all five of those bottle or four up in London
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] erm, you know like creamy stuff and that
[Joyce:] Yes
[Ann:] anyway they were needed beds, so they sent her home, and er, you know er see that stuff that come away, you see there were still some stuff left to come away
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] and it finds a way to and she was in a right mess
[Joyce:] So where is she now?
[Ann:] right in between stitches, it was all oozing out
[Joyce:] Oh God, dear
[Ann:] One day she sat here and she had a T-shirt on Joyce
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and yes she was just all covered
[Joyce:] Was she?
[Ann:] with all this stuff and she were like it were eh hard
[Joyce:] It's like your dad were, weren't it, but he's, he had a hole in his back, so it ran up, and it used to fill up and it, every so often it would burst out wouldn't it
[Ann:] Yeah, you see it's just got to come away
[Joyce:] She couldn't keep up with cloths and that for it
[Ann:] No
[Joyce:] could she?
[Ann:] No
[Joyce:] She had a right job did she with it?
[Ann:] but like somebody else that were in, erm, the, the bloody pressure were up so they kept them in cos of that
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] over the weekend
[Alec:] Don't they
[Joyce:] No
[Alec:] Oh
[Ann:] and they kept their bottle on longer you see, while they were in and they were alright, and it
[Joyce:] no
[Ann:] She had some right trouble because they, they sent her home too early, so
[Alec:] I did know they let her home, I didn't know she had her breast off though
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] Oh
[Alec:] did you?
[Ann:] that's worse than having
[Joyce:] it looks worse
[Alec:] Oh does it?
[Ann:] Does it?
[Joyce:] it look's worse
[Ann:] I've never seen it
[Joyce:] erm, er in next bed to have, they've gotta have, well the pretty shook up anyway
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] Oh dear, oh dear
[Joyce:] er in next bed to our Beryl
[Ann:] She's ever so bitter about it then
[Joyce:] about fifty she's fifty two
[Ann:] Yeah, she's about that age, yeah she is about that age
[Joyce:] you see, you know, er
[Ann:] that little girl though, you know
[Joyce:] fifty eight is worse age for breast cancer
[Ann:] Is it?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] er there's a bit of stew in there, would you like some of that heated up in microwave? It's all that's left from yesterday... it's only vegetables in that, there's nothing fattening in it
[Ann:] Oh Joyce I'm not worried about oh fat in it anyway
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] Oh [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] not this weather anyway
[Ann:] Er, erm
[Joyce:] I thought you were watching it like, you know
[Ann:] No... I've eaten more bloody stuff while I were up there last week meant for a star, bought chocolate
[Joyce:] Have you?
[Ann:] Oh I was bored to tears and I was eating whole time
[Joyce:] Ooh
[Ann:] going and buying
[Joyce:] you said you were going up nearer instead of just going, you should of said oh I just come up for a few days
[Ann:] Blair had to look after him Joy cos he were bad when he come home like
[Joyce:] Ah
[Ann:] you know what I mean?
[Joyce:] Ah
[Ann:] He come home Wednesday night, they went and picked him up
[Joyce:] Oh she went in like?
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] and er what did he do, got out of car, banged his bloody head on car
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] his ear started bleeding
[Joyce:] Ooh love him
[Ann:] the very next day anyway I sent for a doctor
[Joyce:] mm
[Ann:] anyway doctor said she should, they shouldn't of even let you home
[Joyce:] Tt
[Ann:] he said I can't believe it, I mean he had the operation Monday
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] he says er, it's a big operation that
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] cos like you go dizzy and that, it hits your balance you know what I mean and then
[Joyce:] Of course
[Ann:] were having this packing
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] anyway, erm tt bloody smell smoke, making him feel sick
[Joyce:] Oh so he couldn't have a smoke?
[Ann:] He didn't have a comfortable drag Joyce
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER] A comfortable drag
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] oh
[Ann:] Oh I feel so sorry for
[Joyce:] Oh we've had er, there was this wait Chris rung us up, she's coming over in April
[Ann:] Oh is she?
[Joyce:] she's coming over before David
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] have a few weeks well
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] she's having seven weeks
[Ann:] Oh yeah is she?
[Joyce:] ain't she? And then David's coming over and having three weeks, so she'll be over seven weeks
[Ann:] Oh that'll be lovely that
[Joyce:] So I said to him
[Ann:] with the kids?
[Joyce:] Yeah, I said yeah, I mean it is, I said, you come tomorrow if you like bedrooms are ready, but you see she'll be staying at her mum's some time
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] she'll be staying here and at her mum's but er
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] her mum or er
[Ann:] Ooh that'll be nice
[Joyce:] her mum really she's got a lot on, she'll have a lot on cos she's got to prepare for that wedding, you know what you're like when you, you've got
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] you know if you want, want to be doing things don't you get out of house and that
[Ann:] Yeah,pre preparing for a wedding, yeah... aye
[Alec:] Just stop here now can you see caravan out on road? [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] It'll be old'un won't it?
[Alec:] Yeah September er
[Ann:] Eh?
[Joyce:] right, have you heard owt from
[Alec:] no, er paid er his money
[Joyce:] Oh have you oh
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] good everything's alright then
[Alec:] brewery, brewery's took it over
[Joyce:] Brewery, oh
[Alec:] must of took whole lot of them...
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] took all ground and everything off them
[Joyce:] Yeah... yeah, well they've got plenty of money breweries haven't they?
[Alec:] Yeah, I, have some [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] have some of mine if it's
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Joyce:] We haven't been out for a drink us since, I think last time we went out New Year's Day...
[Alec:] It's only now
[Joyce:] Aye we so far
[Alec:] We so far
[Joyce:] were down were hospital Sunday I says to her I tell what
[Ann:] Cor all that
[Joyce:] and er you know we can have a drink, we'll go out and have a drink and have a meal like, anyway our John says oh mum, I'm not bothered about going out, you know so
[Ann:] No
[Joyce:] we've not been out now we us
[Ann:] No
[Alec:] we haven't been since Sunday dinner have we?
[Joyce:] Erm centre on Wednesday
[Alec:] Yeah
[Ann:] Your
[Alec:] only for a drink
[Joyce:] Oh not for a drink, no, no we haven't we have, but it's Friday
[Ann:] What a difference it makes, it costs you at least ten pounds a night
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] so if you're staying a few nights some get some saved up don't you?
[Joyce:] Yeah of course you can, I mean my mum haven't been out for weeks
[Ann:] No
[Joyce:] she still had that cold
[Ann:] Has she?
[Joyce:] Aye
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] well we, we stayed in a week when we had that cold didn't we? We stayed in for a week and then we started going out didn't we? You know
[Alec:] And we haven't been out this week either
[Joyce:] No, but it's surprising how you, you get set you, you soon get used to it not going out I mean he's used to going out, but he, you still get used to not going out as well don't you? That's how it goes well it's been, the, the weather's not been fit has it?
[Ann:] No
[Joyce:] I mean with his chest being bad he's
[Ann:] Yes
[Joyce:] not been fit to go out
[Ann:] I mean we went to pick babe up five o'clock erm Saturday and I had to ring it were really freezing cold
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] cos they've had their car pinched
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] took the car keys to them
[Joyce:] Who has?
[Ann:] Our Wayne and who got babe, they've only had car a month
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] and they were, Pip's in hospital
[Joyce:] oh where are they?
[Ann:] They went to see him Monday night, with all that fog, they come out and bloody car had gone
[Joyce:] Oh my God
[Ann:] and er police rang them up Tuesday, cos er they found car at Great Alton, they went to pick it up, somebody had nicked it again
[Alec:] Yeah?
[Ann:] so erm... it's a right bloody case
[Alec:] Wonder how they're getting in?
[Ann:] Just smash the lock, what they do, what, what that cop told us, oh that looks nice Joyce, they just erm get her things, put it on wall like that and then they just start it with wires, but it, that's what they trying to do with ours, but er they've either, either been disturbed or erm they, they took theirs, Monday night in all that fog
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] and
[Joyce:] poor things
[Ann:] police rang them up this woman had rung him up, she's got a farm at Great Alton and
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] oh she says there's an Astra car here
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] in middle of field, so er anyway police came
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and erm they said er oh it's been stolen like, rang our Wayne up, our Wayne went through to pick it up
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and er gone again, somebody nicked it again
[Joyce:] Oh, never
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] Oh...
[Ann:] It's nice this stew is
[Joyce:] It's alright if you like in it, I put steak and kidney in it seems to be ate tons of it [LAUGHTER] today, eh []
[Ann:] There's plenty of meat yeah we ate we right enjoyed it
[Joyce:] It's nice and tasty though don't it? It warms you up
[Ann:] Oh yeah, what you reckon Joy I did it cos we went to see his sister yesterday, cos he's only got one sister so we go and see her, see her regular and, she's not all that good is she in health?
[Alec:] No
[Ann:] So she said she's no car to come over here
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] we go over there and erm... so I do, what I did I put that meat out to thaw the night before so it was thawed
[Joyce:] Mhm
[Ann:] so I thought well I'd put that in with some onion
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and, so I did, you know, and, and pearl barley in it
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] and then er I thought oh I might as well put some veg in, you know, so I put some veg in, so when we, I says oh I'll do this, I'll do this stew, you know, nearly to finish it like, and erm when we come in we'll have a meal ready for us, it were right nice coming into it meal ready
[Joyce:] Yeah, yeah
[Ann:] weren't it love?
[Alec:] Yeah
[Ann:] Can be, how my hyacinth gone, look at it, the silly thing [LAUGHTER] it's gone cock-eyed, can you see it
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] instead of growing up straight look... one of those things has broke off on that Alec
[Alec:] Yeah
[Ann:] I've got plants, quite a few plants upstairs, the only geraniums I've put in my greenhouse has died, must of been too cold for them
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] but I put some upstairs, good job, but I did loads didn't I all little cuttings, they were coming on a bit weren't they?
[Alec:] Mm
[Ann:] Still
[Joyce:] You learn don't you? Live and learn
[Ann:] Yeah, I cooked a lasagne this morning, I thought well
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] just pop it in oven then when they come in
[Joyce:] Ah yeah
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] so
[Joyce:] I've never done one of them
[Ann:] Ain't you? It's lovely Joyce it's really nice
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] do it with mince meat and it's cheap and erm, but my, erm... chopped onions, I can't, I'm allergic to mushrooms, it's nice with mushrooms in, if you like mushrooms
[Joyce:] Oh yeah
[Ann:] erm chop my oni onio onions er onions up and erm, what do they call it?... It's sort of like cucumber
[Joyce:] Oh er
[Ann:] green stuff
[Joyce:] erm
[Ann:] not
[Alec:] courgettes
[Ann:] Yeah, courgettes do a little brown frying
[Joyce:] Yeah, yeah yeah
[Ann:] and then cut some bacon up, put that in saucepan just let it brown a bit
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] in a bit of fat, er soften onions, then put mince in, brown mince
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] erm a bit of garlic if you like garlic, we don't like it that much, so I get garlic salt that's not as strong
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] and the erm put a tin of tomatoes in
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] in er a spoon of tomato puree
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and some mixed herbs
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] with salt and pepper and that
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] then just simmer it
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] er and then just put some er on bottom of a dish if you put a mixture
[Joyce:] What like the mixture, yeah, mm
[Ann:] and then you make some white sauce up, you pour white sauce on top
[Joyce:] mm
[Ann:] and then I buy that lasagne that's already cooked, just in like strips
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] the lasagne verdi
[Joyce:] Oh yeah
[Ann:] and put it on top
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] and I put the lo row, row of mixture of bolognese like
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] then some more white sauce, then another
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] row of lasagne
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] then my mince again
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] white sauce and then just grate cheese on top
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] and it's really nice
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] filling an'all
[Joyce:] Yeah lovely
[Ann:] I don't think you'll like it though do you? Eh?
[Alec:] Don't sound like it
[Ann:] Mind you, he likes tomatoes he likes, he likes mince, he
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] likes onions, bacon and stuff like that
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] er it tastes really nice, I mean like, you can put carrots in it if you want
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] I mean like Alison she puts mushrooms in, she puts
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] red peppers, green peppers, she
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] puts all sorts, but we don't bother to buy all that
[Joyce:] Mm, no, no we don't like peppers, I don't like peppers
[Alec:] No garlic
[Ann:] No
[Joyce:] No
[Ann:] but, I like that garlic salt, it's alright that
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] it's not strong or owt you know?
[Joyce:] Yeah I've got salt as well mm
[Ann:] But but, I put
[Joyce:] in that, so I've got a bag, I've got a bag of that erm stew pack you know, frozen, that's really handy that int it? I put my meat in and er, and erm tt my onions
[Ann:] Is it like mixed veg like?
[Joyce:] Yeah, stew pack
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] with all sorts in it, onions turnip, carrots, er all, all the root veg like you know
[Ann:] Aye, yeah
[Joyce:] so what I did I put another carrot in extra
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and a couple of onions in extra and er
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] some celery what I got fresh, I cooked some of that cos that's what I got from that bloke
[Ann:] Oh that's good Joyce, very tasty
[Alec:] Is that that stuff?
[Joyce:] What love?
[Alec:] Is that that stuff I got?
[Joyce:] Yeah that's that stuff
[Alec:] Oh, oh
[Joyce:] you didn't grumble about it did you this time?
[Ann:] Is it in oven or on top?
[Alec:] Probably didn't know
[Joyce:] I just did it in the pan on top
[Ann:] Oh
[Joyce:] and I did it er the burner and then simmered it, I put, didn't put my kidney in well, when I put my veg in
[Ann:] Yeah, yeah
[Joyce:] because kidney don't take as long to cook
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] as stew meat does it? But that stew meat I got that
[Ann:] Very nice
[Joyce:] that from Cleethorpes you know
[Ann:] very tasty
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER] We've got
[Ann:] tasty
[Joyce:] we've got stew meat, we got erm lamb, I got, I don't know how many joints of lamb, I got er, I don't know how many joints of that er rib of beef you know?
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] Oh that's beautiful
[Ann:] Is it?
[Joyce:] and it's only ninety eight pence a pound, it's absolute gorgeous int it Alec?
[Alec:] Yes
[Joyce:] So er
[Alec:] What you call it?
[Joyce:] Well it's rib of beef int it? They don't call it that
[Ann:] Don't call it that
[Joyce:] they don't call it that, but it is that int it? That's what it is a rib of beef
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] cos I said to him can you, can you cut me small ones he said well they're from the rib of the beef he said and it depends on the size of the beef what size your
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] you know, and he brought this piece up, oh and it was pretty gorgeous, so Alec says how much is that piece? And he said er ten pound weren't it, but it made four joints, yeah
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] lovely joints, you know like er with a bone and the, the meat
[Ann:] Mhm
[Joyce:] all around it like that
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] I thought we'll have it
[Ann:] well I've seen it here and er honest it's oh so dear innit? that's it yeah yeah yeah, yeah and it's really tasty isn't it?
[Alec:] Yeah we enjoyed it didn't we?
[Joyce:] Well it will do me erm... er, er Sunday joint a dinner and then there's some left for Monday and then there's some left for a stew you know
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] which I usually make it into
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] a stew and put
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] it in freezer and I
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] bring it out, you know
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] like when we have it
[Ann:] It's lovely that dress it'll go, gorgeous
[Joyce:] Is it alright?
[Ann:] right enjoyed it
[Joyce:] Right, we'll be having all them erm
[Ann:] very tasty
[Joyce:] all them eggs you know, when we went to Alec, when they were selling these trays of eggs, er, we went there with Alec, so I said I'll have one like, and they were really fresh, but when I got home I got that thing of, from Kwiksave, I got the whole packet, big packet
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] so I'd got all that, I think it's forty odd eggs ain't I just
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] us two, we don't use many, so I made, I made quiches, I put them in raw in the freezer, you know ready just to cook
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] bring out and cook, I made sponge cakes, fruit cakes, er
[Ann:] Use up all these eggs
[Joyce:] yorkshire pudding, I had to use them up didn't I, cos I don't like eggs laid about, you know, I don't like them being there a lot
[Ann:] Yeah, but if boil eggs they're alright
[Joyce:] boil them we have we have, we don't eat many eggs, though, do what?
[Alec:] It's nice
[Ann:] with the bread it's alright if you fried
[Joyce:] Yeah, but I've had it, I mean I've had them a week now haven't I?
[Alec:] They're alright
[Ann:] Oh I have them over a week eggs
[Joyce:] I don't like to keep them too long eggs, you know, especially with this scare being on
[Ann:] Mm, mind you... I never bother, I mean if you look in supermarket, erm, you know it has er best before, and it you know it's always a few months
[Joyce:] Is it?
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] Yeah... I suppose it would of been alright like, but I don't like keeping them
[Ann:] If they're fresh I mean
[Joyce:] and anyway this fellow said do you want some rabbit it's a pound each, so we ordered some rabbits [LAUGHTER], ain't got them yet like, but I don't know if we'll get them or not
[Alec:] After all there is Sunday dinner to go
[Joyce:] so whether we'll get them or not, I don't know we ordered ten so I don't know whether we'll get, maybe if we'd ordered two we might of got them, but er, ordering ten is a lot ain't it?
[Ann:] Mm, you as soon as he can, eh got MOT next month
[Alec:] Yeah, ours, ours is due
[Ann:] and er, oh is this it? Oh brakes wants seeing to, a side light, the shock rears want doing
[Joyce:] Why are you
[Ann:] get it to steering
[Joyce:] Have you done it like?
[Ann:] wheel bearings might want doing that bloke's
[Joyce:] Who do
[Ann:] gonna do it
[Joyce:] Oh is he gonna do it for you?
[Alec:] Oh is he? Oh, oh
[Joyce:] Oh
[Alec:] go down and see him, if he'll check mine over
[Joyce:] So erm anyway goes in, I said to him other day, I asked him other week, he says our turn to give me a ring
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] anyway Bob said oh you'll see him on Friday, I says Bill is a busy bloke you know, I says you can't just go on Friday and expect to do it over weekend
[Ann:] No this is it
[Joyce:] he might of booked somebody else in
[Ann:] Yeah, well, I wouldn't ask him because I think it's too cold for poor devil to work, you know
[Joyce:] Anyway, erm, I don't know where he's got all this lot from, somebody must of said at work that, what's wheel bearing er gate steering?
[Alec:] Dunno
[Joyce:] Dunno what that is, I mean oh we haven't got a clue, he's not got a clue on car, don't know where he's got that bloody lot from, so... besides other things that want checking for MOT, I think he wants them to check
[Alec:] They do steering them
[Joyce:] for them... so
[Alec:] we ought to have somebody have a look at it
[Joyce:] we've managed to drive
[Ann:] Well that cost a lot, but a bloody
[Joyce:] well where've you got that from then Ann?
[Ann:] Oh that, they'll sort it out
[Joyce:] Oh
[Alec:] somebody, somebody programmed see if it
[Ann:] Oh it work
[Alec:] don't
[Ann:] oh yeah...
[Joyce:] Might of done it
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] cos there's not many cars in that yard when we past
[Alec:] Oh
[Joyce:] No they've been that's it, when we went past er that Sunday, was it Easter Sunday we went and
[Ann:] Oh probably nobody
[Alec:] No
[Ann:] in a weekend
[Joyce:] Saturday, Saturday we
[Ann:] not in at weekends Joyce
[Joyce:] No, nobody
[Ann:] there's no other time
[Joyce:] The, the, the thing was empty
[Alec:] Well do it in week
[Joyce:] No it was the weekend love I said oh next week then they're not
[Ann:] Perhaps weekend they're not working much in the week then
[Joyce:] They're not
[Alec:] we went for market
[Joyce:] not all, but it were dead actually
[Ann:] Mm
[Alec:] Yes
[Joyce:] anyway we, we paid our er, our rates for Mansfield
[Ann:] Yes
[Joyce:] Mansfield breweries took them over now
[Ann:] Ah
[Joyce:] and we got the bill
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] so we had to take a hundred and twenty five pound off what we owed
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and if we paid it before the end of January
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] we got twenty nine pounds summat off
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] nearly thirty pound off, so we did, took that off and I sent the rest
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] and I took my hundred and twenty five off
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and I sent the rest
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and I got my oh, oh would I, I couldn't wait to get my receipt back you know, anyway, I got my receipt back as well
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] didn't I?
[Ann:] Yeah well if you say you've paid by cheque that's
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] your receipt an'all int it?
[Joyce:] Yeah I went out and got erm
[Ann:] You know
[Joyce:] got er nice little watch an Accurist watch with that money Dave sent, I thought if I don't it's gonna fritter away
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] you know... so er
[Alec:] Buy, she buys ladders with her money...
[Joyce:] That's it
[Ann:] Oh that's nice Joyce, oh it's gorgeous that
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] Oh that's beautiful isn't it?
[Joyce:] Yeah, got a small little face and
[Ann:] It's gorgeous that
[Joyce:] it had to change that for me, cos it was so big the other one
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] Aye, he said it's just er to stop it from slipping straight off
[Ann:] It's gorgeous
[Joyce:] your hand
[Ann:] Yes
[Joyce:] I said well it would do
[Alec:] Yes
[Joyce:] that could jerk it out, the test to hold my hand out, and my get it on int it?
[Ann:] It's gorgeous that
[Joyce:] But er, he ain't spent his yet, I've spent mine, [LAUGHTER] I've spent mine.... Go on if you had a bloody some bloody stuff nicked last Saturday
[Alec:] What again?
[Joyce:] we had last Saturday again
[Ann:] They're all shit honestly
[Joyce:] You had what? He had some stuff nicked, a ski jacket which cost me seventy five quid it were half, the rest it should of been a hundred and fifty
[Ann:] Nicked?
[Joyce:] Nicked
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] Pinched
[Ann:] Aargh
[Joyce:] pair of football boots
[Ann:] nicked, ooh
[Joyce:] and a pair of trainers
[Ann:] oh not again tt oh
[Joyce:] I took her to school last week, anyway I think it were last Thursday
[Ann:] ain't she?
[Joyce:] Mm Thursday aye er, she come home and I said to her where's your ski jacket? She says oh she says I've left it in sports hall, it's locked up in a locker
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] so erm tt so anyway Saturday we gets to Durham, she's says oh your Alex was just been on phone, she'd, she'd been up to school to do a hockey match
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] sports hall's been broke into er used a door bar and broke into all lockers, so her ski jacket's gone
[Ann:] Oh this is a joke in hell
[Joyce:] so I told her to fetch them bloody home
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] I says there were no need for her to leave them there, we're gonna bloody create it
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] anyway she rang up have Alec told you? Don't get no sympathy off me, when you gonna bleeding learn I says, you get things too easy that's your trouble, she says
[Ann:] Could she not could she not lock them up right
[Joyce:] Yeah well I've told
[Ann:] Oh er what else could she do then?
[Joyce:] Oh, she could of fetched them home
[Ann:] Oh
[Joyce:] Well I mean, you got your stuff lot, pinched you start your car didn't you?
[Ann:] She were laughing at me Joyce when it happened to me, I can't believe how stupid you are she said
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] Oh ah, she
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and she said I don't like to tell time, she kept going, looking at me with a [sigh] can't believe how stupid you are
[Joyce:] And what, you'd got your car locked outside haven't you? How did they get in then?
[Ann:] Broke the window open
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] It were open that much you see
[Joyce:] Oh... so that's how they got in?
[Ann:] Mhm
[Joyce:] But she kept on saying how er stupid I was
[Ann:] They being quick though aren't they?
[Joyce:] Yeah, weren't gone two minutes
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] but you see they reckon it were that Sandra don't they? You know that Sandra
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] she were parked at side of me
[Ann:] Yeah yeah used to do here?
[Joyce:] Yeah, anyway only her in when mine got pinched and, and erm Kath's got pinched and the police customer's
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] er and said
[Ann:] put two and two together
[Joyce:] and said there's nobody, we didn't see anybody, because her Carol parks the side of mine an'all, she'd gone
[Ann:] oh
[Joyce:] or get in and put her in her boot
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] so, but I don't know
[Ann:] Mm...
[Joyce:] So
[Ann:] How's Pauline going on?
[Joyce:] Oh don't bloody joke
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] I couldn't get out this morning, all the trouble, I've had a fortnight's troubles, he's there the week
[Ann:] Oh yeah, you've had a fortnight today won't you?
[Joyce:] Mm it seems though it's funny not come in next, last week didn't it?
[Alec:] Yeah
[Ann:] Did it?
[Joyce:] Yeah, oh Belinda's been going bloody crackers again
[Ann:] Has she?
[Joyce:] Oh I've never known anybody like her, er I think it's an anyway
[Ann:] Do you?
[Joyce:] but, you know erm, I told you she ran subsidy didn't I? A hundred and forty seven quid a week
[Ann:] Mm, well I think that's good
[Joyce:] Well she created on Christmas
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] cos she got to three thousand or summat
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and then she kept saying they owed her some money you know
[Ann:] Yeah, I know
[Joyce:] fifty odd quid
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] anyway when I come back in one day, she says to me, she says listen to this, a neighbour were sat here
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] I says what?
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] She says Chris, that's her in office, she's told me that I'm off the subsidy now, she says I've been on it twelve week and er area manager now
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] Mr manager at branch mean the area manager us, she said he's not even had the decency to tell me himself
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] she said Chris oh you're off the subsidy, she said I'd got my wages anyway, er because she'd only collected sixteen hundred and, hundred pounds so that, seven six are forty two, hundred and two pound you see
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] then they stop her this tax what she owes them all, well she's been getting a hundred and forty seven
[Ann:] Oh yeah
[Joyce:] and she says that, oh this is wrong Chris
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] she says er I'm er guaranteed, she says oh no you're not, she says Ruth's told me last week to take you off guarantee, so they took her off like
[Ann:] Who is, who is this on in, on guarantee
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] based her on it
[Joyce:] oh and took her off and David says to me she's a bloody fool to have sent, says instead of keeping her mouth shut, she's, there's George claim nowt, you know what I mean?
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] George is saying things to him and they're saying you can't do this and they can't do that, well they can do what they want can't they?
[Ann:] Yeah of course they can
[Joyce:] So they took our subs in
[Ann:] yeah
[Joyce:] So she said
[Ann:] What can she do about it?
[Joyce:] cos she, she kept saying that they owed her
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] fifty odd quid but
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] she didn't cos working it out by week
[Ann:] No
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] she's quids in int she?
[Ann:] Bound to be
[Joyce:] She's had one good week
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] at Christmas
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] which we do
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and
[Ann:] cos you've got double that
[Joyce:] and as the trustee so she bloody guaranteeing a hundred and forty seven pound
[Ann:] Oh aye
[Joyce:] and Graham took
[Ann:] want it
[Joyce:] it off her and I said she's going mad
[Ann:] and the other is guaranteed as well?
[Joyce:] Yeah, you know if, if they alter your round
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] if they alter your round, er and it's not collecting as much
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] so, you know, to give chance, chance to go
[Ann:] usually it's twelve month, usually they put you on guarantee while you're earning that much
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] they've gave us since we've been creating that much... she's had been in to see Mr she said and he says oh no he says er that's not right Brenda, he says er mine are all guaranteed until they're earning that money he says you can't just do it
[Joyce:] No
[Ann:] anyway er David said he'll get in touch with us to see what's going on
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and erm tt, he says well he says she did enough creating about it, he says, so
[Joyce:] Well if she wanted to earn her own money
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] she did alright though int it?
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] When she gonna pack up work?
[Ann:] She'll never pack up Joyce, she won't, she'll never pack up
[Joyce:] How old is she now? Turned sixty int she?
[Ann:] Oh yeah, yeah
[Joyce:] Mind you I shouldn't talk I worked until I was sixty get lost you [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] Instead of sitting there you're knitting
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] Pearl did my round, she did well last week, David did Friday, but she did Monday and Thursday
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] and er she worked Monday and Thursday and er... what did she get fourteen hundred so it she get ninety eight quid plus her own money what she earned doing her round
[Alec:] Who's this?
[Joyce:] Margaret
[Ann:] Oh
[Joyce:] she works Monday and Friday
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] herself, so she'll get her own money plus ninety eight quid for doing my round for two days
[Ann:] What she did your round?
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] What she did round here?
[Joyce:] No David did here, she just did
[Ann:] Oh
[Joyce:] Monday and Thursday
[Ann:] Oh did she?
[Joyce:] Ascot, cos she lives at Ascot
[Ann:] Oh didn't call here
[Joyce:] so
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER] Tell him, said Jo said you never called in for a quick [LAUGHTER], I don't mind David he's alright
[Joyce:] Yeah he's alright, he's, he probably didn't set off
[Ann:] probably didn't
[Joyce:] you know
[Ann:] Yeah, probably did it in a few hours
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] picked his stuff up before it finished
[Joyce:] Mm, does it take much doing?
[Ann:] Nah it's a doddle
[Joyce:] Is it?
[Ann:] Yeah it's a doddle Joyce
[Joyce:] If they're in that's right
[Ann:] Yeah if they're in but like it's compact really int it? You know what I mean?
[Joyce:] Oh yes
[Ann:] It's all
[Joyce:] pretty
[Ann:] oh yeah it is you know
[Joyce:] It is compact because I mean I used to do Stamford as well
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and erm
[Ann:] so I mean like I go down here, I do some off Broadway and then I nip down
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] is it Beech Road?... Where
[Joyce:] Er
[Ann:] Ashfield Road I don't
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] oh yeah
[Ann:] like all of Broadway you know?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] You've got some
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] in Broadway and you just nip in end of that
[Alec:] Oh Beech Field
[Joyce:] Beech Field
[Ann:] Yeah
[Alec:] Beech Field
[Ann:] then I'll go round er Oval
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] then as I come out of Oval
[Joyce:] How did you find out how did you find Annie in?
[Ann:] Oh shuffling out, he's going round and round her David
[Joyce:] Is she paying? Cos you know last week she, er, she's had all sorts for Christmas, it's er
[Ann:] you ought to see what she er, you ought to see her outfit she's got, she's nearly going around er, oh he, he can see her with different outfits on
[Joyce:] Yeah how, she got all these bloody vouchers off me at Christmas you know
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] erm shopping vouchers where you can go to different places
[Ann:] Oh did she?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] Oh
[Joyce:] and I let her have two loans
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and erm then she wanted some more Argos vouchers so I'll have them
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] so anyway she said anyway er she's had this bloody Aga put in, you know she had that other Aga in didn't she?
[Ann:] That what?
[Joyce:] It's run on solid fuel, it's a cooker
[Ann:] Oh
[Joyce:] and er
[Ann:] Oh yeah
[Joyce:] you put, put coke in
[Ann:] Mm
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] and it heats your oven up, it's got all temperature thing on it a hot, hot plate, she had one before
[Ann:] Oh yeah, oh she had one of them put in
[Joyce:] Yeah, but it weren't smokeless so she's had to change it
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and it's cost them two thousand pound
[Ann:] Has it? Has it?
[Joyce:] Well when I went on
[Ann:] Did she have a over there?
[Joyce:] Well I went not last Friday but the Friday before, they were doing it
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] they'd got it in right, cos she was showing my how it worked and that, all control, but it's run on coke
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] anyway she says oh she says it's gonna be a feature here, it's a beauty, I mean I don't like old line, I don't, you know for the money what they costs, cooker
[Ann:] Yeah, no, I think it's too much int it?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and, but she says like it, you know what I mean like
[Ann:] What about her heating? Has she got radiators?
[Joyce:] Er that's run off her fire now, that's not run off it, that's just for a cooker that
[Ann:] I see
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] just for that?
[Joyce:] Well no it for the, the heating's swapped over cos
[Ann:] Oh
[Joyce:] they're gonna do
[Ann:] I was gonna say cos I think Jackie said hers was five hundred, but of course maybe it isn't
[Joyce:] But might of been might of been more because erm, tt she's had a, a grant for so much
[Ann:] Cos she only paid two thousand for house [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] and she had a grant for so much off the council
[Ann:] She did, oh is she?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] They're brick houses you know... that's why she had a grant?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] You see er she can have one because
[Joyce:] she had under a grant
[Ann:] her, her fire won't burn coke, but ours will because ours is an Atlas
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] which will burn coke
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] er well saying that
[Alec:] burner
[Ann:] she says she says to me just take thirty pound, the, there were, I think there's about seven quid that belongs to their bed, well their bed was bloody horrible to pay
[Joyce:] I wished that, is she still on? I thought she paid up
[Ann:] She has, but it's in Annie's name
[Joyce:] Oh I see
[Ann:] cos she's, she's got no for Christmas
[Joyce:] Oh what she spends every year
[Ann:] and anyway she rang David up and she said, she didn't say it were for Bet but she said she wanted another two hundred pounds
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] in vouchers, so he said yes, and then she tell me she said our dad will give me money, she said the, the to help out with that, she'll have about three holidays next year
[Joyce:] Yeah and
[Ann:] and then, then he said to me
[Joyce:] she will won't she?
[Ann:] he'd been round last Friday, on Thursday she rang
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] up and she wanted five hundred pounds
[Joyce:] Ooh God
[Ann:] for erm, what were it? She says hairdresser an er she'll, it would of cost so much to get car and she needed car doing, this, that and the other, and David refused her and when he went on Friday
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] key were in lock, but it were locked door
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] he said I know she'll in
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] cos bike were outside
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] so
[Joyce:] Yeah...
[Ann:] of course since Christmas she's not paid full money
[Joyce:] No
[Ann:] and yet she's saying I'm gonna make this a feature, I'm having erm an archway over my Aga and erm, I mean she's got a new carpet you know
[Joyce:] She's had hope that
[Ann:] she er think should be eleven quid a week on carpet, she had an old carpet
[Joyce:] She paying eleven pound a week for that house in
[Ann:] yeah, she pays eleven, eleven pound a week then?
[Joyce:] cos she wanted it on sixty weeks
[Ann:] Ooh... oh cos she's had er patio doors put in her big room
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] it's not very nice shape are they?
[Joyce:] It seems ever
[Ann:] Not very
[Joyce:] kitchen's every so queer though innit?
[Ann:] Well that well that's not a kitch well I don't, you know where she got her table?
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] That used to be the kitchen and then the wall, you know where that stove was
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and they moved the sink from there into that side place, you know, made that like a kitchen, but it's, it's rightly weird house well now
[Joyce:] You know
[Ann:] you know you go in front door and she had stairs knocked in, she's had all spindles done up the stairs
[Joyce:] Oh has she?
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] She's had that done an'all?
[Ann:] Yeah, she's had all spindles put in
[Joyce:] I mean that's not necessary is it?
[Ann:] No, but she had hers done cheap because er
[Joyce:] Oh has she?
[Ann:] I says to her that's what I want, you know I want mine doing like that
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] a bit, I mean I've got a hall, you know
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] whereas as you open front door
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] anyway she says I've set my mind on it, and she said I kept going round and going round she says it was such a price
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] anyway their Bev's husband he'd been doing some work plus some money they dropped on these spindles, so she was telling me
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] cheap and that
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and then she got a joiner in to do it, but you know that
[Joyce:] He's a welder int he Bev's husband?
[Ann:] Well he's to work
[Joyce:] Is he?
[Ann:] Mm... and er
[Joyce:] Gone contract to somebody I think
[Ann:] she did, oh she was sending money and dad's been down there and the money ain't been paid into bank though
[Joyce:] She's a lovely girl Bev int she?
[Ann:] Yeah but she
[Joyce:] You can't you can't really get, be mad with her cos she's so nice, she never er, never nasty with you, is she?
[Ann:] No, it's
[Joyce:] Ever so nice it's just
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] that she just gets a
[Ann:] I mean she
[Joyce:] she does
[Ann:] she got electric bill two hundred and odd pounds
[Joyce:] Oh God
[Ann:] she were crying and doing, you know what I mean?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] And er, but I mean you've got to watch your bills if you haven't got much money coming in Joyce ain't you?
[Joyce:] Well you watch your bills if you have don't you really
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] I mean you don't go mad at it do you? I mean look at what's
[Ann:] No
[Joyce:] costing us lately, we're having to get these, I mean we have that on two in the morning to get this room warmed up don't we have to put it down to one
[Alec:] Yeah, Joyce has turned it down to one
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and er, then it's costing er three bags of coal every week
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] while this cold weather's on
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] fourteen pound twenty five a week
[Ann:] Yeah it's a lot of money
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and then that every
[Ann:] I know
[Joyce:] two or three weeks
[Ann:] it's a lot of money
[Alec:] It's a lot of battle keep using much stuff we've got now, hmm you know we do well with that stuff too
[Joyce:] Well, just oh what we had stuff yeah
[Ann:] I know Pauline was saying she's had to buy some coal
[Joyce:] that's it
[Ann:] They do on the day fourteen bags for four ninety eight, cos I were in
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and she's had to go and buy some that had gone, and I says well I, she says it's just burning it up that fire
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] I said it's a great big grate
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] I says well I actually put a couple of bricks at side
[Joyce:] We've got a couple of bricks in ours
[Ann:] I says it'll throw same heat out
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] and you'll not need all that
[Joyce:] But we have a couple of bricks in
[Alec:] Couple of half bricks
[Joyce:] Half bricks
[Alec:] Mm
[Ann:] so the fire can still get me warm
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] get up, you'll still get your
[Joyce:] Yeah erm, there's holes or summat at side for er central heating
[Ann:] Oh, oh... cold
[Joyce:] Mm
[Alec:] oh that's, that must be for burning coke then
[Joyce:] What's that love?
[Alec:] Holes are yours, holes the same
[Ann:] Yes she's got holes the same she, burning
[Joyce:] I agree
[Ann:] yet it'll be suitable for coke they said
[Alec:] Yeah knowing she, she'll probably be put in for planning then... for coke
[Ann:] Oh, she's got central heating like, you know what I mean... erm she's not really into them now [clears throat] I think how she's got a cheek, she just gets what she wants don't she? She just takes charge
[Joyce:] And then
[Ann:] I've never heard anybody like her
[Joyce:] No
[Ann:] and she gets away with it don't she?
[Joyce:] cos he says er her husband is
[Ann:] She's always
[Joyce:] she took it on six year, he says seven to eighty so she looks like working for next six year
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] then you know when I go she's pleading poverty, she'll say
[Ann:] Bet she'll go and buy it
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] but er they've still had a, a lot of money put to it theirselves
[Ann:] I see
[Joyce:] because you see... all this bloody expensive Aga, they won't be towards that council, I mean like she's gonna have it tough again you know what I mean?
[Ann:] She always does, doesn't matter what she gets it's got to be different to anybody else's and
[Joyce:] Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Ann:] she'll get what she wants
[Joyce:] and I thought oh fancy paying all that bloody money, I thought why it's only a cooker
[Ann:] Mind you I like Annie I like Annie as well do you? [LAUGHTER] I don't I can't say I don't like her, but er
[Joyce:] Yeah she's, she's alright, she's alright, but she's
[Ann:] you just feel like er, saying look Annie go steady, don't you, you know what I mean?
[Joyce:] Well er I mean
[Ann:] Er I think well it, it's not on, she's got all this stuff and then she just thinks she can pay what she wants
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] and it's, it's I mean shouldn't let her have that Joyce?
[Joyce:] She could shouldn't let her have all that
[Ann:] No, we could do that
[Joyce:] Yes
[Ann:] couldn't we?
[Joyce:] Of course we could yeah anybody could
[Ann:] Anybody could go and get all this stuff and then not pay
[Joyce:] Not pay for it yeah that's right
[Ann:] er, I mean it's irresponsible
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] and she'll say our Bev's, our Bev's been, you know, and the money ain't run in or his pit pension ain't gone in
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] you know and then
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] she's here telling me how they sent over and she said oh don't call for the next two week because we're going to Italy
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] and, like I say I mean
[Joyce:] She will do
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and she, and she, just dumps then she'll say
[Ann:] I know she used to be like that with me [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] Yeah we haven't we haven't got much to go away and
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] as if she wants some money off you as well
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] to go with and she's not gonna pay you
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] she does, yeah
[Ann:] and I think well you cheeky sod you know
[Joyce:] I know
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] I know, aye, you know when you just can't believe it can you?
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] Can't...
[Alec:] [clears throat] You gonna have that one left when you finish that
[Joyce:] yeah
[Alec:] Eh?
[Joyce:] it'll come in what they call it desperate dye faces
[Alec:] Oh and you'll do it in that one there, that's er do one
[Joyce:] You could have white faces, I can't can I?
[Alec:] Mm?
[Joyce:] I can't do it all in this wool, with that many different colours to do, if they did it in, if they made ounce balls... if they made it, did ounce balls it won't be so bad, but that's a hundred gramme that, so
[Alec:] Mm...
[Joyce:] I mean even doing two, you're not gonna use a hundred grammes for two, but not just for face and hair and that here...
[Alec:] No, no when you went football I did it, how's it doing? step it up, button up for you
[Joyce:] She could what?
[Alec:] Step it up, make it bigger like
[Joyce:] Got one
[Alec:] Oh you've got one, just one done
[Joyce:] Well you
[Alec:] done this morning did you?...
[Ann:] Oh yes it looks gorgeous Joyce, Darren's
[Joyce:] Oh does it?
[Ann:] he's paid, she's paid for it all, I know it's fabulous paper
[Joyce:] Is it? Yeah
[Ann:] it's like erm, it's like a white background like, it's right thick paper you know
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] I mean it's got a little pink elephant, a green, a little lime green, a lemon and a blue
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] they've got like bubble, er balloons, but if it's, they're holding balloons
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] you know there same colours
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and then she's put a wide frieze round with all little elephants on and then top part it's just all little balloons with elephants then she's put wide frieze round top of little elephant
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and then er, they got some units from M F I, they're beautiful
[Joyce:] Mhm
[Ann:] they were half price, erm, it cost them a hundred and twenty nine quid I think
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] and they've got a lovely wardrobe in white
[Joyce:] Mhm
[Ann:] er Hygiena and er they've got like two little rails here and cupboard down here, shelves
[Joyce:] Oh aye
[Ann:] and three little drawers
[Joyce:] Mhm
[Ann:] here and a set of drawers, she's got a changing mat on top of here, to match
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] thick lovely mint green carpet, about that thick Joyce... and er then
[Joyce:] Has she done it herself, paper it?
[Ann:] Yeah, she's done it, and er Doug put wardrobes up and drawers like, cos they're all in flat packs
[Joyce:] Yeah yeah
[Ann:] he did that
[Joyce:] Your sister got some didn't she
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] she got two wardrobes and one dressing table in middle
[Ann:] Yeah Hygiena they are
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] and erm, then she's got like white satin curtains with frill and all white lace to match bumpers that in cot, she's got a white cot, white satin festoon with frills, oh it looks bloody gorgeous, white satin lightfitting to match
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] with all lace on, she got it all from same place
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and then there's like a little white thing hanging with a little teddy in
[Joyce:] Ah
[Ann:] in thing, ah do you know it looks bloody lovely it didn't cost them that much
[Joyce:] No
[Ann:] Did you see erm, they see in this paper the light did it were in Kingfisher book and it was seventeen pound for a roll
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and then frieze were ten ninety nine
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] anyway, oh he says well you only need four rolls, cos it's not a very big room
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and er anyway our Dawn says I'm not paying all that bloody money for babe to rip it off for when
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] he gets going like
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] Anyway they went in this big store Dickens and they'd got it in there
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] er seven ninety nine a roll
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] and four ninety nine for frieze
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] so they got that and the carpet it had been seven ninety nine in Allied and it had been reduced three ninety nine for a week
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] so they got that, well fitted it
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] so they didn't, it only cost them thirty quid for carpet
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and erm
[Joyce:] What for that carpet?
[Ann:] Yeah, yeah
[Joyce:] What kind of carpet is it like?
[Ann:] It's erm, oh it's beautiful for a bedroom
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] you know it's like er, erm... it's right soft
[Joyce:] Mhm
[Ann:] it's right soft carpet, it doesn't, there not be a lot of wool in it for that money, you know what I mean
[Joyce:] No, no
[Ann:] be a lot of nylon but
[Joyce:] I don't think there are
[Ann:] it's alright for a baby's room
[Joyce:] Yeah, yeah
[Ann:] you know, and erm, our Kim, er, she, she goes to bloody extreme then, she's picked a wardrobe, one wardrobe and a set of drawers, should of been a thousand pound and that bloke at Aston where she got her bed from, which she paid twelve hundred pound just for a bedhead
[Joyce:] Mm, just for a bedhead
[Ann:] er the bedhead and the bottom
[Joyce:] Oh my God
[Ann:] he's let her have it for six hundred pound, because
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] er what happened were, er she got this... brass bottom and brass top and it's like, was up like that and she's got curtains round and drapes like that
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] but she had drapes and that to buy herself and, and they put it on the frame and she can't get into her drawers on bed, so they're no good
[Joyce:] No
[Ann:] and er they've been back so that she can take her camera and that out, cos she kept cameras and er bedding and stuff in drawers
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] anyway he says d'ya know he says I feel awful, he says anything I can do, he said I'll let you have one of my beds cos
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] their bed is as new as ours
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] he says for cost price, our Kim says well it were a lot of money that bed and we've only just got it
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] she says and we like, like it like, you know
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] she says we're just not gonna be able to use drawers that's all she said I'm not going for another bed
[Joyce:] No
[Ann:] Anyway he says look if there's owt you want he said I'll let you have it at cost
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] so, she thinks like they were, they were on show these just for a wardrobe and a set of drawers for a thousand quid, he let her have them for six hundred, so she's been and paid a deposit on them
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] six hundred quid for them, she bought a rocking horse three hundred pound, they went out last weekend
[Joyce:] That's stupid
[Ann:] went out last weekend bought a bloody camcorder twelve hundred quid
[Joyce:] Ooh
[Ann:] on weekly like, on monthly like
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] you know what I mean, and they've even got bloody babe's bedroom done
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] you know and I says like
[Joyce:] When does she have her baby?
[Ann:] April
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] Everything with them, you know like... er, I mean, I mean they get paid for fair enough
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] but, he's one of the it's always got to be the dearest all the time
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] You know telly
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] they ain't got a Nicam telly for four hundred quid
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] they had to get dearest Nicam telly
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] six hundred and fifty, six hundred and odd for Nicam... video
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] you know what I mean?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] Everything he gets Joyce
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] er it's got to be
[Joyce:] It's not them that pays it int it you know
[Ann:] Oh he pays them, but like
[Joyce:] Does he pay them erm, does it matter, do they last any longer then er, then er
[Ann:] You can't tell him any different, er like Dan at work he does videos of profession like you know.
[Joyce:] Ain't it? It's so easy to keep clean that and that it only wants wiping over, you know.... No we ain't spent much on bedroom have we?...
[Alec:] No [clears throat]
[Joyce:] Not if you want to buy some melamine and get some of that in that thirty five pound stuff put insides... you can't do it now anyway you're no good standing you can't....
[Alec:] [cough]...
[Joyce:] What do you sound like on the er thingummybob Alec?
[Alec:] Do what love?
[Joyce:] What you sound like
[Alec:] What?
[Joyce:] on it?
[Alec:] I've no idea
[Joyce:] You go, is it on?
[Alec:] Yeah I've put it on to record yeah
[Joyce:] Put it to record have you?
[Alec:] Yeah, oh where's that?
[Joyce:] Mm oh have you?...
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Joyce:] Would you like a
[Alec:] yeah...
[Joyce:] If I'd known this cake were gonna go so quick I wouldn't of fro froze that other one. It's not done yet
[Alec:] Eh?
[Joyce:] It's not done yet
[Alec:] Oh, can't have it then can I?... see now
[Joyce:] Well... I'm not envious of their heating
[Alec:] Eh?
[Joyce:] I'm not envious of their heating... freezing in their hall, isn't much, you can nearly see the outside through their door and all cold's coming in, it's worse than our door
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] it is.... She's right though about Annie, Annie will just have what she wants
[Alec:] Yeah, mm
[Joyce:] if she's refused about having something she'll set she'll get it by hook or by crook, that's on the, wonder she's not in jail though for not paying... I heard how many time, how much she's borrowed over Christmas, for at, for, for er, what they call it as well you know er, what they call it Beverley her daughter
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] you know, she's only got two daughters and one of them, one of them's a hairdresser.... a taste...
[Alec:] do you, I
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Joyce:] I've got...
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Joyce:] What?
[Alec:] Pass me end piece
[Joyce:] Mm?
[Alec:] pass me end piece
[Joyce:] You want it all?
[Alec:] No end piece
[Joyce:] Oh, don't you want that bit?
[Alec:] No, prefer the crust bit
[Joyce:] Do you?... You don't really miss them much do you?
[Alec:] Eh?
[Joyce:] Don't miss them much?
[Alec:] No
[Joyce:] eh if I know it were gonna be that quick I wouldn't of put that other one in freezer...
[Alec:] were you?
[Joyce:] Oh no
[Alec:] Make a change
[Joyce:] I'm not gonna take it out again, I know what it's gonna be like this one freeze it and re-thaw it don't you?... Oh God whatever's that?...
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Joyce:] Are they off then?
[Alec:] Mm?
[Joyce:] Have they gone? Are they stampeded?
[Alec:] Mm...
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Joyce:] How would she be able to blow that
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Alec:] mm...
[Joyce:] mm
[Alec:] do reverse and make it bigger...
[Joyce:] Got a bit of paper
[Alec:] mm...
[Joyce:] Not making that noise that margarine take it up on Kwiksave
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Joyce:] That's that's alright int it?
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] No that's Stewart Grainger, who's the other one? yeah, oh is it Robert Taylor?
[Alec:] Who?
[Joyce:] It's not Robert Taylor is it? Might be... should be done
[Alec:] Well I'll have a look
[Joyce:] that's today's paper that.
[Alec:] Mm Robert Taylor mm Robert Taylor and
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Joyce:] You er add name down on that paper, cos you'll forget if you don't
[Alec:] Oh there's nowt on yet
[Joyce:] Ain't there? Better do it otherwise you'll forget, gonna eat that little bit of cake or I'll throw it away?
[Alec:] No you have it
[Joyce:] I've had half of it, there about... I tell you Chris had leave got get a new carpet when kids have come back
[Alec:] Mm...
[Joyce:] I can't wait to get rid of that carpet, I am sick of seeing it
[Alec:] Oh
[Joyce:] absolutely sick of seeing it.
[Alec:] what's wrong with it? Nothing wrong with it
[Joyce:] I've told you, I'm sick of seeing it.
[Alec:] I wanna go on holiday [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] Oh then I'll be like, I then be glad to see it when I come back
[Alec:] even I am glad to see when come back...
[Joyce:] Oh well it's gonna be a right change for us in that room int it? Whatever we get... I say Angie's is that, carpet's that thick, three pound odd a roll
[Alec:] [cough]
[Joyce:] you must be joking, eh?...
[Alec:] I'm glad I
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Joyce:] They're an awful lot here though won't it? It cost me... oh, oh she said it's right soft didn't she?
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Joyce:] You don't think she said she had er a few days off, a week off
[Alec:] Not very much...
[Joyce:] I thought he were gonna forget that, I thought I should of got up and told everybody at the front...
[Alec:] Oh dear... [clears throat]...
[Joyce:] I'm gonna have a little rest from this in when I've done this
[Alec:] Oh you've had, you're gonna start doing sewing?
[Joyce:] Yeah I'm gonna sew that blouse
[Alec:] I thought you would do I thought there was something you'd be doing... I won't be sure now I'm gonna put that tax disc in
[Joyce:] Mhm
[Alec:] do it tomorrow anyway
[Joyce:] Is it due?
[Alec:] Yeah it's the first today...
[Joyce:] What we on February tomorrow?
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] Oh you've got to say rabbit rabbit for you
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] rabbit rabbit for it [LAUGHTER] rabbit rabbit, keep saying rabbit rabbit, but we never get none do we?
[Alec:] You say rabbit rabbit tomorrow when we get there if we...
[Joyce:] Yes
[Alec:] [clears throat]...
[Joyce:] it must of been a long weren't it?
[Alec:] Mm... What's it, was time to ring up and
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Joyce:] what's it say?
[Alec:] I dunno [clears throat] [spelling] H O S []
[Joyce:] Hospital...
[Alec:] Dunno what
[Joyce:] They've made a mistake haven't they?
[Alec:] Mm, aye bloody doctors...
[Joyce:] When is it written for?
[Alec:] Third of January
[Joyce:] Well that's when you went
[Alec:] When?
[Joyce:] Third of January... silly devil
[Alec:] And then there's this
[Joyce:] January's gone
[Alec:] I know
[Joyce:] it's nearly February now int it?
[Alec:] Aye, yeah...
[Joyce:] characters in here int there?
[Alec:] Yeah... Some of these old ladies it's the highlight of their week
[Joyce:] Oh yeah yes, mm
[Alec:] innit?
[Joyce:] mm...
[Alec:] Listen me it's a long day if you're home on your own
[Joyce:] Yeah, yeah... well that's him with Lil, you know Lil between
[Alec:] Oh yeah
[Joyce:] since she's lost Charlie she's lost, cos they're used to going out together
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] so you said a
[Alec:] What?
[Joyce:] they, were gonna take her to bowls with us
[Alec:] Yes
[Joyce:] and then er she can't be a member, but take her to bowls and then bring her here, she goes to bingo on a Tuesday and a Thursday, but the point is it's night time, so if we can fill her days in a bit
[Alec:] Yes
[Joyce:] it won't be so bad, I mean we're coming here so we might as well
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] bring her...
[speaker005:] Who's that?
[Joyce:] Lil
[speaker005:] Oh yeah
[Joyce:] Lost her husband
[speaker005:] Oh yeah
[Joyce:] just before Christmas weren't it?
[Ann:] All the twos
[speaker005:] Twenty two
[Ann:] thirty nine
[Alec:] Oh that's mine that
[speaker005:] Twenty
[Joyce:] Twenty two, twenty seven
[speaker005:] Oh they're all little numbers
[Ann:] Twenty two and twenty seven
[Joyce:] well it must be in the book, we've got a, we've got a card...
[Alec:] Its not on your card though
[Joyce:] int it on your card, oh
[Alec:] for some reason or other she doesn't put your number on your card, I can't understand that dear I really can't
[Joyce:] If your name's on, if you're on, you know if that's your number
[Alec:] She kept putting her name in er different book
[Joyce:] yeah twenty five pence
[Alec:] about three books we were put in
[Joyce:] Yes
[Alec:] the big book to say we've come
[Joyce:] yes well all the numbers in time go in that bag
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and there's two drawn out every week and get twenty five pence, but those two numbers are kept out
[Alec:] Oh I see, yeah
[Joyce:] so they see
[Alec:] that's right, yeah, so you do at least get one
[Joyce:] Yes
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] you're supposed to yes
[Alec:] I won twice though in a run didn't I me, more or less
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] didn't I?
[Joyce:] Yes
[Alec:] Ever so quick it's still twenty five pence
[Joyce:] but there's both when they've taken two out... with the members here and they've got their, you know, money, they are left out then
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] put er put away and then another two drawn out
[Alec:] them two have not been for a while so they've crossed off so, you have another
[Joyce:] Oh so you can do another
[Ann:] Ooh, well she should of put my name in
[Joyce:] Trust us to do it all then
[Alec:] She's given you a number already she says
[Ann:] Fifty three
[Alec:] fifty three
[Ann:] She has that
[Alec:] yeah
[Joyce:] Yeah but they don't put it on the card so
[Ann:] I think you're thirty nine
[Joyce:] we don't know what number we are...
[Alec:] ninety eight fifty three
[Joyce:] Ninety eight
[Alec:] and ninety eight
[Joyce:] Oh ninety eight might
[Ann:] Oh I might, oh I might, might
[Alec:] It might be yours
[Joyce:] Is it yours? There's a lot here int there ninety odd
[Alec:] Ninety three, is yours ninety eight then?
[Ann:] I don't know what mine is [LAUGHTER] they did tell us but I forgot
[Alec:] Yeah I thought you said yours was ninety
[Ann:] I thought it was ninety three
[Alec:] was it ninety three?
[Ann:] but it couldn't of been cos it came out last week...
[Alec:] Might be ninety eight then
[Ann:] Well
[Joyce:] Said who?... Ah, speak
[Ann:] Ah no they're both of
[Alec:] They're both in
[Ann:] them are in
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] they're both hers she says
[Joyce:] oh that's right
[Ann:] Mrs and Mrs [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] they haven't been for a long time them two so they're cast off, well they must of been they've had to join
[Alec:] Mrs or what?
[Ann:] Mrs
[Joyce:] haven't they?
[Alec:] Well maybe they've not been so they give them so long and then they cross them off the books don't they?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] You've nineteen nine
[Ann:] Six weeks now int it?
[Joyce:] Oh er she's put them in even though you've not saved your subs
[Alec:] Oh they haven't been collected
[Joyce:] Oh I would of thought that she would of put them in if you hadn't paid your subs, you know you're not a member are you unless you've paid your subs
[Alec:] No
[Joyce:] are you?
[Alec:] well they'll be crossed off... they've not paid a while so they've got
[Joyce:] Until you've paid your subs, no I wouldn't bother, no, that's what she said they're gonna be thrown out... yeah...
[Alec:] I'm good, I'm not drinking in the week... I'm not, I don't really have a drink do you have a drink
[Ann:] some people have headache when you get on you
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] yeah for the hell of it
[Joyce:] I know
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] yeah yeah we could, yeah, romance [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] That's just what I can do with now
[Joyce:] bring it back
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] Well I don't need them
[Alec:] er I'm er read it first
[speaker005:] Bring it back when you've done with it
[Alec:] I will love, yeah
[Joyce:] I like them paperbacks they're not too big is it?
[Alec:] Yeah, yeah
[Joyce:] You can get through them
[Alec:] I don't do I've not got time, I start reading and then it's, it's we're doing something else
[Joyce:] Well I don't really
[Alec:] when he gets a book he's always stuck in it indoors
[Joyce:] unless I really sit down to read
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] If there's nothing on telly when we're in I might just
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] read it but er, I don't even have time to read er... the er, er
[Ann:] You know we, we've even cancelled newspapers us
[Joyce:] Have you?
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] Ah
[Ann:] we never
[Joyce:] oh we have a newspaper a day
[Ann:] we never
[Joyce:] oh I like me newspaper
[Ann:] we never look at them Joyce
[Joyce:] Well I like me newspaper
[Alec:] When we get up in the morning
[Joyce:] I read mine in bed [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] Do you?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] you know, look, I always look through headlines and read what I'm interested,
[Joyce:] I go down and get me paper and take it back up, we have a teasmade and we have a cup of tea and
[Ann:] We used to get, we used to get newspaper, look what were on television
[Alec:] And that was it
[Ann:] sometimes do crossword
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] but not very often
[Joyce:] yeah
[Ann:] and that were it.
[Joyce:] Well er if you get Saturday's paper
[Ann:] What we do now what we do now, we've, we've er, we've just started it
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] we, we rent a teletext twenty two inch
[Alec:] Teletext
[Ann:] seven pound a month
[Joyce:] Do you?
[Ann:] Mm
[Alec:] How much?
[Joyce:] Seven pound a month
[Ann:] Seven pound a month
[Alec:] We'll have one of them
[Ann:] I used to I used to pay fifteen quid for the years ago to rent the set
[Alec:] Yeah, it's a lovely
[Ann:] I've got me own
[Alec:] they're, what they er, they're just for the, our age group you know
[Joyce:] Oh yeah
[Alec:] you've got to be old age pensioners
[Ann:] Got to be old age, I can't get it, she gets it in her name
[Joyce:] In erm oh yeah
[Ann:] seven pound a month Joyce
[Alec:] And it's a lovely television
[Ann:] and it was costing us ten quid a month for the newspapers
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] costing you ten pound a month for newspapers?
[Ann:] Yes
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] Yeah, well
[Joyce:] That's unbelievable that isn't it?
[Alec:] yeah
[Ann:] Handy for us
[Alec:] when you think about twenty five
[Joyce:] Yeah you would wouldn't you?
[Ann:] It's twenty five it, it it were twenty two
[Alec:] Well it's costing us
[Ann:] it was costing us two pound fifty per week
[Alec:] er we could get a twenty inch one for six pound
[Ann:] A twenty inch for six pounds
[Alec:] you know where it is, you know er not the Water Dale
[Ann:] you know er
[Alec:] the Colonaise
[Ann:] the Colonaise
[Joyce:] Yes
[Alec:] that's
[Joyce:] Colonaise
[Ann:] Dick, Dick
[Joyce:] Oh yeah
[Alec:] Dick
[Ann:] summat like that
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] in there
[Joyce:] Oh
[Alec:] we went in there and we went in Saturday and it's er one of them funds you know it
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] in fact it's better than the television we've got
[Ann:] Better than what we've got it's a slimline, it's only that wide
[Joyce:] Slim?
[Ann:] Yeah
[Alec:] and it's a twenty two inch it's seven pound
[Ann:] He fetched it in and he bunged it down and I said that's not a twenty two, he said it is, so when he'd gone it were only nineteen so I rung him up I says hey
[Alec:] We'd measured it, it weren't it was nineteen, so we knew it wasn't
[Ann:] you're trying a bastard here like anyway
[Alec:] Yeah
[Ann:] he come, he come yesterday and brought us a twenty two
[Alec:] He changed it, yeah
[Joyce:] Do they do videos then?
[Alec:] How do they measure them like? How do they measure them? I don't know if they do them on video of old age people
[Joyce:] Ah
[Alec:] but we've got a video
[Joyce:] A video we could do with int it really?
[Alec:] Yeah Yeah we've got, we've got a big
[Joyce:] It's only our video's gone
[Alec:] yeah we've got a video
[Ann:] No I, I didn't like
[Alec:] it's right old one you know we've had it
[Joyce:] Yeah ours is, ours is
[Alec:] since Brian was sixteen
[Ann:] What is the video's gone? What is it irreparable?
[Joyce:] No it, we took it to this bloke and I don't know what he's done with it because it played before we took it and when he, he said it weren't worth doing and when we brought it back it won't even roll now even play now will it?
[Alec:] Oh he's messed it up
[Joyce:] So what he's done with it I don't know oh no, we, we, we er what's the name of it?
[Ann:] I know a bloke at Waddington he's very, very good with videos
[Joyce:] Is he?
[Ann:] Yeah, really is, yes... er you take it to him
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] I mean he's a business you know
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] he, erm... and he'll tell you whether it's worth repairing or not Joyce
[Joyce:] Well he said it weren't
[Alec:] Has he
[Joyce:] but like I say
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] it weren't too bad when we took it, it would play but there weren't even, when we brought it back
[Alec:] Oh
[Joyce:] and he said to erm when we went to pick it up is there a tape? Have I left a tape in there? And he said I don't know and Alec said well how the heck can you bloody try to mend it if you don't bloody know if there's a tape in or not
[Alec:] Yeah
[Ann:] I, I
[Joyce:] you know so what he's done
[Alec:] He sounds like somebody who mended our
[Joyce:] what he
[Alec:] washer
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] Well he's in business is he? Is it a shop?
[Joyce:] I think, yeah, it's a shop, it's a shop
[Alec:] Yeah, oh ours come from er
[Joyce:] I think it
[Ann:] er this bloke had his done in a shop
[Alec:] When he's mended
[Joyce:] I think he's made it
[Alec:] our washing machine
[Joyce:] so that it weren't even made sure that it didn't I do, I really do
[Alec:] Yeah Yeah
[Joyce:] I think he's made it to make sure it didn't mend because he wants the see
[Ann:] Just like that Joyce
[Joyce:] and he got it see well we thought if we could get that done it would do for caravan and erm at home you know
[Alec:] Who's that? Erm
[Ann:] What were you took to him Joyce were it the video or television?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] I wouldn't leave it with him he's a right cowboy
[Alec:] Yeah
[Ann:] at Ash Hill
[Alec:] Yeah
[Ann:] Ash Hill at
[Joyce:] Yeah that's him
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] Yeah I took mine to him he's a right cowboy
[Alec:] Right careful of him
[Joyce:] Yeah he is isn't he? Well how d'ya know?
[Ann:] I took it to this kid at
[Joyce:] well how do you know about him?
[Ann:] Eh?
[Joyce:] How do you know about him?
[Alec:] Drink your tea so they can have your cup
[Ann:] How do I know about him?
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] I think I see, I think it were advertised in, in Advertiser something like that
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] I took summat to him I did
[Joyce:] Oh you took summat did you?
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] yeah I think yeah and, and he er, he look, he didn't even know how to take bloody back off I had to show him how to take it, I said oh I'm not leaving this with him, that were video
[Alec:] Yeah
[Ann:] that were video
[Joyce:] Was it?
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] because it's all
[Alec:] Oh I see
[Joyce:] Oh I beg your pardon
[Alec:] That's alright love, that's alright, it's my fault for being up there, it er... I'm always doing that putting me elbow up, er, it's a right old'un you know I mean it's about ten, twelve years old now
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] this video
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] so show you how old it is I mean now it
[Joyce:] He said, he said when they get to how old? About seven years he says you can expect them to start going like then, you know and I
[Alec:] Yes
[Joyce:] think what he wants to do is he wanted to sell us a new one
[Alec:] Sell it, yeah, yeah
[Joyce:] oh dear, so er
[Alec:] so who's that who's been organizing
[Ann:] have, have er, it, do they just sell one lot like again in same, same again
[Joyce:] Yeah, just one same again
[Alec:] and that's it then
[Ann:] Is that it?
[Alec:] Yes
[Ann:] Oh right, I will get
[Joyce:] Right
[Alec:] Ah you'll be singing a bit later on
[Ann:] Oh will we?
[Alec:] Happy birthday
[Joyce:] Yes
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] Well... I'm not, I'm not a hat person me
[Joyce:] I'm not
[Alec:] d'ya know we've got the wedding coming up and I dread, I keep trying hats on
[Joyce:] Whose wedding?
[Alec:] Me daughter
[Joyce:] Ooh have you?
[Alec:] Yeah eight quid a piece
[Joyce:] yeah
[speaker005:] Well
[Joyce:] Yeah
[speaker005:] well I can't put a hat on me hair takes the same shape and I take me hat off me hair's the same shape as me hat
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] well I thought if I could see just a little bit of er
[Joyce:] Yeah that's the thing innit?
[Alec:] just across here just to say you've got something on your head
[Joyce:] Maybe you'll get some
[speaker005:] they sell them don't they?
[Alec:] Oh I've not thought about, I tell you I looked in British Home Stores they had these
[speaker005:] You know if you go
[Alec:] wide brim things and put it down and it comes down here on me
[speaker005:] I think it I think it's still there
[Joyce:] What colour are you wearing?
[speaker005:] as you go through where
[Alec:] I don't know yet
[speaker005:] you know
[Joyce:] Oh
[speaker005:] where are, where Lowestock market used to be them gates
[Alec:] Yeah
[speaker005:] go through there and it's somewhere around that area they sell and things for and bits for hats don't they?
[Alec:] Oh I know, yeah yeah
[speaker005:] You know where I mean?
[Alec:] yeah, yeah
[speaker005:] Maybe just get a piece of something
[Alec:] Piece of something yeah, yeah a bit of
[speaker005:] mm, yes
[Alec:] Just say you've got owt yeah
[speaker005:] Yeah
[Alec:] it's more or less just to say you've got something especially the hat, I bought one of them er it was a little pill box things
[speaker005:] Yeah
[Alec:] for me son
[speaker005:] Mm
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] That'll, that'd be a good idea and I can decorate it yeah, the, that's the awful part I tried one of them with a big bit here and I tried it on and it looked like a tit on a pimple, I said god what am I gonna do? No I haven't got me outfit yet
[Joyce:] No, when is your wedding coming up?
[Alec:] April the fourth
[Joyce:] Ooh is it, ooh
[Alec:] She, she'd met him, she'd come home from abroad in September you know from Korea dancing, that was er that came in on Sunday
[Joyce:] Oh yeah
[Alec:] er she'd came home, she said I'm not dancing no more I'm finished so we said alright fair enough, she's joining er trying for the police... she comes on holiday with us in the October, she come home September, come on holiday with me in October she met this young fellow, she got engaged at Christmas and they're getting married they, they
[Joyce:] Is that the one she was with on, on Sunday?
[Alec:] Yeah, yeah
[Joyce:] Mm
[Alec:] he's in the Air Force
[Joyce:] Oh yeah
[Alec:] so he's getting married in uniform with all his blue and white and I said oh blooming heck
[Joyce:] Oh hell well he won't have to bother, bother about a suit will he? If he's wearing his uniform
[Alec:] No, that's what he says
[Joyce:] they always look smart don't they?
[Alec:] Yeah, yeah, me eldest son he, he got married in uniform and he looked nice
[Joyce:] Yeah...
[Alec:] So he's a nice lad you know she couldn't, she couldn't of picked anybody better, he don't drink a lot, you know just have them
[Joyce:] Where she met where she met him then?
[Alec:] Butlins
[Joyce:] Oh did she?
[Alec:] Yeah Butlins
[Joyce:] Oh of all places
[Alec:] She'd been all over the Far East
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] and she comes home and meets him in Butlins.
[Joyce:] Oh it's alright
[Alec:] Mind you it's like
[Joyce:] it's better to have an English man anyway
[Alec:] I was gonna say that was all that I were frightened of
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] she'd meet up with a
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] Japanese and ooh
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] I just, they know my opinion of the Japs
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] ooh if they, cos me eldest lad he does the karate... he's in Wiltshire, he's in the police force, he does karate, he's got his own schools and he mixes with the Japs a lot
[Joyce:] Mm
[Alec:] but he never talks to me about them
[Joyce:] No
[Alec:] cos he knows I
[Joyce:] Yeah I'm
[Alec:] oh bloody hell, I think the Japs are worse than the Germans
[Joyce:] Oh yeah
[Alec:] and the Germans are bad enough
[Joyce:] Yes, he plays
[Alec:] some of them I, I, I suppose the ordinary people but the Japs the whole lot of them
[Joyce:] You never know you never know where they
[Alec:] Never turn your back on them
[Joyce:] No, but they er
[Alec:] been about too much
[Joyce:] Particularly York how they were, now they're all growing up
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] it makes you wonder how they
[Alec:] yeah, I, I think they'll, oh as soon as we drop all our arms
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] that's when they'll start, that's what happened last time weren't it?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] They will, and the Japs I think they're evil
[Joyce:] Do you like me Christmas frock, the, our David sent me some money from America
[Alec:] Oh that's nice
[Joyce:] so I though I'd get, it'll just fritter away if I don't
[Alec:] Yeah yeah
[Joyce:] we went and got that
[Alec:] you do right, it's nice, it's a nice neat one that innit?
[Joyce:] Alec ain't spent his yet, he'll probably pay
[Alec:] Yeah, it's better to wait and get something when you, yeah
[Joyce:] He said he hasn't seen anything new yet, he said I'll spend it, I said what you spend it, he said I'll see something when
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] when I see, when I see something I want
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] but er, I said well I said you need some new trousers like with you being I know he says but I'm losing weight and I might go back to where I was
[Alec:] Mm, he can but he hope
[Joyce:] I have left it out, I have left it out for him yes oh yes, could do that, I've let him some out though when you see him at the back
[Alec:] Yeah just, just unpick it well he used to be right out here Frank didn't he? He used to be right out here Frank, he used to be a right paunch
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] he's er, since he's had his heart attack he's slimmed down
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [talk simultaneous]
[Alec:] ooh you ain't filled your thing in
[speaker005:] You don't need them on er this time love
[Alec:] Oh don't you need them
[Joyce:] No he don't put them in the rubbish bin that's so that we don't have to mess about with it, it, it
[Alec:] Well
[Joyce:] they're not they'll just er stick them put them in a box and sling them you see
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [talk simultaneous]
[Joyce:] we've got the heating on in here today by the feel of things
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] it's warm int it? I'm glad I put this on
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [talk simultaneous]
[Joyce:] I like your outfit you had on Sunday
[Alec:] Frank bought it last year
[Joyce:] Did he?
[Alec:] for Christmas
[Joyce:] I thought maybe you'd got it while you were abroad
[Alec:] No, no, he he bought it a woman, a friend, er she makes it
[Joyce:] Oh does she? Yeah
[Alec:] and she er she knitted it
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] and he
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] well she knew my size so
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] and it washes up lovely
[Joyce:] So he bought it for Christmas for you no
[Alec:] Yeah yeah it washes up lovely Oh these tellies are alright
[Joyce:] I've got one that's been
[Alec:] I've worn it before, yeah, yeah
[Joyce:] and er it's that warm, it's got to be really cold, I mean you couldn't wear it in here on a Sunday night
[Alec:] No, well that's what happened I thought it oh
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] it's bound to be cold with all that frost and I was sweltering
[Joyce:] You, you were, that's only a fine one int it you've bought so that'll be alright
[Alec:] Yeah, yeah it's got a lot of er... it's a holey, what I call a holey one you know
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] with plenty of holes in it
[Joyce:] Holes in it yeah...
[Alec:] then I got sort of er saving because I got paid what redundancy protection and everything, and I says to her oh bugger it I'm gonna pay that off and then so I paid it in the November, the second of December they announce me redundancy don't they? And I'd been paying it for two years then
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Joyce:] There's a lot of knitting mind, but, but
[Ann:] Well we bought ours
[Joyce:] every row
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [talk simultaneous]
[Alec:] well we had er black and white didn't we? I bought him, it's ages since for his birthday
[Joyce:] Yes
[Alec:] you know in case he were ill
[Ann:] Yeah
[Alec:] he wanted it, I just er keep him occupied in bedroom
[Ann:] Yeah
[Alec:] and we'd had it that long and er it's stopped having any
[Ann:] yeah
[Alec:] and we'd left it, and not bothered and then he says one day I might as well sling this out it's no good is it? So he put it in shed, left it in shed for a while and then it were not last year the year before, he took it down, I'm putting this in dustbin duck he says it's no damn good, we went on holiday and me daughter's boyfriend came down while we were away and er, he must of been looking in dustbin he says what's this telly doing, our Mandy said it's no good, me dad's slinging it out, so he took it home and fixed it, it's been going ever since
[Ann:] Yeah it was love
[Joyce:] It's just marvellous isn't it?
[Alec:] and yes er yes If it were, it were snow all it were were your aerial Yeah and yet Marion had one, she'd only had it about just over a year didn't she? And er, it went wrong so she took her daughter's out of her bedroom and using hers and when our John came down she were telling about it so he said oh I'll take it this Sunday and I'll fix it for you, of course with John working away he took the television
[speaker005:] Hello everybody
[Alec:] and it were gone about seven or eight weeks and when he heard nowt about it
[speaker005:] It's a nice day today for you, anyway
[Alec:] so I reminded our John and when he he gave
[speaker005:] We have some new members this afternoon
[Joyce:] Got some new members
[speaker005:] and you all know the register is closed before Christmas, after February we close, the register will be closed at the end of February, no more new members then unless they live on the estate, we have to do that for the Christmas party, okay? Right, well er, we've some birthdays this week there's er Miss on the fifth today she isn't here, Mrs on the sixth, Mrs is on the sixth and Mrs of Gasworthy Close on the seventh. So join with me in wishing our members a happy birthday
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear members, happy birthday to you []
[speaker005:] I hope you all have a nice birthday and many more to come... now last week the flower box raised one pound forty two, the raffle four pound forty six and the bring and buy two pound sixty making a total of eight pound fourteen
[Alec:] I've got news for you he's been ventriloquist, he's a ventriloquist
[speaker005:] er next week is your let letters N and P for the raffle table, for the benefit of new members you go alphabetically through, you know, from A to Z and when it's your turn we'd like you to bring something for the raffle table
[Alec:] Bring something for the raffle when it's your turn
[speaker005:] to help the funds, a tin of something, er your attendance draw goes to Mrs I was praying that you know
[Joyce:] So when it comes to our turn
[speaker005:] and Mrs whose both numbers were nearly at the end of them anyway, with, they'll all be back again in a, another week's time
[Joyce:] What did the second name did you say
[speaker005:] Yes Mrs and Mrs, right now then fix your diary, a lot of you weren't here last week, oh by the way P C is er coming along with a film, it broke down the other week, you all enjoyed the talk so I do hope you come along to see the film, it only takes about twenty minutes and it's on er... security, you know, it's for your own benefit
[Alec:] It is really yeah
[speaker005:] Events for your diary, your two outings, July the fifteenth and August the thirteenth
[Alec:] Drop them down
[Joyce:] Got them down
[speaker005:] July the fifteenth and August the thirteenth, one's on a Wednesday
[Joyce:] Haven't got anything though
[speaker005:] and the others on a Thursday. We're having hot cross buns as usual on April the fifteenth Eighteenth Eighteenth Outing what one July the fifteenth? July the fifteenth and August the thirteenth, one's on a Wednesday
[Alec:] Where'd you get them from then?
[speaker005:] the other's on a Thursday, okay?
[Alec:] What do you call it give me them,me John gave me mine
[Joyce:] Well I don't get a diary
[speaker005:] Er the destination hasn't been decided yet I've got two quotes that were, we have plenty of time to pick that, the buses are booked so we've got the outings
[Alec:] Hot cross buns
[speaker005:] er, the Easter fair will take place on April the twenty ninth, now I've heard from Goldthorpe, I only heard this week, and their, the production they're doing is My Fair Lady, now we're hoping to go on the Thursday, March the nineteenth, the tickets, the balcony is three pound and the stalls are two pound fifty, and they, there'll be your bus fare on top so if any of you are interested please give me your names this afternoon so I can... get them tickets sorted out, right, now if that
[Alec:] Where's that?
[Joyce:] My Fair Lady at Goldthorpe
[speaker005:] What is a senior citizen?
[Ann:] Two fifty or three pound
[speaker005:] A senior citizen is one who was here before the pill, before television, frozen food, credit card and ballpoint pens, for us timesharing meant togetherness, not computers and a chip meant a piece of wood, hardware meant hardware and software wasn't even a word, teenagers never wore slacks, we were before pantyhose, drip-dry clothes, dishwashers, clothes driers and electric blankets, we got married first and then lived together
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker005:] How quaint can one be?
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker005:] They all wore Peter Pan collars and thought cleavage was something butchers did, we were before vitamin, vitamin pills, disposal diapers, Q E one, jeeps, pizzas, instant coffee and Kentucky Fried wasn't even thought of, in our day cigarette smoking was fashionable, grass was for mowing, pot was something you cooked in. A gay par person was the life of the party and nothing more
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker005:] while meant beauty lotions or help for someone in trouble, we are today senior citizens, a hardy bunch when you think of how the world has changed and of the adjustments we have had to make and that is
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [clapping]
[Joyce:] That was good that was weren't it?
[speaker005:] And don't forget any of you who would like to go to Goldthorpe I'm taking the names
[Joyce:] She's on tape here
[speaker005:] this afternoon, thank you, and your raffles now, er Mrs on the pink you've got the first one love, give it to Mabel...
[Alec:] That's her little one, thought he had Downs didn't they?
[speaker005:] A tin of salmon the first one or whatever
[Alec:] Was it, was it forty three thousand she won then?
[speaker005:] Who's J C R fifteen?
[Joyce:] Oh me
[Alec:] You Oh you've got it
[Joyce:] It's me [LAUGHTER]
[speaker005:] J C R fifteen that was second one
[Ann:] You'll get second
[Joyce:] Leave that Christmas pudding alone
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER] Get that Christmas pudding
[speaker005:] Then Vera again...
[Joyce:] What has she got?
[speaker005:] What's that C?...
[Joyce:] She's got the Christmas pudding I think, it's only a little tiny thing... is that it? Oh no it's
[speaker005:] I don't know what this is, is it W A or C O A, W A?
[Ann:] What you got?
[Joyce:] Some scones
[speaker005:] It's you well go and get a prize then my duck, Will has got the next one
[Alec:] Why didn't you get the Christmas pudding?
[Joyce:] Didn't want a Christmas pudding
[Alec:] I did, I like it better than that Thought you were getting Christmas pudding
[Joyce:] Go on, you go and change it
[Alec:] No
[Joyce:] I didn't want it
[speaker005:] That's Mrs...
[Joyce:] Christmas pudding now Christmas is over
[Alec:] Yeah
[speaker005:] Don't go Florrie you've got a pound to come, M A B's gotta pound, Flo and D A...
[Joyce:] Just put them under there
[Alec:] Put them under where?
[speaker005:] Who's M O D, D A Doris, Mrs, Flo and Doris, right you ready for your next bingo?
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] Yeah
[Alec:] It were worth coming for weren't it?
[Joyce:] It were [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] Oh dear...
[Alec:] You see you're getting your money back
[Joyce:] Scones for tea
[Alec:] getting your money back what you paid in I'd rather of had Christmas pudding
[Joyce:] Go and change it then
[Alec:] No, I'm not changing it now
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER] That's alright but you've got no
[Joyce:] You're not, it's fattening
[Alec:] So them
[Joyce:] Yeah, he don't know that
[Alec:] Don't he? Oh dear...
[Joyce:] There were a tin of pilchards, but I don't like pilchards
[Alec:] Tin of pilchards was there?
[Joyce:] Yeah, a tin
[Alec:] Big one, ooh... I get those little ones for us
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] I got them for me, I'd get them for me daughter but I don't know if she likes them
[Joyce:] Yeah... she likes tuna
[Alec:] and er mackerel you can get them little tins as well
[Joyce:] Yeah, yeah I wished we did like them cos many a time you can make a meal
[Alec:] Snack int it? Yeah
[Joyce:] Yeah we usually have dinner time, then have our dinner at tea time... sometimes you don't know what to have do you?
[Alec:] You don't
[Joyce:] especially with us not eating fish
[Alec:] Yeah, you don't eat fish?
[Joyce:] No, we don't eat fish
[Alec:] Don't you?
[Joyce:] The only fish I, well I say fish it's seafood, is salmon
[Alec:] Oh yeah, mm
[Joyce:] it's the only thing we eat
[Alec:] Tinned?
[Joyce:] Tinned salmon, yeah
[Alec:] So you don't eat fish, don't you like fish? Neither of you?
[Joyce:] No
[Alec:] Well that's strange that
[Ann:] Oh yet me father, me father'd have fish every meal
[Alec:] Oh I love fish
[Joyce:] and me daughter loves fish
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] she loves it, but
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] I never touch it
[Alec:] No
[Joyce:] fish to me was my mother making me sit at a
[Alec:] I don't mind fish
[Joyce:] table
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] from dinner time to tea time, to eat this fish
[Alec:] Oh yeah
[Joyce:] for me dinner
[Alec:] Oh
[Joyce:] and I wouldn't eat it
[Alec:] Oh
[Joyce:] I tried it, but it used to, I used to, I just did not like fish
[Alec:] No...
[Joyce:] and when ever anybody talks of fish it's just me sitting at the table from dinner time and then she
[Alec:] Yeah that's what reminds you of
[Joyce:] realized I didn't like it
[Alec:] Yeah
[speaker005:] I used to, I love fish and chips, used to love fish and chips
[Joyce:] Yeah, when I were when I was er
[Alec:] I'm alright with fish until I get a bone
[Joyce:] when I was expecting our John
[Alec:] and once I get a bone that's it, it's over
[Joyce:] Yeah, I used to go down to and I used to pass these fish shops, I had to have fish and chips
[Alec:] I like tuna
[Joyce:] cos I don't know why they've got blooming queues in fish shop
[Ann:] Do you?
[Alec:] Aye
[Joyce:] he says well why don't you use your pass? You're pregnant, you know your book
[Alec:] Yeah that's right
[Joyce:] I said I'm not standing here queuing letting everybody know I'm pregnant [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] Ah
[Joyce:] so I, I used to, he used to take me home and then he used to go and stand in the queue
[speaker005:] Are you all ready then?
[Joyce:] Yeah, is this two? For two games?
[speaker005:] For playing a line?
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] For two games?
[Alec:] That's right
[Ann:] Yeah
[Alec:] same as the first time
[speaker005:] Two fifty a line and six pound a house now pay attention, right, first number
[Joyce:] Oh yeah, if she don't give you a cheque
[speaker005:] two and eight... twenty eight, are you playing Mr?
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] Yes
[Alec:] You're alright?
[Joyce:] He's alright, we're alright Evelyn
[speaker005:] Come on Go on Oh there's always one Bloody hell, there's always one
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker005:] There's always one int there? There's always
[Joyce:] Just a minute, just a minute [LAUGHTER]
[speaker005:] First number, two and eight twenty eight... four and seven forty seven
[Alec:] Could of carried on love
[speaker005:] two and nine, twenty nine
[Joyce:] I was doing it love I told you it was alright
[speaker005:] seven and nine, seventy nine, by itself number two... four and eight, forty eight, six O, sixty... four and five, forty five, by itself number one, two and three, twenty three, seven and one, seventy one, three and two, thirty two, five and six, fifty six, four and six, forty six... five and nine fifty nine, seven O, seventy, three and one thirty one... three and six, thirty six, five and one, fifty one, one and two, twelve, seven and five, seventy five, one O, number ten, six and ninety, sixty nine, five and three, fifty three, four and ninety forty nine, eight and seven eighty seven, both the eights, eighty eight
[Joyce:] Can't be long twenty seven numbers
[speaker005:] one and three thirteen Here
[Alec:] That was long
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] don't usually go that long
[speaker005:] Who is it please? Mrs
[Joyce:] It's a long one
[Alec:] Twenty eight numbers for a line, mm
[Joyce:] Have you got the other half of this one Frank?
[speaker005:] Yeah, why? Thirteen Thirteen twenty three twenty three
[Joyce:] Oh it doesn't matter
[Alec:] What's the matter?
[speaker005:] thirty two thirty two
[Joyce:] I just asked if he'd got the other half of this card
[speaker005:] twenty three twenty three
[Alec:] Oh have they? Oh I see so there's only one who can
[speaker005:] and seventy one
[Joyce:] Yeah
[speaker005:] that's why I don't give them like that
[Joyce:] Don't you like them that way?
[speaker005:] don't like them, that way
[Joyce:] Oh I'm always sitting thinking if I hadn't got them, I'd be thinking now was it on the card I haven't got you know
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] I'm like that
[speaker005:] The next number for the full house, by itself number five, three O, thirty, both the ones, eleven
[Joyce:] Now that I've finished work I'll probably do that for you
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER] Oh aye
[Joyce:] oh I well I won't be doing it then, will I?
[Alec:] Won't be doing nowt then
[Joyce:] I don't know I don't
[Alec:] eh?
[Joyce:] Sometimes well easier innit?
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] Easier just to pick up...
[Alec:] go out to Johnny's early tomorrow won't we? If she's coming tomorrow afternoon
[Joyce:] Who?
[Alec:] Who, Denise
[Joyce:] Oh yeah I forgot about that
[Alec:] Mm... [singing] up the lazy river, happy []...
[Joyce:] I think we er better go today then, don't you?...
[Alec:] Well er she's not coming until tomorrow night is she?
[Joyce:] Afternoon
[Alec:] Well tomorrow afternoon...
[Joyce:] be coming dinner time
[Alec:] I'd go and have a look and see to buy some tellies like you know
[Joyce:] That what?
[Alec:] Some videos
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] There's one thing you can, you can gamble if you don't bloody well gonna like it
[Joyce:] No
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] sure won't, two different patterns, two different materials...
[Alec:] I don't know this pickle this last pickled onion do I?
[Joyce:] But one did you eat like that, you sat, it's not like having a form of material to cut out more than that is it?
[Alec:] No
[Joyce:] You know?
[Alec:] [clears throat] Oh there's some on there if you wanna... er Joyce was saying that get vast material
[Joyce:] Yeah, I thought these things that I don't wear that I like the material of, it's good material, it's a matter of trying... built it up
[Alec:] Ah dear, dear, dear, dear
[Joyce:] otherwise it might just as well get chucked out mightn't it?
[Alec:] Yeah, try a pickled onion
[Joyce:] Here... half a one int it?
[Alec:] Mm, the last
[Joyce:] Mm, good that vinegar though cos I sliced some onion, I like it like that, do you?
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] I think I prefer to get it like that and, instead of having a whole onion it's better when, they're, the big ones like they are... bit too big aren't they?
[Alec:] Mm... that's better, go and get some more in won't we?... One day we'll call into Rose... I mean you didn't get them from Rose did you, where'd you get that one from, butchers weren't it?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] Ah?
[Joyce:] What?
[Alec:] This pickle, pickles, get them from there
[Joyce:] Erm you know that butchers next to the post office?
[Alec:] At the bottom here?
[Joyce:] Mm
[Alec:] Oh
[Joyce:] just happened to go in one day for some meat and... I got me bacon there for Christmas, that's what I went in for weren't it?... You don't want er video straight away do you?... That's the cheapest place down there
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] that's the cheapest place... int it?
[Alec:] Mm, mm he's a cowboy int he?...
[Joyce:] Well they say so, but
[Alec:] Well he looks like [LAUGHTER] we could play at ours the day before and can borrow Doug's can't we?
[Joyce:] Yeah... Mm?
[Alec:] Everything wrong now
[Joyce:] No, I know we can get a new one off him... we can always get keep it okay for you... in fact that's who I'd thought you'd gone to, I thought you had called in at their house like cos must of seen his, I thought you must of seen his run out his car at
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ......
[Alec:] No I'll be up early in morning to [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] It's, it's no good we going tomorrow or Howard'll be coming turn out late shift be coming out you know, might as well get ready and going out, now I've had summat to eat, it's only quarter to... Really we're starting into the second leaves, the frosts through to the second set of leaves these, that's gonna be better plant... and here when the wind blows
[Alec:] do what love?
[Joyce:] I say when the wind blows it sort of a howl in here I noticed it when I were doing window other day Are you gonna go and have a look then? What about looking at back and me bulbs, our Michael might be there mind, I doubt it though I think it's his day off...
[Alec:] Oh I wonder if you
[Joyce:] Just er cut er, stop that, turn that iron off love
[Alec:] He just wants to er, just want to go and get your groceries don't you?... We can do that love... [humming]... You having a go at this when you come back?
[Joyce:] Probably, yeah
[Alec:] Gonna put them on top don't it?
[Joyce:] I don't need the iron, I don't need, I don't need this out though... just the, leave that... just leave them on there like that... In the, in the sun from so many hours
[Alec:] Right oh yeah
[Joyce:] but at the beginning of the morning it were cold and then it went warmer
[Alec:] Oh yeah and that
[Joyce:] cold at nights then it went very cold again
[Joan:] Hey he's recording me here
[Joyce:] We, we, we did some with them
[Alec:] We were at the centre yesterday with Frank and Joy
[Joyce:] Oh er did he come?
[Alec:] Mm, yeah, we had a couple of game of in garden
[Joyce:] Did they sign on?
[Alec:] She won the first, she won what did she win?
[Joyce:] Did she? Annie
[Alec:] She won a packet of scones No [LAUGHTER] at raffle [] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] They signed on then did they?
[Alec:] Yes they're already, they're signed up members now
[Joyce:] Oh
[Alec:] yeah, and it ends the, they don't, er she doesn't sit any more members after the end of February she said Yeah, yeah Yeah, so, do you want to get, get your, you'll have to start, come on then
[Joyce:] Aye
[Alec:] get yourself signed up
[Joyce:] Oh we would of been there on Sunday but, I've been, I've been, yeah
[Alec:] No I mean at centre on Wednesday
[Joyce:] Mm, I mean we've been going out in the daytime, when the weather's
[Alec:] Yeah, yeah
[Joyce:] been good, a bit of sunshine
[Alec:] Aye
[Joyce:] but stopping in at night
[Alec:] Night, no
[Joyce:] because we've not been able to talk to people
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] it's been er
[Alec:] I know
[Joyce:] it's not been very good or nice for you
[Joan:] Oh how you doing?
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER] I'm sure of that [LAUGHTER] Not very nice to me
[Joan:] Aye that bad
[Joyce:] It isn't it isn't
[Joan:] is it nearly, was it nearly video shop here
[Ann:] Video?
[Joan:] Yeah
[Alec:] We're out looking for it we're looking
[Joan:] Where have they gone?
[Alec:] we've got a couple of fruit and veg and that, but we are were looking
[Joan:] Where are they?
[Alec:] for a video, our video's gone
[Joyce:] Has it?
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] Oh
[Alec:] My son took it to be mended
[Ann:] for selling new ones?
[Joan:] Aye, I
[Alec:] and when we got it back the flipping thing won't play at all
[Ann:] Er, Dixons
[Joan:] Dixons, aye that's what Joy said Dixons, yeah
[Alec:] it just wasn't er, it wasn't just anybody who were advertising, it was a shop
[Joyce:] We took mind to the
[Alec:] Anyway still working or
[Ann:] Yeah I'm on nights Alec
[Alec:] Oh you lucky sod [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] I'm like a bear with a sore arse...
[Alec:] Yeah, er, have a chat with these, no we won't
[Joan:] Oh what a shame
[Alec:] no we ain't got much time for pinting have you?
[Joan:] [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] Do you, ah see you son
[Joan:] Yeah see you Alec
[Alec:] I hope
[Joyce:] It's on your left, don't you turn down
[Alec:] There's a place at Bentley on the left hand side, you might get one, that's reasonable, do you want a new video?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] A new one?
[Joyce:] Mm
[Alec:] Well you should be able to get one Joyce
[Joyce:] Well we could've got a second hand one, but I mean what I'll pay for a second hand one we might as well get three hundred pound for a second hand one
[Alec:] Can't you get one in town a decent video I mean I've been in two shops now there's fifty pound difference like, you know Can't you get, well what about those electrical shops on the front
[Ann:] Oh you've got to shop around
[Alec:] There's fifty pound difference so you on the right, Phil's Radios oh you've got to have a look ain't you? and all that, Phil's
[Ann:] Oh you got to shop round, you might get something
[Alec:] That's what I'm saying we about forty or fifty pound, forty, got a big different now on, some I've seen like
[Ann:] Someone selling videos, three hundred
[Alec:] No we got
[Joyce:] they were all about three hundred weren't they?
[Alec:] Start from two, about two four ninety
[Joyce:] Say that, some were hundred, weren't it Alec?
[Alec:] to five hundred, some were seven hundred
[Joyce:] He had two
[Ann:] And I Nicam liable
[Alec:] We don't want Nicam we, we just want to Mm
[Ann:] Mm
[Alec:] record a programme
[Joyce:] He had two didn't he? A hundred pound and a hundred and
[Alec:] Yes
[Joyce:] twenty five pounds
[Alec:] Yeah, reconditioned
[Joyce:] in that er, yeah, don't know, well if he's doing a, if, ours are no good when they're finished with it will they?
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER] we could, we could go and hire a film like if you wanted to play it
[Joyce:] it could plays at home and it played alright, it played well, but it wasn't being
[Alec:] Aye How's your Tom, is he any better?
[Joyce:] How is he? Why is he poorly?
[Alec:] I thought you said he's got to go in hospital for his
[Joyce:] Oh well er I asked Joyce and she said erm, he hasn't to go in, he's not bad enough
[Alec:] Oh
[Joyce:] er, sort of er, they wanted to sign him off but our Tom said no he don't want to be signed off so they put them on er, he's to go back in six months
[Alec:] Out dancing tonight? Jack are you out dancing tonight?
[Ann:] Yeah, are you?
[Alec:] No I don't think so, well, no Frank, Frank said he were going like
[Joyce:] And er but you see, well er
[Ann:] you know we're going on a surprise er trip to Scarborough don't you?
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] Are ya? Oh
[Alec:] Joyce doesn't know about it so don't let slip
[Ann:] Now look, now, now just let me tell her this
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] just let me tell her this is
[Joyce:] for her birthday?
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] this, this is how this has come about
[Alec:] Yeah
[Ann:] now Joyce has, it's Joyce's birthday
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] and for a treat he's taking her to the, er nostalgic weekend at
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] Scarborough Grand Hotel
[Alec:] Forties, forties
[Joyce:] Oh yeah
[Ann:] for a weekend
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] Oh yeah forties
[Joyce:] Oh yeah
[Ann:] and er... unknown to, to Joyce
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] I'm going and Tom's also all us all, all four going
[Joyce:] Ah you're all going ah yeah
[Ann:] but you see Joyce has been saying to us
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] why don't you come? I said no
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] it's for you
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] but this is the surprise you see?
[Alec:] Oh that'll be nice
[Joyce:] Now I see what you mean, yeah
[Ann:] So Tom's, she going to Tom she said why don't you come Tom?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] And he says no I haven't got me name down look
[Alec:] No I'm waiting
[Ann:] to go in hospital, it's his excuse you see
[Joyce:] Ah, yeah
[Alec:] says I'm not
[Ann:] So Joyce thinks he's, he's going in after you see
[Joyce:] Well she told me that he in six months, yeah it was planned weren't it six months
[Ann:] He can't go, that's the reason he can't go you see but he's going
[Alec:] Yeah Six months' time
[Joyce:] But they're going now, Wednesday next, is it this month?
[Alec:] It's the twenty first of February
[Joyce:] I thought it were February
[Ann:] I think it's the twenty first
[Alec:] cos we went to her sixty fifth, yeah
[Ann:] and we booked end suite
[Joyce:] Have you? Oh, oh bloody hell, oh
[Ann:] bride, bride room suite we've got
[Alec:] No we've got premier suite
[Joyce:] Oh, oh
[Ann:] Premier suite
[Joyce:] Oh, oh
[Alec:] Premier suite
[Joyce:] Oh lovely
[Alec:] we, all four of us have booked premier suite, but
[Joyce:] Yeah, oh [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] but the others, the others
[Ann:] They don't know, she don't know
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] Frank does
[Alec:] She doesn't know we're going so don't let it slip
[Joyce:] No
[Alec:] No
[Joyce:] No
[Ann:] There's a place where they go for lunch you see
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] and we're gonna be sat there having lunch when they walk in
[Joyce:] Oh I see, aye
[Alec:] That sounds great
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] as a surprise
[Joyce:] Oh yeah, well that'll be nice then won't it?
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] That's how it come about that Joyce thinks
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] he's going in hospital
[Alec:] Do you know if Graham's got that flat, he's been offered a flat
[Joyce:] Yes
[Alec:] Has he got it?
[Joyce:] Yes
[Alec:] He's taking it
[Ann:] Has he gone in then Joyce?
[Joyce:] Well he must have it cos she were on about it yesterday weren't she? On about this flat that George, helping him to get the thing for
[Alec:] Yes, yes
[Ann:] Oh
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] So he must be going, of gone in it
[Joyce:] Yeah must be, yeah
[Ann:] Oh he's got it anyway
[Joyce:] Mm
[Alec:] Oh that's good
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] They say there's a lot of alterations
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] Thinks there's a lot of alterations to be done
[Joyce:] Yeah, I was wondering about our Tom, cos they never go nowhere do they? They never go out at night, they don't
[Alec:] Well I don't, I don't know, I don't know
[Ann:] No
[Alec:] we don't see that much of them
[Joyce:] No that's what I mean they never go out
[Ann:] He's golfing at day time
[Joyce:] I mean
[Ann:] he's too tired to go out at night
[Alec:] I don't think Elsie's bothered
[Joyce:] Oh not too bothered oh
[Alec:] I don't think it makes a lot of difference
[Joyce:] Oh
[Alec:] I don't think so Mm Ah that's that then
[Ann:] I don't know how
[Alec:] I don't know, I don't think she's bothered Jack about that cos she a lot don't she?
[Joyce:] She does have a tipple
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] she's probably getting tired as well looking after her
[Alec:] She's more of a family person I think They get used to stopping in you know Jack
[Ann:] Ah?
[Alec:] You get used to stopping in after a while
[Joyce:] I think they do at Skegness don't they?
[Ann:] Oh aye you do
[Joyce:] So don't care now
[Ann:] I couldn't care less whether I go dancing or not me
[Alec:] Oh not just when they were dancing, before they started dancing Have you? Me either they were always out when it comes to [LAUGHTER] then I start getting itchy feet
[Ann:] Oh I can stop in every night me
[Joyce:] You could what?
[Ann:] I'm a right stopper-inner me
[Joyce:] Are you?
[Alec:] Well I've been stopping but I thought, I, I
[Joyce:] Aren't you bothered about going out have you?
[Alec:] I, I I mean I'm talking smashing now
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] but on Monday I couldn't speak a word Oh you're lucky had you had a row?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] Yeah, yeah
[Alec:] This is the third lot of antibiotics they've given me
[Joyce:] Yeah, yeah
[Alec:] Aye it went in me ear, I went deaf before it went away
[Joyce:] Oh God
[Alec:] I couldn't hear a thing in me right ear
[Joyce:] Oh it's
[Alec:] had to go back to the doctor
[Joyce:] it's to be hoped it doesn't er go right for travel all around, like, you know
[Ann:] We aren't nearly started breathing again cos er are you going to sleep or what you see or what you see or what
[Alec:] you know you're not worry about it she said [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] No it's not funny at all actually what she said to me was, was a
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] I had a virus in me head
[Alec:] Yeah, I see yeah
[Joyce:] and it's not been funny at all, he's laughing about it but I've had to cope with it
[Alec:] No, I know it's not funny we've, we've had it
[Ann:] I know we've, we've had it love
[Joyce:] it's not been funny at all
[Alec:] it's not funny at all, no
[Joyce:] he makes jokes about me not being able to talk but I ain't been able to talk
[Alec:] Yeah, no
[Joyce:] it's been awful
[Alec:] No, yeah
[Joyce:] I've been really, really poorly
[Ann:] No I didn't mean nothing by that
[Alec:] bound to be, bound to be awful when a woman can't talk it must be terrible [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] Well it, it wasn't funny that day before I went to the that ear
[Alec:] Oh dear
[Joyce:] cos I had to go to the doctor and tell them
[Alec:] Yeah, yeah
[Joyce:] I were flying the next day to Benidorm I've had trouble all the time with me back
[Alec:] Oh yeah been away
[Joyce:] since before Christmas with me back
[Alec:] Ooh
[Joyce:] I've had, I've had the tr
[Alec:] did you with the wall then?
[Joyce:] No
[Alec:] No
[Joyce:] because he went
[Alec:] No
[Joyce:] back up there
[Alec:] Frank cured it Did he? he jerked her up, up settee she couldn't get up Oh and it, since then her back's been alright [LAUGHTER] Yeah
[Joyce:] I nearly fell over, he pulled me up with such a acting about
[Alec:] Did he? Oh, er
[Joyce:] and it really hurt me back
[Alec:] Yeah but it went right
[Joyce:] but it went [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] Well he probably put it right
[Joyce:] I've had it funny
[Alec:] he's probably jerked it back in, eh?
[Joyce:] funny for weeks
[Alec:] Well I would of put rope round her neck He could of done and hang her up, pressure on it [LAUGHTER] Oh my God [] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] I can't win can I?
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER] Oh dear
[Joyce:] I can't win at all
[Alec:] Oh he's pleased what he's been doing that
[Joyce:] I just, I can't wish, I don't know how he's stuck with fifty one years really do you? I don't know how he's stuck me
[Alec:] I could of roared of laugh when [LAUGHTER] she won [] when Joyce won that raffle you know, all little bits of this and little bits of that you know, and there were a Christmas pudding on the, er, well you picked what you wanted well
[Joyce:] Oh
[Alec:] hers were the number the second one out, so she had the second choice Oh, er so, er, Jack saying get that Christmas pudding, anyway she comes back with the ready scones don't she? And he wanted the Chri why didn't you get that Christmas pudding, why did you get that
[Joyce:] What did she say?
[Alec:] What Christmas pudding She said
[Joyce:] Is it, aye won the scones did she
[Alec:] I don't like Christmas pudding
[Joyce:] Well I don't my lovely
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER] Anyway Alec won a line two pound ten didn't you? Yeah And he, she won the scones [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] What time does it start?
[Alec:] It starts at half past one till about three It's only a couple of hours, it gets easy
[Joyce:] What have they got to get from bowls to there
[Alec:] Yeah, that's right
[Joyce:] I see and then er, well that's what they did yesterday
[Alec:] Where'd they go bowling? Up to Insthrope
[Joyce:] And he had a drink and he had a pint had a white wine, I don't bother
[Alec:] Is it indoor like eh? She had a cup of tea did she Joyce?
[Joyce:] Oh we all had a cup of tea, yeah
[Alec:] I see a cup of tea is it?
[Joyce:] we all have a cup of tea, yeah you pay fifteen pence to go in each, yeah
[Alec:] That's to cover, that's a cup of tea and two biscuits
[Joyce:] fifty pence to join once a year
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and then it's fifteen pence
[Alec:] It's what love?
[Ann:] Can Joyce drive?
[Joyce:] Fifty pence
[Alec:] Eh? To join
[Joyce:] to join
[Ann:] Can Joyce drive?
[Alec:] That's a pound for two Yeah, why? and thirty pence for two a week to go in
[Ann:] So you can have a drink.
[Alec:] Well I don't drink much do I? I haven't been able to drink actually, er I couldn't get me I'm a lot better now though
[Ann:] Have you got bronchitis?
[Alec:] [clears throat] Must have
[Ann:] Well you weren't like that last time I saw you
[Alec:] Er I was, bloody was, fortnight about three week ago I was no before holiday I were alright
[Ann:] Have you been to doctors?
[Alec:] Oh aye, erm he give me tablets and whatnots
[Ann:] What he say to er, asthma or something?
[Alec:] No just, [LAUGHTER] no, no [] bronchitis I should imagine... nothing wrong with me apart from that.
[Joyce:] No she, she had a grapefruit or something didn't she?
[Alec:] What's that love?
[Joyce:] She didn't have an
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] alcoholic
[Alec:] no
[Joyce:] drink, it was either grapefruit
[Alec:] grapefruit
[Joyce:] or bitter lemon or something like that she had
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] I didn't have a drink I just
[Alec:] I'm pleased he's
[Joyce:] had me cup of tea
[Alec:] When, when he rang us up it, it was looking at us like for Brian he kept, called in as I was
[Joyce:] Oh
[Alec:] going enjoy
[Joyce:] oh well they'd got it then ain't they? Had they got it through a Council then?
[Ann:] You see he's he's got a choice, he got three weeks to move in, make his mind up
[Alec:] Yeah must of done, he got up to three weeks to move in
[Joyce:] Mm
[Alec:] make his mind on moving, so he's having it is he?
[Ann:] Yeah he had to have some alterations made
[Joyce:] Well it looks like it, I know she was saying that er on about er
[Alec:] It looks like it
[Joyce:] she were gonna look at that place at er Audrey's brother's got it same as Walter's, er second hand stuff to see if they could get a little bit of something, start him off, like, you know
[Alec:] Yes, yes of course
[Joyce:] he's got a nice you know he really has, I looked in one day, it was very nice, they weren't what I wanted but they nice for anybody to
[Alec:] To start him off, yeah, start him off so he must of got it he's moving in, I'm pleased about that
[Joyce:] got on, it was a good one yeah he wants to go anyway doesn't he? Bless him.
[Alec:] He does, yeah he does
[Joyce:] Ooh
[Alec:] if he, he feels for once
[Joyce:] he seems a great lad int he?
[Alec:] thing is he wants his own independence
[Ann:] Oh he's old enough now he's twenty seven
[Joyce:] Oh that's fantastic
[Alec:] Aye you know he's twenty seven coming up you know he's time
[Joyce:] I mean I'm here to say, er is that disability but he's, he's a great lad int he?
[Alec:] Yes
[Joyce:] And I says to him you're always smiling
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] you'd think he'd be the last one to smile, but he's always smiling int he, lovely
[Alec:] Yeah he is yeah Aye
[Joyce:] I think he's a lovely lad
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] I really do
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] yeah... yeah he's wanting his own independence you see
[Alec:] Yeah, that's right yeah
[Joyce:] a bit
[Alec:] I'm gonna have a look in that er that er
[Ann:] Gonna have a look at er electric shop er in Stock Lane?
[Alec:] Yeah we're going, we've gotta Yeah cos we've gotta get back we want some, we want some veg for
[Joyce:] We have some curtains to do no, I want some of them velour curtains for the bedroom for them I do
[Alec:] Oh crikey
[Ann:] Oh summat else, some more expense
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER] I know []
[Joyce:] Well they're coming in April you know not May
[Alec:] left to me I'd take all curtains down stop people looking in
[Ann:] yeah
[Alec:] Ain't that marvellous?
[Joyce:] Yeah, so er
[Alec:] You won't stop people
[Joyce:] not giving me much chance to get done what I was gonna do though [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] If you want to stop people looking in your window board them up, like on continent be time
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] Daft, it's er, it's really I want some of that erm curtains, cos they stop the sun and you know in the, I've got them downstairs and you know they're no trouble, they're great aren't they? They never look dirty [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] No, want some dark curtains Yeah [LAUGHTER] Sun waking up and you're waking
[Joyce:] and er
[Alec:] up about four
[Joyce:] so er, but I thought we've the sun in the morning
[Alec:] That's no good is it?
[Ann:] No
[Joyce:] it wakes you up
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] so if I get, put some of them in it will not wake her up in the morning
[Alec:] That's right
[Joyce:] Mind you they don't have the sun in the back in the morning do they? It's in the front er it's, it's in the back at the front, I've got the
[Alec:] Still bright though int it?
[Joyce:] Yeah, anyway need new ones for there anyway
[Alec:] Want dark, want dark, want dark yes
[Ann:] Get some dark glasses for your eyes
[Joyce:] I do need some because mine are going er
[Alec:] Yeah, wants some dark, dark er them buggers in red don't you?
[Joyce:] er check, you know, there's nothing wrong with them, but faded
[Alec:] Awful aren't they? I like, don't like getting them like that and if he gets the new ones
[Joyce:] Oh I'll get
[Ann:] When are they coming?
[Alec:] er, er April aren't they?
[Joyce:] April the ninth
[Ann:] For ten weeks
[Alec:] April the ninth
[Joyce:] Yeah, Chris is yeah, yeah
[Alec:] She is Chris, she's a coming
[Joyce:] just with the kids
[Alec:] with two kids
[Joyce:] Our Dave's coming for us, he can't have all that time off, he's coming for three weeks in er
[Alec:] That'll be nice, does she like to come back then Chris?
[Joyce:] Well I think, I think she'll be that fed up being here all that time, she'll be glad to get back to America to be quite honest with you Chris, what is there for her to do all that time? [cough] With our Dave not being here either
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] you know
[Ann:] Mm, yeah
[Joyce:] it'll be different if he were here I mean they could, he'd take her all over wouldn't he and every weekend he'd take her
[Alec:] Aye, she can drive
[Joyce:] take her for a drink and everything
[Alec:] Is she an English girl Chris?
[Joyce:] Oh yeah she did live
[Alec:] Yeah, mm
[Joyce:] in Thorne, she's only from Thorne
[Ann:] Well she's coming home then int she?
[Alec:] Does she like it in America? Oh aye she's coming home to her mum and her mum's here
[Ann:] Yeah
[Alec:] [clears throat]
[Joyce:] I don't know why they come here for in this weather it's beautiful there
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] even this time of the year, over Christmas and January we were outside in the morning having our breakfast every day weren't we Alec?
[Alec:] Yeah, every day, rained
[Joyce:] For a couple of days we had rain
[Alec:] rained two rained two days out of six weeks
[Joyce:] but er that was all in six weeks it's beautiful
[Ann:] Lovely climate there innit?
[Alec:] Mm That was Christmas and New Year was it? Bit chilly at night like, you know
[Joyce:] We went Boxing Day
[Alec:] we put gas fire on
[Joyce:] came back February the eighth
[Alec:] Yes
[Joyce:] we had beautiful weather
[Alec:] Did you? That was last year of course
[Joyce:] Yeah yeah
[Alec:] Yeah Yeah We're alright letting
[Ann:] It's a shame having to go that, that time of year every year
[Alec:] alright letting you here at four o'clock in the afternoon, sun shining
[Joyce:] It's lovely all the year round Jack
[Alec:] Yes, yes
[Joyce:] it's lovely all the year round and it's hotter in the summer like
[Alec:] Drinking, drinking gin
[Ann:] Too hot in the summer
[Alec:] Too hot, it's, yeah
[Joyce:] Well we haven't had it too hot, we went down, was it the American Independence day didn't we?
[Alec:] Yeah oh that were very hot that day
[Joyce:] We had to sit in the shade out the road a bit
[Alec:] we had about that much shade Jack
[Joyce:] We had, we had bring some water to cool you down it was really hot that day
[Alec:] that's about that much wa shade didn't you around the house
[Joyce:] Yeah but that was er, the worse day we had the sun really
[Alec:] The sun right overhead
[Joyce:] weren't it? That it in that time
[Ann:] Sun right above you then weren't it?
[Alec:] Yeah it is yeah mind you only short days
[Joyce:] At that time yeah yeah
[Alec:] Oh aye it's dark for, it's dark before half past seven
[Joyce:] The only, the only thing it has short days
[Alec:] Mm, mm
[Ann:] Oh
[Joyce:] Oh it's not dark that early
[Alec:] It is...
[Joyce:] It's
[Alec:] at eight o'clock I were sat outside
[Joyce:] Aye but that, yes
[Ann:] What mid, in mid summer?
[Alec:] eight o'clock I was just
[Joyce:] Aye, but that was
[Alec:] Yes
[Joyce:] January, December
[Alec:] it's, it's, I was sat outside at eight o'clock and it were dark, I could, sat watching traffic lights, there was that much to do I was sat outside smoking watching traffic lights change
[Joyce:] Dusk dusk
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] dusk here at eight o'clock
[Alec:] Mm, oh aye I mean when they come here when they come here it's winter isn't it? it's ten o'clock, half past ten, half past ten you know
[Joyce:] Oh yeah we've been twice
[Alec:] Did you like it? when it gets dark
[Joyce:] once on our own
[Alec:] we don't know what to do
[Joyce:] and once with the kids
[Alec:] Oh do you think it's marvellous? Everybody says that
[Joyce:] Lovely, yeah it were lovely
[Alec:] really good to see you
[Joyce:] Yeah, we liked it didn't we?
[Alec:] What?
[Joyce:] Disney Land
[Alec:] Oh, aye
[Joyce:] We went to a lot of things
[Alec:] Nice
[Joyce:] and you know it sort, it surprises you so much because I've said we'll go on this moving stair thing er what they call it?
[Alec:] Pave remover it is
[Joyce:] Mm, pave remover
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] I said we'll go on that to get to this other place, and the bloody things there were shoots of firing and there were
[Alec:] Yeah laser,la
[Joyce:] all sorts going off in there [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] you couldn't believe it
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] I says God flipping hell what's going up here, then, something going on all the time int there?
[Alec:] Yeah Yeah, yeah
[Joyce:] You're never bored
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] and we, then we went to Universal Studios didn't we?
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and er
[Alec:] Did you enjoy that?
[Joyce:] we had Jaws and all that lot you know, there was, they had Jaws on and you're just going round this corner and bloody great water comes up and jaws opens [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER] Yeah It's worth going to see isn't it?
[Joyce:] Oh yeah
[Alec:] Mm
[Ann:] They reckon that one in, in France are gonna be better
[Alec:] When when they it's erm
[Joyce:] Well that one is
[Ann:] more money
[Alec:] It'll be the same but it
[Joyce:] It'll be along the same lines
[Alec:] Same, erm
[Joyce:] I should imagine
[Alec:] Because they can probably be more modern whatever they say
[Joyce:] The kids love it cos
[Alec:] It's bound to be newer
[Joyce:] Mickey Mouse was there and they had their photographs took with Mickey Mouse
[Alec:] Mini Mouse
[Joyce:] And Mini Mouse
[Alec:] That's right
[Joyce:] and er, and then there was erm
[Alec:] That's right
[Joyce:] tt oh what else was there Donald Duck and erm
[Alec:] Oh there all, there all Disney characters
[Joyce:] Pluto and erm all that lot you know there were all
[Ann:] Pluto yeah
[Joyce:] they were all there, yeah, yeah
[Ann:] Oh well we'll go and get
[Alec:] Yeah we Take off we'll go
[Joyce:] We will
[Alec:] Yeah Yeah
[Joyce:] we'll go and leave you and see you both hopefully on Sunday are you going Sunday?
[Ann:] Aye, I hope so
[Alec:] Er yes all being well, yeah, yeah we enjoy it in there mind it gets hot, oh it gets hot
[Joyce:] Was there many in on Sunday?
[Alec:] to cool off it was
[Ann:] Yeah, yeah
[Alec:] so hot
[Ann:] yeah er, yeah were full
[Joyce:] We were sweltering
[Alec:] it was full sun
[Ann:] quite full yeah
[Joyce:] sweating
[Alec:] never, was it really?
[Joyce:] it was
[Alec:] oh
[Joyce:] Yeah my Joyce will tell you
[Alec:] that does surprise me
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] yeah, yeah
[Joyce:] yeah, have you not talked to Joyce then?
[Alec:] we've, we've only seen her that, we've only spoke to her once
[Joyce:] Oh
[Alec:] since we've came home because she was, oh didn't you talk to her Wednesday morning early you know
[Joyce:] Oh
[Alec:] and we were gonna go Thursday to couldn't speak
[Joyce:] Oh
[Alec:] so we rung
[Joyce:] I see
[Alec:] so they weren't going, they weren't going anyway
[Joyce:] Oh yeah
[Alec:] and then Sunday we had a walk round in the sunshine
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] and I still couldn't
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] speak so
[Joyce:] No
[Alec:] we thought oh we'll have another holiday
[Joyce:] Well this is it
[Alec:] and get rid of it cos you see Lily, Lily smokes, Lily smokes
[Joyce:] it's no good Chery going out if you can't talk
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] Lily smokes
[Joyce:] I know but let's face it you'll want to enjoy yourself love
[Alec:] Lily smokes
[Joyce:] love
[Alec:] Iris smokes and you sit between them and they
[Ann:] They all smoke and all them fags in
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] I suppose they were both there weren't they Lily and Iris?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Alec:] Yeah And they smoke a bit
[Joyce:] Yeah Lily was, yeah
[Alec:] And was Iris and Jack
[Joyce:] I don't know, I don't think so I don't think they're, I did, I don't
[Alec:] Didn't they come other two?
[Joyce:] No I didn't seem them, might, might of been there I never noticed them
[Alec:] Smoke coming in your face
[Joyce:] Yeah I know yeah, yeah
[Alec:] and I thought oh
[Joyce:] yeah
[Alec:] they're usually there aren't they on Sunday?
[Joyce:] Well she said that you're going to join up at centre and that Lil, and that Lil so I said to me
[Ann:] That's, I said that's the best
[Alec:] Is Lil gonna join in?
[Joyce:] I think she is
[Alec:] It's humping them int it?
[Joyce:] I said we'd need a table of your own then
[Ann:] I did car park, eh?
[Joyce:] cos there'll be five of them and there's already four of us cos we sit with Don and
[Ann:] I've walked it me
[Alec:] Where from?
[Ann:] From home
[Alec:] Aye that's right
[Joyce:] Might as well
[Ann:] We walk it
[Joyce:] that's right
[Alec:] You never have
[Ann:] I have
[Alec:] Were nice, yeah
[Joyce:] It was nice was it?
[Ann:] We, eh, every day we walk right round field up Bennett Dork and back through town and back home every day
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER] I complain now cos I've got to walk from there, there to Currys [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] They don't believe me
[Alec:] I'm not
[Ann:] Chery where do we walk every day?
[Alec:] Oh we go all ups and down go all over the playing field
[Ann:] Oh right round town we
[Joyce:] Ah these are them anyway, cos them er curtains that were up there for ages were a right mess...
[Alec:] No
[Joyce:] do what?
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Joyce:] So it's cost me, it's cost me for ordering the bloody thing
[Ann:] Yeah tell them that you wanted them, and they weren't like the description
[Joyce:] ain't it? Where's put er I put the rest on there, that's how much everybody's that is
[Ann:] and erm
[Joyce:] look... it's the third
[Ann:] your third
[Joyce:] I've had this week
[Ann:] They're paying it all back anyway, I mean how do people want, order stuff out of catalogue and send them back
[Joyce:] They never ever mention them bloody things, they were them windscreen wipers which I ordered before Christmas and it's, it's ridiculous, cos that's, I know I can eh, I know by the er, by the er, that's where I sent them back to that Brian Mill whatever I call it, well
[Ann:] Eh?
[Joyce:] would you credit that lot eh, I say would you credit that, now they're gonna send me another bill for six pound odd for them and two pound, another two pound postage
[Ann:] Oh I know what I'd tell them to do an all, returned
[Joyce:] Yeah,re returned
[Ann:] yeah
[Joyce:] I only got two things, there then
[Ann:] Did they say owt and that when you ordered it, did it say that you weren't satisfied er that you'd have postage to pay?
[Joyce:] No, no it didn't say you'll have the postage to pay
[Ann:] Oh well tough then
[Joyce:] but it's, but er it's on me bill two pound, you know I've got that on er, these two things on
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] plus two pound postage
[Ann:] [sigh] Never known that before
[Joyce:] That's what I've got to do
[Ann:] have you having to pay postage? I haven't
[Joyce:] I said so it will, they said they're gonna send the debt collector [LAUGHTER] if, for that two quid [] it's very serious
[Ann:] Oh let them
[Joyce:] it's two pounds
[Ann:] This is now a very serious situation
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] God I wouldn't chuffing bother about them me, I wouldn't even pay it, think it's disgusting, bloody stuff, what a load of crap anyway, you'd of had it weren't yeah if it weren't
[Joyce:] Of course I would
[Ann:] you wanted it
[Joyce:] it were er I think it were a big con myself
[Ann:] It was
[Joyce:] especially that bloody thing, right then I will
[Ann:] This is all split
[Joyce:] we'll tape you know, they're going, they want the English language...
[Ann:] Who does?
[Joyce:] It's a survey, erm market research thing
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] you know, they come and asked us last week if we'd do it
[Ann:] Oh Joyce you didn't fall for that did you?
[Joyce:] He did
[Ann:] Aargh
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] Oh dear [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] He'll get he'll get about should be twenty five pound but she's coming to pick them up today
[Ann:] Oh yeah
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] Oh
[Joyce:] so
[Ann:] oh well it's worth twenty five pounds yes
[Joyce:] Twenty five pounds Marks and Spencers' vouchers
[Ann:] oh that's very good
[Alec:] It's been alright in there love
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] What love?
[Alec:] It would of been alright on there
[Joyce:] Yes it would of been, yeah
[Ann:] So you're taping it are you?
[Joyce:] Yes so you're taped
[Ann:] I won't be able to speak now [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] Yes so you're taped, they want the English language they want all different er
[Alec:] Where you from Ann?
[Ann:] where I'm from?
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] Collingsborough
[Ann:] Collingsborough
[Joyce:] She's always lived there haven't you?
[Ann:] Yeah
[Alec:] Oh have you?
[Ann:] yeah, I used to live at Snakesborough
[Alec:] Snakesborough
[Joyce:] Oh did you? Oh well
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] just next door anyway
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] int it really? the milk, oh we've got milk in
[Alec:] Got milk in
[Ann:] Have you made the tea love?
[Alec:] Oh yes erm except sugar not in
[Joyce:] There's your sugar, spoon
[Alec:] I knew I'd got to do something
[Joyce:] there's a spoon, oh you cheeky devil, I'm ruddy sweating
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] Same here [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] I know well, this is it they say don't they
[Alec:] I've only just made tea
[Joyce:] you're supposed to of, you're supposed to
[Ann:] Just for you chuck
[Joyce:] Oh they want another then they want another two pound off us for that now for postage
[Alec:] They won't love, let's, let's, let's get it over with see what's happening before we start jumping the gun, throws in... if there's any good we'll have them
[Joyce:] I know what it is
[Ann:] I think it's disgusting anyway, they don't deserve custom
[Alec:] Aargh it's Brian Mil Brian Mills isn't it?
[Joyce:] It's erm, don't know what it's called is it's Ann? Marshall Ward
[Ann:] Marshall Ward they all belong to same don't they?
[Joyce:] it's Marshall Ward, yeah
[Alec:] They're all same
[Ann:] How do these go on with catalogues then? They don't send them back, they don't charge postage
[Joyce:] Postage
[Ann:] if, you know if you're not satisfied it goes that's
[Joyce:] No
[Ann:] your priority
[Joyce:] Oh
[Ann:] by mail order Joyce
[Joyce:] it costs me a bomb for phone calls to them cos they put the long, wrong address on
[Alec:] Oh it
[Joyce:] everything were going to twenty three you see
[Alec:] and that
[Joyce:] Good job they were honest
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] because they were bringing things here
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] you know she knew what they were
[Ann:] Has that letter come to here then?
[Joyce:] That letter came to here
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] yeah, but some of the letters have come, in fact they sent me that catalogue you know
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] I don't know if I've shown you it
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] catalogue, that went up there and call in, call in with it didn't they Alec?
[Alec:] Yeah
[Ann:] I'll go and get me sandwiches Joyce
[Joyce:] Oh ain't you got your sandwiches box?
[Ann:] No
[Joyce:] Oh, why'd you left them in fridge?
[Ann:] Eat that
[Joyce:] Oh, right er
[Alec:] There's no invoicing note on this... does it come after?
[Joyce:] Oh Alec yeah comes after, it don't come with it, are they alright? Are they the right size?... Go and check them and see if they're the right
[Alec:] No I didn't
[Joyce:] they're what?
[Alec:] No I didn't
[Joyce:] Are they the right size then love?... So what I'll do I'll send them two pound postage and six pound owe them [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] You gotta wait er bill
[Joyce:] Yeah I know, you know, there'll be two pound postage on it you can guarantee on it... so the crafty devils they are
[Ann:] What?
[Joyce:] they're gonna want another two pounds off us for that
[Ann:] Mm, they won't get it off me Joyce I'll tell you
[Joyce:] They want money, they want two pounds for the first lot which they've had that and two pounds for that
[Ann:] and I won't pay it. Bill got his car back last night, put it through M O T
[Alec:] Did he? What number is it? That log
[Ann:] Er thirty two I think
[Joyce:] I've got it written down love
[Ann:] thirty two
[Alec:] Oh do they oh?
[Ann:] I've got me dad servicing it
[Joyce:] Is he?
[Ann:] I think he's gonna get it
[Joyce:] He's servicing it?
[Ann:] ready for tonight I think mm
[Joyce:] Oh you've serv oh ready for M O T like?
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] Oh...
[Ann:] Yeah
[Alec:] Nobody knows what's behind the steering wheel
[Ann:] Yeah, seventy five pounds ours
[Alec:] I don't like I don't like getting I don't like getting
[Joyce:] I don't worry about
[Ann:] well there were eighteen pound M O T in with that
[Joyce:] Is it?
[Ann:] twenty seven pounds
[Joyce:] He doesn't do M O Ts does he?
[Ann:] He takes it to a garage like you know what I mean and
[Joyce:] Oh I see
[Ann:] and then like if there's oh what a favour on it he can do it, you know what I mean
[Joyce:] Ooh
[Ann:] he don't charge for doing
[Joyce:] Eh that weren't bad Ann was it?
[Ann:] There were
[Alec:] What he charge him?
[Ann:] It erm
[Joyce:] Seventy five pounds, which having it for M O T
[Ann:] Eighteen pound M O T
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] twenty seven pounds for parts, thirty pound labour, it come to seventy five and Bill give him eighty
[Joyce:] Well there were all sorts
[Ann:] so
[Joyce:] of things that er fellow had on
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] weren't there?
[Ann:] Mm...
[Joyce:] Alec you have mine love because I've not made enough tea
[Alec:] Who have?
[Joyce:] and I like mine weak anyway
[Alec:] I haven't
[Ann:] I don't think they have
[Joyce:] well that's her you have my cup
[Ann:] I know bearings wanted doing [clears throat] erm tt what he said was they wanted packing and greasing and summat, you know
[Joyce:] Oh, yeah... saw it advertising selling er, what you call it, what you call Cavaliers
[Ann:] I dunno it's a right bloody size... look at them
[Joyce:] Oh they are aren't they?
[Ann:] Mm
[Alec:] Who put you them up?
[Ann:] The van
[Joyce:] What is it, she put you on, he, you cut your own bread do you?
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] Ah, it's not that cut, I like that cut bread do you?
[Ann:] I says... she says I'll do sandwiches you'll go up and get ready cos we're sat there telling tale
[Joyce:] Yeah...
[Ann:] tyres on them
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER] Well they'll fill you up won't they?... I was gonna save you some apple pie, I didn't know whether you liked it or er rabbit pie I mean, I didn't know whether you liked it or not
[Ann:] Ain't you saved me any?
[Alec:] No
[Joyce:] No [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] God
[Joyce:] Well what I did, I did two so I put one in freezer, you know cos there's only us two
[Ann:] And you've eaten other one [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] but there's only me and us though more rabbit
[Alec:] I have your I have your cup do I?
[Joyce:] Yeah you have my cup
[Alec:] Here are
[Joyce:] There were a whole rabbit and there were some er stewing meat in with it
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] you know er
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] onions and carrots so it made a, a dish full
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] well we couldn't eat that
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] warmed up, so I put a pie crust on, put it in two dishes and put a pie crust on
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] and I've put it and I've cooked it and I put it in freezer
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] one in a casserole dish like
[Ann:] Yeah, yeah, oh that'll be nice that does
[Joyce:] so it's not two in a row... yeah, we went right, er we've been right round looking at all shops this week and we've had a right bloody go haven't we Alec?
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] We went to M F I, we went to erm B & Q, Furniture Factors didn't we? And
[Ann:] What you looking for?
[Joyce:] For bedroom stuff
[Ann:] Mhm
[Joyce:] there's some nice stuff, M F I beat the lot, didn't they Alec?
[Ann:] Yeah they do Joyce
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] And erm mind there were nice, nice unit in erm in Furniture Factors
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] it had got a little tiny mark on the door, you know, as you opened it
[Ann:] Yes
[Joyce:] you could see it like, er but it could easily have been filled in with some wood and nobody would know it was there, yeah
[Ann:] Yeah, filler
[Joyce:] of course it could
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and were reduced to, was that two hundred and fifty for the lot now, it were lovely weren't it Alec?
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] It were right high one
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] a right high one but it had er, had it got all things on top?
[Alec:] Ceiling, is a ceiling too
[Joyce:] And two, two wardrobes
[Ann:] That'll be good then that was good
[Joyce:] it was beautiful, two wardrobes and a dressing table
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] er get, have a mirror at the back? Can't remember now
[Ann:] Mm, it would have
[Joyce:] It would, two hundred, it was two hundred and fifty pound instead of, that is really worth the money
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] that
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] Yeah... and then we were looking for some carpeting weren't we? Well we looked at the carpet didn't we? Didn't know whether to, er didn't really see anything, you know that, that I would of
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] I said oh well that, that's lovely
[Ann:] Mhm
[Joyce:] that would go with my suite lovely, didn't see anything really did we? But we only looked in B & Q for that didn't we?
[Alec:] No
[Joyce:] er the din the dining room suites in er Furniture Factory, oh they are absolutely gorgeous
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] aren't they Alec? Mind they're dear oh but they're lovely, you could see your face in them you know
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] they're that highly, there's that, I don't know what kind of wood they are, but they were lovely
[Ann:] mm
[Joyce:] beautiful aren't they?
[Alec:] Mm it was
[Ann:] I've got mine like that, mine's erm what they call it?
[Joyce:] With all different shapes?
[Ann:] Italian... it's like, it's very shiny
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] and it's got like er, marking on them
[Alec:] Yeah
[Ann:] a bit like Furniture Factors, like a pattern on them, round edge
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] shape like
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] you know what I mean?
[Joyce:] Mhm
[Ann:] er, tt what they call it?
[Joyce:] Mm, oh lovely them
[Ann:] I got mine from dining room centre
[Joyce:] He's shaking
[Alec:] Mm?
[Joyce:] he's a lot better though he got them tablets, he got some tablets from doctor on Monday when he went
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] and er, he said if he's not better, any better when he goes back in a fortnight he's gonna send him to a chest specialist, but you've been a lot better haven't you?
[Alec:] Mm
[Joyce:] What for breathing this week, only thing is he can't rush
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] he can't bend, or er otherwise he
[Ann:] Six died in that ward where Pip were, last week with the chest
[Joyce:] Bloody hell did he?
[Ann:] Six died he were, he were only in a week
[Joyce:] Oh... eh
[Ann:] I wouldn't mind but he smoking
[Joyce:] Yes
[Ann:] and then he took badly you know one night, she had place in uproar, cos choose whatever you do
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] she copies
[Joyce:] Oh yeah [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] so of course they were all coughing weren't they?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] Well if you cough she coughs, well she got a right audience you know what I mean
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] just sat here on bed and every time anybody coughed she'd go [cough] like this
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] she's just at that age where you cop she copies everything you know?
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] Mm...
[Joyce:] So I got some of them velour curtains but I've got the wrong size I'll have to take them back
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] er you see my bedroom curtain windows they're as wide as this but they're not as deep
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] well I've got ninety drop
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] well [LAUGHTER] its gonna be [] miles too long
[Ann:] No seventy two you want
[Joyce:] The seventy two will do
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] yeah and er I wouldn't mind the extra width, I don't know if they've got that size in though
[Alec:] Well we'll have to go and see
[Joyce:] mm we've got insurance end of month, er tax at end of month
[Ann:] Yeah we've just paid our tax
[Joyce:] and then insurance
[Ann:] beginning of beginning of this month
[Alec:] We're gonna have a that car taxed before its M O T runs out
[Joyce:] Mm, yeah have it I think
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] No you don't, aye he does
[Alec:] No you do like
[Joyce:] he does M O T them
[Ann:] My M O T's due next week
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] but he's insuring it this weekend really to be quite honest
[Joyce:] Ours usually want twenty four and what our garage usually do, if you take it earlier they put down the twenty fourth of February
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] cos you're owed a month
[Ann:] Oh yeah
[Joyce:] and that garage were at Dave's chuck it the ain't put like date on
[Alec:] No, no
[Joyce:] but you're allowed, supposed to be allowed it so it tallies up with test certificate, twenty eight days
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] you can take it before
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and they should still date it
[Ann:] So was it too early then?
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] Oh well they should of dated it for now the date
[Joyce:] Mm, that's what I says to Bill
[Ann:] Oh... well next time when you go just go on the proper date that you should go on
[Alec:] It'll be out of order then though
[Ann:] Will you?
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] You want your test certificate
[Ann:] Oh
[Joyce:] it weren't due until about twenty fourth of February Ann
[Ann:] Well can't you take it back and get it re-dated
[Joyce:] I don't know
[Ann:] Whereabouts have they took it to?
[Joyce:] I don't know
[Ann:] Mention it to that man cos he maybe get it altered, tell her it don't start, well, how, when does it start? Twenty fourth of this month?
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] This month?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] Oh well that's
[Joyce:] That's when the M O T runs out
[Ann:] Well that's three weeks
[Joyce:] I know
[Ann:] Oh I would taken it, take it all to it
[Joyce:] You see it suits us it suits us better for twenty fourth cos if there's owt wrong with it like you've got the chance to do it
[Ann:] Mm
[Joyce:] you know like now we've had it done
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] and it's gone through well usually
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] they'll date it from twenty fourth
[Ann:] Well they should do
[Joyce:] Mm
[Ann:] yeah, well ours are due Saturday int it? I said to him ring up and
[Alec:] We did that, we wrote for a M O T
[Joyce:] Some places it's twenty five now, it's gone up
[Ann:] You paid ten pound last year didn't you?
[Joyce:] Mm, we did, we paid nine fifty last year
[Ann:] Has it gone up that much?
[Alec:] Has it gone, has it gone that much?
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] Aye
[Joyce:] er they can charge up to twenty five pound
[Ann:] Oh
[Joyce:] one of the lasses at work, work she was saying she, she went and she didn't have enough money, it were twenty two fifty
[Ann:] Aargh
[Joyce:] as well aye, ours
[Ann:] wanna s
[Joyce:] were cheap then eighteen pound weren't it?
[Ann:] Yeah I wonder where he took it to, you wanna try Dunscroft down at bottom, see what they do
[Joyce:] Well Mary got parts from
[Ann:] How much they charge?
[Joyce:] Well they called it, cos of its bill
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] erm, Stainforth, they must have one at Stainforth for the farm
[Ann:] Yeah
[Joyce:] weekend discounts is it
[Alec:] Yeah
[Joyce:] something like that...
[Ann:] The weekend discount
[Alec:] Yes, er yeah
[Ann:] Do you know where it is?
[Joyce:] It's er, it's the same
[Ann:] Yeah near Janet's
[Joyce:] fifth and thorn
[Ann:] Near Janet, oh they might
[Joyce:] They're open seven days a week
[speaker005:] Otherwise form two.
[Ann:] It just depends what you want doesn't it?
[Joyce:] Well that's it. I'll... I'll, once all of it's gone, I mean if you want... it's called.
[Ann:] But they... they like the cartoons and that, you know.
[Joyce:] Mm mm.
[Ann:] But they've changed that over, but they won't
[Joyce:] Ooh! They've got a right good offer on at Manor Grove for videos last week, they were... er... er eight o'clo er they were arriving... I think there were only about half a dozen.
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] Er, eighth of February. No! First of February. Well that that's not the arrangement cos I remember looking
[Ann:] Er yeah.
[Joyce:] and erm... it were a long play and it were hundred and twenty nine pound... video.
[Ann:] Was it?
[Joyce:] Yeah. Ooh I said, you ought to go get one of these! She says, oh I see enough bloody telly without recording! Because that's where I got Angela's hi-fi from.
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] You know?
[Ann:] Yeah you did, yeah.
[Joyce:] [clears throat]... With it's compact disc or
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] something.
[Alec:] Where's my drill?
[Joyce:] She reckoned
[Alec:] Where's that?
[Ann:] Leicester.
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] You got one of your own?
[Alec:] Couple of minutes.
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] They might be. I know there was one in but it closed down didn't
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] it. Is it nice the... Manor Grove?
[Joyce:] Mm. They weren't mixed but they won't bother them. And
[Ann:] Oh!
[Joyce:] all that.
[Ann:] That's cheap though int it? Hun
[Joyce:] It were hundred and twen cos that to, to tell you the truth I was seriously thinking because ours we've
[Ann:] Mm mm.
[Joyce:] had it, ooh! About seven year.
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] And er... I thought well, well I wouldn't pass that one.
[Ann:] Do you use yours a lot?
[Joyce:] Yeah we do.
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] We got so that, I mean, especially if we're going out at night and something's
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] on that I think's gonna be interesting I'll say oh well I'd like to
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] have seen that
[Joyce:] Well I took
[Ann:] you know.
[Joyce:] most of late films are on... er, like and we like to go to bed [clears throat]
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] So I said Bill we'll tape that so if there's owt on
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] on telly
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] we can watch that like, you know. I don't mind buying any videos
[Ann:] No. We don't but we, we do tape. But it's er... had it... we took round to that fella round Dash Hill there... well Alec took it... and er... he said I'll ring you up in morning and give you an estimate. Anyway, he never rung so, and we went out, that was the day we went out we'd got to go
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] shopping, we were out shopping from morning till
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] didn't get home, well, four. int it... changed?
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER] And hour []!
[Ann:] Ooh! And Joyce, we got it back last Friday and Saturday, I come by car on Saturday and I go away Saturday, then we had to go Friday.
[Alec:] Oh!
[Ann:] I didn't do any collecting. Started it now.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] Er, mind you, what I did
[Joyce:] You come out? What did you come out for then?
[Ann:] Well er... no I were working Saturday morning
[Joyce:] Oh right.
[Ann:] so, I says I'll meet you at quarter past twelve
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] at er Dave
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] and, I'd got some collecting to do. Well I went to Morrisons we had, I'd got to do my shopping, so by time I got to here
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] it were half past twelve, so I'd done
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] no collecting.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] Anyway, I says to Di, I'm not doing any in this! You couldn't even see... where you had to turn off into street, it were worse Saturday
[Joyce:] Yeah!
[Ann:] morning than it was Friday!
[Joyce:] But, no it's not worth it.
[Ann:] So I didn't bother. if they paid me. My Thursdays is absolutely brilliant! They're spot
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] on! Never miss your... you
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] can go out and think well I'm gonna pick up six hundred pound today
[Joyce:] Mm mm.
[Ann:] and, I must have collected two hundred... at most.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] Yesterday. Cos you know, everything just went wrong. To start with Wednesday night one of the customers rang me up
[Joyce:] And that's your
[Ann:] it was
[Joyce:] good day?
[Ann:] Yeah. Sh she pays me fifty pounds, she rang me up she were away to a funeral
[Joyce:] Mm mm.
[Ann:] she wouldn't be in. Then er... it was like that all day.
[Alec:] Mm.
[Ann:] One way and another.
[Alec:] Somebody else has gotta... get their giro banked pay hundred and thirty quid. I couldn't change it.
[Joyce:] Ah!
[Ann:] Cos you can't change cheques now. pick sixty five pound up he had.
[Joyce:] Ah!
[Ann:] I'll pick it up Monday night.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] It's not this week is it? So
[Joyce:] No.
[Ann:] I'm off to Germany next week.
[Joyce:] And what do you do about your holiday, well pay then?
[Ann:] You get seventy five pound holiday pay. Minus your stoppages.
[Joyce:] Oh do you? Oh!
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] They give you a... they give you... holiday pay then?
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] And yet they don't give you a basic wage?
[Ann:] No.
[Joyce:] That's.
[Ann:] So, and it's just not very good, it's part of the tax code come in, you know Joyce... your tax code?
[Joyce:] Oh I dunno.
[Ann:] Cos they... you know when they owe you three hundred and fifty pound... and then they had two thousand one hundred on, not getting my car. So I don't know, I don't, I... got a tax code now for next year.
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] Cos you er... they put two hundred and four... next year it's nil. So everything I earn is taxable.
[Joyce:] Oh! God!
[Ann:] So... oh I've only got a year. and then she's finished college anyway.
[Joyce:] Yeah. I bet you'll be proud of her!
[Ann:] I have been but I always go home. You know, glad when she's gone back.
[Joyce:] You know this government, I don't know what's the matter with this government it seems...
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] Er... it were in paper about this er... this woman she'd gone to the hospital and she must have been there longer than she thought, and so she'd got her... car clamped... and it was thirty pound to have it off but
[Ann:] Yes.
[Joyce:] she hadn't got thirty pound on her. Took her little boy to the hospital. So... the attendant says to her, have you got a wrist watch and she hadn't got her wrist watch on, but he spotted her wedding ring... and he said, I'll take that... and she said, she had to hand her wedding er ring over and she vowed when she put that on that she would never
[Ann:] Mm mm.
[Joyce:] take that off. And then she said here she was hanging, handing it to a stranger and you know what they said
[Ann:] So she could get her wheel, get her car back.
[Joyce:] to get her car back, you know what they said... if she doesn't pay that thirty pound within six weeks they'll pawn it!
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] They'll auction it
[Ann:] I know. Well
[Joyce:] to get her
[Ann:] So
[Joyce:] thirty pound.
[Ann:] so that was the wedding ring gone?
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] I mean that is... the thing yo you know, hope they want to auction like that.
[Joyce:] Oh I can't believe it!
[Ann:] I know they will.
[Joyce:] And er
[Ann:] Quite a few years.
[Joyce:] It's true that.
[Ann:] But now I've just done a refill.
[Joyce:] Oh do you?
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] Oh I always give you first cup, I'll have to give you the last one then.
[Ann:] No, it's nice this! Oh! I don't know.
[Joyce:] What did you say Anne there's a programme on it?
[Ann:] Yeah. There were a programme on telly about it, making a fortune these clampers!
[Alec:] Aye.
[Ann:] They drive down, you know our town and cities
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Ann:] they're driving round
[Alec:] Drive to get the fine don't they?
[Ann:] Yeah! They're driving round and say, oh we'll have that! Straight away. And what's, what happens is... er... if you're, if you're on scene they're not supposed to take it... clamp it
[Alec:] Right.
[Ann:] but they were doing... you know, and then you'd got to go... and claim it back. But it says, by law, if you're on the scene they're not allowed to clamp it's, you know they're supposed to
[Joyce:] If you're on what?
[Ann:] If you're on scene and then
[Joyce:] Oh yeah!
[Ann:] say if you come back and they've said, they're
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] just gonna clamp you
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] and then they're supposed
[Joyce:] They stop.
[Ann:] to er, you know... erm, you supposed to be er, be able to drive away.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] But they're not. They're saying, oh you know, you'll have to come and pick it up. They're on a right bomb!
[Joyce:] Are they? Mm.
[Ann:] Int it awful! Now the council er... er the
[Joyce:] Colonaise the council car park at Colonaise Pete works there don't he?
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Ann:] Or just started to work there. It were thirty pence when it were, when it was er this fella owned it
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Ann:] the council's took it over
[Alec:] No, the council's took it over, they sold it to this bloke.
[Ann:] The council's took it over now and it's sixty pence! The council has because that's who Pete works for! And that's how he's got that job.
[Joyce:] And what about me paying ten pound fine didn't I? Cos I were twenty minutes over the
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] thing.
[Ann:] Oh it's disgusting it is I reckon! Disgusting!
[Joyce:] Well I don't know!
[Ann:] Makes you wonder.
[Joyce:] They have, in fact they're, they're absolutely slaughtering the motorists aren't they?
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] I mean, all the money that you
[Ann:] Yeah!
[Joyce:] pay, I mean, oh and two pound odd to er petrol!
[Ann:] Yeah!
[Joyce:] A gallon.
[Ann:] It's ne there's no need for that is there? No need at all. Our Nicola's been moaning all week!
[Joyce:] Has she?
[Ann:] Cos car's been here since Saturday.
[Joyce:] Ah!
[Ann:] She thinks it's her car Joyce!
[Joyce:] Does she?
[Ann:] Yeah. She thinks it's her car.
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] But she's been moaning
[Joyce:] I thought she'd got her own little car?
[Ann:] No! No, she uses Bill's car.
[Joyce:] Oh! I thought she'd got her own.
[Ann:] No.
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] No, wouldn't be alright... running a car for her would we?
[Joyce:] Oh! Well I thought she had a mini. You know she had it bro broken into to, was it your
[Ann:] It was Bill's.
[Joyce:] car? No?
[Ann:] She'd got it more than Bill's got it.
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] I mean, Bill's got a lift all week he he
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] he would never mo moan or groan because
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] his car has got to be done
[Joyce:] No.
[Ann:] and her... ooh give them a ring see if it's ready yet!
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] You know.
[Joyce:] Well don't Bill use it for work like?
[Ann:] No.
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] Yeah. But she uses at night and
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] weekends you see.
[Joyce:] Oh yeah!
[Ann:] Oh! She says, I couldn't
[Joyce:] You know it's like er, George next
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] door but one... er, his grandson takes off with his car! He's never a car there to when he wants to go
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] shop or owt, you know. And he plays hell about it! But he still lets him take it!
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] So I thought, well it's your own fault int it?
[Ann:] Well that's Bill that!
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] He, I says to her, I says to him I said look, I said you want to tell her... when
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] she goes back to college
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] that er you're not... you know, take her back on a Sunday but you're not picking her up on a Friday, I said she's got a train pass make her come home
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] on a tra you know, on a train on a Friday.
[Joyce:] Yeah!
[Ann:] And er, but he won't. You watch
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] he'll be going back.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] And er, sure enough, will you er... pick me up dad?
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] He will, he'll go and pick her up so soft.
[Joyce:] Why don't you tell him? Tell her! [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] I've told her!
[Joyce:] You have, have you? Oh!
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] You've told her?
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Alec:] I would say no. [clears throat] Say it
[Joyce:] Yes.
[Alec:] don't matter where ours are,
[Joyce:] Yeah he does. I mean our little'un's
[Alec:] I don't.
[Joyce:] coming on Sunday but he'll go and pick them up and take them back.
[Ann:] Mm.
[Alec:] No matter where they are, I'll, I'll, I'll... go and pick them up.
[Joyce:] Mind you, I was surprised that his
[Ann:] Yeah! He do!
[Joyce:] has, his sister, er you ought to come over on Sunday er, I was surprised you said on Sunday cos we, well last Sunday we went and had a... drink with them. And she said, yeah didn't she, straight away!
[Alec:] Mm.
[Ann:] I've just got to take car into Halfords tomorrow to have er... the radio cassette put in and
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] it's all the messing about! Dear God!
[Joyce:] Is it?
[Ann:] Yeah! Erm
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] I went last Saturday and bought a radio cassette and speakers and
[Alec:] Mm.
[Ann:] and aerial
[Alec:] Haven't you got one?
[Ann:] from Halfords. Yeah, there
[Joyce:] No.
[Ann:] weren't one in car.
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Alec:] Oh!
[Ann:] Then I bought, yeah, I said I feel as if I've gone deaf you know what I mean, cos there's no
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] music in car.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] So, anyway, he says oh he says we'll fit it for you
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] if you want. Thirty eight pound.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] So Bill says, well you might as well let them fit it.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] So anyway, we booked it in to have it done Sunday.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] Bill takes it through Sunday, he come back... the they're special door speakers and you've got to have the front door because... there's a bar at back so these are special speakers that
[Joyce:] Mm. Mm.
[Ann:] fit flush.
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Ann:] So erm... anyway, so they said that yo they can order you some... ring
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] them up and let them know. So I rang up... they said er, oh we'll order them and we'll get back to you of how much they are. Never rang me back!
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] I rang up... cos they hadn't rang me back... er, oh! Er he's gone to Barnsley, cos they asked me to ask for this, gone to Barnsley. So, then... th er asked them to ring me back. Never rang me back! So I rang
[Joyce:] No.
[Ann:] him back again
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] He said, ah!
[Joyce:] They're spending your money all the time you're ringing them.
[Ann:] Ah! I'll see to it, for you.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] Er, I'll ring up after half past four.
[Joyce:] Whereabouts is Halfords?
[Ann:] On ro er... Northwich.
[Joyce:] Oh! Is it?
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] What, down way, that way?
[Ann:] Yeah. Yeah.
[Joyce:] Is it?
[Ann:] Before you get there, it's the big
[Joyce:] Oh I know.
[Ann:] service centre and MOTs and
[Joyce:] Ah yeah!
[Ann:] and exhausts are and that.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] Anyway, they were supposed to ring back, they never rang back after half past four. So, Bill gets on the phone, I want to know what's going on, what they're playing at!
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] So anyway, this bloke says oh I'll chase it up and I'll see what's going on, he says I'll give you a ring in morning.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] They never rang! I'm waiting to go and do my shopping
[Joyce:] Ah!
[Ann:] they never rang! So I felt like, I'm not getting on that phone again because I'm talking to different people, you
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] have to explain to everybody and
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] then they're putting you through, and
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] if this Dave's not there... they say ring back! I thought I'm going through.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] So anyway, I went through... and I said to could I speak to the manager?
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] And er, ee oh, he, he, he's on the phone, I said I'll wait. Anyway, he come out and I told him all rigmarole!
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] And I said I bought the radio cassette, bought
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] and aerial, I says
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] the speakers I says, then they said they were no good! I said I've been phoning all the time, I said, and I still don't know about it!
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] So, anyway, erm... he went to see this lad, then he says oh I've only just rang up... about these speakers, they're eleven pound odd each. I says, fair enough. So er, anyway I booked it in for in morning.
[Joyce:] Tt!
[Ann:] So I'm to get it done.
[Joyce:] Are you?
[Ann:] But, in meantime... while I were waiting for them to ring me I were that mad! I thought I'll ring er, G T Motors up, that's... one not far from us, so I rang them up and I said, do you put radio cassettes in cars? So he said yes.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] So er... I said er, I'd got aerial and I'd radio cassette
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] and I needed these special speakers.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] So he said, oh I'll find out how much they are. I
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] says can you tell me how much it will be for you to fit it?
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] So he says, no. Depends how long it takes me.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] So I says well there is an hole in... roof for
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] aerial to fit in.
[Joyce:] Mm,
[Ann:] Oh bloody hell he says! I ain't faffing about with one of them! He says this
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] they're more trouble than they're worth! He says
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] if I do it I'd drill hole on bonnet... and put it in there. He
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] said sometimes he says, you've got to take windscreen out if you can't get it down rubber. You know
[Joyce:] Oh yeah!
[Ann:] aerial and that.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] He says, and it'll cost you a fortune he says, cos it takes some time
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] Anyway, erm... but he says er, I can't book it in all next week anyway.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] He couldn't tell me a price.
[Joyce:] No.
[Ann:] So I thought well I might as well come
[Joyce:] Leave it where it is.
[Ann:] Let, yeah, let them do it cos they never... moaned about it being
[Joyce:] Is someone coming in then?
[Alec:] No, it's next door.
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] never moaned about it being a roof aerial or owt so
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] le we'll let them do it.
[Joyce:] Mm. Why did you go on about that erm... place where you went for that beer and... you know, you said that we worked for that
[Ann:] Oh dear!
[Joyce:] paper. [LAUGHTER] Have you left []?
[Ann:] No. No, I'm not here no more. But they're not advertising, I mean, we keep looking in the paper every week.
[Joyce:] Oh yeah.
[Ann:] There's no advertisement.
[Joyce:] Int there?
[Ann:] No.
[Joyce:] It might just be saving money? No?
[Ann:] No.
[Joyce:] What do they call that place?
[Ann:] Emperor's Rooms.
[Joyce:] Emperor's Rooms?
[Ann:] Mhm.
[Joyce:] At Conisbrough there?
[Ann:] Mexborough.
[Joyce:] Mexborough? Ah!
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] Oh dear! I don't know!
[Joyce:] [sighing] Mm []!
[Ann:] I don't know if our Danny's coming down or not tonight. He says he might do, he's fed up. Cos he's
[Joyce:] Oh really?
[Ann:] not working either.
[Joyce:] Ah yeah!
[Ann:] So,
[Joyce:] God he will be though won't he?
[Ann:] Mm mm. No they're up the er, back of beyond, you never see a soul!
[Joyce:] Don't you?
[Ann:] No! They're all like... yo like it's, it's a biggish estate, but they're all new houses
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] but they're all in little cul-de-sacs. You know, there's only
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] like... there's one, two, three, four, five, six... and then like seven.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] They're... three lots of semis
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] and a detached, that's all there is, so there's only
[Alec:] Mm.
[Ann:] and they're all working like.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] So they don't see anybody.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] And their lounge is on back anyway... so... oh!
[Joyce:] Mm! So er... I've got some, I got them curtains, I got blue curtains to go out
[Ann:] What, to go with them?
[Joyce:] They was to go with them, they we you know, the blues were to go together won't it?
[Ann:] These are lovely! [sighing] Oh []! Are they any good them?
[Alec:] I think so, yeah. Fit... fit ours anyway. According to this it does.
[Joyce:] Do you like that, what I've done for our
[Ann:] Oh it's gorgeous Joyce!
[Joyce:] I liked the blue.
[Ann:] Int it gorgeous!
[Joyce:] I mean.
[Ann:] Beautiful that!
[Joyce:] Just got the buttons to go on that.
[Ann:] Gorgeous Joyce!
[Alec:] Ah?
[Ann:] It's lovely that!
[Joyce:] you to look at it today, good job I've knitted some erm... good job I've knit some jumpers for them, they're gonna need them aren't they?
[Ann:] Yeah!
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] Oh they're lovely! It's not very nice.
[Joyce:] I've seen the look, the sun's coming through
[Ann:] Gorgeous blue aren't they?
[Joyce:] look!
[Ann:] Yeah! Oh they're gorgeous colour them!
[Joyce:] They just look like velvet when they're open same as there.
[Ann:] Ah! Course they do!
[Joyce:] Same as these, these are no
[Ann:] Course they do!
[Joyce:] trouble.
[Ann:] I were gonna say, they wash better than
[Joyce:] But I've had
[Ann:] velvet.
[Joyce:] I've had to take them up. Cos they were, they were gonna be miles too long. And I've not even took them out the thing. They said he'd swap them if they didn't fit.
[Ann:] Ah they do!
[Joyce:] And he....
[Ann:] Where d'ya get them from Joyce?
[Joyce:] I got them from that er
[Alec:] Top Marks.
[Joyce:] that shop.
[Alec:] Top Marks.
[Joyce:] Top Marks.
[Ann:] Oh yes! I know it.
[Alec:] [clears throat]
[Joyce:] But it... it sells all so they're only twenty one pound then you know!
[Ann:] Top Marks?
[Alec:] Mm.
[Ann:] Where's that?
[Joyce:] Twenty one pound odd.
[Alec:] Er at market, at market.
[Joyce:] Twenty o twenty two pound odd. Near market. Them I got there from Solo
[Alec:] Mm.
[Joyce:] were thirty odd, I think I were with you when
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] I got them rust ones.
[Alec:] Used to go in Brooks.
[Joyce:] They were thirty five and I got these for twenty two
[Alec:] I've gone in there.
[Joyce:] same size!
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] Saying
[Ann:] Yeah! Just shows
[Joyce:] just shows!
[Ann:] you dunnit?
[Joyce:] Aye.
[Ann:] Yeah!
[Alec:] Opposite fish market.
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] You know where I mean?
[Ann:] Yeah. Yeah.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] I ain't been in town since before Christmas.
[Joyce:] Have you?
[Alec:] We went yesterday, wished we'd.
[Joyce:] Oh we did!
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] We stood there with nothing in our bags we went for my fruit and veg and er, [LAUGHTER] sto there, met this couple who we know [] we had a right good talk to them about, it were half an hour weren't we?
[Alec:] Half an hour.
[Joyce:] And erm... and then we went and got my fruit and veg and then we went in Top Marks and got them [LAUGHTER] so we never got [] we went through for a video really, never got round to looking for a video did we?
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] Mind, we're in no desperate hurry. But, I mean, they sell them round at Dash Hill for erm, they sell them for two hundred and fifty don't, the shops
[Alec:] Mm mm.
[Joyce:] you
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] know. Erm
[Ann:] Tt! I ain't, I haven't got a clue what it, you know that's a good thing Joyce.
[Joyce:] Is it?
[Ann:] They don't have them... at it's at erm... Home World, and it like.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] And er... our got a beauty... for hundred and ninety five!
[Alec:] Mm.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] And it's say oh... brilliant!
[Joyce:] What kind? What make?
[Ann:] I think it's er
[Alec:] Dolstar
[Ann:] I don't know whether it's Amstrad or not. But it's, it's like er, one of them... dual bar ones, right easy to set.
[Joyce:] Are they?
[Ann:] Just run a thing across it.
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Alec:] Oh aye.
[Ann:] It's right easy to do. And it's long play as well.
[Joyce:] Is it? Mm!
[Ann:] You can put a four hour tape on and... put it
[Joyce:] Yeah
[Ann:] on long play and it lasts us eight hours.
[Joyce:] Yeah!
[Ann:] It's good innit? It were only two hundred pound!
[Joyce:] Crikey!... That's not bad then is it?
[Ann:] No. No. It's a lovely thing!
[Joyce:] But I could, one of Dolstars for hundred couldn't we? I'm sure that was two hundred and fifty... round here.
[Ann:] That one's attached to that. He is.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] He is.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] I know she
[Joyce:] He says when yo he says when you're er... and what were it like? No good?
[Ann:] Well it, yeah it was. But it
[Joyce:] Was it?
[Ann:] didn't last long as Hitachi.
[Joyce:] No.
[Ann:] Andrew's got another
[Joyce:] He says
[Ann:] one now.
[Joyce:] He says when you've had a... er... video about seven years
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] he says, you know,th they're about ready for renewing or parts
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] renewing didn't he?
[Ann:] Well, when he came out I thought it were er tape heads that had gone.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] And anyway, he says, no, he says it's not it's the motor.
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Ann:] Cost me thirty quid, a new motor and summat else.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] Never had new tape heads in.
[Joyce:] You haven't?
[Ann:] No.
[Joyce:] No.
[Ann:] He just cleans them up every time... he comes out, either
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] to see to the telly or video, you know.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] And er... I says to him, I says... you know,wha what do you think? Do you think it's worth... doing?
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] He says, it's a brilliant set this!
[Joyce:] Did he?
[Ann:] That's what he said. Yeah.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] Says definitely worth
[Joyce:] I think the
[Ann:] spending thirty pound on.
[Joyce:] I think the Hitachi are, are good aren't they?
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] You know
[Ann:] video's Hitachi.
[Joyce:] It's the same as erm... th
[Ann:] The they were a bit dear.
[Joyce:] Yeah!
[Ann:] I think they're about three nine nine, but they were
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] dearer anyway then
[Joyce:] then yeah
[Ann:] originally weren't they?
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] You know, the
[Joyce:] But even in Millers, we went and looked there was supposed to be a sale on they're not much reduced are they?
[Ann:] Yes! And cos I went through
[Joyce:] Did you? And they were over three hundred pound.
[Ann:] I know. I think it's dear in Millers.
[Joyce:] Yeah! It is.
[Alec:] They must th they must think you're thick! I mean, we used to get
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Alec:] all our stuff from Millers didn't we?
[Joyce:] Yeah there's, yeah we have had a lot.
[Ann:] They're ever so dear now! They're opening that big place
[Joyce:] Yeah we have had a lot.
[Ann:] it's not a family business any more.
[Joyce:] No! We've had a lot of stuff from Millers!
[Alec:] Yeah!
[Joyce:] Got our er... microwave from Millers didn't we?
[Alec:] Got the microwave.
[Joyce:] We got... we got
[Ann:] And I got
[Joyce:] televisions from Mi Millers didn't we?
[Ann:] Ah well I got my freezers from Millers, and I got my fridge.
[Joyce:] Er I know, that was from Millers
[Ann:] And they are... really
[Alec:] Fridge.
[Ann:] dear now!
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] Not like it used to be.
[Joyce:] Yeah!
[Alec:] Telly.
[Joyce:] In fact, I looked at Currys' prices, cos Currys' were a, and Currys looked as if they were the cheaper
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] er... I know that turbo power er... hoover, it was a
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] hundred pound.
[Ann:] Do you know er
[Alec:] But Currys were always de dearer than Millers.
[Ann:] Different people who you speak to though Joyce
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] not just round here but er asking, and like, I've had our
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] Kim's husband Ian... th when they were shopping round for different things... and
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] you can hear them...... and that's where your thingybob were.
[Joyce:] yes.
[Alec:] Mm.
[Joyce:] I'll give them a ring.
[Ann:] I know our erm... er Dean, our paid
[Joyce:] Apart from that you can get on weekly can't you there?
[Ann:] he's paid twelve hundred pound for this erm... camcorder
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Ann:] and er... I think it were about fourteen, fifteen hundred different places. He went to Comet and it were fourteen hundred.
[Joyce:] Mm!
[Alec:] Mm.
[Ann:] You know, and he's got it from
[Alec:] But Comet's, Comet's gone I noticed that's
[Joyce:] I said ours is I might just
[Alec:] that is a smaller, smaller shop
[Joyce:] give it him.
[Ann:] Mm.
[Alec:] now it's got big shops... they're, they're to they're top of the range and all now. They used to be
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] Anyway there's a advertisement in there for Grays at Bentley... and, it were funny because Jack and Sherry who we were talking to yesterday, they said that shop in Bentley didn't they? Yeah well they're just a family business.
[Joyce:] Yeah. And it said it's a family business.
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] And it said at prices we can a you can
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] afford.
[Ann:] Yeah. They'd so they'd sooner
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] make twenty pound rather than lose order.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] You know?
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] When it's a business like that.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] So erm
[Joyce:] So er, I might, I might give our Mark a ring and see what he's got in there.
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] Oh! Might go and see him a shall we go right through to our... do you think that Mark can be closing next week?
[Alec:] Well it's pa parking there int it?
[Joyce:] Well you can park in front of Iceland er, I can always go
[Alec:] Oh aye.
[Ann:] Gotta pay
[Alec:] That's what
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER] about two quid to go and park there you might as well ring him []!
[Alec:] Cos we'd have to to go and pa go and park in here like. And...
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] and it costs us a bloody bomb!
[Ann:] It does! Costs you about ten pound do it?
[Alec:] Yeah! Mind
[Joyce:] It's not free parking at all!
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER] Mind you, you've got the stuff haven't you? So
[Alec:] Ah but what it means, I've got to walk around and... look at it this and look at it that! Well we could do with some lollipops couldn't we? Some chocolate lollipops and what have
[Ann:] Are the kids coming?
[Alec:] Mind you, it's er
[Joyce:] No.
[Alec:] two or three, two month innit, yet?
[Joyce:] Yeah. They'll not be co they're not coming for, at all at the beginning of April, and that's if, it's not that long. It's er, February, March.
[Ann:] Mind, that's when
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] we have baby int it?
[Joyce:] It's quite
[Ann:] April? I can't wait!
[Joyce:] Oh! Is it April?
[Ann:] Mm!
[Joyce:] Oh! Er
[Ann:] April nineteenth it'll be, well that's Easter int it?
[Joyce:] Oh! Oh!
[Ann:] Easter.
[Joyce:] Mm!
[Ann:] So we'll be up there, for Easter.
[Joyce:] Yeah! Yeah.
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] Could have a party of your own.
[Joyce:] Oh yeah, April, April erm
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] Easter's late this year int it?
[Ann:] April the nineteenth.
[Joyce:] Sevent
[Alec:] Mm.
[Joyce:] Nineteenth, yeah. Cos after, our er
[Ann:] That
[Joyce:] caravan site don't open till then you know!
[Ann:] Don't it?
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] No! It don't open till that weekend.
[Ann:] Used to be always... the first of April.
[Joyce:] Open the first of April. Yeah. Yeah.
[Ann:] Mm!
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Alec:] And well it were early one year, March last year wasn't it?
[Joyce:] March!
[Ann:] Yeah it was earlier
[Joyce:] Yeah!
[Ann:] it was earlier still
[Alec:] Yeah the last year.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] Cos well, if Easter's early they open early don't
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] they?
[Joyce:] But erm
[Ann:] They must open for Easter then?
[Joyce:] Yeah they do.
[Ann:] So that's it then?
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] Easter's late, they're opening late.
[Joyce:] Yeah. I know it always used to be the first of April though.
[Ann:] [sighing] Yeah []! God!
[Joyce:] But erm... I mean... caravan season, it goes quick enough don't it? I mean, most places open in March!
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] You know like all of Skegness.
[Ann:] Well some, I know.
[Joyce:] They're
[Ann:] But
[Joyce:] all open in
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] March!
[Ann:] Mind you, cost them
[Alec:] Yeah, and the week afterwards.
[Ann:] cost them a lot dunnit? Cost them nearly about a thousand
[Alec:] And a fortnight afterwards.
[Ann:] pound for... Skegness now you know.
[Joyce:] Yes.
[Ann:] It's a lot of money.
[Joyce:] It is.
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] And all the ones
[Ann:] Booking.
[Joyce:] in er, oh, all different rates! What they actually charge.
[Ann:] And er, I know they want over a hundred pound just for a caravan for a week don't they? At Skeggy
[Joyce:] Two hundred.
[Ann:] Yeah! They need it though really don't they?
[Joyce:] Well it depends how much. Yeah.
[Ann:] Cos our Darren he said, like, he says... I want to that babe... like, they won't go abroad this year with having baby coming
[Alec:] No.
[Ann:] and he says, they'd really like to go in a caravan he says... to show
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] that we've had holiday like, you know?
[Joyce:] Yeah. Just to have a break.
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] Anyway er... so I said well you can come down home like. He says yeah but then you come down home and... like, they have to go visiting everybody.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] Do you know what I mean? He says
[Joyce:] It's not a rest is it?
[Ann:] He said it's not a rest.
[Alec:] No.
[Joyce:] No.
[Ann:] And er... anyway, I says, Darren, I said they're wanting about two hundred and odd pound for a caravan you know! Now.
[Joyce:] Mm. Mm.
[Ann:] So, I says an I says you're working I said
[Joyce:] Not at they're not though.
[Alec:] Oh no!
[Ann:] and I says why don't you, no, but like
[Joyce:] If you want to go to Skeggy it's a lot.
[Alec:] Well what's the rush?
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] You know like... Scarborough, it's dearer
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] for there
[Joyce:] That's right.
[Ann:] it really is top mark int it?
[Joyce:] Ah yeah!
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] D'ya know what I mean? He's
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] he is nearer that way than us
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] or summat, to Scarborough and that.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] I says erm... yo it'd be cheaper to go bed and breakfast! So, he says
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] yeah but it won't be as convenient with baby like.
[Joyce:] Well, they can relax and have their meals when they want, get up when they
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] want, and if their baby wakes at night they can just go
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] and see to it can't they?
[Ann:] I says I think, this year, you'd be better off stopping at home.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] I says, because er... you know, with him... like working so he's, he's having a week off with
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Ann:] baby int he? I said and th erm
[Joyce:] Mm mm.
[Ann:] and go out and that, if you want to come down for a couple of days.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] You know, I think erm... rather than they paying all that money for a caravan.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] So... mind you, they're on about getting their own car.
[Joyce:] Are they?
[Ann:] He wants Orion Ghia.
[Alec:] Wants
[Joyce:] Oh! That's the one
[Ann:] So
[Joyce:] we're going for.
[Alec:] Not that bad.
[Joyce:] work be getting done won't it? behind it.
[Ann:] So I says what we might do, we might buy his off him. Cos it's
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] not got a lot of miles on.
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] It's only got about twelve thousand miles.
[Joyce:] Has he? Were it new?
[Ann:] F reg Fiesta it is.
[Joyce:] Can they do that then? Can you sell that? Isn't it firm's?
[Ann:] No. No.
[Joyce:] Oh! I see.
[Ann:] It's alright.
[Joyce:] It's his own? Ah!
[Ann:] Yeah. It's er F reg Fiesta.
[Joyce:] Is it?
[Ann:] One point four sport it is. It's a
[Joyce:] Mm mm!
[Ann:] lovely car!
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] It's got all extras in, the lot, you know the
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] and er
[Joyce:] Well it's big enough, a Fiesta, for you anyway.
[Ann:] Well... he ta
[Joyce:] Int it?
[Ann:] he I should of thought it were big enough for them but he said
[Joyce:] Yeah!
[Ann:] when, he says when they come down he said it's loadened with all our stuff!
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] He says, so when we get baby seat on back
[Joyce:] Yeah, as well. Yeah.
[Ann:] And then all baby's stuff, he said
[Joyce:] Well they've got a boot!
[Ann:] So
[Joyce:] Ah! That Orion's got a lovely big boot
[Ann:] Astra it is.
[Joyce:] hasn't it?
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] I drove that Orion. And I went up centre with it. [LAUGHTER]... Cos he were going somewhere with David when you over.
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] And I went to centre in it, it were lovely!... You like it didn't you? You liked the new one, you don't like the first one you had?
[Alec:] Aha.
[Joyce:] You had two Orions didn't you?
[Alec:] Yeah, and then the first one I
[Joyce:] First one he didn't like it.
[Alec:] Got a smaller horsepower weren't it?
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] I don't know, but I know he wanted it.
[Joyce:] about the turbo or summat.
[Alec:] Weren't as good as it, it weren't as good this one that I, weren't as good as ours for petrol. [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] Well no!
[Joyce:] That's just great for petrol.
[Alec:] Ain't put no, ain't put no petrol in mine for three weeks!
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] It's ever such a good car for petrol. It really is.
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] You know like going to Cleethorpes and back, how you do
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] er i it's great
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] for petrol!
[Ann:] Well that's what you want int it?
[Joyce:] Mm mm.
[Alec:] I fill it up
[Joyce:] It's great for petrol! That's it.
[Alec:] And he filled up and it only cost me five to tenner a week.
[Joyce:] And we never walk nowhere do we? Never walk, even
[Alec:] No.
[Joyce:] at the caravan we never walk, we always go in... he even goes for paper in bloody car, him!
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] You know, it's only round corner innit? [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] The car?
[Alec:] Well you start going for the paper and seeing how you like walking right under the!
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] I don't mind it. I don't mind walking round camp.
[Alec:] Ha!
[Joyce:] I don't mind walking round camp.
[Alec:] Don't you?
[Joyce:] I'd rather, well you don't see not if you're in car all time, do you?
[Alec:] I do.
[Ann:] No.
[Joyce:] You can't see anything when you're in car!
[Ann:] oh it's nice to have a bit of fresh air!
[Alec:] Well no, you just
[Joyce:] Yes.
[Alec:] said you would go like. [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] I wonder what time... what they call it's coming... for that? Is it off?
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] Is it?
[Alec:] I don't know. Maybe I'll go out tonight.
[Joyce:] She said afternoon didn't she? But
[Alec:] This is
[Joyce:] she didn't come while... we'd just come in from
[Alec:] It were Thursday weren't it?
[Joyce:] Yeah, we'd just come in from town as well hadn't we?
[Alec:] Yeah. till about four o'clock.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Alec:] [sneeze] Oh dear! Oh dear!
[Joyce:] Mm mm. That's got to go in... that's horrible that is!
[Alec:] Is it?
[Joyce:] Too strong.
[Ann:] Oh! But it's cost me over, well it will have done by time I've finished putting radio in, about hundred and forty pound.
[Joyce:] Yeah!
[Ann:] But I can't cope without my radio Joyce!
[Joyce:] Can't you?
[Ann:] Cos you think I've gone deaf!
[Joyce:] Mm! You got er a, battery rad er radio cassette or something? Couldn't you put it on
[Ann:] Well they don't... it don't sound the same does it?
[Joyce:] Don't they? Ah! It's better with er speakers
[Ann:] You know.
[Joyce:] yeah.
[Ann:] Yeah. I mean I've got one at home what.
[Joyce:] Well we listen to ours a lot though don't we?
[Ann:] What my radio,rel radio or, er electric or, I've got one at home electric or
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] battery.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] But, I thought, oh!
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Alec:] Well anyway, do
[Ann:] I might as well.
[Alec:] if you just leave it stuck out, stuck outside somebody's liable to break in aren't they, if they see
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Alec:] like that?
[Ann:] So I thought well... I got it kind a three year haven't I?
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] Don't change
[Joyce:] Have you?
[Ann:] it for three year.
[Joyce:] Well in any case when you
[Ann:] So
[Joyce:] when you take it you take that off don't you?
[Ann:] Yeah! I said to
[Joyce:] In that case.
[Ann:] David, if I'd have known I'd have took wha other one out.
[Joyce:] Ooh! You could of couldn't you?
[Ann:] I'd take other one.
[Joyce:] Yeah! You could of done couldn't you?
[Ann:] Cos it were a good'un that!
[Joyce:] Ah! What a shame.
[Ann:] But I mean, I didn't know they were all coming. But apparently what's happened is
[Joyce:] Didn't even know you were gonna be getting another one.
[Ann:] in January... the, she were telling me they delivered hundred and fifty nine new cars.
[Alec:] Mm.
[Ann:] New... Metros.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] So they must have, done them a de done a deal of whole lot
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Ann:] cos they were
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] bigger engines than others what we had.
[Joyce:] Yeah, but you actually know that they weren't gonna... have a
[Alec:] Are they?
[Joyce:] radio cassette in there did you?
[Ann:] They have engines.
[Alec:] Ah! They'd be better engines, a better
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Alec:] car then won't they?
[Ann:] Eleven hundred, yeah. Oh yeah!
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] So, well they must have like done a deal and said right, we'll not put radios in or summat, you know we'll
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] do without, so I thought oh well!
[Joyce:] Will it be yours now when you, when you take it in do you take that out don't you?
[Ann:] Mm. Mm.
[Joyce:] So
[Ann:] I will.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Alec:] Sometimes
[Ann:] I've
[Alec:] they don't tell you though do they, when they come to change them do they?
[Ann:] No.
[Alec:] That's a very snidey that isn't it?
[Ann:] They come Tuesday before you know. You know when I were up at Darren's
[Alec:] Mm.
[Ann:] I mean, if I'd have been, If I'd have know I could of coming back down cos Bill came back down to work Tuesday
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] and I stuck it up here... then when it comes through, they brought the car on the Tuesday
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] when I were up at Darren's. Cos she told me when she came.
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] She said I brought it last Tuesday
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] she said, and you weren't here.
[Joyce:] Oh did she?
[Ann:] Mm.
[Alec:] [clears throat]
[Ann:] So, and they rang up, Darren ra er he rang me up Monday morning, and he says can you get in office for half past ten? I says, yeah. He said they've just rang up they're bringing your car.
[Alec:] It's alright that's
[Joyce:] You know I don't know what I've done with that
[Alec:] It's alright in the
[Joyce:] photograph!
[Alec:] background there.
[Joyce:] Do you know I'm ever so mad about it! Cos I
[Ann:] What?
[Joyce:] I should look after my bills!
[Ann:] For what?
[Alec:] Oh oh!
[Joyce:] For that curtain!
[Alec:] Well what did you want it for?
[Ann:] Well you've still got price ticket on haven't you?
[Joyce:] I never even touched it!
[Ann:] So, well the price ticket will still be on.
[Joyce:] Everything's well I've not touched
[Ann:] Well that's not there.
[Joyce:] it, it's still as it was actually.
[Ann:] Yeah. They're
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] not bothered as long as
[Joyce:] Twenty one ninety
[Ann:] the price thing is still here.
[Joyce:] Where do you want?
[Alec:] You worry too much for... it'll be alright.
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] He said don't, if you look after it you know, it's a... does the colour change in it? And he said, yeah, if you look after it
[Ann:] Ah! Yeah!
[Joyce:] keep the cardboard inside, you
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] know. But we haven't even opened it. But like he said and yo and your bill, your receipt and I've forgo I've lost the bloody receipt!
[Ann:] It's not in bag is it?
[Alec:] No.
[Joyce:] Mm?
[Ann:] Not in bag?
[Joyce:] No, I've looked in the bag. I don't know what I've do cos I, don't I keep my receipts?
[Ann:] It were that skirt weren't it? I mean, we found it after I took it back.
[Joyce:] Yeah! Yeah!
[Ann:] So... it's my mam's birthday soon. Yeah. This time
[Alec:] See that
[Ann:] I'll get money.
[Alec:] Well she's got bills from, for Gateway and I mean... who says
[Joyce:] Oh I'm just looking at bottom of my bag there, there was, there was bills from Gateway, that was from last year. You know my shopping bag?
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] My, my cloth shopping
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] shopping bag? There was all these bills in the bottom from Gateway, I said look here
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] from Gateway.
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] And I threw them, I just cleared it out and threw them away yesterday.
[Ann:] We go to Morrisons now. It's brilliant there!
[Joyce:] Is it?
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] Mm. Don't you go to Kwik Save? Kwik Save's quite good.
[Ann:] Er... I go to Kwik Save and I come back
[Joyce:] That's really cheap.
[Ann:] and there's, there's nowt for a meal... when I come back.
[Joyce:] Ah!
[Ann:] You know, if you went
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] to
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] Morrisons... and
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] like
[Joyce:] you come back without your stuff, I mean
[Ann:] especially
[Joyce:] we're like that aren't we?
[Ann:] you know like the fridge it's full... of food
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] like a su like I get... my cooked meats... and
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] quiche, and all my salads
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] and stuff, I get all my veg
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] and then er... like, they do Kentucky Fried Chicken in here, sixty five pence Joyce! It's like
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] that! Like
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] half a chicken! All breast.
[Joyce:] Mm mm.
[Ann:] Er, sixty five for breast, and I think they're about fifty for the legs. But they're, they're done in that lovely... savory batter stuff, you know what I mean?
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] They're all cooking while you're there.
[Joyce:] Ah yeah!
[Ann:] So... like, I'll fetch them like for us dinner
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] and er... tt you know what I mean, the... fri fridge is full.
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Ann:] And
[Joyce:] Yes.
[Ann:] like I put my
[Joyce:] Stuff to go out.
[Ann:] put my meat in freezer... let get it for week
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] you know what I mean, and put
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] in there.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] Whereas like... if I'm out, at least I get a bus down, go into to Kwik Save
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] there's nowt for a meal, you've still got to go to Coplands
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] and buy all the
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Ann:] stuff and in butchers and
[Joyce:] Well even when you go to Kwik Save yo I mean, you come out, and you've got to come out to get meat, cos in a
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] different thing
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] you've got to pay for your vegetables
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] as you go around don't you?
[Ann:] I know.
[Joyce:] You know what I mean?
[Ann:] So... I mean, like
[Joyce:] I like buying stuff from the market
[Ann:] a lot of the stuff
[Joyce:] I get all my
[Ann:] a lot of the stuff's cheap... cheaper at Kwik Save.
[Joyce:] Yeah, I mean ten oranges for fifty P yesterday.
[Ann:] I know!
[Joyce:] Ten! For fifty P! I mean that's absolutely
[Ann:] So
[Joyce:] fantastic that int it
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] for! I mean
[Ann:] Well it's
[Joyce:] I thought it were only
[Ann:] I get them off of my
[Joyce:] thirty P, yeah, Coxes. And pears were only twenty five.
[Ann:] Yeah. I mean, last week my barrow... were absolutely loadened up
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] and it were fifty five pound.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] We bought loads of stuff! I got
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] erm... a lovely piece of middle leg pork for Sunday... there were erm... a piece of turkey breast, a bit like a joint
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] you know with all the skin put round.
[Joyce:] Mind you, that's good for fifty five pound innit? [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] No, but... like Bill, he'll go down to Tescos
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] right?
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] Then go to Coplands then to go to market
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] and erm... I leave him about eighty quid, cos there's six of us
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] and yet he comes back and there's nowt for a meal, and there's hardly any change! It's true!
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER] Ah, ah ah God []!
[Ann:] It is! Like, there's two hundred and sixty with that.
[Alec:] Oh yes.
[Ann:] But like, and then I have to go again on Tuesday to Tesco!
[Joyce:] Yeah!
[Ann:] I go again Tuesday.
[Joyce:] Tesco's dear!
[Ann:] So... we have
[Joyce:] Tesco's dearer than Kwik Save
[Ann:] Yeah!
[Joyce:] int it? Well I think it is anyway.
[Ann:] Oh it is Joyce!
[Joyce:] Mm mm.
[Ann:] It is. But
[Joyce:] But I do love the bacon from there! Th you know the
[Ann:] But it
[Joyce:] bacon that you
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] to cook? You know, er
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] to slice
[Ann:] Oh it's so nice!
[Joyce:] beautiful!
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] So tasty!
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] I've never had anything better
[Ann:] You know what I got?
[Joyce:] that.
[Alec:] Er yep.
[Ann:] And Bill had cooked it last night and it were really nice, I bought it last week. You know, Bill always goes down on a Tuesday
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] and, there were a big family meat pie... and it had
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] been one fifty nine I think, or one ninety nine, they'd got a special price
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] ninety nine pence.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] Anyway, I thought ooh I'll get that! And put it in freezer.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] Cos Bill can't cook, you know, he's a terrible cook!
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] And er, I thought, oh he's only got to put that in oven
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] you know, I'll, I'll buy Morrisons' frozen chips, they're lovely their chips!
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] And so all he's got to do, he can't spoil it.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] And er... anyway, when I got in from work last night, he'd done carrots, sprouts, cabbage, mashed potatoes, and he'd done this pie.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] And it were right nice, and he'd done some lovely onion gravy!
[Joyce:] Mm mm.
[Ann:] Couldn't believe it!
[Joyce:] Mm!
[Ann:] Cos Monday
[Joyce:] Is that Morrisons that's er, opposite Nettows at
[Ann:] Anthorpe it is int it?
[Alec:] No that's... Grandways
[Joyce:] Oh! Grandways ah yeah!
[Ann:] And erm
[Joyce:] There int a Morrisons round here is there?
[Alec:] I don't know.
[Ann:] No, I ain't seen one.
[Joyce:] The nearest Morrison is down erm
[Alec:] No idea duck.
[Joyce:] going down towards er, when I used to go down towards
[Ann:] Walthe er down er... near Bath, that way. What you
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] call it?
[Ann:] I don't know. I know nearest to us it's... erm, tt... you know where we used to work at Bramley. You know when we used to work, go to Southern Trust... they built a new, big new Morrisons there didn't they?
[Joyce:] Oh! It er
[Ann:] Next to Macros.
[Joyce:] Yes.
[Ann:] No! Bramley. When we used to go to Southern Trust. We used to go to
[Joyce:] Southern Trust?
[Ann:] Faircroft didn't we? To office.
[Joyce:] Yes. Yeah. Faircroft
[Ann:] Mm. Well you know by those garage we used to... use
[Joyce:] Ya.
[Ann:] well
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] it's in there.
[Joyce:] Ah yeah!
[Ann:] Well I used to go to that one.
[Joyce:] Ah yeah!
[Ann:] And then
[Joyce:] There was one there.
[Ann:] they've built a
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] another one at Retail World. You know, Parkgate
[Joyce:] Mm mm. Mm.
[Ann:] They've built another big'un there.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] So I go there now... to
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] that one. Cos it's
[Joyce:] Ah yeah!
[Ann:] nice you know.
[Joyce:] Mm. Mm.
[Ann:] But erm... Morrisons on Monday... er Bill, he'd er cooked fish, er er there was some... frozen fish what I'd got him like.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] Tough as hell it were!
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] Chips... with them Morrisons' chips, and they are really lovely but he'd left them in
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] too long so they're too crisp.
[Joyce:] Ah!
[Ann:] The peas... well they were like bullets!
[Alec:] Yeah?
[Ann:] The frozen peas, but and he says, said what he'd done... he'd
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] put them in
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] instead of putting them on... to cook... put them in to defrost!
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] So, by the time he'd sort of looked and it were defrosting
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] they're not as nice if you defrost frozen peas and then cook them are they?
[Joyce:] No, you're supposed to... cook them from frozen.
[Ann:] You know, so they were like, they were like bullets!
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] So the fish... were horrible!
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] The chips... were so crisp and dry... and then, then, and yet last night
[Joyce:] He did all that.
[Ann:] Yeah! And i and it were lovely!
[Joyce:] Yeah. Sure your Nicola, are you sure your Nicola didn't do it? What do you say he did?
[Ann:] Last night?
[Joyce:] Mm mm.
[Ann:] He did mashed potatoes
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] cabbage, savoy cabbage, carrots... and he'd cu cut them like I always cut them cos they were only them little baby carrots so, what I do I slice them down
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] you know, down middle like
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] into quarters so I do them longer
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] and he'd done them like that in microwave for eight minutes... and er, done sprouts... then he'd put this meat pie in oven
[Joyce:] Crikey!
[Ann:] and er, done onion gravy!
[Joyce:] Mm mm!
[Ann:] I says, ooh this gravy's lovely!
[Joyce:] Yeah!
[Ann:] He says er, yeah he said I did some onion, and then, I got some of them, you know
[Joyce:] Granules?
[Ann:] yeah, put some of that in
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] he says, I put a bit a... Italian mixed herbs in middle of meat pie in my hand, put them
[Joyce:] Mm. [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] and a bit of Bovril. [LAUGHTER] And it were lovely!
[Joyce:] Done that, done all that!
[Ann:] []
[Joyce:] God!
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER] []!
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER] Yeah! [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] And was that meat pie alright?
[Ann:] It was it were lovely!
[Joyce:] Sometimes you get them and they're not very nice are they?
[Alec:] No.
[Joyce:] But I tell you what we've got fish
[Ann:] But we don't have meat pie us, cos we don't normally
[Joyce:] No.
[Ann:] it's the gristle on it, it's that tinned meat, but that were
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] mince Joyce.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] It were mince.
[Joyce:] Yeah. We got some nice fish from er... Kwik Save. It was... was it Bird's Eye Alec? And there was, I just got a packet of
[Alec:] I don't know.
[Joyce:] two in to try, it
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] were lovely weren't it? Really lovely white meat!
[Alec:] Oh, ah yeah!
[Ann:] that we've had for a while.
[Joyce:] We got it last week cos we finished
[Ann:] Nice!
[Joyce:] our fish from... Cleethorpes now... and, we're ready for going again to get some more.
[Ann:] But you see what he'd done he'd, he'd had it out a freezer since four o'clock since he come in
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] from work
[Joyce:] Ah!
[Ann:] Well I didn't get in till half six so by time he'd put them
[Joyce:] Ah!
[Ann:] in
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] supposed to cook from frozen aren't you?
[Joyce:] Yeah, you're better cooked from frozen.
[Ann:] You know
[Joyce:] Yeah they are.
[Ann:] cos once they've thawed they go soft
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] do they? They were disgusting!
[Joyce:] I it's different if you have it raw... if you ha you buy
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] the raw fish
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] and we have to put it out to so till we've thawed because
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] it has water in it, like doesn't
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] it? And then you get the water all
[Ann:] So
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] But I thought, well I.
[Alec:] Well he tried, what more do you want?
[Joyce:] Well, yeah!
[Alec:] He doesn't though, he doesn't, he just... bungs everything in, know
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Alec:] what I mean?
[Joyce:] Er, really we're better off
[Ann:] But last night
[Joyce:] er... wa bringing them, er
[Ann:] it were lovely meal!
[Joyce:] do them on, on er... full power in microwave
[Ann:] The peas?
[Joyce:] and then, mm, and then
[Ann:] That's what he normally does, but he had said
[Joyce:] and then put them on five minutes... defrost.
[Ann:] he says it were broke, microwave! He said I know I put it on full power. I know I didn't put it on to defrost.
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] I know I didn't! He says it's
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] broke!
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] So, I cleared it, press power level and
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] nine and it come
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] up!
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] He said, but said that he'd pressed, he didn't
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] press defrost and he
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] pressed power level nine.
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER] Oh well!
[Ann:] You know, but
[Joyce:] He weren't to it.
[Ann:] He weren't! He won't. [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] He said, microwave's broken. There's me, you silly bugger!
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] Well it's insured, I've insured it for twelve
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] months but it'll not cost
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] us owt.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] And er, oh I'll just try it, so I
[Joyce:] Mhm.
[Ann:] so I put peas back in
[Joyce:] Nowt wrong with it?
[Ann:] No! No! Pressed wrong button! [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] It's easy done.
[Ann:] alright.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] It's only him can do it like!
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] Oh eh! You know what he did last night? Run over a dog!
[Joyce:] Ooh!
[Ann:] Bill come out er a... here with car... you know you could round with pub
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Ann:] comes round here this, this dog just shot out and hit car
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Ann:] anyway, it'd done something to its leg!
[Joyce:] Did it?
[Ann:] Yeah. Lad come out and he said it's, it's hurt his leg.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] So Bill says, well I... you know it just shot out
[Joyce:] Just can't help it.
[Ann:] didn't even see it like.
[Joyce:] I mean, look at me, I were going down Dunscroft there, you know at top of... and er... I'm just driving in along and this bloody dog come over
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] straight in fron come straight in front of my car like that, and I missed that one... but then the other one come!
[Ann:] Mm.
[Joyce:] There were two together. I had no chance
[Ann:] And I know
[Joyce:] but it
[Ann:] had the one before, it were it were wrapped... around chassis underneath! It were screaming
[Joyce:] Mm!
[Ann:] it were still alive!
[Joyce:] Oh eh!
[Ann:] They had to give me a brandy, I were in a right state me!
[Joyce:] Oh! Yeah.
[Ann:] They took me in this bungalow
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] anyway, what had happened, dog had shot out
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] weren't Bill's fault
[Joyce:] No! You can't, oh you can't help it, it's like
[Ann:] and er anyway
[Joyce:] this one.
[Ann:] Bill rang police up and he says, oh he said I've just run over a dog! He says only one?
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] Oh! He says, try and get a few more!
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Ann:] He says they shouldn't be out! He says they cause more
[Joyce:] It's true.
[Ann:] er damage
[Joyce:] It's true! I mean they shouldn't
[Alec:] Mm.
[Joyce:] let them, you know, run like loose should
[Ann:] No.
[Joyce:] they er... when people a you know, on main road.
[Ann:] No.
[Joyce:] In fact, they shouldn't let them, cos they don't know where their dogs are gonna go do they?
[Ann:] No. They're not bothered are they?
[Joyce:] No! It's their
[Ann:] Well
[Joyce:] dogs and then they get
[Ann:] anyway
[Joyce:] upset when they get run over!
[Ann:] he's on about dog's leg being bad and Bill's had a look see if he's dented car cos he'd just
[Joyce:] Ah.
[Ann:] fetched it
[Joyce:] Aye
[Ann:] back!
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]... [sighing] Ah []!
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Ann:] No. But he were shook up when he come in.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Ann:] In fact he didn't know whether it were a child, he says you don't know when it's dark.
[Alec:] No.
[Joyce:] No.
[Ann:] And it just sho you know
[Joyce:] No you don't. No.
[Ann:] went in front. Anyway
[Joyce:] No it's
[Ann:] I'd better go and get some work done Joyce!
[Joyce:] Well it does well
[Ann:] Cloudy.
[Joyce:] well the sun's come out for you... now
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] so
[Ann:] See you again love!
[Alec:] Tarrah!
[Joyce:] No.
[Ann:] Ta-ta!
[Alec:] See you next week!
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] Urgh! [door closing] Urgh!
[Alec:] Well that Metro will be alright if it's be bigger engine won't it?
[Joyce:] She said it's... brilliant!
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] She says it's good. But I don't like the look of it.
[Alec:] Don't you?
[Joyce:] No! I don't like look of it.
[Alec:] Sounds alright from here.
[Joyce:] Yeah it does. Sounds alright.
[Alec:] [whistling] Well
[Joyce:] And they er... I'm not putting it right close though. You know, sort of give it a good chance.
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] And er... I've set the bucket as well.
[Alec:] Well they'll all be fighting for life all of a sudden
[Joyce:] You see they're not gonna get a lot of chance though because we get a lot of sun here.
[Alec:] Where?
[Joyce:] Here.
[Alec:] You... only get it at
[Joyce:] Be better at the back there really won't they?
[Alec:] It's winter now like!
[Joyce:] Yeah but, you see, they get more sun there look, can you see? Not there. At the bottom.
[Alec:] Yeah but you've already had them there once.
[Joyce:] Yeah, I had them there last year they didn't open!
[Alec:] And they'd been they'd been a dead lo they were a dead loss weren't they?
[Joyce:] Yeah! They didn't open. I don't know why.
[Alec:] Ah.
[Joyce:] We'll have a... sandwich or something then, ah?... Do you not want another cup of tea with the?
[Alec:] No, I'm not bothered, are you?
[Joyce:] Yes. I'll do a cup of tea anyway.
[Alec:] Ah well I've have one if you are making one.
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] That's twenty three.
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] Can you see?... Bit early for a spirit.
[Alec:] Mm.
[Joyce:] I mean it's not costing two pound to send that!
[Alec:] Well you haven't gotta do for that yet!
[Joyce:] I know but they a they'll send, they'll either want two pound for sending that! We're sending everything separate... so then, when you get your bill
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] Anyway... if they only want one, two pound I'll send it, we'll send eight pound off for them if they're any go any go if they're alright then. I'll send two pound... postage.... Put it in, in there leave that so it's.
[Alec:] [sigh]
[Joyce:] Haven't I got some bread that's open? That's a new one that int it?
[Alec:] Is it? I dunno.
[Joyce:] It is, yeah.
[Alec:] [whistling]
[Joyce:] [singing] La la la la la
[Alec:] [clears throat]
[Joyce:] la la [].
[Alec:] There's snooker on.
[Joyce:] Eh?
[Alec:] The damn snooker's on!
[Joyce:] Snooker?
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Alec:] We'll have a look at today's paper and make sure it's... what that time it's on.
[Joyce:] Are you gonna have a bit of this stuff on some toast Alec?
[Alec:] No thanks love. [clears throat]
[Joyce:] No?
[Alec:] No.
[Joyce:] Do you want a then or something?
[Alec:] No thanks Joyce I'm... I'll have a cheese sandwich.
[Joyce:] You want a cheese sandwich?
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] I think I did in first place, I must a... forgot to change it.... Put it on defrost to get out of carton.
[Alec:] Yeah.... Where is it anyway... you're having?
[Joyce:] It's erm... just a mixture.
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]... Tomato and... onion... er... mush I put some mushrooms in, cos I like my mushrooms... er... don't you want any?
[Alec:] Aye.... And I decided on cheese! [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] You what?
[Alec:] I decided on cheese!
[Joyce:] Did you? Are you?
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] There's some open here if you want that other one?
[Alec:] Cos I'm taping aren't I?
[Joyce:] Oh another one? Oh! How many tapes is that then? Six?
[Alec:] Mm.
[Joyce:] Six?... You can smell them onions can't you?
[Alec:] Mm mm. Mm mm.
[Joyce:] You asked me if I wanted salt out and I said yeah, so you don't get it out!
[Alec:] I took it out without asking you though.
[Joyce:] Oh!
[Alec:] I were that busy taking things back and I got them out.
[Joyce:] Mm mm.
[Alec:] Gonna be able to manage that?
[Joyce:] Lovely!... It's that stuff I made last year and
[Alec:] [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] you know, I went to market alright.
[Alec:] Mm mm. [radio on]... You gotta Radio Two with that.... Bloody pirate station wouldn't you?
[Joyce:] No, I know.
[Alec:] Keep moving it!
[Joyce:] Mm?
[Alec:] . [sighing] Er ha []. This my?
[Joyce:] It is open, yeah.
[Alec:] Eh? Get back on to Classic Gold. [tuning in radio]
[Joyce:] Aye. You could ask there.... Who went there. If they went again to that place and what they've... and got the same things? Could ask there couldn't you?
[Alec:] Yeah. But these are, they only, these are, these aren't what... no, they're, they were lovely!
[Joyce:] What better than were they?
[Alec:] Oh well I... oh aye!
[Joyce:] Those were pancake roll.
[Alec:] Or a pancake.
[Joyce:] Or a pancake
[Alec:] There were just enough
[Joyce:] pancake
[Alec:] there it were... they were covered
[Joyce:] Covered
[Alec:] at the sides.
[Joyce:] covered over.
[Alec:] And you fill it with... fill it.
[Joyce:] Turned over like I had.
[Alec:] Yeah. Just...
[Joyce:] Oh are they?
[Alec:] Yeah!
[Joyce:] Ah!
[Alec:] Savory pancake.
[Joyce:] Ah!
[Alec:] I know these er... dumplings, taste like, you know.
[Joyce:] Mm. Mincemeat.
[Alec:] Ah?
[Joyce:] Mincemeat?
[Alec:] Mincemeat. You know, they're in stuffing.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Alec:] And use... stuffing like sage and onion, something like that.
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Alec:] ... I've tried, I've tried to make it while you were working but I were wrong.
[Joyce:] Mm. I remember you had to check make it.
[Alec:] Yeah. And I can't make it, that's right.... I try and make a.
[Joyce:] Well you can't er... the sauce, you can't go and buy it then can you?
[Alec:] No.... Because they look like....
[Joyce:] You don't?
[Alec:] No. I don't like it.
[Joyce:] Well yo used to like it with sage in. Used to put some sage in, sage and onion stuffing in with some and you used to like it didn't you?
[Alec:] Mm.... and then you don't let me put enough sage in!
[Joyce:] No, so you don't put sage and onion in mincemeat when you're cooking it.
[Alec:] Mm.
[Joyce:] Both of them sweet peas coming up!... Just starting to poke through.
[Alec:] Mm.... You gonna... put two in each of them on the
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Alec:] ?
[Joyce:] I'll put... one in each, ah, one or two in, in the... things... in the
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] and then I'll put th you know the... in between them... put one in there as well.
[Alec:] And some in between there as well? Oh!
[Joyce:] So we had... perhaps they'll go right down as well won't they?
[Alec:] And that... no. They won't go down.
[Joyce:] Well just be in one, er sort of the side or something do you know what I mean?
[Alec:] Mm.
[Joyce:] Well I didn't know how to... get rid of, you know... I thought I don't... get any more, that's it. What I'm getting should be it, it should do. Eh?... There's a lot of er, manure and stuff advertising in here I've found.
[Alec:] Yeah I know, it's all straw innit?
[Joyce:] Oh eight, eight... eight pound fifty for ten pound.
[Alec:] It's all straw.
[Joyce:] Is it?
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] Er... they've got mushroom compost
[Alec:] Oh have they?
[Joyce:] in here
[Alec:] That's not bad.
[Joyce:] ten bags for eight fifty or, ten bags for ten pound. Yeah.
[Alec:] , you know.
[Joyce:] Mm? Still, if we're going... for around.
[Alec:] [clears throat]
[Joyce:] Make a bit of... make the soil better round the back. Ah! This soil should be buying stuff as soon somebody. was ever such compost int it?
[Alec:] Yeah. Well I shall do some stuff down this garden. This one here.
[Joyce:] Which one?
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] Keep saying that, but we get some good stuff from there.
[Alec:] Eh?
[Joyce:] We get some good stuff from there.
[Alec:] Yeah I know, but I think you're right....
[Joyce:] Water.
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] Oh! Yeah!
[Alec:] Well, before you see we haven't had no
[Joyce:] No, don't get a lot of
[Alec:] but we haven't had no water
[Joyce:] don't get a lot of water with it being, er, are a bit hard for... see they've all got paths down here.... Well over there there's a, there's a... er, antirrhinum growing... right over in the corner there, at the back. Antirrhinum growing. And I... broke it off, I thought I've got a... I've got that clip that old piece, the other piece put it on better... and underneath it there was a... a hyacinth, and with it being sheltered
[Alec:] Mm.
[Joyce:] been coming lovely!
[Alec:] Mm.
[Joyce:] So... is a... putting them down here and not being able to see them
[Alec:] Are they doing them though.
[Joyce:] What?
[Alec:] Hyacinth's growing through to them.
[Joyce:] I'm not saying it was!
[Alec:] Oh!
[Joyce:] It was. No I know it's a, it's a... and we've got those snowdrops coming up here.
[Alec:] Have we?
[Joyce:] Just a few. Well I hope the others are all.
[Alec:] I don't know where all over in that corner.
[Joyce:] Well I put some in here. And these are coming.
[Alec:] Oh!
[Joyce:] Thought we'd... dig it all up and move... move it all over the place won't we?
[Alec:] Well we'll have to move it all won't we?
[Joyce:] Look, there's little snowdrops coming up here... I've seen... I looked today, they're coming up. Snowdrops. Against that.
[Alec:] Just top... can you see top like
[Joyce:] Yeah.
[Alec:] they are, like they are in, you know?
[Joyce:] Yeah. Against that first primula, and around
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] it, the
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] snowdrops. And then, just past it the.
[Alec:] And that's over there.
[Joyce:] But there's not many, I mean, there should be more than that. I mean, I'd... there were... a lot, weren't there round there?
[Alec:] Well they're... it's probably because you packed them all in there... too tight.
[Joyce:] Well I
[Alec:] Probably reverting back to and....... [clears throat]... Yeah, we was at caravan when they were out weren't we? Last year.
[Joyce:] Yeah, we were
[Alec:] Mm.
[Joyce:] Well they might a little bit later then.
[Alec:] Don't suppose they're any good.
[Joyce:] Cos them our given us are all up! They might have been treated them, to come up earlier. Eh?
[Alec:] I don't know.
[Joyce:] Well they're all coming up! Look! They're all th round there, round that dahlia they're coming up... in the corner over there, and there's some here, and I think they're all coming....... They don't look a bad colour as though do they?
[Alec:] Aye, it's wet though int it?
[Joyce:] Is it?
[Alec:] Well it's bound to be damp.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Alec:] In summer it gets dry and it goes like like. flowers.
[Joyce:] Were they alright?
[Alec:] [whistling]...
[Joyce:] Are they up there then? [radio advertisements playing]... Oh! I've got... But, I don't know why.
[Alec:] Well I'd say so anyway, make them... [clears throat].... We'll have a ride in tomorrow with... change your curtains and....
[Joyce:] Oh I know! Don't know where I've put it.
[Alec:] Looks as though it had been cut out for some reason.
[Joyce:] It does, don't it?
[Alec:] Is it collar?
[Joyce:] Well I think it's probably off that other pattern.... Well I do, I'm waiting for two patterns aren't I? Looks like er... making for a collar don't it?
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] I'll keep that though because... I don't know if.
[Alec:] I'll put it in here. [LAUGHTER]
[Joyce:] Mm.... I'll have that stapler.
[Alec:] [clears throat]... And I, if I see anybody I'm not gonna stop and talk to them!
[Joyce:] [LAUGHTER]
[Alec:] could of... could of walked on.
[Joyce:] Mm.
[Alec:] And every time, every time I'm glad... she's starting summat else!
[Joyce:] Mm mm. And then we went and had a look in that... that er... tape thing.
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] No, so it will be possible... talk to them then?
[Alec:] Yeah.
[Joyce:] It's alright to talk to him... you know i... giving you, just give you that bit of extra warmth without er
[Alec:] The weight.
[Joyce:] Mm. Well that weight, that weight it's just... it felt comfortable to wear.... Right. Might as well go in behind if there's football mightn't I?
[Alec:] [clears throat]... Golf on here.
[Joyce:] You what?
[Alec:] Golf.
[Joyce:] I thought it was snooker on?
[Alec:] What is the time? Don't know what time snooker comes on.
[Joyce:] Twenty past two you said.
[Alec:] Yeah. [LAUGHTER]... It's sport...... sport. Sport on a Friday afternoon... Friday afternoon sports or summat.
[Joyce:] Mm mm.
[Alec:] [clears throat]... There's only Errol Flynn on other but they're black and white.
[Joyce:] Is there?... What time's that then?
[Alec:] Ah?
[Joyce:] Steve and Anne. That's it.
[Alec:] You seen these presents?
[Joyce:] Yeah. Not been through much have they? Since had that
[Alec:] ... and they had er....
[Joyce:] I know! I don't know, it's... she might have had.