[Dorothy:] On the remote control, he wanted to do it. Yes, you can switch it off if you want to. We can switch it on again later on so there's no worry. Are we going to do these fish?
[Tim:] I'll go and use the bucket.
[Dorothy:] Well I'll come and help you Tim cos we don't want it falling all over the place.... Whoops. Careful careful. Oh that's the empty one. That's alright. Here's the full one.
[Tim:] And and this is the empty one.
[Dorothy:] Ooh!
[Tim:] Now, this is. Have you cleaned up?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... Hallo Bertie. How are you?
[Christopher:] Mum, do fish like people?
[Dorothy:] Do fishes like people? Don't know, what do you think?
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Hallo Bertie Edward. Do you like us?
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Yeah?
[Tim:] I want er
[Dorothy:] You want to have your sleeves rolled up?
[Tim:] Yeah er got this shirt on.
[Dorothy:] Yeah well we'll just undo the cuff.
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] And roll it up.... And there we are. And this one.
[Tim:] Is doing it?
[Dorothy:] Well that's... we need Christopher to do it as well don't we?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Now whatever you do don't drip it all over me stereo. Okay?... Who's gonna get the weed out?
[Tim:] Me....
[Dorothy:] Well you could perhaps do it together but be careful. Mind the fish. Whoops.... If you drop it into this one with the clean water in.... Whoops, look out cos it's dripping.... Right, it's Christopher's turn then, you've had one turn.
[Tim:] Can you
[Dorothy:] Oh he hasn't got his sleeves done up yet look....
[Christopher:] Only two.
[Dorothy:] Two what?
[Christopher:] Two arms look.
[Dorothy:] True. You'd look funny with four wouldn't you?
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] I I go and get a er a....
[Tim:] No but
[Dorothy:] Just let me go and get the cups from the kitchen.
[Tim:] ...
[Christopher:] Mum, Tim is making me... drop this and hurt the fish.
[Dorothy:] Tim is making you what?... Drop the... mm
[Christopher:] Drop this.
[Dorothy:] That's it.
[Christopher:] When can I do the bridge?
[Dorothy:] Whoops.
[Christopher:] I want to do the bridge.
[Tim:] I do the bridge.
[Dorothy:] Well as they're Christopher's fish we'll let Christopher do the fish... d sorry do the bridge. Go on then. Whoops.
[Tim:] No
[Dorothy:] Got it. Okay now then when we pu whoops... that's it. Now I think we'll, that needs washing out doesn't it, that bridge? It's pretty... mucky. Right, put the dirty water in this bucket then with the bridge.
[Christopher:] I want that please.
[Dorothy:] What the jug?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] I think you'd be better with a cup myself.
[Christopher:] No I want the
[Dorothy:] No come on cos he might go and get the fish in the jug and then we'll be in a mess.
[Tim:] Why will the fish go into the jug?
[Dorothy:] Be careful because they don't want to be in a thunder storm.... Hello fish. Are you alright in there?... Yes thank you. Oh good. [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] I'm taking the bits out.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Tim:] I I'm taking the bits out.
[Dorothy:] Well just take all the, it's pretty dirty, look at the stones....
[Tim:] We wash the whole bit out don't we?
[Dorothy:] Mm.... Okay. We need to leave them some to swim in before we catch them. Just a little bit more.... Gently Tim.
[Christopher:] Why can't we leave them in that water?
[Dorothy:] Well what do you think would happen to the poor things if left them in that water?
[Christopher:] I don't know.
[Dorothy:] Do you know that fish can't breathe unless they're in water?... So if they're out of the water they die just like if we're under the water... too long we die.... Right, I think we should stop now and get them out of there. Stop Tim.
[Tim:] I I
[Dorothy:] Can I borrow this, this cup now to fish these fish out. Fish the fish. [LAUGHTER] Come on fish.
[Tim:] Fish the fish out.
[Dorothy:] Here you come. Are you Edward or Bertie?
[Tim:] Erm
[Christopher:] Edward.
[Tim:] let me see.
[Dorothy:] Oh Chris was the expert. He knows. Whoops.
[Tim:] Think that one is Edward.
[Dorothy:] Right Edward, come on.
[Tim:] Think that's Edward.
[Dorothy:] Come on Edward.
[Christopher:] Yes that's Edward.
[Dorothy:] In here please. Thank you.
[Christopher:] That's Edward....
[Dorothy:] Right... into the water.
[Christopher:] That's bigger than the other one. But that's the...
[Dorothy:] Whoops. Bertie's disappearing. Come on Bertie, in this cup. Aha caught you.... There we are. Now then I'll take those over there. You don't need to do that now look cos I can just carry the thing into the kitchen. Come and help me with the stones in the kitchen....
[Christopher:] I've got some stones.
[Dorothy:] No no. Don't get the stones out you dilly... What a noggin! Right, let's take this into the kitchen and clean it up. Can you bring the bridge.
[Christopher:] Bridge?
[Dorothy:] Yeah we need the bridge but don't tip the
[Christopher:] Take that one then. That's got the bridge in it.
[Dorothy:] Try not to drip it everywhere though Tim.
[Christopher:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] Can I get the water to.
[Dorothy:] Pardon?
[Christopher:] Can I get the water to go in it with the jug?
[Tim:] Hello. I've finished.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. We've already got some water. Ugh look, it's horrible.... Ugh!...
[Christopher:] What do you have to put stones at the bottom for?
[Dorothy:] Think we shall have to scrub these... cos it's so horrid today.
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Mummy what? Oh my goodness. Let me help you.... Thank you. I thought you were just bringing the bridge.... Didn't realize you were bringing the whole thing.... There we go....
[Christopher:] Mum... when you... took it all back when there's a bit
[Dorothy:] When we've what?
[Christopher:] more water in... when you're ready to put more water in, can I get the water and put it in the jug and pour it in?
[Dorothy:] Yeah, if you want to. We've actually got clean water in there cos that's clean water that's in the bucket that the fish are swimming in now....
[Tim:] Hello.
[Dorothy:] Hello. I've lost the brush. We need a brush for this. Oh here we are.... Right....
[Christopher:] [singing] []
[Tim:] My favourite dinner.
[Dorothy:] Is it your favourite dinner? [LAUGHTER]... Do you know what it is?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] It's meant to be cottage pie but I've put some
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] I've put some breadcrumbs on the top instead of cheese. Because we seem to like that at the moment don't we?... It needs to go in the oven really.
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] It needs to go in the oven really.... Pardon? What did you say?
[Tim:] I really this time.
[Dorothy:] Really tatty?
[Tim:] Mm. Really tatty.
[Dorothy:] What? Oh you mean the stones. Yeah. It's quite... it's quite erm
[Tim:] Are the fish tatty?
[Dorothy:] It's a long time, no no no, it's a long time we since we er cleaned them. It's just dirty really rather than tatty. Whoops....
[Christopher:] water at me.
[Dorothy:] Pardon?
[Christopher:] Tim's throwing water at me.
[Dorothy:] Tim, what are you doing?... Can you come in here Tim so I can see you please.... Tim.... Let's go and see what he's up to. Come on.... What are you doing? You're not throwing water are you?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] No we'll all get wet if you do. Cos we're not, we don't want a bath....
[Tim:] Why.
[Dorothy:] Why what?
[Tim:] Why do you need to wash the?
[Dorothy:] Cos they're... cos they're messy. Look you can see it's all brown. Ugh.... If we just wipe round the outside of the tank though, I think that will help.... Cos it's gone all funny inside, can you see?...
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Whoops.... Ugh look at that.
[Christopher:] Ugh....
[Dorothy:] I think it's the kind of food we're using cos it's different food from the... food that we had at the beginning. It didn't seem to get as bad as this at the beginning.
[Christopher:] Why didn't it seem to get as bad as this?
[Dorothy:] I don't know. It just did n't....
[Christopher:] Is it because mummy
[Dorothy:] Pardon?
[Christopher:] Is it because we've given them a different... have we already used a pot up?
[Dorothy:] Yes we used the little pot and then we bought that box.
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Hello.
[Christopher:] Where's the little pot mummy?
[Dorothy:] What's your problem?... You alright?
[Tim:] I wanted to put water in there.
[Dorothy:] You want to put water in? Well we'll just give them one more swish.
[Christopher:] Little pot mum.
[Dorothy:] What little pot? The fish food you mean?... Well the thing was, because we bought a box and the box... was a bit flimsy, I thought we would put the new fish food into the old pot, you see. So the old pot has still got some in... but it's really the new food. Do you see?...
[Christopher:] Why didn't you keep it in the box?
[Dorothy:] There's still some food in there as well.... Right, okay. If you want to put your jug of water in now, this is your moment. Do you want to get a jug... full. Do you want to get some from the tap?
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] You can if you want to.... Because it'll probably need more than what's in the bucket anyway. Tim, do you want to carry this?
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] Do you want to carry this?
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] This tank.
[Tim:] Want to
[Dorothy:] Can you manage? Don't drop it will you? Shall I hold the cup. Don't drop it whatever you do.
[Christopher:] Mum, do you want it up to
[Dorothy:] Fill it up to the number one there look. That means one pint.
[Christopher:] Mum could you
[Dorothy:] What?
[Christopher:] turn it on.
[Dorothy:] Okay....
[Christopher:] I've done it.
[Dorothy:] There we are. Put the dinner in. Ooh. Oh well done. Right, away you go, see if you can get it in the
[Tim:] Can I have the cup now?...
[Christopher:] Oh Tim don't make hole will you?
[Tim:] No.
[Christopher:] Right do it like this....
[Dorothy:] Oops.
[Christopher:] Tim's made a hole.
[Dorothy:] I think you're doing it a bit roughly Tim. Can you do it more gently so the stones don't move....
[Christopher:] Don't just pour it in one place. You're making another hole.
[Dorothy:] Put, tip it on to the bridge and then you won't make a hole cos the bridge will be in the way.... Oop! What a dilly. [LAUGHTER]... Ah no. If you're gonna do it like that we're gonna have to stop you from doing it.... Come on. Mind the fish.... Poor things.... That's better Tim. Oh no! Disaster. Move the video quick.... Make sure it's dried.
[Christopher:] It is dried.
[Dorothy:] Oh! Now just watch it with those fish please... while I get a cloth....
[Tim:] The bridge is under water.... The bridge is under water now, what will you do?
[Dorothy:] Yeah. So is our room look....
[Tim:] No it's not under water.
[Dorothy:] It's a good job it's just water and not orange squash.
[Tim:] Oh! I caught a fish.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] A fish went in.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Oh Christopher be careful [] That was quite clever really.
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] As long as you didn't hurt him. There you go mister fish you can go for a swim now. Now look we've got a fish in there and a fish in there Tim so we must be careful now because otherwise we're gonna hurt them.
[Christopher:] No there's only one in there.
[Dorothy:] I think I'd better fish that one out do you?
[Christopher:] Yeah.... There's already one in there Tim now.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. So when you pour the water don't go tipping it
[Christopher:] There's already one in there.
[Dorothy:] on top of him cos he'll get a shock. Let's have this weed out.
[Christopher:] one in there already.
[Dorothy:] You gonna help the weed?... Whoops. Alright.
[Tim:] I can't take all of it.
[Dorothy:] Woo er... alright wait a minute now cos mummy's gonna fish this fish out.
[Tim:] Er Mum, how do you think I caught it?
[Dorothy:] Oh look at all the bits in there. I don't know how you caught it love. It was rather clever really.
[Tim:] Yeah because when you catch
[Dorothy:] You've just got to be careful because
[Tim:] fish then
[Dorothy:] if you're not careful you'll hurt them you see because if you... touch their tails or their fins or something. There we are. Right now when you're tipping it in now I should use a cup now Christopher cos the jug will be too much water for them.... Alright? Now just gently now.
[Tim:] I I
[Dorothy:] Well watch where you're pouring Tim. Not on top of the fish please....
[Christopher:] use that but it's got dirty now. I'm gonna use that bit.. I'm gonna pour it over there.
[Dorothy:] Go on then.
[Christopher:] But that isn't in the way of the bridge. Oh Tim.
[Dorothy:] Whoops.... Oh look, next door's got a new car. Unless it's a visitor. What do you think? Got a white one look....
[Christopher:] Will that be enough water yet?
[Dorothy:] Er... bit more I think.... Gently does it. That was a good one Tim, well done....
[Tim:] Oh no....
[Dorothy:] See if you can tip it without the bits going in then. Whoop... whoop.
[Tim:] I did.
[Dorothy:] What?
[Tim:] I did put a bit in.
[Dorothy:] Oh well. Never mind. It will come out next week....
[Christopher:] What happens if you put a bit in mum?... The fish might think it's food?
[Dorothy:] Well er I think those bits that are in there are really just bits of weed. I don't think it's anything too awful. What's this thing?... Ooh.... That's a funny thing. [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Will any?
[Dorothy:] I should think so.
[Christopher:] Or does it nearly
[Dorothy:] Just a little bit.... I think we've nearly got enough now don't you?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Tim:] No we haven't yet.
[Dorothy:] Well... if we have too much more we shall...
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] have it overflowing.
[Christopher:] And we don't want erm it over if it gets
[Tim:] I'll g
[Christopher:] right to the top
[Dorothy:] Mm?
[Christopher:] we'll have to stop.
[Dorothy:] I think we must stop before we get right to the top.
[Tim:] Why?... I think we're gonna have a. This is a laugh.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] Not very easy to get now. Is it Tim?
[Dorothy:] No.
[Tim:] It is.
[Christopher:] Look Tim put it down
[Dorothy:] Whoops.
[Christopher:] not very much left in there now.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] have you got it all here?... Oh I think there's only a tiny tiny bit left.... Now who's gonna get it
[Dorothy:] I'll tell you what look. You hold the cup and I'll tip the bucket, right? I'll hold your cup.... There you go. All done. Right, we need a cloth now to wipe up the bits round the edges.... What are you doing?
[Tim:] I'm cleaning it.
[Dorothy:] Well look why don't you have one of these then you can do it properly.
[Tim:] Can I?...
[Christopher:] Now Tim don't wipe in the... fish will you?
[Tim:] Oh dear. It's in the fish.
[Dorothy:] Well you're a silly billy you are. It's the edges you've got to do look, not inside it.
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] What about putting the roof on the?
[Dorothy:] Yeah, we need the roof on don't we?...
[Christopher:] I'll put mine over the
[Dorothy:] Mm. Do you want to pick up the... top, the lid please....
[Tim:] I've got it....
[Dorothy:] Except if we're gonna put food in we didn't ought to put it on just yet did we?
[Christopher:] No but we could put food through there.
[Dorothy:] Oh we could put food through there. No you want dry hands cos if you touch the food with wet hands guess what happens?
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] Can you guess?
[Christopher:] No.
[Dorothy:] It sticks to your fingers.
[Christopher:] Have to wash our hands.... food.
[Dorothy:] Yeah, just make sure, oh look at your trousers! Soaked. When did you do that?
[Tim:] Mummy. Can I have for a long time.
[Christopher:] I just carried fall off.
[Tim:] I've not feeded the food.
[Dorothy:] Okay well just dry
[Christopher:] I haven't
[Dorothy:] your fingers first.
[Christopher:] feeded a long time.
[Dorothy:] Well you did the... I poured your, the water into your cup so it's Christopher's turn to... feed them.
[Christopher:] What about the box?
[Dorothy:] Well you don't need the box love cos the box's got some food in but the... that's got the rest of it in....
[Christopher:] washing my hands.
[Dorothy:] Well it's okay about washing them, it's the dryness that matters. Are they dry, your hands?
[Christopher:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Yeah? Go on then.... No not too much....
[Christopher:] Anyway I can't get too much really....
[Dorothy:] You watch underneath Tim, see if they come up to the top....
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Are they coming?...
[Christopher:] Is that enough?
[Dorothy:] I should think so.
[Christopher:] Tiny bit more.
[Dorothy:] Go on then. Just a little spot....
[Christopher:] That's lovely.
[Tim:] Is that going to come up?...
[Christopher:] They come up? No. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Tim:] They did.
[Dorothy:] Well they're probably a bit shocked now cos they've got clean water. [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] And their bridge is in the same place.
[Dorothy:] Not quite.
[Christopher:] Yeah their bridge was there, yeah.
[Dorothy:] Was it? Oh it doesn't matter....
[Tim:] Oh!
[Dorothy:] Good. That's that done.
[Tim:] There's a er I just saw one eating food.
[Christopher:] Yes it's gone up. Is that eating the food or eating the weed?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] I don't know. I'm never sure if they eat this weed cos it doesn't look as if it's going anywhere....
[Christopher:] Mum, can we watch?
[Dorothy:] Can you watch what? The video? What do you want to watch? Pardon?
[Christopher:] I haven't watched before.
[Dorothy:] There isn't anything new, no. I haven't got round to videoing today cos I was out teaching this afternoon.
[Christopher:] What about the, the morning?
[Dorothy:] Er... I was out at Tesco's this morning. In fact I went to wave goodbye to grandma. I took her to the train. You'll never guess, when we got to the train station
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] when we got to the train station, guess what erm... grandma had to catch?
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] A bus. [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Because the trains weren't running. They're erm electrifying the line. You know they're putting up the electric... lines
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] overhead?... Well, they've got to have a bus to get to Barnet Green I think.
[Christopher:] Is that nearly finished?
[Dorothy:] Er... no. I think it's nineteen ninety three before it opens. It's nineteen ninety two Next year.
[Christopher:] Yeah that's when I'm seven....
[Dorothy:] Er... yes I suppose it will be. When you're seven.... Cos you'll be six this year won't you?
[Christopher:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] And seven next year. When you're seven... it'll be finished. [LAUGHTER] That's a long time innit?
[Christopher:] No it's not very very long.
[Dorothy:] No. Be a while.
[Christopher:] It's not about and hundred and hundred weeks is it?
[Dorothy:] Actually it is. It'll be about
[Tim:] Ah ah. Mummy.
[Dorothy:] It's fifty two weeks, fifty two weeks in a year
[Christopher:] A hundred. Is it a hundred a hundred and hundreds?
[Tim:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] Oh Tim. the microphone. You just pulled it down, it's supposed to sit on there.
[Tim:] Mum.
[Christopher:] Why have you have you got it on?
[Dorothy:] Well a man came earlier on today and he said please would we record conversations that we have all the time. So you don't have to touch it, you just have to talk to me and just leave it sitting there. It doesn't matter.
[Christopher:] Why do you?
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Yes?...
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Tim:] I
[Christopher:] How does it... test you on the jumper?
[Dorothy:] It just picks up your voice. You know like in church? You know when we go to church and you have a microphone on, and it makes your voice go round all the church?... Well it's a bit like that but instead of making it go round all the church it goes on to the tape.
[Christopher:] This?
[Dorothy:] So it records. Yes. There's there's a tape in my pocket look.
[Christopher:] Where?
[Dorothy:] In there.
[Christopher:] Why do you have to... let's have a look at it.
[Dorothy:] We'll have a look at it later on. Oh very, very tuneful Tim.
[Christopher:] Why do you have to have it... Why do you have to have it?
[Dorothy:] Because... there are some people that want to... listen to what we say in our house, and what we say to each other. And then they can think about language and how people use language....
[Tim:] [playing instrument] That's a funny sound.
[Christopher:] What about in France? Well if you can in Fr
[Dorothy:] In France?... No, it won't pick up our voices in France. But in France if they did the same thing they would be talking in French down their machine. Hello.... Ooh, what a lovely tune.
[Tim:] That's a funny one.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Tim:] [playing instrument] That's a funny one.
[Dorothy:] It is a funny one. Now it's five o'clock. What time do you think daddy is going to get home today? Shall we guess?...
[Christopher:] Sixty one.
[Dorothy:] Sixty one.
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] That will be a funny time.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] There's no such time as sixty one.
[Christopher:] Sixty one minutes.
[Dorothy:] In sixty one minutes? That will be another hour and one minute, which will make it one minute past six. It's five o'clock at the moment and I don't know time he's coming.
[Tim:] aren't we watching telly?
[Dorothy:] Cos he's supposed to come home early today but then he was in Pontepool yesterday so he might not be.
[Tim:] I want to watch the telly.
[Dorothy:] You want to watch the telly. What do you want to watch on the telly?
[Tim:] Erm...
[Christopher:] the new... bone.
[Dorothy:] Think about bones again? Oh! You like that one don't you?
[Tim:] We keep having it.
[Dorothy:] I'll tell you what, when I was in school yesterday I went into a classroom and there, hanging in a classroom, was a skeleton made out of cardboard. And all the children had made all the different bones and it was all hanging together. It looked really funny.... Hello.... Are you worrying?
[Andrew:] I am worrying. What's happened to my wife?
[Dorothy:] Why are you... why are you worrying? [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] She's gone to another planet.
[Dorothy:] No no no. It's just a microphone dear. [LAUGHTER] I've been having one of my little do's again with men on the doorstep.... We have to record all our conversations for a week, okay? Off and on. And then away they go to erm... [LAUGHTER]. I'll get you the letter dear so you can read it. [LAUGHTER]. You can switch it off
[Andrew:] No.
[Dorothy:] if you want to say anything too personal dear. &; 00010;... Just hold on.... [clears throat]... Anyway, did you have a good shop?... You what?
[Andrew:] Mhm. What's all this about?...
[Dorothy:] What do you mean tut? Don't you think it's fun?... I told him you would think it was fun dear.
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER] Did you []?
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] You'll soon get used to it won't worry you [].... Yes, it's the bones.
[Andrew:] The bones?
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Tim:] It's finished.
[Andrew:] What's the bones?
[Dorothy:] Think About... it's a science programme.
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Tim:] It's not finished.
[Dorothy:] It's got bones on. Erm... are you ready for your tea dear?... Well tea's ready for you....
[Tim:] High speed.
[Christopher:] High speed.
[Andrew:] A high speed.
[Tim:] Have we been on a high speed?
[Andrew:] We have been on a high speed, yeah.
[Dorothy:] Why is there a high speed on there? What is it?
[Andrew:] It's called the Brunel experience.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Andrew:] Do you know about this?
[Dorothy:] No.... [programme on telly about brunel's bridges]
[Andrew:] Remember that one? We've been across that one mummy. On our honeymoon.
[Dorothy:] Oh. I don't remember that. When? [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Nineteen eighty five. Fifteenth of er April.
[Dorothy:] Did we go across there?
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] Oh of course cos we went on the train didn't we
[Andrew:] Penzance.
[Dorothy:] down to Exeter.
[Andrew:] Penzance.
[Dorothy:] Wherever that is.
[Tim:] Is it teatime?
[Andrew:] Down to Penzance.
[Dorothy:] It is really teatime Tim. We're just watching this cos daddy's excited.
[Andrew:] Yeah. We have the problem.
[Dorothy:] Have we recorded this then?
[Andrew:] I don't know....
[Dorothy:] Oh I know what this is. This had started this morning before erm... Rosie and Jim....
[Christopher:] Mum. Does daddy have one of these?
[Dorothy:] No, only me.
[Christopher:] Does he on one?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Yeah. Just told him []....
[Christopher:] Why do you, why do you want one?
[Dorothy:] Well I don't particularly want one but it was just interesting.... And if I didn't s
[Christopher:] What's this then?
[Tim:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] Oh that's the headphones if you want to listen back....
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Yes Timothy.
[Tim:] I want you come up.
[Dorothy:] Have you not been to the toilet yet?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Oh right. Come on then, I'll come with you. Before I get the dinner out, and then when I come down it'll be dinner time. I'll just switch the oven off.
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] I've just switched the oven off.... No not all night. We sleep with them on don't we?...
[Tim:] Ow!
[Dorothy:] What did you do? Hit your fingers on the door?
[Tim:] [crying]...
[Dorothy:] Yeah.... Here.
[Tim:] I hurt myself on a big erm.
[Dorothy:] You hurt yourself on a big stick?
[Tim:] Yeah cos... Ian gave me a prickly stick.
[Dorothy:] Ian gave you a prickly stick and you hurt yourself?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Oh that was silly.
[Tim:] Ian...
[Dorothy:] I don't suppose he thought it was prickly. He probably was k feeling kind because he thought he was giving you a nice stick. Right, let's go and get this dinner out....
[Christopher:] But did erm Ian hit us? Did Ian get pricked?
[Dorothy:] Did Ian get pricked? I don't know. Did Ian get pricked Tim?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] No.
[Christopher:] Well he didn't get pricked
[Dorothy:] Just you. I expect he had a smooth stick for himself did he?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Ian what?
[Dorothy:] Ian... had a smooth stick. I expect it was one of these walks you know, and Ian found a stick and then he thought Tim would like one.... Don't touch it Tim.
[Christopher:] But how did he how did he not get pricked?
[Dorothy:] Tim? Ho how did Ian not get pricked?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] When he picked the stick up you mean?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] I don't know. Perhaps he just picked it up in the right place....
[Christopher:] No, he didn't prick himself.
[Dorothy:] Who? Ian didn't? No.
[Christopher:] He didn't prick himself.
[Dorothy:] Well I expect he just handed it to Tim and Tim picked it up thinking it was smooth. Turned out... turned out to be prickly.
[Christopher:] No what he what he did is... and he
[Dorothy:] Go on.
[Christopher:] gave it to Tim and Tim holded it in the right... he put it on the floor and Ian pricked him.
[Dorothy:] Oh, could be. Don't know. How many
[Christopher:] That's what
[Dorothy:] sprouts can you cope with, two?...
[Christopher:] No. None.
[Dorothy:] None, you're joking, you've gotta have one. I'll just leave one on there.
[Christopher:] Mhm.
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Christopher:] [shouting] A tiny one [].
[Dorothy:] It is a tiny one. They're all pretty tiny.... I wouldn't touch that if I were you cos it's very very hot....
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Taste alright?
[Christopher:] Yeah....
[Dorothy:] Excuse me mister fingers.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] I didn't taste, I only tasted the bread. So the bread's alright. No the bread's
[Dorothy:] Oh good.
[Christopher:] not very hot.... Mummy.
[Tim:] No the bread's not hot.
[Dorothy:] Is that too much for you Tim? Will that be okay?
[Tim:] That's mine.
[Dorothy:] You choose it. Right, there you are then....
[Tim:] Where's my
[Dorothy:] This is very hot Tim, so don't touch whatever you do else you'll be crying.... This is you now coming up.
[Tim:] Me?
[Dorothy:] Mm....
[Tim:] Where's the other plates?
[Andrew:] Push by.
[Dorothy:] Er
[Tim:] where's my other plate?
[Dorothy:] In the washing up.
[Tim:] These are big plate
[Dorothy:] Careful don't tip it off. Carry it straight....
[Tim:] A big one.
[Christopher:] bring this one. Can I bring this one?
[Dorothy:] Mind your hands!
[Christopher:] Can I bring this one and Tim bring the next one?
[Tim:] Tim's got his own
[Christopher:] No I bring one and then Tim brings one.
[Tim:] No me... bring this one.
[Dorothy:] That's for daddy.
[Christopher:] And I bring the next.
[Andrew:] Very very carefully.... Okay
[Dorothy:] Is that alright for you daddy?
[Christopher:] ......
[Andrew:] No no no Tim
[Dorothy:] There you go. got it....
[Andrew:] ...
[Tim:] There.
[Andrew:] Right.
[Christopher:] Mum this needs some more in.
[Dorothy:] I put your bib on Tim?
[Christopher:] Mum, this needs some more in.
[Dorothy:] It does, but it'll do for now. I've been thinking it's needed some more in for the last few meals.
[Andrew:] Yeah....
[Tim:] That's enough.
[Christopher:] I've not even put any on yet.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Are you going to sit down properly please? Tim.
[Christopher:] Mum, could you put some on?
[Andrew:] Legs in front of you, remember?
[Tim:] No.
[Andrew:] No?
[Christopher:] Could you put some on?
[Tim:] standing up
[Andrew:] No no we don't stand up t to have our dinner do we mum?
[Dorothy:] Oh no. Oh no.
[Christopher:] Yes we do.
[Andrew:] We don't.
[Dorothy:] Can you sit down properly please.
[Tim:] Mummy, when are we starting?
[Dorothy:] We're starting now so could you sit down on your... on your bottom.
[Andrew:] But we can't start until he's s he's sitting.
[Tim:] Will we start after prayer when we... did?
[Dorothy:] No, I want you sitting down now before we begin. Come on.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Well why do you think?
[Christopher:] Cos he might sit down in the middle
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] of the prayer.
[Andrew:] Right, are you gonna say thankyou?
[Tim:] amen.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] Amen....
[Dorothy:] Good grief.
[Andrew:] And what's the serviette for?
[Christopher:] Nothing.
[Andrew:] For nothing?
[Dorothy:] This family's falling to pieces.
[Andrew:] Who's falling to pieces?
[Dorothy:] The family.
[Andrew:] Why?
[Dorothy:] No we're not really.
[Andrew:] It's the end of the week?
[Dorothy:] Yeah.... So, how's your day been then? Have you caught up with everything?
[Andrew:] No.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] absolutely ridiculous.
[Christopher:] Dad, I had a sweet today... at... at school.
[Andrew:] But Julie was saying how desperately.
[Christopher:] Dad I had a sweet
[Tim:] Yeah he had
[Andrew:] You had a sweet at school? Did you?
[Christopher:] Yeah do you know why?
[Andrew:] Why did you have a sweet at school?
[Christopher:] Because...?
[Dorothy:] I don't know. I wasn't there.
[Andrew:] It was someone's birthday wasn't it?
[Christopher:] What was that lady...?
[Dorothy:] Julie?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] She's been with you, hasn't she? In school all day. Or
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] whenever.
[Andrew:] Is she a student?
[Christopher:] For the week.
[Dorothy:] Don't know what she is actually, she's sort of attached.
[Christopher:] She's been for the week
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Christopher:] and today she's gone home.
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Maybe she's gonna be erm... you know like erm... community
[Christopher:] She's going to be a nurse.
[Dorothy:] community service or something.
[Christopher:] She's going to be a nurse.
[Andrew:] Is she?
[Dorothy:] On one of these schemes. You know these schemes?
[Andrew:] She's going to be a nurse is she?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Andrew:] In a hospital?
[Dorothy:] Oh is she? Gonna be a nurse in a hospital?... Oh well well then.... So what was she doing with you then?
[Christopher:] Not but she... well she learned she's not going to.
[Dorothy:] No. She'll be going soon, perhaps.
[Christopher:] Mm. Well it's going to be ages yet.
[Dorothy:] And meanwhile sh yeah, meanwhile she's got to do something.
[Andrew:] Is she actually in your class?... This week then... all the time?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Andrew:] Helping Mrs?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] But who wasn't there today?
[Christopher:] Mrs.
[Andrew:] Wasn't she? Why not?
[Christopher:] We had a different teacher today.
[Andrew:] Did you? Who was it today?...
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Pardon? Mrs. It is our back door yeah. It's been banging all day because I can't be bothered to go out there and shut it. Aren't I hopeless?... Waking them up? Come on, if they're asleep during the day they ought to be woken up. Do you want to go out there and do it then, now?
[Andrew:] If you want to.
[Dorothy:] Oh! [LAUGHTER] Okay, I'm guilty.
[Christopher:] I'm.
[Tim:] I'm guilty....
[Christopher:] Mum... mine's not hot.
[Dorothy:] Actually mine's not too bad either.
[Tim:] What's daddy doing?
[Dorothy:] He's gone to shut the back gate cos mummy couldn't be bothered. She should have done it ages ago. It keeps banging in the wind....
[Christopher:] Mm, it was very windy today.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] Wasn't it?
[Dorothy:] Were you out in the playground in the wind?
[Christopher:] Yeah.... Actually it started to rain and when we had just got in the then we had to get out again.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Cos it was alright.... It was a bit windy.
[Andrew:] It's very windy today isn't it?
[Christopher:] It's rainy.
[Andrew:] Yeah, it is a bit of rain. much.
[Christopher:] today.
[Andrew:] Just a little bit.
[Christopher:] Just a little bit. I didn't very much. I remember it going spot spot spot. But when we were in it was raining very hard. We saw loads and loads of
[Dorothy:] There was a rainbow today. Did you see the rainbow?
[Christopher:] No.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Andrew:] I saw a rainbow today.
[Dorothy:] Did you?
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Mm. Where was it?
[Andrew:] . Certainly in Redditch anyway.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] I saw it that way towards.
[Dorothy:] Oh. But... the one I saw was about half past two.
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] I must have missed the one that you saw.
[Christopher:] two erm... you get them all in different places?
[Tim:] Where were we seed a
[Andrew:] Mm. You can get rainbows in different places. It depends where you are.
[Tim:] a rainbow with Ann.
[Dorothy:] You saw a rainbow with Ann? That would be the same rainbow as I saw I think....
[Andrew:] Today? Have you seen Ann today Tim?
[Dorothy:] Mm. Guess what I've been doing today?
[Andrew:] What have you been doing today?
[Tim:] I've been teaching.
[Andrew:] You've been teaching as well, really?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Mm.
[Andrew:] All day, or part of the day?
[Dorothy:] Just half a day.
[Andrew:] Really? Well this a this afternoon?
[Tim:] She was being a teacher.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] Oh. So what happened to you Tim then, if mummy was teaching?
[Tim:] I was... remember what we said Ann Ann Ann.
[Andrew:] Did mummy take you to school?
[Dorothy:] No.
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Ann Ann Ann, what we was talking about, Ann.
[Andrew:] You were at Ann's house? And play with... Martin?...
[Tim:] And
[Dorothy:] And Ian.
[Andrew:] And Ian.
[Dorothy:] Apparently he had a had a bit of a do didn't you, together? Did you keep hitting each other or something?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Oh.... What happened with the Postman Pat and the... what was it, Postman Pat and Fireman Sam or something?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] And you didn't get on very well did you?
[Andrew:] Didn't you?
[Tim:] No.... Don't want
[Dorothy:] Ann said they kept both wanting the same thing at the same time.... A bit traumatic I think. Probably two afternoons in one... week was a little bit too much. Mm. Well... Miss rang me up about twenty to nine and said could I come in for the day and I said you've had it for the day though... consider the afternoon.... So
[Andrew:] It was because Mrs was ill was it?
[Dorothy:] No.
[Andrew:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] I wasn't in his class. It, that's why she was panicking I think because... she'd got Mrs off... and she'd got June off.
[Andrew:] Really? Oh.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] Both off sick or?
[Dorothy:] Mm. So I think because I'd done her class once before... she thought I'll her in again. [LAUGHTER] Apparently she's been off all week.
[Andrew:] Really?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] Oh.
[Christopher:] Who?
[Dorothy:] June. Which is interesting because I think I saw her on Wednesday night. Oh no, it was the week, a week last Wednesday wasn't it? Mm.
[Andrew:] Mm....
[Tim:] ...
[Dorothy:] Yeah it was quite nice in her classroom today because
[Tim:] I do you.
[Andrew:] Yeah?
[Dorothy:] Four of the erm
[Tim:] I'll eat it when you eat it.
[Andrew:] That's right. You eat yours and I eat mine.
[Dorothy:] four of the problems had erm disappeared off with Mrs.
[Christopher:] I can do [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER] One, two, three
[Christopher:] I'm ready to eat another bit.
[Andrew:] Well look at that mummy.... Look at mummy's plate. Mm. Who's the winner?
[Christopher:] My mummy.
[Andrew:] Have a look at mummy's plate....
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] So mummy can't have... you won't finish first on pudding.
[Dorothy:] You what?
[Christopher:] You won't finish first on pudding.
[Dorothy:] I won't finish first on pudding? I might do.
[Christopher:] You won't cos I'll be first.
[Tim:] not you miss me.
[Andrew:] I saw you had a drink of water....
[Dorothy:] And Tim has been to nursery today.
[Andrew:] You went to Holly Cottage did you?
[Christopher:] Oh and I got a letter.
[Andrew:] And you got a letter? Oh you wrote to erm...
[Christopher:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] Gwen didn't you?
[Christopher:] Yeah and Gwen
[Andrew:] And she's written to you has she?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] And?
[Christopher:] Mum. The letter's just there mummy.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] I saw the letter that you wrote. You said... thank you very much... for the duck's egg.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Or something like that, did you?
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Because he... had it for breakfast. I don't know, you read it. What did it say?
[Christopher:] It said... it said
[Dorothy:] You'll have to read it to daddy after tea.
[Christopher:] It said
[Dorothy:] Ah that's right. She said you're gonna ask the duck or something to lay another egg for you. [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Is this one of the ducks at... the place?
[Dorothy:] Yeah. She's got three ducks and a drake apparently.
[Christopher:] What's a drake?
[Dorothy:] A male duck. You know like there's mummies and daddies, ladies and gentlemen? Well ducks and drakes are just the same. Drakes are the gentlemen.
[Christopher:] So there's no babies?
[Dorothy:] Not at Holly Cottage, no.
[Andrew:] How often do ducks lay eggs?...
[Dorothy:] Good question. Don't know. Apparently they're laying profusely at the moment.
[Andrew:] Oh. Have you seen them laying eggs, the ducks
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] at the cottage?
[Dorothy:] But they haven't had any success with ducklings.
[Christopher:] Come on, let's fight.
[Andrew:] Right.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] We got a painting today.
[Andrew:] Oh....
[Tim:] And I bring my work home cos it's finished.
[Andrew:] You finished your work Tim? Well done.
[Dorothy:] Yes we haven't him that have we?... What's in it?... Counting things is it?...
[Christopher:] Mum, I have lots and lots of books don't I?
[Dorothy:] You have lots and lots of books?
[Christopher:] At school.
[Dorothy:] Oh yes. At school you do.
[Christopher:] And
[Dorothy:] Tim has one book at nursery don't you? And a... work book.
[Christopher:] One at a time? Is everyone else
[Tim:] Hello.
[Dorothy:] What?... It's not at nursery any more. It's at home isn't it? Because you finished it....
[Christopher:] what happens if you get
[Tim:] There's a new one.
[Dorothy:] You've got a new one now at nursery? Mm. Cos we've got the old one at home haven't we?
[Tim:] Mm. get it.
[Dorothy:] didn't get it.
[Christopher:] What happens if he runs out of numbers?
[Dorothy:] Who runs out of numbers?...
[Christopher:] How many. I wonder if he forgets what number he on?
[Dorothy:] I don't think it matters, does it?
[Andrew:] What book you mean?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Don't think it matters.
[Andrew:] It's not like your books where
[Tim:] Come on.
[Andrew:] I've finished mine.
[Tim:] You
[Dorothy:] It's not like your maths books where you have one two three four five six seven and so on. She just makes it up as she goes along.
[Andrew:] What am I supposed to do? No, mind my drink.
[Dorothy:] She draws him pictures.
[Andrew:] Mind.
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Christopher:] what happens... if she runs out of books.
[Tim:] I've finished my tea.
[Dorothy:] Oh she won't run out of books, cos she'll make some new ones. She makes her own. There is a little bit more.
[Andrew:] Yeah, I don't want any more.
[Dorothy:] There's a little bit more to eat dad, if you're interested.
[Andrew:] No, full thank you.
[Dorothy:] Right.... Children?
[Christopher:] No
[Dorothy:] No? Good gracious.
[Christopher:] I only don't want any carrots.
[Dorothy:] Oh alright then. Tim?... Do you want some more?
[Tim:] No
[Dorothy:] No what, love?
[Tim:] No carrots and no.
[Dorothy:] No carrots and no tomato. I'll try that and see what, oh I can't do it like that....
[Tim:] No carrots please....
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] It's hardly worth it.
[Tim:] Oh. A carrot.
[Christopher:] No carrots please.
[Dorothy:] I've done me best.
[speaker006:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] How's that?...
[Christopher:] A tiny bit more.
[Dorothy:] You've had the...
[Tim:] 'Mato.
[Dorothy:] Well I'm sorry. It's a bit difficult to get the tomato out cos it's all chopped in with the mince you see.
[Christopher:] I'll have the tomato....
[Dorothy:] I'm sorry it's not cordon bleu dear like you've been having at Pontepool.
[Andrew:] It took hours to at Pontepool.
[Dorothy:] Hour? Why, what happened?
[Andrew:] Well I seem to recall that we were in the place
[Tim:] tea.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] I don't think so.
[Andrew:] Do you do exercises every day?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] You do. You're keeping them up
[Christopher:] No we haven't.
[Andrew:] Well we did it last night till about... ten o'clock.
[Dorothy:] I've been doing it....
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] I was very good at it wasn't I last night, don't you think?
[Andrew:] Yes, yes.
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Mm?
[Tim:] Want to do after tea.
[Dorothy:] Well, we're not supposed to do exercises after we've just had our tea so... we'll see.
[Andrew:] So we'll see how things go.
[Tim:] Oh well we haven't done it since.
[Dorothy:] Since who was here? We have. Oh perhaps you haven't. Perhaps
[Tim:] We haven't.
[Christopher:] Dad.
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Christopher:] It's too much.
[Andrew:] Is it?...
[Dorothy:] Anyway, you were telling me about... meals.
[Andrew:] Meals?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] What?
[Dorothy:] At Pontepool. Taking a long time.
[Andrew:] Oh well it was just this er meal we went out to in the evening. bar... hotel restaurant across the road.. Which basically means yeah they can't afford a tablecloth or whatever.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Mum.
[Andrew:] What's supposed to be so attractive about it
[Dorothy:] I don't know. [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER] I was really. I mean it's [] you know that means a cafe
[Dorothy:] A place
[Andrew:] without er tablecloths.
[Dorothy:] It's like that place with that cow pie. I thought that was the most boring meal I.
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Trying to be totally different and failing miserably.
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Anyway, go on.
[Andrew:] I prefer tablecloths to.
[Dorothy:] Did it take a long time?
[Andrew:] Yeah cos we ordered when it was. About an hour later it arrived but we were standing at the bar when we had er... ordered it. But that was, we were standing there for about an hour I should think it was. And eventually they told us to go upstairs and sit down at the table. So we did and eventually.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Was it any good? When it came?
[Andrew:] It was quite nice actually. Yes it was. Yes it was very tasty.... but rather expensive
[Dorothy:] And this wasn't the hotel or anything. Well obviously it was a restaurant.
[Andrew:] This wasn't the hotel, the hotel was very posh yes.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Andrew:] Presumably felt they couldn't afford
[Dorothy:] Couldn't afford a hotel meal. What do you fancy dear?
[Andrew:] Erm... some
[Dorothy:] Oh!... That's Tim's. [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] some
[Tim:] I don't want that.
[Dorothy:] What don't you want?
[Tim:] That.
[Dorothy:] What?... Oh Tim! Don't.
[Andrew:] Oh Tim Tim Tim. No
[Tim:] [crying] I don't want it.
[Dorothy:] What don't you want? The fruit?
[Tim:] I don't... no.
[Dorothy:] Well you'll have to have some fruit. I'm sorry.
[Andrew:] Just have a little bit of fruit.
[Tim:] No.
[Andrew:] You can have a cherry with it.
[Dorothy:] He doesn't want cherries. Last time we had a I remember having a row about this before.
[Tim:] [crying]
[Andrew:] Oh.
[Tim:] [crying] It's too much of that.
[Dorothy:] It isn't too much at all.
[Christopher:] Mum.
[Tim:] It is.
[Christopher:] do you know what my.
[Dorothy:] Now daddy, what do you want on this?
[Andrew:] I would like some
[Tim:] It's too much [crying].
[Dorothy:] Well just keep quiet and we'll talk about it in a minute.
[Andrew:] yogurt please.
[Christopher:] I need I need
[Tim:] [crying]
[Christopher:] mum. Guess what?
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] next to mine. Then he had three. And then he gave one back to me.
[Dorothy:] Did he? Lucky you.
[Andrew:] Ooh. nice. Thank you.
[Christopher:] I said thank you.
[Andrew:] Did you?...
[Dorothy:] Right Christopher. You're er just happy to have anything are you?
[Tim:] It's too much.
[Dorothy:] You haven't got anything in there yet Tim. Just hold on.
[Tim:] I want.
[Dorothy:] Do you want another cherry daddy as erm?
[Andrew:] Do you want a cherry or not?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Will you be wanting a cherry?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] No. I didn't think so. Right.
[Christopher:] I want a cherry.
[Dorothy:] You've got loads of cherries, don't worry.
[Andrew:] I've got three cherries.
[Dorothy:] So's Christopher.
[Andrew:] Three cherries!...
[Christopher:] I didn't never have
[Dorothy:] Now then. Ice-cream or yogurt Christopher?
[Tim:] It's too much.
[Dorothy:] Ice-cream or yogurt dear?
[Tim:] [screaming] too much.
[Dorothy:] Just a minute. We're not ready yet for you.
[Christopher:] yogurt.
[Dorothy:] Pardon?
[Christopher:] Yogurt
[Tim:] Mummy it's too much.
[Christopher:] finished that.
[Dorothy:] I know.
[Tim:] It's too much. I want to have an an ice-cream. I want to have an ice-cream....
[Dorothy:] Now listen, to have yogurt and ice-cream you have to have some fruit okay. And what's more
[Tim:] [crying] It's too much.
[Dorothy:] and what's more you have to have more than that Tim. Look. I've put some banana in for you. There.
[Tim:] Take one of those away.... Take one of these away.
[Dorothy:] That one there?
[Tim:] Yeah [crying].
[Dorothy:] Right. Is that alright now? Are you happy with that?
[Tim:] Yeah.... Ice-cream.
[Dorothy:] Ice-cream.
[Tim:] Ice-cream with that.... [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Ooh ho ho ho ho.
[Tim:] I want that.
[Andrew:] Ho ho ho ho ho ho.
[Dorothy:] There you go. Satisfied?... all that fuss for....
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] for mummy. Remember.
[Tim:] It's tea.
[Andrew:] It's tea is it?
[Tim:] Yeah cos... tea we have just had. This is tea though.
[Andrew:] Right.
[Tim:] had tea.... [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] the pudding that's still the tea isn't it mum?
[Dorothy:] Well it's all called tea really. You have a first course and a second course and... could call it all... I don't know what you call it really, I never do know what to call it all.
[Christopher:] Toast, just toast instead of calling it.
[Andrew:] No. It's a bit like that, the same with porridge isn't it? It's called that but... eating breakfast.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] That's confusing.... Right.
[Andrew:] Right.
[Dorothy:] We'll sit down and eat soon.
[Andrew:] Yes....
[Dorothy:] Ah.
[Andrew:] Well what did you get up to this morning in your... few minutes of freedom?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Or was it very hectic?
[Dorothy:] Well it was a bit hectic cos of having this phone call to say I've got to teach in the afternoon. I thought I'd better do all my jobs which I thought was going to be spread across the d the day. So I went to Tesco's first thing straight back from the nursery and guess what I forgot to do? Take me list with me
[Andrew:] Take your money.
[Dorothy:] No I'd got me money, but not the list.
[Andrew:] So you did it from memory?
[Dorothy:] Mm. And anything might happen. [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Feel sick....
[Dorothy:] I checked it off when I got back and it's not too bad. Forgot about three or four things.
[Tim:] What's that? What's that?
[Christopher:] The juice.
[Dorothy:] The juice....
[Andrew:] And then?
[Dorothy:] And then, after I'd gone round to Tesco's I went to see... to collect grandma to take her to the train. Which wasn't a train, it was a bus....
[Andrew:] Was that alright?. She got on the bus alright?
[Dorothy:] Mm. There was one
[Tim:] Mum, is she going away?
[Dorothy:] Mm. She's going to Manchester.
[Tim:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] To see... Irene. Do you remember Irene?
[Tim:] Sunday.
[Dorothy:] Mm. She'll still be in Manchester.
[Andrew:] Yeah, we won't see her on Sunday. Mm.
[Dorothy:] Mm. It'll be funny won't it?
[Christopher:] Was she mea... were we meant to go to her house?
[Dorothy:] Yes, we were.
[Christopher:] So next time we have to stay at her house again?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] I don't know [].
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] We haven't really decided that but yes, I suppose we could.
[Tim:] Yeah grandma's house.
[Dorothy:] You think we'll go to grandma's house?
[Tim:] Because we miss it.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] Mm. Did miss it.
[Dorothy:] We'll see what she says when she comes back. Anyway, arrived at the station and there was this great coach standing there waiting to take them all to. It was blocking the whole of the car park.... So this car that was trying to... get out was sitting there waiting and there was no driver in sight and people were rushing about all over the station trying to... [LAUGHTER] find the driver []. Anyway it didn't worry us cos we were behind the coach. But I did feel sorry for the man who was trying to get out cos... he must have been in there for ages.... I suppose they thought that there wouldn't be anybody trying to get out cos the train
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] wasn't due out.... So I just left her getting on the bus. I didn't sort of wait till the bus had gone or anything.... I finally managed to get a... a card for the wedding... in Tesco's.... You know, I sent them a card, Mark and Trish.
[Andrew:] Have you? Oh. Who, Mark and?
[Dorothy:] Mark and Trish. You know grandma's going to go to a wedding when she goes away? That's why she's gone away....
[Christopher:] Why do you have to go away?
[Dorothy:] Well that's where the wedding is.
[Andrew:] The wedding's in Manchester....
[Christopher:] How would you get to the station?... To catch a train.
[Dorothy:] Beg your pardon?
[Christopher:] When you get to the station to catch a train.
[Dorothy:] When you get to the station to catch the train? What do you mean?...
[Christopher:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] If you're going to catch a train or a...
[Dorothy:] Grandma went to the station to catch a train... to get to Birmingham. Yeah? And then she got another train in Birmingham. Except she didn't get a train to Birmingham, she got a bus. Well, she got a bus to Barn Green And a train at Barn Green to Birmingham.... Christopher knew earlier on that erm... he was gonna be seven when the electrification was finished.
[Andrew:] Really?
[Dorothy:] Did you, I mean, discuss this before?
[Andrew:] No.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Andrew:] No.
[Dorothy:] Well he will be won't he?
[Andrew:] Due for completion in May ninety three.
[Dorothy:] Oh May ninety three. So he'll be six then.
[Andrew:] . Yes, he'll still be six won't he? Nearly seven.
[Dorothy:] He'll be six. Mm.... I thought that was very er... I suppose he said in two years, so five and two is seven.
[Andrew:] Probably....
[Tim:] Go on, which is?
[Dorothy:] The one on the left. Well, my left.... Yeah.
[Andrew:] Were there any electrification trains there this time, or what?
[Dorothy:] Oh I don't know, didn't look.
[Andrew:] Didn't look.
[Dorothy:] I was so busy looking at the coach.
[Andrew:] was there last week.. Actually it was a train
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Andrew:] diesel train... diesel locomotives. Coach. People standing on the roof of the coaches putting wires.
[Dorothy:] Oh! Is that how they do it then?
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] They stand on the coaches?
[Andrew:] They take the roof, they get some old coaches... they take the roof off and put a new sort of flat board and you can climb up the outside. So you're standing on the roof of coaches.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] [].
[Andrew:] It's about the right height to er well the overhead lines. He said they had the wires all streaming down the platform so they had to wire up, close off the platform....
[Tim:] Dad, I want to.... Dad... you dad....
[Dorothy:] I want to get you ready for bed early tonight. Do you know what's going to happen tonight?
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] Mummy and daddy are gonna go out.... And Ellie's going to... be here. So she'll put you to bed.
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Remember Ellie?
[Christopher:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Eleanor. I think when you see Ellie
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] When you see her you'll know her.
[Tim:] We teddy bears
[Dorothy:] I'll get you all ready for bed. And she'll
[Andrew:] Mm. I expect you'll ready. You'll probably just about be in bed.
[Dorothy:] She'll play with you for a bit. Mm.
[Andrew:] I expect Tim will be in bed won't he? Just about.
[Dorothy:] Well. She'll come in at seven.
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] So she can play with them for a little bit....
[Andrew:] So they will be all ready so
[Dorothy:] Oh yes. They will be all ready.
[Christopher:] that, dad.
[Tim:] And we're gonna
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] There's no letter in here. It's an old empty envelope.
[Dorothy:] ...
[Andrew:] There's no letter.
[Christopher:] I'm gonna get letter cos I
[Andrew:] who who's the letter for? Can you see who it's for? That's right. Can you see what it says? It says mister... Christopher
[Christopher:] ...
[Tim:] What's he doing?
[Dorothy:] . Is it on the floor somewhere?
[Christopher:] No.
[Dorothy:] On the settee. You had it on the settee a bit ago.... On the floor under the settee?... Don't know.
[Christopher:] Oh.
[Andrew:] Well done.
[Dorothy:] That looks like it.
[Christopher:] Let's see.
[Dorothy:] Very posh paper.
[Andrew:] It is. Ooh. Is it the picture of school pa oh yes.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Holly Cottage.... Now what does it say? Read it to me.
[Christopher:] Dear, thank you for
[Tim:] [shouting] Mummy. Mummy []....
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Don't know why you were shouting at me [].
[Tim:] I gone say that.
[Dorothy:] What?
[Tim:] [kiss] That I like you.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [kiss]
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER] Do you think they will?...
[Dorothy:] I hope she can... talk duck language. Quack quack quack quack quack quack... quack quack....
[Christopher:] talk to ducks.
[Dorothy:] She won't really. I think she's just pretending....
[Christopher:] Mum, can you talk to ducks?
[Dorothy:] Well you can try.
[Christopher:] Do you have to talk... duck language.
[Dorothy:] Well I always... I always try quacking at ducks and they seem to quack back. if I know what they're saying.
[Tim:] [crying]
[Christopher:] I can juggling.
[Dorothy:] You're juggling?
[Andrew:] You are an ass.
[Christopher:] See. I caught it in the other hand.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] Look watch. I've thrown it over and catch it in the other hand.
[Dorothy:] Brilliant. Now you need to do it with two. There's another one on the floor down there.
[Tim:] Juggling. That's like juggling like
[Dorothy:] juggling. This will be interesting, see whether he can do it. Go on.... Whoa, missed.
[Christopher:] I nearly did it [LAUGHTER].
[Dorothy:] Nearly....
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Oh dear.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Oh. can't do juggling. [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Both of them went.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] What are we living in dear?
[Christopher:] Nearly got it. I got one.
[Andrew:] A madhouse.
[Tim:] Silly jobby jobby jilly
[Christopher:] I nearly got it mum.
[Dorothy:] I think we need a clo oh there's some more fruit here. Does anybody want any of this?
[Christopher:] Yes yes yes yippee yippee yes.
[Dorothy:] Well just sit yourself down.
[Tim:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] Daddy?
[Andrew:] No. I'm full thanks.
[Christopher:] Can I have some frozen yogurt with it?
[Dorothy:] Well you could if there was any.
[Christopher:] But is there any?
[Dorothy:] No.
[Christopher:] Can I have some ice-cream then?
[Dorothy:] Er... you can do if there is any. Would you like to pass your bowl over
[Tim:] Oh
[Dorothy:] please. Tim are you wanting any fruit?
[Christopher:] There you are.
[Tim:] It's empty.
[Dorothy:] Are you wanting any fruit?... Tim?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Are you sure?
[Tim:] Mm. It's empty. You can't have any more. You can't allowed any more. Empty.... No I can't have any more.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Ah ah only ice-cream.... Is there any ice-cream please?... People do have some
[Andrew:] ...
[Tim:] the same ice-cream. Same one?
[Dorothy:] It's the same ice-cream that we had before, yeah. At least it would be if I could get into it.
[Tim:] That's funny. Your one's empty.
[Dorothy:] It's beginning to melt.
[Andrew:] ...
[Tim:] Melt?
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Christopher:] Mummy I want a tiny bit more please.
[Dorothy:] Do you want some?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Tim:] I just have a bit more.
[Dorothy:] I don't think so, I think you've had enough really.
[Tim:] [crying] I no I haven't had enough []. Look.
[Dorothy:] You had loads the first time round....
[Tim:] A lot please. That's a lot. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [snore] [LAUGHTER] Pop goes Christopher and Tim
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER] No []. No. We're not gonna go pop.
[Andrew:] You might. Eating all that ice-cream....
[Tim:] We won't.
[Andrew:] You might....
[Tim:] Like pop goes the weasel. [LAUGHTER]...
[Christopher:] Make it into coloured juice.... Look mum... all mushy it turns into cream. Cos if you didn't have... mm mm.... I'm making cream mum. Mummy... mummy... I'm making cream.
[Tim:] Ugh it's slimy.
[Christopher:] There....
[Dorothy:] Are we supposed to take anything for this do tonight?
[Andrew:] Like what?
[Dorothy:] Well I don't know really.
[Andrew:] Dunno. Suppose a notebook might come in useful... to jot anything down... or whatever.
[Christopher:] Well why do you have to go mummy?
[Dorothy:] Well it's a course that erm... Alan's There's a what love?
[Andrew:] A piece of paper that they give you which tells us what.
[Dorothy:] And where is that paper?
[Andrew:] Have you got it?
[Dorothy:] No idea where it is, do you?... It's in the drawer, down there. Mm.... Did it tell us what we were doing then?
[Andrew:] Well it told you what the subject titles were.
[Dorothy:] Oh did it? I didn't know that. What are they?
[Andrew:] I dunno. find this paper
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Oh dear. Don't feel very organized for it, do you?
[Andrew:] I feel awfully shattered cos
[Dorothy:] And me.
[Andrew:] I feel
[Tim:] [shouting] Dad []. Daddy.
[Christopher:] tomorrow.
[Andrew:] Will you? Will you? Yes. Yes dear?
[Tim:] I'm I'm having
[Andrew:] Are you?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Look.
[Christopher:] It is tomorrow isn't it daddy?
[Andrew:] I'm not, we do normally have porridge for breakfast.
[Dorothy:] On Saturdays.
[Tim:] I I'm having.
[Christopher:] Friday, Saturday. Today's Friday and it's Saturday tomorrow.... So we ha ha porridge today, no.
[Tim:] I'm not
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Or we can have... in the morning. Porridge please....
[Dorothy:] What now?
[Christopher:] Could you go and get the porridge please.
[Dorothy:] Yeah okay.
[Christopher:] Go on then.
[Dorothy:] Here it is.
[speaker006:] Don't! porridge.
[Dorothy:] Here you are. You can't cope? Do you need a rest?
[Andrew:] I can't cope.
[Dorothy:] Do you want to go and shimmy off while I get them ready for bed?
[Andrew:] No. I'll cope with the washing up.
[Dorothy:] That would be a
[speaker006:] [scream]
[Dorothy:] sort of job. Just don't make yourself sick.
[Andrew:] tonight we'll just have to er
[Dorothy:] explain what there was that went on. But it'll be different won't it? I mean somebody's talking to you about something different.
[Christopher:] I've got a good idea, I'm gonna mummy.
[Dorothy:] So long as what? You're awake.
[Andrew:] I tell you what, I don't want a two hour lecture.
[Dorothy:] Is it going to be a two hour lecture?
[Andrew:] I don't know. Don't know what the format is.
[Dorothy:] Oy!... Stop. Well it won't be will it? Because there will be Pardon? Tim, please stop cos I can't hear daddy think... let alone hear him talk. I think this meal is finished, do you? Ellie?
[Andrew:] ever done anything like this before?
[Dorothy:] She's done old telephone number. She said she'd the family.... Yeah, there's four of them, so
[Christopher:] Mum, see if I get it right.... Did I get it right mummy?
[Dorothy:] No. You missed. I think you're throwing it too high, that's your trouble.
[Andrew:] What age did you use to babysit?
[Christopher:] [shouting] I did it mum []. I did a juggle.
[Dorothy:] Fourteen.
[Andrew:] And how old is she
[Christopher:] I did a juggle mum.
[Dorothy:] Fourteen.
[Andrew:] Fourteen?
[Christopher:] I can do it mum.
[Andrew:] What's the legal minimum age?
[Christopher:] [shouting] Look I can do it. Mummy, look. I can do juggling. I can juggle with two. Watch mum. [].
[Dorothy:] is that a problem then?
[Andrew:] Dunno. don't know. I don't know legal.
[Dorothy:] she's gonna if there's any trouble won't she?
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] Watch my juggling mum.
[Andrew:] as long as she knows what to do
[Dorothy:] Well, that's what we'll tell her to do..
[Christopher:] Watch my juggling.
[Dorothy:] And we'll give her a phone number.
[Tim:] Mummy!
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] Watch my juggling.
[Dorothy:] I'm watching.... Wonderful. It's tomorrow so that's okay. [LAUGHTER] What these two?
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] No.
[Andrew:] This noisy.
[Dorothy:] No.
[Christopher:] What?...
[Tim:] See my hands?... See my hands?
[Dorothy:] I've seen those hands.
[Christopher:] I need to do it short.
[Tim:] See my hands again.
[Dorothy:] No the back one's... messy....
[Tim:] That's it.
[Dorothy:] Well there's still some... dirt there look.
[Christopher:] I can do it.... I can do it. I can do juggling. See, did you see that?
[Tim:] Yeah, watch....
[Christopher:] I don't. I can do it better.... I can do it better. I do it small but
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Yeah?
[Christopher:] Did it. Mum I can juggle it
[Tim:] Look that's not food.
[Dorothy:] Isn't it? What's that then? That's a spot.
[Tim:] Spot.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] food.
[Dorothy:] Mm. Dry your face then cos your face is a mess.
[Christopher:] Mummy ca... mum, have you got any balls?
[Dorothy:] Yes I have.
[Christopher:] Where?
[Dorothy:] But none that you can juggle with inside here.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Because balls are for outside. I think you need to go to the toilet the way you're jiggling around. Go... to... the... toilet.
[Christopher:] I don't need to.
[Dorothy:] Yeah you could make balls with newspaper if you wanted.
[Christopher:] Mhm.... Or I can get some paper and put it over
[Dorothy:] But... these need folding up and putting away.
[Christopher:] What I need to.
[Dorothy:] Surprise surprise....
[Tim:] [scream]
[Dorothy:] Good gracious [LAUGHTER].... Right, one pair of pyjamas for you.
[Christopher:] Me.
[Tim:] [scream]
[Dorothy:] Right, who's gonna get ready first then?
[Christopher:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] Well Tim's half ready....
[Tim:] I'm doing half.
[Dorothy:] Whoops a daisy. Are you alright?
[Tim:] I nearly fell off my bed.
[Dorothy:] I think you did fall off your bed.
[Tim:] get my socks off.
[Dorothy:] Can you get your socks off?. Oh look at these patches. They're coming off already. Tut oh that's
[Tim:] That's because, guess what's been happening?
[Dorothy:] Go on?
[Tim:] Chris has been pulling them.
[Dorothy:] Oh he's not!
[Tim:] He has.
[Dorothy:] Would you tell him that I've... carefully s did those on. And I don't want them pulled off thank you very much, tell him....
[Christopher:] He doesn't
[Tim:] He always says anyway.
[Dorothy:] Because if he... if he pulls those off, there's gonna be a hole underneath there, and then we're gonna have holy trousers again.
[Tim:] And guess what he's... he did?
[Dorothy:] What?
[Tim:] He said can I pull it open? I said no.
[Dorothy:] And what did you say? Yeah.
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Oh [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] I'm gonna get stuck.
[Dorothy:] Was this during story time or something?
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] Was this during story time or something?
[Tim:] No erm first became... he came over to me and started to...
[Dorothy:] Well please tell him that your mummy says please would you not do that again. Cos I know it's bad... bad enough having patches let alone having... somebody pull them off....
[Tim:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] Mm.... You're doing well there Tim.
[Tim:] I'm not.
[Dorothy:] I think you are. You've done most of the buttons. Shall I do your top one for you?...
[Tim:] One of the, my buttons is... do your buttons first.
[Christopher:] Oop I've already d undone that..... Right, who's going to put their pyjamas on now?
[Tim:] Me.
[Christopher:] First.... I'm gonna get I don't really need to take my vest off.
[Dorothy:] Do you think it's going to be a cold night tonight or a hot night?
[Christopher:] No I keep my vest on.
[Dorothy:] Alright, you keep it on.
[Tim:] I'm not.
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] You want yours off?...
[Tim:] Think I'm gonna win....
[Christopher:] What about me?
[Tim:] Oh no! I'm gonna win.... Think we've both gonna win.
[Dorothy:] Can't find the trousers. Well I can't find Tim's trousers at all.
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] There you are....
[Christopher:] Tim's found his trousers
[Dorothy:] Well you try and get those on while I just put these on... the right way round. I should sit down to the job Tim and you won't fall over. That's good. And the other one in....
[Tim:] Help.
[Dorothy:] You're trying to put them in the same leg darling. Try again. There you are.... Whoops.
[Tim:] Me. Think I'm gonna win.
[Dorothy:] Do your teeth next.
[Tim:] Think I'm gonna win....
[Dorothy:] You've got more teeth than Christopher at the moment haven't you?...
[speaker006:] That's mine!
[Dorothy:] Ah, can't you get him his toothbrush you rotten thing? You're a bit mingy.
[Christopher:] .
[Dorothy:] Ooh. That's a bit mingy.... How are you doing Tim?
[Tim:] ... Come and see.
[Dorothy:] Right.... Whoops, in the dark. Put the light on.... Has anybody had a wash?
[Christopher:] What?
[Tim:] Mum
[Dorothy:] Has anybody had a wash?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Well you look a bit mucky.
[Tim:] I have.
[Dorothy:] Was it a wash without any water?... I'll give you a quickie round the face. There you go....
[Tim:] Oh, oh.
[Dorothy:] Whoops.
[Tim:] We're gonna catch water....
[Dorothy:] [whispering] Just wait a minute [].
[Tim:] [crying]...
[Dorothy:] Well I've got to make you look respectable for going to bed with, haven't I? Who knows what you might meet in the night.
[Tim:] Breakfast.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] There you go. What about you? What do you look like?
[Christopher:] Are we going to have breakfast in the morning?
[Dorothy:] Breakfast in the morning, yes.
[Christopher:] Breakfast ah, no. Boiling hot. Ooh. Is it boiling hot?
[Dorothy:] No, it's just kind of warmish.... Have you been to the toilet?... Yes no yes no yes no, no? Come here. This is called a towel. We dry ourselves on a towel.
[Christopher:] That's done it now.
[Dorothy:] Right....
[Christopher:] Done it now. I jump over you.
[Tim:] No.
[Christopher:] I'm going to. I play... play a game of jump over.
[Tim:] No.
[Christopher:] you can jump over. And when you've jumped over me, I jump over you and then you jump over me
[Tim:] run you over.
[Christopher:] No you won't. I got
[Dorothy:] I'm gonna run you over on your
[Christopher:] Mummy, he's gonna run me over.
[Dorothy:] I don't think he will.
[Christopher:] He will.
[Dorothy:] He's just pretending.
[Christopher:] He's trying to And I'll go down ready to move. Make sure everything's okay. And off we go. Other way. You go backwards and I'll go forwards. You get up and follow. You get below and make sure everything's alright. Aeroplane's coming down.
[Dorothy:] An aeroplane's coming down... the stairs? Come on then.
[speaker006:] I'm carrying the aeroplane.
[Dorothy:] Listen I don't think that's too good an idea cos of the duvet. I think you'll be going to bed in that soon and if you mess it up... then you'll never sleep.... Come on, it's all very well in the mornings but not now I don't think.
[Christopher:] Why isn't it very well in the night? But why can't we play it in the bedroom?
[Dorothy:] Because when you get into bed it will be all out. Cos I have to erm... change your sheets and things.
[Christopher:] Why can't we play it in the...?
[Dorothy:] Because... if you start messing your duvet up at night times it means that you don't want to sleep underneath it cos it goes all scrunchy and horrible, and all the duvet bit comes out of the cover.
[Tim:] [shouting] Mummy [].
[Christopher:] What's duvet bit?
[Dorothy:] It's not a good idea. [door bell] Oop, here comes Ellie now.
[Tim:] Who's that?
[Christopher:] It's Ellie. Yes, it's Ellie. with Ellie.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Tim:] I just heard his voice. Hope he's not a milk men....
[Dorothy:] Are you going to let them in, whoever they are?
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Hello!... Is it Ellie? It is Ellie.
[Elinor:] It's me.
[Dorothy:] Come in Ellie.
[Elinor:] Hello. [LAUGHTER]. Mum said she'll be down about ten past.
[Dorothy:] That's okay. We've got to go and collect Dianne as well. By the way
[Andrew:] Hello.
[Dorothy:] Dianne rang up just now, you've got to go... erm... and collect her please cos er Barry's not gonna come home till half seven. He's gonna come in the car and she doesn't fancy walking in the night.... Have you got all that?
[Christopher:] He's gonna run me over mummy. He's gonna ru
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] You can't touch me can you cos of my wires....
[Christopher:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Yes?
[Christopher:] Where's your tape?
[Dorothy:] It's all in there. Don't worry.
[Christopher:] When... can I listen to it?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] Please.
[Dorothy:] One day you can.
[Christopher:] Mum why are they round?
[Dorothy:] You what?
[Christopher:] Why are they
[Dorothy:] Just let's think what we're doing first. Let's tell Ellie what she's gotta do and what she's not gonna do. Basically they go to bed about half seven, if you're lucky. Well you know. And erm... they've done their teeth and they've had a wash and they've done everything really so all you've got to do is get them in there. They usually [LAUGHTER] they usually have a prayer before they go to sleep, right? They usually do one and... you do one as well.
[Elinor:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] And then [LAUGHTER]... and then erm, what happens then? That's it then.
[Christopher:] A story.
[Dorothy:] Oh the stories. I forgot about stories.
[Elinor:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] We have the stories first usually before you and they're allowed two stories each and if they have any more then it's up to you. [LAUGHTER]. But they choose their own stories so you... And if you, it looks like it's going to be an exceedingly long story you can [LAUGHTER]
[Elinor:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Well we can start
[Dorothy:] . Yeah, we can get started on that anyway, sort of thing before we... Erm... should the house go up in smoke, Theresa across the road... run to her
[Elinor:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Otherwise if erm... if you desperately need us sort of thing if you ring... the vicarage... and then you can erm... Alison or somebody will probably be in and... come round for... You what? Have I been breaking that?... Probably. I didn't mean to. It just sort of happened.
[Tim:] I know where I'm gonna put it.
[Elinor:] Where are you gonna put it?
[Tim:] where you can't have it.
[Elinor:] Where?
[Tim:] I don't know.
[Elinor:] Is it a secret?
[Christopher:] Are you putting more?
[Tim:] Yeah. It's broken. It's in the dump.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Okay, there's your emergency phone number if you're desperate. As long as there's somebody in. Where shall I put it? Stick it up here.... Television works as it works. Coffee pot works as it works. Help yourself to the books and everything else as you like, yeah, in case you get bored.
[Elinor:] Oh that's nice.
[Dorothy:] Just do your own thing.
[Elinor:] Right.
[Tim:] It's dirty.
[Elinor:] Dirty?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Elinor:] What's it gonna do? It's gonna have a bath is it?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Elinor:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] a bath.
[Elinor:] bath.
[Tim:] It's in the bath.
[Elinor:] Is it clean yet?
[Christopher:] Mum, this won't work.
[Dorothy:] What won't work?
[Tim:] Oh no!
[Elinor:] No?
[Tim:] No water.
[Christopher:] Mum this... keeps going
[Elinor:] No water?
[Dorothy:] Well there's probably something catching on it.
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] There's probably something catching on it.
[Elinor:] There's still no water there is there?
[Tim:] Yes. Here.
[Dorothy:] Right, what did I need to take with me?... Bible. Andy... can you bring my bible downstairs.... The blue one... near the bed.
[Tim:] You can't get it now.... You can't get it in there.... You can't get it. You can't get it
[Elinor:] I can if I.
[Tim:] Oh no you can't. I'm gonna hide it.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Elinor:] Where are you going to hide it?
[Tim:] Somewhere you can't have it.
[Elinor:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Figures.
[Tim:] Oh. and you can't get it.... You can't get it over there.
[Elinor:] I might be able to.
[Christopher:] Mum can I try and make a different.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Tim:] No you can't get it under the table.
[Dorothy:] I should go and get the other box and then you've got all the other bits and pieces as well.
[Christopher:] Where is the box?
[Dorothy:] Near the window.
[Elinor:] Mm I don't know about that.
[Christopher:] Which window?
[Dorothy:] Oh one where the toys are.
[Elinor:] Don't pu don't put it under there then.
[Tim:] Think I'm gonna make a space.
[Elinor:] [LAUGHTER] No it probably wouldn't fit under there anyway [].
[Tim:] Watch. go under.
[Elinor:] Go on then.
[Tim:] Then I go out and make a space.
[Dorothy:] I think they're gonna be perfectly happy there.... I shouldn't worry about stories and stuff. I think they will just get on and get themselves... she can just lay the law down. Cos it won't matter if they're not in bed till late will it, tonight?
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Thing is we could do with a lie in in the morning.... What else do we need?...
[Christopher:] Look, have you seen that.
[Dorothy:] Been having fun?
[Christopher:] I've got a tooth missing now.
[Elinor:] Ooh.
[Christopher:] Haven't I?
[Elinor:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] You have. Tell her again cos she weren't listening.
[Christopher:] Look, I've got a tooth missing.
[Elinor:] Oh.
[Tim:] And that's got a picture. That's me.
[Elinor:] Did you get some money from the tooth fairy?
[Tim:] That's me there. Can you see.
[Dorothy:] It's good this isn't it? You can do it, you don't have to do it in a great long line, you can do it in a sort of... cube or something.
[Christopher:] . Or there's another thing you can... mum we're trying to make that.
[Elinor:] We're trying to make a house.
[Dorothy:] Oh right. Yeah that'd be good that cos I... I think I've only ever made that once and it was sort of a bit peculiar when you make it.
[Tim:] Yeah. But anyway you can make it
[Christopher:] We're gonna make it a mess.
[Tim:] Cos that one's got one on.
[Dorothy:] Oh no. I don't think I got that on the top like that.
[Tim:] We don't make it all a mess.
[Christopher:] Yes you would.
[Dorothy:] Did I?... You making a mess?
[Elinor:] That's it, take it all apart.
[Tim:] I can make a mess.
[Dorothy:] Just a gentle sort of mess. You know what I mean? Tim's idea of a mess is to put his hands in it and got shooooo
[Elinor:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] with it on the way.
[Elinor:] so we can clear it up after.
[Tim:] pop.
[Dorothy:] Yeah look that that's a good idea look.
[Elinor:] you don't lose any pieces.
[Tim:] I gonna put this in there.
[Elinor:] That's it. Put it all in one bi big pile.... Oh!
[Dorothy:] Not a good idea.
[Elinor:] No, cos you'll lose them. Then you won't be able to play with them will you?
[Christopher:] Oh look. Look at that. Now we need to turn it round.
[Dorothy:] Erm I'd better get you biscuits and coffee and stuff like that out hadn't I, to ply you with? Don't you keep away....
[Elinor:] Mighty cute.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Tim, can I put this on you before we go.
[Christopher:] now... to go on here.
[Dorothy:] Tim, just come with me up to the toilet... for a minute.
[Elinor:] Oh. You gonna leave that down here?
[Dorothy:] Just leave that, cos she'll save it for you.
[Christopher:] We need that. We need that.
[Elinor:] I'll save it.
[Dorothy:] Well no, Ellie could... oh, he's taking it with him.
[Elinor:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] We need it mummy.
[Dorothy:] Do you need to wee at all, Tim?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Right well just lie down here so we can put your nappy on before we go to bed. Well done. Come here.
[Elinor:] You alright?
[Jane:] Hello. You're all ready for bed.
[Elinor:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] So far so good. We've got to pick up Diana as well.
[Jane:] Have we?
[Dorothy:] On our... on our travels.
[Jane:] I thought you were going out. It's alright.
[Dorothy:] Well, I am nearly.
[Jane:] You are in a minute.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... She seems alright I think....
[Christopher:] Look.
[Jane:] Oh is that what you've made?
[Elinor:] He made that....
[Jane:] I suppose?
[Elinor:] Yeah.
[Tim:] Made a
[Jane:] Oh that's good.
[Elinor:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] It's going round the wrong way.
[Jane:] Oh.
[Christopher:] Wee wee wee.
[Jane:] Oh, clever stuff eh?
[Dorothy:] It's alright isn't it?
[Jane:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] I know.... Think it was with a bit of Ellie's assistance that it got made like that.
[Jane:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Christopher's very good at doing the flat ones but not so good at the three D ones.
[Jane:] Mm....
[Dorothy:] Right then.
[Andrew:] Right.
[Dorothy:] We're all ready for off?
[Jane:] See you later then.
[Elinor:] Bye.
[Jane:] Bye.
[Dorothy:] Have a nice time. Yeah we're supposed to be back sort of, well we don't know do we really? Half nine it finishes so we're supposed to be back by... tennish I should think by the time we're finished.
[Jane:] Tennish won't it? I I've got Sue round at our house, so
[Dorothy:] Oh have you? With Martin?
[Jane:] She's there, yeah. I mean Martin will probably er...
[Dorothy:] Ignore her. [LAUGHTER]
[Jane:] ignore her and er... pop next door and... I mean I don't mind him popping out as long as he's
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Jane:] gone to their house and stays there.
[Dorothy:] Mm. Yeah.
[Jane:] So er...
[Dorothy:] Is this the new neighbours?
[Jane:] Yeah. Yeah they er
[Dorothy:] Oh that's nice isn't it?
[Jane:] Yeah, I I I don't know them that well yet you know, I haven't got too
[Dorothy:] Martin does. [LAUGHTER]
[Jane:] haven't got chatting yet but Martin's got in there and
[Elinor:] I know them as well. I know some from my school.
[Jane:] he's got in there. Mm.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Andrew:] Right. Night night boys.
[Dorothy:] Right then we'll see you. Night night. Do you want a kiss? Do you want a kiss Tim?
[Jane:] Oh ooh I never
[Andrew:] Night night.
[Jane:] I never gave Martin a kiss. Ah!
[Dorothy:] Does he like it?
[Jane:] He still likes a kiss.
[Dorothy:] Does he? Ah.
[Jane:] Oh yes.
[Tim:] No no not
[Elinor:] Yuk [LAUGHTER]
[Jane:] This one this one's not so bothered. She er she sort of pushes, pushes me away now.
[Dorothy:] I've already given him one actually.
[Andrew:] Right. [kiss] There we are.
[Jane:] She pushes me away now she does look. Oh!
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER] He wiped it off [].
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[Jane:] Tira then.
[Tim:] I wiped it special.
[Elinor:] Bye.
[Andrew:] You did.
[Jane:] Alright then?
[Dorothy:] No, you don't want another one from me do you? Night night. Have a nice time.
[Jane:] You?
[Dorothy:] Yeah, it was nice.... Oh look, the moon.... Oh, you gonna wave us off? Right. Have I got my keys? Yes.... Allow me madam. Of course. [LAUGHTER]
[Jane:] Right, I'm in. Thanks.
[Dorothy:] Ooh... All aboard.... Who put down the side down there look? Oh no, it's.... [LAUGHTER] What's he doing look []? [LAUGHTER]
[Jane:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Looks like a.
[Jane:] Oh they look happy enough.
[Dorothy:] You mean the children?
[Jane:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Oh yes, I think they will
[Jane:] Poor old Ellie.
[Dorothy:] If erm... [LAUGHTER] oh yes I forgot about Ellie not looking happy [].
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Why didn't you want... to buy the same one again mum?
[Dorothy:] Well I just kind of was running round the shop because I was [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] You got the first one you could see.
[Dorothy:] I had to go and collect grandma you see to take her to the station, and I didn't have an awful lot of time so I just sort of ran round and collected whatever I got.
[Andrew:] Cos we wouldn't have wanted grandma to miss her train would we?
[Christopher:] if we did?
[Tim:] No, bus.
[Dorothy:] What, miss the train?
[Andrew:] No bus?
[Dorothy:] She'd have to get the next one.
[Andrew:] She had to go on a bus actually. Get the train. Cos they don't have trains from Redditch
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Andrew:] Do you know why?
[Dorothy:] Mm?
[Tim:] Pass the marge.
[Christopher:] They only had them from
[Dorothy:] Daddy's got the marge.
[Andrew:] From Bar Green
[Tim:] Can I have the marge?
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Christopher:] Is that... is that
[Andrew:] What a mess.
[Christopher:] after erm
[Andrew:] It's between Redditch and Mulbridge...
[Christopher:] No, between Redditch and Birmingham.
[Andrew:] Yes. Between Redditch and Birmingham.
[Dorothy:] Mm our daffodils are coming out nicely.
[Andrew:] They are.
[Dorothy:] I hope the wind doesn't blow them over. Be a pity.
[Andrew:] There's at least one blown over there isn't there?
[Dorothy:] Oh where?... Oh yeah.
[Christopher:] Where?
[Dorothy:] We'll have to go and collect it, put it in a vase... on the side.
[Christopher:] Where's one blown over?
[Dorothy:] There look....
[Christopher:] A new one?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] Mm. It's so windy at the moment. March winds.
[Dorothy:] The others seem to have stood up quite well over on the other side.
[Tim:] Where? Where?
[Christopher:] One of them's dead.
[Dorothy:] Which one's dead?
[Christopher:] The one which is f... pointed erm straight ahead.
[Dorothy:] Mm. See what you mean.
[Christopher:] It's a bit dead.
[Dorothy:] It is. Looks as if it... and the wind's got it again....
[Christopher:] Mum, it's not very nice when the wind hits it is it mum?
[Dorothy:] No. Still, we can always pick them and bring them inside....
[Christopher:] I remember doing that once. I remember finding one and putting the vase on there.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] So where is it now?
[Dorothy:] It will be dead by now. You're talking about last year aren't you?... Last year's flowers aren't around now....
[Tim:] Here you are.
[Andrew:] Right. Thank you.
[Dorothy:] These are the same bulbs though that have made a new flower this year.
[Tim:] Where's the marmalade? I took a bit.
[Christopher:] Why they keep on making new bulbs?
[Dorothy:] They do it, well... they do it every year.
[Christopher:] Can I have some marmalade please?
[Tim:] Ah....
[Dorothy:] The daffodils over there in that little bed... seem to be a bit later than all the others, I don't know.
[Tim:] Have some marmalade. Have some marmalade.
[Christopher:] I'm doing it a funny way this time.
[Dorothy:] I'd of thought they would have got just as much sun... and rain as everything else....
[Tim:] That's a little one....
[Christopher:] Mum. Look what I've done.
[Tim:] marmite.
[Dorothy:] Mm. Very posh. Candles.
[Christopher:] Do you usually do that?
[Andrew:] If you ask mummy... she'll
[Dorothy:] What do you want me to do?...
[Tim:] I didn't... make that.
[Dorothy:] Oh good. What do you want? Do you want some er marmite on it?
[Tim:] You did....
[Dorothy:] Mm. Gone a funny shape....
[Christopher:] Daddy hasn't seen the new Rosie and Jim.
[Dorothy:] True. Lot of things daddy hasn't seen.
[Andrew:] I know.
[Dorothy:] Inspector Morse.
[Andrew:] I know.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] few weeks before we have time Have you got sp lots of spare tapes?
[Dorothy:] No. [LAUGHTER]. We'll have to have another one next Wednesday. Are they on every week or are they once a fortnight?
[Andrew:] I'm not sure actually.
[Tim:] And you haven't seen... the the puppet show.
[Andrew:] I haven't seen one about a puppet show. Is that where
[Dorothy:] Mm. Rosie and Jim mm
[Andrew:] Rosie and Jim went to a puppet show did they?
[Dorothy:] They go to Stratford.
[Tim:] Yeah a a a and a lion.
[Andrew:] Stratford? Do they? And there's a lion is there?
[Tim:] And a and a lion....
[Christopher:] He took an omelette.
[Tim:] Omelette.
[Andrew:] An omelette?...
[Dorothy:] It was quite good actually.
[Tim:] And a man came back and.
[Andrew:] Oh.
[Christopher:] And Skinlid went back.
[Dorothy:] Pardon?
[Christopher:] Skinlid.
[Dorothy:] The skin?
[Christopher:] Well he's called Skinlid.
[Dorothy:] Is he? I don't know. I didn't watch it that... closely. Have some more tea.
[Tim:] ate it all up.
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Andrew:] So if it's a puppet show did Rosie and Jim do some puppeting? puppet.
[Dorothy:] No. They were in the audience shouting and cheering from what I saw.
[Andrew:] Where they?
[Christopher:] Mhm.
[Dorothy:] Then they went round the back though didn't they? Did they?
[Christopher:] Mm. They run round the back and played with the... puppets.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] When the show was ended
[Dorothy:] Nobody mentioned that they were puppets themselves. [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] That's what I call a miracle....
[Tim:] I do that.... I don't think they like it.
[Dorothy:] Mm. It was nice to see Stratford. I wonder if that... they filmed that at the time when the boat was in Stratford. Do you remember when we went to
[Christopher:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] we nearly went to see it but we missed.
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Cos it had moved by the time we got there.
[Christopher:] So it might be then they might have taped it?
[Dorothy:] Mm. It could well have been.
[Christopher:] But mum it's a bit late from that.
[Dorothy:] Well it's always takes a long time. They... they do these things... months beforehand. And then it comes on the television... later on.
[Andrew:] How to get to know about these things.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] This chap we were sitting next to involved in all these canal projects.
[Dorothy:] Oh yes, that's right. He was.
[Andrew:] Apparently he's a director of various canal preservation bodies and things.
[Dorothy:] Oh.... He was certainly into canals in a big way.
[Andrew:] Yeah. Yeah he is....
[Dorothy:] Mm. You'll have to get to know i is he in your...?
[Andrew:] No, he's at Solihull.
[Dorothy:] Oh Solihull.... What was he called?
[Andrew:] Jonathan.
[Dorothy:] Jonathan.... He was a pleasant chap I thought.
[Andrew:] Oh yes.
[Dorothy:] As these chaps go. [LAUGHTER]...
[Andrew:] It was interesting discussing various chaps... after
[Dorothy:] Oh right.
[Andrew:] only just sort of see them occasionally to get the inside stories to.
[Tim:] have drunk.
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] How's Julia?
[Andrew:] She was okay this week. Well, she's a totally snowed... under
[Dorothy:] Well, it's not
[Andrew:] with work.
[Dorothy:] surprising.
[Andrew:] Like I had to give her some top priorities yesterday... as she wasn't going to be about. Actually she did very well on one of those. She did far better
[Dorothy:] Did you tell her?
[Andrew:] Oh yes. Yes. Well I made sure my boss told her, that's. Cos he was desperate for cos he needed an answer for Monday morning for Dave.
[speaker006:] It's going to be thinking about science.
[Andrew:] Dave's erm wife produced a baby last week
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Andrew:] so he's having a week off you know to change nappies or whatever.
[Christopher:] It might be or it might not.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Mum, is the video on? I just, I only pressed hold... nothing else.
[Andrew:] Well you're not to
[Dorothy:] Well since someone else switched it off I should think.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Andrew:] I'm not quite sure what happens you see. That's why
[Christopher:] I just pressed but cos there's a little line.
[Andrew:] hear the sound of the video.
[Dorothy:] When?
[Andrew:] Well I can hear it now.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Andrew:] Yeah I'm wondering whether it's playing to itself, with the television off. Do you think that's likely? Or does it not do it?
[Dorothy:] No, cos it's not got the aerial... it would do. It would do.
[Andrew:] Would it?
[Christopher:] Oh dear.
[Dorothy:] It's not got the aerial in.
[Andrew:] No.
[Dorothy:] Shouldn't
[Tim:] It is it's on it's on the video.
[Andrew:] It's just that I can actually hear it. I can actually hear the motor on
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Andrew:] on turning round
[Tim:] It's on the video.
[Andrew:] I presume what happens when it's not on it's all geared up ready to
[Tim:] [shouting] Mummy. Daddy []. It's on the video.
[Dorothy:] What's on the video?
[Tim:] Telly.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] Yeah when er all which is on now... is the blue button.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Tim:] It's the blue
[Christopher:] The blue button's on but nothing else.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Christopher:] The blue button's okay.
[Andrew:] Where are you going to?
[Tim:] Cloth.
[Andrew:] Right.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Christopher:] Mum, why aren't you gonna put your microphone on.
[Dorothy:] Well it might as well stay there.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Well it can hear us all then....
[Christopher:] No that noise daddy
[Andrew:] Yes. What was that?
[Christopher:] isn't that it's that.
[Andrew:] Ah but that wasn't on before was it? Cos mummy only just come down for breakfast.
[Dorothy:] No, just remembered and rushed off and ge to get it....
[Andrew:] But it's true, it does make a noise.... There's lots of noises, lots of electrical things.
[Tim:] see me.
[Dorothy:] The fridge made some really weird noises yesterday. I thought oh what's going on.
[Tim:] Can you see me now.
[Dorothy:] Can I see you?
[Andrew:] Oh was it vibrating?
[Dorothy:] There's a little bit more just there. Yeah.
[Andrew:] It does. It a load or
[Dorothy:] Is it knocking on something? Oh. On the top.
[Andrew:] as you know there's a lot of stuff
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] On the top []. In other words mummy, clean your fridge....
[Tim:] That's it.
[Dorothy:] Right. Hands now.
[Tim:] All clean.
[Dorothy:] Let me have a look. That's... that's not bad.
[Tim:] The the fridge is a bit
[Dorothy:] Other one. That looks a bit sticky that one, at the back, does it?
[Andrew:] one.
[Dorothy:] No?
[Tim:] No.
[Christopher:] Look Tim, we'll have to wind it soon, daddy can work the new one.
[Dorothy:] You're going to watch Rosie and Jim dear.
[Andrew:] Am I? I'm supposed to wash up aren't I?
[Dorothy:] That's alright. I'll wash up.
[Tim:] No you...
[Andrew:] Mm?
[Tim:] Mummy wash up.
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] What am I going to do?
[Tim:] And you watch
[Andrew:] Me watch Rosie and Jim?
[Tim:] Yeah cos you made the breakfast.
[Andrew:] That's true, I did make the breakfast. Did you like the breakfast?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Come on.
[Andrew:] Right. I haven't got my glasses. I won't be able to see it.
[Tim:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] It's PC Pinkerton anyway, it's not even Rosie and Jim.
[Christopher:] No but that's why I said wind it back.
[Dorothy:] Oh. Well wind it back ten minutes. Can you do that, do you know how to do that?
[Christopher:] No. You watch
[Dorothy:] Well I can't now it's too late....
[speaker006:] Come on... dad.
[Andrew:] Yes. Right.
[Tim:] I'm gonna get your glasses or
[Andrew:] No no no no Tim. Don't you touch my glasses. Please. Please.
[Dorothy:] Something weird is happening there....
[Andrew:] I know that's
[Tim:] Mummy wash up.
[Dorothy:] How are you anyway?
[Diane:] Tired. How are you?
[Dorothy:] Tired, yeah. [LAUGHTER] That figures. You looked a bit gormless last night. We all looked so over
[speaker006:] I nearly I'm lacking indoors, I'm very lacking indoors... I nearly lay down last night but I knew I just wanted to be
[Dorothy:] I know I know. I didn't want to just sit and
[Diane:] It was quite funny when you looked round at the end, you know, and everyone was just getting up
[Dorothy:] I know.
[Diane:] and normally we but everyone was
[Dorothy:] Well normally everybody chats. I know.
[Diane:] looking a bit sheepish and going.
[Dorothy:] At least we'd arrived. [LAUGHTER]
[Diane:] Yes
[Dorothy:] What? I can play.
[speaker006:] Yeah, you can play.
[Dorothy:] What do you want me to do?... What, what have I got to do?
[speaker006:] If Geoff, because Geoff is supposed to be playing. But if Geoff doesn't turn up in a few minutes.
[Dorothy:] I don't mind.... It's the morning, I can cope. [LAUGHTER].
[speaker006:] giving it just a couple more minutes and if he doesn't come
[Dorothy:] Oh alright.
[speaker006:] then it... you know they might have been delayed one way or another. And then you could perhaps... tinkle the ivories.
[Dorothy:] Yes, fine.
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] What are we tinkling?
[speaker006:] Well I'm sure it's something fairly easy.
[Dorothy:] I'll cope, don't worry. I don't feel worried.
[speaker006:] . He's arrived.
[Dorothy:] I don't feel worried. I'm in friends. [LAUGHTER]... I've never seen you in a suit before Barry.
[speaker006:] It's my dashing one
[Dorothy:] Oh.... I must say when I got up this morning I didn't feel much better than when I went to bed last night but... there we are. I feel a bit more with it now.
[Diane:] Oh good.
[Dorothy:] It's since I've met people you know, they all seem jolly.
[Andrew:] Oh dear.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] extra half hour early cos no-one heard the clock. Oh. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] It's a shame that, isn't it? Have to change your job again. [LAUGHTER] Yeah.
[speaker006:] I'm enjoying the job. It's
[Dorothy:] Yeah. If you could just bring it here.
[speaker006:] just bring it here.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Like... if you came straight out, what sort of time would you get home then? You know, if it was sort of five minute's stroll down the road?
[Diane:] He's been home at, it's been about half past six evening.
[speaker006:] Yeah. Yeah. Half six.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[speaker006:] this last sort of... couple of weeks has been
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[speaker006:] it's just we've had some big interviews and
[Dorothy:] Oh here he is look. We're alright. [LAUGHTER] Nothing personal twice [].
[speaker006:] Can we sit here?
[Dorothy:] I need paper. Oh. This isn't a very good piece of paper.
[speaker006:] If you don't know we'll teach it.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] What's this?
[Dorothy:] What are we singing then?
[Andrew:] I don't know. He's going something to us. We don't know it.
[Dorothy:] Oh....
[Andrew:] what it is....
[Dorothy:] What is it that we don't know?
[speaker006:] What number is it?
[Diane:] We don't know.
[Dorothy:] What don't we know?
[Diane:] We might know it. [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] We'll be told in a minute finished. Round about six o one.
[Dorothy:] Six o one?
[Diane:] Yeah, the dummy one.
[speaker006:] No, I said round about six o one.
[Dorothy:] Oh right.
[speaker006:] That's the page it's open at. [LAUGHTER] Pick any one on the page.
[Diane:] It can't be that one.
[Dorothy:] Wait a minute.... Oh I bet it's five nine eight.
[Diane:] What's five nine eight?
[speaker006:] Five nine eight?
[Dorothy:] I don't know. I'm just guessing. That would seem to be the sort of thing he was humming. But then Geoff would know that wouldn't he?...
[speaker006:] Another erm... psalm looking type one.
[Andrew:] That one?
[Dorothy:] Yes. Where's Philip? Is he with us?
[Diane:] No.
[Dorothy:] Oh. Is he working?
[Diane:] He rang me up at nine o'clock. He says I don't think I can quite make it yet you know.
[Dorothy:] Oh no. Is he in work then?
[Diane:] Yeah he is in work, yeah.
[Dorothy:] All night?...
[Diane:] No no no. He went at seven o'clock this morning.
[Dorothy:] Oh right. At least somebody's got some work to do. That's good innit?
[Diane:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Diane:] I think, I think it was more he thought if he didn't do his clearing up he might get the sack, so
[Dorothy:] Oh right. So he had to go and clear up.... That's a good one.
[Andrew:] Don't know that one Geoff.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Cliff Richard can't do this, what are you worrying about?... worship song.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Dorothy:] That will do Geoff, for our singing. [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] What number is it? Is it? that all depends on how the, how he can get that guitar in tune.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] He has to... he has to do without the rhythm. I can't cope with it. In the end I might you know.
[Dorothy:] You are. There must be one that set you up.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Six hundred.
[Dorothy:] Oh. Wrong again.
[speaker006:] morning everybody.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] Morning.
[speaker006:] Did you sleep well.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] Yes.
[speaker006:] Jolly good. Jolly good. Let's just er begin with a a... a kind of quiet. Get ourselves into the presence of the lord.
[Tim:] You can't have any.
[Dorothy:] Why can't I have an egg?
[Tim:] Because that's d Andy's.
[Dorothy:] Yes.
[Tim:] And that's mine.
[Dorothy:] Well that's okay, and that's Christopher's. I'll have an egg without an egg cup.
[Tim:] Oh.... Why?
[Dorothy:] Well I can have it and just... peel it. I mean take the... take the skin off it....
[Christopher:] I'm not
[Dorothy:] Why don't you come in the sitting room with me away from daddy? And leave Christopher doing a bit of drawing.... Have you had a nice time this morning? What did you do? Alright then. Shall we do it together?
[Tim:] And gonna be happy when
[Dorothy:] This is nice actually. It's like when you
[Tim:] I can soon break it.
[Dorothy:] Why?
[Tim:] Then make it again
[Dorothy:] Alright then....
[Christopher:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] Hello.
[Christopher:] Could you get me from the shelf the black felt pen?
[Dorothy:] Which shelf?
[Christopher:] The big one with all the on top. There's some colours. There isn't black... felt pen.
[Dorothy:] Right. I'll see what I can do.
[Christopher:] They've gone now. Where are they?...
[Dorothy:] These ones?
[Christopher:] Yeah.... I need a black one.
[Dorothy:] Well you can have them all and put the black in when you need it. Oh excuse me.
[Christopher:] In case one of these doesn't work. I need a red.
[Tim:] Come on.
[Dorothy:] I'm coming.
[Tim:] Quick....
[Dorothy:] I can't be in two places at once.... Cut the paper off.... It seems a shame to break it up doesn't it, when it's so good.... Who made this one?
[Tim:] Christopher.... Did you know how
[Dorothy:] Oh yeah. Was it la
[Tim:] Ellie.
[Dorothy:] last night when you went to bed?
[Tim:] Yeah. Ellie came... put us to bed.
[Dorothy:] That was nice. Did you enjoy that?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Did you like it?...
[Tim:] How we gonna get this off?... We gonna get that off?
[Dorothy:] This one?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] It's a bit stiff. There you are.
[Tim:] Mm.... How we gonna get that one off.
[Dorothy:] Don't know, you have to sort of wobble them.... When you wobble them they come off.... Oop....
[Tim:] Ah! They come off. Break it....
[Dorothy:] Oh....
[Tim:] There.
[Dorothy:] There we are.
[Tim:] Now make it again.
[Dorothy:] Right. What shall we make this time?... How shall we start?
[Tim:] A house.
[Dorothy:] A house?...
[Tim:] We need one of these to make it stand up.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Tim:] That's the...
[Dorothy:] Is that the floor?
[Tim:] Yeah cos... where's the story I got?
[Dorothy:] Have you got a story?
[Tim:] Yeah upstairs. I one.
[Dorothy:] Oh. The foundations. That one about building the house?
[Tim:] Yeah, like ours.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Tim:] It's a different one though cos... this is a big one.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Tim:] And that's not a big one in the story.
[Dorothy:] How's that?
[Tim:] House.
[Dorothy:] We need some more walls.
[Tim:] some more walls.
[Dorothy:] Oh that's a good one. A big tall one.... Let's try that shall we? Shall we put a roof on?
[Tim:] Yeah there's a roof on here.
[Dorothy:] How do you do the roof? That way do you think?
[Tim:] the roof.. Have to do without the roof. Have to do that to the
[Dorothy:] Then we'll make it come down now... this side. Are you doing some more whoops a daisy.
[Tim:] Whoops.
[Dorothy:] If you're going to make it go out that way... then you'll have to make it go out that way at the bottom otherwise it won't fit... when you try to put the other wall up.
[Tim:] Ooh.
[Dorothy:] And the problem with that one is... is it's not sort of fitting the edge there.
[Tim:] It is. Look.... Need one of these.
[Dorothy:] Then this comes down the side look.
[Tim:] Need one of these.
[Dorothy:] Oh no, that's not right. Look at that... it's got things sticking out.... Do you think you've got to have it down the edge there, haven't you? This time.... And how do we fix this on now?
[Tim:] Look, I show you.... Er there
[Dorothy:] And could we take this yellow one off... we'll find it fits in like a wall, like that look.
[Tim:] Oh! That goes on.
[Dorothy:] try that. That's good. Oh. Oops.
[Tim:] Oh. I'm gonna make it.
[Dorothy:] There you are. Now what are we gonna do with this yellow piece?...
[Tim:] I know...
[Dorothy:] Wonder if we can put that on the bottom, can't we... somewhere?
[Tim:] that be the floor.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. This doesn't feel quite right here somehow. It's all wobbly.... Shall we, just let's see if we can turn this round so it makes it...
[Tim:] We need one of these....
[Dorothy:] When Ellie did it it didn't seem to fall to pieces like ours is Timothy.
[Tim:] That's it.... We the floor now.... Is it ready?
[Dorothy:] Think the eggs probably are but I don't think the whole lunch is yet. Are you hungry?
[Andrew:] Is it possible to lay the table do you think, for me?
[Dorothy:] I think we might manage that.
[Tim:] It's ready.
[Dorothy:] I don't mind burnt toast.... Adds to the flavour.... Mm. Me mum and dad seem to have had trouble with their toaster don't they? Judging by their letter.
[Andrew:] Did you see their toaster? What make
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] was it? I don't remember seeing it.
[Dorothy:] It was a new one....
[Andrew:] they had it.
[Dorothy:] Where they had it?
[Andrew:] No, [LAUGHTER] why they had it [].
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Why they had it []. [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] Well we had it in the evening. You know when I used to have my
[Andrew:] Oh yes.
[Dorothy:] toast and marmalade and
[Andrew:] Was that nice?
[Dorothy:] But that was where the trouble was because it didn't toast properly. Because you turned it up to number five... and it was pale. And turn it down to number one... and it.
[Tim:] have any of that.
[Dorothy:] I haven't had either.
[Andrew:] Right. What do you want on yours?
[speaker006:] Erm
[Dorothy:] They're planning on taking it back so
[Andrew:] It's the cheese we've been having at work this week
[Tim:] Mum, help.
[Andrew:] It's called dutch.
[Christopher:] I've been having it?
[Andrew:] You've been having some of that, yeah.
[Christopher:] Mm it's nice. have that bit dad.
[Andrew:] Yeah. The trouble is this has... erm... crusts, sort of rind on it, that's all. Do you want a piece?...
[Dorothy:] It's called Edam.
[Andrew:] It's a bit different from
[Dorothy:] We don't usually have Edam do we?
[Christopher:] Did I have it with my Marmite?
[Andrew:] Yes, you've had it with your Marmite. That much? Is that alright?
[Tim:] I want a bit of it.... With my bread.
[Dorothy:] He's got cream cheese on there dear.
[Andrew:] Right....
[Christopher:] I like it better with Marmite.... Can I have Marmite and cheese please?... Mum I need some not just a. Cos that won't very good. I need three more
[Tim:] Fold it over. You
[Christopher:] What?...
[Tim:] ... Mum I finished my bit....
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Oh!
[Tim:] I can't do it.... Why is there not very much left in?
[Christopher:] Because I had it all when we had breakfast.... Anyway, we've had it a lot haven't we? We've had Marmite a lot. I had it... for my dinner at school a lot actually.
[Andrew:] Mm. Mm....
[Christopher:] Dad...
[Dorothy:] Right, what's on the agenda for this afternoon then?
[Christopher:] Dad, it's not all over.
[Tim:] What's that?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] What's that? Mum, what's that?...
[Dorothy:] It looks like a sandwich going up and down to me.
[Tim:] No.... It's a... lid.... It's a lid.
[Dorothy:] Oh....
[Andrew:] What about you?... A rest I suppose.
[Dorothy:] I dunno really. My body feels inactive, but my mind feels... fed up,.
[Andrew:] ... this week.
[Christopher:] Dad, I like the cheese better than the Marmite....
[Andrew:] That's why I like Saturday's and
[Dorothy:] Potter about....
[Andrew:] Do the garden or... walking or whatever it is.... Something very different....
[Tim:] Why did you toast bread? toast.
[Andrew:] No, there won't be any more now.......
[Dorothy:] And that dozen in our garden can't decide... which way to face.... Have you noticed? [LAUGHTER]... Cos in the morning they get the sun from that direction, then they don't see the sun again for a bit and then it turns up suddenly from over there. They don't know whether to face over there or over there.
[Christopher:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] Hello.
[Christopher:] What... and then we had a lot of biscuits.
[Dorothy:] Did you?
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] I don't know why....
[Christopher:] talking about Monday.
[Dorothy:] Monday? questions.
[Tim:] I know what it is.
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] Questions on Monday.
[Tim:] I know what it is....
[Andrew:] What is it?
[Tim:] Oranges.
[Andrew:] You're right. It is oranges. They've been sitting there for over a week
[Tim:] I just see the orange.
[Dorothy:] Well they were meant to go in a chicken but it never happened.
[Tim:] It's oranges, I guessed it....
[Christopher:] I knew
[Dorothy:] I was going to do chicken a l'orange.
[Christopher:] It's my turn....
[Dorothy:] But you weren't here so I thought ooh, blow this for a lark. [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] I can see... black.
[Andrew:] Oh. Sorry for that.
[Christopher:] No I don't know what that is.
[Tim:] Red.
[Christopher:] Yes.
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER] And that's black.
[Christopher:] Red. [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] I I guessed the oranges.
[Andrew:] That's right. Half each.
[Dorothy:] Mm. Good idea.
[Christopher:] No, one each. One each.
[Dorothy:] One each?
[Andrew:] No. Too big.
[Dorothy:] They're huge.... We'll be having half each.
[Tim:] Half!
[Dorothy:] Mm.... Because they're rather large.... Do you want to peel them?
[Andrew:] If you peel one I'll peel the other.
[Dorothy:] Okay.
[Tim:] If... if you... peel that one
[Dorothy:] Mm?
[Tim:] that's my friend mummy.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Your friend am I? That's nice.
[Andrew:] Am I a friend too?
[Dorothy:] We're all friendly together.
[Tim:] I'm I'm mummy's friend and daddy's friend and
[Andrew:] That's nice isn't it? friends.
[Dorothy:] Oh that's friendly family.
[Tim:] All friendly.
[Christopher:] Do you like everyone as well mum?
[Dorothy:] I do like everyone, yes. I like everybody very much
[Tim:] If... if mummy do that one
[Andrew:] Well I'll do one and mummy does the other one.
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] And you can... share it up.
[Tim:] And you share it up.
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Tim:] They both have. Oh, me.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Tim, put your hands over your eyes.
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Those satsumas we had or whatever they were... clementines were... they were quite nice for tea all this week. Have you had one?
[Andrew:] very difficult to peel. One day I had them and they were full of pips.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Andrew:] Did you have that problem?
[Dorothy:] Oh no we've never had that problem.
[Andrew:] Mm. Have you
[Christopher:] I've had that problem.
[Andrew:] With lots of pips in? Mm.
[Dorothy:] Did you have one at school with lots of pips in?
[Andrew:] Mm. Sorry about that.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Andrew:] You just couldn't tell from the outside.
[Dorothy:] Beg your pardon.
[Andrew:] I had that problem once.
[Christopher:] I kept looking in mine when I... when I had it once I thought ooh. And now I'm going to have a look in my orange before I eat it.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Very wise.
[Andrew:] So I don't know whether this one will have pips in it, so be careful.
[Tim:] Daddy.
[Dorothy:] I would think the oranges will have pips in won't they? Usually do.
[Andrew:] Oh they usually do.
[Tim:] I think these have pips in.
[Dorothy:] Mm. Orange pips are slightly bigger than satsuma pips so you can see them....
[Christopher:] Yeah but sat... the satsuma pip was really big.
[Andrew:] They were quite big.
[Christopher:] Actually I got it in my mouth.
[Andrew:] Did you?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] That's alright. You spit it out again did you?
[Christopher:] Yeah.... Mum what's that hard thing?
[Tim:] half.
[Christopher:] everybody was eating...
[Dorothy:] Do other people get satsumas at school?
[Tim:] half please.
[Christopher:] No.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. No?... What do they have?
[Christopher:] Half.
[Andrew:] Sorry....
[Christopher:] Dad... give them into little bits.
[Dorothy:] Just check there's no pips Tim.
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] And I'll check mine.
[Andrew:] You're checking yours are you?
[Christopher:] I'll check mine myself.... All I do is look in the
[Tim:] I think there's no pips in mine.
[Dorothy:] Just as well innit? Seeing's you've eaten it.... Whoops careful.
[Andrew:] Slow down a bit.
[Dorothy:] Just go slowly Tim.
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] Cos they're big slices, it's not like satsumas.
[Andrew:] Chew them properly.
[Tim:] ... Daddy.
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Tim:] You... you do this.
[Andrew:] Mm....
[Tim:] You you you do this... you you suck
[Andrew:] No I'm not suck it I just eat it.
[Tim:] I rescued you
[Christopher:] Mrs and Mrs and Mrs don't cut them properly.
[Dorothy:] Don't they?
[Christopher:] If I had an orange mum
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Christopher:] and they cut it all that
[Dorothy:] They leave the skin on?... You don't have to eat the skin, surely?
[Christopher:] No, but all they do, they leave the orange in the skin.
[Andrew:] Oh I see, they don't peel it.
[Dorothy:] And you have to suck it out? Oh.... That's probably cos it would take them too long to... peel everybody's oranges wouldn't it?
[Christopher:] There's no skin on yours....
[Tim:] I think this one's got pips in.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Andrew:] They're nice aren't they?
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Do you have Mrs and Mrs then with your class?... mm... just Mrs.
[Christopher:] No....
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] What we do
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] is we go to another class
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] and we
[Dorothy:] Ah I see, right. So two classes come together and you all, each have a dinner lady? And yours is Mrs. Theirs is Mrs.... Got it now.
[Tim:] It's got a pip in.
[Dorothy:] Mm. Well put it that bit then in there.
[Christopher:] Mum, none of mine had pips in....
[Dorothy:] And mine. Nice taste.
[Andrew:] Very nice.
[Christopher:] Mum.
[Andrew:] It's nicer than a satsuma really.
[Dorothy:] It is.... Got more faff...
[Christopher:] What else is there?
[Dorothy:] What else is there?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] I'll have a look and see what else there is.
[Dorothy:] You might find some biscuits in the biscuit tin.
[Christopher:] Is it biscuits again?
[Dorothy:] Oh. See what daddy finds.... Mum I didn't like did I? I didn't have a home made one because I had a very funny tummy didn't I? But I haven't had one once and it tasted really nice.
[Tim:] Oh what we gonna have? What we gonna have? Er what we going to have mum? What we gonna have dad?
[Dorothy:] Cloth by the sound of the water.
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] We're going to have a cloth by the sound of the water.
[Tim:] I think I.
[Andrew:] Yeah I think daddy's just erm making sure we haven't got such sticky fingers after our oranges I think. Then we'll have a biscuit....
[Dorothy:] Can you pass me a cup please?
[Christopher:] I want to wash my hands first cos. I'll have the next round. Tim you haven't washed your hands yet.
[Tim:] I have.
[Christopher:] When?
[Tim:] Now.
[Christopher:] Then daddy
[Dorothy:] Thank you.
[Andrew:] Yes?
[Christopher:] You can keep this if you like.
[Andrew:] Right, thank you.
[Christopher:] You can have it if you want....
[Andrew:] I've already washed my hands.
[Christopher:] Oh.
[Andrew:] ...
[Dorothy:] Where's he going? Toilet?
[Andrew:] ...
[Dorothy:] He's only had three drinks.... You definitely pay the penalty don't you, for leaving your children? [LAUGHTER] Cos other people say you don't do things your way.... It must be a problem if people sort of leave their children in nurseries all the time cos... it's nice for a short time but... for a long long time... they're just not yours are they any more?... Yeah.... It seems a pity but it's not for very long.
[Andrew:] He's been chucked out a lot recently hasn't he?
[Dorothy:] He has yeah. That's why I'm feeling as if I ought to stay in tonight really.... What do you think?... Think I'm just chickening out?
[Andrew:] I think it's a bit of both.
[Dorothy:] I am chickening out cos I don't feel as if I've... learnt an awful lot.
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Well do you want to chicken out?... Instead.
[Andrew:] I think I ought to go.
[Dorothy:] Why?...
[Andrew:] I ought to go.
[Dorothy:] Why?... You've said you'll go. Just because you've said you'll go or because you think?
[Andrew:] I think possibly. Even though I have heard it all before.
[Dorothy:] And do you think I ought to go then?... Well I mean there might well be something
[Andrew:] I don't mind. Well there might be. But I can understand
[Dorothy:] gripping and of interest but at the same time... my priorities at this moment
[Tim:] got a pip in.... It's gone now.
[Dorothy:] It doesn't seem very fair.
[Andrew:] Fair on who?
[Dorothy:] Him.
[Tim:] Oh here....
[Dorothy:] You alright? Oh it's here it's wet. I wondered what that was there. Must be the oranges do you think? tipped out of your....
[Andrew:] Considering everything put together like... your tiredness... your children
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] not a tremendous amount new just to get there...
[Tim:] Oh!...
[Dorothy:] It is with this one. I haven't seen him for two days. I might feel differently by five o'clock mind you....
[Andrew:] But you ought to let Dawn know.
[Dorothy:] That's true.
[Tim:] I get a biscuit....
[Andrew:] No more biscuits cos you've had
[Dorothy:] You've had six million biscuits already.
[Andrew:] three this morning.
[Tim:] One two three
[Andrew:] Did you?
[Tim:] four.
[Andrew:] You've had four now,.
[Tim:] Cos cos I've just had that one.
[Andrew:] That's right.
[Tim:] That's a plain one.
[Andrew:] That's right.
[Tim:] That's a chocolate one and another chocolate
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER] Chocolate [].
[Tim:] and then I have another.
[Dorothy:] Good gracious.
[Andrew:] You'll go pop. Did you have that many as well? Did you?
[Dorothy:] What is Rosemary thinking of?
[Tim:] I'm gonna tell Rosemary I had a biscuit at home.
[Dorothy:] And I'll be telling Rosemary what I think of her biscuit trips.
[Christopher:] And yesterday we had a treat.
[Dorothy:] Why, what happened yesterday?
[Christopher:] Because... that girl came.
[Dorothy:] Oh yes, she gave you a lolly didn't she? And your teeth will be dropping out.
[Christopher:] A lolly?
[Dorothy:] Mm. Wasn't that what it was?
[Tim:] Lolly?
[Christopher:] What lolly?
[Dorothy:] Didn't you get a l a chewy lolly or something on a stick?
[Christopher:] Mm?
[Dorothy:] From that girl that he's had....
[Andrew:] At school? The one
[Dorothy:] Wasn't that what you came home with?
[Andrew:] Is that what you mean? This treat
[Dorothy:] No? What treat? Was there another one then?
[Christopher:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] Yesterday at school this student girl, not the one at school?
[Christopher:] No. You know that girl came?
[Tim:] I want to watch the telly.
[Dorothy:] Oh, Ellie.
[Christopher:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] You want to watch the telly?
[Tim:] I want to watch video. Video please.
[Dorothy:] Well she didn't give you anything to eat.
[Christopher:] She gave... no she gave us a drink what was
[Andrew:] Right. I expect you can watch a bit of video. A little bit.
[Christopher:] I had
[Dorothy:] She gave you a drink did she... before you went to bed?... Oh.
[Tim:] Atchoo
[Andrew:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] No wonder they were soaked of a night. Yeah, go on....
[Christopher:] Nothing. I had to have a bit because when I put the blackcurrant in there wasn't enough so I had to mix it up with.
[Dorothy:] Oh. We've run short of blackcurrant.
[Andrew:] We haven't got much.
[Christopher:] No we've not got any now.
[Andrew:] But we've got some lemonade and things like that....
[Dorothy:] Thank you... mister tom tom player....
[Christopher:] I've found a drum.
[Dorothy:] You know when these people came to school and played instruments, how many of them were there?
[Christopher:] Erm let me count....
[Dorothy:] Hard work.
[Tim:] Can you see me?
[Dorothy:] No not quite....
[Tim:] There.
[Dorothy:] No, cheeks there. There's loads on your cheeks. I don't know what it is.
[Christopher:] Eight.
[Dorothy:] Eight. A lot of them then?
[Christopher:] Yeah, all
[Dorothy:] Gosh.
[Christopher:] Right let me have another
[Dorothy:] Eight people came? Oh goodness. I didn't realize that many. I thought it would be just two or three people.... Right that cheek's fine. Now try the other cheek Tim.
[Christopher:] Two violins...
[Tim:] Mummy that's done.
[Dorothy:] A cello.
[Christopher:] Yeah. One cello. One, two violins one cello
[Tim:] [shouting] Mummy Mum [].
[Christopher:] er... then
[Dorothy:] No, bit more.
[Christopher:] two things of them and I don't know what they are. That's one two three four
[Dorothy:] Clarinet?
[Tim:] There.
[Christopher:] one
[Dorothy:] Bit more.... Erm here....
[Christopher:] Seven. There's seven. There's that many mum.
[Dorothy:] Oh right. Was anybody on a drum? Or anything like that? A little you know.
[Tim:] I'm gonna play the drum. I'm gonna play the drum.
[Dorothy:] Listen you're not even tidied up yet. Come round here and I'll sort that cheek out for you... cos you've still missed it.... Scrub it hard. No, you're still missing it. Bit further nearer your ea that's it. Go on now try, no... too far back. That's it, try there.
[Christopher:] [banging]
[Dorothy:] Better. What are your hands like?... Okay. Can you take your bib off then?...
[Tim:] Er you please.... No I'm playing. I'm gonna go somewhere
[Christopher:] No I had it first.
[Dorothy:] Can you take that in the kitchen please cos it is biscuits, actually.
[Christopher:] And it could break.
[Dorothy:] Correct.
[Tim:] No it couldn't.
[Dorothy:] Timothy! Timothy, that is not a drum, that is a biscuit barrel. Please take it in the kitchen. Thank you.
[Tim:] Can I have paper please? Can I have paper?
[Dorothy:] What sort of paper?
[Tim:] Paper.
[Dorothy:] What for?
[Tim:] Just to write Tim on.
[Dorothy:] To draw on?
[Tim:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] I'll see what we can find.
[Tim:] With felt tip.
[Dorothy:] With felt tip? I think you're gonna get the felt tip on your hands. We can find some dressing up things.
[Christopher:] In here
[Dorothy:] That's it. And where shall we sign it again?
[Christopher:] Does she live in that one?
[Dorothy:] Erm... yes I should think so. I should think this is her friend, don't you think? Oop... [LAUGHTER] oh look at []....
[Christopher:] No, that one. [reading] Look at the had... had
[Dorothy:] Hat. Look at the
[Christopher:] Look at the at... the... [] can't read that mummy.
[Dorothy:] Well you've got le- and you've got li-.
[Christopher:] Lovely.
[Dorothy:] That's it. Look at this lovely hat....
[Christopher:] [reading] I... I got a hat too... look at my...
[Dorothy:] What's she trying on?
[Christopher:] shoes
[Dorothy:] That's it. Shoes. Look at my shoes.
[Christopher:] I... got those shoes too.
[Dorothy:] Ha... looks funny now.
[Christopher:] look at my very
[Dorothy:] Pretty.
[Christopher:] pretty dress... I got a pretty dress too.... Look at this lovely necklace []... necklace?
[Dorothy:] Beads.
[Christopher:] Beads... beads, they're not beads?
[Dorothy:] Mhm. Look at these lovely beads....
[Christopher:] [reading] Look at these... pretty...
[Dorothy:] What are those things in your ears, do you know?... Earrings.
[Christopher:] Look at pretty earrings.... I I like... dressing up. I like dressing up too.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Christopher:] You look like a []
[Dorothy:] Princess.
[Christopher:] Princess who?
[Dorothy:] I don't know. Just a princess. You look like a princess.
[Christopher:] [reading] And you look like... my mum []. Where? Let me have a...
[Dorothy:] So she looks like a princess and she looks like her mum.
[Christopher:] Yeah that looks like her mum doesn't it?
[Dorothy:] Mm.... Oh here comes dad....
[Christopher:] [reading] Hello hello hello... hello hello hello. What are you doing?... Hello hello... hello what are you do []. Why do I have to say it twice?
[Dorothy:] I don't know really. I think the idea is that you just, they show you who's doing the speaking by putting it in that little bubble from the person and then they write it again at the bottom. I don't know why. You don't have to say it twice if you don't want to. You can just read this bit if you like....
[Christopher:] [reading] Where... doing
[Dorothy:] We're.
[Christopher:] we're dressing up.... I princess T
[Dorothy:] Tamla.
[Christopher:] Tamla and this is Liz
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Liz is your mum.
[Dorothy:] Liz is. You are
[Christopher:] [].
[Dorothy:] . Oh, that's it.... Well that was fun. Now let's see if we can do these.... Yup. Yup.
[Christopher:] Reading.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] Reading?
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] Shop.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] Shopping.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
[Christopher:] Lake.
[Dorothy:] No.
[Christopher:] ?
[Dorothy:] If you look at that bit, you know who that is don't you?
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] That's you. Middle name.
[Christopher:] Market.
[Dorothy:] Market.
[Christopher:] Market.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] I really knew that all the time.
[Dorothy:] Did you?
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] I'm teasing you [].
[Dorothy:] Oh right. Fine, market.
[Christopher:] Two three
[Dorothy:] And what's that's the number two remember.
[Christopher:] ... tummy.
[Dorothy:] Well done. I think you know all those don't you?... I'll pick any one of these, see if you can read it to me are you ready? This one.
[Christopher:] Reading... market [LAUGHTER]... cup...... tummy... sun... moon... market... reading... two...
[Dorothy:] I think you'll know those don't you, when Mrs asks you? Hopefully she'll be back in school on Monday. She wasn't there on Monday was she?... What else have we got in here? We've got some plastic bags. A very fine acrobat. It needs a bit of sellotape there doesn't it?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Do you want to sellotape him up? I like this bit.... Oh I like his mouth. That's good. How did you do that?
[Christopher:] Actually
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] I a bit like this
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] and if you look carefully on this you'll find some of those. There's one mum.
[Dorothy:] Oh. Oh yes I see....
[Christopher:] There's a great big
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] . We could hang this up.
[Dorothy:] We could do. If you get it st erm stuck down properly we can.
[Christopher:] Or I could make it into a puppet.
[Dorothy:] How did you get this stick then? Did you have to saw this stick?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] That's good innit?... Which end did you saw? This bit?...
[Christopher:] Well I... did it... well that's a bit straight isn't it?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] It might be that one.
[Dorothy:] I thought it would be that one cos you'd be a bit wobbly wouldn't you with your sawing?... Or were you straight with your sawing?
[Christopher:] Straight but mum we had a very straight thing which sta stood on the table very hardly and
[Dorothy:] Right. You clamped it down did you? You need some sellotape just there round that arm. On that hand.... Away you go. See what you can do.
[Christopher:] Round that?
[Dorothy:] No that one's alright, that one's stuck.... It's just this one.
[Christopher:] Well you can hold it. Look.
[Dorothy:] Mm very good. We can hang it up. We could hang it... over the stairs instead of that fish. We'll take the fish down... put the clown up instead. Whoops.
[Christopher:] It's an acrobat.
[Dorothy:] Oh, beg his pardon. The acrobat up instead.
[Christopher:] can he swing over?
[Dorothy:] No, not really.
[Christopher:] Yes he can....
[Dorothy:] Ooh!
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] Oh
[Dorothy:] It would be better if he was stuck on properly. Then we could swing him over. Another sticking session.
[Christopher:] A session. A sticking.
[Dorothy:] I've lost my cup of coffee. What did I do with it?... It was when you were playing with it with your fingers, do you remember? Anyway it won't matter. We can use some pliers or something to... bend it back....
[Tim:] [singing] []
[Dorothy:] Hello hello hello hello
[Tim:] [singing] []
[Christopher:] Mummy this is for winter this isn't it?
[Andrew:] Hello. Your er?
[Dorothy:] Yes.
[Christopher:] I don't suppose we could have it
[Dorothy:] For... for the chilly days. Well in the summer you won't need jumpers will you like this?
[Christopher:] No.
[Dorothy:] Hopefully. If we have a good summer. Mind you in the evening, if it gets quite chilly in the evenings so it might be a good jumper to wear in the evenings when we go for our... evening walks by the sea. Oh what a lovely thought daddy.
[Tim:] [singing] []
[Dorothy:] Next time we go to the sea. Oh it's the clip. He's been playing with it, he's bent it out so it. It's on at the moment though.... I tried doing it with my fingers but
[Andrew:] I don't know.
[Dorothy:] Thank you dear. Very helpful.... Very helpful. Oh....
[Christopher:] Mum, what about giving him something for being very...
[Dorothy:] Giving who something? What do you mean?
[Christopher:] Here, I'm gonna whisper you something.
[Dorothy:] Go on.
[Christopher:] [whispering] []
[Dorothy:] Give you what? Why?
[Christopher:] [whispering] []
[Dorothy:] Oh I see. Oh right.
[Tim:] Biscuits.
[Dorothy:] No no. Nothing to do with biscuits.
[Andrew:] Right. We'll have to go
[Christopher:] Nothing to do with biscuits.
[Andrew:] do we need to go upstairs first?
[Dorothy:] Er, I think we should.... Come on....
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER] Chips.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] Chips.
[Dorothy:] I think we should have chips, don't you?
[Tim:] MacDonalds.
[Christopher:] Mac
[Andrew:] Erm... have you got the purse mummy?
[Dorothy:] Erm... I don't know. Have you got some money?
[Andrew:] I haven't got any money.
[Dorothy:] It's alright. I've got loads of money somewhere. It's just a matter of...
[Tim:] It's stopped raining.
[Andrew:] Good. Has John got a new car do you think?
[Dorothy:] Oh well I saw that on Friday. In fact yesterday we said I wonder if he's got a new car or... whether he's got visitors.
[Andrew:] I should imagine it's a new car.
[Dorothy:] Very posh isn't it? Is it new? I mean It's J reg is it?
[Tim:] [singing+shouting] []
[Dorothy:] I I I I told you to.
[Tim:] [singing+shouting] []
[Dorothy:] Will it fit in the garage?...
[Andrew:] It's a bit bigger than our ford escort.
[Tim:] It won't mummy. I don't think it will.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] If it doesn't mum... anyway it wouldn't fit in the garage because there's another car in there.
[Dorothy:] Oh that's a point. That's a bit tricky. Well we think that that might be a new car.
[Andrew:] Yeah, we think it's
[Tim:] [shouting] []. cos we're nearly there.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] We're not nearly there. We haven't even started []....
[Tim:] Nearly there.... Got to be quick.
[Andrew:] did you actually go to sleep mummy?
[Dorothy:] I did.
[Andrew:] Did you?
[Dorothy:] I was absolutely whacked out.
[Andrew:] You've done very well.
[Dorothy:] Well I haven't. You've done all the meals. [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Dad, could you walk it to MacDonalds?
[Andrew:] Well you could. It would be a little bit far for us. But we could if we needed to.
[Dorothy:] Wouldn't be too bad cos you'd go down by the Jolly Farmer.
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] You'd have to walk like Gemma walks to school wouldn't you?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Andrew:] Where does Gemma live?
[Dorothy:] Gemma lives... Oakenshaw
[Christopher:] Yeah, near MacDonalds. Near MacDonalds dad. She lives right near MacDonalds doesn't she?
[Dorothy:] She does actually. [LAUGHTER] Wonder if she goes to MacDonalds every night for her tea?
[Christopher:] No.... But she could walk it from her house couldn't she?
[Dorothy:] She could....
[Christopher:] Because it's not far. Yeah all she has to do is go... go round her bit... round just a normal road, across the road... down a little bit... and she's there.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] It's not very far daddy, is it daddy? A teeny bit. It's only round the corner... from her isn't it mum?... It's only.
[Tim:] [cough] I found it... over here.
[Christopher:] I can't see it. There it is.
[Tim:] There it is.
[Andrew:] There's a lot of people there. Do you think we'll get a seat?
[Dorothy:] Ooh there's a lot of cars.
[Tim:] I see MacDonalds.
[Dorothy:] There's not normally that many people there are there?
[Andrew:] No. It's
[Christopher:] What?
[Andrew:] it's a bit full.
[Dorothy:] Oh it looks crowded. Perhaps there's a party....
[Tim:] It's not a party....
[Christopher:] Perhaps there's only one person in each car at MacDonalds.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] That's true. I can't think that one person in a car on their own would want to go to MacDonalds too often....
[Christopher:] Like a mum or a dad or...
[Dorothy:] Everybody must have thought what a dismal day this is.
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Let's got to MacDonalds for our tea.... Mm it is quite full though.
[Christopher:] How do you know which way
[Andrew:] It is. Are we gonna get i I don't think we're gonna get in.
[Dorothy:] Course we are.
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] I've never known it that full before....
[Andrew:] Where to park?
[Tim:] There's a space.
[Andrew:] There aren't any spaces.
[Dorothy:] Well just keep going round. There was some space at the other end actually.
[Tim:] There's a space. Just missed a space.
[Dorothy:] I don't think we did Tim.
[Andrew:] No there weren't any.
[Dorothy:] No. I think there's one just over here.... Oh
[Tim:] How you space?
[Christopher:] Where?
[Dorothy:] There. That's the one I saw when I was coming in. Don't know if you're meant to use it.
[Andrew:] Well
[Dorothy:] Are those... erm queuing up though?
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Andrew:] I'd better get out this side I think.
[Dorothy:] Why?
[Andrew:] No, your side I mean. Cos it's flowers and things.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Tim:] I the door.
[Dorothy:] See Ronald MacDonald in person here on Sunday the twenty second of March.
[Tim:] I'll go round the door.
[Dorothy:] Appearances at noon and three PM.... I thought the man was dead.
[Tim:] I'm going out here.
[Christopher:] Who is dead?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Ronald MacDonald []. Isn't he dead, Ronald MacDonald?... Or perhaps it's sort of some dressed up character.
[Tim:] Don't!
[Dorothy:] Okay. Are you coming Christopher or are you going to sit here to have your meal? Just wait Tim cos there's lots of cars.
[Tim:] I just going go round.
[Dorothy:] Well just go and stand on that path there cos there's another... another car then. Stay on the path. Wait!... just there.
[Andrew:] Okay just stay, Tim! Stay
[Dorothy:] On that path, go on.
[Andrew:] Stay there.
[Dorothy:] Right stay there, don't move. Yes....
[Christopher:] There's a car there....
[Dorothy:] Okay, right. Away you go.
[Tim:] Ah be quick. Look dad.
[Dorothy:] Yeah sit down. Come on....
[Christopher:] Mum, how many straws do we need?
[Dorothy:] How many what?
[Christopher:] How many straws do we need?
[Dorothy:] I don't know.
[Christopher:] Shall I ask daddy and Tim?... How many we might need?
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Twenty chicken nuggets please.
[speaker006:] Twenty chicken nuggets. Any sauce?
[Dorothy:] And er yeah... tomato ketchup and sweet and sour... please. I can have two of each can't I? And... french fries.... Yeah two large. And two teas two teas two oranges.... Erm... that's it.
[Tim:] Do you want a straw? Mum do you want a straw? straw. Do you want a straw? [shouting] Oy... mum [].
[Christopher:] Do you want a straw mum?
[Dorothy:] Would you not shout at me.
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] Don't shout at me.
[Christopher:] Do you want a straw please?
[Tim:] Mummy do you want a straw?
[Dorothy:] I don't want a straw, no.
[Tim:] I I I I want a straw. Mum mum [shouting] mummy [] I want a straw.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[speaker006:] Two thirteen change.
[Dorothy:] Thank you.
[speaker006:] Dave do you want to take to that lady in the corner. Can I help anyone?
[Christopher:] Mum can I take these to the table?
[Dorothy:] Yes, just go and sit with daddy please. Now stop
[Christopher:] I'll take them.
[Dorothy:] No.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] No thanks. Just milk.... Can you two go and sit down with daddy please cos this is getting silly.
[Tim:] I want to watch.
[Dorothy:] No. Go and sit with daddy.
[Tim:] I want to watch you.
[Dorothy:] Go and sit with daddy. No cos you keep shouting at me. Now go away, please.
[Tim:] shout at you.
[Dorothy:] Now please. Go. Go on please.
[Tim:] .
[Dorothy:] No. I shall just say I'm sorry we don't want this meal and we'll go away. Go and sit down with daddy please.
[speaker006:] Okay?
[Dorothy:] french fries. Say how many Smarties come in a thing. I shouldn't imagine you were. I should think there would be about... dunno... thirty normally....
[Christopher:] It hasn't got holes in it has it? Where's the holes?
[Tim:] It has.
[Dorothy:] It has hasn't it? Yeah it's got loads of holes. Er you could do with something to hold it with or else you're gonna get into a terrible terrible mess. Where did you put all the paper?...
[Tim:] In the bin.
[Dorothy:] Right. Well just have this round it.
[Christopher:] Mum it's gonna take ages to eat these.... It's gonna take ages to eat these mum... dad.
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Tim:] Why?
[Christopher:] mum.
[Dorothy:] I don't know. Depends how long you want for it to take.... Do you want a cup of tea daddy? Another... cup of tea, or a coffee?...
[Andrew:] This thing, is it on, off?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Has it been on?
[Dorothy:] It's not been on, no, I've just switched it on.
[Andrew:] Right,... toast and marmite, times two.
[Dorothy:] I think everything on this erm, machine is to do with food, don't you?
[Andrew:] Probably is.
[Dorothy:] You need to sort of stop and talk when you have food.
[Andrew:] Yes....
[Dorothy:] Yes please... cup of tea... are making it then?...... good!... I did manage to sort out... the food for tomorrow and
[Andrew:] Did you... really?... That's very clever!
[Dorothy:] Well I thought.
[Andrew:] Did you manage to do alright?
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] Found.
[Dorothy:] I mean pinched one of for starters, that makes a difference.
[Andrew:] Did you try it did you?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] No []!
[Andrew:] Ah ho,
[Dorothy:] A pathetic film on, I don't
[Andrew:] Ah!
[Dorothy:] know what it was about, but it was pathetic!
[Andrew:] Ah!
[Dorothy:] Mm.... What's happening tomorrow?
[Andrew:] What do you mean, what's happening tomorrow?
[Dorothy:] Well what is it tomorrow morning and evening and things.
[Andrew:] What?
[Dorothy:] What is it tomorrow morning and evening, and what are we going to do in the afternoon without?
[Andrew:] !
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... I know we'll cope but what are you going to do? Are we inviting anyone?... I know we're not inviting anybody for lunch Christmas day... couldn't cope with that but it would be quite to have them... in the afternoon...... can't cope with the people!
[Andrew:] Oh yeah.... Suppose we should do something, yeah.
[Dorothy:] Well that's what I was thinking, perhaps we could go with somebody somewhere. You know, like by a canal or something.... Perhaps, well if it's snowing it won't be quite the same.
[Andrew:] That's right.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... Conducive to tripping about!... But if it's quite nice weather, it would be nice to invite somebody along... I expect.
[Andrew:] They could just....
[Dorothy:] ... Stratford?
[Andrew:] Yeah... the Stratford Warriors... running about every... six weeks... something like that.
[Dorothy:] Is it six weeks since we saw the last one then?
[Andrew:] They didn't, they we, they have them more frequently now and they're getting even more and more infrequent now for the rest of the year.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] [whispering] And next one [].
[Dorothy:] That's Mother's Day... twenty second.... Is it?... No.
[Andrew:] Mother's Day a fortnight
[Dorothy:] Twenty ninth.
[Andrew:] Somebody will organize a party for Tuesday
[Dorothy:] Yeah they want a party piece on Tuesday. It's alright you don't have to, of cake.... If I don't bake them now my mother.
[Andrew:] Yeah well tell your mother.... I'll have to
[Dorothy:] Yeah I will.
[Andrew:] get one!
[Dorothy:] And it better be a nice one! Pop into Marks and Spencers they have some... amazing shapes in Marks and Spencers that the children will enjoy.
[Andrew:] Really?
[Dorothy:] Mind you it might be expensive.... Tesco's are probably cheaper.... You remember that Tom and Jerry I got for Tim?... Because I couldn't be bothered to cook it.
[Andrew:] Well, leave it up to me, I'll see what I can get... I'll get... for the party.
[Dorothy:] Thank you dear.
[Andrew:] Is that alright?
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] I'll get you some.
[Dorothy:] And I'll just make the rest of the with salad in.
[Andrew:] You're not supposed to.
[Dorothy:] I've told you what we're gonna for Christopher haven't I?
[Andrew:] I know, he went to school to do
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] housework.
[Dorothy:] Is that naughty?... Thursday morning.
[Andrew:] Right, Christopher will be back too!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] I wish I could... I'd like to
[Dorothy:] You what?
[Andrew:] Out at the meeting again on Monday night.
[Dorothy:] On Monday?... Where are you going Monday?
[Andrew:] Going to Sue's house.
[Dorothy:] Oh right... the big... housewife!
[Andrew:] The housewife... mhm.
[Dorothy:] like cooking this week.... Ah, I'm having Jane for a piano lesson, aren't I?
[Andrew:] What day?... Which day?
[Dorothy:] Monday.
[Andrew:] Are you?... Oh well
[Dorothy:] So that fits in quite well... I couldn't remember what I was doing on Monday... but we said, sort of tentatively Monday would be probably quite a good day... I think.... Better than Thursday anyway.... So could Tuesday night be Inspector Morse night?
[Andrew:] Yeah cos my mum will be here then.
[Dorothy:] Oh right... can we not take her home?... [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER] Unpaid []!
[Dorothy:] Well she'll
[Andrew:] We shall see!
[Dorothy:] have been here all day, won't she?... So she might want to go home!... [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]... she wants to tell us all about her wedding
[Dorothy:] Could you tell her we're going to watch Inspector Morse!
[Andrew:] for the third or fourth time! Will she have watched Inspector Morse? She won't of watched it, cos it's bound to be on a Wednesday night!... Does she like Inspector Morse?
[Dorothy:] I don't think she watches it normally.
[Andrew:] No, she probably doesn't like it.... A bit spicy!
[Dorothy:] I bet she would, she loves anything like that!... Bit of a body!... Mind you, it might be... too complicated!
[Andrew:] It was... I remember reading in the paper... that it's been... it's been filmed at a house... which no one 's ever been allowed to go in... even the great... sort of... one of these country mansions, it was not Bradley Hall
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Andrew:] And... even people who write about
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] If it was not Bradley Hall, it can't be Bradley Hall [LAUGHTER] again, they're always going in there []!
[Andrew:] Well that's fine.... It was some country mansion in Oxfordshire... you know?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] It's as you come off the
[Dorothy:] And how did
[Andrew:] and
[Dorothy:] they get permission then?
[Andrew:] They somehow managed to persuade the owners, apparently it was and it was... and nobody else had ever been allowed in this place... not even... erm historians who write about famous buildings, even they had been refused access!
[Dorothy:] Where is it?
[Andrew:] Somewhere in Oxfordshire.
[Dorothy:] Oh!... They don't know where? Oh....... So this was about last week's episode?
[Andrew:] I think it was about last week's epi, but they seem to e... imply that it was last week's episode that would
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Andrew:] do it.
[Dorothy:] We seem to have got one spare video if we don't get it watched before Wednesday.
[Andrew:] Alright.... Well that's the only chance.
[Dorothy:] Oh yeah cos we're going to Maryland tomorrow. your dad.
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Erm... not it wasn't about your dad, it was about my birthday... cos
[Andrew:] Cos yo
[Dorothy:] he'd realized that it was my birthday, and wha, what did I want?... So I said send me a cheque and I'll go and shop.
[Andrew:] And?
[Dorothy:] And... last week cos she's... quite generous isn't she?
[Andrew:] She is a bit but it's.
[Dorothy:] No, I didn't say anything.
[Andrew:] I think that's the thing.
[Dorothy:] So your dad sent a cheque. [LAUGHTER]... Anyway I asked her if she'd heard from your dad, and she has heard from your dad... apparently on Friday... he went... to the... consultant
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] and next week he's got his first... well she didn't know whether it was radiotherapy or chemotherapy.... And she said he has to go trotting to Exeter two or three times a week now.
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] I don't know how long it's going to go on for, or what it is exactly but I thought... it would be a good idea to ring your dad up... and see.
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] ... But at least things have moved, and at least they've gone round.... So I'm pleased really, are you?... Interesting that they've done it so quickly isn't it? After seeing him, because he thought that once... he'd seen the consultant it would then take some time to... get the treatment started, but they must have got themselves over that.
[Andrew:] Yeah.... Well I mean everyone.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] I think.
[Dorothy:] Gotta get moving. And presumably whatever it was the GP had give him... has had tha, upset that thrombosis again.... I don't know whether to ring him tonight, oh it's too late tonight now.
[Andrew:] It's much too late.
[Dorothy:] Perhaps we could ring tomorrow afternoon when the children are up?... Well they love talking to them on the phone don't they?
[Andrew:] I know they do.
[Dorothy:] We could can prime them up on what to say... and types of things to talk about... so they don't get... moaned down or something!... Bogged down!
[Andrew:] So he's had to go in, what did you say? Three times a week?
[Dorothy:] I don't know... she just said
[Andrew:] Something like that
[Dorothy:] a few times a week... and I think it sounded like three... cos she was wondering how he would cope with driving and everything.
[Andrew:] Mm... a trial!
[Dorothy:] Well... I hope not... I mean no he won't be able to drive but presumably your mum can do that for, they've got hundreds of people there, he's always driving people everywhere
[Andrew:] That's right.
[Dorothy:] so I don't see why they can't drive him!... I'm sure they will
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] cos they're very good aren't they? I mean look at that woman doing her... er... from the... from the church.
[Andrew:] At times like this it would be nice if we lived nearer... could help out.
[Dorothy:] It would nice if we lived there but we can't so...
[Andrew:] It's... about.
[Dorothy:] And write as well.
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] Double dose.
[Andrew:] Yes.... And pulled out.
[Dorothy:] Well it's sort of pulled out, but at least it's.
[Andrew:] We'll be paying for it as well.
[Dorothy:] And it's hard as well. We've been paying anyway, so it must of... you know.... What does erm... you see... er... Eileen's... and she's having chemotherapy isn't she? By me, by medication, is that right?
[Andrew:] Well she takes all these tablet things.
[Dorothy:] That's right... she has a sort of... massive dose every now and then.... And that makes her feel... what?... She's not in pain is she? More sort of... dopey.
[Andrew:] I wouldn't care if they made me dazed
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] !
[Dorothy:] Yeah.... I dunno.
[Andrew:] Not gonna
[Dorothy:] Difficult to know. Oh yes, that was it!... I wonder how bad it is, that feeling's like, we don't really know... how bad it is do we?
[Andrew:] No.
[Dorothy:] Perhaps he will be able to say, you know?... But whether he'd tell us over the telephone, you think ask.... I think he would wouldn't he?
[Andrew:] I think so. What do you want on your toast?
[Tim:] ... here's Marmite.
[Andrew:] Right, shall I give the marmalade to you then?
[Tim:] Yes... can we have
[Andrew:] Watch your arm there!
[Tim:] Marmite?
[Andrew:] Which half do you want?
[Christopher:] And marmalade.
[Andrew:] Do you want some marmalade on it?
[Christopher:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] Which half do you want the marmalade on?
[Christopher:] That on?
[Dorothy:] Are you feeling alright before you sort of?
[Andrew:] That one?
[Dorothy:] Oh I see.
[Christopher:] Daddy don't... shout because... I... when it's... and then am I allowed....
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Christopher:] I would be like that.
[Andrew:] Will you?
[Christopher:] And I'll be
[Andrew:] Do you want me to spread it for you?
[Christopher:] Yeah... I want some milk? And I like... and not o, all over the place!
[Andrew:] No, just over half of it... that enough?
[Christopher:] No Marmite!... Don't put Marmite!
[Tim:] Ooh!
[Andrew:] You're having a lot of milk Chris!
[Christopher:] But I like it!
[Andrew:] just cereal.
[Tim:] Poo!
[Andrew:] Christopher's had it all!
[Tim:] I want some!
[Andrew:] Alright, don't get cross with each other!
[Tim:] I want some!... I want some more!
[Dorothy:] Try again Tim!
[Tim:] Please?... And I want daddy to go.
[Dorothy:] Why should daddy have to go?
[Tim:] You've finished that dad!... Okay.
[Christopher:] He made the breakfast with the milk
[Tim:] I want some toast!
[Christopher:] and you have to wash up!
[Tim:] Mum, I want... mum
[Dorothy:] No get me up for it.
[Tim:] I want to lie down.
[Dorothy:] That bad is it?
[Christopher:] Mum, do you want... where am I, where am I going?
[Dorothy:] Oh no we're not gonna take another tape off!
[Christopher:] Why?
[Tim:] It's Sunday today.
[Christopher:] What?
[Tim:] It's Sunday.
[Dorothy:] Sunday today.
[Christopher:] Where are we going?
[Dorothy:] It's a different.... Where do we normally go on Sunday?
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER] []!
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] Where do we normally go on Sunday?
[Tim:] Ch ch church.
[Christopher:] Yeah!
[Tim:] Here we go!
[Dorothy:] There's scramblers today.... Mm... have you seen your scrambler pads? Cos I can't find it.
[Christopher:] What's?
[Tim:] I've not seen it mummy, I've not seen it at all.
[Christopher:] In the church?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] Going to church today.... And you get to go to scramblers... Christopher... is going to
[Dorothy:] Chris is going all weekend.
[Andrew:] the chorus.
[Christopher:] I will dad, it's upstairs.
[Andrew:] Is it?
[Christopher:] In my bedroom. Can I have the Marmite?... Marmite!
[Tim:] The.
[Dorothy:] Get that.
[Andrew:] That's the one.
[Christopher:] !
[Tim:] When we were at the park I took the down there cos
[Dorothy:] You've done a lot of shouting today Chris!
[Tim:] Hello!
[Dorothy:] Pardon? You want a coat, why didn't use a coat, what you're wearing... put it on... Why don't you get dressed?
[Andrew:] I refuse to get dressed!
[Christopher:] I'm not cold.
[Dorothy:] You're not cold... you just want to be cuddled.
[Christopher:] has another.
[Dorothy:] Have you been to
[Tim:] Mum?
[Dorothy:] the toilet recently?
[Christopher:] Yes another...
[Dorothy:] Try it!... Helps you feel better.
[Christopher:] I er... go and get a knock!
[Tim:] Mum?... That
[Christopher:] Look!
[Tim:] maybe.
[Dorothy:] Oh good!... That's probably the trouble if you've been eating too much.
[Andrew:] In future we'll get the out.
[Dorothy:] I think so.
[Andrew:] Really... and erm, just absolutely
[Dorothy:] If he does that.
[Andrew:] ... before I could stop him, he'd bought his...!
[Christopher:] Oy!... I want some... I haven't got enough!
[Dorothy:] Oh Good morning dear!... So nice to see you this morning.
[Tim:] It is.
[Dorothy:] Are you tired?
[Andrew:] Different... when you're not well... you feel tired.
[Tim:] Mummy, can I get?
[Dorothy:] Well... it's there!
[Tim:] Well something to cover me up.
[Dorothy:] Well I think you should get dressed rather than do that.... And then you can have, be covered up when you're dressed.... Cos then you'll be warmer, especially round your feet.
[Tim:] I'm not cold!
[Andrew:] You're not saying you are cold and then you're... saying you're not cold! Are you shivering?
[Christopher:] May I please it?
[Dorothy:] Go on then.
[Christopher:] You!
[Dorothy:] How have you managed to Marmite round your eye?
[Christopher:] Eye?
[Dorothy:] Mm... look.... Did he look ill before he started on his breakfast daddy?
[Andrew:] I dunno.
[Christopher:] I was all... to the fountain... for daddy's.
[Dorothy:] Oh!
[Tim:] Mum I didn't tell her... twenty two days
[Dorothy:] Good!
[Tim:] I left school.
[Dorothy:] No you didn't, or this week.... They owe you forty P.... Thank you.... No.
[Tim:] milk... mummy!
[Christopher:] But he's dad... too.
[Dorothy:] Do you feel sick or what?
[Andrew:] Ah well you eat that bit of toast, I'll leave it there.
[Dorothy:] Just achy.
[Tim:] Just
[Dorothy:] Tired.
[Tim:] Here's my cracker?
[Dorothy:] Let me see.
[Tim:] It's gone.
[Christopher:] Your colouring book's here.
[Tim:] It's yo... that's my colouring book.
[Christopher:] Well have you noticed it's missing?
[Tim:] He's my colouring book.
[Dorothy:] Oh.... I haven't looked actually.
[Christopher:] It is.
[Dorothy:] Is it.
[Christopher:] And I haven't been doing it.
[Tim:] Here's my cracker!
[Dorothy:] Oh what a lovely cracker! [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Nothing in!
[Dorothy:] No you're not
[Tim:] No.
[Christopher:] No.... He's opened it already, at the top!
[Tim:] Oh there's your... I'll go upstairs... cos I was going to... scramble a badge with Christopher.
[Dorothy:] And explorer badge for Christopher. Scrambler badge for you.... Right... you can have a lie down now.
[Christopher:] Mum I want to cuddled!
[Tim:] Bye!
[Christopher:] ... I broke it!... I broke it!
[Dorothy:] Do you want a cushion for your head?
[Christopher:] Yes please.
[Tim:] I've got it!... I've got it!
[Dorothy:] Thank you Tim.
[Tim:] I've got it!
[Dorothy:] Oh do
[Tim:] Here you are.
[Dorothy:] Thank you... we'll just put it on the little table here, look... for a bit... until it's time to... put it on.
[Tim:] Here it is.... I can go pig!... I did have a sweetie... yesterday on the... [singing]... di dee dee... der sweeties... []... Bye!... Ooh!
[Dorothy:] Whoops a daisy!... Rice Krispies on the floor!
[Tim:] I'm bringing them back.
[Dorothy:] If you suddenly feel sick, there's the bowl okay?... No, just leave it on the edge, he doesn't want it up his nose!... That's it. Are you alright?
[Christopher:] No!
[Dorothy:] What's the matter?... Your jumper goes in, not the bottom drawer but the next drawer up.... You found it?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Oh good.
[Tim:] This cupboard...... this cupboard.
[Dorothy:] Oh that's in with your... that's in with your trousers, did you take your jumper out?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Put it in this one, that's the jumper drawer.
[Tim:] Put the jumpers in here please!
[Dorothy:] Yes please.... Oops!
[Tim:] Put i... Put your jumper in there.
[Dorothy:] Jumpers in that one, and then the bottoms in that one.... There's some more pyjamas... where will they go? Mhm.... I think there might be more pyjamas, I'll go and se
[Tim:] Can't do it!
[Dorothy:] Can't you?... If you leave that drawer open, I think there's more pyjamas to come... so I'll get them for you.... There you are, there's the tops... to the pyjamas.
[Tim:] I just closed the... cupboard.
[Dorothy:] Right.... Right, the same drawer that you put the jumper in... that one goes in.
[Tim:] .
[Dorothy:] Mm.... Right, now then... wait a minute!... The sock can go wi, the same as the jumper again.... That one.
[Tim:] No... you can't get in the
[Dorothy:] Those are daddy's, okay?... Daddy's socks.... Now where are you putting daddy's socks?
[Tim:] In the... in daddy's drawer.... In.... I just... put it in this one.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Tim:] Look.
[Dorothy:] Wonderful! Now the bottom drawer over there, you can put my jumper in.... No the bottom drawer look!... That's for things like this, I put these in there.... Right, down below now you to, the bottom
[Tim:] Where?
[Dorothy:] drawer.... Right at the bottom.
[Tim:] That one?
[Dorothy:] Yep.... No, that's the middle... oh that's it, the bottom one, it's come out.... That's the one!
[Tim:] This?
[Dorothy:] Yep... jumper can go in there.... The other side, look there, there's a space, can you see?
[Tim:] Where?
[Dorothy:] Why don't you just stuff it in it'll just!... That's it!... Thank you.... Now we here your... pants and socks and... trousers
[Tim:] go in the
[Dorothy:] that's a... your bottom
[Tim:] socks.
[Dorothy:] drawer.
[Tim:] There... is... my bottom.... Come on!
[Dorothy:] I'm coming!
[Tim:] No... where's should the... socks
[Dorothy:] Right at the bottom.
[Tim:] Here?
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Tim:] This one?
[Dorothy:] Yeah... and the pants and the trousers.
[Tim:] Yeah pe
[Dorothy:] Now these are all Christopher's ones.... Gotta put those in Christopher's drawer. And then there's just your vest now to go in the same drawer as your jumper.... No... that's the trousers... that's it!
[Tim:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] There's much there.
[Tim:] Two open.
[Dorothy:] Yeah that's cos the drawers are a bit peculiar!... Right... good I think we've done it now.
[Tim:] No we haven't.
[Dorothy:] I think we have.... The rest is all ironing... so we take that down to the ironing basket.... Alright?... Let's go and leave daddy in peace.
[Tim:] Where did I take it?... paper, where's my paper...?
[Dorothy:] There's some paper in your
[Tim:] Well where about
[Dorothy:] bedroom.... There's some on the floor there look... why don't you take that downstairs, and use it.
[Tim:] Where?
[Dorothy:] On the floor.
[Tim:] No, write down on my... boating one!
[Dorothy:] Your boating one.
[Tim:] I want to read to daddy.
[Dorothy:] I don't know which is your boati, oh I know, it's in my bedroom... cos you were making mummies all over it.... Are you coming downstairs now?
[Tim:] I'm coming!... I wanna lift!
[Dorothy:] You wanna lift what?
[Tim:] .
[Dorothy:] I'm not giving you a lift downstairs, come off it
[Tim:] Yeah, oh!... I can't get down now!
[Dorothy:] Why don't you
[Tim:] Oh!
[Dorothy:] sit down, and bump down like you usually do
[Tim:] No!
[Dorothy:] when you want to go fast?
[Tim:] Oh!
[Dorothy:] Oh!
[Christopher:] Mummy!
[Dorothy:] Hello!... Are you still feeling pathetic!... I thought you might have recovered by now.... I thought you might have recovered by now.... Are you hurting?... Or are you just tired?... You're hurting.
[Christopher:] [cough]
[Tim:] Mummy I want a lift!
[Dorothy:] Well I'm not coming up the steps, and lift you down the steps!... You're perfectly capable of coming down yourself!
[Tim:] !... I can't go down cos I now!
[Dorothy:] Sit down on your bottom and I'll catch you at the bottom, right you ready?... On your marks... get set... bump!... be domp be domp be domp be domp be domp be domp be domp be domp be domp be domp be domp be domp, got you!
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Well done!
[Tim:] Aha ha!
[Dorothy:] Aha aha!
[Tim:] Aha!
[Dorothy:] You got a?
[Tim:] Ah.... Daddy's note book.
[Dorothy:] Daddy's note book... ooh I shouldn't lose that!... Has that come out of his pocket?... It's probably got in it all his train numbers.
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] It's probably got all his train numbers in.... I don't think these trees are gonna grow, do you? Oh yes, I can see one little seed! Hey look at this!
[Christopher:] Oh What?
[Dorothy:] In here... there's one very, very tiny little... a sort of seedling coming up, can you see a little spark of green just there?... Just one.... Oh look there's another one!
[Christopher:] see the.
[Dorothy:] Two. Don't know if you'll see it over there, I think you might have to be in the light.... Here look... inside here... it's meant to be bonsai trees but I don't know whether I'll ever remem... materialize. Somebody gave us one for Christmas.... Can you see?... If you look very carefully you can just see a couple of little green shoots starting to come.
[Christopher:] I can only see one, I can't see another.
[Dorothy:] Oh
[Tim:] Mum
[Dorothy:] I can see one in a big lump.
[Tim:] You sit down.
[Dorothy:] One in a big lot?
[Christopher:] Big one... but I can only see that.
[Tim:] Mummy!
[Dorothy:] Hello!
[Tim:] Sit down because I
[Christopher:] There's a green looking spot there.
[Tim:] the says I can't
[Christopher:] Can you see any?
[Tim:] because of daddy.
[Christopher:] Look.
[Tim:] please?
[Dorothy:] Okay, can I feed the fish first, cos these poor fish haven't been fed yet.
[Christopher:] Yes.... You sit down!
[Dorothy:] I will!... I'll sit down, I'll sit down, just hold on!... Finish doing the jobs.
[Tim:] Oh.
[Christopher:] Mum, is it meant to be a tree when it grows up?
[Tim:] You
[Dorothy:] Well
[Tim:] you coming back?
[Dorothy:] it's meant to be a bonsai tree which looks like a tree but it's only very small... like that high.... But at the moment I think there's lots and lots of seeds.... I think there could be about fifteen trees in there, so far. That fish came zooming up to the top then, to see what you were doing.
[Christopher:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] Now then Tim, not too much, alright?... These are fish, not sharks. Go on.
[Tim:] Ha ha!
[Dorothy:] Wah hey, look at that one, it must feel hungry!
[Tim:] Oh dear! That's a lot!
[Dorothy:] Oh it's not too bad.
[Tim:] A tiny bit.
[Dorothy:] Only a tiny bit now, yeah.
[Christopher:] Oh!
[Dorothy:] That's it, go on then.... That's it, lovely!... Put the top on.
[Christopher:] Put the on.
[Tim:] The fish have got very... big red... do you put that bit in?
[Dorothy:] No, just put the top on.
[Christopher:] Ah oh!
[Tim:] A bit more in there.
[Christopher:] Ha ha ha!... Ha ha ha!
[Dorothy:] What's the matter with you?
[Christopher:] Aha aha... aha aha!
[Tim:] Some in there.
[Dorothy:] Why don't we take that to the kitchen then, it'll be out of the way.
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] Ha!
[Dorothy:] Looks rather funny that, I think that lid's a little bit large do you?
[Tim:] Ma ee ee ee ee ee ee.
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] The lid, do you think it's a bit large?
[Christopher:] No.
[Dorothy:] Oh, you think it's alright?... Yeah, hold on... these poor fish are gonna be able to jump out of there... if they need... if they want to.... Ooh ah ah ah!
[Christopher:] Don't be so noisy!... They will be frightened then.
[Dorothy:] Mm, they're probably used to it by now!... Come on.... Ow!... My toe!... Right, what are we drawing?
[Tim:] Daddy.
[Dorothy:] I think you need to go to the toilet don't you?... Yes... oh dear, if it's not one thing it's another!
[Christopher:] Is it wet?
[Dorothy:] It's just damp actually.
[Christopher:] Because the wee wee has dried up.
[Dorothy:] No, I just think
[Tim:] Wee wee please.
[Dorothy:] it's just sort of started.
[Tim:] Oh!
[Christopher:] Why did he.
[Tim:] Oh.... And you go down... and you catch me!... Could you go down... and catch me?
[Dorothy:] Well let's wee first shall we?
[Tim:] There's no poo... there's no poo... there's no poo!
[Dorothy:] Right.... It was a good job I noticed, wasn't it? Would you of noticed?... Mm?
[Tim:] Ee, if you've finished the... toilet... and you go down... and catch me.... Yeah you go... down and catch me... please?... Go down... then catch me down... i... you catch me... Catch!... On... er
[Dorothy:] Orgh!... Got you!
[Tim:] If you sit on
[Christopher:] Mum.
[Tim:] this one, cos you're
[Dorothy:] I like sitting on this one.
[Tim:] No... if you sit here... cos look... I... and we sit here.
[Dorothy:] You can bring it here... I've got sat down now, I can't cope, I'm too old!... Go on.
[Tim:] Now do this... you put this... there.
[Dorothy:] You're not going to draw first, no?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Tim:] Cos I said... I'm going to read this!
[Dorothy:] Okay.
[Christopher:] Mum?... Where's my aeroplane?
[Tim:] I want to do
[Dorothy:] Yeah, your aeroplane's upstairs.
[Tim:] colouring.
[Dorothy:] Do you want to do it?
[Tim:] I can do colouring.
[Dorothy:] Off you go then.
[Tim:] I'll do some
[Christopher:] Can you help?
[Tim:] colouring.
[Christopher:] Can you help me?
[Dorothy:] What, make the aeroplane?
[Tim:] Mummy
[Dorothy:] That's it.
[Tim:] you have to colour it... cos... it's a by the cooker... colour.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] A cooker []!
[Tim:] No, colour.
[Dorothy:] Colour, right okay. Are you going to get some pencil crayons to do
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] it with?
[Christopher:] Mum!
[Dorothy:] So instead of getting ordinary crayons... because
[Christopher:] Wendy got some Lego.
[Dorothy:] I think you should just get pencil crayons cos otherwise we'll never be able to use them.
[Christopher:] Rosemary got some Lego, did you know that?
[Dorothy:] Pardon?
[Christopher:] Rosemary got some Lego.
[Dorothy:] Rosemary's got some Lego?... Oh that's nice.
[Christopher:] ... he got a boat... a little boat.
[Dorothy:] Oh lovely!... Actually
[Christopher:] And
[Dorothy:] those won't be any use will they Tim? Can you see those up there in the... those will be the best.... Shall I come and help you cos I don't think you ought to s
[Tim:] Let me do it myself!
[Christopher:] Not on the one is his.
[Dorothy:] Can't reach there.
[Christopher:] You'll see the names on them.
[Dorothy:] Oh right.
[Christopher:] Will you say to me
[Dorothy:] Or even better look, these ones... these will be best... for our job.... Shall we do it at the table?
[Christopher:] Have you got mine one
[Tim:] Yeah!
[Christopher:] ?
[Dorothy:] Do you want to go and get your aeroplane, cos I can sit at the table and colour with one hand, and make aeroplanes with the other.
[Tim:] Mine!
[Dorothy:] No, his aeroplane.... Right, are we ready?... Here's somebody going to the dentist in this book.
[Tim:] Feeling a bit sick.
[Dorothy:] Do you darling?... Oh dear!... Are you coming Tim?
[Tim:] No not yet.
[Dorothy:] What you doing?
[Christopher:] I'm just trying to get them... at the back... did you know?... That book.....
[Tim:] Come on, there's a chair.
[Christopher:] Did you know that
[Tim:] No the
[Christopher:] said it was my fault and that
[Tim:] no the green
[Christopher:] ...
[Tim:] Thank you.... Can you er
[Dorothy:] Can't hear you properly, don't know what you're talking about.
[Tim:] If you... have
[Christopher:] Mum!
[Dorothy:] Yeah, I'm not listening properly
[Christopher:] When you wanna say something
[Tim:] it go blue.
[Christopher:] .
[Dorothy:] I can't hear you love, you'll have to come and talk to me in here.
[Tim:] No, if you have blue.
[Christopher:] Why can you hear me?
[Tim:] If you have blue.
[Dorothy:] Cos Tim's talking to me as well, and I'm not being that clever.
[Tim:] The blue... there's a blue.
[Christopher:] I go
[Tim:] Oh!
[Christopher:] with you talking.
[Tim:] Ah.
[Dorothy:] That's broken that one.
[Tim:] Have... I think I need a
[Christopher:] Mum!
[Tim:] sharpener.
[Dorothy:] Tell me again, tell me about Christopher in the playground.
[Christopher:] Yeah, right... I went in the playground.
[Tim:] Where's the... no.
[Christopher:] and
[Dorothy:] You were in
[Tim:] Ah
[Dorothy:] the playground.
[Tim:] I have that one please.
[Christopher:] I was in the playground... playing with Ve... Verona... and guess what happened?... I was just walking back to go... and he'd got a
[Dorothy:] Oh right.
[Christopher:] Chris wanted to into me on purpose.
[Dorothy:] On purpose!
[Christopher:] He was looking where he was going!
[Tim:] These are.
[Christopher:] And he said it was my fault, but it wasn't!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Was it mummy?
[Dorothy:] Well I don't, I presume it wasn't.
[Tim:] Need a bin..
[Dorothy:] Mind you, if you were going the same way as he wanted go, and he was going the way you wanted to go
[Tim:] Need a bin.
[Dorothy:] and nobody wanted to move, then you would bang, and it
[Tim:] Need a bin!
[Dorothy:] would be both people's fault.... You do need a bin, you're right, it's over there.
[Tim:] Is she in the
[Christopher:] Darren just
[Tim:] , Mummy!
[Christopher:] And also I was telling
[Dorothy:] Well that's
[Tim:] Mummy!
[Dorothy:] what he was doing too.
[Tim:] If you look after these, and I
[Dorothy:] I'll look after those.
[Tim:] with the bin.
[Dorothy:] And while you're at it with the bin get yourself a tissue as well, to wipe your nose.... The trouble is, you see, if Christopher's doing what he wants to do, you're doing what you all want to do... and then both... both of you crash in the middle... it's nobody's fault particularly is it? [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] It... I didn't go like that.
[Dorothy:] Well what you've got to do, you've both got to learn.
[Christopher:] I was... I was... there
[Dorothy:] You've both got to learn
[Christopher:] and I was there... Jemima was there... I was there, and Jemima there
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] Chris was there
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] and I went round there and he went straight into me.
[Dorothy:] Oh there we go.... I suspect that one day, you'll both learn to look where you're going... and both move... out of the way.
[Tim:] Can you get a nice.
[Dorothy:] So nobody is to back.
[Christopher:] Well I didn't him coming, and Ian saw me coming.
[Dorothy:] Are you going to get that aeroplane?
[Christopher:] Yeah.
[Tim:] ... look
[Christopher:] I know what number we're up to.... Erm... number one....
[Dorothy:] Ah you've... already wiped your nose, you've wiped it over your cheek!... Yuk!... Urgh, what a mess!... Right, what are we doing now, sharpening this?
[Tim:] Yeah.... Cos it's you... cos we've had blue.... I'm just gonna put.
[Dorothy:] Shall I help you?... Cos I don't
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] think you're getting very far are you?
[Andrew:] Okay.
[Christopher:] In the cu... the little cupboard...... and you've gotta new book?
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] Right... I found that one.
[Dorothy:] Did you put it back in his pocket?
[Christopher:] No.
[Dorothy:] No.... I think you should, do you?
[Christopher:] But I don't know where it is.
[Dorothy:] Hello dear. Are you sorted?
[Andrew:] I couldn't find... can't find any books... on
[Dorothy:] What books?
[Andrew:] well you know... we've been reading stories, little ones, that was only two I could find but there weren't any stories
[Dorothy:] Well no, cos they're all in the pile love... somewhere.
[Andrew:] Well, they weren't!... Cos I've had a look at those pile, they didn't include them.
[Dorothy:] Didn't... didn't include what?
[Andrew:] He was listing I should read a story on, mother feeding the five thousand
[Dorothy:] Oh it doesn't what you
[Andrew:] or something like that.... But these are
[Dorothy:] what you mean the
[Andrew:] the only ones that I've found... well they were, that was all.
[Dorothy:] I don't care what it was, it was just kind of, you know, a story that... they might know.
[Tim:] Can you do it cos they're not
[Christopher:] No, there we go. I'll take that
[Dorothy:] just happened to be the children's, that's all.
[Andrew:] Does that matter?... I mean I'll bring them back again.
[Dorothy:] I suppose as long as you bring them back, it won't matter.
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] As long as they don't want to borrow them....
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Cos I thought it wasn't very fair to lend out the children's stuff
[Andrew:] No.
[Dorothy:] I suppose for... hours... cos I had loads from when I was teaching so wi... that, I've donated those cos... our own children would never get to mark them. Oh well ma, we were considering... ooh we got a green Jesus here!
[Tim:] A green face. cos...... like that but
[Christopher:] Right, now, we don't need that for a.
[Dorothy:] Is little girl still in bed, oh well we'll make her food up shall we?
[Tim:] Because... that will be blue with that then.
[Christopher:] Right, I'm gonna make
[Dorothy:] blue, are they?... Actually I don't think they are really you know!... Do I look blue?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] We have blue clothes sometimes
[Tim:] Er
[Dorothy:] don't you?
[Tim:] I've got blue ones.
[Dorothy:] You don't usually have a blue
[Tim:] I did you a blue face.
[Christopher:] But we blue fa
[Dorothy:] Cos you don't usually have a blue face!... Still, when you're drawing, you can draw anything really.... Might have a red dress... oh it's pyjamas I suppose, if they're in bed... or a nightie?... Try and give her a red nightie.
[Tim:] That's the sky... it's all
[Dorothy:] No, that's supposed to be what he's thinking look... he's got little blobs coming from his head.
[Tim:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Cos he's thinking about Jesus.... I think he's going to the dentist or something, and he's a bit frightened... so he thinks, he thinks of that. What's the matter Christopher?
[Christopher:] And you get... a lot
[Andrew:] I don't need to... do all of this from an actual point
[Dorothy:] No.
[Andrew:] of view.... So, this is all food that is
[Christopher:] Wow wee!
[Dorothy:] That's fair enough.
[Christopher:] Do you know
[Andrew:] Take
[Christopher:] one thing you know how.
[Andrew:] Whoops!... Whoops a daisy!
[Christopher:] It's, it's... to have a piano
[Dorothy:] Do want some lemonade then?
[Christopher:] cos that is
[Tim:] Here.
[Dorothy:] Daddy!
[Andrew:] It will be best if you sat down... don't you think mummy?... He ought to sit down shouldn't he?
[Dorothy:] Yep. [tv in background] Hello... do you want to come and join us?...... Do you need the toilet?... Do you want to switch the telly off then?... I should stay lying down if I were you.
[Andrew:] You can carry on watching videos
[Christopher:] I feel dizzy!
[Dorothy:] Dizzy? Well lie down.
[Christopher:] No, mum when I lie down I get more dizzier!
[Dorothy:] Do you?... I would of thought you'd of been better if you just... well just sit down then love.... Shall I switch this... to go?
[Tim:] He's got.
[Dorothy:] Still there.
[Andrew:] I just think it's just... the same hanky.
[Tim:] And dad's.
[Christopher:] I want a drink of water? [pouring]
[Dorothy:] There you go.... Just drink it gently now.
[Christopher:] Ha!
[Andrew:] Try erm....
[Dorothy:] Do you think you're gonna be sick again?... I'll and get you a box.... I didn't realize they had got so... one of these, I should... bought some more shouldn't I?... Ah?
[Andrew:] Pardon?
[Dorothy:] Open.
[Andrew:] It's alright I've got a few tins,.
[Dorothy:] It's a good job grandma's away really isn't it?
[Christopher:] Why?
[Andrew:] Cut your chops up.
[Dorothy:] Cos she'll be
[Christopher:] Should I make it small like my?
[Dorothy:] happy to see you being sick!
[Andrew:] No.... I can't do it because I'll start chopping.
[Dorothy:] What have you done all morning then?... I suppose it wasn't really that much of a morning... by the time you got home again.
[Andrew:] No....... to make sure they're alright... then they switched the telly on and fetched a couple of......, the adult programme....
[Dorothy:] What?
[Andrew:] They want an invitation typed.
[Dorothy:] You're not having a earlier?... Oh they have it early in the morning, about half nine or something.
[Andrew:] They might, they might.... Yeah.... They seem to be mainly, sort of, business programmes or alternative... my one was, sort of, how to keep the customers happy.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Doing the bus conductor, do you remember the bus driver, the bus conductor?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Must of been desperate []!
[Andrew:] He was very happy wasn't he?... Kept on smiling and.
[Dorothy:] How to keep them happy.
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Christopher:] Ooh, who had he got?
[Andrew:] He was talking to the passengers on the bus.
[Christopher:] But isn't he called?
[Andrew:] And telling them things.... I don't know what his name was actually.... double decker bus... didn't he?
[Christopher:] London one.
[Andrew:] London.
[Tim:] Why?
[Andrew:] Because he's a bus conductor.
[Christopher:] I can do the
[Andrew:] And he.... Anyway mummy, how was it?... From what you saw,?
[Dorothy:] Well our little group of six was very nice.... Very clever.
[Andrew:] Which ones were they?
[Dorothy:] Erm... a new girl called Jadie...
[Christopher:] Oh yeah.
[Dorothy:] and Samantha.
[Christopher:] [singing] Ha ha ha er er [].
[Dorothy:] Samantha... don't worry... and... Paul... Paula... who was very sweet, and told us about... when her parents split up... Reece... who was also very sweet... and erm... Paula
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] who turned out to be able to read... quite a lot.
[Andrew:] Did she?
[Dorothy:] Mm... cos we decided it wasn't worth splitting into two groups, everybody else.
[Andrew:] .... So was Mary Beth helping you?
[Dorothy:] Mm.... I had her anyway, just in case.
[Andrew:] Do you know if she minds or was she.
[Dorothy:] No.... She's quite happy.
[Andrew:] so what are we going to do?... Lots of fun.
[Dorothy:] We just did what we were supposed to do really... ha ha... we actually read the first one of the quests together, so it was good... you know, we decided what to do... how to do it.... They all... one kind or another.
[Andrew:] Is this the new library now, or is it... the new extended?
[Dorothy:] Well
[Tim:] He's only got a little.
[Andrew:] Does that make sense?
[Christopher:] [cough]
[Andrew:] since the adult.... Oh Tim!... Tim, Tim!
[Tim:] Can I?
[Andrew:] Yeah well let me change that bit over.
[Dorothy:] There's plenty of adult books that can be used, still.
[Andrew:] Mhm.
[Dorothy:] But... seems a pity doesn't it?
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] On that.
[Tim:] I don't want peas.
[Andrew:] Don't you?
[Dorothy:] Well, eat up... eat up the broccoli then.
[Tim:] What?... Eat what?
[Andrew:] Eat up all your broccoli.
[Dorothy:] No I don't want you
[Andrew:] Tim, come on
[Christopher:] [cough]
[Andrew:] eat some of it!
[Tim:] I don't want!
[Andrew:] Oh
[Dorothy:] Oh!
[Andrew:] Tim!... You haven't eaten any of this!... Just because it's crispy.
[Tim:] Mm it's crispy!
[Dorothy:] Put that down please, and cut it into... pieces.... Timothy, that is disgusting!... There's too much when you do that.
[Tim:] The horrible!
[Dorothy:] Well it's only horrible cos you've put too much of it in your mouth at once.... Just have little pieces of it.
[Tim:] I can't!
[Dorothy:] Looks as though there's gonna be no pudding unless you do!
[Tim:] I can't with this bit!
[Dorothy:] I think you're just being a bit too silly with your food!
[Tim:] I can't have it now!
[Dorothy:] Eat that bit.... There.... And eat it properly this time!
[Tim:] Oops!... Wooh!... She jumped off the tree!...... oh oh oh a tree.
[Dorothy:] There was only two of them in scramblers.
[Andrew:] Only two in scramblers!
[Dorothy:] Mm... very
[Andrew:] Oh!
[Dorothy:] low day today.
[Andrew:] Really!... And there's you, who else was in scramblers with you?
[Tim:] Erm... Sarah.
[Andrew:] Sarah... oh!
[Tim:] And nobody else!
[Andrew:] And nobody else!
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] No they.
[Andrew:] Yes that's true, yeah.
[Dorothy:] But no, no... there was a lot of adults there but obviously not families.
[Tim:] I go...
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] And one or two had farmed on their children out over there, like you know, the and made a family.
[Andrew:] Oh yeah.
[Dorothy:] They seemed to be a there in it's entirety and...... erm... Graham and... Kirsty, they were away with their gran.
[Andrew:] That was the beginning of the service.
[Dorothy:] Oh very jolly, yes, they enjoyed that.
[Andrew:] he can't.
[Dorothy:] What, sat
[Tim:] Go!
[Dorothy:] next to them, yeah?... Erm... he was speaking and I think she was singing!
[Andrew:] ... stood up when.
[Dorothy:] No.
[Tim:] Mum!
[Dorothy:] Everybody seemed alive this morning
[Tim:] Mummy!
[Dorothy:] you know, sometimes people, sort of, look as if they've just got out of bed!
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Probably they had!... They seemed sort of keen and enthusiastic today.... That's nice
[Tim:] I don't want that there!
[Dorothy:] it sort of inspires everybody to be keen and enthusiastic then.... There seem to be... large quantities of path finders going up and down like those.
[Andrew:] Yes there were.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] You see, I know...
[Dorothy:] Well, I asked them you know, and they said
[Andrew:] Did you?
[Dorothy:] oh yes, it went very jollily.
[Tim:] I don't want this bit!
[Dorothy:] Well I'm not surprised when it's been in your mouth, and then you threw it out again!... You were a bit silly to put it all in at once, weren't you really?
[Christopher:] [whispering] Please may I take []?
[Dorothy:] Keep, your legs, what love? Your legs are hurting you?
[Christopher:] There.
[Dorothy:] Where is it hurting, just your legs?
[Tim:] Er er er er ah er er.
[Christopher:] [cough]
[Tim:] It's a bobbly one!
[Christopher:] [cough] [crockery noise]
[Tim:] A butter bean!
[Andrew:] Put them on there.... Thank you.
[Tim:] [singing] Da dor dor da dor dor dor dor dor dor dor dor [].... Dad!
[Dorothy:] Do you think you ought to go back to bed?
[Tim:] Daddy!
[Andrew:] Yes, okay
[Tim:] Daddy!
[Andrew:] just a minute, I can't... hold it at the moment Tim!
[Tim:] Dad!... [shouting] Dad []!
[Andrew:] Tim, I can't hold it at the moment!
[Tim:] Daddy!... Dad!
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Tim:] Here you are!
[Dorothy:] Does your head hurt?
[Tim:] I've got something.
[Andrew:] Thank you.
[Dorothy:] Your head, ache
[Tim:] It's... fizzy!
[Andrew:] Right.
[Tim:] And that's it.
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Tim:] Here's one... two more.
[Andrew:] Right.... Thank you.
[Dorothy:] You cold?
[Tim:] No more!
[Andrew:] I left the heating on.
[Dorothy:] He's... sweltered actually!
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] He's got a temperature.
[Tim:] Oh!... Well where's our spoons?
[Dorothy:] Well some of us have got spoons here.
[Andrew:] They're on there!
[Tim:] Where's my spoon?
[Dorothy:] Here.
[Tim:] Chris use this.
[Dorothy:] Christopher doesn't need one.
[Tim:] That spoon is spare!...... One, two...... two....
[Christopher:] Oh mum!
[Dorothy:] Have a good cough, see if you can spit it up, whatever's.
[Christopher:] [cough]
[Dorothy:] If it comes out of your mouth spit it out, rather than let it go back down to your... tummy.
[Christopher:] [cough]
[Tim:] I'm not going to.... I, I'm gonna do these out.... Why only three?... I, I'll go and get them.
[Dorothy:] Right... get them out.
[Tim:] Mum!
[Christopher:] Oh oh!
[Dorothy:] Thank you.
[Tim:] There's yours... spoon.
[Dorothy:] Going places?... Where you going?
[Tim:] Do some drawing... erm... oh!
[Andrew:] Can you manage Tim?
[Tim:] No!
[Andrew:] Shall I come and help you out?
[Dorothy:] Let me switch this thing off, it seems
[Tim:] I've done it now.
[Dorothy:] a bit silly having it on when we're... trying to. Is there?... There's supposed to be two there!
[Christopher:] Yeah alright.
[Dorothy:] Oh... a bit worrying, there's only one, we must of lost one.
[Christopher:] Can I have those?
[Dorothy:] What?
[Christopher:] I got.
[Dorothy:] I thought you only got one?
[Christopher:] No I got... that one there.
[Dorothy:] Oh I see, you got two yellows.... You can have those yellows if you like.... Right can you pass the not being very well.
[Andrew:] [yawning] Oh []!
[Christopher:] But that, you can't take them.
[Dorothy:] Okay. I don't think it will take much to count mine! One, two, three
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] No []!
[Dorothy:] four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen.
[Christopher:] That's a lot.
[Dorothy:] I'm gonna guess, I'm gonna use the
[Christopher:] One
[Dorothy:] I'm gonna guess it's thirty two.
[Christopher:] Forty two.
[Dorothy:] Forty two!... Oh must of mis, misread it... then there's probably sixty in the pack, [LAUGHTER] not fifty []!... Forty two! I think you've won.
[Andrew:] Well done, Christopher!
[Dorothy:] No.
[Andrew:] Right Tim, do you want a game?
[Tim:] Yes please.
[Dorothy:] Ooh no... no... he can't cope!
[Christopher:] And the cards
[Dorothy:] Shall we
[Christopher:] bending up.
[Dorothy:] Stay here.
[Christopher:] Mm mm mm... breaking up.
[Dorothy:] I'll put those back
[Christopher:] Mum!
[Dorothy:] in the bag. Do you want another game of caterpillars, or a different game?
[Tim:] Oh oh oh oh!
[Dorothy:] Another game of that.
[Christopher:] I might not win this time.
[Dorothy:] True!
[Christopher:] Put those in the bag.
[Dorothy:] The bag's behind you there.
[Christopher:] I'm gonna be yellow this time.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Christopher:] You can be pink.... Want to be pink?
[Dorothy:] You need a... tissue....... [LAUGHTER] []!... I'm just kind of, stuck here!
[Christopher:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] Mm?
[Christopher:] Did I have more than you thought I would?
[Dorothy:] Yeah.... I guessed thirty two... cos I thought there was in the pack.... Cor that's a good blow, you're getting good
[Christopher:] Oh!
[Dorothy:] at blowing your nose, yeah, screw it all up... and wipe the rest of your nose clean now.... That no
[Christopher:] Mum?
[Dorothy:] that's not a good place!
[Christopher:] Does that work?
[Dorothy:] Either stick it in your pocket for later
[Christopher:] Does that work?
[Dorothy:] yes it's working away.... Either
[Christopher:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] stick it in your pocket for next time or... put it in the bin.
[Christopher:] Where's the bin then?
[Dorothy:] Good question actually.
[Christopher:] I can't
[Andrew:] Out there in the kitchen.
[Dorothy:] Aha!
[Andrew:] Cos it was... in the bin.
[Dorothy:] He was gonna record the.... Right daddy, are you coming down to play or are you at least you've got the table.... Think I could do with a table... cos this one's really
[Andrew:] Right, okay, can we go to the table then?
[Dorothy:] Thanks.
[Christopher:] Oh er... is daddy gonna play?
[Dorothy:] I think so.
[Andrew:] Am I allowed to play?
[Christopher:] Yes. What colour would you like to be, cos I'm gonna be yellow?
[Andrew:] Any.
[Christopher:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] circle.
[Christopher:] Yes.
[Andrew:] Is Tim going to be any colour?
[Dorothy:] Are you going to play Tim?... No, he's not gonna play... just wants to sit with.
[Christopher:] And if he played, there wouldn't be any places left... because it's four.
[Dorothy:] We'd better bring the contraption with us.... That's fixed up.
[Christopher:] Ready?
[Dorothy:] Hang on a sec, take the microphone as well there....
[Andrew:] Right, mummy wants to be purple.
[Dorothy:] Who does?
[Andrew:] What does Christopher want to be?
[Tim:] No!
[Christopher:] I want to be yellow.
[Dorothy:] Alright Tim, we'll just sit him down again in a different place.
[Tim:] Oh!
[Dorothy:] Oh that's better... got some pins and needles in my... knees.
[Andrew:] Right.
[Dorothy:] Can we sit down like that Tim?
[Tim:] No!
[Dorothy:] Oh very well then, like that.
[Tim:] No!
[Dorothy:] What have we got? Blue and... red.
[Christopher:] Red.
[Tim:] Ahhh!... Wake up!... Wake up!
[Dorothy:] You can't wake up... be too tired!
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Tired.... I'm red... okay?
[Andrew:] Erm... why are we going round that way?
[Dorothy:] I don't know... that's the way you should do.
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]... And there just....
[Dorothy:] Ah oh!
[Christopher:] There you pink.
[Andrew:] Shouldn't of done it that way.
[Dorothy:] It doesn't matter does it?
[Andrew:] In fact... if we'd done it the proper way you'd of had
[Tim:] Dad!
[Andrew:] you'd of had mine.
[Dorothy:] No I wouldn't, cos I might have picked up a different thing.
[Christopher:] Blue.
[Dorothy:] That's funny!
[Christopher:] Well there's blue... there
[Dorothy:] I'll get to do those
[Christopher:] just
[Dorothy:] that will be even better!... Blue.
[Andrew:] That's mummy.
[Dorothy:] Blue and red.
[Andrew:] I wonder who's got a blue and a red!
[Dorothy:] Thank you.
[Christopher:] You've only got two... that way you get me off... thank you.... Red... and also blue so that in that one... yellow, there's no yellows around.
[Dorothy:] Mhm.... Green.
[Christopher:] No.
[Dorothy:] Could this be it daddy? Could I be pinching yours?... Red.... No, wrong way round... Oh it's brightening up the weather a bit now.
[Andrew:] Take the and come back and be outside there.
[Dorothy:] Pity we couldn't go for a romp round a canal isn't it?
[Christopher:] Yellow
[Andrew:] No!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] I just fancied a romp round the canals today []!
[Andrew:] Needed some
[Christopher:] Daddy!
[Andrew:] Mm?... Wellington boots... it's very muddy!
[Dorothy:] Yeah... would of been alright. Are you trying to tell me I wouldn't of liked it if I'd gone?
[Andrew:] Not quite as much as a hot summer's day.
[Dorothy:] Red and green daddy that's
[Andrew:] Well done mummy!
[Christopher:] You've got lots of red ones just.
[Andrew:] Somebody's eating my caterpillar!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Makes a change from the caterpillar eating our flowers!
[Andrew:] Are they?
[Christopher:] Good.
[Dorothy:] No, I don't think they are at the moment.
[Andrew:] Are the slugs out yet?
[Dorothy:] ... Well, I found hundreds
[Andrew:] Don't want no slugs!
[Dorothy:] and hundreds of, you know... baby things... lurking under the leaves.
[Christopher:] Get there.
[Andrew:] Really?
[Dorothy:] But they've all gone... cos every time you rake up the leaves you... throw away another fifty.
[Andrew:] Mm... oh!....
[Dorothy:] Particularly at the front, there were hundreds!... Little grubs, you know?
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] ... still covered... blue
[Christopher:] [cough] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] red... do one red please? Oh no, it's the other way round, yes do a red please?
[Tim:] [shouting] I can't... I can't reach []!
[Dorothy:] Can't reach what love?
[Tim:] What?... Here.
[Dorothy:] Yellow and blue daddy... oh no, it's the other way round... yes it is.
[Andrew:] Yellow and blue please... Christopher?... Thank you.
[Christopher:] Mummy's got the longest... red... blue.
[Dorothy:] Red and blue?... That's not very clever... if you don't mind me saying so!
[Christopher:] It is!... Because when you
[Dorothy:] This one seems to be perking up a bit,.... He'll probably collapse bedside... I hope this doesn't mean we're gonna have a se, a week of this!... Could do with a good faith [LAUGHTER] []... if it's not one it's in the last
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] place is it?
[Andrew:] I've gotta get up early in the morning.
[Dorothy:] Have you? Where are you off to, to the office?
[Christopher:] No you can't snatch me!
[Andrew:] Work... I mean
[Dorothy:] I know you for dinner.
[Andrew:] Colnbridge
[Dorothy:] To do what?
[Andrew:] Attend a meeting at eight o'clock.
[Dorothy:] Eight o'clock!
[Andrew:] I know.
[Dorothy:] That's a bit anti-social, seven
[Andrew:] I know.
[Dorothy:] fifteen.
[Andrew:] No.
[Dorothy:] Why do they want to make a meeting at eight o'clock?
[Andrew:] To squeeze more hours in the day.
[Christopher:] Red.
[Andrew:] Obviously what they do when you're
[Dorothy:] What is it for?
[Andrew:] Senior managers.
[Dorothy:] Oh look at that!... Red, green... red, green, red, green, red green, daddy there's no caterpillar left on mine!
[Andrew:] Thank you very much my dear, that's very kind of you.
[Christopher:] That plays with you.
[Dorothy:] Look at that, I've only got four left!
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... You wait, I'll get to you and then you'll be sniggering the other side of your face!
[Christopher:] Yellow.
[Dorothy:] Ha!... A blue, there's blue.
[Christopher:] Yellow.
[Dorothy:] Ah!
[Christopher:] Oh I've got lots of yellow things.
[Dorothy:] Yellow!
[Christopher:] Yeah.... Come on daddy, don't sleep!
[Andrew:] blue.
[Dorothy:] I won't!... Could be getting the.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Yes
[Christopher:] Mummy.
[Andrew:] well done mummy!
[Christopher:] Erm... the yellow... Have I got the most?... I think daddy's got the most.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Oh daddy []!
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] I consider that very anti-social!
[Andrew:] I thought you knew I was anti-social.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] You've got four in there.
[Dorothy:] I know I'm back to four little pieces!
[Christopher:] Green.
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Christopher:] And I need a red.
[Dorothy:] Not a red!... Please!
[Christopher:] Red.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Aha []!
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] It's ages since we played this game, I'd forgotten how clever at it he can be... particularly when you're not!
[Andrew:] Oh, they don't like?
[Dorothy:] Yes, they do that.... He's very hard to actually know what they're supposed be like... certainly around, but not round my ears.
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Blue and red... has somebody got blue and red, daddy?
[Andrew:] Blue and red.
[Christopher:] Blue, red.
[Dorothy:] What's that one there, is that, oh it's just green and blue.... Ah that's looking a bit better!
[Andrew:] You've got the longest one now, I think.
[Dorothy:] No!
[Andrew:] Guess who has?
[Christopher:] Me!
[Dorothy:] Mm mm... Why don't you just
[Andrew:] Blue and yellow please Christopher?
[Christopher:] Where?
[Andrew:] Just one... blue and yellow... in the middle.
[Dorothy:] Oh.... Shall I take it out?... Trying to drive yours up, spread on the table, not on the carpet, cos you he has to move everything on the carpet... it's not so slippy.
[Christopher:] My go?
[Dorothy:] Er... yes
[Christopher:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] it must be... daddy's just done blue and yellow.
[Christopher:] Green... there are not very many greens around.
[Andrew:] No, haven't got many greens out.
[Christopher:] And yellow... green, yellow please daddy?
[Dorothy:] Hello tiger!
[Andrew:] ... and
[Dorothy:] everything in my ears...
[Tim:] Is it a
[Dorothy:] ... what have you found?
[Tim:] These.
[Andrew:] Leaves?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] I said these!... These.
[Dorothy:] What's these?... It's only the bit of...... to stuffed down my ear hole.
[Christopher:] Mum, your go.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] It's completely done in []!
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Tim:] I think he's gonna be sick of mine!... Yeah... is that what you said, yeah?
[Andrew:] Didn't say yeah.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] No []!
[Andrew:] He's not normally as bad as this!
[Dorothy:] Oh!... Yellow and blue, oh good, daddy come on, yellow and blue please.
[Andrew:] That's... a bit anti-social mummy!
[Dorothy:] Very anti-social dear, and I love it!
[Tim:] Now daddy's got the smallest caterpillar.
[Dorothy:] And so he deserves...
[Tim:] No and
[Dorothy:] caterpillar... I'll have that yellow and blue in the middle there dear... sneaking off with that... thank you.
[Andrew:] Right.
[Dorothy:] Right... don't get anything for me please, green and red
[Andrew:] Alright.
[Dorothy:] you want?
[Andrew:] I think I'll be a green.
[Dorothy:] Ooh!... And a red as well, to go with I think.
[Andrew:] Have another green I expect.
[Christopher:] Two?
[Andrew:] He... just cos I saved you a green there love.
[Christopher:] Green... ha!
[Dorothy:] Whoops a daisy!... That's made a mess of table!... The caterpillar's going into the microphone!... Excuse me microphone, could you just move!
[Christopher:] Green here.
[Dorothy:] Green and blue... there, you can have one of mine if you like.
[Christopher:] Mum could you move the microphone out of the way?
[Dorothy:] Just make it twist round at the side and then it won't touch it.
[Christopher:] Have I got the longest?
[Andrew:] Who's got the shortest now?
[Dorothy:] Daddy, has got the shortest!
[Christopher:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Is it me now?... Can't be many left can there?... Yellow... and... green.
[Andrew:] Well done mummy!... You're going to pinch the lot from me, not a lot I can do!
[Dorothy:] Only one from you dear... just seems like a lot
[Andrew:] That's a lot!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] cos there's not much of your caterpillar left []!
[Andrew:] Let's push him over here.
[Dorothy:] I'll move these as well.... Pinch dad's, pinch the tail off yours as well you haven't got much to arrange anyway!
[Andrew:] I haven't... bit of a long one that!
[Dorothy:] Bit of long one, but it might all disappear in one foul swoop when somebody takes these out of here... your go please darling?
[Christopher:] No.
[Andrew:] Oh is it my go?
[Dorothy:] Yep...... two greens.
[Tim:] [shouting] []!... Dad going to win tonight!
[Dorothy:] That's it, has it finished?
[Andrew:] Finished... that's the end of the game.
[Tim:] Dad!... I can't reach!
[Christopher:] I think mummy's won.
[Tim:] Oh here!
[Dorothy:] How many have you got?
[Andrew:] [whispering] Don't know yet [].
[Christopher:] Twenty two.
[Dorothy:] Twenty two! And how many have you got daddy?
[Andrew:] Eight.
[Dorothy:] Eight... so, I've got two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve, fourteen, sixteen, eighteen, twenty, twenty two, twenty four, twenty six, twenty eight... thirty!
[Andrew:] Well done, so... who's the winner?
[Dorothy:] Daddy.
[Andrew:] Mummy is!
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] Mummy [].
[Andrew:] Who comes second?... Christopher!... Who comes last?... Daddy!
[Christopher:] Daddy!... We thought daddy was gonna win didn't we?
[Dorothy:] Well we did at the beginning, cos he said apologizing for being in that position
[Andrew:] Did I?
[Dorothy:] at the table.... I'm glad you got that!
[Andrew:] I've been beaten!
[Dorothy:] Erm... up!
[Andrew:] Right, what's gonna happen next then?
[Dorothy:] I don't know, this exciting afternoon that we're spending!
[Andrew:] It'll soon be tea time won't it Tim?... Will you want any tea?... You will... he's nodding.... [whispering] Is it hot cross bun day today []?
[Dorothy:] Hot cross bun day today.
[Andrew:] Does Tim like hot cross buns?
[Dorothy:] Yeah... did last week didn't you?
[Andrew:] I'll try not to burn them this week!
[Dorothy:] Do you like hot cross buns Tim?
[Tim:] No!
[Dorothy:] You don't want hot cross buns?
[Andrew:] Oh!
[Dorothy:] Oh!
[Andrew:] Do you want them cold?
[Tim:] I want to go now!
[Dorothy:] Pardon?
[Tim:] No, I don't want no....
[Dorothy:] Not on this day... no.... If you were given the choice what would you like to eat?... Or didn't to have anything to eat?
[Tim:] Only bread!
[Dorothy:] Just bread.
[Andrew:] Just bread... alright... bread and jam.
[Dorothy:] And what about the other big boy?
[Andrew:] Do you want anything... or not?... Do you think it will make you sick?
[Dorothy:] Toast?... You don't mind some toast and Marmite?
[Christopher:] No.
[Andrew:] Mm... a big yawn!
[Dorothy:] Just go to bed.
[Christopher:] [whispering] [].
[Dorothy:] Well go to the toilet, you might, away you go... that's allowed.
[Andrew:] What would mummy like to eat?... You like hot cross buns... they.
[Dorothy:] I don't like hot cross buns, I only bought them
[Andrew:] Don't you?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] because I thought liked them!... So daddy, you'll be consuming four hot cross buns []!
[Andrew:] I'm not having to consume four hot cross buns, thank you very much!... I'm not that keen on them.
[Dorothy:] I bought them specially on Friday, I thought oh....
[Christopher:] What are these?
[Dorothy:] Hot cross buns.
[Andrew:] Isn't it wonderful having a family... you never know what sickness is gonna strike you down next!
[Dorothy:] Well everybody seems so well yesterday didn't they?... Well as much, so they didn't yesterday
[Andrew:] Never know.
[Dorothy:] afternoon.
[Andrew:] Never know... I might.
[Dorothy:] Well that's what I was wondering... that's why I said go out into fresh air, in the hopes that they might shake off the bug... [LAUGHTER] I don't think it works like that, do you []?
[Andrew:] I ought to go and catch last time... it was horrible!
[Dorothy:] I know.
[Andrew:] Got another day off work... already had more days off work this year
[Dorothy:] Last year.
[Andrew:] in the whole time... yeah.
[Dorothy:] Mm... You can't help it, if you're ill, you're ill!
[Andrew:] Absenteeism in our department higher than average.
[Dorothy:] Is it?....
[Andrew:] And they obviously don't think caused by pressure.
[Dorothy:] If you've got your as what?
[Andrew:] My...!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] I says, my illnesses haven't been caused by pressure have they?
[Dorothy:] Oh I see... yeah.
[Andrew:] Been caused by
[Dorothy:] Bad results and redundancies.
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] But I mean if you're puking up everywhere you can't obviously go into work can you?
[Andrew:] No.
[Dorothy:] It's not as if you can stagger in like when... you've got a heavy cold, at least
[Andrew:] Yep.
[Dorothy:] you can stagger in... and look gormless!... At least you didn't catch the chicken pox, that's something.... We were gonna ring your mum and dad weren't we?
[Andrew:] [whispering] Can't be bothered []!
[Dorothy:] A very depressed! [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] He'll be screaming,yo... you know, he wouldn't let you touch the phone or... something!... [whispering] []... not tonight.... What happens tonight?
[Dorothy:] I'm just gonna, I'll to stay here, shall I?
[Andrew:] No, it's okay.... See how he perks up after this.... What is it tonight, do you know?
[Dorothy:] No I don't.
[Andrew:] No idea?
[Dorothy:] No idea... just see... expect it's on the notices... or send a.
[Andrew:] No because they always... always.
[Dorothy:] Going in.
[Andrew:] Have you got the notice?
[Dorothy:] There's loads of stuff in there that... been given to you.
[Andrew:] Was there?... Oh well.
[Dorothy:] Stuff for the AGM and... stuff for the room at the AGM... er... minutes from something or other to you... from June... what would that be?
[Andrew:] I don't know actually.
[Dorothy:] There's no second... non-related to that... there's a question of council members, I there's about seven.... How we doing, we're a week in advance though aren't we here?
[Andrew:] There's another week to go.
[Dorothy:] You alright?... Do you want another lie down on the settee?... You've done very well for an hour or so.
[Andrew:] Yeah... very well!
[Dorothy:] There's a tune there we need to sort o, sort out.
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] What are we gonna do with you?
[Andrew:] What would you like to do Tim?... Shut your eyes and go to sleep.
[Dorothy:] Shall we put your 'jamas on and put you to bed?
[Tim:] No!
[Dorothy:] No, I don't want to do that!... Ha!... Well I hope we're all raring to go in the morning.
[Andrew:] What were we going to be doing in the morning if... you've had the?
[Dorothy:] It's story time in the morning.
[Andrew:] Is it?... Lovely!
[Dorothy:] In the afternoon... I meant to go swimming with Christopher, but I don't think we're going swimming
[Andrew:] I think that's definitely off!
[Dorothy:] with Christopher!
[Christopher:] Mum!
[Dorothy:] Hello!
[Christopher:] Tomorrow's swimming.
[Dorothy:] That's what I'm just saying to daddy.
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Tomorrow's swimming.
[Andrew:] But I don't think you'll be well enough to go swimming.
[Dorothy:] I don't think you'll be fit to swim, do you?
[Christopher:] I'll be even better tomorrow.
[Dorothy:] Well, you'll have to be very better tomorrow before we went swimming.
[Andrew:] Do you think he'll be well enough to go to school?
[Dorothy:] I don't know... the debate is on whether you'll go to school, let alone whether you go swimming!... Perhaps after a night's sleep he'll be okay?
[Andrew:] So... for tea Tim is... Christopher's having
[Dorothy:] I don't know.
[Andrew:] Bread, toast?
[Dorothy:] Do you want a bit of toast sweetie, Tim, erm Christopher?
[Christopher:] I want hot cross bun.
[Dorothy:] He wants hot cross bun. [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] What do you reckon to that then mummy?
[Dorothy:] Dry hot cross bun [LAUGHTER] he could have []!
[Andrew:] Half a bit.
[Dorothy:] Yeah... just have a little bit of hot cross bun, yeah?
[Tim:] May I have some?
[Dorothy:] You want lots of hot cross bun?
[Christopher:] Yeah, one hot cross bun.
[Dorothy:] You're not feeling sick then?
[Christopher:] No.
[Dorothy:] You're not gonna sick it all back while daddy's in charge [LAUGHTER] tonight []!
[Andrew:] I dunno, I think I'll resign if that's the case!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Or for you, resign from Church Council
[Dorothy:] You can't resign and use that one!
[Andrew:] and resign from being a daddy!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... Are you going anything?... You'll divorce
[Andrew:] No.
[Dorothy:] me!
[Andrew:] No.
[Dorothy:] Oh good!
[Andrew:] Resign... hand in my notice.
[Dorothy:] It will be expected!
[Christopher:] Ooh ooh!... ooh!
[Tim:] Mum!... Mummy you can't play cos I'm back!
[Andrew:] Did you hear something?
[Christopher:] Can I have a hot cross bun?
[Tim:] No, I'm just gonna read it!
[Dorothy:] Come on!... You don't need it, no... that's alright then... we'll just have it there [LAUGHTER] in case!
[Christopher:] Oh!
[Andrew:] So what would you like to eat darling, cos you don't like hot cross buns?
[Dorothy:] Me, no, I'm not into hot cross buns, I'll have erm
[Andrew:] Bread?
[Dorothy:] erm... yes please, I'll have a salad sandwich please.... I'll have ham or chicken roll or something like that.... Are you making it again then?
[Andrew:] Not this.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] This is about the fifth meal you've made []!... Do you mind?
[Andrew:] I don't mind.
[Dorothy:] There's not a lot we can do really is there, if I'm sitting here with this child?
[Tim:] play something.
[Dorothy:] Pardon?
[Tim:] A game.
[Dorothy:] You want to play a game?... What would you like to play?
[Tim:] Er
[Dorothy:] Perhaps you can look at a book?
[Tim:] No!
[Dorothy:] Here's one.
[Tim:] Don't want that one!
[Dorothy:] You don't want that one!... Ha!... What would you like?
[Tim:] Oh!
[Dorothy:] What about the big one with the words in? Something nice to look at?
[Tim:] Yeah....
[Dorothy:] We can put that on the table and gaze at it together.... And there we are.... Which page shall we look at?... I know, we'll play I spy... right?
[Tim:] Don't want to!
[Dorothy:] Don't want to play I spy, no.... Just look at it.... Oh look at the cat!... On the mat down there look, with the wool... he's going to sleep.... Somebody fast asleep in bed there, that's just what I'd like to be right this minute.
[Tim:] Mummy where's... where's somebody... fast... fast asleep?
[Dorothy:] Here... in the bedroom with the book.... We'll just looking at the big book together... [yawning] do you want to come and join us []?
[Christopher:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] Come on then... there's a chair.
[Tim:] Mum... back!... We don't sit!
[Dorothy:] Want this?
[Tim:] Yes... I want sit here.
[Dorothy:] Right.... I can see a spider.
[Tim:] Where?
[Christopher:] My tummy
[Tim:] Where?
[Christopher:] .
[Tim:] Where?
[Dorothy:] going to spider... it's under... under the stairs, in a cupboard.
[Christopher:] What did you say?
[Dorothy:] A spider, we're looking for now.
[Christopher:] I can't see any spiders.
[Dorothy:] No, well you got to look hard!... There's a spider on the page, now can you see a spider in the picture?... Look under the stairs.
[Christopher:] Yes, I can see one.... Very hard.
[Dorothy:] Can you see it Tim?... No
[Tim:] No
[Dorothy:] just off... hanging over the welly boots... when somebody puts their feet in the welly boots they get a bit of shock! The spider goes in.... I can see a fly as well can you see the fly?
[Christopher:] It's over there.
[Dorothy:] That's right, there it is... and there's the other one.... Shall we turn over this and see what we can find.... Oh this... this page makes me laugh!... What have we got?
[Tim:] A duck in the washing.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... A duck in the washing, that's it.... And what else?... And somebody with a pan on their head!
[Christopher:] Like Norman.
[Dorothy:] Like Norman, yes.... Let's hope they can get that one off!... But daddy's looking a bit worried, he's doing the washing up.... And mummy's smiling in at him from the... outside, look... she's hanging the washing out... pretending not to notice what's going on.... Daddy's having a ca, chaos going on in there!... It's a good job our daddy's better at things than that.... Oh no, look... buns are going off on the floor everywhere! This one's got... plate... plate smashed.... What else have we got? Oh look what happening to the cat on the top of there!... See the cat?... Right on the top of cupboard.
[Christopher:] It's... na... that tasted like orange.
[Dorothy:] Mm, it's probably your orange coming back.
[Christopher:] Mm mm mm mm.
[Dorothy:] That's all you've had all day isn't it really? A drink of orange... well since you were sick.
[Christopher:] I had a bit of... dinner.
[Dorothy:] Okay, I'll point to something round here and you've gotta try and find it on the picture... bulb.
[Christopher:] Is it on the ceiling or not?
[Dorothy:] Well what do you think? Yes... it's not on the ceiling. It is on the ceiling.
[Christopher:] Yes it is bu
[Dorothy:] Mm mm,
[Christopher:] Aha.
[Dorothy:] to the plates.... Duster, want to find a duster?
[Christopher:] There is no more.... Aha, I can see one.
[Dorothy:] I can't... where?... Oh yes, and polishing things up there... there's the polish... and the iron.
[Christopher:] Where's the iron then?
[Dorothy:] Next to the polish look, there.... I think they need to empty their bin don't you?
[Tim:] Where is it?
[Christopher:] I can see that bin.
[Dorothy:] Where, oh there.
[Christopher:] No.
[Dorothy:] Where's the hoover?
[Christopher:] Mum, when you
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] talk about the hoover
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] I don't know if it's a train hoover
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Oh yeah []!
[Christopher:] or...
[Dorothy:] There aren't many train hoovers left though are there darling?
[Christopher:] No.
[Tim:] Torn!
[Christopher:] Just one left now.
[Tim:] I just tore it!
[Christopher:] One left... there's one left mum.
[Tim:] Woh!
[Christopher:] Cups.
[Dorothy:] The cups are... there they are!... Teaspoon.
[Tim:] Teaspoon... where's the spoon?
[Dorothy:] There's two teaspoons there... and one in the cup.
[Christopher:] Oh... I can see your cups!... There on the sink.
[Dorothy:] Oh so can I look!... And all the juice gone on the floor.... What about match in there, anybody seen the matches?... Where are the matches in the main picture?
[Tim:] Where's the matches?
[Christopher:] Can you see it?
[Dorothy:] Yep.
[Tim:] Where?... Where?
[Dorothy:] Ah, you'll have to look.
[Christopher:] But which... picture is it... that one or that one?
[Dorothy:] What do you mean?
[Christopher:] That there
[Dorothy:] Your side... yeah.
[Christopher:] On this side o... match box.... I can see it now.
[Dorothy:] Can you see it?... Where?... Just there..., oh this is a nice picture!
[Christopher:] And the
[Tim:] No that!... Oh where is it?
[Christopher:] I can see the tap.
[Dorothy:] The channel.
[Tim:] Where's the channel?
[Dorothy:] Channel, somebody digging. Oh there we are, look, he's dropped it... now why has he dropped the... look at that!
[Tim:] What, cos why?
[Dorothy:] Cos look what he's being shown.
[Christopher:] A worm!
[Dorothy:] A worm, he doesn't like it, being picked up like that does he?... Do you like picking up worms?
[Christopher:] [whispering] No [].
[Dorothy:] No.... When I was at the, I put worms in a jam jar.
[Christopher:] There's a wasp and a bee in here, that's a bee and that's a wasp.
[Dorothy:] Oh yeah... bit difficult to know which is which, that must be the wasp... do you think?
[Christopher:] Yeah, that's bigger, and that's
[Dorothy:] And that's the bee.
[Christopher:] a little one.
[Tim:] And where's
[Dorothy:] The pram.
[Christopher:] I can see it!
[Dorothy:] Oh yeah, well done Tim. And look at the teddy falling out!
[Tim:] Ah!
[Christopher:] Where?
[Dorothy:] There, she's throwing the teddy out look.
[Christopher:] And she's throwing the teddy out.
[Dorothy:] Oh no, what's happened to this man's paint?... It's going to be a bit of a disaster there!
[Sue:] Cos we've got the AGM in two weeks time
[Margaret:] Mm.
[Sue:] and we voted all these people that are here
[Dorothy:] What type of this?
[Sue:] Well you just
[Dorothy:] It doesn't matter.
[Sue:] you just come along don't yo you find out what we do with all the money, and you find out... who's doing what, and who's doing... you know?
[Margaret:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] It's... it's quite exciting really!
[Roger:] If you!
[Sue:] But... I've [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] These little things
[Margaret:] You couldn't show me something
[Sue:] Alright
[Margaret:] you see, cos it's
[June:] We're confusing her now cos
[Dorothy:] This is where we're going... not Towcester... alright?
[Sue:] This page?
[Dorothy:] This, yes... we're taking over a couple of
[Sue:] When, when's that then?
[Dorothy:] places in Leicestershire.
[Sue:] When is it?
[Dorothy:] And we're going on a coach... so you don't you have to worry... no.
[Sue:] Oh!
[Dorothy:] And it'll be really rather dolly, we'll have a little holiday you see... together... and we sort of go teaching together and
[Sue:] How long is it for?
[Dorothy:] It'll on a Friday afternoon, Friday night
[Sue:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] you know, five, half five-ish.
[Sue:] And what do you do?
[Dorothy:] And come back on a Sunday
[Sue:] And
[Dorothy:] afternoon.
[Sue:] you've been before?
[Dorothy:] Well we've never been this place before, but we've been on a similar do.
[Sue:] And what do you do then?
[Dorothy:] Well, we have
[Sue:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] all sorts of things organised
[Sue:] Yeah, and pull out some special
[Dorothy:] people are coming to do some Christian teaching for us, you know... somebody from the
[Sue:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] And then there's gonna be silly things like walks, you know and
[Roger:] Lots of play!
[Sue:] Oh yeah.
[Dorothy:] and lots of
[Sue:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] and lots of fun activities so they go... and they do little trips out
[Sue:] And have they got
[Dorothy:] you know, to the localities, you know?... And you get to know people, that basically
[Sue:] Oh yes, yes!
[Dorothy:] it, and you can relax in these
[Sue:] Is it
[Dorothy:] amazing little sitting rooms!
[Sue:] I can ha, you know I don't know, if I go over there now to and I said please... show me this... no, I'm not! You see everything... I won't go, especially now since he's retired!
[Dorothy:] He doesn't wanna know!
[Sue:] I won't go anywhere with, I don't want to go without him!
[Dorothy:] Well you tell him!
[Sue:] I can't
[Dorothy:] We want him here, we don't wa, we don't want
[Sue:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] just you.
[Sue:] Unless... I feel terrible about it! [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] We can offer you, you know, a nice twin room!
[Sue:] Twin room.... I thought it was lovely of him!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] A twin room []!
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... seat belt, oh it doesn't tell you on that one... wait a minute... bargain break
[speaker006:] look at the price!... Look at the price!
[Dorothy:] Ah, pension.
[Sue:] That would be it, wouldn't it?
[Pat:] Retired
[Dorothy:] Yes, forty pound a go, see!... That's only about sixty
[speaker006:] Ah!
[Dorothy:] pound for a whole weekend in beds, breakfasts
[speaker006:] Is it really!
[Dorothy:] evening meal
[speaker006:] How much?
[Dorothy:] the lot.
[speaker006:] In that beautiful
[Dorothy:] And it's a very beautiful place.
[speaker006:] beautiful house.
[Dorothy:] And you'll get a separate room
[Margaret:] Is it?
[Dorothy:] to yourselves.
[Margaret:] Do you have a separate room?
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[speaker006:] Yeah, oh yeah.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Margaret:] Really?
[Dorothy:] All in to... oh come on, get yourself organised... book yourself in and
[Margaret:] [LAUGHTER]
[Pat:] Yeah
[Margaret:] [LAUGHTER] Cos I... cos I had
[Pat:] You if I don't... I...!
[Dorothy:] We are... bossy... is the word!
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[June:] No good for me!... I really think she's good for, but... ooh I get out of breath... but
[Dorothy:] Well you tell
[June:] by the lakeside you know, it's like a big
[Dorothy:] Oh right!
[June:] and then she's!
[Dorothy:] I know!
[June:] I think she's got to know well enough that
[Dorothy:] We've only got little.
[June:] Yeah.
[speaker006:] I know. Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[speaker006:] Since, I mean... when it was on the back I thought oh... I don't know how you get used to each... since he took the evening out... and then he's different bloke
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[speaker006:] I said to you...... you know
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[speaker006:] and I said, he said no you're not being... but sometimes I feel as though I am, you know, it's the change!
[Dorothy:] No, you can't tell... I wouldn't know, unless you said.
[speaker006:] I sit down to the table, and watch me..., real men aren't like that are they?......... and it locks
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[speaker006:] and some sit in, you know, it's locked.
[Dorothy:] Yes, yes.
[speaker006:] So I go, have a job to find it... he just looks at me hard as nails.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Well he's not a party-goer really
[Dorothy:] No, it's only cos he doesn't
[speaker006:] He's not.
[Dorothy:] understand it.
[speaker006:] He's er... he could do without this then!
[Dorothy:] I suppose a little Greek mythology did fit in really,... [LAUGHTER] lived with you as long you've lived with him really!
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] Yes []! Here we are... two role forms.
[Dorothy:] I'll leave you to it
[speaker006:] Oh
[Dorothy:] ... just
[speaker006:] do you have to
[Dorothy:] tell Gerald that
[speaker006:] Do you think I'll be able to fill these in?
[Jean:] Hello Dot!
[Dorothy:] Hello!... We're here again!
[Jean:] What's that?
[Dorothy:] It's alright... don't worry about it.
[Jean:] I say what have you got on your
[Pat:] She's taping it all, she holds it against you, you see, so she's trying to blackmail!
[Jean:] Oh!
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] []
[Dorothy:] It's all to do with language in the nineteen nineties Jean.
[Jean:] Oh!
[Dorothy:] And... [LAUGHTER] this man came to the door [], and he went to get the hold... belt, that should just have a tape recorder on conversation just throughout the week... so it's getting all sorts of rubbish going in there, [LAUGHTER] []
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] and it's all do with erm... you know people and the erm... wives and... language of the nineties.
[speaker006:] Go and get a drink!
[Jean:] I shall move, yes dear.
[Dorothy:] So I get a free twenty five pound worth of Marks and Spencers erm... gift vouchers which.
[Roger:] ... what twenty?
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Jean:] Have to cut costs.
[June:] Bribery and corruption! [LAUGHTER]
[Jean:] I hear you've got two twentieth century!
[Dorothy:] I'll do anything for money and chocolate!
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[Jean:] I hear you've got two twentieth century
[June:] Oh right... yeah well I was so worn out
[Dorothy:] What have you got?
[June:] that the pages are always sticky with sellotape and so on.
[Dorothy:] Actually it must be quite interesting looking at the development of language as time goes on.
[speaker006:] Mm... well that, that's all, that's for?
[Dorothy:] It'll be interesting in the year two thousand and ninety to look back and see what we used to do in the nineteen nineties.
[speaker006:] I should think I'll be dead just then! I don't think I'll be around then
[Dorothy:] Well you won't
[speaker006:] somehow!
[Dorothy:] be around but it'll be fascinating cos you'll be recorded for life June!
[June:] [LAUGHTER] That's it []!
[Dorothy:] And I'll
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Sorry... I'm going to speak to Dot, I was just going to speak to Dot and I'm
[Dorothy:] Oh!
[Pat:] I shouldn't talk to her if I were you.
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] No []!
[Dorothy:] Say something sensible.
[speaker006:] Yes love... I am going to say something [LAUGHTER] sensible []!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]...
[speaker006:] come to tell you
[Dorothy:] Alright.
[speaker006:] how many little do you have?
[Dorothy:] It varies... considerably... you can have eight... you can up to fourteen... except fifteen... why, how many do you want in?
[speaker006:] No, it's alright cos someone's rung up from home, say be in eight o'clock, so... she wants to do something.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[speaker006:] She said ooh, you know... can I... invite a couple of friends, can I invite sort of you know, people back to lunch... but when it's sort of... the list... I mean, cos I I'm not
[Dorothy:] Invite.
[speaker006:] Well I've got to know, cos sort of... adult as well, I mean you included as... I mean it's to put
[Dorothy:] Getting a bit long?
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] Yes []!
[Dorothy:] I'd invite them
[speaker006:] Yes, I mean it's her sort of age.
[Dorothy:] old!... of having it!
[speaker006:] Well that's... you know what I mean, it's got the.
[Dorothy:] It's more cosy!... And at home. If she wants her sister,
[speaker006:] No, yeah but on the day... no, on the day
[Dorothy:] When is it? Can we go?
[speaker006:] Erm
[Dorothy:] I know that, but will you make it stick.
[speaker006:] Yes, oh well.... Can you be a path finder leader on the Sunday because
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] No, []!
[speaker006:] No, you know what I mean?... But, if you can... you know agree to tell him And the...
[Dorothy:] But I'll find them, and you won't have any bother.
[speaker006:] Oh I know, but I mean sort of there, I don't know she would actually when it comes to it, but if we see her up there... cos we can do the [music in background] It's nice to see erm... Michael and Sophie Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Actually it's quite a cosy group, so they probably know each other by
[speaker006:] yeah.
[Dorothy:] now then.
[speaker006:] ... yeah.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... Looks a bit agitated!
[speaker006:] But anyway that's somebody that would would be... a few
[Dorothy:] Telling everyone about her mum and dad when they... and erm... how she talked to her mum about that, and it helped her.
[speaker006:] But her mum... I mean I know cos I mean, I know her mum. She Well vaguely, but
[Dorothy:] Are they moving to to be with someone else... or
[speaker006:] I don't know, I mean I don't But perhaps he doesn't want to change till... cos she'll Yeah but she so whether they think, well so it's after six months,
[Dorothy:] Well
[speaker006:] I dunno. Is that alright? They were, they were really nice.
[Dorothy:] I hate being sick and one thing another... well, it turned out
[speaker006:] Yeah you do. Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Sophie was supposed to be doing the chorus... so I grabbed Mary, and said come with me on the... half way through, called Sophie... why are you doing all the talking Dot... and not Mary!
[speaker006:] Cos she
[Dorothy:] Cos she's supposed to be Andy!
[speaker006:] Oh!
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] So, Sarah had a job to do, but it wasn't, sort of, till the end, and we're gonna finish too quickly because normally we have it...... like Paul and Helen being really with it... and... look... there's sort of upward
[speaker006:] Oh no!
[Dorothy:] and then down below there's Helen... you know... Christopher and
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] then Laura's with him.... But none of them turned up to today... so...
[speaker006:] Actually can you really face the from the other... pathfinders
[Dorothy:] Mm... cos she'll see you there.
[speaker006:] Cos... we're having, not problems, but at school it really... it's unfortunate because she was put in a third year, and she's only a third year now... and she was on a third year class last year.
[Dorothy:] Who else is there with her in there?... They're all
[speaker006:] Well we've actually chose the brownies now her age. Yeah. Yeah. But it really hit her this year, we felt quite disgruntled Yeah. that I really...... but I mean last year... still not finished [LAUGHTER] []! [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER] She's really funny []!... So we had a laugh ov, well... said he... when he woke up, he said day one you can do three on one day... [LAUGHTER] []! [LAUGHTER] Mind you, she's like that, better get When you're feeling keen I said, you can do a lot and then They're rather weed, I know my two even. erm... rather than I suppose cos he's done that at school Yeah, that's right! they come home they've gotta snuggle up in bed with a book Yeah. you know, or... Patrick's into psalms, she loves poetry... psalms, [LAUGHTER] I thought []!
[Dorothy:] Why not!
[speaker006:] I used to do it, oh what psalm is it she? I've forgotten, about being in mud... was it a?... Ri, she did it. Yeah. But as they do, it's gonna hit her cos it's not year that... it doesn't help, see if she's in a third year class, she was always... as she is now, in the top of that, but even That's right. when she was only a second year... therefore... that means, she's not given enough work, but I mean I know what you mean. She's sort of got with children then because this erm... testing, they've got to... a school work outside curriculum. they've go, that's it,the... they do have to take them on to ta the next I mean Yeah... well she's sort of with the third year and will admit... she's so fed up! [LAUGHTER] But I, I'm Oh yeah. there's a lot of [LAUGHTER] []! I mean I'm glad she's... er September, and an August birthday, I would of hated to have gone
[Dorothy:] Well I'm glad of that... my children... cos all
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] mine are like that, and... it does mean that they can relax... you know... about... work and everything
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] cos you know... they're... a million times ahead.
[speaker006:] They've got an extra.
[Dorothy:] Yeah... haven't got to worry.
[speaker006:] all of them... so when... her class came up, cos she'd been with the class... right from nursery... and... when she put into this... you know, with the double third year, cos they go upstairs for third and fourth year... and they really do... classes below... she didn't know anything in the class!
[Dorothy:] No!
[speaker006:] I mean er... she, they weren't No... I suppose er... it's a bit hard on th, the kid, sort of, work wise, expecting her to be her to be er... ahead, but not
[Dorothy:] But friends means such a lot don't they, at that age?
[speaker006:] Yeah. They see.
[Dorothy:] Oh right... yeah.... We've got, we've still not got it yet!
[speaker006:] Oh, you've got the!
[Dorothy:] Well we had, we had it two weeks ago
[speaker006:] Yes, and they were away too.
[Dorothy:] They were away.
[speaker006:] , gonna be away another two weeks by the sound of it.
[Dorothy:] But when she gets back
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] I don't know, I must talk to Marilyn about it.... Shame really.... There again it's... if we give
[speaker006:] Oh, oh are you?
[Dorothy:] we'll give
[speaker006:] Oh!
[Dorothy:] we're giving it to her.
[speaker006:] Ooh! She's got the, she won't.
[Dorothy:] Oh yes, I don't feel she's despised in any way. Your clothes are in here... some of them.
[Tim:] Me.
[Dorothy:] Seem to have clothes scattered everywhere in this house at the moment!
[Tim:] Yeah!... This is a busy day!
[Dorothy:] It is a busy
[Tim:] Oh!... Have to bring this.
[Dorothy:] What's exactly?
[Tim:] It's this.
[Dorothy:] Yeah we don't need that today, you don't need that till Friday, so it's okay.
[Tim:] I know.
[Dorothy:] How are you doing love, have you been to the toilet Christopher?
[Christopher:] Oh mummy!
[Tim:] Sick... It's the same one!... It's got money in... it's got money in... I, I haven't played it... have I?... Haven't played this.
[Dorothy:] No.
[Tim:] I haven't played it.
[Dorothy:] No, it's a bit difficult for you that one.... But I expect we could try.
[Tim:] I want you how.
[Dorothy:] We could try to
[Christopher:] Mum!
[Dorothy:] one day when you play with me... and we'll play against Christopher. Right this minute now cos it's quarter to nine already, we need to be getting going to school... considering we weren't going five minutes ago and now we are!... Do you feel alright still?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] My tummy hurts.
[Dorothy:] Does it?... Do you think it might be best if we stayed at home
[Tim:] Yeah!
[Dorothy:] today?... What
[Tim:] I want
[Dorothy:] what do you think Christopher?
[Tim:] I want to go out!
[Dorothy:] I know you do!... You're fine aren't you?... Ooh we haven't got you any socks!... Ah!
[Tim:] Ah!... I want
[Dorothy:] Nip upstairs and get you some socks.... If you're feeling okay look, you have a, get started on those and I'll help you get a quick quick change.
[Tim:] Did you stop me....
[Dorothy:] Pardon?
[Christopher:] Mummy,!
[Dorothy:] Your tummy hurts.
[Tim:] Mum... is this
[Dorothy:] Right
[Tim:] ?
[Dorothy:] well listen, I think... I think he will have a day off today because... he certainly wasn't very well yesterday... and then go again the day after.
[Tim:] But not me.
[Dorothy:] Pardon?
[Tim:] Not me.
[Dorothy:] Not you, what?... Have a day off?
[Tim:] No, oh erm
[Dorothy:] I know, cos you're alright aren't you?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] I wanna go, I'm going to school tomorrow but... I'm going to... come home for lunch.
[Dorothy:] Yeah... is that okay?... And we'll
[Tim:] And
[Dorothy:] give it a miss today
[Tim:] go to school... then come round
[Christopher:] It...
[Tim:] have lunch.
[Christopher:] it does.
[Dorothy:] That's true... don't want to on his birthday.
[Tim:] You can't
[Christopher:] And I want to go to school.
[Tim:] a a you can't
[Dorothy:] So did I.
[Tim:] are you just... he can't go... your bag... because it's... in your... erm, drawers!
[Dorothy:] Mm, right come on then.
[Tim:] I,i, it's only one drawer!
[Dorothy:] Oh right.
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Don't tell me any secrets will you?
[Tim:] No.... [whispering] []... it's a secret!
[Dorothy:] Alright well don't tell me.
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] But what did he say?
[Dorothy:] He I do, and, ah he's talking about bags in drawers... so far, so that's alright.
[Tim:] I'm still hurting!
[Christopher:] ... nothing in the
[Dorothy:] You've been very good.
[Christopher:] bag.
[Dorothy:] You're still hurting, oh dear!
[Christopher:] There's nothing in the bag!
[Dorothy:] I think we'll have a quiet day today between us.... What about this library story time?... Are you capable of getting to the library... Christopher?... So we take Chri, Timothy to the story time and then you stay with me and we'll potter around... the shops and the little library.... Actually that'll be quite good cos that'd be nice to see whether you can... get out and about without keeling over!... And then you can come home and have a rest when you've been.
[Christopher:] Mum!
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Tim:] .
[Christopher:] I don't go to school.
[Dorothy:] To school you mean?... I thought we might just keep an eye open for Margaret and Beth
[Tim:] Beth!
[Dorothy:] walking up the road, we can tell them.
[Tim:] Ooh!... Oh!
[Dorothy:] If we see her walking up the road we can... tell her, and if we don't, we'll give them a ring... later on.
[Tim:] Oh!
[Dorothy:] There you go, arm in.
[Christopher:] That's James!
[Dorothy:] Is it?... if it was James... to give them a message at school.
[Christopher:] It might be, I don't think it is James.
[Dorothy:] Certainly somebody singing and dancing.
[Christopher:] Er no it isn't James.... No!
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Tim:] But I, I even saw my plectrum.
[Dorothy:] Did you, where?
[Tim:] It's not in my guitar.
[Dorothy:] Oh... where is it then?
[Tim:] It's I see this.
[Dorothy:] Be on the floor somewhere, it usually is!... Come on... pop an arm in here.
[Tim:] [shouting] We found our bag []!
[Dorothy:] I don't think we'd lost it had we?
[Tim:] [shouting] No []!... It is
[Dorothy:] Cor!
[Tim:] on the floor!
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] What bag's that for?
[Dorothy:] Well we took... erm... mums and toddler... erm... what's it's?... Tea towels... innit, on Thursday.
[Tim:] [shouting] I []... went there then... he won't be with the church... I went to scramblers.
[Dorothy:] Yes you did, that was yesterday when we went to church and scramblers, but Christopher didn't go to cos he wasn't very well was he?
[Tim:] That's!
[Christopher:] It was a good job I didn't go because I would be sick there.
[Dorothy:] Yeah, we didn't want you being sick in.
[Tim:] And you went
[Christopher:] Because
[Tim:] home!
[Christopher:] it's a good job I went home cos I got... sick at home.
[Dorothy:] You did didn't you?
[Tim:] It's not in here... and it's not in the guitar.
[Dorothy:] Good... and then you went fe, worse again in the afternoon didn't you?
[Tim:] It's not in the guitar... oh!...... over here.
[Dorothy:] I think we'll just have a nice quiet day today... erm... there's a little bit of a snag because I don't quite know what we're going to do about all these children that like to go to the library.... We usually have them all in the car. [playing guitar] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Where's my plectrum now?
[Dorothy:] I don't know where your plectrum is, I expect it's on the floor somewhere waiting for my hoover to get it!
[Tim:] No!... I want it for my guitar!
[Dorothy:] Well it's alright I'll keep my eyes open and if I see it I'll pick it up.
[Tim:] No, I want to spin it.... Have to remind me cos
[Christopher:] What does he want?
[Tim:] I have to... go do on the floor
[Dorothy:] Right, have you done your teeth this morning sunshine?
[Tim:] And... I haven't.
[Dorothy:] You haven't, right well go and do yours then, then we'll know it's done.
[Tim:] He... he hasn't.
[Dorothy:] Yes he has, he's just been up there to do them cos he thought he might be going to school... now he's decided he's not so we'll put the school clothes away again.... It's all very tricky to know isn't it? Whether to go or not.... It's... and it's a bit of a... an exhausting day if you don't feel too well.
[Christopher:] Mum why did you... bring some more clothes?
[Dorothy:] I didn't
[Tim:] Whoops!
[Dorothy:] these are yesterday's.... Yesterdays from erm, when you laid down on.
[Tim:] I'm gonna... see where my plectrum... my plectrum... no, it's not in there.
[Dorothy:] Have we seen Margaret coming along yet?
[Christopher:] I've not seen them.
[Dorothy:] No, I haven't either. You keep your eyes open, see if you can see her.... Will you see her from down there?... Tim would you like to come and do your teeth?... Please.
[Tim:] Not yet!
[Christopher:] Why do they call her Margaret?
[Dorothy:] Well that's her name, ha!... I expect her mum called it her, when she was a little baby. Right Tim, watch my lips... please could you go upstairs... and... clean your teeth?
[Tim:] ... go right over there oi!... How's this... and put it over there.
[Dorothy:] Come on love.
[Tim:] No!
[Dorothy:] What do you mean no?
[Tim:] Look, sit with the... I'm going to.
[Dorothy:] Well do you need me upstairs, or can you manage?... Cos I've got the brush down for you.
[Tim:] Brush down here?
[Dorothy:] No!... Down off the... holder... it's on the sink ready... with the... the toothpaste on it.... Can you manage?
[Tim:] You come!
[Dorothy:] You need me do you?... Up we go then.
[Tim:] You lift me!
[Dorothy:] Lift you?... That's pathetic! I'll hold your hand.... There you go.... Wrong way!
[Tim:] Ah!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] I, I was going to the
[Dorothy:] Yes
[Tim:] toilet!
[Dorothy:] I know, you're as scatty as mummy you are!
[Tim:] I need to go toilet!
[Dorothy:] You need to go to the toilet?... Well then let's go there.
[Tim:] I do... toilet... and wanted a wee!
[Dorothy:] Okay, do a wee.... What a nuisance!
[Tim:] Do you have to put it on tight?
[Dorothy:] That's it... do it up again.
[Tim:] Yeah... come in.... Come on wee!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Is the wee coming?... I do needed a wee!
[Dorothy:] You did yes.... Good!... Right can we get your teeth done now do you think?
[Tim:] Yeah... it hurts!
[Dorothy:] What's that then?
[Tim:] This.
[Dorothy:] Everything hurts in our family at the moment doesn't it? [toilet flushing]
[Tim:] It hurts!
[Dorothy:] It's just the pocket really... let's turn you round a bit see if it hurts... it's just the way it is I'm afraid... see if we can open it up and... spread it out a bit.
[Tim:] them.
[Dorothy:] How's that?
[Tim:] I only today... then I didn't have it like... that!
[Dorothy:] See if there's any rubbish in the bins shall we?... Oh... must of emptied these fairly recently, it's not too bad... is there lots in that one?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Tip that one into there.... There we are.
[Tim:] [shouting] Mum []!
[Dorothy:] Hello.
[Tim:] Look!... I've found a book!... It's the pegs in there.
[Dorothy:] And what's fallen off?
[Tim:] These.
[Dorothy:] Well not all trees... lose their leaves.
[Tim:] Why kind of leaves it... what leaves never ever
[Dorothy:] Well they just sort of drop off when they die and then... grow some new ones... but they don't... drop them all off like all... some of the other trees do... in the Autumn.... They don't, sort of, do it all together.
[Christopher:] They can't... but it's nice
[Dorothy:] I know.
[Christopher:] and it's... they do come up cos then you can see them below can't
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] you?
[Dorothy:] That's true... and it looks very fresh in the spring.
[Tim:] Mummy!
[Dorothy:] Hello.
[Tim:] I can't walk!
[Dorothy:] You can't walk?... You hold my hand, it'll help.... You don't want to hold my hand?
[Tim:] No!
[Dorothy:] Oh!... I like your teddy... see if he can walk.
[Christopher:] But... mum, look at this one
[Dorothy:] Is he asleep?
[Christopher:] starting!
[Dorothy:] Oh yeah.... You'll have to have a look on the way down and then pass the buds... they should be coming now cos it's nearly spring... well it is spring really.
[Christopher:] It's not winter?
[Dorothy:] Well... it's supposed to be officially... winter until the twenty first which is... soon.
[Christopher:] It is.
[Dorothy:] Fifteenth at the moment... six days... but spring is really just when new things begin to grow and... they're definitely beginning to grow now.
[Tim:] How are you... go... on this road.
[Christopher:] Mum!
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] I like it when it's people's birthdays.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Do you?
[Dorothy:] I like it when it's people's birthday too.
[Tim:] ... car
[Dorothy:] Doesn't matter when it's yours or somebody elses, it's just fun isn't it?
[Tim:] There's a car over there.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Christopher:] Yeah but when it's
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] mummy.
[Dorothy:] I quite like it when it's somebody elses, I must say.... Mind you, I shall enjoy mine tomorrow.
[Christopher:] Cos, when it's yours... you get presents don't you?
[Dorothy:] Yes.
[Tim:] Mum can I the!
[Dorothy:] Go on then.
[Christopher:] But when it's not your birthday and you go to somebody's
[Tim:] Who?
[Christopher:] birthday... but they won't... if you go in there... they might give you a bag.
[Dorothy:] That's it.
[Tim:] Whose bag?
[Dorothy:] I'm sure you'll get a bag at my party tomorrow.
[Christopher:] We will.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Whose bag is it?
[Dorothy:] Well they're for the dustbin men.
[Christopher:] Well you wouldn't
[Dorothy:] Is teddy sad?
[Christopher:] cos we visit you
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] at home.
[Dorothy:] Oh dear!
[Tim:] Look!
[Dorothy:] Oh he does look sad doesn't he?
[Christopher:] Because we wouldn't get one
[Dorothy:] Have to cheer him up a bit!
[Tim:] Whoops a!
[Christopher:] and we... it'll be at your house anyway.
[Tim:] Look there's the dustbin man!
[Dorothy:] It is a dustbin man... but he's not come to our road yet.
[Christopher:] We will live in
[Tim:] A dustbin man.
[Christopher:] this house... so that would
[Tim:] [singing] []...
[Christopher:] We wouldn't get it because we would... be able to have it one day wouldn't we?
[Tim:] ... [singing] Postman Pat []
[Dorothy:] Oh a ladybird Chri, Tim!... Christopher's found a ladybird look... walking along the fence.
[Tim:] Oh yeah!
[Dorothy:] Sweet isn't she?... How
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] many legs?
[Tim:] Can't count!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Can you count?
[Dorothy:] There's supposed to be six I think... three at each side... and then there's some feelers and things knocking about a bit there.
[Christopher:] Used to his head.
[Tim:] No!
[Dorothy:] How many spots then?
[Christopher:] What?
[Tim:] One, two, three
[Christopher:] Three.
[Tim:] four, five
[Christopher:] Oh.
[Tim:] six... seven!
[Dorothy:] Seven spots?
[Tim:] Ah?
[Dorothy:] Don't know.
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] She'll walk up your nose if you get that close!... It's a lady.
[Christopher:] She'll never
[speaker016:] Hello!
[Christopher:] go up your
[Dorothy:] Morning! Ladybird
[speaker016:] What's there?
[Dorothy:] is what the excitement's about!
[speaker016:] The what?
[Dorothy:] The ladybird is what the excitement's about.
[speaker016:] Oh that's nice!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] And this is.
[speaker016:] A ladybird.... [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Whoa!
[Dorothy:] Come on!
[Tim:] Ah!
[Dorothy:] It's quite warm out isn't it?
[speaker016:] It is warm isn't it?
[Dorothy:] Oh dear!
[Christopher:] Mum!
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] have a place like that?
[Dorothy:] No, not everyone... only the people who are foolish enough to... save up.
[Tim:] It's nice that isn't it?
[Dorothy:] Yes.... Oh look, somebody's chopped a daffodil head off!
[Christopher:] Where?
[Dorothy:] Here look.... Isn't that sad!
[Christopher:] Where?
[Dorothy:] Can you see it in the grass.
[Christopher:] One's fallen over.
[Dorothy:] Oh, I think somebody's picked it and thrown it down.
[Christopher:] There's one it... in the.
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Christopher:] Isn't there?
[Dorothy:] Yep.
[Christopher:] Are they... I got more but not when you... in here.... Why is it water and not here
[Dorothy:] Why is water there and not here?... Well probably it's not dried up over there but it has here.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Well lots of things... dry up water don't they? The sunshine dries it up... and sometimes it depends on what it's... use... how deep it is... as to whether it dries up.... Oh ha!
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Boo!... Oh here's the dustbin men... doing their bit.
[Christopher:] Where?
[Dorothy:] Here.
[Christopher:] Is that dustbi... bin men?
[Dorothy:] He's collecting all the rubbish bags into a big pile.
[Christopher:] Mum, is it lunch time?
[Dorothy:] No love, it's not lunch time. Are you hungry?... I think you must be getting better, myself.
[Christopher:] I'm hungry because I haven't had... lunch.
[Dorothy:] Well you didn't eat anything yesterday did you, except half a hot cross bun which is a funny thing to eat, but never mind!
[Christopher:] Because I... wanted to having another one... but I
[Dorothy:] You fell asleep!
[Christopher:] Oh!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] I didn't!
[Dorothy:] You did, you went were fast asleep!... You ate your hot cross bun and then you fell fast asleep on the settee.
[speaker006:] Who? This... dinner. Oh yes!... Are you alright? Yes... it's ready for anything! Yeah he seems to be.
[Christopher:] Mummy, my head hurts!
[Dorothy:] Your head hurts?
[Christopher:] Over there.
[Dorothy:] Oh dear!... I thought that might happen as we got a bit nearer to the library.... Well not to worry cos we're nearly there so we can have a sit down
[Tim:] you got a headache.
[Dorothy:] You sit down and have a rest, and we'll pop in the chemist and get some Calpol, cos we're running out.... And a dose of Calpol will sort you out... and a nice rest when we get home.... Good job
[Christopher:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] we didn't go to school after all, isn't it?
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] Good job we didn't go to school after all, cos you'd of run round in the playground, you'd of been shattered!...... oops, too late!
[Christopher:] What's that bin?
[Dorothy:] I don't know... it's a bin!
[Tim:] Well why is the bin over there?
[Dorothy:] I don't know, it looks as if it's got some grit in it for when it gets icy... I suppose you have to put he grit down there.
[Christopher:] But there's only one plate mum... in the ground.
[Tim:] But Teddy's still
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Tim:] sad!
[Dorothy:] Teddy's still sad?... I don't know what you're gonna do to cheer him up.
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] You'll have to give him lots of love.
[Christopher:] didn't he?... He normally gets to.... This door's open.
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Tim:] I can.
[Dorothy:] Did you? Another dream?
[Tim:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] What was that?... A funny one this time, or a scary one?
[Tim:] It was a dream that Mrs was there again.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Mrs []!
[Tim:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Well what did Mrs say []?
[Tim:] It's not... about her.... It was the morning then... coming....
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Oh I see []!... And what did she do?... Was it a nice day?... Everything go funny?
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] Sometimes in dreams everything goes most peculiar doesn't it?
[Tim:] But it wasn't very sad.
[Dorothy:] No, it was a pleasant dream. Sometimes dreams are quite pleasant, you think, ooh I like that dream, I'd like that one again.... It never quite works out like that.
[Christopher:] No because you forget it in the end
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Oh yeah
[Christopher:] lots of dreams like that.
[Dorothy:] that's right [].
[Christopher:] Because when you remember it, it might come again.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Yeah []!
[Christopher:] Then you remember it and it... starts to come a bit true doesn't it?
[Dorothy:] Mm mm.
[Tim:] [singing] []
[Dorothy:] Well... I don't think they come true really... it just sort of feels real.
[Tim:] [singing] []
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Tim:] [singing] []
[Dorothy:] Sometimes you can wake up and you think, ooh that was very real and then when you think about it
[Tim:] [singing] []
[Dorothy:] you think, ooh that was most
[Tim:] [singing] []
[Dorothy:] odd!... Couldn't possibly of been real!
[Tim:] ... [singing] []
[Dorothy:] I think the night was full of dreams for all sorts of people.
[Christopher:] But mummy...... that... I sort of thought Adele would act....
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... But really you were in bed.
[Christopher:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Mm mm.... But sometimes when you're not very well and you get very very hot you get funny dreams, I think you had a very funny dream in the middle of last night didn't you?... Do you remember? You were very frightened, we had to get you up... read you a story... have a cuddle... put the light on.
[Christopher:] I couldn't remember when, I don't think.
[Dorothy:] It was something like half past two in the morning!... Anyway it didn't matter cos you were very good, and you went back to sleep again in the end... then you didn't wake up till after daddy had gone to work this morning! [road works in background]
[Christopher:] No... because then, I just looked... over all those things that... I went... and....
[Dorothy:] Oh right.
[Christopher:] And then, I knocked at the very... weak... leg.
[Dorothy:] Aha.
[Christopher:] And when I looked at the clock, I was on time... and.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... Didn't matter, we were glad you had a good long sleep, cos it makes you
[Tim:] [shouting] Mummy []!
[Dorothy:] feel better when you sleep.... Now what is Timothy doing
[Tim:] Mummy!
[Dorothy:] may we ask?... Oh dear!... Come on or else you'll miss the story, it's nearly time.... Only two minutes to go!
[Tim:] I'm ready to have a
[Dorothy:] Right, come on
[Tim:] story
[Dorothy:] then.
[Tim:] from,!
[Dorothy:] What you doing?
[Tim:] I can't do it!
[Dorothy:] Well walk round!
[Tim:] I can't do it mummy!
[Dorothy:] Well you did it the other day but then you didn't have a teddy in your hand did you?
[Tim:] You hold the teddy, cos I have a teddy in my hand.
[Dorothy:] I'll hold the teddy.
[Tim:] And you have a... I can't
[Dorothy:] And down we go.... Alright there?
[Tim:] Yeah, I did it!
[Dorothy:] There you go.
[Tim:] There's more there.
[Dorothy:] I know, I don't know what they're doing there, do you?
[Christopher:] They're doing it there, and they go up the way.
[Dorothy:] Well they're digging everywhere round here at the moment.... They're supposed to be giving us a face lift of.... [LAUGHTER].
[Christopher:] What do they do with?
[Dorothy:] Don't know.
[Tim:] Mummy,
[Christopher:] Come... come here mummy!
[Dorothy:] We'll just give our library books in.... Oh dear, I think he's got a bit sad!... There doesn't seem to be anybody here now.
[speaker006:] share that one!
[Dorothy:] Alright, shall I hold this?
[Tim:] You hold that.
[Dorothy:] You want me to hold the teddy?... Gonna take your coat off?
[Christopher:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Christopher:] Where are the?
[Dorothy:] I don't know where they all are... must of all disappeared!
[Christopher:] Why does it say fire up there?
[Dorothy:] Why does it say what?
[Tim:] Go over round here!
[Christopher:] Fire engine?
[Dorothy:] I don't know.... Oh right then. Here you go look, with Rosie... she's ready look.... We'll worry about our books in a minute. You take the teddy.... You can cheer him up, there you are, have a finger. Oh, there's the other lady look!... Have a nice time.
[Christopher:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Don't forget to cheer that teddy up, it's all sad.... Morning!
[speaker006:] Poorly small boy?
[Dorothy:] I've got a big poorly boy.
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Well he was poorly yesterday, he was... a little sick and we don't know whether he was going
[Christopher:] That's mine!
[Dorothy:] to make it or not today... but he's half with us today!
[speaker006:] Oh... you're not feeling very well?
[Dorothy:] I thought we'd come for a little walk and
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] down the road.... Says he's got a headache so we'll have go and to stock up
[speaker006:] Not very well.
[Dorothy:] on the Calpol and then we'll be, er
[speaker006:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] We had a very poorly in
[Dorothy:] Oh did you?
[speaker006:] yes as well, yes
[Dorothy:] Oh Mark's... oh yes
[speaker006:] Ian.
[Dorothy:] Ian.
[speaker006:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] Was he, did he go hot and
[speaker006:] Sick and and
[Dorothy:] Oh well it was the same thing then.
[speaker006:] and diarrhoea and... yeah.
[Dorothy:] Oh that's encouraging!
[speaker006:] Get granddad did have a look at his ears but erm... he just had to... dropped it erm
[Dorothy:] Oh course granddad knows all about these things doesn't he?
[speaker006:] I mean, he said his ear hurt, and ha, course that's
[Dorothy:] Oh!
[speaker006:] what he said, so
[Dorothy:] Yeah, Christopher said everything was hurting basically
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] so we just dosed him up on Calpol
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] and he slept most of yesterday afternoon.
[speaker006:] Yeah, he was... he was sleeping in his room
[Dorothy:] Mm. And in night we're all
[speaker006:] Sneak in my bed
[Dorothy:] we're all with ridiculous dreams and goodness knows what!
[speaker006:] Yeah, he had some weird ones as well
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[speaker006:] yes!... Cos we went out on Saturday night
[Dorothy:] He was absolutely terrified at
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] half past two in the morning, we had to have a story and
[speaker006:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] relax!
[speaker006:] Yes it was sort of... my library book's gone down the back of my cupboard mummy!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] []!
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] I said, so's my library down there []!
[Dorothy:] No, we have that, and from Tim, we have
[speaker006:] And, and... why have you taken ribbons [LAUGHTER] out of your hair mummy! with him []!
[Dorothy:] something about blue machines with Tim.... Most odd!
[speaker006:] Oh did you?... Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.... But
[speaker006:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] he hasn't been sick
[speaker006:] No.
[Dorothy:] so
[speaker006:] Ian was almost sick all over us!... The duvet, I'd just taken back from the dry cleaners! [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... And it costs a bomb to have your
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] I know []!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] duvet dry cleaned so []... Oh thank you very much! [LAUGHTER] Sorry, we're just standing here talking []!
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]... Oh!
[Dorothy:] Now, do you think we can make it to the post box... let's go and have a try shall we?
[Christopher:] Mhm.
[Dorothy:] I thought we'd do it in the fresh air rather than in the car, cos it just means
[speaker006:] What is that?
[Dorothy:] Oh yes, attached to it, and you've just had yourself taped by the way.
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] Have we?... What for []?
[Dorothy:] A little man turned up Friday afternoon, after they got home... you know how we're very susceptible to these market research types?
[speaker006:] Oh yes.
[Dorothy:] And erm... it's all to do with language in the nineteen nineties... to go to be... transcribed for posterity and used... to see the change and development of languages
[speaker006:] Oh I see.
[Dorothy:] and the dictionary people... so I have to tape myself conversing with people
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] for a week.... Which is all very entertaining!
[speaker006:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] And sometimes I, sort of
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] []!
[Dorothy:] things like that, but I'm sure they'll sort it out.
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] I presume that's why it's for a week, you know?
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Out of twenty tapes surely they'll be one that
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] wouldn't... [LAUGHTER] will []!... Oh dear! We'll make our way down to the post box first, and then we'll come back and... get bits and pieces on the way Christopher.... Goes through phases of being quite... quite boisterous
[speaker006:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] and then other times of being
[speaker006:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] pathetic!... But that's probably due to yesterday.
[speaker006:] he's still... hot
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[speaker006:] But hasn't got
[Dorothy:] Tim's... only been... you know, it sounds like it's... it's mi, erm... Ian's had
[speaker006:] That's right.
[Dorothy:] the full works, and we've had
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] semi-works, followed
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] by... just a pathetic little effort
[speaker006:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] really, for me, I suppose.
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] But Martin's been alright has he then?
[speaker006:] He's just a little bit hot, but he's not
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[speaker006:] not really.
[Dorothy:] I wonder what it was?... Did granddad have
[speaker006:] I don't know.
[Dorothy:] any er
[speaker006:] No...
[Dorothy:] on the matter?
[speaker006:] No... but Ian won't have said she'll frighten me.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[speaker006:] I think it's their teeth... makes
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[speaker006:] they're really strong looking but
[Dorothy:] Yeah. No.
[speaker006:] ! [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... We just... sort of stuck cold flannels all over them
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] and cooled them down.
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Seemed to be the only thing to do to them.
[speaker006:] Come on then, we'll go out?
[Dorothy:] Yep.... Bye!
[Christopher:] Mum... where's their dog?
[Dorothy:] Erm... usually they leave the dog tied up somewhere. Right, in we go, Rice Krispies we need
[Christopher:] Want something else?
[Dorothy:] I'm not sure what else, I'll have a look on the list.
[Christopher:] Mum!
[Dorothy:] Yep.
[Christopher:] There's plenty of spare batteries at home.
[Dorothy:] There's lots of spare batteries at home.... Which ones are you thinking of?
[Christopher:] The two little ones.
[Dorothy:] Where?
[Christopher:] The two little things, the bedroom.
[Dorothy:] Yeah, well there's gonna be lots of batteries in the little bedroom because... this... this machine needs lots of batteries.... Ooh, we in a traffic jam!
[Christopher:] , it's not a traffic!
[Dorothy:] People jam!
[Christopher:] A people jam!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... We need some Ribena... thank you.
[Christopher:] We've only got
[Dorothy:] Can you manage that?
[Christopher:] squash at home.
[Dorothy:] We have haven't we?
[Christopher:] Shall I then?
[Dorothy:] Yep.... Erm... have we got the Rice Krispies, I can't remember?... Used to be here.... No, they must be down there.
[Christopher:] Mum, look at that!... It's got to have batteries though.
[Dorothy:] Ooh it's huge that one!
[Christopher:] It's gotta a with it.
[Dorothy:] It's got a with it? Oh!... What we could really do with is an Easter egg with an egg cup with it.... Cos we've broken our egg cups the other day, do you remember? We're a bit short on egg cups at home.... Can you guess what mummy's done?
[Christopher:] We just need one more egg cup don't we?
[Dorothy:] Who's forgotten the list then?... Me!... Just check my pockets.
[Christopher:] One more eggs cup,.
[Dorothy:] Oh, here we are... all is not lost!... Oh we only need Rice Krispies in here then, then the rest of the things in the green grocers.
[Christopher:] I look for... Rice Krispies.
[Dorothy:] Mm.... Do you know where they keep the Ri, oh it's down here look, there.
[Christopher:] Oh yeah.
[Dorothy:] Shouldn't keep changing everything round.
[Christopher:] Is this is brand isn't it mum?... Please!
[Dorothy:] Forgotten now.
[Christopher:] Do you want some Rice Krispies?
[Dorothy:] Well it looks like there's one box of Rice Krispies here.
[Christopher:] But, it's not the right kind.
[Dorothy:] I think the Rice Krispies are up there aren't they, in that, box there?... Have a look in here.
[Christopher:] No I can't.
[Dorothy:] Can't reach that lot
[Christopher:] Can't.
[Dorothy:] so we'll have to find somebody to help us.... And what's
[Christopher:] What are they for?
[Dorothy:] Dunno, but it says, it said... about at the Rice Krispies.... Mm, that was useful... hang onto that.
[Christopher:] Ha!... There's the man.
[Dorothy:] Right, we need a Rice Krispie box.
[Christopher:] That was a man.
[Dorothy:] Yeah but he was a shopper... so... person in charge... let's go and see if we can find someone.
[Christopher:] Here are mum...
[Dorothy:] A shopper... a person like us... shopping.... Shall we speak to someone else?... I can't see a soul today!... Somebody's... apart from the... till people.
[Christopher:] What's that
[Dorothy:] Pardon?
[Christopher:] there?... I go down.
[Dorothy:] Yep, they're down.... Rice Krispies here... is there anybody available to get us down some more Rice Krispies? We can see them up the top but
[speaker006:] They'll help you... I'll get someone.
[Dorothy:] Thank you. Yeah, it's me that's the problem... [LAUGHTER] I, ha ha []
[speaker006:] grey doors.
[Dorothy:] Grey doors?
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] What are you getting?
[Dorothy:] I don't there's anybody in here either.
[Christopher:] But the lights are on.
[Dorothy:] ... I know. [door knock] Oh, service with a smile, he's probably gone out for a coffee!... [LAUGHTER] Let's g []... let's go back to the cashier and see what we can do.... Otherwise I think we'll do without our Rice Krispies!
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] I think we'll do without our Rice Krispies, if we can't manage to get some.
[Christopher:] What did you say?
[Dorothy:] I said, we'll have to do without our Rice Krispies, if we can't manage to get any.... No joy!
[speaker006:] ... I'll have look for you.
[Dorothy:] Thank you.
[speaker006:] Can you just all move forward a bit please...
[Dorothy:] No.
[speaker006:] No?... Well, I've got
[Dorothy:] They've all skived off!
[speaker006:] we'll get it... before I go on my break, is that alright? Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Come over here love, cos we're not in the queue.
[Christopher:] ... mum, they all will look higher.
[Dorothy:] Yes.
[Christopher:] Where's the gone?
[Dorothy:] Round the corner.
[Christopher:] Excuse me,
[Dorothy:] What here? That's where they should be, but... we can see them lurking up the... top there... there's
[speaker006:] No I can't.... Here are, there's some here.
[Dorothy:] Oh, there's some here! Oh, if I'd known that [LAUGHTER] I'd have... well, thanks [].
[speaker006:] It's alright.
[Dorothy:] Right, we're off now.... Thank you very much.... Somebody must be unpacking Rice Krispies ready.
[Christopher:] of these though... must put that out.
[Dorothy:] Well we don't need to put that on, we'll just... take that home with us.
[Christopher:] Can I... and hear it goes.
[Dorothy:] Will you catch it?... [LAUGHTER] Course there's []!
[speaker006:] ninety eight, thank you.
[Dorothy:] Thank you.
[Christopher:] ... You ready then?... mum.
[Dorothy:] Yeah?
[Christopher:] Where's Ann now?
[Dorothy:] Ann's probably back in the library, or in... in a different shop... we usually shop together... in different... sometimes I go in different shops, sometimes we go in the same ones. Mind that dirt love!
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] And tomorrow's here []! Yes. Lovely morning isn't it? Fifty four please? Thank you very much, do want the... four P?... Do you want the four P?... Thank you very much.
[Dorothy:] Thank you.
[speaker006:] They haven't come in yet
[Dorothy:] Oh no, right... thank you.
[speaker006:] she said there's a delay on them but the... any that went, they'll definitely be in tomorrow.
[Dorothy:] Tomorrow?... Cos it's not.
[speaker006:] Er... well...
[Dorothy:] Okay... but she said two or three days which was about... a week ago! [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] ... in... she said there'd been a... a delay.
[Dorothy:] Okay, right, thanks, anyway erm, sugar-free Calpol please?
[speaker006:] Calpol... two forty three please? [ringing up till]
[Dorothy:] Thank you. ... we had that photograph... we decided to get lots and lots of copies of it... well they still haven't come back.
[Christopher:] What haven't come back?
[Dorothy:] The copies... of the photograph.
[Christopher:] Pictures.
[Dorothy:] Mm... we had some copies... you remember we had a very nice photograph of erm... us as a family?... Out we go.... And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we haven't seen for a long long time... so I asked if they could do them for me... but I thought they would be back by now, well they should of been back ages ago actually!... But they're not yet!... Go and see if we can get some tomatoes from here. Kiwi fruits... don't you like kiwi fruits.... No?
[Christopher:] Do I like these?
[Dorothy:] Well you always say you don't... but I don't know whether you've ever tried it properly, really... I think it's just the thought of it... that you don't like.
[Christopher:] Buy me one... I know I don't like it till I've had a bit... as a drink.
[Dorothy:] Oh right.... Pineapple it was, that you had as a drink, that you didn't like.... Some cucumber.
[Christopher:] Do we need any tomatoes?
[Dorothy:] Yes, we do need some tomatoes. Would you like to get me some?... Pop them in there.
[Christopher:] I'll give... give you... that was a bag for the... put bananas in.
[Dorothy:] You're looking for nice... well I don't need bananas in one.... Tomatoes need to go in a bag or else they'll roll about all the over the place... see if you can spot, the small-ish ones, but not like that, see... cos that's got a mark on it, we don't want that one.
[Christopher:] Don't you want that one?
[Dorothy:] Er no, cos of that there look, see... look for the nice healthy ones... very small
[Christopher:] I'm trying
[Dorothy:] because I don't want huge ones!
[Christopher:] No... not that one, again.
[Dorothy:] No... no... I think this' ll do actually, we've got about five in there now.
[Christopher:] And I didn't put one
[Dorothy:] Haven't you found one yet?
[Christopher:] No.
[Dorothy:] See whether you can find one.
[Christopher:] All the ones I... pick up, are... erm
[Dorothy:] Try this one... oh no!... Look a bit moth-eaten don't they, these tomatoes?
[Christopher:] One... got lots of them.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] What about that one?
[Dorothy:] Let's have a look.... Yeah that'll do... that's a nice one.... Right... I don't think we need any more [ringing up till]
[speaker006:] Two pound and a penny... thank you dear.
[Dorothy:] Thank you.
[speaker006:] ... Thank you.
[Dorothy:] Thanks... Bye!
[speaker006:] Bye dear!
[Dorothy:] There's Cider... hello Cider!... Yes, oh!... Got the tin?... Amusing little incident in Quick Saver!
[Ann:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] We wanted our Rice Krispies, and
[Ann:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] there was only one on... a sort of opened pack and we could
[Ann:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] see up in the... tops there... we could see this, sort of, box of... Rice Krispies... and... down, so I went and toddled off to find somebody, and nobody in sight!... Eventually this dear girl gets herself off the cash desk right... and where does she find them? Another box were on the floor, [LAUGHTER] I could of helped myself []!
[Ann:] [LAUGHTER] Oh no []!... I've done that actually.
[Dorothy:] somebody, there was, yeah.... There was a ladder, sort of, standing there so they must be re-filling the Rice Krispies
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] they must of been in the middle of it.
[Ann:] did you know?
[Dorothy:] Mm. No.
[Ann:] No cottage cheese for lunch!
[Dorothy:] No cottage cheese!... Oh dear!
[Ann:] !
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... Shall we have a little... oh actually I'll just like, go round the corner and see if there's anything I can read tonight, I just fancy something to read. Do you want to stay here and look at the books?
[Christopher:] I'm coming with you.
[Dorothy:] No?... You come with me then.
[Christopher:] Not these,.
[Dorothy:] Mm... this is an adult's books... section.... Lots
[Christopher:] Daddy might read.
[Dorothy:] Oh yes... dad likes all sorts of things... and mummy.
[Christopher:] That's a daddy.
[Dorothy:] Well they all are really.... Well it depends what you like really, there's all sorts of different... stories.
[Christopher:] They're all daddy's because they've got da on.
[Dorothy:] Oh no, not necessarily... da is for detective.
[Christopher:] Dedective?
[Dorothy:] Detective.
[Christopher:] Detective.
[Dorothy:] Detective, it's like a mystery, something
[Christopher:] Is it?
[Dorothy:] happens, and somebody has to sort out why it happened and... who did it to them... things like that.... Just fun really.... Let's see what we've got here.... Oh what a pity, I've read all those ones.
[Christopher:] Is it important things?
[Dorothy:] Is it important?... Not really, just sort of helps you know what you... what you're picking up off the shelf.
[Christopher:] What does that say?... Mum, what does that
[Dorothy:] What does what say?... Wainwright.
[Christopher:] Wa... Why?
[Dorothy:] Probably because... he's an author... or she's an author.
[Christopher:] He's an author.
[Dorothy:] He, it says... John Wainwright, there we are... if you want to... pick them up by John Wainwright, that's where they are.
[Christopher:] All on these shelves?... All along here?... this...... There's a sign on this, this shelf... I think.
[Dorothy:] Mm... different signs on different shelves.
[Christopher:] But the bottom ones haven't got one on!
[Dorothy:] Oh... that's probably because they want you to look for yourself.... Can't remember if I've read this one or not. These go... there.... Oh dear!... Sounds like Martin.
[Christopher:] No, it sounds like Ian.
[Dorothy:] Actually you're right, it does [LAUGHTER] sound like Ian []!
[Christopher:] ....
[Dorothy:] Do you want to choose a book today?
[Christopher:] you choose.... You choose a book.
[Dorothy:] I've tried choosing one... can't decide what I want, that's my trouble!
[Christopher:] There's loads in here mummy.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Mm?
[Christopher:] started school I thought it was gonna be a bit I thought I wouldn't like it there... but when I got there, I did like it mum.
[Dorothy:] Good!... It's often like that isn't it?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] you think you're not gonna like them, and then you do.... Are you missing school today?... And wish you were there?
[Christopher:] Jemima's in number five now.
[Dorothy:] Pardon?
[Christopher:] Jemima's number five now.
[Dorothy:] Is she?... She might be doing maths this morning.
[Christopher:] Ah!
[Dorothy:] You'll have to get back there tomorrow and get them all done.... She doesn't catch you up.
[Christopher:] But she doesn't mind, cos I do.
[Dorothy:] Doesn't she?... Oh well, then you're alright.
[Christopher:] Well I
[Dorothy:] You do lots on each day do you?... Mm... give them all a chance to catch up with you then.... See if there's something down here that you could read... we could play schools this afternoon.
[speaker006:] Ah ah ah!
[Dorothy:] Sorry! What is here?... Oh!... Oh look, there's some Dilley books... Dilley and the big kids.
[Christopher:] There's four stories in there.
[Dorothy:] Oh well what do you think? Shall we have that... one or keep i... keep us going for a bit?... Arthur's loose tooth.
[Christopher:] Look!
[Dorothy:] What? Oh dear! Poor Cider!
[speaker006:] I think she's got a paw caught in her lead, and she's sitting on it!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Poor
[Dorothy:] Can she sort it out?
[speaker006:] No, I went and.
[Dorothy:] Oh you went and got at her?... Oh.
[Christopher:] Oh it's three then now mum.
[Dorothy:] It's three dogs.
[Christopher:] I saw one go past there and one over there.
[Dorothy:] The place is full of them isn't it?
[Christopher:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] These people that will have dogs!... I don't mind if they're under control.
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] I can't see anything that's not got too many... pi, too many words on a page, can you?... What are these like?
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] Oh look at the dogs!... children.
[Dorothy:] [whispering] Sorry []!
[speaker006:] But I don't like it.
[Dorothy:] You don't like it?
[speaker006:] No... don't like his hair.
[Dorothy:] Oh the!
[speaker006:] ... isn't he?
[Dorothy:] Oh I didn't notice all that lot!... I was looking at this one with the Oh no, I'm not into that!
[speaker006:] No.
[Dorothy:] Spare something for them!
[speaker006:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] Some people do their hair in strange fashions as well don't they?
[speaker006:] Yes they do.
[Dorothy:] Too much like hard work!
[speaker006:] That's right....
[Dorothy:] I think I'll probably read that.
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] Yes [].
[Dorothy:] I like the photograph books though... do
[speaker006:] Yes
[Dorothy:] you?
[speaker006:] I do, yeah.... Oh Matthew you're losing your arm up your sleeve!... Pull it out again.... Come here please.... We must go up in the loft and find your... clothes...
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... Mm... looks a little bit.
[speaker006:] Mm, it does doesn't it?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Wait a minute, there's a read it yourself... oh that's a... simple read it yourself.
[Christopher:] I don't think... we got that one.
[Dorothy:] Have we?... I think there's some up there that you might be interested in... so we'll say excuse me to Martin. Oh there's the happy families on the flo... on the floor there, I love those!... Erm... the window cleaner, these are quite fun cos they don't usually have too much reading on one page.... Oh this looks more like our thing Christopher... we could cope with this.
[speaker006:] Mummy! Ah ah ah ahhh!
[Dorothy:] That one is the, a crook!
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] Oh yes []!
[Dorothy:] Here.
[speaker006:] Is he the,th... the person that wrote those as well, as well?
[Dorothy:] Yes. They're ones, they're usually very good really.
[speaker006:] Yes. Ahhh!
[Dorothy:] Hello, sausage!
[speaker006:] Ahhhh!
[Christopher:] Are there lots of these?
[speaker006:] Wahhh!
[Dorothy:] I think there are lots of stories.... Have you found one you like there? What have you got there?... Oh that looks good! Sleeping Beauty, do you want to try that one?
[Christopher:] I know that one already.
[Dorothy:] You know it already, oh well.... Oh yeah... not much point in having that then is there?... Here are Martin.
[speaker006:] No, you have them,, I think you can try being Sleeping Beauty later can't you?
[Dorothy:] The Amazing Spiderman, saves New York! I don't think we... want that particularly.... Story time for boys.
[speaker006:] Ahh! You can walk, holding onto one hand if you want to!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Yeah. Oh!
[Christopher:] We've got one
[speaker006:] Ahhh!
[Christopher:] like that haven't we?
[speaker006:] Ho!
[Dorothy:] What's that?... Tiger trouble! Oh!... That'll be one read, but we'd have to read it to you and it'll take us a long time! Ah, no,
[speaker006:] No, no, no.
[Dorothy:] I don't think so.
[speaker006:] No, no no no... mm mm.
[Dorothy:] Well we're not doing very well here Christopher... between us!
[Christopher:] Got this one then... cos it's nearly the smallest.
[Dorothy:] Well I've got this one, what do you think to that one, My Mum's a Window Cleaner?
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... That looks like our theme doesn't it?
[Christopher:] No.
[Dorothy:] See what we've got down here... Pig's wedding, what do you think that's like?
[speaker006:] Ah ohhhh!
[Christopher:] Mum, what about this one?
[Dorothy:] Looks fun!
[Christopher:] Mummy!... This one!
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] Yeah []!
[Christopher:] What about this one mummy?
[speaker006:] Took cos I've.
[Christopher:] Mum!... Mum, try that one.
[Dorothy:] What, Miranda the Magnificent!... Oh, it looks quite fun!
[speaker006:] Oh stop squeaking then!
[Dorothy:] Well you'd squeak if you were tired, like that wouldn't you?
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] I was thinking of getting []!
[Dorothy:] Probably is, yeah!
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Child... excuse me!... What do you think to the Pig's Wedding?... Oop, here they come, I think that's it, whether we think it or not!
[speaker006:] put these ones back... you've made a big mess!
[Christopher:] They're coming now.
[Dorothy:] Hello, hello! And what have you got there?... May we ask? What have you been doing?... What's happened?... What's been happening?
[Christopher:] One of the boys.
[Dorothy:] What's happened?... What have you been doing?... Oh, we bought ours!... Was it nice?... What have you been doing?... Doesn't sound like a story to me! Been making things on, what's this?... Did you have a story as well?... Did you like it? Get loads of things, oh you've even got as well! Don't let him loose!... That's why he's like that today.... He wasn't very well yesterday.
[speaker006:] Oh, sorry!
[Dorothy:] That's alright.
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... I'll just have your coat on shall we?
[Tim:] Mummy!... Here's mine.
[Dorothy:] You're very lucky!
[Tim:] Teddy's cheered right up!... Teddy's very!... I'll get a... it's a orange!
[Dorothy:] I should eat those first.... Shall we pop those in your mouth?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Oh!
[Tim:] Only one!
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Tim:] What did I have here.
[Dorothy:] Don't you like it?
[Tim:] Teddy likes it!... Teddy
[Dorothy:] Shall I hold that for you while we put
[Tim:] and you
[Dorothy:] your coat on?
[Tim:] Teddy wants you to hold him.
[Dorothy:] Are you enjoying that?
[Tim:] Teddy wants to have them.
[Dorothy:] Where you going? Going to hold that?
[Tim:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] You don't like it?... You do like it but you're not holding it?... Wha, what can I do to d, do your things up?
[Christopher:] Mum!
[Dorothy:] Just leave it open. Would you like to go and sort... the books out for me... I'll give you a ticket.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Tim:] Ah oh, I can have the ticket!
[Dorothy:] Just a minute, I've got to find my purse.
[Tim:] Purse is in your bag.
[Dorothy:] Right, it is.
[Tim:] No you don't just
[Dorothy:] Oops a daisy!
[speaker006:] Next week, story time's on Thursday, not on Monday.
[Dorothy:] Oh, can't come then next week!
[speaker006:] Thursday morning.
[Tim:] What?... What?
[Dorothy:] We can't come next week, cos next week it's on Thursday morning... Wait a minute, that one's for you Tim... that one's for me... there we go.
[Tim:] I gotta have the book...
[Dorothy:] Right you can have all those... except that one.
[Tim:] you're giving me.
[Dorothy:] That's that one... and that's that one.... Right, you can take that out on my ticket and take all those out on his ticket. Mine... Are you walking back or
[Tim:] Teddy wants some.
[Dorothy:] Let's go and get the books then, first.... Another added problem isn't it, having one?
[Ann:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] So what's that, story time next week Thursday, so we've had that though.
[Ann:] Thursday instead of Monday really.
[Dorothy:] Right... to reject my story time for this one. No. There were loads of people there last week!... We haven't had... great numbers, for a long
[speaker006:] No.
[Dorothy:] time, but last week suddenly
[speaker006:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] lots of people.... Are you going to put your's up the top Tim?
[speaker006:] That's it!
[Dorothy:] We'll start with that... obviously don't seem to be very forthcoming here!... Put those up there.... You look shattered!
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] You are shattered.
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] It's only Monday morning too []!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... Oops!... Thank you... I'll pop that in my purse.
[Christopher:] Mummy!
[Dorothy:] Yeah... that can go in my bag.
[Christopher:] There's there.
[Dorothy:] That's the ticket, that nice... folder on.
[speaker006:] Are you not very well Chris?
[Dorothy:] Are you not very well?... No, we're not... is that answer to that!... Pop that in there.
[Tim:] No, I want
[Dorothy:] You'll... well you need to hold this!
[Tim:] You!
[Dorothy:] Are you eating this?... You don't want to eat this?... Wonderful!... [LAUGHTER]... On we go!
[speaker006:] Off we go.
[Tim:] My teddy's dogs!
[speaker006:] Don't forget the dogs!
[Dorothy:] Oh... Tim's remembered the dog!... Would you like to eat this?... No.
[Christopher:] You eat it!
[Dorothy:] I don't like [LAUGHTER] coconut []!
[Tim:] It's a biscuit!
[Christopher:] I like coconut.
[Dorothy:] Do you want it then?
[Tim:] No, it's a biscuit!
[Dorothy:] You try it.
[Tim:] I I, it's a biscuit!
[Dorothy:] I know.
[Tim:] Are you
[Dorothy:] With coconut on the top.... Do you like it?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Right, well let's give it to Christopher, see if he likes it. Oh goodness me!
[Tim:] Well now he don't want it.... It's not dirty.
[Dorothy:] Well perhaps Cider will enjoy it.... Would Cider like our biscuit?
[speaker006:] erm
[Dorothy:] It's been on the floor!
[Tim:] My, may I have it?
[Dorothy:] Oh you're gonna hold it?
[speaker006:] Are you going to give it to Cider?
[Tim:] No!
[speaker006:] No?... Cider!... Get this one.
[Dorothy:] poor woman, she's just done a
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]... Well perhaps it's
[Dorothy:] I'm sure that's really healthy for you Cider!
[speaker006:] Can't cope with that!
[Christopher:] Come here!... Come here!
[Dorothy:] I think she's.
[speaker006:] Yep!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] People don't.
[Dorothy:] She'll probably be sick on the way back!
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]... I can't
[Dorothy:] If she does sick
[speaker006:] when I.
[Dorothy:] Really?
[speaker006:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... I've lost a child!... Here we are.... Want to put that in my bag?... You're looking very weary now, do you need to go home and lie down for a bit?... Yeah. Well... this one's not too well really... he's gonna go down and... go back and lie down now, he says... but erm... the rest of us are fine.... You?
[speaker006:] Well no, James has
[Dorothy:] You good?
[speaker006:] gone to the doctors
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Oh no, what's up with him []?
[speaker006:] He wasn't at all well yesterday!
[Dorothy:] Is he not?
[speaker006:] No... his throats... and his temperature was right up and
[Dorothy:] Oh well, that sounds like everybody else, cos I was just saying to Ann that... Ian and erm... Martin they've had high temperatures and
[speaker006:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] feverishness and stuff.
[speaker006:] Well I mean they.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] But he hasn't been... right
[Dorothy:] And
[speaker006:] for a while
[Dorothy:] No.
[speaker006:] so... feeling better by yesterday and then
[Dorothy:] Sorting out for the doctor today. And they got out
[speaker006:] if it gets too big a hole you see, it could be... months before it... heals up!
[Dorothy:] Have we lost them?
[speaker006:] No... erm her Cheryl had to have a walk round in her sleep this morning cos
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Oh pa []
[speaker006:] she picked the phone up, it's turned quarter to seven, she wasn't very happy about it! [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] I bet she wasn't []!... Oh well!... Can't help it can you?... Erm
[speaker006:] No.
[Dorothy:] I think they've gone and disappeared!
[speaker006:] No, they're, they're just there.
[Dorothy:] Are they?... Oh.
[Tim:] You come here!
[Dorothy:] There's quite a nice group of children that are in there, there's story.
[Tim:] ... why?
[speaker006:] See you
[Tim:] Mummy!
[speaker006:] later!... Bye!
[Dorothy:] Right yes, rush ahead, don't wait for us.
[speaker006:] !
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] She
[Dorothy:] Sorry? You are?
[speaker006:] Pushing this bloody!
[Dorothy:] Plus the dog!
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Seems to be wandering about all over the place!
[speaker006:] Yes... I really like to
[Christopher:] [shouting] Put it down []!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Yeah []!
[Christopher:] Please don't!
[Dorothy:] Sometimes you long for half an hours run don't you? But I mean, you know, sort of walk
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] Walk quickly []!
[Tim:] Stay! Yeah!...!
[Dorothy:] Have you seen anything of Sarah this weekend, is she alright?
[speaker006:] No,... saw her on Friday and said... force fed her a hot cross bun
[Dorothy:] Oh well done!... [LAUGHTER] if... that was on Friday afternoon
[speaker006:] Yes
[Dorothy:] when I s, when I saw you? I thought we'd better get out the way there!
[speaker006:] Yeah, that's the thing... I mean just... she never
[Christopher:] Oh do get back! I... oh!
[speaker006:] Have you had anything to eat?... No!... Well you're coming in to have something to eat! I want to something she wouldn't... have a, I was quite happy to, I'd, I'd have cooked her a choc ice,
[Dorothy:] a choc ice and pear, going down when I had her
[speaker006:] So that's all she's had to eat!... That... well
[Dorothy:] Dear!
[speaker006:] except what she had on... Wednesday night
[Dorothy:] Wednesday night.
[speaker006:] that was the last thing I.
[Dorothy:] And that's all she's had all week!
[speaker006:] And two drinks!... And she's had... two cups of coffee and a sherry she told me on... Thursday?
[Dorothy:] Oh dear!
[speaker006:] I was just!
[Dorothy:] Well it is
[speaker006:] It's
[Dorothy:] silly isn't it?
[speaker006:] It's very silly!
[Dorothy:] And she must know that it's silly.
[speaker006:] Yeah!... And she's not... she's not stupid!
[Dorothy:] So did you tell her?... Did you lay into her?
[speaker006:] I did a little bit, but it didn't
[Dorothy:] No!... It... didn't
[speaker006:] I said are you going to ha, have some tea with the children?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] And she said no!... Then she said yes!... I said you're not are you?
[Dorothy:] No.
[speaker006:] She says, no I'm not.
[Dorothy:] No.
[speaker006:] But Simon doesn't know!
[Dorothy:] Well I think we ought to say.
[speaker006:] And I said I'd tell Simon but... I wouldn't.
[Dorothy:] What did she say to that?
[speaker006:] Nothing, she
[Tim:] Boo!
[Dorothy:] Didn't care!
[Tim:] Bang!
[Dorothy:] I think we should of done really
[Tim:] Ay!
[Dorothy:] because otherwise
[Tim:] Ay!
[Dorothy:] it's just gonna go from bad to worse isn't
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] it?
[speaker006:] She's been better this weekend but
[Dorothy:] Well at least he'll have been here this weekend to find
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] out, won't he?
[Christopher:] Mummy!
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] Look!
[Dorothy:] But the trouble is he's gonna be so bogged down with his job problems
[speaker006:] I really ca... and... maybe if she eats one or two meals over the weekend, it'll... he might not
[Dorothy:] He'll think her, eats yeah.
[Tim:] Hey!
[speaker006:] Yeah. So I don't know whether she buys her meals
[Dorothy:] No that's what I gathered.
[speaker006:] and she'll not eat them!
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[speaker006:] It's a problem!
[Tim:] They that!
[Dorothy:] The thing with doing this recording I've noticed that the the time we really sit we down and talk... is at
[Tim:] and the
[Dorothy:] meal times.
[speaker006:] Meal times!
[Tim:] Daddy keeps
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] giving there!
[Dorothy:] Particularly as a family here with the children
[Tim:] cat!
[Dorothy:] what we've done and
[speaker006:] I know.
[Tim:] Hey yeah!
[Christopher:] Mummy there's
[speaker006:] We also get together and
[Christopher:] cats in there.
[Dorothy:] Oh!
[Christopher:] Come on, you walk on the seat!
[Dorothy:] I know.
[speaker006:] She'll sharing with us.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] Oh you scaredy!
[Dorothy:] On Saturday, well I produced this
[Christopher:] You not!
[Dorothy:] cottage pie, expecting her to join in, unless
[speaker006:] Yeah, of course!
[Dorothy:] she was going out... you know
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] ... which is fair enough
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] and she obviously was, sort of, most surprised that we were all gonna sit round the table and eat it!
[Tim:] Mum, on there?
[speaker006:] and eat it!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] He... do things that we that we did.
[Dorothy:] Oh!
[speaker006:] Look!... Look mum!... Look! Oh you get down
[Dorothy:] We're looking!
[speaker006:] from there Ian! I can't manage! Get down! Mark's playing with. Well careful, your biscuit's going to get very dirty and then you won't able to eat it! Mark did it!
[Dorothy:] Mark can do, Mark's bigger.
[speaker006:] Yeah, that's right, okay?
[Dorothy:] Older anyway.
[speaker006:] Oh!... Ooh! Ooh ooh!
[Christopher:] Hey!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] ... well they're
[Dorothy:] You what?
[speaker006:] eating it.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.... James's mum said to me, and she doesn't know her from Adam, she said
[speaker006:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] that lady is on, been on the corner, standing there... talking... for the last twenty minutes... which must mean that Mark was late to school this morning... so then
[speaker006:] Oh!
[Dorothy:] she must be going to High Down Hill.
[speaker006:] Oh!
[Dorothy:] Or is he not going to school this morning?
[speaker006:] Oh... I'm afraid he's, no he's had chicken pox!... And
[Dorothy:] Ah right.
[speaker006:] when they have chicken pox and stuff, they
[Dorothy:] They said they were setting off at nine o'clock as if to go
[speaker006:] Oh!
[Dorothy:] to school.... I mean, you know, it was ten to nine or whatever.
[speaker006:] now.
[Dorothy:] Saw them at ten to nine, and then she passed them again at ten past nine.
[speaker006:] Where's the dog? I wonder why she told me that then?
[Dorothy:] Well I dunno
[speaker006:] Big dog!
[Dorothy:] I mean this was just, James's
[Christopher:] He
[Dorothy:] mum had said.
[Tim:] There, that one.
[Dorothy:] But she didn't know her, you know.
[speaker006:] No. And your
[Dorothy:] And I thought, oh no Sarah don't do it!
[speaker006:] Now!
[Dorothy:] Because just everything seems to be going to pot!
[speaker006:] Yeah. Mummy!... Go on, let's get home. Oh but mum!
[Dorothy:] That sounds like the best idea!
[speaker006:] I don't know about you... but
[Tim:] Mummy!
[Dorothy:] What's the problem dear? Why are we all worrying?
[Christopher:] Doesn't have to go!
[Dorothy:] Oh go on with you!
[speaker006:] Nancy's our lucky Oh dog! hang on
[Dorothy:] We've got Cider with us again.
[speaker006:] go away!
[Christopher:] It's going away now.
[Dorothy:] No problem. Oh is it today?
[speaker006:] !
[Christopher:] ... I'm gonna catch your dog!
[Dorothy:] You feel you want to do something, but I just don't what you can do
[speaker006:] No.
[Dorothy:] really, beyond, like you say, telling Simon and seeing what he can do but
[speaker006:] No.
[Dorothy:] cos we can't just stand by and watch her fade away can we?
[speaker006:] No.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... Rather it stop now than
[speaker006:] I know.
[Dorothy:] another two months and then the woman's in hospital and goodness knows what and
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] No... ouch tha!
[Christopher:] Stu pid!
[Tim:] No we didn't... the back door.
[speaker006:] did you?... Where's your... mud guard?... Well it's nice Ahhh! , but I end up having to!
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Tim:] Oh... is that our isn't it mummy?
[speaker006:] went on
[Dorothy:] And me... and I go all wobbly and
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] When I was pregnant I was really
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] Yeah []!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... Used to have to eat all sorts of things... at different times... I used to try and eat apples as opposed to, you know, sort of, something... fairly healthy but
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] I would go qui, quite wobbly and sometimes have to
[speaker006:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] lie down [LAUGHTER] for a bit []!
[Christopher:] [shouting] Mum []!
[Dorothy:] That sounded like
[Tim:] [shouting] There's a man! In the garden []!
[Dorothy:] That's a good one!
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] did though []! It would be.... Well they're alright, there with a man.
[Tim:] There's a man with them.
[speaker006:] There's a man with them, they... obviously know what they're doing... they're lovely!
[Tim:] That man is being!
[Christopher:] No, they're going round the corner.
[Dorothy:] I expect they're going home.... Perhaps they've been for their walk, this one looks as if he's so old he can hardly!
[Christopher:] I'm really going one coming straight for us.
[Dorothy:] No, he's going
[speaker006:] No!
[Dorothy:] home!
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] []!
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] There's a cat!
[speaker006:] Oh dear! The dog's sitting with the cat. The dog's sitting the cats mummy. Well perhaps they've had... get Simon on her.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[speaker006:] Friday night she's coming to stay.... I bet Andy was slagging him off again.
[Dorothy:] Oh did he?
[speaker006:] No!
[Dorothy:] Cos he didn't know her!... Well I mean, he does know her but I mean he, perhaps
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] he didn't, doesn't realise the
[speaker006:] Oh he does.
[Dorothy:] state of the girl!
[speaker006:] [shouting] Mummy []! [LAUGHTER] If you keep him telling every day, he does []! What's the time? [shouting] Let's hide []!
[Christopher:] Ay?
[Dorothy:] Oh dear!
[speaker006:] We will hide.
[Tim:] Yeah!
[Dorothy:] You'd think they'd notice at work wouldn't you?
[speaker006:] Yeah,
[Dorothy:] Perhaps... well I don't suppose they would.
[speaker006:] , he said right
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[speaker006:] we'll have a chinese take away.
[Dorothy:] She must be eating something, to keep going... surely?
[speaker006:] She'll probably!
[Dorothy:] No, not quite! Hope thi Good. We'll do another one, or do you want to do something different?...
[Christopher:] Look at that one
[Tim:] Hey let's read a story. I bring you a
[Christopher:] Look, that's easy it's six.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Tim:] Because I
[Dorothy:] It's back on the shelf there I think.
[Christopher:] It's
[Tim:] Back on the shelf?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Tim:] Where?
[Dorothy:] On my bookshelf, just there....
[Tim:] Where?... There?
[Dorothy:] Shall I get it for you?... While mast
[Tim:] Where?
[Dorothy:] while mastermind is doing his maths. Over here.
[Tim:] Where?...
[Dorothy:] Where are we? Number one.... Here....
[Tim:] Oh....
[Christopher:] Is that that the first book?
[Dorothy:] Yes.
[Christopher:] That I read?
[Dorothy:] Yes.
[Christopher:] That's number one book.
[Dorothy:] That's right.
[Tim:] That's number one book....
[Dorothy:] How are we doing? You just dropped a pencil.
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] Have you just dropped your pencil?
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] I shouldn't just leave it on the floor look cos we shan't find it again and then when the hoover tries to pick it up it will... have a fit.
[Tim:] Who... who's gonna... who
[Dorothy:] hoover up a pencil do we?
[Tim:] No we don't need to hoover a pencil up.
[Dorothy:] No we don't. Don't know where the is yet do we?
[Christopher:] Perhaps it's hiding somewhere so it doesn't get hoovered up.
[Dorothy:] Mm. Could be.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] What about behind there? That... behind there it wouldn't get hoovered up.
[Dorothy:] True. I bet there's a lot of things behind there. Such as
[Christopher:] Anyway there's glue behind there. Scissors behind there.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] We had to get most of them out.
[Tim:] The glue's out.
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] I tried to get most of them out....
[Tim:] Oh. There's no glue.
[Dorothy:] Good. There's not supposed to be. I do try and get most of the things out from behind there it's this this bookcase I have terrible trouble with. Come on. Let's be getting going. Are we having this story?... Are you ready? [reading] Timmy the catcher mouse was a little black cat. Timmy the catcher mouse was a very long name for a very little cat so everyone called him... Tim.
[Tim:] Tim.
[Dorothy:] Tim lived in a hole under the steps of a very old house. He lived there with his mother... and his sister Tessa [].
[Tim:] Tessa.
[Dorothy:] That doesn't say Tessa. That one says...
[Tim:] Tim.
[Dorothy:] Tim. That's right.... [reading] His mother's name was Peggity but everyone called her Pegs [].
[Tim:] Pegs.
[Dorothy:] And what does this bit say?
[Tim:] Pegs. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] That's right.... [reading] One day Pegs was going out. You can play in the garden while I'm away she said. But remember this. A magician lives in the house... everyone says that he's very grumpy so if you meet the magician you must be very polite. I'll remember said Tim []....
[Tim:] Tim... er
[Christopher:] Mum, that's
[Dorothy:] Tim and
[Tim:] Pegs.
[Dorothy:] That's right.... [reading] Pegs went out. She ran across the garden to the old iron gate. She crept under the gate and out into the lane []....
[Tim:] Pegs.... Er Pegs said
[Dorothy:] No, it says Pegs went out.
[Tim:] Pegs went out.
[Dorothy:] That's right. Again.
[Tim:] Pegs went out.
[Dorothy:] That's right. There's the word went look, and there's the word out. Pegs went out.
[Tim:] Pegs went out.
[Dorothy:] That's right....
[Tim:] Went... out.... Where's the Pegs went out?
[Dorothy:] Well you can see it there. There's Pegs. There's went.
[Tim:] Went
[Christopher:] This is seven isn't it mum?
[Dorothy:] And that's out.
[Tim:] out.
[Christopher:] Mum that's seven.
[Dorothy:] It is, yes.
[Tim:] Pegs went out.
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Christopher:] Mum, to do a seven you have to go across and then down.
[Dorothy:] You do, you're right.
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Christopher:] And then up.
[Dorothy:] [reading] Tim looked at his sister. She was fast asleep.
[Christopher:] I used to do it that way
[Dorothy:] Tim jumped on her to wake her up but she only said go away, and went back to sleep again [].... What does this bit say? Do you remember?...
[Tim:] Tim... er
[Dorothy:] Jumped.
[Tim:] Tim jumped.
[Dorothy:] That one bit says Tim and that bit there says jumped. Tim jumped....
[Christopher:] That's five isn't it?
[Dorothy:] Yes.... Whoops, we've missed, I lost our page there. [reading] Tim got out of the hole. The sun was shining and the sky was blue. Tim went out into the garden []. Hold on. You've got to say this bit first.
[Tim:] Tim went out.
[Dorothy:] Very good. That was a bit clever.
[Christopher:] Is that all done? Are they all done now?
[Dorothy:] [reading] Tim saw a tree [] well... er they look all done to me.
[Tim:] Tim saw a tree.
[Dorothy:] That's right. [reading] The tree was growing near the house [].
[Tim:] He's gonna go up there in the the house.
[Dorothy:] Do you want to try that one? It's a bit like what we've been doing before where you've got to look at the money. It said [reading] how much for both? Tick the money you will need []. You have to tick off. It's going to be nine p and one p. That makes ten p altogether and you have to tick off the ten pence... by doing a five and a five. So you have to add this bit up first.
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Three p and five p and write down what it comes to.... What will that be?
[Christopher:] So you have to tick that one off?
[Tim:] [shouting] []
[Dorothy:] Wait a minute. Well find that first of all. Three p and five p makes?...
[Tim:] Read it.
[Dorothy:] Jus can I just show Christopher what to do with this page? Cos once he's got going he can get on with it himself then.
[Christopher:] Eight.
[Dorothy:] That's right. So put your eight p down there.... And then you have to work out the coins that you'll need for eight p
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] or three p and five p.
[Tim:] Mummy. Mummy.
[Dorothy:] So which ones will you need? Just tick them off, the bits that you'll need.
[Tim:] Tim went... ran up the tree.
[Christopher:] Erm
[Dorothy:] Nearly. Tim ran to the tree.
[Tim:] Ran to to the tree.
[Christopher:] Will I need two and two and one?
[Dorothy:] Will you need what love?
[Christopher:] Two two and one.
[Dorothy:] Two two and one. That would make five. And then you need another three. Why don't you have the fi look for the three p first... and tick that off and then look for the five p next and tick that off....
[Christopher:] Tick five p off? Tick five p off.
[Tim:] I don't know this bit.
[Dorothy:] Mm. Cos you know that five p and three p are gonna make eight p don't you?
[Tim:] Mummy... mum.... Does that say
[Christopher:] Five p
[Dorothy:] Just hold on Tim while I just sort him out. Cos if That's right. That's five p and now you need
[Christopher:] You can't really see it
[Dorothy:] No you can't really.... That's better....
[Christopher:] You still can't see it.
[Dorothy:] Well make a big tick sticking out like there's does.... That's it, now... [LAUGHTER] That's it there, now what else makes eight p?
[Tim:] Mummy....
[Dorothy:] [reading] Tim climbed to the very top of the tree. He looked down and saw the house. The roof of the house was very close to the top of the tree []....
[Christopher:] Three.
[Tim:] Tim
[Christopher:] You haven't got a three p.
[Dorothy:] Looked
[Tim:] looked
[Christopher:] Well! We have to do this. Tick that one.
[Dorothy:] Down.
[Tim:] down.
[Dorothy:] That's it. Tim looked down.
[Christopher:] And tick that one....
[Dorothy:] You've got four p there. Do you know what you're doing on that... that that's for that one. You're up here.... Mm.
[Tim:] Mummy Tim... ran
[Dorothy:] You've ticked the wrong things but it doesn't matter cos we can probably use those anyway.
[Tim:] Tim
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] climbed... Tim climbed up there.
[Dorothy:] It's a good try. It actually says [reading] Tim saw the window. Tim jumped on to the roof of the house. There was a window in the roof. Tim saw the window. The window was open [].
[Tim:] Tim...
[Dorothy:] Saw
[Tim:] saw...
[Christopher:] Three... three p.
[Dorothy:] the...
[Tim:] the
[Dorothy:] window.
[Christopher:] Three p mum. Three p.
[Dorothy:] That's it.... That's it. Well done. Now you have to do this one. Tricky aren't they, these? [reading] Tim ran up the roof to the window. He looked down into the room below. He saw an old man sitting in a chair. The old man had long white hair and a white beard. He must be a magician
[Christopher:] Mum nine.
[Dorothy:] Tim said to himself [].
[Tim:] Magician.
[Dorothy:] That's it. The magician. Well done.
[Christopher:] Nine there.
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Tim:] He's going in.
[Dorothy:] [reading] The magician was fast asleep. Tim leaned over to have a good look at him, but his foot slipped and he fell in. He landed right on the magician's knee. Tim dug in his claws and held on [].
[Tim:] Tim... fell in.
[Dorothy:] Well done.... [reading] The magician woke up with a yell of pain. He saw Tim standing on his knee. Where on earth did you come from? He asked. I fell in said Tim. Then you'd better fall out again said the magician. Take your claws out of my knee and go away []....
[Tim:] Tim
[Dorothy:] The
[Tim:] the... magician
[Dorothy:] woke
[Tim:] up.
[Dorothy:] That's it....
[Christopher:] five...
[Dorothy:] [reading] Tim pulled out his claws. He looked up at the
[Christopher:] Four.
[Dorothy:] window. I can't get up there by myself he said []....
[Tim:] Tim...
[Dorothy:] Looked
[Christopher:] Look mummy.
[Tim:] looked
[Christopher:] Look.
[Dorothy:] up
[Tim:] at up.
[Christopher:] That's it....
[Dorothy:] It is it. You're right.... [reading] We'll soon see about that said the magician. One two three and you're back
[Christopher:] Six p in there.
[Dorothy:] in the tree. And he snapped his fingers [].
[Christopher:] Isn't it six?
[Dorothy:] This one says one... two... three.
[Tim:] Two... three.
[Dorothy:] That's it....
[Christopher:] Tick....
[Dorothy:] That's it. Very good.... [reading] Tim felt himself flying up in the air. A moment later he found himself back in the top of the tree [].
[Christopher:] Nine.
[Dorothy:] And
[Christopher:] Nine is here.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. And...
[Tim:] Tim
[Dorothy:] was... in the
[Tim:] tree.
[Dorothy:] Very good. You're good at this book aren't you Tim?... [reading] Tim climbed down the tree just as Pegs came back into the garden. Tim ran to ni to meet her. Tim cried Pegs. Where have you been []?
[Tim:] Tim
[Dorothy:] Ran.
[Tim:] ran... home.
[Dorothy:] Well it should say Tim ran home. It doesn't, it just says Tim ran. It would make more sense if it said Tim ran home....
[Tim:] Tim been to the magician.
[Dorothy:] He has. [reading] I've been to see the magician said Tim. It was very exciting. I expect it was said Pegs but you better be careful Tim. Magicians can work magic. I know they can said Tim. The magician did work magic. I flew up into the tree. It was very exciting but I shall be very careful next time [].
[Tim:] Tim... and Pegs.
[Dorothy:] That's it.
[Tim:] Tim on the pegs.
[Dorothy:] Tim and Pegs. It's cos they're both on the picture. And that's the end of the book.... You were very good at that weren't you?
[Christopher:] Oh. Another nine.
[Dorothy:] Oh good gracious. Two nines. Oh that's
[Christopher:] Look.
[Dorothy:] easy then. You'll be able to use the same coins.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Christopher:] Two... five....
[Dorothy:] That's only seven.
[Tim:] Mum.
[Christopher:] What?
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Two and five is only seven. You need another two.... That's it....
[Christopher:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] to do lots more.
[Dorothy:] You don't have to. If you want to you can give up now and we'll do some reading next.... Do you want to have a go at My Mum's a Window Cleaner?... And then after that we'll go in the garden....
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] I said after that we'll go in the garden before it rains. We'll also have to ring grandma and tell her that we won't be coming to her house today cos we won't be going swimming. Cos although you're much better now
[Tim:] Mum I want to read this.
[Dorothy:] I don't think you should be going to erm... [LAUGHTER] I don't think we'll read another one just right this minute lovey.... Cos I'm going to read with Christopher
[Tim:] It's a different one.
[Dorothy:] now. It's Christopher's turn to read....
[Christopher:] I feel really better.
[Dorothy:] You feel really better? Well that's nice?
[Tim:] He going swimming?
[Dorothy:] He's not going swimming, no. Would you like to go and get a card out of there look, and do some drawing?...
[Christopher:] Mum, will we play school instead?
[Dorothy:] Yeah. We're playing schools now. [reading] My mum's a window cleaner [].
[Christopher:] And after this will we play schools?
[Dorothy:] After this we're gonna play gardens.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] Play gardens [].
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Mum, what do we have to do out in the garden?
[Tim:] Mum, mum... I want
[Dorothy:] You have to dig up all the weeds that are poking through. Tidy it up a bit and if we get time We haven't got felt tips love. Just use these ones.
[Christopher:] Yeah, they're upstairs.
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] The felt tips are too far away. [reading] My mum's a window cleaner []....
[Christopher:] [reading] Some mums are in shops. Some mums... do
[Dorothy:] Drive.
[Christopher:] drive buses [].
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] don't. [LAUGHTER] They don't usually. They're usually men aren't they?
[Dorothy:] They are actually. There are one or two women that drive buses but not that many.
[Christopher:] [reading] But my mum's... a... I
[Dorothy:] But my mum's a
[Christopher:] w window cleaner.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] You have to be careful... when you walk... under her... legs
[Dorothy:] Ladder. [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] ladder []. Why?
[Dorothy:] Cos if you walk under her ladder she might drop the water all over your head.... Some people say it's unlucky to walk under ladders. I think it's a lot of rubbish.
[Christopher:] Unlucky?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] What does that mean?
[Dorothy:] Well there you are. That's why it would be unlucky, cos she'll drop water all over you....
[Christopher:] Do you think it's unlucky?
[Dorothy:] No I don't. I think it's silly to say that....
[Christopher:] Because... if it's silly...
[Dorothy:] It's just a bit of a joke really. But some people think it's serious. [reading] You have to be careful when you walk under a ladder... or []
[Christopher:] [reading] Or you might get a...
[Dorothy:] Sh
[Christopher:] shower.
[Dorothy:] That's it....
[Christopher:] And when she washes
[Dorothy:] Now then. Do the sounds for that one cos you'll get there in the end.... swings.
[Christopher:] swings the
[Dorothy:] That's it.
[Christopher:] ladder round... your duck []
[Dorothy:] You duck. [reading] When she swings her ladder round you duck []. Do you know what it means to duck?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] You go like this... bob your head down quick. Otherwise she might clout you round the earhole with her ladder....
[Christopher:] You duck?
[Dorothy:] Yeah.... Look at all those birds floating about in our erm... all these pigeons in our garden. There's four.... What do you think they're eating?
[Christopher:] I think they've got w we've got lots of
[Dorothy:] Worms.
[Christopher:] worms around here.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] But we don't see them do we?
[Dorothy:] Mm that one's just got a bright juicy one. I just watched it go down its mouth. Look they must be having their lunch.... Right where were we? [reading] Sometimes []
[Christopher:] [reading] Sometimes
[Dorothy:] Cleans.
[Christopher:] cleans... windows very low down....
[Tim:] Window cleaner?
[Dorothy:] Yeah. It's all about my mum being a window cleaner, this book.
[Christopher:] And sometimes she... cleans windows very high up. But my mum's not s
[Dorothy:] Scared.
[Christopher:] scared.... One day there was a big... fire. My... my mum went up her ladder... [] What?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Well read it and you'll find out [].
[Christopher:] [reading] Where
[Dorothy:] With.
[Christopher:] with... a bucket... full of water. She... rescued a baby with... his bottle.
[Dorothy:] That's it.... [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] I
[Dorothy:] A.
[Christopher:] a fat... man
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Christopher:] had
[Dorothy:] Having.
[Christopher:] having... a baby.
[Dorothy:] No. Having a?...
[Christopher:] a
[Dorothy:] Bath.
[Christopher:] a bath...
[Dorothy:] Even.
[Christopher:] even... an old... lady with a parrot.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] They must have all been in the house in the fire. She got them all out....
[Christopher:] Every... baby
[Dorothy:] Everybody.
[Christopher:] everybody...
[Dorothy:] Cheered.
[Christopher:] cheered and when the firemen...
[Dorothy:] Arrived.
[Christopher:] arrived... they... g
[Dorothy:] Gave.
[Christopher:] gave... her a hat
[Dorothy:] Helmet.
[Christopher:] helmet. My mum's got a big
[Dorothy:] Bigger.
[Christopher:] bigger... ladder now... but she don't
[Dorothy:] Doesn't.
[Christopher:] doesn't clean windows any more. She's a firelady instead of.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] How did she
[Dorothy:] That was a good story wasn't it? I enjoyed that one. We picked a good one from the library there.
[Tim:] I want to read this one now.
[Dorothy:] Did you enjoy that one Tim? Did you think that was good?
[Christopher:] It wasn't really a washing one.
[Dorothy:] No we thought it was a window cleaning book. It's really a fire engine book.
[Christopher:] A fire engine what?
[Dorothy:] That was more of a fire engine book than it is a window cleaning book isn't it?
[Tim:] I want to read this one now.
[Dorothy:] That's a very nice picture now.
[Tim:] to read.
[Dorothy:] Oh we could read it or we could go in the garden. What do you think? We've had a story each now....
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Oh! We've got to ring grandma. Would you like to help talk to grandma on the phone?
[Tim:] Yeah. I I gonna do it.
[Dorothy:] Go on then. Right but
[Christopher:] Can I
[Dorothy:] One of you hold the receiver and the other one do the numbers....
[Tim:] I do numbers.
[Dorothy:] Do you know what to do for the numbers?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Well hold on cos it's no good until you... Pardon? Yes she should be back at her house. Just wait Tim cos you've got to wait till you've got... the receiver picked up before you start dialling anything. And then you've got to dial the right numbers or else you won't get grandma, you'll get somebody else. Are you gonna talk... Christopher? Right there you go. You pick the receiver up.
[Christopher:] Right Tim Tim
[Dorothy:] Okay Tim, number six.
[Christopher:] What do I have to say?
[Dorothy:] You say hello for starters. Go on, right round Tim.
[Christopher:] Hello and what do you say after?
[Dorothy:] That's it. I'll tell you in a minute. That one there
[Christopher:] We can't come today.
[Dorothy:] nine.... Say we're not going to come swimming today. Seven... whoops... two
[Tim:] Two....
[Dorothy:] and this one. Right round. Whoops. That should be it. Is it ringing?...
[Christopher:] Yeah....
[Dorothy:] Tell her it's Christopher to start with. She might not know who you are.
[Andrew:] Hello. How are we?
[Dorothy:] Oh we're all well.
[Andrew:] Still all in the land of the living.
[Dorothy:] Yes they're definitely erm... alright now. Sunshine over there 'll be going to school tomorrow, no problem....
[Andrew:] Have you had a quiet day today? [LAUGHTER] He looks very quiet at the moment [].
[Tim:] Mummy
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Well it does at the moment but []
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Oh mummy
[Dorothy:] he's not been quiet all day.
[Tim:] daddy
[Andrew:] Hello hello hello.
[Tim:] Mummy. Tim.
[Andrew:] Hello. Hello hello hello.
[Tim:] It's not
[Andrew:] Are we here? Are we living?
[Dorothy:] He's probably tired by now I should think....
[Christopher:] window cleaner
[Andrew:] Is it?
[Dorothy:] He read that to me daddy. He was very good.
[Andrew:] Did you?
[Dorothy:] He'll have to read it to you next. Thought we'd have a reading session so we had a reading book and we had some maths.
[Christopher:] But it's not really one because it's a fire engine one cos
[Tim:] Mum is... is the tea ready?
[Christopher:] there's a fire engine
[Dorothy:] Yes the tea is ready.
[Andrew:] next are we?
[Dorothy:] You need to wee so perhaps when daddy goes up to
[Andrew:] Right.
[Dorothy:] get changed.
[Tim:] I need a wee.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] You need to wee? Right, do you want to come with me?
[Dorothy:] You go with daddy cos he's going up there anyway.
[Andrew:] Yeah, I'm going upstairs.
[Tim:] Whoops.... Oh! I've fallen on the stairs.
[Andrew:] I know.... Who's gonna get upstairs first?
[Dorothy:] Shall I start dishing it out? I mean it's that... that
[Andrew:] Erm... two minutes
[Dorothy:] near to being ready. Two minutes.
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Hello.
[Tim:] me.
[Dorothy:] No.
[Tim:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] I'm just giving... dishing out the, the dinner love....
[Tim:] What is it for
[Dorothy:] It's the beef left over from yesterday... and broccoli... and carrots... and sprouts.
[Christopher:] Oh oh.
[Dorothy:] I've only given you one sprout so you're alright....
[Christopher:] And only got one sprout?
[Dorothy:] Yeah....
[Christopher:] Tim, you've got one sprout.
[Dorothy:] Mummy and daddy like sprouts so we've got lots....
[Christopher:] one sprout... Some trees.... Have I got two?
[Tim:] No, one.
[Christopher:] Have I got one
[Dorothy:] You've just got one sprout Christopher. I'm not giving you much at all. Just a little bit of everything.... To see how you go.
[Tim:] What's? Can I please?
[Dorothy:] No, it's not er filled up yet. I've not put any... what's.
[Tim:] Gravy?
[Dorothy:] Mm. I'm going to make some gravy for you. Cos mummy and daddy have got mushrooms and tomatoes cos we like those.... frowning at me for?... Are you not feeling too... hungry now?... Well it's alright. Don't worry, I'm not expecting you to eat much, just a little bit. Cos if you eat biscuits and stuff all day long, I don't expect you to eat meals as well....
[Christopher:] Is that?
[Dorothy:] Yeah that's you. I don't think it'll kill you do you, to eat that?...
[Tim:] What's?
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Dorothy:] Okay?... Is that alright for you?
[Tim:] Watch out if it drops.... Watch out if it drops.... Ooh ooh.... don't do it again.... It keeps falling over....
[Dorothy:] Here love, that's yours....
[Tim:] It nearly fell over....
[Dorothy:] Okay chatterboxes, let's have it.... How was your day then love?...
[Andrew:] Okay
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] impressive. That's you Tim. And we'll chop your meat up before we go much further. There's you.
[Tim:] Yum yum yum. Nice sprouts.
[Andrew:] daffodils out since this morning.
[Dorothy:] And what else have do you notice dear?
[Andrew:] Oh, a clean tidy garden.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Well half a clean tidy garden [].
[Christopher:] Can you see the grass is cut?
[Andrew:] You've been cutting the bottom part of the grass?
[Dorothy:] We have. And we've put a bit of seed on that bit so it's.
[Tim:] And we had the lawnmower.
[Andrew:] You had the lawnmower out did you? Can you put your bib on?
[Christopher:] Can you see some seed where there's no grass?
[Dorothy:] Seems like an appropriate thing to do when one's stuck at home. Tim... sit.
[Christopher:] We get lots of birds in our... garden don't we?
[Dorothy:] Properly please.
[Andrew:] can see lots of birds.
[Dorothy:] four huge pigeons sitting in the on the grass earlier on.
[Andrew:] see pigeons
[Tim:] And the cats.
[Dorothy:] There used to be two but there's four now. Do you think they've
[Tim:] And the cats.
[Andrew:] And you saw a cat as well did you?
[Tim:] And he run away.
[Andrew:] Did it?...
[Tim:] Because he doesn't like me.
[Andrew:] Oh. Right, who's going to say thank you?
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] Amen
[Tim:] I bang the drum.
[Dorothy:] You did bang the drum. Anybody want any of this?
[Andrew:] No thank you.
[Tim:] I want some... I just... No I
[Andrew:] I'll do it.
[Tim:] I wanted to... get it out.
[Dorothy:] No Tim.
[Andrew:] Tim.
[Tim:] [crying] I wanted to get it out.
[Andrew:] Tim... otherwise it'll go everywhere you see. You can shake it with me.
[Tim:] I wanted to get it out.
[Andrew:] Alright you don't have any then in that case.
[Tim:] I want it. I want
[Dorothy:] Well if you stop crying and ask for it properly and you don't mind if mummy or daddy do it for you that's fine....
[Tim:] I want it do it myself.
[Dorothy:] No.
[Tim:] Yeah. I want to do it myself...
[Dorothy:] Do you want me to do it or not?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Tim:] I want to get it out
[Dorothy:] You just want to pick it out?
[Tim:] Yeah [].
[Dorothy:] You're not going to shake it over your dinner? Thank you.
[Tim:] That bit.... No I want that too.
[Dorothy:] Right, here you are.
[Tim:] Mum
[Dorothy:] That's that one done.
[Tim:] out....
[Dorothy:] Thank you. Right.
[Tim:] The lid.
[Dorothy:] Good gracious me. What a carry on.... Welcome home dear....
[Andrew:] Has it been alright today?
[Dorothy:] It's been comparatively peaceful today.
[Andrew:] Good. When did everybody get up?
[Christopher:] Mum could you cut my meat?
[Dorothy:] They all sort of surfaced
[Andrew:] You were all asleep when I er
[Dorothy:] I think I'd... had I finished my breakfast when, no... I think you just came just as I was about to take my first mouthful of cereal. It was about quarter to eight before everybody, well... after that
[Christopher:] No but it wasn't.
[Dorothy:] What time did you get up?... What time did you go?
[Andrew:] I left at twenty to eight.
[Dorothy:] Mm. It was about... ten to eight [eating] when Christopher got up.... But Tim was still asleep... till about quarter past eight [].
[Andrew:] Oh.
[Tim:] And I shouted for daddy.
[Andrew:] Did you?
[Dorothy:] Which is unheard of. Yes you did shout for daddy.
[Andrew:] You shouted for daddy? I was already at work.
[Dorothy:] There was no daddy. He'd gone to work already.... So then we had a bit of a wonder whether or not Christopher should go to school. And I decided he was, should stay at home....
[Andrew:] It's probably just as well cos
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] pool his strength for tomorrow.
[Dorothy:] He was a bit sort of wobbly on his legs at the beginning of the day but he's been
[Christopher:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] fine since.
[Andrew:] And Tim's going to
[Dorothy:] Nursery.
[Andrew:] Holly Cottage tomorrow. Aren't you?...
[Tim:] Ow. Where... Look I found a yellow.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... We did go down to the library. Cos I thought it would, it was such a warm day I thought it would be quite nice for him to have a walk... see if he... was alright. Anyway managed to walk to the library and walk down the shops. But when we got back we had to lie down in front of the video for a bit. [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Mum
[Christopher:] Mum, can I for a minute please.
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Andrew:] So you just did your own private trip to the library?
[Dorothy:] Yeah I rang up and said I wasn't gonna go... the children. Anyway it turned out we met Ann and... erm both Martin and Ian are... been having a similar trauma.
[Andrew:] Have they?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] Ian's been sort of talking about all sorts of strange things in his sleep and
[Andrew:] Really?
[Dorothy:] delirious and hot... hot
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] fever.... So
[Andrew:] It's odd. A bug they're passing around.
[Dorothy:] Mm. Must be.
[Andrew:] Child to child.
[Dorothy:] And she said Martin was hot but nothing too traumatic. A bit like these two really.
[Andrew:] Mm....
[Dorothy:] But Ian had been sick as well....
[Andrew:] So it's likely they picked it up from them.
[Dorothy:] I should think so. Although Christopher didn't really see much of them did he? Oh he did on Thursday didn't he?
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] I would have thought Tim would have had it worse from... contact erm wise.... These things don't work like that do they?
[Andrew:] No.... And is the parentage alright?
[Dorothy:] Mm....
[Andrew:] Only strikes children.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Well it certainly did... in both these cases.... Although I met Theresa on the way back from erm... school and she said Alec was at the doctors cos... not the way back from school, way back from the library. And she said Alec was at the doctors cos he was feeling... under the weather.
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] So I don't know what that's in aid of....
[Andrew:] Julia ill so she
[Dorothy:] Was she?
[Andrew:] won't be at work tomorrow.
[Dorothy:] Oh dear. What's the matter with her?
[Tim:] I don't want the meat.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] What's the matter with her?
[Andrew:] Sore throat.
[Tim:] I don't want the meat.
[Dorothy:] You don't want the meat?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] You usually like meat.
[Andrew:] It probably needs chopping up.
[Dorothy:] Mm. Let's chop it for you.
[Tim:] No I don't want it chopped.
[Dorothy:] Tim listen. I'm going to chop you
[Tim:] I don't want
[Dorothy:] I'm going to chop you one piece of meat okay? We'll take away the other piece.
[Tim:] A big pieces.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. There you go. It'll be nice now. Nice and tasty.... Well done Christopher.
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] You alright?
[Andrew:] Must be getting better.... So, it's been a nice warm day has it?
[Dorothy:] Well it has really. It's been a bit sort of muggy this afternoon but we went out in the garden and we sort of just pottled around you know?
[Andrew:] Better than the weekend weather that I saw?
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER] It's amazing how the worst weather we've had recently has been on... Saturdays and Sundays isn't it?
[Dorothy:] Mm. It's certainly very wet out there....
[Tim:] We had a go on the swing.
[Andrew:] Did you? You've been on the swing?
[Dorothy:] Apart from her sore throat was Julie okay?
[Andrew:] Seemed alright.
[Tim:] I wobbly.
[Dorothy:] Mm?
[Andrew:] Yeah.... No it was a fairly quiet day really. Not many people seemed to be at work.
[Dorothy:] Oh. Where are they all?
[Andrew:] Some at meetings. Like you know all
[Tim:] Yeah
[Andrew:] the people who went to Pontepool last week? Well they're all off in Bromsgrove this week.
[Tim:] Potato.
[Dorothy:] Mm....
[Andrew:] and big Patrick and Sue
[Dorothy:] Oh yeah, in Bromsgrove yeah. Mm. What do they do? Mm.
[Andrew:] ...
[Tim:] You gave me lots.
[Dorothy:] I did not.
[Tim:] You did.
[Dorothy:] I certainly didn't give you lots of meat.
[Tim:] I'm full.
[Dorothy:] Oh that's alright. You don't need to have anything else....
[Tim:] I want my pudding.
[Dorothy:] Oh no. If you're full you won't need pudding.
[Andrew:] No it'll be a tiny pudding if you're... not gonna eat er finish all that....
[Tim:] It's too much.
[Dorothy:] Well that's okay. You can leave it but you just don't get pudding as well....
[Andrew:] You eat just a little bit more. Cos then you can have a little pudding. That's it, you eat just a little bit more.... That's very tasty mummy. Certainly looks as though it's a... Rosemary Conley type thing.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] eat it.... You help me meat....
[Andrew:] Whoops, it's in your eye.
[Tim:] Oh. Oh.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Potato.
[Andrew:] Potato in your eye.
[Dorothy:] Getting potatoes in your eyes.
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] That's a funny place to put potato.... Mm broccoli doesn't want to come on the fork. Come here broccoli....
[Tim:] Broccoli can't get on fork very well can it?
[Dorothy:] We rang grandma of course to say we wouldn't be swimming.
[Andrew:] So she's at home alright is she?
[Dorothy:] There's a lot of things we're not doing isn't there at the moment?
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Yes.... She's fine....
[Christopher:] And there are a lot of things we are doing.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Andrew:] What else have?
[Dorothy:] Oh that's it really. [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER] Library this morning and garden this afternoon [].
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] And zom zombieness in between.
[Andrew:] I can imagine actually. No it must have been nice. The is more and...
[Christopher:] Mummy was there... it didn't feel like a long day did it?
[Dorothy:] No.
[Christopher:] Feeled like just this morning didn't it?...
[Dorothy:] It all passed along didn't it?
[Christopher:] It feeled like just this morning.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] Didn't it?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] Because usually this morning we usually have video and it feeled like this morning all the time.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Doesn't it mum?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... We didn't watch much video this morning at all really
[Tim:] Dad.
[Dorothy:] until lunchtime.
[Andrew:] Mm?
[Tim:] When we watched telly
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Tim:] we saw a boat, the big boat.
[Andrew:] About a big boat. What's the big boat?
[Dorothy:] He tells me
[Tim:] You know you you told me about the big boat didn't you?
[Andrew:] Oh about the Queen Mary?
[Dorothy:] Oh, right. I think that was a different boat to the one that they showed you on the telly....
[Andrew:] I was telling you about the Queen Mary. Because it was on the back of... something which he was making recently. You know he was cutting out some card
[Dorothy:] Mm. He showed me what it was. But I couldn't tell that it was the Queen Mary at the time because he'd already cut it out.
[Andrew:] and I was saying that it's a big boat that used to go across the world. And when I was a little boy just a little bit bigger than... Christopher... I was shown round it with granny and grandpa... and Uncle Michael and Uncle David.
[Dorothy:] Mm. That's the same isn't it?
[Andrew:] We went to Southampton to the docks.
[Tim:] I want some pudding now.
[Andrew:] I read about it in the paper today
[Dorothy:] Well done Tim.
[Andrew:] and it's owned by Walt Disney.
[Tim:] I want some pudding.
[Andrew:] And they're losing so much money they're selling it. The thing is nobody wants to buy it
[Tim:] Some pudding now.
[Andrew:] so they're scrap.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] What was Walt Disney doing with it may we ask?
[Andrew:] Well
[Dorothy:] Was it a... restaurant or something?
[Andrew:] it was a floating restaurant... loses money on it.
[Tim:] I want pudding
[Dorothy:] Why?
[Andrew:] It was just too expensive to maintain.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Tim:] I want some pudding now.... I want some pudding.
[Andrew:] Somewhere in the
[Dorothy:] Yes we know that Tim but you're just going to have to wait until we've all finished....
[Christopher:] Daddy left sprouts.
[Andrew:] I can't manage any more I'm afraid mummy.
[Christopher:] Daddy left sprouts.
[Dorothy:] Ooh daddy!
[Andrew:] I might have
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Andrew:] I'm afraid I've had no exercise cos I haven't walked to the shops. Well I suppose.
[Dorothy:] You'll have to put the exercise video on dear and
[Tim:] Are you gonna have some pudding?
[Christopher:] But we've got the Rosie and Jim.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] Oh we've got Rosie and Jim have we?
[Dorothy:] A new Rosie and Jim.
[Christopher:] It's about a horse and John gets a new one. Because a pony goes faster than a big horse.
[Andrew:] Does it?
[Christopher:] Mm. And they're in
[Tim:] And you have to watch it.
[Dorothy:] They go to a shire horse centre near Stratford on Avon. Do you know where that is?
[Christopher:] Yeah and a shire horse doesn't go very fast.
[Dorothy:] I didn't know there was one.
[Christopher:] the shire horse goes slowly.
[Tim:] [shouting] [] May I have my pudding please?
[Dorothy:] Yes. Let's just cut the pa
[Christopher:] And the pony went really fast
[Tim:] I
[Christopher:] And guess who was in the pony...
[Andrew:] Rosie and Jim.
[Christopher:] Yes.
[Tim:] And guess who was in the... on the big horse and just went slow?
[Andrew:] ...
[Christopher:] The big one
[Dorothy:] Thank you.
[Christopher:] the big one went so slow. They were in the front
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Christopher:] but Rosie said... come on fast. And the pony went fast and it overtakes
[Andrew:] Does it?
[Christopher:] it on the way home....
[Dorothy:] Okay. I'll just go round the other side and get the ice-cream.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Christopher:] We keep doing this....
[Tim:] I'm having a lot.
[Dorothy:] Are you?
[Tim:] Cos I finished all my dinner
[Dorothy:] You did finish all your dinner in the end didn't you after moaning on.
[Andrew:] Did he?
[Dorothy:] Yes, didn't you notice? He finished the lot.... Typical....
[Christopher:] Mum.
[Tim:] I'm gonna serve it out. All of it. That's mine.
[Dorothy:] Right. That's... that's daddy's.
[Tim:] Who's is... Daddy's. I'll just get
[Dorothy:] Do you want to take that to daddy?
[Tim:] Daddy... yours. ice-cream
[Andrew:] Thank you.
[Tim:] it is.
[Andrew:] It's a chocolate
[Dorothy:] That's Christopher's.
[Tim:] Yours Christopher.
[Dorothy:] And that's... that's you....
[Tim:] And... mummy.... A pear and a... Mummy
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Tim:] Mummy all that.
[Christopher:] Why do you always have pears mummy?
[Dorothy:] Cos I just fancy them at the moment. I sort of
[Christopher:] I love pears.
[Dorothy:] Do you?
[Tim:] And me.
[Dorothy:] Oh have some too if you want....
[Andrew:] It's nice to see a happy family.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] It's certainly much improved on yesterday I tell you. A very jolly day really.
[Andrew:] A trial weekend wasn't it?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] It was a bit of a trial weekend []. In many respects.
[Christopher:] Mum, when are you going to have actually porridge... again?
[Dorothy:] I had actually porridge on Saturday....
[Christopher:] And would you like to have it again?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] Not next Saturday.
[Dorothy:] Why can't I have it on Saturday?
[Christopher:] But last Saturday you didn't. No the
[Dorothy:] I did.
[Christopher:] Saturday before that... you didn't did you?
[Dorothy:] Neither did you....
[Andrew:] Yes the previous Saturday... you didn't want it.
[Dorothy:] Oh didn't I?
[Andrew:] The rest of us had it.
[Dorothy:] Beg pardon. I'd forgotten that one.
[Andrew:] The Saturday before that... none of us had it cos we were at granny and grandpa's.
[Dorothy:] Oh that was what I was remembering.... And the Saturday before that none of us had it cos you were gallivanting up and down the country with the
[Andrew:] Correct.
[Dorothy:] the railways....
[Andrew:] So you haven't seen grandma presumably just sort of spoke to her?
[Dorothy:] No we just rang her up. Very briefly.
[Andrew:] Have you been out anywhere car.
[Dorothy:] We've never had the car out all day. What?... I thought it was more sensible to walk to the library rather than go in the car cos
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] I thought it was good for us.
[Andrew:] I'm sure it was. Mm.
[Tim:] All go in the car.
[Christopher:] I like it better walking.
[Dorothy:] Mm. So do I.
[Andrew:] It's nice to walk.
[Christopher:] mummy. So you don't
[Dorothy:] I think it says somewhere in the... in the writing you've got to have done at least two days....
[Tim:] Who gave you that?
[Dorothy:] Who gave me what?
[Tim:] That?
[Dorothy:] What?
[Tim:] That?
[Andrew:] The cassette.
[Dorothy:] A man.
[Andrew:] Mum's got to give it back to the man.
[Christopher:] When?
[Dorothy:] It's only it's only on loan.
[Tim:] Why?
[Andrew:] Because it belongs to the man....
[Tim:] Why will you give it
[Dorothy:] Oh that will make a nice birthday present. A little Walkman. [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Very anti-social.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] I'm against anti-social things I'm afraid.
[Tim:] Mum when you have to give it back to the man?
[Christopher:] Mum you should have had it after your birthday.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] I'll only suggest Walkmans
[Tim:] Mum when you have to
[Andrew:] when the music gets so loud here that you can't stand
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] back to the man?
[Dorothy:] Friday.
[Tim:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Why? Because it's his anyway. He's only just lent it to me to... to use during this week. Oh I don't suppose it's his but
[Christopher:] Well... so in last week and this week?
[Dorothy:] Just this week. Well Friday to Friday. One week.
[Andrew:] So they'll be able to record the excitement that might happen tomorrow.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] I wonder what's gonna happen tomorrow.
[Dorothy:] Mm it's been very thrilling so far hasn't it?... [LAUGHTER] Everybody being sick []....
[Andrew:] A week in the life of.
[Dorothy:] In the [LAUGHTER].... A jolly little incident in Kwiksave that you would have been amused at dear.
[Andrew:] Mhm.
[Dorothy:] We wanted to get some Rice Crispies okay?... And we thought... a good place to get Rice Crispies at Kwiksave cos they're cheaper than Tesco's.... They were... we found the Rice Crispies place didn't we? And there was just one sort of half opened, half scattered packet sitting there.... So we looked around and there was erm... a box full of them right up high, yeah? So we thought oh well, go and get an assistant.
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] So it caused chaos
[Andrew:] Did it?
[Dorothy:] you know trying to find an assistant cos there wasn't one walking about cos there was some at the... tills but there weren't any walking around and it was very busy, there were lots of people going through the tills.... So anyway this girl eventually she said she was, it was her coffee break but she would come er in passing and sort us out.
[Tim:] But mummy... mummy.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] So she came down, it was so embarrassing [].
[Tim:] [shouting] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] I explained about the Rice Crispies she said ah
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] I think there must be some in here. There was another great big box but instead of being up high it was down below and I could easily
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] have helped myself [LAUGHTER] to it [].
[Tim:] Mummy
[Andrew:] Yeah seen it?
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Well they must have been just well they must have I didn't see them
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] They must have been unpacking Rice Crispies.
[Tim:] Mummy
[Dorothy:] They were a bit away from the Rice Crispie hole type of thing but... if I'd have used my eyes I would have noticed where they were.
[Tim:] Mummy [] mummy.
[Dorothy:] Yes Timothy.... You don't know what to say now you've you've shouted at me.
[Andrew:] Yes Tim, what were you gonna say. That's what I'm thinking.
[Dorothy:] Come on. Let's hear it.
[Andrew:] Something about Rice Crispies? Something about going to the shops?
[Dorothy:] Or something about going to the library? Who do you take to the library with you?... No.
[Andrew:] Oh, didn't Christopher go to the library?
[Dorothy:] Well he did but... we didn't sort of take Christopher. He just came.
[Andrew:] Oh. Somebody else came did they? Did you?
[Dorothy:] Who did you take to the library with you? In your hand, who did you have?...
[Christopher:] We took
[Dorothy:] You took teddy didn't you?
[Andrew:] Did you take a teddy? Did you?
[Christopher:] He chose
[Dorothy:] We hadn't actually heard anything about this library experience but when I asked him he wouldn't say anything.
[Christopher:] don't know what
[Dorothy:] We don't quite know what happened.
[Tim:] to teddies.
[Dorothy:] What did you do with them when you got in there?...
[Christopher:] What was it called?
[Dorothy:] You had a biscuit? Mm. We saw the biscuit
[Andrew:] A picnic.
[Dorothy:] a picnic!... You had a picnic?
[Andrew:] A picnic for teddies?
[Dorothy:] Well well. A pretend picnic?... Mm. He came out with a a a biscuit covered in desiccated coconut. Which he didn't like to eat so [LAUGHTER] Cider ate it in the end. Cider the dog [].
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] You can guess what happened... he gave it to me.
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Christopher:] Mummy dropped it when she was giving it to me.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] And then we had to pick it up and put it near Cider and Cider ate it.
[Andrew:] Cider likes coconut.
[Dorothy:] However we still don't know what happened. Did you have some stories with this teddy?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Mm....
[Christopher:] Mum
[Dorothy:] Stories about teddies?
[Christopher:] I don't like feeling hot.
[Tim:] A teddy went in the dump.
[Dorothy:] A teddy went in the dump? Oh dear. Did they get him out again?... Mm.
[Tim:] Because a
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Tim:] He kick them home.... Kick them home.
[Dorothy:] No He went in a van?
[Christopher:] Mum... What about story was a bit like that.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] Yeah because they lost a teddy in the dump. And they went home in the lorry.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] Didn't they?
[Dorothy:] Mm could have been that one. Did you have any more stories about teddies?... Mm. What else did you have?
[Tim:] Teddy
[Christopher:] What about what about
[Tim:] owl.
[Dorothy:] Teddy what?
[Tim:] With a owl.
[Dorothy:] A teddy with an owl? And what happened with a teddy and an owl?...
[Tim:] He falled.
[Dorothy:] He fell?
[Christopher:] Falled?
[Tim:] The teddy.
[Dorothy:] The teddy fell down? Did the owl catch him?
[Christopher:] and you don't usually
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Christopher:] you don't usually say falled do you?
[Tim:] And boy kept back.
[Dorothy:] And the boy came back. What was the boy called?...
[Tim:] I don't know.
[Dorothy:] It wasn't Christopher Robin was it?... No.
[Christopher:] It might have been.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Trying my best [LAUGHTER].
[Christopher:] Next time it won't be Monday when we go.
[Andrew:] Won't it?
[Christopher:] No, it will be Friday.
[Dorothy:] Wrong again. Thursday. Only we can't take him on Thursday cos we're busy on Thursday.
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] So we shall have to miss a week, and go the week after.
[Christopher:] Is the week after a Monday?
[Dorothy:] Mm.... I presume so.
[Andrew:] Why is not on a?
[Dorothy:] Well they didn't tell us why.... Just said it wasn't.... I think they're just a bit shortstaffed because... the girl that's usually in there hasn't been in there for weeks, Josie. They've had the girl that's normally in there on a Saturday... during the week.... Perhaps she's ill....
[Christopher:] What did you say?... What did you say mother?
[Dorothy:] I said there's normally a different lady in the... in the library.
[Christopher:] For what?
[Dorothy:] On a Monday. The lady that was in there today... not Rosie the one that does the stories, she's always there... well, when she's there. The other lady, Josie, she's normally... in there. But she hasn't been there for a few weeks now so I think she might be ill. Or on holiday or something. No she can't be on holiday all that length of time.
[Christopher:] She's back now. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] No she wasn't today. There was a lady there but that's the lady that normally goes on a Saturday.
[Christopher:] But why didn't she go on a Saturday then?
[Dorothy:] Well I suppose she does go on a Saturday as well. They probably had to rake her in to... hold the fort.
[Christopher:] I expect she didn't go.
[Dorothy:] I don't know.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] I don't know whether she did or not....
[Christopher:] I've got a
[Tim:] We've got a train.
[Christopher:] Actually mummy
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Tim:] We've got a train.
[Christopher:] Playbus said about a horse which goes slowly.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Christopher:] They're all about animals really that do things.
[Dorothy:] think about. You'll enjoy that, it's all about eggs.
[Andrew:] Is it?
[Christopher:] animals.... Yes but you can't see that till after Rosie and Jim now.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Should you ever want to watch it all.
[Andrew:] I don't think I've got time to watch all these things. It's too exciting isn't it?
[Dorothy:] It's all very gripping.... Well there won't be any time tomorrow to watch anything.
[Christopher:] There's three things.... Well there's four things.
[Dorothy:] I've arranged with my
[Andrew:] Oh definitely tonight.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] I've arranged with my mother to er take her home after tea.
[Christopher:] There's a new there's a new thing on
[Dorothy:] So all is well for Inspector Morse.
[Christopher:] instead of Bump.
[Dorothy:] She was quite happy to. She said... she wanted to really. And she said
[Christopher:] Mum, there's something
[Dorothy:] she'd got to... do Wednesday night. And I've just realized I'm supposed to do Wednesday night as well. I'd forgotten.
[Christopher:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] So I'll have to prepare it tomorrow morning.
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Or tonight, I could do.
[Tim:] There's something new er instead of that Bump. It's it's called
[Andrew:] It wasn't Bump today you mean?
[Christopher:] No it's a new one.
[Dorothy:] It's not been Bump for a week or two.
[Andrew:] Oh so it's something new now?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] Not Bump.
[Dorothy:] Was it Poddington Peas?...
[Christopher:] Oh it was something about peas. I don't know what it was.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Poddington Peas. It had things like happy and... dopey and grumpy.
[Christopher:] Yes. And there was one place which was called creepy.
[Dorothy:] Oh right. Creepea [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] There was a.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Tim:] And a man looked for the.
[Christopher:] Yeah and the
[Dorothy:] It sounds very gripping.
[Christopher:] Well that
[Tim:] Well the person
[Christopher:] I don't know
[Tim:] and the drum went on the floor.
[Dorothy:] Oh dear.
[Christopher:] Why don't we start right at the beginning of the... tape?
[Dorothy:] Because we're not bothering watching any more now. That's it
[Andrew:] I'm gonna wash up now. And then... oh it will be reading stories won't it?
[Dorothy:] I think so. It'll be bed time.
[Andrew:] Right. Okay.
[Dorothy:] It's quarter past six already.
[Christopher:] But you were going to play tummyache.
[Andrew:] I expect you can play tummyache while I do
[Dorothy:] True.
[Andrew:] the washing up.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Unless you want to play tummyache?
[Tim:] And you wash the
[Andrew:] I'm prepared to wash up.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] And you wash the
[Andrew:] I, it it's my turn to wash up isn't it? Cos mummy made the tea
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] so daddy does the washing up. Except it looks as though I won't be washing up something here....
[Tim:] Sometimes we have do the washing up.
[Dorothy:] Why... why is he not eating it up?
[Andrew:] It's pie. He doesn't like pie does he?
[Dorothy:] He's always eaten it before.
[Andrew:] Has he?... Are you gonna finish it? So is it okay if I eat it all?
[Christopher:] Mum, we were going to watch Rosie and Jim
[Andrew:] Oh Tim, no.
[Christopher:] weren't we?
[Dorothy:] Well we were, but only with daddy. We can always do it another day. Cos you know, as long as it's on there.
[Andrew:] Yeah. Cos last week I didn't see Rosie and Jim until... nearly the end of the week....
[Dorothy:] He doesn't mind do you daddy?
[Andrew:] No I don't mind as long as it's not wiped off.
[Dorothy:] Not seeing it right at the minute. Well it won't be wiped off dear.... Never wipe Rosie and Jim off for a long time.
[Andrew:] Tim!
[Christopher:] Yes you have, you wiped the jelly one off when it was... very new.
[Dorothy:] True. Sorry about that. A slip of the finger. [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Naughty mummy.
[Dorothy:] Sorry.
[Tim:] Cos daddy hasn't watched that.
[Andrew:] I did watch the jelly one.
[Dorothy:] Yes he did
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] watch the jelly one....
[Andrew:] Wibbly wobbly.
[Christopher:] Before you
[Tim:] You haven't.
[Dorothy:] I have. It was all about moulds.
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] And the mould for the windlass.
[Tim:] Oh. Think all of us and watched it and you and mum and me.
[Dorothy:] Well there you are then. We haven't missed anything.
[Andrew:] Yes. That's right....
[Christopher:] There are a few that I haven't seen on isn't there?... Because one week we had one from a long bit ago but I didn't see the rest through the week.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Christopher:] Did I once? So I missed a few Playbuses.
[Dorothy:] Mm. I don't think you do re miss it really.... You see them in the end.
[Christopher:] I see them... one day.
[Tim:] You haven't... seen one cos you haven't seen the racing.
[Dorothy:] Do other people have so much trouble with their videos? [LAUGHTER] I wonder if other people have so much trouble videoing videos as we do?
[Tim:] The racing cars.
[Christopher:] Yeah racing cars is today.
[Andrew:] Why
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] trouble videoing.
[Dorothy:] Well it's not so much trouble but kind of you know
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] excitement about it all. [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] It is a racing car on Playbus.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] They were racing along and then
[Dorothy:] Do you think it'll wear off? You know as the newness of the video wears off.
[Christopher:] The racing lorry
[Tim:] Mummy [shouting] mummy [] the racing lorry on Playbus.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] racing lorries.
[Dorothy:] Mm I watched that, remember? I sat down with my coffee.
[Andrew:] Did you?
[Dorothy:] As I, well I got given orders. Come and watch this mummy. So I thought I would.
[Tim:] You haven't watched the racing cars.
[Andrew:] I haven't watched it. No I haven't seen it.
[Tim:] You watched none of them.
[Andrew:] I've not watched any videos or television all day because I've been hard at work.
[Dorothy:] What might be more interesting is if re Christopher reads you his reading book from the library cos it's really good fun. You'll enjoy the story. Cos it was a surprise to us wasn't it?
[Christopher:] Yeah, it's not really about my mum.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] It's not about your mum the the window cleaner?
[Christopher:] No, it's about
[Dorothy:] Don't tell him don't tell him don't tell him cos it's more exciting
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] if he doesn't know. Go and get it now cos he'll enjoy it.
[Andrew:] I'll do the washing up.
[Dorothy:] Cos it's, oh you can listen to this now, it's only about
[Andrew:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] ten seconds.
[Andrew:] Is it? Right....
[Tim:] It's not long, that story.
[Andrew:] Isn't it?
[Dorothy:] And then we can play tummyache without any... interruption.
[Tim:] You haven't watched all of the
[Andrew:] No.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] You watched the puppet show one.
[Andrew:] I've seen the puppet show one, yes.
[Tim:] Well, did you
[Andrew:] And I saw the science club one about the bones. I watched that one as well.
[Dorothy:] I think that might have gone actually this morning.
[Andrew:] Right. Mind what's it called?
[Christopher:] Yes it has mummy now.
[Tim:] Cos you
[Dorothy:] Mm we've got eggs, eggs in yeah, eggs instead.
[Andrew:] Right.
[Christopher:] Yes it's egg instead now.... [reading] My mum's...
[Andrew:] What's it called?
[Christopher:] a window cleaner.
[Andrew:] That's right.
[Christopher:] Some mums walk in shops.
[Dorothy:] Not walk. Some mums...
[Christopher:] Work in shops
[Andrew:] That's right.
[Christopher:] some mums drive buses
[Andrew:] That's it. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Christopher:] but my mum... my... but my mum's... a window cleaner. You have to be
[Tim:] I don't like this pie. Mum I don't like this pie.
[Andrew:] Walk.
[Tim:] I don't like this pie.
[Christopher:] ladder.
[Tim:] I don't like this pie.
[Dorothy:] Well let's chop it up. Then you'll feel it's better.
[Tim:] It the wrong way. It the wrong way.
[Christopher:] or you'll make []
[Tim:] I don't like it cos it's got black on.
[Christopher:] What does that say?
[Dorothy:] It's chocolate. Or you might
[Tim:] I don't want chocolate.
[Christopher:] [reading] you might get []
[Dorothy:] A
[Tim:] I don't want chocolate.
[Dorothy:] Shh. Shh.
[Andrew:] Tim. If you don't want to finish it just put it down there and keep quiet.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] What are you laughing at?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] the way you said it [].
[Tim:] play tummyache.
[Andrew:] Right. Ask mummy for a glass.
[Dorothy:] You are a tummyache.... You've always eaten that pie before Tim, what's the matter with it today?
[Tim:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Are you becoming a fusspot?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Well you can stop being a fusspot if you don't mind. We don't like fusspots in this family....
[Tim:] I haven't...... there. Now let's play
[Dorothy:] Now listen. Listen listen listen. You'll probably need to go to the toilet soon. See if you can be as clever as you were yesterday.
[Christopher:] Oh. The lights aren't on.... Where's... tummyache?... Tummyache. Where's tummyache?... Where's the tummyache?... Where's the tummyache? Ah, I found it over there. Silly me.... We need some space over here some space....
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Tim:] Want some space over here.
[Dorothy:] Why are there cars in the wash basket?...
[Tim:] Have to move these over here.
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Tim:] There's only the lorry.... Horrible. It's horrible that.
[Dorothy:] It is horrible that.
[Tim:] Oh where's the horrible boots?
[Dorothy:] I expect it's in this pile somewhere. There it is.
[Tim:] Where? There... there it is. These are all nice.... That's nice... that's nice, that's nice.
[Dorothy:] Right. Shuffle them up.
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] I'm gonna shuffle the cards.
[Tim:] Shh [whispering] [].
[Dorothy:] [whispering] Sorry []....
[Andrew:] Aah, that's why she's not a window cleaner. That's very good.
[Tim:] That one and that one.
[Dorothy:] It's a n nice story isn't it daddy?
[Tim:] And that one.
[Dorothy:] I think we'll only need three of them because daddy's
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] daddy says he's doing the washing up....
[Tim:] only three. want to play.
[Christopher:] Mhm.
[Tim:] That's yours. That's mine and that's yours.
[Dorothy:] Thankyou.
[Christopher:] So we don't need that plate then?
[Tim:] No. I'm gonna start.
[Dorothy:] in the middle. What have you got, something horrible?
[Tim:] These are horrible boots.
[Dorothy:] Oh dear. That's not a horrible boot it's a horrible drink. Go on then Christopher.
[Christopher:] Now?
[Dorothy:] It's meant to be you really.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Oh no it isn't. It's meant to be me. Clockwise. Beg pardon.
[Tim:] Cos I was going that way round.
[Christopher:] A carrot mm.
[Dorothy:] Mm. We've just had carrots today, haven't we? Ugh
[Christopher:] Ugh...
[Dorothy:] Your turn Tim....
[Christopher:] What is it mummy?
[Tim:] Ooh [raspberry]
[Dorothy:] It looks like flowers.... A horrible fish. Ooh horrible things. Oh! I've got some nice peas. What shall I have, peas or carrots? I'll have peas. There you go Christopher if you'd like some carrots, some nice carrots you may.
[Christopher:] Instead of that horrible... stuff and no-one will pick that will they. That's a nice thing. Mm.
[Dorothy:] Oh jacket potato there Tim....
[Christopher:] Mum, you're gonna win in the end.
[Dorothy:] I hope so.
[Christopher:] I hope I'm gonna win. But I don't think Tim's going to win.
[Dorothy:] You've got that upside down Tim.
[Christopher:] I don't think Tim's gonna win.... Do you?
[Dorothy:] No.
[Tim:] I'm going...
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Oop here's a pie. That's just what I fancy.
[Tim:] Your turn.
[Dorothy:] Well I would if I wasn't full.
[Christopher:] Mm a nice drink.... We like this, we get everything nice and he gets everything horrible.
[Dorothy:] Well there he has got some nice tomatoes.
[Christopher:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] What you doing? [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] No, will I have to keep that?...
[Dorothy:] And then I could do with a nice pudding. Oh. Oh that'll do. Mashed potatoes. Look at that, mashed potatoes... pie and peas.... What have you got?... Oh fish fingers.
[Christopher:] Mm. Do you have fish fingers with carrots?
[Dorothy:] Well you can do.
[Tim:] Have to shuffle these.
[Dorothy:] Why?
[Tim:] Cos look... I've made a mess.
[Dorothy:] Oh I see.
[Christopher:] But if he does we might get the bad things.
[Dorothy:] Doesn't matter. Come on.
[Tim:] If I have a horrible thing
[Christopher:] Aah...
[Dorothy:] What?... Ooh a nice pudding....
[Christopher:] Then
[Tim:] How do you
[Christopher:] Not sure it is cos it's baking. Oh chips! What shall I have, shall I have mashed potatoes or chips?... I think I'll stick with the mashed potatoes really. Do you want some chips? I think I'm
[Dorothy:] And fish fingers and chips. Ooh.... You only need a nice pudding and you've won
[Christopher:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] You're doing well. You're a bit of a mess here aren't you? Oh that's better, oh no you've already got a nice one of those.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Think I'll be
[Christopher:] You want beans. You love beans.
[Dorothy:] You're gonna have beans instead of tomatoes, yeah?
[Tim:] Cos I like these.
[Dorothy:] You like tomatoes too don't you?
[Tim:] I need a... nothing.
[Dorothy:] Oh what a nice drink. Well you could do with a nice middle there couldn't you? And a nice... a nice main course and a nice... drink.
[Tim:] Cos I couldn't have had those.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] Now
[Dorothy:] What have you got there? A nice pudding?
[Christopher:] I don't know what I'm going to have instead of that.
[Dorothy:] Oh, you've got a choice. Oh orange or... I think I love better than that... blackcurrant mm. I'm going to keep that one. Are you gonna tender on that orange? Nice orange drink instead of that horrible one.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] Mum are you gonna have the?
[Tim:] I think I I don't want these ones.
[Dorothy:] No.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Right. Let's throw out the horrible one and put the nice one on. So you only need a
[Christopher:] And I want
[Dorothy:] nice bit of fish in the middle there I think.
[Tim:] Then I'm going to
[Dorothy:] Oh look at that. Horrid. I don't want that.
[Christopher:] No I don't want...
[Dorothy:] Have you won?
[Christopher:] Yes. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Oh look at that. He's got a jelly.... Well done. Right it's just me and you now Tim.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Dorothy:] Oh that's a nice pudding....
[Christopher:] I really wanted something better than carrots really.
[Dorothy:] Did you?
[Christopher:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Are you going to put the pudding down on there cos then I can pick it up. There we are. I've won too.
[Christopher:] So it's [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] It's just you now Tim. How far you have to go before you get a main course? Oh an old boot. You don't want an old boot.
[Christopher:] Ugh ugh no. Put it there then.
[Dorothy:] Are you swapping the boot for the fish?
[Tim:] No I... want the boot.
[Dorothy:] He wants his boot. Boots and beans and r erm jacket potato.... Delicious.
[Christopher:] Right. You don't like boots. No?
[Tim:] Chops.
[Dorothy:] Chops. That'll be just right. Oh.
[Christopher:] No. It's not really chops. No it's
[Tim:] Ah!
[Christopher:] Oh it's really a nasty
[Tim:] Not!
[Dorothy:] It's a nasty pudding. That's okay he's got a nice
[Christopher:] pudding. [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] That was a nasty pudding.
[Dorothy:] You've got a nice pudding so you don't need a nasty pudding.
[Tim:] I need a nasty pudding.
[Dorothy:] No, you're just being silly. Oh look at this. [sigh]... What a mess.
[Christopher:] Is it my turn? Can we play again?
[Dorothy:] I think so. Shall we have another game?...
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Right. Let's see if we can all do better. We'll have to... wrap th erm... shuffle them up well cos otherwise all the nice things will be together and all Wait wait wait wait wait....
[Christopher:] We really want all the nasty
[Dorothy:] No you're not to throw them in the air. That's a silly way of doing it....
[Tim:] Doch
[Dorothy:] Doch...
[Christopher:] We don't want them all... we really want all the bad things at the bottom don't we? Cos it's
[Tim:] Let's start.
[Dorothy:] Right, what time is it? Oh... twenty five to seven. Jolly good. We'll have one more game of this and then you'll have to choose your stories, okay?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Tim:] Your turn.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Oh lucky you... chops. Your turn.
[Tim:] No your turn cos
[Dorothy:] No it's you cos
[Tim:] go this way.
[Dorothy:] Well you're meant to go the same way as the clock goes and that means it's you next.
[Christopher:] Yeah....
[Dorothy:] Ooh! Pie.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] Nice pie [].
[Dorothy:] That's nice. I bet I get something horrid if you've all had nice things. Oh no nice.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] Now it's my go. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Oh more nice things.
[Tim:] Nice pudding....
[Dorothy:] Nice fish fingers.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] Oh....
[Dorothy:] You're choosing fish fingers not pie.... Oh good, I'll have the pie then.
[Tim:] Oh.
[Christopher:] Oh you've got two.
[Dorothy:] Pie and peas. Well you've got two.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]... I'm just going Aha... now am I going to have strawberries or do I
[Dorothy:] Oh I should keep the strawberries if I were you.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Strawberries are delicious.
[Christopher:] Mm. Strawberries are delicious, I don't think I'll have that.
[Dorothy:] Are you having that one Tim? A nice baking apple.... Leave those on the floor.
[Tim:] Wait. I
[Dorothy:] No we're not waiting. What are you doing?
[Christopher:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] You're having that instead are you?... Right, well I'll have the baking apple then.
[Tim:] don't like.
[Christopher:] You've got three.
[Dorothy:] Yeah, you don't like the biscuits do you? The wafers....
[Christopher:] Well...
[Dorothy:] Oh we are doing well. We haven't had anything horrid yet. Ah, here we come.
[Christopher:] Here we come....
[Dorothy:] Horrid little flowers to eat. Ooh mashed potato.
[Christopher:] You've nearly won mummy. I've got
[Tim:] I haven't won....
[Christopher:] Oh all I need now is a fork.
[Dorothy:] Oh you just need a nice fork.
[Christopher:] And all you need now
[Tim:] Ooh!
[Dorothy:] What's that one?...
[Tim:] Nice.
[Dorothy:] Mm good that'll
[Christopher:] away that naughty stuff.
[Dorothy:] get rid of that horrible one.
[Christopher:] Look, that's what I had left.
[Dorothy:] I don't think I'll have that. Oh a nice pudding. What shall I have? Oh I think I'll have the jelly.
[Christopher:] Yeah, jelly's nicer.
[Dorothy:] There you are.
[Christopher:] Jelly jelly jelly.
[Tim:] Because look, see that in there?
[Christopher:] Right now
[Dorothy:] Well it's quite nice that is there's sultanas in it.... Oh, what are you gonna do, jacket potato or chips?
[Christopher:] I... you don't usually have that and that do you?
[Dorothy:] Er... dunno really, it varies....
[Christopher:] No, no chips.
[Dorothy:] You're gonna leave the chips are you?
[Christopher:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Keep the jacket potato. Right Tim, are you having those chips? You need some chips.... Oh well, boiled potatoes, they'll do.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Chips....
[Dorothy:] Right, let's have a nice drink please. Oh dear.
[Christopher:] Ugh, a horrible.
[Dorothy:] Tadpoles in the drink.
[Christopher:] Tadpoles? Oh they don't look like tadpoles. No, no that's a broken one.
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Christopher:] I don't think I'll have... I like
[Dorothy:] You can have it look Tim and you've won.... Oh that was a silly thing to do.
[Tim:] I want that horrible.
[Dorothy:] No no that's silly. That's not the rules of the game. You can't do that. You can only swap it for nice things.
[Tim:] I want this one.
[Dorothy:] No.... Sausages! Ooh I'll have that instead of those.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]... I think I'll have... no I'm going to keep that
[Dorothy:] Hold on Tim.
[Christopher:] instead cos I don't want
[Dorothy:] Right Tim. Put that down.
[Christopher:] No.
[Dorothy:] That's yours. You don't want that cos you've already got a nice one haven't you? Come on I want a nice drink please. Oh beans. Oh I'll have sausage and beans.... Makes a change.
[Christopher:] Yeah sausage and beans is very
[Dorothy:] There you go, do you want some peas.
[Christopher:] Ah yes.... I've won.
[Dorothy:] Just right. You've won. Again.
[Christopher:] Again. [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] And you
[Dorothy:] Well you could have won but you were daft and didn't take the right card.
[Christopher:] No....
[Dorothy:] Oh you've won now. You're second.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] Now mummy's
[Dorothy:] Let's see how long it takes for mummy.
[Tim:] I'm gonna give this.
[Dorothy:] Well you want that don't you?
[Tim:] I I don't need a biscuit.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] Mm. [LAUGHTER] Now.
[Dorothy:] Oop another horrid drink. Come on, there must be a nice drink in there somewhere. There it is. A nice drink of water.
[Christopher:] So mummy was last.
[Dorothy:] As ever.
[Tim:] I don't want that pudding.
[Dorothy:] Don't you? There aren't many other nice puddings. You'll have to have that baking apple then with the sultana in it....
[Tim:] Ah. Have a horrible pudding.
[Christopher:] Ah!
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] That's the one you had with tadpoles in it. Mum, do you like tadpoles?
[Dorothy:] Oh I like tadpoles but not in my drink.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] Did you have to have this one?
[Dorothy:] I did.
[Christopher:] Why did you have to have it?
[Tim:] I I had this one.
[Dorothy:] It was the first one I picked up. If it's the first one you pick up you've got to have it.
[Tim:] I I had this one.
[Christopher:] Well why can't you put it back?
[Dorothy:] Well I did in the end. I put it back instead of a milky drink or something.
[Christopher:] But why do you have to keep it?
[Dorothy:] You have to keep the horrible thing if you haven't got anything else in the space. That's the rule of the game. Otherwise there's no game is there?
[Christopher:] place is empty, what shall I do?
[Dorothy:] What's your favourite meal then? What's your favourite meal?
[Christopher:] Aha. Blackcurrant... and pie
[Dorothy:] What's your favourite Tim? Not necessarily in the game, just anywhere. What's your very favourite food?... Nothing, not listening to me.
[Christopher:] Oh that's nice. Mm. I like this mum. And
[Tim:] Chips and horrible pudding.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] I really need some chips. Yes. I need some, oh yes
[Tim:] I want... I need some
[Christopher:] I'll have some sausages. Sausages where are you? Come here.
[Dorothy:] Well I had sausages.
[Christopher:] . Right... I need a [LAUGHTER] And that's for my pudding. Not that. Think I'll have a jelly for pudding. Yes. So I've won.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Christopher:] So I won Tim. You haven't got any
[Tim:] I won.
[Dorothy:] Oh if you're silly with that the... pieces will be missing by the time we want to play it next time. Go and fetch them back again.
[Christopher:] [singing] Timothy tummyache []. I don't like having tummyache.
[Dorothy:] Timothy tummyache.
[Christopher:] Why's it called a tummyache?
[Dorothy:] Behind you. Well
[Christopher:] Why's it called a tummyache?
[Dorothy:] why do you think it's called tummyache?
[Christopher:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] When I'm ill I never ever get tummyache do I?
[Dorothy:] You do sometimes.
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] You do sometimes. When you were little and we first got the game you always used to want to get tummyaches and not the....
[Christopher:] Like Tim is now.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] Like Tim is.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Except Tim's a bit older than you were at the time. There we are. Lid on. Right, who's got a story?...
[Tim:] Not me.
[Christopher:] I need to finish that new book...
[Tim:] Look.
[Dorothy:] Story anybody?
[Tim:] Look.
[Dorothy:] I'm looking. Well I'm listening.
[Tim:] Look over there.
[Dorothy:] I know. It's switched on.
[Tim:] On the video.
[Christopher:] I'm going to lift you up.
[Tim:] [scream]
[Dorothy:] Gracious me.
[Christopher:] I'm
[Dorothy:] Ooh. Did he drop you?
[Tim:] Yes.
[Christopher:] I didn't drop him. I was putting him down.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Well you'll have to put him down [] a bit more carefully than that.
[Tim:] Look. Look over there.
[Christopher:] Look if I put him down carefully but all he did was.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Tim:] I go to get a story
[Christopher:] He can't lift me up can
[Dorothy:] I'm coming.... What's your problem?...
[Tim:] a fly.
[Dorothy:] A fly?
[Tim:] I've just seen one but
[Dorothy:] Well I wouldn't worry if it's out there. It'll go to the light. Flies always like the light. So it'll be flying round the light so it's no trouble to you.
[Tim:] Why do they always like light?
[Dorothy:] He won't come in here. They just do....
[Tim:] Why don't... don't they like dark?
[Dorothy:] No.... They always fly towards the light do flies, so it's no trouble.
[Tim:] Why don't they go and fly near the dark?
[Dorothy:] I don't know, but they just don't. Come on, lie down. I think there's somebody else at the door now. It's chaos tonight isn't it?
[Tim:] Which door?
[Dorothy:] Erm... the front door. Do you need... to go to the toilet again... before you go to sleep?... Jane... is there someone at the door?... Jane...
[Jane:] There's a stranger knocking at the window again Mrs.
[Dorothy:] Right, would you like to find out who it is.
[Jane:] Oh well that's kind.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Jane:] Hello.
[Dorothy:] Who is it this time? Oh it's Dawn. Come in [LAUGHTER] Dawn [].
[Dawn:] I knocked
[Dorothy:] It's chaos. Yes I'm coming down in a moment. I'm just... just go in with Jane and have a nice time.... Ooh there we go....
[Jane:] Well how are you?
[Dorothy:] Poddle in, make her a cup of coffee and things like that Jane.... If she wants one.... [LAUGHTER] It's busy tonight isn't it? You alright.
[Christopher:] Why are people coming?
[Dorothy:] I don't know, they're just coming to visit me. [LAUGHTER]... Alright?...
[Christopher:] How did you know it was Dawn coming at the door?
[Dorothy:] I didn't know it was Dawn coming at the door. I thought it was a stranger. I just heard somebody knocking instead of ringing the bell. And I thought somebody's at the door.
[Christopher:] And you thought it was... Dawn?
[Dorothy:] Mm. Right, up the ladders.... Oh goodness. Ooh ooh.... Oh right. Now don't shout any more please, just go to sleep. Right? Nighty night.
[Christopher:] But I don't feel right... I might want some water.
[Dorothy:] Well in that case keep getting down here and there's the cup. Right?
[Christopher:] Do I have to keep getting down?
[Dorothy:] Yes. Unless you can lean over without falling out of bed....
[Christopher:] Mum you have to get it closer to the edge... a bit. And then I might be able to get it....
[Dorothy:] Well just don't fall out of bed. That's all I ask. Right? Night night.... [sigh] Oh dear me....
[Jane:] I went out to the kitchen
[Dorothy:] Who's had a clairvoyant?
[Dawn:] Er Rick's sister. She came round Sunday afternoon. No Saturday afternoon, Rick was hinting. Was he hinting?
[Dorothy:] Rick was?
[Dawn:] [LAUGHTER] Yes [].
[Dorothy:] Oh he wanted to do it did he?
[Jane:] Did she go on?
[Dawn:] Trying to get rid of her.
[Jane:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Oh Rick was trying to get rid of her? I'm impressed I must say.
[Dawn:] Yeah. And so as soon as she mentioned clairvoyants... that was it. I turned me back, I walked out. And I'd got all me bits, different books out preparing for the crucifixion. And I'd got the Know me God Personally cos the words really stand out on that little green book. And I made sure it was where it couldn't be missed soon as she brought her cup out to the kitchen.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dawn:] And the next time she mentioned it I brought up church. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Oh dear.
[Dawn:] Oh dear.
[Jane:] And did she take her cup out?...
[Dawn:] Yeah drink about tea.... She tried to get Rick... Sunday mor what do you do Sunday mornings Rick? I go to church, sat there you know? I go to church.... Oh they're turning you are they? I said yeah we're try we're, no I said... oh yeah he's... he's... and then she also said... slightly different to him and I said well he's getting there thank you very much, yeah.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dawn:] And she said why don't you come swimming with us Rick? We go swimming Sunday mornings. Well I go to church. I'm going to church.
[Dorothy:] I'm impressed. This is Rick?
[Jane:] Yes I
[Dawn:] Oh yeah, I was really impressed, I was. Yeah.
[Dorothy:] You'll have to remind him next time he decides not to bother coming [LAUGHTER] that he's supposed to come in case
[Dawn:] [LAUGHTER] In case you end up someone come and saying come on we're going swimming.
[Jane:] We're going swimming.
[Dawn:] Yeah.
[Jane:] Your sister might come.... You'll have to come.
[Dawn:] Mm.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] So what you brought me then?...
[Dawn:] It's in the kitchen.
[Dorothy:] Ah.
[Dawn:] I wouldn't leave it till the morning. [LAUGHTER] seen what it is under there cos
[Dorothy:] You what?
[Dawn:] I said I wouldn't leave it till the morning.
[Dorothy:] Don't leave it till the morning?
[Dawn:] No don't leave it till the morning. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Why, what is it?
[Dawn:] Just remember Dot, it's the thought that counts. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Is this from you or from Kirsty or from Graham?
[Dawn:] No it's just sort of well no it's just ah... yeah that's a good one. It's from Graham.
[Dorothy:] But really it's not?
[Jane:] It's from Rick.
[Dawn:] It was from me but yeah it was from Graham, yeah.... Don't leave it till the morning.
[Dorothy:] It's from you?
[Dawn:] [LAUGHTER]
[Jane:] Is it your birthday tomorrow?
[Dorothy:] Aha.
[Jane:] You told me next Wednesday... next Tuesday.
[Dorothy:] Well next Tuesday's tomorrow.
[Dawn:] Next Tuesday is tomorrow, yeah.
[Dorothy:] Oh it's a bun.
[Dawn:] [LAUGHTER]
[Jane:] Oh I thought it was next Tue I mean, a week on Tuesday.
[Dawn:] It's a green bun. Oh the candle! Oh you've you've dropped the candle out. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Oh look.
[Jane:] Aah.
[Dorothy:] Right I shall have... let me go and get the matches.
[Dawn:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] I'm touched.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Dorothy:] Helps if you can find any matches.... You what?
[Jane:] I get confused when people just say next Tuesday.
[Dawn:] Don't eat it though. I ran out of sugar.
[Dorothy:] As opposed to this Tuesday.
[Jane:] this Tuesday.
[Dorothy:] Has it got no sugar in it?
[Dawn:] Yeah. Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Well the icing'll help won't it?
[Dawn:] I never thought I never thought of putting any icing sugar in
[Dorothy:] Right. Remembering that my microphone is on and I will expect you all to sing
[Jane:] Oh.
[Dawn:] What do you mean your microphone?
[Dorothy:] After three
[Jane:] Oh don't ask....
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Dot Dot tomorrow... happy birthday to you [].
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Thankyou so much friends [LAUGHTER]. [blows out candle]
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] Hooray.
[Dawn:] Right that's the.
[Dorothy:] Can I eat it now?
[Dawn:] If you really want to. If you're feeling brave.
[Dorothy:] I'll have it with me coffee. There's gronnies lurking about in me coffee, I don't see why I can't eat me bun.
[Jane:] Oh shut up. A little, a little
[Dawn:] It probably is vile.
[Jane:] you couldn't do better.
[Dawn:] You know sugar in cakes before.
[Jane:] What's the matter with him?
[Dorothy:] Is that a child?... It's cos we've sung happy birthday, they're...
[Dawn:] Something about back on.
[Dorothy:] Ah. He's got his cup of water and now he can't put it back on.
[Dawn:] Now you've saved her from eating it, this is the thing. [LAUGHTER]
[Jane:] I'll go
[Dorothy:] Just go and sort him out will you?... It's nice... it's nice.
[Dawn:] Oh that's alright then.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Dawn:] Okay.
[Dorothy:] It's very nice, I'm very touched. Thank you very much.
[Dawn:] Alright. I thought it was silly enough.
[Dorothy:] I feel well loved. [LAUGHTER]
[Dawn:] I thought it was silly enough, I really did.... Yes I decided on that.
[Dorothy:] Mm, has to be silly
[Dawn:] Oh yeah for you, yeah.
[Dorothy:] Thank you very much.
[Dawn:] If it's from me it's gotta be silly.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... Mhm
[Dawn:] . Oh you're not doing that thing. Take that book off her quick.
[Jane:] piano lesson.
[Dawn:] Yes.
[Jane:] Oh enjoy your piano lesson.
[Dawn:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Jane:] But don't enjoy the... no [LAUGHTER] yes
[Dorothy:] Oops.
[Jane:] I'll just go.
[Dawn:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] At least not just now.
[Jane:] Right-y-o.
[Dorothy:] Are you in a car? Where have you put it?
[Jane:] I yes. Up there a bit.
[Dorothy:] It's rather cluttered with cars isn't it?
[Dawn:] Yeah it's a bit
[Jane:] Yes it was a bit.... Just a little bit.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Jane:] Good. I'll see you another day.
[Dorothy:] Thursday. Thankyou for calling.
[Jane:] Alright.
[Dorothy:] Bye.
[Jane:] Bubye. Have a nice day tomorrow.
[Dorothy:] Oh yeah. [LAUGHTER]... [LAUGHTER] We might get this piano lesson done soon.
[Dawn:] Not to worry.
[Dorothy:] What with one thing and another. So far we've not been... it's not been like this has it?
[Dawn:] No.
[Dorothy:] Until today. So that's pretty good going.
[Dawn:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Just put it down. Right
[Dawn:] Ooh.
[Dorothy:] Shall we start with the butterfly? Again.
[Dawn:] Again.
[Dorothy:] I just want to check your fingers. [LAUGHTER] As I wasn't watching first time round. And this time instead of speeding it up so we're... whooshing off like a [LAUGHTER] like a bee... okay [].
[Dawn:] I thought we were going on a bit. Going. We'll go a bit slower shall we?
[Dorothy:] We'll go a little, trifle slower but rather than no it's not so much a trifle slower as... steadily. If we're gonna set off fast then we carry on fast.
[Dawn:] Fast. If you're gonna start slow stay.... Right.
[Dorothy:] But also there's a word here and it says
[Dawn:] [whispering] Ooh lightly [].
[Dorothy:] lightly. That means do not thump on the piano. [LAUGHTER] Right? [] Butterfly, okay.
[Dawn:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Just let me switch this thing off cos they don't want to hear our piano lesson do they?
[Dawn:] Oh no, I don't think so.
[Dorothy:] And I don't think we want Well, when you fancy really. Twenty tapes to fill so [LAUGHTER] you can keep going forever [].
[Dawn:] Twenty tapes you've got to fill?
[Dorothy:] Mm....
[Dawn:] So if you did it all in two days?
[Dorothy:] Well you wouldn't.
[Dawn:] And that's
[Dorothy:] I mean they probably you probably wouldn't fill all twenty tapes.
[Dawn:] Well when are they coming to take it back?
[Dorothy:] Friday.
[Dawn:] Oh so it's a week thing?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Dawn:] So she'd have it for a week.
[Dorothy:] Mm....
[Dawn:] brilliant.
[Dorothy:] So far so good we've had erm church conference and been sick so I mean yeah that's [LAUGHTER]
[Dawn:] Oh
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] wonderful []. Wonderful combination.
[Dawn:] I do hope that doesn't go on tape.
[Dorothy:] What, the being sick?
[Dawn:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Unfortunately it was with Andy on Sunday morning so it wasn't actually here... with the noises. Well there we go....
[Dawn:] What a scream....
[Dorothy:] He's lost his front tooth, have you seen?
[Dawn:] What Beethoven?
[Dorothy:] No you Dillys
[Dawn:] Yes I did actually.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Carefully took it off me and washed it himself cos last time I lost it down the plughole you know?
[Dawn:] [LAUGHTER] Did you []?
[Dorothy:] Mm. [LAUGHTER]
[Dawn:] Don't blame him for washing it himself or the fairies will never come.
[Dorothy:] I know, well they did. The fairies came anyway.
[Dawn:] Mm did they?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Dawn:] didn't.
[Dorothy:] Mm. Big tooth this was so I think I left an extra five p
[Dawn:] Did they?
[Dorothy:] for a front one. Good that wasn't it?
[Dawn:] Bless him.... So how's he coping with his starter... [clears throat]
[Dorothy:] With his starter book. It's good innit?... Oh fine, yet Jo was just saying on the phone there... that she'd seen him... in a catalogue.
[Dawn:] Really?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Yeah, she said she was thumbing through this publications catalogue
[Dawn:] Ooh I say.
[Dorothy:] in her new capacity as head of department erm... in the school. They're starting a pre-prep... thing
[Dawn:] Oh yes.
[Dorothy:] You know she works for a choir school? Oh no you
[Dawn:] Does she?
[Dorothy:] don't know anything about her do you? She works for a choir the choir school at Durham... cathedral.
[Dawn:] Oh yeah?
[Dorothy:] And erm... they're starting this pre-prep thing in September and she's gonna be in charge of it. I mean that
[Dawn:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] that means nothing at the beginning because there's only about ten boys [LAUGHTER] and she'll be in charge of them all []. Her and her department, but expands
[Dawn:] Ooh.
[Dorothy:] then she'll be able to choose a staff. But she's got to er kit it out and everything.
[Dawn:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] It's quite exciting really.
[Dawn:] Has she got the pennies to kit it out with, that's the thing?
[Dorothy:] Well they will have in a private school cos if they don't have the pennies they put up the fees....
[Tim:] Can I have some more milk?
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] Am I supposed to eat first or open these first?...
[Andrew:] It's up to you.
[Dorothy:] Well, I'll just have to open something
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] and then... I'll open this to mummy bit....
[Tim:] Ooh it's got Tim in.
[Dorothy:] To the best mummy in the world. Ooh there's a Tim, I'm carrying Tim upstairs. To mummy with love. Happy birthday from Tim and Christopher. Kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss. You did that well Tim. And so did you.
[Christopher:] I did the kisses.
[Dorothy:] I could tell you did the kisses... it's in black. And you wrote to mummy. It's very good.
[Andrew:] That's it.
[Dorothy:] Very nice. Thank you very much.... I'll put them up there
[Tim:] That's me going up.
[Dorothy:] That's a nice envelope. We'll have to hang on to that....
[Tim:] I'm already down. I go upstairs....
[Dorothy:] To mummy from Christopher.
[Andrew:] Right have we said thank Tim before we start.
[Dorothy:] No right we have to say thanks.
[Andrew:] You have to say thankyou.
[Tim:] amen.
[Christopher:] Amen.
[Andrew:] Thank you for our breakfast on mummy's birthday. Amen.
[Dorothy:] Amen.... From Christopher.... It's a big something.
[Tim:] And that one's Tim.... Oh that's
[Dorothy:] Ooh gingerbread boy. Seven and a half inch cookie cutter.... [LAUGHTER]. That's nice. Thankyou very much. We shall have to make some biscuits this afternoon.
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Oh it's a huge one isn't it?... Cor look at that.
[Tim:] And can we help?
[Dorothy:] When we have one of those we shall have to chop it into little bits to eat won't we? Cos otherwise it's rather a lot to eat for one person.... Oh look at this one. To mummy from Timothy.
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] That must be the other one.
[Andrew:] Shh.
[Tim:] the box. There's a box on there.
[Dorothy:] Ooh [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] A dinosaur.
[Dorothy:] They're dinosaurs.... I can't get into them.... Six dinosaur cutters.... Oh that's fun. Six metal dinosaur cutters.
[Andrew:] Tim chose that one.
[Dorothy:] I think these are perfect.
[Tim:] Well well well we have to eat them.
[Dorothy:] Yeah, these'll be a better size for biscuits I think. That'll be more of a size for a... I don't know what. [LAUGHTER] A very large cake....
[Tim:] I don't which the best.
[Dorothy:] I'm gonna put these in here. I dunno what kind of dinosaurs they all are.... Oh yes look at that lot.
[Christopher:] Erm... think of a.
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] One of those, is that a pterodactyl?... I'm not very well up on my dinosaurs. Do you know? [LAUGHTER] Brontosaurus, that looks like one.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Dorothy:] You've got a book about it haven't you?
[Christopher:] Mm... Weetabix book.
[Andrew:] Mm that's right.
[Christopher:] Weetabix.
[Dorothy:] [yawning] Well thank you very much Tim, that's lovely. Did you choose that []?
[Tim:] I never.
[Christopher:] Yes. We all... at the same shop.
[Dorothy:] Oh... lovely.... [LAUGHTER].
[Tim:] It it's a little present on there. Look there's another
[Dorothy:] I owe you a cheque
[Tim:] present.
[Dorothy:] for however much it costs or whatever new clothes you would like. Ooh.
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] That's a bit that's a bit risky isn't it?
[Tim:] Mummy can we help you make them?
[Dorothy:] I'm sure you can Tim. That would be lovely. To my wife. Oh look here's all the washing.
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Dorothy:] [reading card] I want you to relax on your birthday so first I'm going to do all the laundry... [reading+laughing] next I'm going to do all the dishes and then I'm going to vacuum the whole house.... There's just one thing I need to know before I start... what does a washing machine look like? [LAUGHTER].... I think you know what a washing machine []
[Andrew:] Hardly.
[Tim:] It's a present. It's it it's a little one.
[Dorothy:] That was a very good card where did you find that one?
[Tim:] [singing] []
[Andrew:] a look in there?
[Christopher:] I don't know what that is.
[Dorothy:] Don't you?
[Christopher:] No.
[Andrew:] No, they weren't with me when I bought that.... They know what the other thing is.
[Christopher:] I know what the other thing is.
[Dorothy:] Oh [LAUGHTER]... you're determined
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] that I should use my camera. Film, thankyou daddy.... Oh the gingerbread family cutters.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Ah yeah but this' ll be little ones. That's a huge big one you see?... This is very special. I'm not quite sure what to do with this one. But I'm sure we'll think of something.
[Christopher:] Mum, there was a rabbit but we didn't really want a rabbit.
[Dorothy:] Oh.... I've put him in there.
[Christopher:] So we didn't buy a rabbit cutter.
[Dorothy:] You stay in there mister gingerbread boy. Gingerbread family cookie cutters....
[Christopher:] Mum
[Dorothy:] Yes?
[Christopher:] when I had afforded a nice, that... when someone holding it you can have a little
[Dorothy:] Oh. Ooh.
[Christopher:] gingerbread man.
[Dorothy:] A baby gingerbread man.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] And a mummy gingerbread lady.
[Christopher:] Oh that's a big one.
[Tim:] ... Tiny one.
[Dorothy:] Th that must be a little girl one do you think? And this is a little boy one.
[Tim:] And that's a big mummy one.
[Christopher:] Another
[Dorothy:] And that's a daddy one. It is fun isn't it?
[Tim:] That's
[Christopher:] Mum
[Tim:] that's
[Dorothy:] Well we've got a granddad and a one.
[Tim:] A daddy one.
[Andrew:] . Right....
[Dorothy:] Well we've got that huge one then they go down in size all the way. They're good though....
[Tim:] I I just gonna look at these little ones.
[Dorothy:] All we need now is some... Can't get it back in the box now.
[Christopher:] But how do you make the mouths for them?
[Dorothy:] How do you make what? The mouths?
[Christopher:] The mouth.
[Tim:] It's a
[Dorothy:] Well you'd have to use erm
[Tim:] little one.
[Dorothy:] sultanas and currants and things like that.
[Tim:] And that's the
[Dorothy:] Or a bit of erm... you know those cherries?
[Tim:] a boy one. And who's that one?
[Andrew:] A baby? Is it? Dunno.
[Christopher:] No cherries would be for the eyes.
[Dorothy:] Glac cherries. No no no no.
[Andrew:] Little girl. That might be a little girl Tim.
[Dorothy:] If you chop glac cherries you can make them up
[Tim:] Who is this?
[Dorothy:] like a smiley mouth.
[Christopher:] And eat them?
[Tim:] [cough] who's is
[Dorothy:] Or those orange and lemon things.
[Tim:] ?
[Dorothy:] I think that's a little girl.
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] You can call her what you like. Sally.
[Tim:] Yeah Sally.
[Dorothy:] I can't get these back in now I don't think.
[Tim:] Two... two Sallys.
[Dorothy:] Do they go this way round?
[Tim:] There's two Sallys.... Two Sallys.
[Christopher:] There's only one more parcel left there....
[Dorothy:] Lots of presents. Cos look what I'm wearing, I'm wearing what grand and grandpa gave me.
[Andrew:] Mm very very smart. They all her clothes for her
[Christopher:] Wh
[Andrew:] for her birthday.
[Dorothy:] And I got new trainers. Look at those bright new white trainers... never heard of before on my legs....
[Christopher:] I see the trainers before.
[Dorothy:] And this look. You haven't seen
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] these before have you?
[Christopher:] I... I've seen them in shops.
[Dorothy:] You've seen them in shops.
[Tim:] Mum....
[Dorothy:] Why won't this go back in?...
[Andrew:] I dunno. We never got them out in the first place. So we don't know.
[Dorothy:] That was very wise.... put those on there.
[Christopher:] I've got nine sultanas in here.
[Dorothy:] I think we shall definitely have to make biscuits this afternoon.
[Tim:] No
[Dorothy:] I think I'll just have erm something in my bowls. I have to eat, as I open these other things.
[Tim:] oh! You can't reach them over there.
[Christopher:] The letters now mummy.
[Andrew:] What would you like to eat?
[Dorothy:] I'd like Rice Crispies but we haven't got any out.
[Tim:] Mum, if I get the Rice Crispies
[Andrew:] Do you want some Rice Crispies? Where are they?
[Dorothy:] Er
[Andrew:] Did you say you bought some?
[Dorothy:] I did buy some.
[Andrew:] Ah
[Dorothy:] But they're not in the cupboard?
[Andrew:] No.
[Christopher:] Mum
[Dorothy:] They're probably on the top shelf in the cupboard.
[Christopher:] On my birthday
[Tim:] [shouting] Yeah there they are []
[Christopher:] I could have but I don't want... too much rubbish around.
[Dorothy:] No.
[Christopher:] So I'll open presents after I've opened all my
[Tim:] [singing+shouting] []
[Dorothy:] Thank you.
[Christopher:] New Rice Crispies. That's the one we got in that box.
[Dorothy:] Superhero torch pens we can... send off for now mm so.
[Christopher:] Instead we can't get that silly old thing.
[Dorothy:] Why, what did we have before? That zapper thing? Mm we've got a lot of tokens for that haven't we?...
[Tim:] Where's the letters?... Where's the letters?
[Dorothy:] On my knee....
[Christopher:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] Was it film?
[Dorothy:] It's for my camera....
[Christopher:] Oh
[Dorothy:] Collect all three.... Oh I think you get it in here somewhere. Oh no... start saving your tokens.... Eight tokens for one of these amazing pens....
[Christopher:] Eight? That's not very
[Dorothy:] Batteries not included.
[Tim:] Er can you get?
[Christopher:] So there's no batteries in there?
[Dorothy:] No, you have to go and buy your own batteries.
[Christopher:] Oh.
[Tim:] Er can you... did I have my sugar?
[Christopher:] Well, what kind of batteries, big ones or little ones? Cos we've got any of them. We've got big ones or little ones haven't
[Dorothy:] I don't think you need any sugar do you?
[Christopher:] we mummy?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] We've got loads of batteries floating round at the moment.
[Christopher:] We've got an old
[Dorothy:] I don't think there's any milk in there.
[Tim:] I haven't got any sugar cos I didn't.
[Christopher:] I've seen two little ones mum.
[Dorothy:] You don't need sugar necessarily do you?
[Tim:] Yeah.... There.
[Dorothy:] Don't take it all in the same place. Mix it about around... a bit.
[Andrew:] Hope you appreciate the best... pottery to celebrate occasion.
[Dorothy:] China? Oh yes dear. I hadn't noticed to be honest.
[Andrew:] It was deliberately.
[Dorothy:] I'm impressed. You mean it wasn't cos the last lot wasn't washed up?
[Andrew:] No no no no no I thought... a special celebration.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Need the best only.
[Tim:] We all all gave you cutters didn't we?
[Dorothy:] You did didn't you? It was very nice.... I think it was a hint
[Christopher:] But I didn't know
[Dorothy:] that we need some extra cooking going on in this house.
[Christopher:] I didn't know daddy gave me... you this... film.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] Mum, there's a special one here because it's... you will have to be
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Tim:] I gave you that film.
[Christopher:] Can I have half?
[Andrew:] Yes, you can have half.
[Tim:] I have to have one.
[Dorothy:] Oh look, grandma's sent me something that you can push out to stand up....
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] No that's mine.
[Christopher:] Can I have a look?...
[Tim:] No that's mine.
[Dorothy:] You have to push those things out
[Andrew:] The half? Yeah.
[Dorothy:] and then they stand up....
[Christopher:] A frog?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] A rabbit
[Tim:] He had the other half.
[Christopher:] You don't see bunnies with do you? You don't see... ducks with a bow-tie on.
[Tim:] Just those sharing ones left.... That's the sharing one.
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Christopher:] You see ducks with bow-ties on?... Mum, have you ever seen a duck with a bow-tie on?
[Dorothy:] No.
[Christopher:] ducks with a bow-tie on do you?... And a dog with a?
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Mm....
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] Yeah?
[Christopher:] An owl waiter
[Tim:] That's a cherry one.
[Dorothy:] Is it? Right.... [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Did you crack this out?
[Dorothy:] Just a [LAUGHTER] that was clever. This is just a friendly hi and then inside it says from I, and she's made it into Irene. [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] No, we'll we'll wait a bit. That's the sharing one.
[Dorothy:] Why is it a sharing one? Why's it not mine?...
[Andrew:] That one's mummy's and that one's yours....
[Tim:] Th oh that's the sharing one.... share a bowl with you.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Tim:] I'm going to share that bowl with you. You're gonna share this one with you.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] That's all mummy's actually.
[Dorothy:] It's granny and grandpa with a great big bouquet of flowers there....
[Tim:] Come on!
[Dorothy:] What? I'm doing my best, but I can't eat and open cards at the same time....
[Christopher:] Have you opened all of the presents mum?
[Dorothy:] Mm. Except this one.
[Christopher:] Oh good....
[Dorothy:] And I had swimsuit from grandma do you remember?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Whoa!...
[Christopher:] Ah [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Money from Auntie Mavis.
[Christopher:] She always sends money to us doesn't she?
[Dorothy:] I know. It's very nice isn't it?
[Christopher:] Mm. So you get more money then. The next... person in our family is me birthday. Isn't it?
[Dorothy:] Oh dear. Auntie Mavis has only been out for five to ten minutes twice cos of her knee.
[Andrew:] Really?
[Dorothy:] You know she's got a funny knee? Mm....
[Tim:] I've finished
[Christopher:] So how did she this letter.... Did she have to go?
[Tim:] Which day we...
[Christopher:] How did she get a letter mum?...
[Tim:] Which day?
[Dorothy:] Erm
[Christopher:] How did that letter?
[Tim:] Which... which day is it?
[Andrew:] It's Tuesday.
[Tim:] Tuesday.
[Andrew:] It's Holly Cottage day.... It is. You're going to Holly Cottage. Christopher goes to school. I'll go to work. And you're
[Dorothy:] And mummy will have a whale of a time.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] What are you gonna do?...
[Andrew:] But
[Dorothy:] What?
[Andrew:] it's going to be something special happening at lunchtime is it?
[Dorothy:] Mm. I'm gonna come for you for lunch from school.
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] And we're going to go out for lunch.
[Christopher:] Where are we going to go?
[Dorothy:] Tesco's.
[Christopher:] Tesco's? [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER] That'll be nice []. I won't be there. It'll be just... you... and Timothy... and mummy and grandma.
[Christopher:] Cottage pie?
[Tim:] All of us?
[Christopher:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] Not me cos I'll be at work. But the rest of you.
[Christopher:] I love cottage pie.
[Dorothy:] But daddy's having lunch at work, aren't you daddy?
[Andrew:] I think so. That's supposed to be the idea.
[Dorothy:] special at work.
[Christopher:] I've had... I love cottage pie.
[Dorothy:] Look at all those sweet looking cats.
[Tim:] Where?
[Dorothy:] There, on that card.... When we're in Tesco's we'll have to make sure we've bought the ingredients for all these biscuits [LAUGHTER] we're gonna be making for the rest of the []
[Tim:] Erm mixing the big bits... bits... bits... bits.
[Dorothy:] I'm impressed. I don't think I've ever had a card from Keith and Sue before. How did they know?
[Christopher:] Mum... to make the eyes mum we could have sultanas.... To make the eyes....
[Dorothy:] It's known as a hippo-bath-day on this one.
[Andrew:] Is it? Hippo-bath!...
[Christopher:] Mum, just one more letter is there?
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Christopher:] No, you've finished that....
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Dorothy:] Can you what? Watch something on the telly? Is it not exciting enough having me open my presents for you?
[Christopher:] Ah... a letter this time.
[Dorothy:] Ooh.
[Christopher:] Mummy... it's a clever letter.... Happy birthday birthday... er... no it says happy birthday.
[Dorothy:] We haven't heard if Jill has got our present from us. I mean
[Andrew:] Haven't we? Oh
[Christopher:] A very happy birthday.
[Dorothy:] Do you think it's cos she hasn't?
[Christopher:] Mum it says happy birthday. A very happy birthday
[Andrew:] That wasn't all that long ago was it?
[Dorothy:] No, but when she sent this you'd think that maybe she would put in it
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] by the way, thank you for
[Tim:] This is a sharing one....
[Christopher:] That's a sharing one, yes. That is the sharing one mummy.
[Tim:] That's the sharing one with you for me.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] And me.
[Tim:] No.
[Christopher:] Yes, I want a square. And you want a square and mummy want a square.
[Andrew:] No that's mummy's that one.
[Tim:] [shouting] No.... It's a sharing one. []
[Dorothy:] It's mine....
[Christopher:] There's nothing in it.
[Andrew:] Is that the?
[Dorothy:] Nothing in it?
[Christopher:] No. [LAUGHTER] Yes there is.... There is really.
[Tim:] May I have some more to eat?
[Christopher:] there, isn't it mum?
[Dorothy:] Ooh. Ooh er.
[Christopher:] A purse. Purse
[Tim:] Mum. Here you are.
[Christopher:] A weeny weeny purse.
[Dorothy:] Foam bath gel.
[Tim:] margarine.
[Christopher:] Gel?
[Dorothy:] Forget-me-nots. Three sachets.
[Tim:] These is not gonna be enough.
[Christopher:] Forget-me-not
[Dorothy:] [reading] Three sachets of Woods of Windsor concentrated foam bath gel. Empty the contents of one sachet under running hot water and enjoy a fragrant relaxing bath in the luxurious foam [] with Tim helping you get washed.
[Andrew:] I'm sure it
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER] Who
[Dorothy:] Danielle.... This looks very superior.
[Tim:] Mummy, margarine for you....
[Christopher:] What is it?
[Tim:] Don't put that in the way.
[Dorothy:] Sorry.
[Christopher:] It's a
[Tim:] Cos look.... Don't put that in the way.
[Dorothy:] Thank you.
[Christopher:] Is it a? Mum did you get that necklace for your birthday?
[Dorothy:] Yes....
[Christopher:] But why did you get it too... late?
[Dorothy:] What do you mean too late? I got it early. I got all these things early cos when I was at granny and grandpa's they gave me some money.... And I was able to go and shop without everybody else helping....
[Andrew:] Remember on that day we went on that minibus down to the
[Dorothy:] You all went on the minibus and the train
[Andrew:] station.
[Dorothy:] with daddy and I... swanned around the shops.
[Christopher:] Daddy?
[Tim:] Mm.
[Andrew:] Remember?
[Christopher:] With daddy and you.
[Dorothy:] With daddy.
[Andrew:] Yeah. You were with me, do you remember? We went on that minibus
[Dorothy:] And I went round the shops.
[Andrew:] looked at some trains and then went back on the D M U.
[Tim:] You were with me.
[Andrew:] That's right, and you were with me. That's right. Well while we were doing that mummy was being all these clothes ready for her birthday. So she's looking very very smart today.
[Dorothy:] And my swimsuit. Do you remember I bought my swimsuit, my blue one?
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] Are you wearing it?
[Dorothy:] Well I'm not wearing a swimsuit but I'm wearing the other things.
[Christopher:] What about showing daddy it?
[Dorothy:] What, the swimsuit?
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Andrew:] He's already seen it.
[Christopher:] Have you seen the new?
[Tim:] Well well we haven't seen it.
[Andrew:] but I think I've s seen actually swimming.
[Tim:] We haven't seen it.
[Andrew:] Did you have it on when we were at Newtown baths?
[Christopher:] Yes you have. Yeah
[Tim:] I haven't.
[Christopher:] I have. Has Tim seen it?
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] Yes you have you silly....
[Tim:] I didn't I now.
[Christopher:] You're not looking at it now. Well... has it got money in already, that purse?... Has it mum?
[Dorothy:] Has what got money in?
[Christopher:] That purse.
[Dorothy:] It's not a purse love it's for erm... soap and... you know... toothbrushes and things like that.
[Tim:] You haven't got margarine on.
[Christopher:] you take your own... you can take your own stuff
[Tim:] Why?
[Christopher:] in your own bag now can't you?
[Dorothy:] I like it without.
[Christopher:] What?...
[Dorothy:] I can take my own stuff in my own bag, yes. And I like ma mine without margarine.
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] Erm...
[Christopher:] But does daddy have to share with us... in... our bag when we
[Dorothy:] Well we all share together don't we?
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] We all share together really.
[Christopher:] So I'm going to share with you in yours really?
[Tim:] Mum....
[Christopher:] Well if it's a special occasion you would take it in your own.
[Tim:] Oh where's daddy's gone?
[Christopher:] If you were going on holiday by yourself
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] you would wouldn't you?
[Dorothy:] True. But I can't think of an occasion when I'd go by myself.
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] I can't think of a time when I would be going by myself in the near future.
[Tim:] I can't have marmalade.
[Dorothy:] Why can't you have marmalade?
[Tim:] Because I wanted daddy's.
[Dorothy:] Well leave that.
[Tim:] I wanted daddy's.
[Dorothy:] Oh I've put it away.
[Tim:] I want it.
[Dorothy:] Well you can't have it love.
[Christopher:] What did he want?
[Dorothy:] He wants daddy's knife to use for the marmalade. But he can't cos daddy's already put it in the kitchen.
[Christopher:] But where is my toast?...
[Dorothy:] In your tummy I expect....
[Christopher:] But I had only half and where's the other half gone?...
[Tim:] It's all in my tummy.
[Christopher:] Has he had a whole?
[Dorothy:] He hasn't had any yet. He's just trying to get it in.
[Tim:] Want this with daddy's knife.
[Christopher:] Mum... but where is my other half because I want another bit.
[Dorothy:] No.
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] You haven't got one.
[Christopher:] But I had half.
[Dorothy:] You're the, you're the little boy who was sick the other day.
[Christopher:] And I don't want any
[Tim:] You've been sick.
[Christopher:] But I haven't had anything on the other piece and I want something on.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Tim:] I didn't be sick.
[Christopher:] I want
[Dorothy:] No you weren't sick were you? Come on you, get that marmalade on there. Shall I help you?
[Tim:] Think daddy's went in the washing.
[Christopher:] I don't like my
[Tim:] The washing was on the and the bowl was
[Christopher:] It feels... too hot. I don't like it.
[Dorothy:] Not now it's alright.
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] Not now you're not. Not now.
[Christopher:] I am a bit there.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Christopher:] I'm hot.... Feel it mum.
[Dorothy:] No you're not.
[Christopher:] There.
[Dorothy:] Oh... only normal.
[Tim:] I want a... this knife.
[Christopher:] But is it going away?
[Dorothy:] If you were cold you'd be dead.
[Tim:] If I have this knife
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] What?
[Tim:] it goes all over
[Dorothy:] If you feel cold you'd be dead.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] You just are. Part of you being alive is that you're warm....
[Christopher:] You have to be warm to be alive?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] Is that why you have radiators?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] But the people who go out in the cold all the time.
[Dorothy:] Well they've usually got er lots of clothes on haven't they?...
[Christopher:] But Tim hasn't
[Tim:] You haven't.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] You've got pyjamas on and.
[Christopher:] I've got a pirate's hat on. [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] You haven't got dressed.
[Christopher:] Look I've got a pirate's hat on.
[Tim:] You... you haven't got dressed.
[Christopher:] I've got a pirate's hat on.
[Dorothy:] Nobody's got dressed yet.
[Christopher:] Nobod yes you
[Dorothy:] Well I have.
[Christopher:] Ah.
[Tim:] You haven't.
[Christopher:] And you haven't. I'm
[Tim:] I have.
[Christopher:] my pirate's at on you... if you haven't got dressed by now.... Mum I want marmalade to put on my toast.
[Dorothy:] You've eaten your toast.
[Christopher:] But I want half....
[Tim:] You can't.
[Christopher:] Want to tell daddy if it's gone. Cos I don't know where it has gone to.
[Tim:] It's in your tummy.
[Christopher:] Mum... there's not more, there's more presents to come yet isn't there?
[Dorothy:] Is there?
[Christopher:] Grandma hasn't given you anything.
[Dorothy:] Well grandma has cos she's given me a swimsuit....
[Christopher:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] People keep giving me money you see and I keep going and spending it so... so it's not quite like your birthday cos on your birthday you get lots of presents don't you?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Andrew:] Hello mummy.
[Dorothy:] Hello daddy.
[Christopher:] There are more yet.
[Tim:] Where's your
[Andrew:] Erm... don't look in in the fridge. There's something near the bottom of the fridge.
[Dorothy:] Don't look in the fridge near the bottom.
[Andrew:] Well I mean you can look in the fridge but don't look... to see what's near the bottom.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Andrew:] It's wra it's wrapped in a bag so.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Tim:] Where?
[Dorothy:] I haven't even noticed you'd put something in there. It must have been in there last night.
[Andrew:] No.
[Dorothy:] Oh just this morning?
[Andrew:] Yes....
[Dorothy:] Where've you been this morning?
[Andrew:] Oh no no no I'd had this hidden somewhere else before you see.
[Dorothy:] Oh. But then you thought you'd better put it in the fridge?
[Andrew:] Yes....
[Tim:] It's it's been in the drawer.
[Christopher:] Mm. It's been in the drawer.
[Andrew:] Not that particular... I hope you won't tell mummy our secrets anyway. [whispering] []
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Andrew:] [whispering] []
[Tim:] I'll have a look.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] It's these two that will go looking not me.
[Tim:] We could have a look.
[Andrew:] No. No no Erm... erm
[Dorothy:] Yes dear?
[Tim:] We could have
[Andrew:] gonna say?
[Dorothy:] I dunno.
[Andrew:] I'll try and be home before tea, in reasonable time.
[Christopher:] Shall we go and have a look at the other
[Tim:] Th be quiet.
[Christopher:] because I want some toast.
[Dorothy:] You've had
[Tim:] [shouting] Be quiet []
[Andrew:] He's had toast.
[Christopher:] I want
[Andrew:] Well you said you only wanted half.
[Dorothy:] I think he should only have half actually.
[Christopher:] I want the other half.
[Andrew:] You're gonna go out to... at lunchtime.
[Christopher:] [whining] Ooh.
[Tim:] Going out to lunch.
[Dorothy:] he can get back to normal he can come home and have a big bit of toast.
[Tim:] I wanted your knife.
[Christopher:] No I want another half because I want something on the other one.
[Andrew:] Haven't got my knife here have I?
[Christopher:] I had no marmalade.
[Dorothy:] Well who's fault's that? Not ours.
[Christopher:] I don't want
[Tim:] That's your knife. I found your knife.
[Andrew:] Have you? Okay, can you put it on the edge of your plate and then we'll have a song or
[Christopher:] I want more toast [].
[Andrew:] What song would you like... Christopher?
[Tim:] Put it through the hatch.
[Dorothy:] Actually it belongs on my plate Tim.
[Andrew:] It's mummy's. Give it to mummy.
[Dorothy:] It's mine....
[Tim:] Put it through the hatch.
[Andrew:] Timothy. It's mummy's
[Dorothy:] Thankyou.
[Andrew:] Right. Jesus' Love is... Very Wonderful.
[Dorothy:] Or Who's the King of the Jungle.
[Andrew:] Who... which one would you like mummy?
[Dorothy:] I'd like Who's the King of the Jungle. What do you want?
[Andrew:] And you'd like Jesus' Love is Very Wonderful? Right we'll have that.
[Dorothy:] We'll start with that one.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] Jesus' love is very wonderful, Jesus' love is very wonderful, Jesus' love is very wonderful, oh wonderful love. It's so high you can't get over it, so low you can't get under it, so wide you can't get round it. Oh wonderful love []
[Tim:] Who's that?
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] Who's the king of the jungle? Ooh Ooh. Who's the king of sea? Bubble bubble bubble. Who's the king of the universe? The king of you and me. I tell you J E S U S, yes... he's the king of me... he's the king of the universe, the jungle and the sea. Bubble bubble bubble... ooh ooh [].
[Christopher:] Mum, you don't blow violins.
[Dorothy:] I beg your pardon?
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] It's meant to be a drink of coke.... You need your eyes testing.
[Tim:] I drawed on that. And it's. It looks like a funny
[Andrew:] Right. Shall we have a prayer?
[Dorothy:] Mhm....
[Tim:] Ah I haven't had my song.
[Andrew:] Well you can have a song in a minute when we've had a prayer.
[Christopher:] Oh, why does that say on there?
[Andrew:] Cos I need to go to work now because I'm gonna be late for work.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Andrew:] Right.... Heavenly father we thank you for mummy's birthday. Thank you for all the fun and excitement we can share. And please help us today as we go our different ways to work, to school, to nursery. Please pray that you'll be with each one of us and that we'll enjoy... today with grandma and all the different things we'll do. You'll keep us safe and happy. Amen.
[Christopher:] Amen.
[Tim:] We went on the swing when we... gardening.
[Andrew:] Were you? You went on the swing?... What song do you want Tim?...
[Tim:] Bold.
[Dorothy:] Be bold.
[Andrew:] [singing] Be bold.
[Dorothy:] [singing] Be bold.
[Andrew:] Be strong.
[Dorothy:] Be strong.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] For the lord your god is with you. Be bold. Be bold. Be strong. Be strong. For the lord your god is with you. I am not afraid, no no no. I am not dismayed. For I'm walking in faith and victory. Come on and walk in faith and victory. For the lord your god is with you. Boom Boom [].
[Andrew:] [singing] Have you had any more tea mummy? Do you want some more?
[Dorothy:] [singing] I think I'd quite like a little bit more please.
[Andrew:] Right [].
[Dorothy:] If you could pour some tea in the tea... in the milk I mean I think I would like it [].
[Tim:] In the milk?
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER] Bubye everybody.
[Dorothy:] What are you doing to all my pressies? Ooh
[Andrew:] Goodbye mummy. Have a wonderful day
[Christopher:] Look mummy I can balance. Look it's like a slide.
[Tim:] It's like a robot.
[Christopher:] Look it stays up.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] Goodbye everybody. Bubye.
[Tim:] It's like a robot.
[Christopher:] You know how it
[Andrew:] Don't lose the film will you?
[Tim:] It's it's it's like a robot.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] We don't want we haven't lo we won't
[Dorothy:] Thank you for the card.
[Andrew:] Goodbye Tim. Do you want a kiss, or do you not?
[Christopher:] lose it mummy. You will make it lose.
[Andrew:] Bubye everybody.
[Dorothy:] Bubye daddy.
[Christopher:] Bubye daddy.......
[Tim:] When I toast it doesn't drops on the floor outside....
[Christopher:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Tim:] I just say bubye mummy, daddy.
[Christopher:] That's a triangle.... That's a triangle....
[Tim:] Be quick
[Christopher:] Is that a triangle?
[Tim:] [scream] Be quick cos [crying] I want to say bubye daddy.
[Dorothy:] Go on then Tim
[Christopher:] Go on then.
[Tim:] I want you come []....
[Christopher:] Look... that's a triangle. Come here and I'll show you.
[Tim:] He's gone.
[Dorothy:] He hasn't. If you open the door quick.
[Christopher:] Look that's a triangle that little bit.
[Dorothy:] Mm. There you are, he's going now. Come on, quick.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Tim:] Oh dear
[Dorothy:] This is crazy. Timothy come round this side please and you go round that side now. Tim, this side please. You're not to climb on there, you've got to go past it.
[Tim:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Because it's silly... the way we're going on....
[Christopher:] Oh.
[Tim:] Look.
[Dorothy:] Yes. Just leave it and come and sit on your seat.
[Tim:] Ooh....
[Dorothy:] Come on. Sit in on your seat.... You do need your seatbelt on. Put it on please. I know it's not very far, but even so.... If we have an accident you'll need it.... bump into another car.
[Tim:] put my stick in the porch.
[Dorothy:] You've put your stick in the porch? Right, that's okay.
[Tim:] I've forgotten it.
[Christopher:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] It's still there isn't it?
[Christopher:] Why do you
[Dorothy:] It doesn't matter. Don't worry, just leave it there. Have you got yours in? Is your seatbelt on?
[Christopher:] No.
[Dorothy:] You'd best put it on quickly.
[Christopher:] Mum
[Dorothy:] Well in the garage it's a little bit different because... there's only the garage to hit isn't there?... So if you hit the garage you're going very very slowly and you might just give yourself a jolt but you wouldn't hurt yourself quite so much....
[Christopher:] Mum what's the noise?
[Dorothy:] What's what noise?
[Christopher:] That noise....
[Dorothy:] The car.
[Tim:] Car.
[Dorothy:] It's cos you're travelling in a Metro. You're used to travelling in a Rover.... [LAUGHTER] You're used to travelling in a Rover. This one's all shaky. It's so old.... But it does the job. Gets us there.
[Christopher:] too old.
[Dorothy:] Ah hey....
[Christopher:] too old. Think it's got too old.
[Dorothy:] No it's fine.... There we are, there's Mark's house.... Right. Now have you got all your things Christopher that you need?... You stay there Tim. Don't go undoing things....
[Tim:] I want to go in Christopher's seat.
[Dorothy:] No you just stay there cos you can get on Christopher's seat when we come home cos he won't be here. Come on.... Can you shut the door.... Shut the door.... Sounds like in the bedroom up there....
[speaker006:] Sorry
[Dorothy:] Ha thank you very much Mark.... [door knock]
[Yvonne:] Come in.
[Dorothy:] Thank you so much.
[Yvonne:] Don't be silly. Stop it.
[Dorothy:] Sounds as though you're lively this morning.
[Yvonne:] Aah!
[Dorothy:] I think he's alright. [LAUGHTER]
[Yvonne:] Are you better?
[Dorothy:] He was sick on Sunday. By the time yesterday came round, by lunchtime he could have come really but... [LAUGHTER]. You never quite know do you, how they're gonna
[Yvonne:] Oh no, no
[Dorothy:] He's gonna go swimming anyway so that'll put him back if
[Yvonne:] [LAUGHTER] Yeah []. Okay.
[Dorothy:] Bye.
[Yvonne:] Ta ta....
[Tim:] Christopher hasn't shut the door.
[Dorothy:] Has he not shut the door? Perhaps he's going to wave to us.... No I think they have shut the door, haven't they?
[Tim:] They haven't.... They haven't. They haven't....
[Dorothy:] We'll go to Tesco's today. I want to get some petrol....
[Tim:] Yeah....
[Dorothy:] Mm.... I wonder what you'll do at nursery today.
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] I wonder what you will do at nursery today.
[Tim:] Hope it's still games.
[Dorothy:] Games? There'll be some games there. What's your favourite game?
[Tim:] Postman Pat.
[Dorothy:] Postman Pat snap? [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] You haven't played that for a bit have you?...
[Tim:] Where's it gone?
[Dorothy:] It'll be in the drawers I expect. You can always go and get them out, if you want to.
[Tim:] Where's it gone?
[Dorothy:] It'll be in the drawer.
[Tim:] Well where's it gone in the drawer?
[Dorothy:] Well I don't know. Have you looked for it?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Well if you go and look for it I expect you'll find it.... Do you think it'll be sand or water today?
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] Do you think it will be sand or water today?
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] Do you think there'll be sand... or water... today?
[Tim:] Think it will be sand.
[Dorothy:] You think it'll be sand. Why do you think it's sand today?... It was water last week wasn't it? So it probably will be sand this week I would think....
[Tim:] Yeah I think it will be sand.... Cos the water soaking wet.
[Dorothy:] No, you won't get soaking wet with sand. Hopefully. [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Cos with sand you don't get soaking
[Dorothy:] No.
[Tim:] We put water in our sand.
[Dorothy:] Do you?... What, so that it sticks together then it makes things?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Mm. If it's dry it sort of won't stick together will it? It won't make things.... Mind you it's nice for pouring.... You don't have to have sand but it's rather nice....
[Tim:] We some petrol.
[Dorothy:] No we're alright. We don't need petrol right this minute. Cos at lunchtime we're going to go to Tesco's. And that will be a good place to get petrol cos it's cheap and we shall need a bit then. We're not desperate for petrol but it would be nice if we filled up with it.
[Tim:] Cheap at Tesco's.
[Dorothy:] Yeah....
[Tim:] one person. Going to be one.
[Dorothy:] Going to be one person.
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Which means...
[Tim:] One person driving.
[Dorothy:] Ooh.
[Tim:] ...
[Dorothy:] There's an ambulance....
[Tim:] An ambulance is hospital.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Or it might be taking somebody to hospital. Didn't seem in much of a hurry though did it? So I don't think there was an emergency. Come quickly cos there's a car on its way.
[Tim:] Where?
[Dorothy:] Here. That red one....
[Tim:] It's gone now.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Come on then.
[Tim:] It's a dustbin day.
[Dorothy:] It is a dustbin day. It's not a dustbin day for us though. Our dustbin day was yesterday....
[Tim:] cars....
[Dorothy:] Can you hear the wood pigeon?... The ducks are here today. No, no ducks out today. They must be still asleep. Where are you gonna go?... What are you gonna do?
[Gwen:] there's someone
[Dorothy:] I know. I know. It's the same all the time.
[Gwen:] Oh yeah
[Dorothy:] aren't they? Where are you going to go? I think it's the initial sort of shyness of it all, you know? Going from one place to another.... Ooh.
[Gwen:] She's a real teacher in school.
[Dorothy:] Sometimes.
[Gwen:] Sometimes.
[Dorothy:] Are you a clever reader?
[Gwen:] Would you like to get you a book?... Before you break a leg [LAUGHTER] could you [].
[speaker006:] I can't get up.
[Dorothy:] She can't cope.
[Gwen:] Oh dear. What are we going to do now then?
[Dorothy:] What are you going to do Tim?... You don't know.... How about a Postman Pat jigsaw, ha? Oh I know what you fancied on the way over wasn't it... was it Postman Pat snap?... What are we gonna do dear?...
[Lily:] Oh they're very smart trainers Dot.
[Dorothy:] Well it's my birthday you know Lil.
[Lily:] Oh is it today?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Lily:] Oh happy birthday.
[Dorothy:] So I'm wearing my birthday things, you know? [whispering] Thirty five today []. [LAUGHTER]
[Lily:] Happy birthday. They're very nice.
[Dorothy:] Thank you very much.
[Lily:] They look very very expensive.
[Dorothy:] Well they weren't. They looked it but I got
[Lily:] Adidas
[Dorothy:] I got erm... however much money it is off you know. I was
[Lily:] Oh yes yes yes.
[Dorothy:] walking down the high street and [LAUGHTER]
[Lily:] Oh good. And what did you take this morning, Postman Pat?
[Dorothy:] Well it's Thomas today he's got.
[Lily:] Thomas, sorry. Thomas the Tank.
[Dorothy:] Come on really.
[Gwen:] Happy birthday Dot.
[Dorothy:] Thank you.
[Gwen:] You're
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Or something. [LAUGHTER] Right.
[speaker006:] Mum, who's birthday is it?
[Gwen:] Oh it's Tim's mummy's birthday today.
[Dorothy:] That's nice isn't it? What are you gonna get then?... You fancy what?... Postman Pat snap? Shall we have a look for it?... We're going to root in your drawers for Postman Pat snap. Is that alright?
[speaker006:] Erm Fireman Sam? No. Postman Pat? No. Well you'll have to tell us.
[Dorothy:] Norman. Norman. [LAUGHTER]
[Lily:] Henry.
[Dorothy:] I think those are jigsaws mainly in there, don't you? What's this at the bottom here?... Shall we have a look in a different one? Try this next one down here. Have a look in there. Excuse me dear. Thank you.... Can you see it? I think it's all jigsaws in this bit.... Don't you? Shall we try the top drawer? Would you like that one?... [LAUGHTER] rooting about in your drawers []....
[Tim:] Here.
[Dorothy:] Have you found it?
[Tim:] Look.
[Dorothy:] Would you like that one instead? No. Shall we shut this drawer then and have a look in a different one? Excuse me. Mind your fingers. Oops a daisy. That's it. Let's try this top one cos we didn't look in here.... Oh this looks promising. What's this?... Is that it? Goody, hooray, mummy can go. I'll see you later then now. Anyway, have you had a good time?
[Marjorie:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] That's for you.
[Marjorie:] What is it?
[Dorothy:] A G M minutes.
[Marjorie:] When's that for?
[Dorothy:] Erm... whenever the A G M is.
[Marjorie:] A week on... it's a week on
[Dorothy:] It's for you to study and peruse so that you you know. Well I know, I think it's a good idea.
[Marjorie:] Well I might just try
[Dorothy:] They're giving them out beforehand so that, so
[Marjorie:] Yes it's much better for you to look, because you're all busy trying to look at them and listen to what's
[Dorothy:] I know.
[Marjorie:] going on.
[Dorothy:] Well there you are. You can look now and have your questions at the ready.
[Marjorie:] And I don't know what happened to my dustbin.
[Dorothy:] Oh, why what happened to it?
[Marjorie:] It was all over the place. The bags were down there.
[Dorothy:] It's been very windy.
[Marjorie:] Yes. Er er that's it then. So I've, I've got to, what was that?
[Dorothy:] Those are the mums and toddler tea towels.
[Marjorie:] Thank you very much.
[Dorothy:] I've washed them.
[Marjorie:] Thankyou, right-y-o.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] Oh well I've got a lot of things to tell you.
[Dorothy:] I bet you have.
[Marjorie:] They'd better not go on that thing.
[Dorothy:] Why not?
[Marjorie:] Well... ooh private.
[Dorothy:] Oh it's private. Right. Shall I switch it off then now?
[Marjorie:] Well if you want to know.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Oh I do want to know [].
[Marjorie:] Well we started out
[Dorothy:] Just before you tell me about... yesterday. Just let's get today sorted. You know when you go to... erm... collect Christopher from school?
[Marjorie:] Mhm.
[Dorothy:] Instead of walking back down to our house go down towards the pub....
[Marjorie:] At the end of that place where you park?
[Dorothy:] No. No no no. Go down the path to the pub. You know at the bottom? The Jolly Farmer?
[Marjorie:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] And wait in the car park down there.
[Marjorie:] Oh. Round that
[Dorothy:] Cos that'll save me five minutes.
[Marjorie:] I can't remember which way I go. Do I turn left?
[Dorothy:] Well, you know when you get up the top... you come out the school gates
[Marjorie:] Turn right.
[Dorothy:] and you turn right.
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] And then instead of turning left down towards where we park the car,
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] keep going. Straight on.
[Marjorie:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] There's a path goes down a slope.
[Marjorie:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] You follow your nose down to the bottom of there. Then you turn, well you just follow the path. It turns right... and into the car park.
[Marjorie:] Oh so we follow the path and don't go over that bridge over the road?
[Dorothy:] No.
[Marjorie:] Don't go towards that, just keep on the path... towards the Jolly Farmer? I've been round there but
[Dorothy:] Yeah?
[Marjorie:] I've forgotten it.
[Dorothy:] Well you'll see at the bottom of that hill that th there's the Jolly Farmer sitting in front of your eyes.
[Marjorie:] Mm. We're going in there then are we?
[Dorothy:] Well I should think so. [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] I don't think the Jolly Farmer does meals.
[Marjorie:] [cough] No.
[Dorothy:] But I thought if you do that then I can turn in that car park
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] at the Jolly Farmer. And er
[Marjorie:] Pick us up and
[Dorothy:] pick you up and then we can sail off to... lunch.
[Marjorie:] That's right.
[Dorothy:] And it'll just save us a few minutes because it'll be... tight squeeze I expect.
[Marjorie:] It will if we're not quick because erm
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Marjorie:] we don't want to rush them eating it do we?
[Dorothy:] Oh no.
[Marjorie:] It's meant to be a party night. Well... laugh
[Dorothy:] Right. Two girls
[Marjorie:] It was
[Dorothy:] on a train.
[Marjorie:] on Monday morning
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] setting off. I set off and we had a taxi because it was terrible and I thought oh well, we had a lovely weekend, I'm not going to er spoil it by being soaking wet getting to Piccadilly station. So I said we'll order a taxi, so we order a taxi. Well... er he came, the taxi man you see and... Irene I don't know what, what was up with her because she gets my little bag... into the taxi... leaves all the doors wide open.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Ooh dear [].
[Marjorie:] And I'm jigging out with another bag and the taxi man says er no, are there any more people? I said no, I said. Ooh I said she's not lo... I said eh, what about the doors?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Dear [].
[Marjorie:] Oh. So we, and the taxi man
[Dorothy:] She perhaps thought she was going home.
[Marjorie:] I don't know what she thought. So er... the taxi man said
[Dorothy:] Going away.
[Marjorie:] give me the keys and I'll lock the door. I said alright. So... we we pair of us supervised locking the door. The
[Dorothy:] Dear.
[Marjorie:] taxi man and me.. Found out he knew all this area
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] and had a right chat with him on the way but, laugh. So last night... oh she said... that, you know what did with the door she said, it caused a minor sensation with my two old ne next door neighbours. They thought she was ill.
[Dorothy:] Oh I see. Mm.
[Marjorie:] And the so the taxi man and I were er
[Dorothy:] Was taking her away.
[Marjorie:] was er t don't know what they thought we were d doing. Yes, with her not locking her own front door.
[Dorothy:] Oh dear.
[Marjorie:] Cos we had to get the keys off her.
[Dorothy:] Well at least it was nice that they were... looking out and
[Marjorie:] Well that's it I said well it just shows you that they do watch what y for you don't they?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] They're a nice couple, next door.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] He's called Fred. So apparently last night he came knocking on the door. To see if she was alright. So she'd been out all day to this cousin's at Blakely She goes on a Monday now. Oh he said, do you go every week? Oh he said I'll bring you a leaflet. You could get a dial-a-ride.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] You're over seventy.
[Dorothy:] Oh right.
[Marjorie:] They take you there for twenty P if you reg... he said I'll bring you the papers.
[Dorothy:] Oh that's good. That's handy isn't it?
[Marjorie:] So... Yeah I sa er well she'd, actually she does two twenty P's cos she goes to town and gets a few things but, I mean it, I said it might be bad weather one day
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] and you'd be glad to dial it.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] But you fill in this form
[Dorothy:] From your front door type of thing?
[Marjorie:] Yes, they come for you.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] So erm only in the Manchester area.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] You know Manchester City Council.
[Dorothy:] They do a dial-a-ride in Redditch.
[Marjorie:] They do?
[Dorothy:] But I've never used it. But anybody can use it but under... under seventy or something you have to pay... so much. You know, like go to the hospital with it or something.
[Marjorie:] Yes you can. Well anyway... so he got her these forms. I said well it's worth registering. I said Annie could do that.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] She's over seventy. I said why... they'd come for her wouldn't they?
[Dorothy:] Mm. Do they do things on a regular basis? You know?
[Marjorie:] I suppose they do. I said fill it in and see, no harm in always say no
[Dorothy:] Mm can only say no.
[Marjorie:] can't they?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] So he, he, as I was talking to her last night on the phone the front door bell's going and it's our Fred from next door... right looking after her and bringing forms for her to fill in to get dial-a-ride. I thought jolly nice isn't it?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] Well then th they must have been... she said they'd been concerned all day.
[Dorothy:] Oh dear.
[Marjorie:] [LAUGHTER] They never turned up till half past six you see because []...
[Dorothy:] What did she do after that then? She went gallivanting off then after that?
[Marjorie:] Oh she stays there at
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] She stays and g ta gets a meal in town to take to her.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Marjorie:] Then she does a bit of ironing for her. She don't, she do she i she er finished her eightieth birthday... and then had a stroke.
[Dorothy:] Oh did she?
[Marjorie:] When she got over the stroke she fell and broke her hand. The first time
[Dorothy:] Oh I remember you saying that.
[Marjorie:] first time... that the church warden came for her to go to church she fell getting out of his car.
[Dorothy:] Oh dear....
[Marjorie:] Mm. So then... I had on the train. And these two girls, I think everybody was going for interviews at Man er Birmingham university yesterday.
[Dorothy:] Oh right.
[Marjorie:] And it was all crowded and so forth. And we met this gi I don't think these two were going to Birmingham university but they were going somewhere.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] So erm... these two girls, I couldn't... I mean I was reading but couldn't tell but they could.... And I heard the girl saying well... I don't look for smart shoes now.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] good gracious. I mean at least I do get a pair of smart shoes and... they were lovely those shoes all day
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] that bought.... Erm she said... got a corn on every toe. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] [LAUGHTER] Well good gracious [].
[Dorothy:] How old was she?
[Marjorie:] Oh oh only, she'd be... [LAUGHTER] oh twenty five, twenties like. They
[Dorothy:] Oh dear.
[Marjorie:] you know. I listened and listened, I thought ooh... students don't change.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] So erm
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] A corn on every toe [].
[Marjorie:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] Dear.
[Marjorie:] So she said I have to, so... I was squin you know I had a squint underneath to see [LAUGHTER] whether she was wearing any [].
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] You know those fancy boots that are very wide?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] Got er some of those on. She said she couldn't... she couldn't, she was crippled if she put... a decent pair of shoes on. I thought well at your age what are you going to do [LAUGHTER]?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] Eh?... So she must have been wearing some funny shoes to get corns on
[Dorothy:] She probably had, mm.
[Marjorie:] Yes. She learnt her lesson the hard way. So then it got into
[Dorothy:] It's too late though now.
[Marjorie:] into Birmingham... Fine we were. I had, I bought a sandwich at Piccadilly station, goes in the bag... oh I'll eat these on the train, I'll get the twelve six.... Nice railwayman carried me bags down the stairs [LAUGHTER] to the Redditch train [].
[Dorothy:] Oh very good.
[Marjorie:] Yes I'm doing very well. I think they're all improving these... anyway... he said that
[Dorothy:] They improve with age I
[Marjorie:] Er I I I... he said that oh yes I do want to go down these stairs but... there's folks coming up and down and the esc you know, someone coming on the escalator. They ought to have escalators going down you know in Birmingham.
[Dorothy:] They did, yes.
[Marjorie:] So er... he carried them down for me.
[Dorothy:] They might have them might they, might they when they've finished all this refurbishing?
[Marjorie:] I can't see where they're gonna put them.
[Dorothy:] Oh I see.
[Marjorie:] They've refurbished it but they've not made any space for a down escalator have they?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] You've got to go and ask for them to take you on the erm
[Dorothy:] Lift.
[Marjorie:] lifts if you're er
[Dorothy:] Decrepit.
[Marjorie:] decrepit and want a chair.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] But anyway... as usual you get on the station. All of a sudden as they like to do in Birmingham station, all the trains are coming in on different platforms from usual and... and er delays here and do you know what it was? It was on the television last night. It was a huge fire at erm
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] at er Banbury.
[Dorothy:] Oh. So everything was coming in on different lines?
[Marjorie:] and it sounded as though it was on the railway but it wasn't the railway it was a big factory at the side.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] And they er er they said... people getting on this train er it was... on the eleven, platform eleven near to where we were... make sure, they kept giving it out giving it out, you must get out at Leamington Spa if you want Banbury.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] And they're going to lay some coaches on. Because this train is going to avoid Banbury.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] To get to wherever it was going.
[Dorothy:] Mm. That's the trouble with Birmingham. Because it's where it is in the country, any catastrophe up or down
[Marjorie:] It ups yes oh ah
[Dorothy:] upsets whatever goes on in Birmingham.
[Marjorie:] So er there was this poor girl sitting on this seat and I'd seen her there and so, there was a nice lady sat they said er... they took the Redditch train off the thing and put... this Shrewsbury on. This huge, you know, one two five came... ooh we said, don't get on there if you want the university.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] We said we don't know where the train is but get on when we do and you'll be alright. She was going
[Dorothy:] Right. Are you gonna get your coat on and
[Marjorie:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] keep talking as we go.
[Marjorie:] Is that your hat or is it mine?
[Dorothy:] Think it's yours.
[Marjorie:] Anyway... this great big train came in. That was late. They're all standing out Birmingham you see and they were alt having to alter all the platforms cos of the
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] Anyway when I saw the fire
[Dorothy:] Shall I take this?
[Marjorie:] Er yes... when I saw the fire at Banbury... ooh I said... er they'd had to move people out and... getting water from the canal. It burnt the whole factory down for some reason
[Dorothy:] Oh dear. Wonder what it was?
[Marjorie:] So it was
[Dorothy:] What factory?
[Marjorie:] I've forgotten. Cos all the trains were on time
[Dorothy:] Have you got the keys for my house as well as yours?
[Marjorie:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Marjorie:] And, I don't need
[Dorothy:] Well, no you won't. But I'm just checking.
[Marjorie:] Yes. Yes. I'd better lock this up hadn't I?
[Dorothy:] Do you like me gear?
[Marjorie:] Nice, why have you just bought those?
[Dorothy:] No no. This is what I got at erm in Exeter.
[Marjorie:] Oh lovely.... You haven't shown me yet
[Dorothy:] The swimsuit that you bought me.
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Colour. I got your card by the way, oh I said that already.
[Marjorie:] Have you done it yet with them?
[Dorothy:] No, not yet.
[Marjorie:] I I bought it specially for all three of you.
[Dorothy:] We got some
[Marjorie:] I got it in Droitwich.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] At that er... erm... christian bookshop I got it.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] they're new trousers are they?
[Dorothy:] Well no. I've had the trousers some time. Well they're newish. They're probably the newest pair I've got but... that's not the point. Erm Come on dear. Just get yourself in this car else we'll be late. Oh, sorry. [LAUGHTER]...
[Marjorie:] Er you've got a lot of er... stuff... middle of his lawn. I've never asked him to have I been here.... I'll tell you about the wedding...
[Dorothy:] I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll drop you off at the Jolly Farmer, then you can walk up the hill to get to the... school. Then you'll know the way back
[Marjorie:] Oh then I'll know won't I?
[Dorothy:] won't you. [LAUGHTER] If you ever find the school that is.
[Marjorie:] What time do I go? Oh it's
[Dorothy:] Well it's twelve o'clock you see.
[Marjorie:] Now do I just wait outside the classroom? He knows I'm going does he?
[Dorothy:] Yeah....
[Marjorie:] He didn't, he doesn't like me going. Oh he said, I won't see you till next Mon Monday I said now it's Tuesday isn't it....
[Dorothy:] I don't think he'll have noticed your absence. He was so ill on Sunday.
[Marjorie:] He didn't not no. Poor little thing. And Timothy as well.
[Dorothy:] Well he wasn't that ill. He just got... feverish in the night really.... He seemed to be over it much quicker....
[Marjorie:] And how's daddy?
[Dorothy:] Oh he's alright. We both survived. Gritted our teeth and made it through the weekend. [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] Oh dear.... But you wouldn't want to be without them thought would you?
[Dorothy:] Oh no.
[Marjorie:] No.
[Dorothy:] Just have to... well just certain times when th... could, just could do with a holiday from them. [LAUGHTER]... So the wedding, how was that then?
[Marjorie:] Oh that was lovely. Ooh it was cold though.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Oh dear []
[Marjorie:] So I'm taking some
[Dorothy:] Were they wearing their thermals?
[Marjorie:] Well we were.
[Dorothy:] Yeah but the bride I mean.
[Marjorie:] Oh I don't know what she had on. Because the dresses were deep, low there and oh those low ones that come. Well I wouldn't have chosen them for March cos I mean that's... very nice
[Dorothy:] It's the in thing though isn't it? Off the shoulders and
[Marjorie:] Yes yes and you see. And and the underskirt and everything's all in with the dress isn't it?... Well anyway... she's a nice... I like her very much. He's chosen
[Dorothy:] A nice girl
[Marjorie:] But he's, he's got this he's got this now.
[Dorothy:] Oh yeah.
[Marjorie:] It was, oh it was nice. So I saw Paul.
[Dorothy:] Yeah they'd all be there wouldn't they?
[Marjorie:] Paul and David, Paul's young lady. First of August he's getting wed. Oh he, he's turned into a nice boy has Paul.
[Dorothy:] I'm sure he has.
[Marjorie:] Yes. really, and erm... I I've brought the service and things for you. Erm Mr, you know Douglas... did the prayers.
[Dorothy:] Oh yeah.
[Marjorie:] But erm... the church you see was burnt down where he's gone to but it's nearly finished, altering it. And and in a sense it's been a blessing in disguise.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Marjorie:] Because you go in and they've got this new entrance hall.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Marjorie:] And made a gallery round for the Sunday school. And then you go into
[Dorothy:] They had a fire at Saint Leonards and they've been saying that really it's been a good thing. Cos they've had to rethink what they want.
[Marjorie:] What's... where yes. And they've
[Dorothy:] Cos otherwise you're tied by you know
[Marjorie:] Yes that's it. So
[Dorothy:] preservation orders or this that and the other.
[Marjorie:] Yes, yeah but when it gets burnt down you, I mean they can't
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] There's no preservation [].
[Marjorie:] So and er we got there fairly early, cos the taxi well the taxi man got lost, that's another story. The taxi man got lost in Manchester. Anyway we got, we got there in time
[Dorothy:] Oh no wonder he wanted you to set off early.
[Marjorie:] Eh?
[Dorothy:] No wonder he wanted you to set off early, he didn't know where he was going.
[Marjorie:] anyway we had a nice trip up past and back through Prestwich and all round. Till we found out that and he said oh I know where I am now. Just tu
[Dorothy:] He didn't charge you for all that?
[Marjorie:] No, he took some off. Fortunately.
[Dorothy:] Oh that was nice.
[Marjorie:] He said ooh he said it was my fault. So he took anyway... er... I'm getting mixed up with me stories I think.... And at this church... we got there early and the soon as we walked in there the, the church warden says... toilets are there. Thanks very much we said.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] You must have looked the type.
[Marjorie:] So we we. You know we said where we'd come from, that sort of. So they let us look all round, they said. So we did you see. Because er... it's marvellous what they've been able to do. It's not quite finished.
[Dorothy:] I expect it was packed was it?
[Marjorie:] It was full. And er the thing was, we found out afterwards why they'd done it. The organ pipes are in the middle of the chancel and you couldn't see the east window at the.
[Dorothy:] No.
[Marjorie:] Oh well they said that's because they'd not got that section finished
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] and. But the old gargoyles off the church were saved and they've stuck them up all over the... on the erm dividing piece between the church and this new... er... section. They've got a lovely new kitchen. Very nice.
[Dorothy:] I bet
[Marjorie:] Oh yes they said. But we've had a very very... well we've still got him... a good... treasurer. Who knew what to do and instead of
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Marjorie:] instead of saying, telling the er insurance people that they'd give them the bills and they could pay them as they came in, he said they'd got a lump sum.... And he's been able to invest it
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] himself.
[Dorothy:] Mm. Mm.
[Marjorie:] And he wanted, he was a man that knew what he was doing.
[Dorothy:] Knew where to get extra
[Marjorie:] Get extra money.
[Dorothy:] interest.
[Marjorie:] And he said er... he's paid, he's paid for everything. Just a little bit more money they wanted then he shoots off home.
[Dorothy:] I'm sure, you know, with Alan and this new building, he's been very good.
[Marjorie:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Because he's known the right people.
[Marjorie:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] And when things have turned up and they've not been quite right he's known...
[Marjorie:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] There's something sort of practical about him. You know the...
[Marjorie:] Yeah that's what he, they said he's been marvellous, this treasurer. They said we wouldn't have got
[Dorothy:] No.
[Marjorie:] but they've gotta let him. You see.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] But he, he said to the insurance people no I don't want you just to keep on paying the bills.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Marjorie:] He said we'll have a lump sum. And he got the lump sum and they was investing it and just drawing out when he... needed it.
[Dorothy:] That's it....
[Marjorie:] Course it was very nice and we got a proper dinner... at this erm... mind you we were absolutely famished by the time we got there. [LAUGHTER] Didn't get me dinner till gone three [].
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Thought you'd be late. What time was the wedding?
[Marjorie:] Mm?
[Dorothy:] What time was the wedding? Half eleven?
[Marjorie:] Twelve.
[Dorothy:] Oh twelve.... Did you have elevenses before you set off?
[Marjorie:] Mm?
[Dorothy:] Did you have elevenses before you set off?
[Marjorie:] set off at. I had but erm... we set off from Irene's at half past ten you see.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] It took him three quarters of an hour to get us there. So anyway we'd had a good look round and this ch church warden said hey... you'd better go and get some seats cos it's going to get. Now you've come early he said, have a sit there he said and you'll see everything.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Marjorie:] Cos they only booked seats for the immediate family. So we sat on this row and it was... Paul and his young lady and David... all in the row with us. And er Yeah. It was very nice. All there they were. I've had a right good chat to David.... So he, they came to erm... Saint, Saint Kevins on Sunday morning. And I reckon Sunday I'd have got a lift home.
[Dorothy:] Oh right.
[Marjorie:] had a real good chat with them all Sunday night.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Just pleased you'd got that extra space. You're not worrying about rushing off.
[Marjorie:] Well I would have been rushing off. Anyway it wouldn't have been fair to Irene really cos we went Sunday afternoon.
[Dorothy:] Well you've got nothing to rush off t for have you really?
[Marjorie:] No. To look at the er....
[Dorothy:] Yeah.... Have they found out any more about... how it started?
[Marjorie:] Absolute shell. I don't know, they've, no well they're investigating aren't they? It's a shame. you know, you know what it looked like. But he had made a mess of it. Are you taking me to the er
[Dorothy:] I'm taking you to the Jolly Farmers.
[Marjorie:] Oh, are you?
[Dorothy:] Which will give you just about the right amount of time then to walk up.... You'll have a nice walk ready for your lunch.
[Marjorie:] Thank you very much. I've already had a walk this morning. I went out, there was nobody in the queue for the... I said what's the matter? She said I don't know, it's a quiet morning. Well she said quiet time of the year this a bit. Oh I said there's none... they're all queuing for papers and cigarettes. Nobody at the counter for the... post office.
[Dorothy:] Okay now, if you go on th this path... whoops it's gone.
[Marjorie:] Eh?
[Dorothy:] It'll be underneath the floor. Wait a minute.... Good job I brought you....
[Marjorie:] Where's the path gone?
[Dorothy:] Well it's under the floor. I mean it's erm... you go, the underpass is there you see.
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Can you see the grass there?
[Marjorie:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] If you walk straight across that bit of grass there you'll come to the... path.
[Marjorie:] I don't have to go on the underpass do I?
[Dorothy:] Well there's no point really cos you have to go backwards and go under the underpass and then up there you see.
[Marjorie:] So I'm going left aren't I?
[Dorothy:] You're going, yeah. Well the underpass takes you left if you see what I mean.
[Marjorie:] Yeah we're not going back to the underpass do
[Dorothy:] But you don't, no. You want to go u... you see where that big tree is there?
[Marjorie:] Yeah. So
[Dorothy:] You want to go across the grass and you'll hit a path which goes left up there, past those houses.
[Marjorie:] I think I've done it once before.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Marjorie:] When I used to wander round with erm
[Dorothy:] Oh. Just that
[Marjorie:] Oh sorry.
[Dorothy:] No it's alright, go on. You walk up towards it and... when I see you
[Marjorie:] And I'll come back... tell me
[Dorothy:] disappearing round the path.
[Marjorie:] Yes right.
[Dorothy:] You'll see the path across there. Can I tell you what we're going to do, cos we're gonna do something nice.
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] I've just left grandma... to go and collect Christopher from, from school. And we're all going to go out to lunch together. Have some lunch together while Christopher's, in Christopher's lunch hour. We're gonna go to... to Tesco's with grandma. Have a birthday lunch. For me....
[Tim:] With Christopher?
[Dorothy:] Yes, with Christopher.... And then we've got to take Christopher back to school... for the afternoon. And then we'll go
[Tim:] Why?
[Dorothy:] and then we go back home with grandma.
[Tim:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Because today Christopher's not having his lunch at school. He's gonna have it with us instead. But he still has to go back and work... in the afternoon.
[Tim:] Who?... Who?
[Dorothy:] Who? What do you mean, who? Christopher has to go back to work this afternoon....
[Tim:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Because it's school time. It's school time till three o'clock....
[Tim:] You're going a different way.
[Dorothy:] I'm going a different way aren't I?
[Tim:] Supposed to be going the right way.
[Dorothy:] Don't worry we'll get there. It's just a different way home, that's all.... Cos there's lots of different ways from the nursery.... Going to pass the water tower....
[Tim:] We haven't.... We haven't.
[Dorothy:] We haven't what?
[Tim:] Passed the water tower.
[Dorothy:] It's there.
[Tim:] Water tower.
[Dorothy:] That's it.
[Tim:] [crying] We... we didn't go past the water tower [].
[Dorothy:] Ooh. What's the matter with you? You're all stroppy. Did James put sand in your eye? Oh dear. Was that an accident?... You're always getting sand in your eye aren't you?... I think you must rub your hands in your eyes or something.
[Tim:] I did. And it didn't come out properly.
[Dorothy:] No. Did Lily help you?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Gwen?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Oh. Just you?
[Tim:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] Is it still in there now?
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] Is it still in your eye now?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Oh dear. If you blink a lot that helps to wash it out.
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Blink a lot cos it helps to wash it out....
[Tim:] put water.
[Dorothy:] Well it's a bit tricky to put water in your eye. Just blink a lot cos that helps. That wa
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] that washes your eye anyway. Here they are look....
[Tim:] Oh... we go past them.
[Dorothy:] That's right. I'm turning round here look.... Quick.
[Marjorie:] Are you going to go round?
[Dorothy:] Be quick.
[Marjorie:] Eh?
[Dorothy:] Who's gonna go round? He can climb through the middle. Have you had a good morning?
[Marjorie:] Erm we discovered we could have come through this road here
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] instead of going on that grass.
[Dorothy:] That would have been quicker would it?
[Marjorie:] I think, yes we're going to have to go back that way. It depends which way you're coming....
[Dorothy:] Have you had a good morning sir?
[Marjorie:] That was quite quick. I was there before it...
[Dorothy:] It is, it's not very far. Did you have to wait for ages?
[Marjorie:] No. I had a good look and some of his class came to wave to me.
[Dorothy:] Oh [LAUGHTER].
[Marjorie:] Isn't it amazing how they know you? Eh? [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] I expect he said there's my grandma.
[Marjorie:] Yeah.
[Tim:] Where's that car?
[Marjorie:] What car love?... Hello Timothy. How are you?
[Dorothy:] Anybody else going home today for lunch?
[Marjorie:] Yes there's ano somebody behind. Who was it? Er, he knew who it was didn't you?...
[Christopher:] I don't know who it was.
[Marjorie:] No but somebody came... behind us didn't they? Cos they'd brought a little dog to be walked.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Have you had a good swim?...
[Marjorie:] We left his things. There was no point in bringing
[Dorothy:] No, no point in bringing swimming things now. Did you have a good swim Christopher?...
[Marjorie:] Did you have a good swim? Donkeys nod their heads.
[Dorothy:] Bit silent. [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] He's nodding his head. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] What have you done this morning? Swimming?
[Christopher:] Mummy when I swam... swimmed
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] it wasn't very long.
[Dorothy:] It wasn't very long?
[Christopher:] No.
[Dorothy:] Oh. Why was that then?...
[Christopher:] Anyway, it was very cold.
[Dorothy:] Was it?
[Marjorie:] Oh dear. Have they got it warmed up?
[Dorothy:] Did you get out and warm up?
[Tim:] Mum why are we going this way?
[Christopher:] The out was even colder.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] [LAUGHTER] Oh dear. That's a shame isn't it?
[Tim:] Why are we going this way?
[Dorothy:] I hope it's not
[Christopher:] When I got in the pool it was very cold, going round the edge.
[Dorothy:] Yeah?
[Tim:] Mummy why are we going this way?
[Marjorie:] We're going to Tesco's.
[Dorothy:] We're going to Tesco's. [LAUGHTER] He's not got himself sorted out, Tim. He's a bit bit erm
[Marjorie:] Oh poor thing, he's a mixing him up are you?
[Dorothy:] bit baffled aren't you Tim?
[Marjorie:] Course he's baffled. Anybody would be baffled. Look at that woman... silly.
[Christopher:] That's where Gemma lives, down there.
[Dorothy:] Yes that's right.... Well you say silly thing but how else is she gonna get across that road?
[Marjorie:] Got no other way has she? Cos
[Dorothy:] Cos they've not exactly put
[Marjorie:] er the the to that bus stop. Except there seems to be
[Dorothy:] they've not stuck an underpass or anything have they? And it's a pretty... horrendous road.
[Marjorie:] a lot of people coming... cars on it when she did
[Dorothy:] Well there are always a lot of cars on it.
[Marjorie:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] So there's no... no chance.... Don't believe in zebra crossings in Redditch. We haven't got any you know?
[Marjorie:] No I know we haven't.
[Dorothy:] Those pelican crossings that, we've got one or two of those. We could have one of those.... I think we'll have a mass trip to the toilet before we go into the cafe.
[Marjorie:] Oh we'd better, yes. Yeah.... I thought I'd gone before I came out of my house but... I had a feeling when I nearly got to their school that I... ought to have again.
[Dorothy:] You want to go again?
[Marjorie:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] it's even better there look.... There you are.
[Christopher:] When it goes straight on there it looks like... you're reversing backwards.
[Dorothy:] It does doesn't it? But I hadn't really. It was a bit cheating.
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] It was a bit cheating.... Right, what do we need? Just money and us don't we?
[Christopher:] Are we allowed?
[Dorothy:] Yeah.... Mr didn't decide
[Christopher:] Mum, I need to wash
[Dorothy:] to take your patches off your trousers again today?
[Christopher:] No.
[Dorothy:] Good.
[Marjorie:] get out.
[Christopher:] I'm going to wash my hands cos I've got glue on me.
[Dorothy:] Oh right. What have you been doing then? Sticking glue
[Christopher:] Gluing.
[Dorothy:] glue. Glueing what?
[Marjorie:] Are you unbuttoned yet?
[Dorothy:] Do you want some help?...
[Marjorie:] Oh he's unplugged now.
[Dorothy:] Ooh. Somebody else coming.... Right? Are we all locked up?
[Christopher:] Mum
[Tim:] Oh dear.
[Christopher:] That car's called E K W.
[Dorothy:] Are you alright? Having troubles?
[Christopher:] E K W.
[Dorothy:] You what?
[Christopher:] E K W that car is.
[Dorothy:] E K W [LAUGHTER]. There's E J W there. With a J....
[Christopher:] Where?
[Dorothy:] Here....
[Marjorie:] What did, what did Christopher and Timothy give you then?
[Dorothy:] For my birthday?
[Marjorie:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] I got some biscuit cutters.
[Marjorie:] Is that what you got?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] Ooh that
[Dorothy:] Dinosaur shapes and gingerbread men shapes.
[Marjorie:] Oh
[Dorothy:] So we've got to make biscuits all afternoon.
[Christopher:] I gave you gingerbread big man.
[Dorothy:] Yes you did....
[Christopher:] And Tim gave you dinosaurs.
[Dorothy:] That's right.
[Christopher:] And daddy gave you the family.
[Dorothy:] That's right....
[Tim:] Oh... oy.
[Dorothy:] We're all going to the toilet first....
[Christopher:] Where's grandma going?
[Dorothy:] She's examining what she's going to eat. Did you all go swimming or were there a lot of you not going today?
[Christopher:] Not very many
[Marjorie:] Thank you.
[Christopher:] went.... Mum
[Dorothy:] Mm....
[Christopher:] went.
[Dorothy:] Who went? Mark went.
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Good. Have you done any reading or anything like that?...
[Marjorie:] Is he alright in there Dorothy?
[Dorothy:] Well I hope so. Sorry, do you want to
[Christopher:] Mum, why do you
[Dorothy:] you have one.
[Marjorie:] No you're alright, no I'll look and see what the man's doing. He's alright.
[speaker006:] Oh.
[Dorothy:] You just carry on in this one look.
[speaker006:] Oh okay.
[Dorothy:] Don't worry about our family. We'll all go in to the one.
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] I've taken my coat off.
[Dorothy:] Oh you've taken your coat off. Right. He's taken his coat off.
[Tim:] How do you lock it?
[Dorothy:] No we don't need to lock it, come on. There's only us and a lady in here and she won't be coming...
[Tim:] Think there's someone else gonna come.
[Dorothy:] Is there? Well grandma will sort them out.... Is there anything coming?...
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] No? You're alright are you?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] When did you wee? Did you wee at... at nursery?
[Tim:] Yeah.... Er er er before I I went.
[Dorothy:] Right. Right. Would you like to tell grandma. Ask her if she'll do your face for you cos you're a mess. While I just go to the toilet. You got as far as you were at the wedding
[Marjorie:] We went in the church, that's right. Oh and I got the thing. You can look at it while we're sitting here.
[Dorothy:] Oh let's have a look yeah. Might as well because this is a good time while he's... rushing around on that.
[Marjorie:] That's a those were the little erm... things that were on the tables.
[Dorothy:] Oh yes. How many were there, the guests?
[Marjorie:] We reckon there must have been a hundred at the... meal.
[Dorothy:] Oh, very nice.
[Marjorie:] Mind you it was nice, I liked the service very much....
[Dorothy:] Mark Richard Samuel. I didn't realize there was all that lot.
[Marjorie:] They've all got three names haven't they?... And that's the little cards....
[Dorothy:] Did they... oh no. Couple of hearts, how exciting.... Oh! We had that one.
[Marjorie:] Yeah I know.... It was all very nice actually.... I liked the... rector of the er... I've got something in here that Irene sent for you, your family.
[Dorothy:] Who did? Irene?
[Marjorie:] Irene sent those.
[Dorothy:] What are they?...
[Marjorie:] For your birthday.
[Dorothy:] Oh my goodness. Right. Keep them quiet.
[Marjorie:] I'll put them in here
[Dorothy:] Here he comes. He's found a friend look.
[Marjorie:] Eh?
[Dorothy:] He's found a friend. [LAUGHTER]...
[Marjorie:] Alright isn't it?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... Found a friend?
[Tim:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Have you found a little friend? Do you want to go and play with her? Chase her.
[Marjorie:] I don't know what me pictures will come out like because when we started taking them we were that cold... our hands were going like this.
[Dorothy:] Oh dear.
[Marjorie:] Mm. And then it was, there wasn't much room
[Dorothy:] Are you going to stand them up for me Tim?
[Tim:] It...
[Dorothy:] Right, let's have a look in this parcel then
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] in the garage I think we'll throw this bits and pieces away
[speaker006:] Aunty Mary send you some money then?
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[speaker006:] Oh
[Dorothy:] Twenty pounds from Aunty Mary, I know, she should of been generous, shouldn't she? She's got nobody else really, so normally you've got
[Tim:] Here's one for you
[Dorothy:] I think I've been given it er some good cause rather than
[speaker006:] Well I
[Dorothy:] well, yeah I know
[speaker006:] I don't think I'd have to
[Dorothy:] I mean we're not sure
[speaker006:] I'd send it to suit
[Tim:] for me
[speaker006:] if I thought you were all out of work
[Dorothy:] Mm, it would be.... There's a very sweet one from John and Chris have you found that one?
[speaker006:] Oh yes, he's given me too many at once, thank you very much
[Dorothy:] Don't think they will all fit on there will they Tim? stamps off for you. Yeah I'm going to getting the stamps off these en envelopes cos I have to put all these in a hurry in the end, also got loads of time, then I realised it was half past ten, no wonder I didn't get anything at home... forgotten where we keep them
[speaker006:] and John
[Dorothy:] Chris and John
[speaker006:] tweedle
[Dorothy:] well I'm always calling them tweedle dum and tweedle dee, hey don't throw it at the house, it might be something fragile
[Tim:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] It come through the post it probably is...
[Tim:] Here, I open that bit
[Dorothy:] you take the brown paper off and this is the wall paper underneath and I'll take that bit off
[Tim:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] right, when you get to the stamp make sure you don't rip the stamp, cos they need the stamp, stamp of the stamp
[speaker006:] Mm it is isn't it?
[Dorothy:] mm I expect to be here...
[speaker006:] Who's Steven and Pauline?
[Dorothy:] Pauline and Steven and... Pauline and Tony, remember Pauline came to see us, little girl, oh look we've got a plant arriving with a brown leaf on it in there
[speaker006:] Oh they're all mouldy, oh dear
[Dorothy:] are they meant to be mouldy like that?
[speaker006:] I don't know, I think you ought to take the top off now
[Dorothy:] Do you?
[speaker006:] Well, ain't you read the instructions?
[Dorothy:] Yeah, but it says don't take the top off for twelve days, when did I la, when did it come out
[speaker006:] Well it looks to me I mean I, it, it's five days since I was in Manchester so
[Dorothy:] It will be tomorrow won't it, fortnight Ooh, gently does it
[speaker006:] I did
[Dorothy:] Whatever it was just the way I did it
[Tim:] I open this bit
[Dorothy:] No, this is my bit now, cos it's my, my present
[speaker006:] Let, let mummy, mummy's birthday let her open it
[Dorothy:] Ooh it's French, I think that's just going in
[Tim:] What's inside it?
[Dorothy:] I don't know yet, it's very exciting
[Tim:] I want it
[Dorothy:] Tim who's birthday is it?...
[Tim:] Oh it's a present for you Yeah, it's a
[Dorothy:] It's a bath gel, very posh... daddy will be interested in these stamps, we've managed to come across some French stamps
[Tim:] Look, look,
[speaker006:] can't you get it
[Dorothy:] No, I
[speaker006:] what is it?
[Dorothy:] well it's in a French box
[speaker006:] I hope it's worth opening
[Dorothy:] So do I, I think the box is only because it's... here we are
[speaker006:] You know what that will do? Oh you're right
[Dorothy:] that's a letter for looks like a card smells nice
[speaker006:] Look put it back in the box otherwise there
[Dorothy:] Oh look at that, I love birthdays on a badge, [reading] to Aunty Dot, hope your birthday is lots of fun for you, filled with many of, happy things and nice surprises too [], right let me wear me badge... I love birthdays... there we go... that can stand up somewhere, I don't know where, we're running out of space
[Tim:] Mum
[Dorothy:] the gingerbread boy isn't it, we've got the man
[Tim:] dad
[Dorothy:] that's your grandma love, not your dad, to the
[speaker006:] Well mummy wants daddy when she wants to make the, the biscuit, let's look... gingerbread family, oh yes
[Tim:] Oh
[speaker006:] what she got?...
[Tim:] Mum, mum
[Dorothy:] What's this, oh look at that
[Tim:] Ooh
[Dorothy:] a rose garden, celebrated fragrance of the rose
[Tim:] I didn't
[Dorothy:] recreated in this soft
[Tim:] I did, show to grandma
[speaker006:] Oh that's lovely
[Dorothy:] Can you smell the...
[Tim:] Let's smell it
[speaker006:] don't know
[Dorothy:] Oooh
[Tim:] Ooh, ooh
[speaker006:] Oooh
[Dorothy:] this thirty outdoor Freshers suitable for small gardens
[speaker006:] I say
[Dorothy:] bulbs that's nice
[speaker006:] even go in the
[Dorothy:] planting time March to April, that's
[Tim:] Whoops there's a letter
[Dorothy:] I'll have these Freshers all the way down the side near that erm middle wall, thought to myself wonder what I could have done there that will look pretty
[speaker006:] Lovely aren't they?
[Dorothy:] You know near the fence on this side no that side
[speaker006:] in the sun
[Dorothy:] in the, yeah
[speaker006:] oh yes, under the
[Dorothy:] Freshers would be nice...
[Tim:] Look
[Dorothy:] I know, aren't I lucky? Oh look at these socks they're huge
[speaker006:] There, they will go
[Dorothy:] That's a thank you letter for Ann's birthday... oh very kind wasn't it? I did rather well there What's this one, do we have to take the lid off it, we do don't we, or do we have to puncture it?
[speaker006:] Maybe tell you somewhere, look underneath, is there a thing on the bottom?
[Dorothy:] No, it isn't, it smells nice enough with the lid on, but I'm sure it should come off
[speaker006:] No, it should come off, I don't think I think you might make a hole in it
[Dorothy:] Oh it's got sellotape there...
[Tim:] Look
[Dorothy:] Oh it's that display open attracted container
[speaker006:] Oh that will it
[Tim:] Mum
[Dorothy:] Whey hey
[speaker006:] The
[Dorothy:] Phorr... put these on the erm
[speaker006:] Put them up somewhere dear
[Dorothy:] I thought I'd put them on the window sill I think
[Tim:] Me, me smell it
[Dorothy:] you don't need to smell close, don't get too close it's quite powerful
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] he shall walk in and daddy will say oh what is that beautiful scent, we will say it's the rose
[speaker006:] right leave them here don't forget Christopher though will you, what time is it?
[Dorothy:] It's nearly ten to six are you going to come with me to get Christopher Tim or are you staying with grandma?
[Tim:] Going to stay with grandma
[speaker006:] Ok, thank you very much
[Dorothy:] I think he needs constant trips to the loo grandma
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Tim:] ...
[speaker006:] Oh daddy went to the park
[Dorothy:] Yes I am too, it makes a
[speaker006:] fresh air
[Dorothy:] Make a nice change We'll also go to the park where there's nobody else
[speaker006:] village, first of August
[Dorothy:] You won't get any like that one will you?
[speaker006:] What one?... So er David you know them, I think I'm letting the down really but when you do do it there won't be any, be any erm, oh I never thought of that he says [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Look at Michael
[speaker006:] he says wait twelve months and then I said something like that I said, them all intention of being used.
[Dorothy:] I recognise his parents but well after that Mike get's
[Tim:] I went park
[speaker006:] I just
[Tim:] [cough]
[speaker006:] was thinking oh well,
[Tim:] I was going nanny
[Dorothy:] Landed with looking a few
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] now we have to share erm, right
[speaker006:] What
[Dorothy:] This is Alright what do we say about throwing toys eh?
[speaker006:] It spoils them dear, you shouldn't throw them... I can smell a smell
[Dorothy:] It's called pot pourri Tim
[speaker006:] quick before you go out
[Dorothy:] Tim, Tim, Tim he'll probably just wants to go to the toilet soon you will tell grandma won't you?...
[speaker006:] Leave that when you get back
[Dorothy:] I know he will be, he's quite good at so far, I think this time of day is alright, but
[speaker006:] It's when he gets very tired they can't
[Dorothy:] They do, don't they?. Right I'll see you in a bit then Tim
[speaker006:] Want anything doing?
[Dorothy:] Like what?
[speaker006:] Oh
[Dorothy:] yeah actually that would be quite nice, I mean when I, when I arrive home
[speaker006:] I make, cos I make it in a microwave
[Dorothy:] I would guess that Christopher would like that in an
[speaker006:] OK, I'm not doing those, I'll just do the tea
[Dorothy:] OK
[Tim:] I like
[Dorothy:] Ooh... I love squirrels, don't you? Huh
[speaker006:] down the bottom they are
[Dorothy:] I know
[speaker006:] Every time I think
[Dorothy:] Oh what a shame, they come down here
[speaker006:] Gone further up now, yeah
[Dorothy:] We often have squirrels down, the bottom down there, down, haven't seen any there before.
[speaker006:] Well I've got a, mm, got a big wood at the back of my place I
[Dorothy:] Oh well there's plenty there
[speaker006:] Erm, I got like a big bird box that we put a little outside bird box and everything
[Dorothy:] Oh
[speaker006:] outside, I feed them all the time
[Dorothy:] Oh
[speaker006:] and erm one's made a nest in this bird box
[Dorothy:] Oh lovely
[speaker006:] and it comes down, takes the food and
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] you see it taken all the straw and its chewed all me clematis and everything got it all inside his little nest
[Dorothy:] We had a hedgehog last year, I haven't seen them this winter er you know since
[speaker006:] Yeah, something might of happened to them
[Dorothy:] unless they yeah they could do, there were two of them
[speaker006:] I think it's rather mild
[Dorothy:] a male and a female and a baby
[Yvonne:] Yeah it's rather mild and they sort of erm, to find a different place all the time
[Dorothy:] Mm, mm [LAUGHTER]... make my way down this way, you over here are you? [LAUGHTER]... What's the new notice? Is there a new notice here
[speaker006:] Oh
[Dorothy:] oh it's alright, mother and toddler that's alright, I'm not into that [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Oh I'm not into no mother and
[Dorothy:] We run a mother and toddler in the morning on a Thursday I'm not coming to another in the afternoon... there picking things up Hello Gemma... [LAUGHTER]... something. Oh dear somebody's bad
[speaker006:] [child crying] See the baby this morning?
[Dorothy:] No I haven't seen them, have they come
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] have they got some?
[speaker006:] yeah, there, it's on the one page and Gemma
[Dorothy:] Oh right
[speaker006:] and er Gavin I think it was er... er she did go like, not to bother borrowing the magazine at the end, sometimes they may
[Dorothy:] cos they will get, they will get
[speaker006:] give you some, said she
[Dorothy:] yeah
[speaker006:] she save one each for them
[Dorothy:] Were on a front of a book you know, same bloke dressed on the front of a book
[speaker006:] I've seen it, Christopher's on the front of the book, he looked lovely there
[Dorothy:] I know, he looked really nice
[speaker006:] really nice, he's in Smith's little model
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Yes, he booked her in Smith's, then she said don't buy one yet cos they're one pound sixty
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[speaker006:] don't buy one yet
[Dorothy:] yeah, you'll get free
[speaker006:] she said cos I've noticed this sometimes she said there, they will give you some here
[Dorothy:] yeah
[speaker006:] she said and I'll save one
[Dorothy:] mm
[speaker006:] that should give him the
[Dorothy:] Oh they should send us, oh eh we've got a something or other on today
[speaker006:] er...
[Dorothy:] Wait for it...
[speaker006:] no they paid you, paid, paid, given us an address that er at the she said Mummy they will come
[Dorothy:] I'm sure they will because er
[speaker006:] Don't keep they give you a photocopy
[Dorothy:] oh they photocopy it
[speaker006:] yeah they photocopied it
[Dorothy:] that's nice, is this you, let's have a look
[speaker006:] one sixty but I said erm
[Dorothy:] No you'll get a complimentary copy, we did with the book, the man came to our house
[speaker006:] yeah, she said they may
[Dorothy:] and gave it to us so that.
[Christopher:] Is any where
[Dorothy:] Good Chris look at this, I know all my work, a smile and a star, good gracious
[speaker006:] what word you on next
[Dorothy:] Seeing as we've had those words for about a week I should think we do know them then. What have we got now?
[speaker006:] What we on now, Er There, there were
[Dorothy:] Done those ones, done all these, we've done this one? Well done Christopher
[speaker006:] Yeah done that one
[Dorothy:] Have you done that one?
[speaker006:] What about that? Yeah he's done that one
[Dorothy:] They've done these two
[Christopher:] Mum have I
[Dorothy:] Yeah I got those
[speaker006:] These there photo
[Dorothy:] Oh this is your photo, oh look at you, how sweet, preparing the press block [LAUGHTER] that's nice in it?
[speaker006:] Oh Oh little
[Dorothy:] Was that when we did it, cos I did that with you didn't I in the afternoon, or I did some with somebody
[Christopher:] Did you do that rolling?
[Dorothy:] Yeah, rolling the print stuff, I've never done that before... now there's the address
[speaker006:] Lovely innit? She said, she said she'd put the address in it. Ah that must be it
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Is that it? yeah
[Dorothy:] Yeah, I say
[speaker006:] She did not to bother, they're selling them in W H Smith, did she say sometime? The, the last time they did she, they, hang on a minute sort it all out Come on then cos it being This is Kirsty's mum er she started her off
[Dorothy:] Oh this looks nice, typical blue
[speaker006:] don't
[Dorothy:] alright
[speaker006:] you know
[Dorothy:] and what's this Christopher
[speaker006:] Oh that, they had them yesterday why we was Oh weather
[Dorothy:] he's coming back
[speaker006:] Come on then Gem
[Dorothy:] What have we got now, the storm
[speaker006:] What boxes was that, that one?...
[Dorothy:] [humming] That's a swizz that one, you get to the end and they've not got in the pool [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Oh, oh I was really cheesed off with that I had that with my little girl the other night really cheesed off yeah [LAUGHTER], they don't make it, they get to the door and that's it, and you think of what the hell [LAUGHTER]... and er, I mean he can be a bit
[Dorothy:] Oh no problem cos we, did he show what we did in the library yesterday?
[speaker006:] Oh no
[Dorothy:] We bought it with to show oh you didn't get, it's ever so good he got it out and he read most of it ever so well it's lovely
[speaker006:] Oh well done
[Dorothy:] so we were very pleased.
[speaker006:] Oh you can read that one tomorrow you might like to
[Dorothy:] It's a good story, very funny, it's like that woman who started out being a window sill [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] It's your birthday by the way
[Dorothy:] Does everybody know? [LAUGHTER]... Fine, thanking you Sharon, it's very kind [LAUGHTER]. I'll go home and blow my candles out, come on...
[speaker006:] You've got lady's trainers now
[Dorothy:] Well no I threw the old ones away, cos they were getting holes in them, here's Mark's mum... hello, all well?
[speaker006:] Yes, till we go for
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] it is isn't it?
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] it goes very quickly, yeah, Tuesday already
[speaker006:] Who knows all my words?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] it's a big one that
[speaker006:] Oh
[Dorothy:] I get another star [LAUGHTER], thing is he doesn't actually, I can remember them cos he can read them, [LAUGHTER] I don't know whether she's got them wrong for the test [LAUGHTER] it's a bit of a really isn't it eh? come on
[speaker006:] Did you enjoy your swim this morning?
[Dorothy:] He said it was cold, was it cold? You found it cold.
[speaker006:] There was, there was a debate as to whether we went in or er It was so cold
[Dorothy:] but it was cold when we got in and even colder when we got out [LAUGHTER], so if we all go down with pneumonia that will
[speaker006:] I think if it's a bit like that again we should probably, you know, we wouldn't take them in
[Dorothy:] Say no, yeah
[speaker006:] and we got changed, but it wasn't until I got in
[Dorothy:] that you realized
[speaker006:] that you realized that it was so cold
[Christopher:] Mummy
[Dorothy:] I bet they forgot to put the heating on something earlier or, service that and not got
[speaker006:] I don't know whether they gone and complained about it the worse was well that was, you know I mean they were all waiting they had all got their arm bands on and it was do we take them in or not?
[Dorothy:] So you were in for ten minutes and rushed them out and out again then
[speaker006:] I was gonna get out a little bit earlier
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[speaker006:] and er
[Dorothy:] well considering we were sick the day before I shall think that will really do us in [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] The heater's nice and warm.
[Dorothy:] There's a heater in there is there?
[speaker006:] Well in the changing rooms
[Dorothy:] Oh well, you mean heat in the changing rooms
[speaker006:] Changing rooms, there's quite a good heater
[Dorothy:] There's one in the just by the er, the changing rooms, the, the erm lockers and I always choose a locker that
[speaker006:] You want the ones
[Dorothy:] yeah, yeah I always choose a locker that's between the
[speaker006:] Dry your hair got changed
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] I always pick that little spot to get changed in, oh, well see you all then, right, bye, bye Mark...
[speaker006:] ...
[Dorothy:] Oh bye, oh hello [LAUGHTER], are you waiting for your mum or do you go home by yourself?
[speaker006:] Well my mum stay there
[Dorothy:] Bit of both oh right, that's a good idea, see you... Gone the wrong way... a post box got a letter to post... Oh we will unless we've gone down the wrong hill... We'll have to practice the window cleaner one if you're going to read it to the rest of the class, have to practice the face and read it with expression so they don't all fall asleep [LAUGHTER]... oh hello, hi. Oh it's [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] I know, my word, oh it's brilliant
[Dorothy:] and that's my eldest I've got a new one tonight, I don't know how we're gonna cope with this, we've got, we've changed schemes now, we're into the Oxford
[speaker006:] Oh
[Dorothy:] I like the Oxford it, the stories are really fun [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Oh yes, yes
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[speaker006:] You'll be...
[Dorothy:] If I do
[speaker006:] My children just love that over there
[Dorothy:] and yeah we'd like to keep ours till September, I don't know if we'll ever get, we will get a free new one ever? Or do we have to have, we have to pay our ten P's, to park
[speaker006:] Every
[Dorothy:] Oh every year, [LAUGHTER] oh well we've got a long time to keep it going [], within about the first, within about the first month daddy managed to get the iron on the top
[speaker006:] Oh, oh
[Dorothy:] on the left carried on [LAUGHTER] well that's I thought when I saw it coming out I thought oh goodness this is gonna be ten P a week, that's the same for everybody, very good
[speaker006:] How does
[Dorothy:] and because it's slight yellow you don't lose it you know, if you keep all your stuff in it at home you can see it under the chairs and you know huh, find it again [LAUGHTER]. We, one doesn't try to lose things, but they just happen don't they really [LAUGHTER] I think I appreciate more now, you know when I was, when I was teaching I used to think oh stupid woman she's not, to bring this book in and you know, and now I think oh dear, huh, yeah and you also appreciate the people, I would appreciate now those who managed to do it every day without fail, manage to sort of let, because they must of put themselves out no end to have
[speaker006:] Yes
[Dorothy:] done it as opposed
[speaker006:] keep in
[Dorothy:] to those who think oh blow I can't find it just tough [LAUGHTER]... mm no [LAUGHTER] hope we don't lose it on that Tim, it's got all my money in at the moment, it's a really good one isn't it, we're really enjoying it at the moment... doesn't what number it is but we just, what do we do with this?...
[speaker006:] Something seven
[Dorothy:] Something seven, sixty seven perhaps even or seventy something, anyway whatever it's got money hasn't it?... It is
[speaker006:] well we haven't seemed to the new five P's
[Dorothy:] yeah, well I was gonna say those new five P's are but you see you just get the new five P's and low and behold they will produce something else
[speaker006:] they change... hang on
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] oh yes He's got chicken pox at the moment I think
[speaker006:] Oh
[Dorothy:] I think she's probably just come out for a quick stroll, we won't spend our time over that at the moment, hello
[speaker006:] Hello
[Dorothy:] alright?
[speaker006:] Have they not had chicken pox?
[Dorothy:] Yes, ours have, yeah they probably passed it on in fact, kids probably passed it to them
[speaker006:] Oh
[Dorothy:] weeks ago.
[speaker006:] I was thinking I haven't heard him cry
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Is he happier?
[Dorothy:] Tim you mean?
[speaker006:] No, that
[Dorothy:] Oh that one Yes [LAUGHTER]. I tell you something I was amazed at erm the reading book he appeared with, Fluff and Nip and goodness knows what that went out with the ark when I came out of college, I don't know whether they're all reading that or whether it's just sort of found them and must of been just perhaps a one off or something, but, I was amazed no I don't think it is, I think it's probably got yeah it's the moral, that's right, and the moral sounds, sounds good doesn't it, I don't know if it is, but it just sounds it I suppose
[speaker006:] Well I, I mean
[Dorothy:] no, no
[speaker006:] I mean I like very much
[Dorothy:] yeah yeah, could well be, I don't know what it is
[speaker006:] if it's anything school
[Dorothy:] no and I, I think particularly this new head seems to know exactly what she's doing, where she's going, I think it's excellent so I'm sure she's working everybody to death and I think that's brilliant [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] well I was worked to death
[speaker006:] if she
[Dorothy:] when I first came out of college and I really appreciated it
[speaker006:] well I, I, I
[Dorothy:] you know you had high standards and you knew where you were aiming for and that's what I want my kids to go through as well, you know, somebody who's gonna do their best
[speaker006:] because it rubs off on them
[Dorothy:] mm
[speaker006:] it's, it's everybody around them got to try hard
[Dorothy:] that's right, that's right
[speaker006:] you know the stuff I mean they will
[Dorothy:] yeah
[speaker006:] know that's there expect
[Dorothy:] that's right and you know that if the staff has put theirselves out to make a decent crash in their environment they're gonna go mad at the children if they muck it up, so therefore, you know, you're gonna have that yeah
[speaker006:] I think that one of the... things that get me at the moment is the time keeping, it's very bad
[Dorothy:] mm
[speaker006:] I mean they stroll in at quarter to nine and I think
[Dorothy:] right, right
[speaker006:] I think that
[Dorothy:] it's a bit bad that
[speaker006:] yeah
[Dorothy:] yeah, well I was there the other day and erm the bell went and nobody sort of moved and I thought I think, I know, you know, so I got up and I washed me cup of tea like, you know, they looked at me as if you know oh there's a keen [LAUGHTER], but I mean I do think it's important to do that, because not only that it's not fair for the
[speaker006:] I think the day you get I've, I've
[Dorothy:] dinner ladies, because I mean they're stuck out there you know doing their best.
[speaker006:] cos from their every angle a child needs
[Dorothy:] yeah, yeah
[speaker006:] cos it's I mean my two I've always been very
[Dorothy:] yeah
[speaker006:] and they've never been late to their jobs
[Dorothy:] I aim to get things there on time
[speaker006:] you know they've both got little jobs, they've never be late and they
[Dorothy:] mm
[speaker006:] have to go and
[Dorothy:] yeah
[speaker006:] all that sort of thing, but
[Dorothy:] yeah
[speaker006:] I don't know what strolling and
[Dorothy:] yeah, you mean the children and the say rather than
[speaker006:] oh yeah
[Dorothy:] the staff
[speaker006:] oh yes, I meant the children
[Dorothy:] yeah
[speaker006:] yeah, I was thinking of the parent and teacher side of it
[Dorothy:] oh yeah yeah
[speaker006:] you're waiting to go into assembly
[Dorothy:] yeah
[speaker006:] I don't know, it should, to me every day, one, two children you know
[Dorothy:] yep
[speaker006:] I think they're late every day
[Dorothy:] yeah [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] once or twice
[Dorothy:] they probably don't get up until quarter to nine, see they have a struggle really to get there on time [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] I, I, if you can manage to get here for ten past nine every day, why can't you manage to get here for nine o'clock
[Dorothy:] to get here for nine o'clock every day, yeah it's five to it says on the bits of paper
[speaker006:] it's five to
[Dorothy:] but then the bell doesn't go till nine, although sometimes it goes at two minutes to nine and sometimes it goes at five past nine
[speaker006:] I think all the clocks are
[Dorothy:] they say something different or something do they?
[speaker006:] yeah, because I was in the
[Dorothy:] Cos sometimes I think we've got hours and we hear bell going as we're coming up the hill and we think oh dear and then, you know, other times
[speaker006:] yeah
[Dorothy:] we'll be sitting in the playground for ages, well standing in the playground for ages.
[speaker006:] I think sometimes these things crop up
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[speaker006:] and we all get rather engrossed
[Dorothy:] yeah
[speaker006:] and then everybody's gone to the classroom and you think oh gosh the bell
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] anyway I
[Dorothy:] right, OK
[speaker006:] see you.
[Dorothy:] bye...
[Christopher:] I have to do my own one
[Tim:] Mum
[Dorothy:] Hello... pardon? It's mixed is it?
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] I told grandma that's what you want got some goodies in there
[speaker006:] there you are
[Christopher:] ...
[Dorothy:] I had it the coat, I've just taken my coat off...
[Christopher:] biscuits.
[Dorothy:] ah we haven't got any biscuits have we? Do you know why we haven't got any biscuits, have to be one of those,
[Christopher:] ginger one
[speaker006:] got you there.
[Dorothy:] I'm not sure we can actually make ginger bread, but, I'm not sure we've got any ginger but we could certainly make some biscuits is what we've got
[speaker006:] You can make some men
[Christopher:] You can make some biscuit men
[Dorothy:] You can make some men but it just won't taste of ginger
[speaker006:] makes some men
[Dorothy:] do you like one of these can't be making biscuits have you seen this?
[speaker006:] all of a I know my word
[Christopher:] She eat it
[speaker006:] don't
[Christopher:] Is there a of these?
[speaker006:] And who's, and who's put all that
[Christopher:] Can I do a big one?
[Dorothy:] She's a scream she loves doing this kind of thing, doesn't she,
[Christopher:] Is it gonna be a big one?
[Dorothy:] Would you like one of these biscuits grandma?
[speaker006:] Yes please
[Christopher:] Going to make a big one?
[Dorothy:] We're not going to make anything right this minute, cos first of all we're going to sit down have a nice cup of tea and Christopher's going to read to me, so we're going to get that out of the way before the excitement thing happens
[speaker006:] Cos we've got to have the...
[Dorothy:] I know where the cake is but I'm not allowed to look
[speaker006:] You know where it is?
[Dorothy:] Mm...
[Christopher:] So do I
[speaker006:] with it
[Tim:] Yeah
[Christopher:] I know where it is
[speaker006:] Do you
[Dorothy:] Oop, what does it say that on the back for?
[Christopher:] Yeah it says cold
[Dorothy:] It says cold but we don't know why
[Christopher:] When grandma
[speaker006:] There's your tea for you
[Dorothy:] Thank you...
[Tim:] ...
[speaker006:] ...
[Tim:] Yeah... Thanks gran
[Dorothy:] Now then grandma, you go into Smith's and buy yourself an Art and Craft Magazine, you'll see your grandson in there [LAUGHTER] on page whatever that is, page twenty eight
[speaker006:] Not the book, the little one is it
[Dorothy:] It's a little one now [LAUGHTER], this is the Art and Craft Magazine, you know they did, this is a child's education copy, they probably still do it Art and Craft
[Christopher:] Mummy
[Dorothy:] Yeah Oops well that's it, that's the one
[speaker006:] It used to be a marvellous one...
[Dorothy:] Well that will be it I should think
[speaker006:] have you
[Dorothy:] we shall have to ring er the grand parents cos they wanted a copy, we're supposed to get a free copy of the magazine we think, but they photocopied that for us just for fun
[speaker006:] Who has?
[Dorothy:] the school hasn't it, cos it came through today in school...
[speaker006:] Oh I'd love a picture in it
[Dorothy:] that's what I'm saying to you
[speaker006:] well
[Dorothy:] I didn't realize he'd be on his own in there
[speaker006:] no I don't
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER] look who's doing the whole lot [] apparently he just had to do, he just had to model that, he didn't get a chance to do it properly
[speaker006:] Oh
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[speaker006:] He's been to the toilet, he didn't say come to the toilet, I had to go and
[Dorothy:] So he just came to Oh dear, what's the matter with Tim?
[speaker006:] Oh that will
[Dorothy:] What's your problem Tim?
[Tim:] I
[Christopher:] where shall I put my drink?
[Dorothy:] I don't know, where would you like to put your drink?
[speaker006:] He thought he had his
[Dorothy:] What was it, was it a birthday cake or something with candles?
[Christopher:] I don't know
[Dorothy:] I bet it had candles there in the summer, do you think?
[Christopher:] I think it was
[Tim:] I've got it
[Dorothy:] Can we get a mat for that, cos otherwise it makes a mess on my chair
[speaker006:] Oh it's
[Dorothy:] I've seen the ah he's found the
[speaker006:] It wasn't, it was that
[Dorothy:] There's a mat on the settee there Christopher
[Christopher:] I [child playing guitar]
[Dorothy:] on the settee, and that will do
[Tim:] It's mine this one
[speaker006:] Yes I know
[Dorothy:] Do you want this on here?
[Tim:] [singing] []
[Dorothy:] New magazine, which Tim choose, but has decided not to read
[speaker006:] Does these two come here then? How did they get Christopher in this?
[Dorothy:] They took them at school, all at school.
[Christopher:] That's at school,
[Dorothy:] The magazine? You can get it in Smith's if you walked in
[speaker006:] Oh
[Dorothy:] walk into Smith's and ask for Art and Craft April edition publication and if they haven't got any spares they will order you one I expect
[speaker006:] Oh
[Dorothy:] or we'll get you one, or you could get it through your local news agency.
[speaker006:] They won't get that in the shop
[Dorothy:] No they will never get it will they?
[speaker006:] No, cos they won't know what you're talking about.
[Dorothy:] OK, you gonna squeeze in this chair with me to do our reading
[Christopher:] Mum that could be a
[speaker006:] What's he got have you on you?
[Dorothy:] Mm, probably might
[Tim:] Ta
[Dorothy:] Could be for Ruth, it's Ruth's birthday
[Christopher:] When?
[Dorothy:] Three day's time.
[Christopher:] Or it could be for daddy if he wanted it
[Dorothy:] Could be for daddy yeah
[speaker006:] Did you know
[Tim:] You want
[Dorothy:] My daddy might feel left out of it
[Tim:] My
[Dorothy:] Have you seen my badge look, Aunty Gwen and Uncle David sent me that
[Tim:] Have you one
[Dorothy:] saying I love birthday
[Tim:] Be bo's
[Christopher:] Tim had one like that, a Thomas the Tank
[Dorothy:] Yes
[Tim:] Be bo's
[Christopher:] A Thomas the Tank
[Dorothy:] Mine is, is this James?
[speaker006:] bald is it, the be bald
[Dorothy:] The be bald, yes
[Tim:] Be bald she's old [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Do what?
[Dorothy:] She's old, they make a load of rubbish out of it Come on, where you gonna sit?
[Tim:] I'm a sit
[Dorothy:] Now then, Christopher's got to read this to class tomorrow, Mrs said, so we're gonna practice
[Christopher:] How did, how did the big old go.
[speaker006:] Right
[Dorothy:] Right, you've got to make it sound really interesting, let me switch this thing off cos they don't want to hear you read again I don't suppose
[Christopher:] That's a ginger bread man
[Andrew:] Oh that's a dinosaur, oh there's another one, got that one up, oh there's a daddy... there's another daddy too... and never put me...
[Tim:] I did that for the nose
[Dorothy:] Right, I think we'd better move this sugar, we're not gonna have enough room are we?
[Tim:] [crying]
[Christopher:] Ooh, what a minute
[Tim:] dad
[Christopher:] that's what I
[Dorothy:] Right, can we just move it a bit, cos we've got to make the mixture we sort of have to do There's plenty of room... right, just gonna put, I was gonna put the rice up here cos otherwise there's not gonna be enough room
[Tim:] No
[Christopher:] to make the mixture
[Tim:] I don't want to put the mixture in
[Christopher:] right now let's see what we need to do... it says [reading] we need to melt the margarine []
[Tim:] No, I haven't washed my face
[Dorothy:] Pardon?
[Tim:] I haven't washed my face.
[Dorothy:] You haven't washed your face?
[Tim:] No
[Dorothy:] You sound to me like a tired little rascal
[Tim:] I want to help
[Dorothy:] You can help darling, don't worry
[Tim:] yeah... where?
[Dorothy:] no trouble, alright, don't cry, OK? Alright, there you are... right are we happy now? I don't think we're gonna have Thomas very well we're baking can we?
[Christopher:] No
[Tim:] Now it's the
[Dorothy:] Send Thomas away somewhere in the shed or
[Christopher:] Cos I, I want to send him into the shed because I had him first
[Dorothy:] boo, hoo, hoo, hoo
[Tim:] I had him first
[Dorothy:] I don't know whether I'm going to cope with you two
[Christopher:] I had him first
[Tim:] [crying]
[Dorothy:] You two, sshh, if you two are gonna help me with the biscuits, then we can't have rows about Thomas can we? Can we put him with the biscuit cutters over there?
[Christopher:] I wanted to
[Dorothy:] Well it's just tough
[Christopher:] You not
[Dorothy:] Right we need golden syrup, we need some margarine, can you pass me some margarine out of the fridge, there should be a block of margarine
[Christopher:] Mum
[Dorothy:] in there somewhere.
[Christopher:] we shouldn't look at the box
[Dorothy:] No well don't look, you won't be able to see anyway because it's in a bag caster sugar I don't appear to have any caster sugar, that could put the end to
[Christopher:] Anyway, mummy, it's right at the back
[Dorothy:] gonna have to use brown sugar, that's all we got
[Christopher:] we shouldn't of, mum we shouldn't of, you shouldn't let me take cos I had erm
[Dorothy:] right where's the scales?
[Christopher:] are we gonna have this for tea?
[Dorothy:] Suppose depends what time we
[Tim:] I the tea
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] depends what time we get around to er, getting it done ooh, three hundred and fifty degrees, I don't know what it is we'll guess it, centigrade, right, what else do we need? [reading] Golden syrup, margarine, sugar, plain flour [] got some of that somewhere... what else do we need? [reading] A pinch of salt []
[Tim:] A pinch of salt
[Dorothy:] [reading] ginger bread not really, baking powder we got, a bit of bicarbonate soda we've got []
[Christopher:] ginger
[Dorothy:] well we're not having any ginger bread men cos we haven't got any ginger, huh, well we're just having sort of nothing really
[Christopher:] We're having, we're having
[Dorothy:] Mm, that's right
[Christopher:] we're having sort of biscuits, erm
[Dorothy:] a pinch of salt in there
[Christopher:] thank you
[Dorothy:] you
[Tim:] I'm helping Christopher, Christopher
[Christopher:] Put stuff in there That, what does that go on here?
[Dorothy:] Eh, I don't know, hold on, cos I can't find any carb, here are, there's the baking powder
[Tim:] Oh
[Christopher:] Mum, its
[Dorothy:] my has disappeared
[Christopher:] Mummy just been weighed this weighed, mum this weighed something, this weighs nothing.
[Dorothy:] right, change of plan
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] change of plan, we haven't got erm bicarbonate of soda, so we'll have to self raising flour instead
[Christopher:] Why?...
[Tim:] I have to put in it
[Dorothy:] let's just see whether we should use powder or not
[Tim:] there...
[Dorothy:] eh, what are you doing, you're gonna end up in, having a salty biscuit if you're not careful, don't do it right we'll do the margarine first, were did you put the margarine? There we are, it had to be a block
[Christopher:] Don't need that one
[Dorothy:] there's a block of margarine somewhere... here, this one
[Christopher:] right then, can I do it? Can I do it?
[Dorothy:] can you see that please, can you make total of eight there, we've got wait to orange like thing goes round to the eight
[Christopher:] The big notch
[Dorothy:] yeah, can you see it Tim?
[Tim:] Right down to that eight
[Dorothy:] Which eight? No you're looking at the wrong one, this eight down here where it says eight and then there's an O and a Z, that's eight ounces which is about two and something grams, we're not worried about grams today, in ounces, oh, think that will be enough? I think, oh, no
[Christopher:] No, ah, ah, more
[Dorothy:] try some more
[Christopher:] better
[Dorothy:] no
[Christopher:] no [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] try some more
[Christopher:] no
[Dorothy:] nearly now
[Christopher:] nearly
[Dorothy:] yeah I think that's about right, don't you?
[Christopher:] just one more, just one more, I think
[Dorothy:] one more, how's that?
[Christopher:] erm, take one of tiny, tiny
[Dorothy:] oh no, that's enough
[Christopher:] why?
[Dorothy:] worried about that, right is that ready to go in the pan, if somebody would like to put that in the pan
[Tim:] I want to
[Dorothy:] thank's Tim, don't tip it on the floor
[Christopher:] pour it
[Dorothy:] sort of blobs, so be careful
[Christopher:] oh, oh
[Dorothy:] careful, whey
[Christopher:] oh
[Tim:] oh
[Dorothy:] right, sugar we need now
[Christopher:] no shall I do it, I do it?
[Tim:] Can I do it mum?
[Dorothy:] six pounds of the sugar OK, you ready? Oh dear me, look at, just
[Christopher:] ah...
[Dorothy:] let me see what's happening, that big notch there that's number four, now we need another notch... five, and another notch... six, whoops, stop mummy, too far, but never mind,
[Christopher:] I do
[Dorothy:] right that lot needs to go in the pan until
[Christopher:] oh, I, I
[Tim:] I do
[Dorothy:] Let Tim cos you did the margarine.
[Tim:] can I do the
[Dorothy:] Whatever you do don't make a mess on the table,
[Christopher:] Oh it's a laugh,
[Dorothy:] I know
[Christopher:] oh
[Dorothy:] gonna let as well
[Christopher:] right
[Dorothy:] What else do we need? I think we'll just wipe that mess, mind your fingers you dilly
[Christopher:] Mm it's nice mum
[Dorothy:] mind your fingers out of the way
[Christopher:] mm, mm, it tastes nice mum
[Tim:] And me, it tastes delicious
[Dorothy:] Does it?
[Tim:] Who now
[Dorothy:] Right, wait a minute now we know yet we need, oh we need the golden syrup
[Tim:] erm
[Dorothy:] oh dear can you go down and get that back from him?
[Christopher:] I can't
[Dorothy:] Why not?
[Christopher:] you go and get it mum
[Dorothy:] Where is it
[Tim:] can you press the
[Dorothy:] there, now this should be interesting cos we're gonna get in a sticky mess here if we're not careful, eight ounces
[Christopher:] oh
[Dorothy:] blob, blob, blob, blob, blob
[Tim:] It's my turn
[Dorothy:] blob, blob, I think I'd better do this one Tim, I haven't had a go yet
[Christopher:] No mummy hasn't had a go actually
[Tim:] I
[Christopher:] no, no, can't eat it yet
[Dorothy:] ooh
[Christopher:] ooh
[Tim:] ooh
[Christopher:] ooh
[Dorothy:] sticky wicky
[Tim:] sticky wicky
[Christopher:] ooh
[Tim:] I didn't have the spoon I didn't have the spoon
[Dorothy:] do you?
[Christopher:] Can I lick it?
[Dorothy:] One of you, one of you can lick the spoon and one can lick the bowl, plate
[Tim:] Can I have the spoon please? Can I have the spoon?
[Dorothy:] When you've got the off
[Christopher:] When you've got the golden syrup off, when you're eating the golden syrup can you...
[Dorothy:] there is golden syrup in this thing, I need to get
[Christopher:] and I'm, I'm having the bowl and he's having the
[Dorothy:] OK
[Christopher:] spoon, how am I going to get the golden syrup up?
[Dorothy:] through your fingers are you?
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Try not to use too many fingers, just one
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] ... come on syrup
[Christopher:] come on
[Dorothy:] right you know what you've got to do with that lot?
[Christopher:] No
[Dorothy:] Melt it, so where will we put it to melt it do you think?
[Tim:] I want
[Christopher:] and er
[Dorothy:] Hold on Timothy
[Christopher:] next to that
[Dorothy:] Mm, mm, mm, mm
[Christopher:] can I lick the bowl?
[Dorothy:] Yeah you can lick the bowl
[Tim:] and
[Dorothy:] you lick the bowl and there's a spoon for you.
[Christopher:] Mm
[Dorothy:] There will be a lot on it Tim, be careful, don't let it get everywhere, cos it's so sticky
[Tim:] Syrup
[Christopher:] Golden syrup
[Dorothy:] Yep...
[Christopher:] mm, nice
[Tim:] mm
[Dorothy:] when it comes at tea time you won't be hungry will you, cos you've eaten, ate all this?
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]... mm nice taste mm
[Dorothy:] Right now where we gonna put this do you think to melt it?
[Christopher:] On the cover
[Dorothy:] On the cover [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] on there
[Dorothy:] on the cooker, in the drawer...
[Christopher:] mum will you
[Dorothy:] should make a nice, am I not very good with it,
[Christopher:] right
[Dorothy:] now what do we do? [reading] Flour, salt, ginger root, we're not doing, baking powder and the bicarbonate of soda [], right, what do we need excuse me no I don't get a... fourteen we need a big spoon We might not be able to use our shapes until tomorrow which will be a pity won't it really? I think if you share that there, the two of you
[Christopher:] Yeah, but why?
[Tim:] cos I haven't got any
[Dorothy:] I think you've probably had enough actually, you get he's, just have one, one little bit, put your finger in, and then we're gonna put it in the, er three fingers... put it in the wash...
[Christopher:] Can I have this? What do I? Alright I'll have some. No I'm doing the
[Tim:] Why?...
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] No [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] No more cos it's all gone
[Dorothy:] OK, I need somebody to beat an egg
[Christopher:] Beat an egg?
[Dorothy:] Mm
[Christopher:] Can I do it?
[Dorothy:] You can both have a go...
[Tim:] Right, both have a go
[Christopher:] Why?
[Tim:] Why?...
[Dorothy:] anything?
[Christopher:] Where's mine
[Dorothy:] well we only want one egg, but
[Christopher:] mum?
[Dorothy:] what you have to do is, Tim have the first go, we have to stir it round like that with a, with a fork, OK
[Christopher:] Why didn't you let us crack the egg?
[Tim:] Watch it Tim and see what happens because that yellow bit will start mingling in with all the other bit. That's the yolk in the middle...
[Christopher:] Could you wash my fingers though
[Dorothy:] Can I wash your fingers
[Christopher:] My turn
[Dorothy:] you can wash your own fingers
[Christopher:] what's roll it out for?
[Dorothy:] Roll it out, when you get a rolling pin and roll it out, that's when you need the cutters to make the shapes you see.
[Christopher:] But why do you have to leave it in the fridge?
[Tim:] Your turn
[Christopher:] You have
[Tim:] Christopher, Christopher your turn
[Dorothy:] Here you are Christopher your turn, can you mix it better?
[Christopher:] Have some more
[Dorothy:] Make sure the white, hold it still.
[Christopher:] Mum we've got a scoop and we could put it in there
[Dorothy:] Right, do you want to see how it's really done, let me show you, watch, are you watch Tim, then you can try, watch...
[Tim:] Where?...
[Christopher:] There
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] you hold it like this look, hold the, the cup with, with the handle
[Tim:] [singing] []
[Dorothy:] and you hold your fork like that between the and then you just whisk it
[Tim:] I got to whisk it, whisk it
[Dorothy:] you go round and round very fast
[Tim:] whisk it
[Dorothy:] that's it, fast
[Christopher:] Mum it will be better if you put it in that toy machine mum and when we put it in that toy machine, we could mix it like that wouldn't need you to do it would it?...
[Tim:] Not putting it in
[Dorothy:] Right that's there all we need now is a little bit be melted
[Tim:] Yes
[Dorothy:] Yes, melted
[Tim:] [singing] []
[Dorothy:] Not do you want to see then?
[Tim:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] It's not quite finished melting yet so I'll just bring it over to see and have a look, can you see look it's still all bits, lumps and margarine in it. Can you see the lumps of margarine?
[Christopher:] Why isn't it brown?
[Dorothy:] Those lumps well that under there, can you see that?
[Tim:] I did stir the spoon
[Dorothy:] Don't make sure I got all mix in and then that, the other
[Christopher:] And it looks nice and it looks like cheese
[Dorothy:] together
[Christopher:] It looks like cheese
[Dorothy:] It looks like, hardly mixes it does it? Because the margarine is all on the top
[Tim:] picnic, let's have a picnic...
[Christopher:] ...
[Dorothy:] Right
[Christopher:] Just a minute while I'll watch
[Dorothy:] Now this should be interesting, tip this in here, sometimes you got to put this in, sometimes you got to put egg in.
[Tim:] Come on put that
[Christopher:] Oh dear Oh
[Tim:] I, I can't see
[Dorothy:] I'll put it nearer to you and then you'll be able to, it's really a mummy job this I'm afraid...
[Tim:] I want to ... It's stir... there, that's middle
[Christopher:] Are you making pastry?
[Dorothy:] Well it's gonna, mm, yeah, well it's not pastry cos it's flour I think we've mixed it really, I know what you mean, we are going to tip it out of the ooh
[Christopher:] Oh, that's a bit of a lot, er... but it smells and smells nice, so I could eat it now
[Dorothy:] Ah...
[Tim:] biscuit
[Dorothy:] Errrrr
[Christopher:] Ohhh
[Tim:] There
[Dorothy:] Oh, come on
[Tim:] Look at that thing, look, let's have
[Christopher:] Yeah I'll wipe it
[Dorothy:] We'll have to be
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]... oh mum we can play with any me and mummy [LAUGHTER]. Mum this bit go right, we can get it go right round there [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Look
[Christopher:] Look mum
[Tim:] look mum, mum
[Dorothy:] Mm, yeah
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] He oh, oh,
[Christopher:] No watch this, that, see that it's gonna go all the way round there, all the way round, all the way round there and all the way round again.
[Tim:] Mum mine went round the round again.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Tim:] And the ginger bread man
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] No.
[Christopher:] Can I have the ginger bread man? Ooh
[Tim:] Can I have the ginger bread man?
[Dorothy:] Now that's the big stretched can you, if you just put your finger on there you'll see how sticky it is, can you feel it's warm and sticky and If we put it in the fridge it will make it go all cold
[Christopher:] Can I have another
[Dorothy:] and then it won't be sticky, I can't roll it out to make those shapes at the moment cos it's too sticky, yes we're gonna have to stick it in the fridge and when it comes out it will be just ready then.
[Christopher:] And we can't do any other
[Dorothy:] I'm afraid we can't do any chopping up into biscuits, I should of checked the recipe before we started really shouldn't I?
[Christopher:] Should of started after tea
[Dorothy:] Yeah, well it doesn't matter does it?
[Christopher:] You should of started the morning
[Dorothy:] Oh we didn't do it in the morning, I was going to do it tomorrow night when you from school.
[Christopher:] No, but if you was
[Dorothy:] Wednesday, yeah we've got to tomorrow after school
[Christopher:] right, now, I want six
[Tim:] I want
[Christopher:] a minute, that's it now, that's the, right now, what do we need next?
[Tim:] I want it
[Christopher:] We need a right, away, tell me when it's
[Dorothy:] What do you want to do? Weigh it up
[Christopher:] Right that's there
[Tim:] Can we have
[Christopher:] It's only weighed a bit [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Take your fork out it will weigh less.
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] If you take the fork out it will weigh even less...
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] look at that?
[Dorothy:] Where's the margarine
[Christopher:] Oh
[Tim:] ...
[Christopher:] Now that is the same weigh, what about
[Dorothy:] amount Do you like that or not?
[Christopher:] Mm, mm
[Tim:] Mm [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Mum,
[Dorothy:] What?
[Tim:] You just take my fork
[Dorothy:] You just take my cake
[Christopher:] It tastes like pastry
[Dorothy:] Say
[Christopher:] It tastes like pastry...
[Dorothy:] Oh, ah, oops careful, cos you just spilt a load of stuff on the table
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] I like it
[Christopher:] oh
[Dorothy:] Is that raw egg you're eating, do you like it?
[Christopher:] Yuck
[Dorothy:] You can beat raw egg you know, like it.
[Tim:] How does the drink the [LAUGHTER] how does the drink the egg?... [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Shall I put that back?
[Christopher:] I want, oh I wanted to that
[Dorothy:] Did you? just put these in a box. Put these in a box
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] ... hello
[speaker006:] Have you made some nice biscuits, that's what I want to know?
[Christopher:] No we have
[Tim:] Nan we need to have some on them that
[Dorothy:] When I read the recipe it turned out I have to leave it in the fridge over night, so we can't have it [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Oh, I thought you were making those quick biscuits
[Dorothy:] and me [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] did you, oh
[Tim:] Oh
[speaker006:] I mean I know a recipe quickly
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[speaker006:] pastry
[Dorothy:] well I did yeah, I did erm one the other for Christopher's school, but I, I didn't realize there was too much erm syrup and stuff in it so erm... to do it quick enough cos it's too sticky, but you have to roll it out it's all
[Christopher:] Oooh
[Tim:] Oooh
[Dorothy:] it's not easy, you know how you make pastry
[speaker006:] Just a bit of sugar in
[Dorothy:] sugar in instead, well there's I'm not
[speaker006:] oh I thought you were finished then, what number the oven and
[Dorothy:] Well I'd put the oven on already, but I didn't read it properly
[speaker006:] Oh
[Dorothy:] I'm so hopeless
[Christopher:] [funny noises]
[speaker006:] Perhaps I might get some help
[Dorothy:] Well you might if you're lucky [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] [funny noises]
[Tim:] [funny noises]
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Oh
[Andrew:] That's
[Tim:] A birthday
[Dorothy:] Switch the telly off
[speaker006:] Mummy's birthday
[Christopher:] Blow out the candles
[speaker006:] Oh wait a minute I
[Tim:] Happy birthday to you
[Christopher:] Blow the candles
[Dorothy:] Oh I don't have a cake so I the sandwiches to
[Andrew:] Oh my word have the camera
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] that will be
[speaker006:] Have you seen that before daddy?
[Andrew:] You ain't been wearing that all day
[Dorothy:] I didn't wear, no wasn't wearing till lunch time was it?
[speaker006:] No
[Dorothy:] So it must of been this afternoon when
[Tim:] Our
[speaker006:] I went, I went to the Pig and Whistle the Jolly Farmer
[Dorothy:] The Jolly Farmer
[Tim:] The Amen
[speaker006:] Amen
[Dorothy:] Amen
[Andrew:] Amen
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] I said
[Dorothy:] That's
[Andrew:] You went to the the Jolly Farmers, what for your lunch?
[speaker006:] No really
[Christopher:] No where
[speaker006:] we went to meet mummy at the Jolly Farmers
[Dorothy:] said of driving all the way back round to collect them, he said I could walk down to the Jolly Farmers that's half way to Tesco's and they would have time to be there
[Tim:] Jam
[Dorothy:] How about some margarine first?
[Tim:] No
[Dorothy:] No,
[Tim:] I don't want margarine
[speaker006:] do the window at me
[Christopher:] Ooh what was that?
[Dorothy:] Nothing, just dropping the jam and the salad cream everywhere on the new pottery, well it's not that new any more is it, so...
[Andrew:] Erm do you want some margarine on, in first?
[Christopher:] Can I have some bread first?
[Tim:] No
[Andrew:] I think it might help
[Dorothy:] I just asked him if he wanted margarine and he said no
[Christopher:] Can I have some bread please?
[Dorothy:] Mm, mm
[Tim:] jam
[Andrew:] What would you like
[Dorothy:] I'd like some chicken roll please.
[Andrew:] Shall I pass it to you?
[Dorothy:] No, no, it's alright thank you I'll just get do you like them? Good, would you like some bread to go with it? [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Dad can I get some?
[Dorothy:] ...
[Andrew:] Yes...
[Christopher:] What?
[Andrew:] It's a bit hard actually
[Dorothy:] How was day?
[Andrew:] Very busy I haven't stopped for a second.
[Dorothy:] Oh
[speaker006:] Didn't you have your lunch either?
[Andrew:] Well I did have a bit of lunch, yes
[Dorothy:] You managed to get out for your paper or whatever or is that asking to much?
[Andrew:] No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, cos I didn't eat lunch out
[Dorothy:] Oh of course silly me.
[Andrew:] so I haven't stopped, you know, a moment to myself all day, Julie Julie went home this morning, you know, you know
[Dorothy:] She did go home, you said
[Andrew:] I said she was gonna be ill
[Dorothy:] she didn't dare not
[Andrew:] She did, she did come this morning, but er then had a message that she'd gone home.
[speaker006:] At least she showed her face
[Dorothy:] She, I bet she didn't dare not come, after you said
[speaker006:] Didn't say what?
[Dorothy:] Well yesterday apparently he told her that she had better turn up this morning cos of her excuses.
[Tim:] Can you help me?
[Andrew:] She says that she's going to go to the doctor tomorrow to get treatment
[Dorothy:] Let's see if she's in work tomorrow
[Tim:] Will you help me dad?
[Dorothy:] Is she that bad?
[Andrew:] Mm, sounded alright
[Tim:] Dad I want more please
[Dorothy:] Poor girl probably die in. You want some more coleslaw... it's not good offering you that son you won't eat it.
[Tim:] I wanted more tasty bread.
[Andrew:] Mum give you three, right I'll give you one more...
[Dorothy:] Do you want a lid to this or just holding it Tim?
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] Do you want a lid to this or
[Tim:] Yes
[Dorothy:] you just holding it?... I chop it for you?...
[Tim:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] Chop
[Christopher:] That marmite is it?... Mum
[Dorothy:] Mm, mm
[Christopher:] Why's it half five?
[Dorothy:] Five?
[speaker006:] No, it's only half past four
[Christopher:] But how did you get when it's usually five?
[speaker006:] Cos it's broken one in half
[Tim:] cos I had a lid
[speaker006:] Oh did you
[Tim:] on one of those
[speaker006:] I'm going to put a lid on mine.
[Christopher:] I don't want a lid on mine
[speaker006:] Thank you...
[Andrew:] So how's the birthday girl been today? What you been up too?
[Dorothy:] Good, very pleasant really.
[speaker006:] Started to make some biscuits and then read the recipe afterwards and she had to put it in the fridge for twenty four hours in the, the pastry in the fridge so they couldn't make the biscuits [LAUGHTER], there I'm sitting here expecting erm, a biscuit and nothing came, dear, it wasn't one of those recipes that you could make it straight away was it?
[Andrew:] Brought the wrong stuff then?
[Dorothy:] No
[speaker006:] didn't read the end bit first
[Dorothy:] I read the ingredients and I thought oh that's good we've got all those things...
[speaker006:] then
[Dorothy:] so we'll use that one... so we got all the
[Christopher:] blender
[Andrew:] Mm
[Christopher:] to make this ginger man, man thing
[Dorothy:] but we that matter
[Christopher:] And that didn't have at all, we just made erm biscuit men.
[speaker006:] And then they decide, found out they had to put it in the fridge for twenty four hours, so there was I sitting there expecting a biscuit, I didn't get one.
[Andrew:] So you're starving are you?
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Tim:] Oh dad I saw fairies
[Dorothy:] Ghosts
[speaker006:] Oh I two ghosts came in here, we told them that
[Andrew:] Right
[speaker006:] Mm
[Tim:] And
[speaker006:] wasn't it?...
[Andrew:] Has anybody been back to school or nursery today?... Been to Holly Cottage?
[Tim:] Not today
[Andrew:] Not been down the cottage today?
[Christopher:] Mm, yeah
[Andrew:] Were there ducks there?
[Christopher:] No
[Andrew:] No ducks no eggs, no eggs here oh dear
[Dorothy:] oh dear
[Christopher:] But mum where it there's just one over here, no one 's like
[Dorothy:] Mm
[Christopher:] duck
[Dorothy:] duck
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Erm that's right, everyone's eating with their mouths full.
[Dorothy:] You mean talking with their mouths full?
[Andrew:] I mean that, yes, talking with their mouth full.
[Dorothy:] Sorry we're so excited. In the book, no eggs here, oh dear, yeah, it says [reading] we're going to look for the eggs with the ducks, and it says no eggs here, oh dear [], the
[Andrew:] Oh dear
[Dorothy:] that ducks do have eggs it's possible they could of been there... but they weren't.
[Christopher:] I the duck, it said
[Dorothy:] Yes they might be lucky.
[Christopher:] Mm, when I looked on the other page there was more.
[Dorothy:] Oh you enjoyed Christopher's reading book today.
[speaker006:] daddy daddy
[Dorothy:] Going to the toilet [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Daddy was a
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] and you wasn't, you wasn't...
[Christopher:] Mum
[Tim:] and daddy
[speaker006:] You have to sit down properly
[Christopher:] Cos the
[Dorothy:] I see...
[Christopher:] Mum, can I have cake?... Ow
[Andrew:] Careful
[speaker006:] , still haven't shown me
[Dorothy:] What haven't I shown you?
[speaker006:] What bought you for your birthday
[Dorothy:] Oh sorry, I will it's just upstairs is it I know.
[Andrew:] See it's such an exciting day.
[speaker006:] Did you buy anything else from the
[Christopher:] It's
[Dorothy:] Well look, I've got it all in my sort of purse ready you see, and I went off to town today and you know what I bought?
[speaker006:] Zilch
[Andrew:] Oh
[Dorothy:] Nothing.
[Andrew:] really, oh dear
[speaker006:] Well I was like that once, I didn't see a thing I wanted to buy.
[Dorothy:] I wasn't there long enough really.
[Christopher:] Mum look at me
[Dorothy:] I had a very happy time looking at things I didn't want
[speaker006:] Oh,
[Dorothy:] Mm, I wasn't fussy that I I was enjoying it, but I just decided... this was not for me
[Christopher:] wind up
[Dorothy:] That's OK cos I got another another time won't we?
[Christopher:] Can I have some bread please?
[Dorothy:] Mm
[Tim:] I wanted some bread
[Dorothy:] You've got loads of bread
[Tim:] Mm.
[Christopher:] I haven't, can I have some pan?
[Dorothy:] Some pan?...
[Christopher:] can I have cream?
[Dorothy:] Wish he'd make his mind up
[Christopher:] I didn't say mummy jam, I meant
[Dorothy:] Well we know what you've said
[speaker006:] Well we thought he said jam didn't we Timothy?
[Christopher:] We... we
[Tim:] We
[Andrew:] So you went to town, right and you came home
[Dorothy:] But I didn't go to town till half past ten I was going to me mother's at half past eleven, so there wasn't a lot of time.
[speaker006:] It was I thought you'd of been in town all morning, no.
[Andrew:] ...
[Dorothy:] Was happily pottering about there, did my own thing, I had to open about nine cards when I got home, I didn't think at all
[Christopher:] Was there about nine cards?
[Dorothy:] do that by myself without any help [LAUGHTER]...
[Andrew:] Don't you like your little helpers?
[Dorothy:] Mm...
[Tim:] Have you got one over there? And you just bounce, bounce, bounce
[Dorothy:] You just bounce, bounce over there
[Tim:] No, bounce, bounce, bounce
[Christopher:] again That cream.
[Dorothy:] What cream? Salad cream
[Christopher:] Cream, salad cream.
[Dorothy:] Careful cos it's all in the lid, I think he needs help because on that lid take, take it off it will all flop out...
[Christopher:] Put it on there
[speaker006:] Oh, just a minute... now then, how much do you want?
[Christopher:] There's not very much there.
[speaker006:] There's enough for anybody
[Christopher:] ...
[speaker006:] Shout when
[Dorothy:] When
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] I didn't shout when...
[Dorothy:] Just a
[Christopher:] I
[Tim:] Wants some more bread
[Dorothy:] You wants some bread, you've already had two pieces
[Tim:] Chris have erm
[speaker006:] You had a little and mine,
[Tim:] I didn't have two
[speaker006:] are you?
[Tim:] I didn't have
[Christopher:] You had one sandwich, but it's got two
[speaker006:] You had a bottom, then you had a top on, sandwich
[Christopher:] I didn't, I didn't have a top
[Tim:] I didn't, I never had a bread...
[Dorothy:] Do you want some tomato?...
[Tim:] No, I want some bread...
[Dorothy:] Do you need the toilet? No, sure, haven't been for a long time have you?
[Tim:] Wants some bread
[Dorothy:] Haven't been for a long time, no, I'm not more
[Tim:] I want some bread
[Dorothy:] Oh dear
[Tim:] I want bread, I want bread
[Dorothy:] You want bread... what did he have for lunch?
[Tim:] I want
[Andrew:] He had a steak and kidney pie
[Tim:] Bread, I want bread
[Andrew:] Not exactly delicate
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] At least I didn't have to send mine back, the chap sitting next to me had
[Tim:] Mummy I want to get erm I want some bread...
[Dorothy:] What do you think dear, cos this child keeps moping on about bread...
[speaker006:] Don't you want birthday?
[Tim:] No
[Dorothy:] Anybody
[speaker006:] I don't
[Dorothy:] You do, like your daddy. Half a piece each, ravenous hoard...
[speaker006:] You got any...
[Dorothy:] Happy, what would you like on it? Pardon?
[Tim:] cheese
[Dorothy:] Cheese, tortilla cheese or cream cheese
[Christopher:] Dad
[Tim:] cream cheese
[Dorothy:] Cream cheese please.
[Christopher:] Dad can I have the margarine?
[Dorothy:] With or without margarine, no margarine, just cream cheese, easy.
[Tim:] Is cream cheese the margarine?
[Dorothy:] There you are
[Christopher:] Is margarine cream cheese is margarine?
[speaker006:] No it's not.
[Christopher:] Is it mum?
[Dorothy:] What?
[Christopher:] Is cream cheese not margarine?
[Dorothy:] Cream cheese isn't margarine no, you can use cream cheese instead of without As you like really... so you're whacked out dear? He came home and he just laid the table, very impressive. I did try and move because of what you said
[Tim:] Does cheese
[Dorothy:] You don't...
[Christopher:] You wash up
[Dorothy:] I've got to wash up
[Andrew:] No mummy can't granny
[speaker006:] You don't wash up on your, when your mummy's birthday
[Dorothy:] When it's your birthday
[Andrew:] It's mummy's, mummy's birthday
[speaker006:] Birthday
[Andrew:] Yeah, when it's your birthday, everybody does things for you, everybody's nice to you, have you been nice to mummy all day?
[Dorothy:] Some of it.
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]... So you went to town, didn't buy anything, went to grandma's, picked her up, went to Holly Cottage
[speaker006:] Went to Jolly Farmer
[Andrew:] ah, what, you got to Holly Cottage first?
[Dorothy:] No, we went to Jolly Farmer, dropped my mother in the Jolly Farmer and then I went up to Holly Cottage to collect Tim, then we went up to collect Ti Christopher
[speaker006:] I didn't go in the Jolly Farmer even though it sounds as though I did.
[Dorothy:] Because we thought that would be quicker then you see collect it
[Andrew:] They know you same time
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[Andrew:] Right.
[Dorothy:] and then we off to Tesco's and who did we see in Tesco's once again
[Christopher:] Mrs
[Dorothy:] Mrs,
[Andrew:] Again
[Dorothy:] I think she must make a permanent hotel, we're there, she's there
[Andrew:] In the cafe, yeah in the cafe
[Christopher:] Look
[Dorothy:] She was pretending to Mrs today, at school
[speaker006:] What's he doing
[Andrew:] So Mrs is teaching is she?
[Dorothy:] There's no Mrs is teaching Mrs class cos
[Tim:] Mum
[speaker006:] Mm
[Andrew:] How is this gonna
[Dorothy:] With her dad, daddy was off work today... down there...
[Tim:] There
[Dorothy:] right
[Andrew:] [cough]
[speaker006:] Have you finished then? Has he finished?
[Christopher:] went along
[Dorothy:] You not having any cake?
[speaker006:] No I don't
[Dorothy:] Would you like to sit down and watch and see, watch
[speaker006:] Aren't you gonna blow out the candles?
[Dorothy:] There isn't
[Andrew:] Yeah you can come and watch anyway
[Tim:] Put candles on
[Dorothy:] Right, well just watch me have my cake and
[Tim:] have banana
[Dorothy:] It's apple, apple or apple, helicopter
[Tim:] Where's the banana that's there then?
[Dorothy:] The banana's are not meant to be
[Andrew:] No they're not, is anybody starving I want
[speaker006:] I'd rather have have a cup of tea
[Dorothy:] Well there's apple and the cake... is it wet?
[Tim:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] cos I wash them
[Tim:] turn it round
[Dorothy:] Yes please, is the helicopter sounds as if it's going to the hospital, oh yes, look there it is, ever so close, can you see it Tim?
[Christopher:] Yeah, is it going to the hospital?
[Dorothy:] Probably.
[Christopher:] Why is it going
[Dorothy:] Well sometimes they fly things in and fly things out.
[Christopher:] Flies it out
[Dorothy:] Like kidneys [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] properly
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] well it's true, that's what they're doing... just the while we're having our tea
[speaker006:] But then, the usual at Birmingham station
[Andrew:] Yeah, what do you mean by happily being sarcastic?
[speaker006:] Yeah, very, mind you
[Andrew:] Mind you, it's probably
[speaker006:] it wasn't really their fault, there was a big factory in Banbury
[Andrew:] Mm
[speaker006:] and it upset erm, the first thing we it weren't
[Tim:] Mum can I have another
[speaker006:] train from, to Redditch and it was
[Andrew:] Yeah
[speaker006:] and all the. We are very sorry the train at number eleven platform eleven, when you get to Lemington on it, get out if you're going to Banbury, there will be a coach, because there's a fire at Banbury, well I thought it meant there was something on the other side of the railway, it was, a factory near there so, so then er they get you in
[Dorothy:] Are we meant to eat these before the cake, is that the idea? Or is that what everybody's doing?
[speaker006:] I'll wait, I'll tell you the story about the fire
[Dorothy:] Yes, you carry on talking while we chomp
[speaker006:] they, they all sitting on, a few of us sitting on the seat, the girl that was all shaky she was going for an interview at a Birmingham University another lady was going on to Northfield well you're alright, you'll be alright we said if you get on the train where we get on, you're OK, so they get, getting out...
[Dorothy:] It's a place I really like
[speaker006:] What place? Erm then we said er another the train to such a place will be quarter of an hour late, we're very sorry cos it's held up, everything was standing outside the station, er they're all held up with this fire at Banbury, was upsetting everything
[Andrew:] This is a bit odd cos Banbury's got a long way to travel
[speaker006:] no, but it was upsetting all these journey
[Andrew:] why didn't they get rid of the train to Banbury?
[speaker006:] Ah? so eventually we got on
[Dorothy:] Well do, do a lot of the trains go through Banbury?
[Andrew:] One an hour
[Dorothy:] I thought they would oh
[Andrew:] about one an hour
[speaker006:] this happened to be the hour you see and it was on
[Andrew:] O six past the hour
[speaker006:] Yeah, yeah six minutes past the hour so there, yeah, so they kept giving you doubts, now if you're getting on this train make sure you get out at Lemington, so at about twenty past twelve, the twelve six went out from platform eleven, why, cos that will upset everything then, by, few of the trains kept coming round, then they said were very sorry but the Shrewsbury train will come in at platform ten... that's where we're all waiting, so the ready train be outside somewhere, so, that came in just as the, the twelve, six went out about twenty past twelve these in and this girl got up so we said don't get on this, you'll never get to Birmingham [LAUGHTER] you get on here, wait until we get on we said, cos they changed the train, oh she was getting all worked up, she come from Middlesborough, well I said well, well, anyway, we said no, there, there's no trains for university no, nobody will be going at the right time will they?
[Dorothy:] there will be quarter of an hour so it's
[speaker006:] Yes but, yes but you see they got so mixed up that the,
[Dorothy:] There's a helicopter again
[speaker006:] the Longbridge train, weren't a Longbridge train but
[Christopher:] Where?
[Dorothy:] Don't know, I can hear it
[speaker006:] the Longbridge train was still outside at twelve six been out there, so a little bit they gave
[Christopher:] You miss
[speaker006:] the little bit they gave out the Longbridge train then they said oh know the twelve O six
[Christopher:] that
[Dorothy:] there it is, oh look
[Christopher:] Ah
[speaker006:] Yeah ain't it?
[Dorothy:] Well it's the
[speaker006:] So he, they got themselves right mixed up, platform changed
[Dorothy:] He'll go round again...
[speaker006:] What's it
[Dorothy:] circle again
[Andrew:] There's another one
[Dorothy:] Another one?
[Andrew:] Yeah, there's two
[speaker006:] Oh something's up
[Andrew:] Not that cloudy though
[speaker006:] Yeah there's one there
[Andrew:] that's it?
[speaker006:] oh dear...
[Christopher:] Oh
[speaker006:] They will have to wait to come in now
[Andrew:] Definitely two of them just see the other one's just going over the
[speaker006:] yeah, yeah they will have to wait to come in won't they?
[Dorothy:] only two, one after the other
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] Exciting... two lots of kidneys [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Yeah well changes platforms of all these trains, anyway after a bit we decided that the Redditch train was going to come in before the train, so, er they didn't change it to say it wasn't going to Redditch... cos once when I was doing that they said to me, the lad was it, because it's not to ready to change that time, you wouldn't matter, cos oh there's people here waiting to go to Redditch, change it, so he said oh anyway it came, the twelve six came all the young folks going to you should of seen the number that had got off
[Dorothy:] altogether aren't they? Oops
[speaker006:] but er, a lot of them got on the twelve six, you goes the twelve thirty one any way we waved to her when she got on it the coach you see was full at Bart Green, you got, at Redditch
[Andrew:] Did you not get on it then?
[speaker006:] Oh well, yes
[Dorothy:] Is there every time when cos I mean there must be quite
[speaker006:] it wasn't
[Christopher:] Mum
[speaker006:] completely full
[Dorothy:] Yeah, people were having two seats to one person
[Andrew:] That's right they only have it off the
[speaker006:] and when it comes to the
[Christopher:] There's a bit of apple there
[Dorothy:] There, that's OK, don't worry, do you need to go to the toilet?
[Tim:] Have a look see, got a bit of apple there
[Dorothy:] Yeah, please go to the toilet before my cake... come on
[speaker006:] He'll want to go to the toilet when you start blowing the candles out little horror
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] I'd should go too if I were you.
[Dorothy:] Nip off quick, do you need to go?
[speaker006:] Before we get candles for mummy's cake
[Dorothy:] before the cake, right...
[Tim:] wet seat
[Dorothy:] Who did?
[Tim:] over here.
[Dorothy:] Where?
[Tim:] There.
[Dorothy:] I think it will be nice if you sat on your chair, don't you think it will be nice if he sat on his chair?
[speaker006:] Oh definitely, spoil the if you don't
[Dorothy:] I'll shan't think that you're there if you do, go on
[speaker006:] Go and
[Tim:] Oh
[speaker006:] stand next to mummy...
[Dorothy:] you're tired?
[speaker006:] He's tired
[Dorothy:] You're whacked out aren't you?
[speaker006:] doesn't really know what to do
[Dorothy:] It's all that rushing around Aravalley Park, we haven't told daddy about going to Aravalley Park Ooh, I don't want to look... daddy I'm passing you er
[Andrew:] You're not having any
[Dorothy:] well if he's still wandering about, no he's decided he's not having cake though
[Tim:] Eh, the birthday
[Dorothy:] I'm excited well just leave it there because it won't matter, but daddy doesn't want me to see you see before it comes out, it makes it more exciting that way, want to come and sit on my knee?
[Tim:] No, want to stand
[Dorothy:] Alright, want a snuggle woggle instead? Oh I thought
[speaker006:] No, no leave the door cos daddy doesn't want mummy to see what he's doing in the kitchen see, if you keep moving that she can see.
[Dorothy:] Were you thinking of taking a walk with it?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Oh I see, go on then
[Tim:] That apple
[Dorothy:] Carry on, don't bump into daddy on his way this way...
[Tim:] Daddy
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] you go that way...
[Dorothy:] There's only me and you left at this table
[Tim:] Dun, dun, dun, I be quick cos daddy just got it
[Dorothy:] Right
[Tim:] I see the, had the birthday and I went away
[Dorothy:] Is it excited, are you going to sing for me?
[Tim:] Yeah... I'm going to play it on my guitar
[Dorothy:] Oh that will be even nicer
[speaker006:] That's a good idea ain't it?
[Christopher:] Where's my gone?
[speaker006:] No, I think I put it on the er window sill somewhere
[Dorothy:] Collect appearing and disappearing
[speaker006:] Well I, I, did see it, I think, I don't know whether I put it on, just look, look on the window sill and then
[Dorothy:] Daddy, I think we need some new plates here
[Andrew:] Right
[speaker006:] Try and on these plates, can we?
[Dorothy:] Dread to think what the cake's like, dread to think what sort of cake we've got
[Christopher:] Dad
[Dorothy:] Oh thank you
[Tim:] [playing guitar]
[Dorothy:] here comes the accompaniment...
[Tim:] [playing guitar] [singing] []
[Dorothy:] it's better than teaching to play
[Tim:] happy birthday it's my mum
[Dorothy:] not that I enjoy teaching my
[Tim:] here's a song, don't sing it
[Dorothy:] I won't sing a word
[Tim:] no [playing guitar] I got a, we've got a... [playing guitar]
[Dorothy:] I'm looking forward to using my cutters, I'm a bit disappointed I think
[speaker006:] Well I was just the one sitting there waiting for and nothing came
[Dorothy:] I know... the ginger bread boy cutter is rather large, I'm not quite sure have to do it A painful I shall have to use it fairly rapidly
[speaker006:] Couldn't you make a sort of sponge cake with it?
[Dorothy:] How?
[speaker006:] Can't you make the cake and then cut it?
[Christopher:] Not yet
[Tim:] Not yet
[Christopher:] Not yet mummy
[Dorothy:] Yeah I could do then use the bits for pudding or something
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] It's got a sort of metal bar across I don't understand why that would be, why we have a little metal bar across.
[speaker006:] Oh to push out, make some things
[Christopher:] for later
[Dorothy:] Coming
[Tim:] I do too
[Andrew:] I...
[Dorothy:] Ooh, all dark, ooh look at this, happy birthday round the outside, oh it's erm
[speaker006:] Oh I say
[Dorothy:] what's it called, Flintstone [LAUGHTER] it's the Flintstones
[Andrew:] That's alright, right shall we sing
[Dorothy:] right come along let's hear it
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday
[Dorothy:] sing as well Tim
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] dear
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] happy birthday to you []
[Dorothy:] [blowing out candles], we can do it again can't we?
[Tim:] Yeah
[Andrew:] Here we go, let's light them all again cos we've got to come and take a picture, some pictures.
[Dorothy:] Right Tim you can sing to me again then
[Tim:] Can I sing
[speaker006:] Go and stand near mummy
[Dorothy:] dad's going to light them and then you can blow them
[speaker006:] If you went to daddy and
[Tim:] I can see what you're doing
[Christopher:] Oooh
[speaker006:] Go round the other side and stand near mummy, then you'll be on me picture
[Tim:] I want
[Dorothy:] Don't forget to get the Flintstones in will you?
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] The Flintstones
[Dorothy:] Yaba daba doo [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Daddy I'm this side
[Dorothy:] I just remember that's, don't get the cloth in will you dear?
[Andrew:] Right you two if you get in close, get in
[Dorothy:] Get a bit nearer
[speaker006:] Oh, go past mummy that's it.
[Dorothy:] right going to sing while we, while they take a picture for me
[Andrew:] Right hold Tim
[Dorothy:] It's alright, he's getting his guitar dear
[Andrew:] Right
[speaker006:] Hurry up
[Dorothy:] Hurry up cos the candles have nearly gone down, right
[Andrew:] Right look at, look at dad...
[Dorothy:] Right you gonna sing or not?
[Christopher:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] Go
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [playing guitar] [singing] happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear
[Dorothy:] Mummy I'm called.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] mummy, happy birthday to you []
[Dorothy:] One of you couldn't decide what I'm called
[Tim:] Blow it out
[Dorothy:] Well hold on would you wait for grandma
[speaker006:] Right, are you ready?
[Andrew:] Mm, wait for grandma
[Dorothy:] Cheese for grandma
[Andrew:] then I'll take a picture of mummy blowing it, in a minute, ready, cheese grandma...
[Christopher:] Can we all blow them?
[Dorothy:] Yeah, you can blow them instead of me if you like, oh no it's got to be me has it, for the picture? Alright, you ready?
[Christopher:] Alright then, the next one afterwards
[Dorothy:] Alright you ready?
[Andrew:] You all blow
[Christopher:] The one after
[Dorothy:] We all blow together right, ready, one, two, three [blowing out candles] Shall I bring some more knives?
[Marjorie:] ...
[Christopher:] ...
[Andrew:] Just
[Marjorie:] What but we didn't look.
[Dorothy:] Did it, snow, oh dear
[Marjorie:] We had the hail stones, he said he could look out and there was a cover of snow over everything but we didn't look.
[Andrew:] I think we had hail stones when we were in
[Dorothy:] We did, erm,
[Tim:] Oh dear
[Dorothy:] on a Friday night, no a Friday night
[Tim:] no way
[Dorothy:] we only just got started
[Tim:] no way
[Dorothy:] well I'm in the way cos I'm sitting having my tea and you're supposed to be sitting having your tea, but you're playing lorries
[Tim:] No
[Andrew:] You come and do it here Tim or you sit down there
[Dorothy:] The word is excuse me please
[Tim:] Excuse me...
[Marjorie:] What you have to fill in what you've done.
[Dorothy:] Oh I have to fill in who's talking and things like this, I'm just doing it now cos otherwise I will forget you know
[Marjorie:] You won't forget that lot
[Dorothy:] Time, six, ten.
[Marjorie:] We've been to Valley Park this afternoon
[Andrew:] Have you?
[Marjorie:] ...
[Andrew:] Was that nice?
[Marjorie:] Got some fresh air, yes it was very nice cos there was other people doing the same with little children, there was no big children... except for that was very nice daddy, the cake... Mm
[Dorothy:] You like it do you? Good, how old are you dear, thirty six?
[Christopher:] How old's mummy? How old's mummy?
[Marjorie:] Thirty five
[Christopher:] Thirty five,thirt
[Marjorie:] that says
[Christopher:] thirty five, thirty six dad say yours is
[Andrew:] I'm a bit older than mummy
[Christopher:] Just one year
[Andrew:] One year yeah that's right
[Christopher:] One year
[Andrew:] That's right
[Dorothy:] Well it's a bit more than one year really cos sometimes there's
[Marjorie:] Oh don't confuse him
[Dorothy:] No, sorry It's one and a half years
[Christopher:] And that's not very lot, well not
[Marjorie:] just over six months
[Andrew:] Just over half a year
[Christopher:] Yeah, well it's longer than mine
[Marjorie:] Not a year
[Christopher:] Not, longer than mine though
[Marjorie:] Yes yes it is
[Christopher:] books
[Andrew:] ...
[Dorothy:] Right
[Marjorie:] Are you going to enjoy your birthday cake mummy?
[Dorothy:] Mm, what are they pictures taste like?... Mm not too bad is it?...
[Christopher:] Mummy
[Dorothy:] Is this a spare knife?
[Christopher:] Mum, it they couldn't take
[Dorothy:] Did you know it was gonna be chocolate?
[Marjorie:] Yes
[Dorothy:] It said so?
[Marjorie:] Mm
[Andrew:] This one with chocolate was more expensive than the other one
[Tim:] Mum
[Dorothy:] Probably why
[Tim:] mummy
[Dorothy:] Mm, the lady at the checkout when I got Tim's that time, do you remember, cos all the birthdays come together and I saw that for Tim so it make him one
[Marjorie:] You bought one, it were nice that
[Dorothy:] I bought one for Tim, it taste quite nice, the lady at the checkout said it would, is that you kicking me or the
[Andrew:] one, yes, erm, was another lady and child, taking beeline for birthday cake, you know, they went out the same checkout as I did
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] cos erm, usually on a Monday there's hardly anybody there at all, you know, they I should think we represented half the you know, just
[Dorothy:] Do you?...
[Andrew:] Does anybody want any more tea?
[Dorothy:] Yes please
[Andrew:] Maybe it's getting a bit cold by now
[Marjorie:] ...
[Christopher:] It's not too bad daddy
[Andrew:] Isn't it?
[Christopher:] Cos mummy was saying didn't say
[Andrew:] Had to do some washing up at work today
[Dorothy:] Did you?
[Andrew:] For nine
[Christopher:] What?
[Andrew:] nine people...
[Dorothy:] Why?
[Andrew:] Gilbert, Gilbert insisted that we provide coffee for all the people
[Christopher:] For all of the people?
[Dorothy:] Oh
[Andrew:] so erm, he went to speak to one of the Director's secretary, to go and buy all the cups, I had to provide the sugar
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] and er, then of course Gilbert went off for another reason to
[Dorothy:] and left you washing up
[Andrew:] I had to do the washing up [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Dorothy:] How old is Gilbert? He looks extremely young, is he
[Andrew:] He does look young
[Dorothy:] is he as young as he looks?
[Andrew:] No he isn't, no he's round about my age
[Dorothy:] Is he?
[Andrew:] Might be a year or two younger
[Dorothy:] He looks like twenty three to me [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Mummy
[Christopher:] Mummy
[Andrew:] Gosh these two boys
[Dorothy:] What, do you want the toilet? No, just need a hug
[Christopher:] Daddy is bigger than mummy... aren't you? But not not
[Dorothy:] That was very nice
[Andrew:] for the birthday girl
[Christopher:] Got to put
[Dorothy:] You're not often very cuddly are you?
[Tim:] If you want two three, four, five, six, seven, eight
[Dorothy:] That's right.
[Andrew:] Well done Tim, eight there
[Tim:] There's only eight balloons mum one, two, three, four
[Christopher:] Eight will they? No that must be because it's
[Marjorie:] I enjoyed that
[Tim:] One, two, three
[Christopher:] That
[Andrew:] It's this game
[Tim:] eleven, eight, nine one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen
[Marjorie:] Well you wouldn't want to would you?
[Dorothy:] Mm you'd want more than would you?
[Christopher:] Fourteen, fourteen
[Dorothy:] What's fourteen?
[Christopher:] I wouldn't want more than
[Tim:] These things
[Christopher:] because different
[Dorothy:] There be twelve, there's eight there, nine, ten, eleven, twelve
[Marjorie:] Oh no
[Andrew:] So you want
[Tim:] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
[Christopher:] You chocolate on the top of where the chocolate
[Tim:] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, I want drink
[Christopher:] Mum, I remember bit which I don't like of the cake
[Dorothy:] Mm
[Christopher:] You see the top bit over the top?
[Dorothy:] mm
[Christopher:] It's not that picture of what he said it's the little bit in there
[Dorothy:] Mm, I like that
[Marjorie:] I like that
[Tim:] Mummy
[Christopher:] I like the black chocolate bit
[Tim:] [shouting] mummy []
[Christopher:] it's between bit I don't like
[Dorothy:] Oh
[Marjorie:] I thought it was very nice, I enjoyed it all
[Dorothy:] Well worth the I suppose dear
[Christopher:] All of us finished, all of us finished
[Tim:] I know
[Christopher:] Mum
[Dorothy:] You did very well to have gone birthday and get home in time for, whatever time it was you did
[Christopher:] You birthday mum can have all of that
[Andrew:] I did actually go into Sainsbury's on the way home, but I
[Dorothy:] Did you? They haven't got any thing have like, no, I tried that with er Tim, cos Sainsbury's would of been really more on your way wouldn't it?
[Andrew:] Yeah
[Christopher:] Naughty mummy
[Marjorie:] You haven't got any
[Christopher:] She had
[Andrew:] I'm surprised at that
[Dorothy:] It's probably because
[Andrew:] They have
[Dorothy:] a shopping Sainsbury's
[Andrew:] They had
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] individual things, you can buy sort of individual cream cakes and things like that from the bakers actually, you can't buy like individual ones
[Dorothy:] They might have them frozen in the frozen bit, frozen gateaux and stuff But it's not quite the same with sort of birthday cake with a fancy thing round it is it? Mm...
[Marjorie:] I've shown him these I've show him that thing where
[Dorothy:] Christopher staring again
[Tim:] Mummy
[Andrew:] So we're gonna get the original magazine or have you already got it?
[Marjorie:] You can buy it yes
[Dorothy:] Well I, I think they will give it to us, cos er, Martin what's his name said that we'd get complimentary copies, yeah you mustn't touch those Tim cos those are matches and children never, never touch matches do they?
[Tim:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Because if they suddenly catch fire guess what would happen?
[Marjorie:] We shall lose him
[Andrew:] All the house will be burnt down
[Dorothy:] And you as well
[Andrew:] and be very, very sad
[Dorothy:] and you'd get very sad and it would hurt a lot.
[Tim:] All day
[Andrew:] Yes
[Dorothy:] Mm...
[Tim:] And all of us wanna be burnt
[Dorothy:] Yes
[Andrew:] Yes all of us could get burnt
[Dorothy:] and all our things
[Andrew:] and your guitar, everything
[Tim:] But even if we ran out
[Dorothy:] Well we but the house wouldn't would it?
[Marjorie:] It would be sad if we lost everything wouldn't it?...
[Andrew:] So you won't play with matches?
[Tim:] If you get a match and you strike it on something else it would still
[Dorothy:] Yes, it can do
[Tim:] And we get out all the way
[Christopher:] even the box if you strike it on that, that will
[Dorothy:] But it strikes on particular things, it strikes on something rough, but you never quite know, know what, not, no good trying it out because you never quite know whether it's going to strike or not, when you get to be older, we'll allow you to strike a match, but you have to be quite older to do that
[Christopher:] Mummy
[Dorothy:] we'll show you how it works...
[Marjorie:] It's best to know isn't it?
[Christopher:] I did
[Dorothy:] I'd rather be around at the time [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] That's why you stand and play with matches
[Dorothy:] Mm... mind you some children fish about it in cupboards don't they?
[Marjorie:] Oh
[Dorothy:] You know high up...
[Christopher:] Cos high up, erm, I usually ten people before they reach
[Dorothy:] Hello you back again?
[Tim:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER], what do you want now?
[Christopher:] Well some people do very good things well I
[Tim:] You
[Dorothy:] You want me?
[Christopher:] Some people tidy up time
[Tim:] Over here,
[Christopher:] and erm she has a
[Tim:] Oh how you got a light on? How you got a light on?
[Dorothy:] Why have I got a light on? Well we wanted to see what we're eating.
[Christopher:] how did you put it on [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Somebody switched it on I expect, we wanted to see the cake didn't we?
[Marjorie:] Somebody put it on after you blow the candles out
[Christopher:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] I never did, I never do
[Tim:] Who did it?
[Dorothy:] Daddy I think
[Tim:] No he didn't
[Andrew:] I did
[Tim:] You didn't
[Dorothy:] You had your eyes shut Do you need the toilet yet?
[Tim:] No
[Dorothy:] Well you must do soon [LAUGHTER] I expect so...
[Tim:] No I don't want the telly
[Dorothy:] Do we really need any more telly?
[Andrew:] No.
[Marjorie:] Story time I think
[Dorothy:] Twenty past six already
[Tim:] I want erm watch the
[Christopher:] But you said
[Dorothy:] Well I know I said but, I didn't realize what time it will be, why don't we wait until tomorrow morning and then you can watch P C Postman before you go to school?
[Tim:] I want to watch, I
[Dorothy:] That will be an exciting thing to wat look forward to Move it quickly
[Tim:] I want to watch
[Dorothy:] forward a bit
[Tim:] the telly
[Dorothy:] It went long ago
[Tim:] I want to watch
[Marjorie:] I thought he did
[Tim:] [screaming] telly []... I wanted to watch the telly
[Dorothy:] Then you'll lovey, let's get you a book, read you a story and pop you in bed, mm? No I don't want to I wanna watch the telly
[Tim:] I want to play a bit with dad
[Dorothy:] You want to play a bit with dad?
[Tim:] Mm, I want to play with
[Marjorie:] I'll wash up
[Tim:] dad
[Dorothy:] Oh good gracious When you wash them
[Marjorie:] They're not dirty
[Dorothy:] give them a good scrub
[Tim:] Dad, will
[Dorothy:] Mm, as opposed to a little dip, good scrub
[Tim:] No, that was daddy
[Dorothy:] Oh you find something
[Tim:] I want to play with you
[Dorothy:] Looking, well I'm just
[Tim:] I want to play with you... I want to play with you
[Andrew:] Yeah, I'll play with you, do you want to play cars?
[Tim:] I want to play bricks
[Andrew:] Bricks
[Tim:] and cars
[Andrew:] and cars then we'll have a story...
[Tim:] [singing] []
[Christopher:] Mum, playing cards here?
[Dorothy:] It seems a shame, yeah, yeah nice innit. A shame to pull, shout them out behind the curtain er? Oh
[Marjorie:] Whatever was that?
[Dorothy:] it's only the brick
[Marjorie:] Mm
[Dorothy:] it's only the brick, do you want some help wash washing up?
[Marjorie:] Well you can push it through
[Dorothy:] Chris and your with advice as to where to get thousands of candles should I need them [LAUGHTER]... [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Er... he just played this
[Dorothy:] I don't know I wasn't listening Mm
[Christopher:] go on then
[Dorothy:] go on then
[Christopher:] It went like this, I need two of them
[Marjorie:] Er, who's is this
[Christopher:] and then five of those, mum are there
[Dorothy:] They've got the numbers here look, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven
[Christopher:] One, two, three, four, five, six but we don't need seven
[Dorothy:] No, not for twinkle, twinkle little star
[Christopher:] No, but we need it for
[Andrew:] Right Tim I think you've got enough over here
[Tim:] No, need a bit more, game
[Dorothy:] I don't think you can play one, two, three, four, five on there can you?
[Christopher:] Can we play it on the big one?
[Dorothy:] I don't know, just have to play it on the piano I think before you... oh Tim, what have you done dear?
[Tim:] Oh, we lose them
[Dorothy:] We have made a mess, you will lose them, you're right
[Tim:] We lose them
[Dorothy:] Just dropped all the gear down there
[Christopher:] Alright then mum
[Dorothy:] if you're interested, then we can do that in the bath, can you put them in the box first
[Andrew:] Tim can you come and
[Tim:] I didn't tip them out
[Dorothy:] you didn't mean to do that, it just happened
[Tim:] it went like that
[Dorothy:] got to put them all, yeah well who's going to put them all back in, daddy's helping look
[Tim:] I didn't drop them
[Dorothy:] you go and help him
[Tim:] I, I, I didn't drop them
[Dorothy:] ...
[Andrew:] Yeah, are you going to help me?...
[Dorothy:] Aren't you playing the piano? shall we get that book that you have, it's yellow... I think it's down there, we haven't done that for a long time have we, we can do that while daddy and Tim are playing
[Christopher:] Here?
[Dorothy:] Should be, yeah, somewhere on there,
[Andrew:] Right, Tim can we come and play please?
[Dorothy:] no on that flat pile
[Andrew:] Tim don't bring everything over
[Dorothy:] on the flat pile bottom, no, bottom of the drawer, the book
[Marjorie:] What's that, does that want throwing out?
[Dorothy:] I think so, I don't know what that is
[Tim:] Dad, help me
[Andrew:] I don't think you need everything many things
[Tim:] Here's my book
[Andrew:] What you going to play with?
[Tim:] ...
[Dorothy:] Read the classic beginning of the book
[Christopher:] You know, where the film was all the time mummy Did you know where the film was?
[Dorothy:] Now where was I? On the piano
[Christopher:] Mm, mm
[Dorothy:] I knew it was
[Christopher:] But that was sitting there and when the and it was easy to tune
[Andrew:] ...
[Tim:] daddy...
[Christopher:] it's better when we don't where our
[Dorothy:] Mm, it would of been better really, but never mind
[Christopher:] Well it's a good job that
[Dorothy:] we'll just be thankful for what we've got shall we? Actually I'm not very fond of the school piano it's...
[Christopher:] [piano music] [playing piano]
[Dorothy:] Did you find all the keys?
[Christopher:] [piano music]
[Dorothy:] Find
[Christopher:] [piano music]
[Dorothy:] Line them with your little finger on the other hand, or your thumb on the other hand will do
[Christopher:] [piano music]
[Dorothy:] that's it find them on your other hand, your other hand
[Christopher:] [piano music] ah?
[Dorothy:] find them with your other hand
[Christopher:] You only have to do the other, you have to do there, have to find a C?
[Dorothy:] Yeah, just tells you about finding the C's, can you find them with this hand?
[Christopher:] I had that
[Dorothy:] Find it with that one
[Christopher:] I need a flat C now, what's this?
[Dorothy:] This is the middle C's really
[Christopher:] Oh
[Dorothy:] Where they come right, that's the one with the right hand [played key], this one, in the middle
[Christopher:] [playing piano]
[Dorothy:] you have to do it with that hand
[Christopher:] I hurt that one
[Dorothy:] key in the middle, why? In the middle of the piano, you're not
[Christopher:] yeah that
[Dorothy:] sitting on the chair properly
[Christopher:] that key there
[Dorothy:] and there's three there
[Christopher:] and one, two.
[Dorothy:] I know it doesn't work quite like that, that is the one [piano music] OK, can you take the other hand, that's that one
[Christopher:] How many do I have to do?
[Dorothy:] Put a right hand on that one
[Christopher:] How many do I have to do it with?
[Dorothy:] Just do one there, don't panic right now
[Christopher:] now this is
[Dorothy:] the one where you do... where we going One, two, have to count four, do you remember? One, two, three, hold it on while we count four two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four
[Christopher:] Two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Remember, OK? One, two, three, four
[Christopher:] [piano music] One, two, three, four, one two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one two, three, four
[Dorothy:] Brilliant, OK
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] I'll show you how to play with the other hand
[Christopher:] Other hand oh, wait till I
[Dorothy:] Practise
[Christopher:] One
[Dorothy:] We're look at the wrong music
[Christopher:] oh, you have to do, how many, four again?
[Dorothy:] Yes
[Christopher:] [piano music] One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] Brilliant have a go
[Christopher:] now one, two, three [piano music] one
[Dorothy:] Hold on, you didn't count before we counted three
[Marjorie:] Do you want me to put
[Christopher:] Oh, what
[Dorothy:] Erm, if you just leave it out somewhere we'll put it away
[Christopher:] One, two, three, four
[Marjorie:] Pardon?
[Dorothy:] Just leave it out
[Christopher:] [piano music] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.
[Dorothy:] that right, oh now then, do you remember the clock
[Christopher:] Aaagh
[Dorothy:] before you have to count two there then another two there, it goes [piano music] one, two, three, four
[Christopher:] Alright then, let's try
[Dorothy:] What, you start with your other hand, start with your right hand that's it
[Christopher:] And you go to that one
[Dorothy:] that's it
[Christopher:] that one
[Dorothy:] you've got it
[Christopher:] right
[Dorothy:] [piano music] one, two
[Christopher:] [piano music] one, two that one
[Dorothy:] and again
[Christopher:] I'll try again [piano music] one, two, three
[Dorothy:] [piano music] one, two, three, ah, ah, ah, that's the, still the same hand there, you have to do two with that hand and then two with that one
[Christopher:] yeah, two with that, two with that one
[Dorothy:] Yeah, OK, right ready, one, two, three, four
[Christopher:] [piano music]
[Dorothy:] one, two, three, now swap hands, one, two, three, four, let's start again
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four, ah, I know now let me try
[Dorothy:] Yeah, go on...
[Christopher:] [piano music] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four [piano music] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] That's it, brilliant
[Christopher:] Right
[Dorothy:] OK, can you do all that lot then, while I do this little bit?
[Christopher:] Want to try it all together
[Dorothy:] Alright, go on then
[Christopher:] this one or that one?
[Dorothy:] Well you tell me, that one's your right hand, that one's your left hand, which is your right hand? That's it.
[Christopher:] That's right?
[Dorothy:] That's your right hand and that's the top one there, this little squiggly thing here
[Christopher:] Right then, shall we do [piano music] one, two, three, four,
[Dorothy:] one, two, three, four
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three four
[Dorothy:] That's clever, well done
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Right, OK, see if you can do it with me messing about down here then
[Christopher:] One
[Dorothy:] Hold on, give me four
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four [piano music] one, two, three, four [playing piano]
[Dorothy:] [playing piano] brilliant that was
[Christopher:] Ah, now this is the one I haven't done for a long time, now this is the one
[Dorothy:] Now have a look at it and see what you've got to do with that, got to go [piano music] one, two, three, four
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] with that hand do you know
[Christopher:] and then one, two, three, four with that hand
[Dorothy:] That's it
[Christopher:] Oh it's just the same as that one
[Dorothy:] Well it is except you've got to go one, two, three, four, clonk, clonk, clonk, clonk
[Christopher:] [piano music] one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] That's it, and then swap hands
[Christopher:] but you go like that, go on then,
[Dorothy:] Yes,...
[Christopher:] [piano music], one, two, [playing piano] one, two, [playing piano] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] brilliant, OK, right let's see
[Christopher:] and then
[Dorothy:] how we go... give me four to start with, I shall
[Christopher:] one
[Dorothy:] keep that hand ready otherwise you'll discover that it's not there when you want it, use it, OK
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] hey, hold on go steady with it one
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] four, [playing piano]
[Christopher:] [playing piano]
[Dorothy:] Well done, you had a technical hitch in the middle, but we did that, we got there... oh now then, do you remember this one?
[Christopher:] I haven't done that
[Dorothy:] Yes you did all of that, you did all about the I don't think we did this one properly did we? you only use your right hand cos you push on that foot yeah, look, there's a C remember, then it changes a note to a D
[Christopher:] Then D
[Dorothy:] That's it, find your C
[Christopher:] Yeah that's the C now you go like this
[Dorothy:] And where's your D?
[Christopher:] You go like this do you?... C [piano music] [playing piano]
[Dorothy:] That's it, but use this finger this time
[Christopher:] No you go C, D, C, D
[Dorothy:] You do more or less go like it
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] but not quite, we shall just have to see how it goes
[Christopher:] Goes
[Dorothy:] yeah that only got to count for four, that's gonna go [piano music] one, two, three, four
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] then to D [piano music] one, two, three, four
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] back to C, but this time only two one, two
[Christopher:] one, two
[Dorothy:] then D one, two
[Christopher:] one, two
[Dorothy:] then up again one, two, one, two
[Christopher:] one, two, one, two
[Dorothy:] and then you've got to go bomp, ba bomp, Yeah, go on then
[Christopher:] but why, why go... mum
[Dorothy:] Mm
[Christopher:] why do you have do it with that one? Why don't
[Dorothy:] Cos supposed to be a
[Christopher:] Why's it like a train?
[Dorothy:] Perhaps when you hear that bit you'll hear it's still like a train... C, D there C, D, C, D, C, D, C, D
[Christopher:] C, D, C, D, C, D, C, D
[Dorothy:] now careful
[Christopher:] oh erm
[Dorothy:] C, C, D, D, C, D, C, D
[Christopher:] C, C, D, D, C, D, C, D
[Dorothy:] Well done, that was very clever
[Christopher:] that would be the...
[Dorothy:] if you play it so you get it all right
[Christopher:] Mm
[Dorothy:] one, two,
[Christopher:] that, tut, one, two, three, four [piano music] one, two, three, four, one, two, three
[Dorothy:] one, two, three, four [piano music] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, no go on change on that
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] one, two, three, four, up again
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four, one, two
[Dorothy:] one, two, three, four, one, two got to go back up
[Christopher:] one
[Dorothy:] now we've just got to go one, two, three, four this time one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four oh
[Dorothy:] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] Well done, that, so that goes for four, that's for four then those go one, two, three, four, like that you see, but it's four down there, do you want another go, with me doing that funny bit?
[Tim:] Watch out
[Dorothy:] Shall we have a go and see what happens? We might have a disaster but it won't matter we can try.
[Christopher:] Mum, won't it one, two?
[Dorothy:] Four that one, that's the four, that's the four, that's the two, that's the two, that's the two, that's the two and that is a one, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom
[Christopher:] that a that's that's the one
[Dorothy:] Yes, you should go right at the beginning
[Christopher:] four and
[Dorothy:] another four
[Christopher:] another four... four, four, right
[Dorothy:] OK
[Christopher:] and then it goes [played piano key]
[Dorothy:] right, OK ready? One, two, three, four [piano music] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four [piano music] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] That was good, started out just getting going. Do you think, shall we have another go at playing
[Christopher:] can daddy hear then
[Dorothy:] Daddy can you hear our train train here
[Andrew:] Oh that would be nice, I could hear them over here.
[Dorothy:] one, two, three, four [piano music]
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four [piano music], one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four,
[Dorothy:] Whoops, you've forgot to change... one, two, three, four alright, try again, right one, two, three, four [piano music]
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four [piano music] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, [playing piano]
[Dorothy:] Well done, yeah, on the next page, on the next page
[Christopher:] and I every done any
[Dorothy:] ooh, with your other hand
[Christopher:] have you ev do you know how to play?
[Dorothy:] I'll try my best
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] look at this, you've got to do this with your left hand this time.
[Christopher:] This one?
[Dorothy:] Yeah and this time there's a C there and then that's a B
[Christopher:] B goes like this?
[Dorothy:] Mm
[Christopher:] [played key] that [playing piano]
[Dorothy:] No, no C and B this time, we're going down a bit, it's in your left hand
[Christopher:] Oh
[Dorothy:] got C [played key] then this one B [played key]
[Christopher:] is that like, what's that?
[Dorothy:] D
[Christopher:] D, is that the D?
[Dorothy:] Right, you ready?
[Christopher:] Right,
[Dorothy:] one, two, oh, hold on
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, hold on, hold on, hold on, that's a four that one, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four
[Christopher:] two, three, four
[Dorothy:] oops, that's got to go fast that one, one, two, three, four, cos they're crotchet [piano music] one, two, three, four, remember?
[Christopher:] Mm
[Dorothy:] Right, ok one, two, three, four, [piano music] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four, [piano music] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three
[Dorothy:] one, two, three, four
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Did I do it wrong?
[Dorothy:] Nearly, you were in nearly alright, I'll play it for you up to there ready it goes like this [piano music] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, and this is this bit, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four
[Christopher:] Oh it's both the same
[Dorothy:] Not quite cos those are minims there look with the lines down, but the whole
[Christopher:] is it
[Dorothy:] one, two, three, four [piano music] one, two, three, four, one, two, three
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four [piano music] one, two, three, four, one, two, three
[Dorothy:] Whoop you did it wrong, got the wrong note there, there that's the alright? One, two, three, four [piano music] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four
[Christopher:] One, two, three, four [piano music] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] Good lad, well done, that was very clever you've never done that before have you?
[Christopher:] No
[Dorothy:] And then you have to do the same thing again for the second line look
[Christopher:] Ah, a different
[Dorothy:] No it's exactly the same look boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom
[Christopher:] a different one of time
[Dorothy:] No same time and everything, same thing all over again
[Christopher:] why did they go like, do you have to do it both together?
[Dorothy:] No, you do that line first then you do exactly the same thing again
[Christopher:] At the same time?
[Dorothy:] No, after it
[Christopher:] Then you can do it well
[Dorothy:] well it should be easy you play that and then you play that
[Christopher:] Oh, well mum I want to try and do it
[Dorothy:] Go on then, do you want me to point?
[Christopher:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] One, two
[Christopher:] Is that it?
[Dorothy:] Yeah, three, four one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, three, four
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, three, four
[Dorothy:] then again
[Christopher:] oh
[Dorothy:] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] brilliant...
[Andrew:] Who some of these
[Dorothy:] Let's go and check who it is with Tim
[Christopher:] [piano music]
[Dorothy:] Is it for mummy or daddy?
[Tim:] Yeah, it's grandpa
[Dorothy:] It's grandpa, that's exciting, hello grandpa
[Christopher:] Granny, granny
[Dorothy:] it is grandpa too
[Christopher:] grandpa
[Dorothy:] thank you very much [LAUGHTER], oh are you not going to sing?
[Andrew:] I shouted breakfast is ready and then I started my breakfast, cos you had gone upstairs weren't you?...
[Dorothy:] I don't think we've got any this morning
[Christopher:] Are you going to work?
[Tim:] Yeah, he's going to work
[Christopher:] How did it get really big mummy?
[Dorothy:] How's Tim, cos he doesn't sit down properly
[Tim:] He's, finished.
[Dorothy:] Have you seen the butter Tim?
[Christopher:] Is he a fidget
[Dorothy:] He's kneeling up
[Andrew:] Is that enough milk Christopher it's very good
[Dorothy:] It's just that I'm saving.
[Christopher:] Put it more milk over the, that, what about that bit there dad.
[Dorothy:] ...
[Christopher:] Er mum it doesn't matter where everything's got milk on does it?
[Dorothy:] It doesn't matter what?
[Christopher:] Where everything's got milk
[Tim:] Here's one
[Christopher:] when everything's got milk on it
[Dorothy:] No, I wouldn't eat half of an apple
[Tim:] here's one...
[Dorothy:] Will you sit down on your bottom
[Tim:] oh no
[Christopher:] Yeah
[Tim:] cos I don't...
[Andrew:] I think I'm looking forward to a normal day honey...
[Dorothy:] Yeah, would be when I'm away.
[Andrew:] This is
[Dorothy:] A bit proud of it you know [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Bit of a
[Dorothy:] seems to be wide awake could of got up
[Tim:] What, was
[Andrew:] I weren't very good I'm afraid
[Christopher:] What day is it?
[Dorothy:] What do you think?
[Andrew:] It's
[Dorothy:] It was Tuesday yesterday.
[Andrew:] What day is it today?
[Dorothy:] There's Monday, Tuesday...
[Christopher:] Wednesday
[Dorothy:] Wednesday well done
[Andrew:] Yes, on a Wednesday, this is the day when mummy goes teaching at school in the afternoon
[Dorothy:] I did
[Andrew:] Christopher's school
[Dorothy:] Mm, mm.
[Andrew:] and do you still have story time
[Dorothy:] story time I think, Mrs still there... and that Mrs... did he tell you
[Andrew:] Yes he did, with Imogen
[Dorothy:] Alright, [LAUGHTER]... it's old age you know,...
[Andrew:] Erm, you didn't tell me anything about what said
[Dorothy:] wants a whole don't are they? Who wants a whole?
[Andrew:] want to swap it over
[Dorothy:] A whole?
[Christopher:] Erm
[Andrew:] Certainly not a whole that one
[Dorothy:] Do you want a whole?...
[Christopher:] Yeah, I want a whole with that whole
[Andrew:] Erm apparently
[Tim:] You can't have a toast cos I'm gonna have a one
[Dorothy:] You have a half of it so the whole of it.
[Christopher:] I wanted a whole one
[Dorothy:] Oh no you don't
[Tim:] I wanted a whole
[Christopher:] I don't like wholes
[Dorothy:] You'll get it'll be half a whole [LAUGHTER], get me a bit confused here...
[Andrew:] Erm especially
[Dorothy:] I did see it on the
[Christopher:] Mum... Mum, can I have a whole piece of toast please?
[Dorothy:] No,
[Christopher:] Is Tim having it?
[Tim:] It's
[Dorothy:] Oh dear
[Christopher:] Mum
[Andrew:] I just wondered
[Dorothy:] I forgot to Oh dear
[Andrew:] ...
[Dorothy:] I spoke to that was Monday night, yeah, she's been head of department, did I tell you that?
[Andrew:] You didn't say anything about that
[Dorothy:] Oh right, I thought I told you then.
[Andrew:] No,
[Dorothy:] Oh, well she rang up, I've seen Christopher in the catalogue
[Andrew:] actually
[Dorothy:] and
[Andrew:] they
[Dorothy:] and could ask if publications can
[Andrew:] the one that we see
[Dorothy:] We've seen the book
[Andrew:] yeah, ah, ah, she's seen the catalogue, ah
[Dorothy:] she's got, on the, yeah
[Andrew:] I see
[Dorothy:] he's in the catalogue
[Andrew:] oh yeah
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] I thought it was going to be a magazine?
[Dorothy:] Oh, oh no, you're getting confused, you know the book that is out, that is on
[Andrew:] Yes, yes
[Dorothy:] beginning careers, well it is in a catalogue, the book is in a catalogue, yeah, so there's a front cover of the book sitting in the catalogue smiling at her, saying please buy this book of Christopher.
[Andrew:] Oh I see, so he's even more liked
[Dorothy:] Yeah [LAUGHTER] We don't want to buy it, we just want the catalogue [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] I see, oh...
[Dorothy:] So she's ordered it because [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] she's started Liam, they're having a pre-packed school at Durham choir boys, whatever it is, cos he's from school, apparently the locality of demanding six year olds and under... so they and another la labouring school
[Tim:] Oh
[Andrew:] Oh Tim...
[Dorothy:] Put it on there, oh it's too late to put it on there, oh that's alright do it like that
[Tim:] I can't
[Dorothy:] You can use your cloth daddy
[Christopher:] Mum
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[Christopher:] you haven't, mum, doesn't know
[Dorothy:] No...
[Tim:] You do it...
[Dorothy:] What are you
[Tim:] You do it
[Dorothy:] Do what?
[Tim:] Mm
[Dorothy:] What do you want me to do?
[Tim:] That... do
[Dorothy:] Just leave that on the plate like that, that's fine
[Tim:] Why?
[Christopher:] Er
[Dorothy:] It's when we're going to take it in the kitchen and put it away when we've finished.
[Andrew:] Anyway
[Tim:] I've had enough
[Dorothy:] Right, just, she said she's going to be head of department, it starts at ten OK, so she'll be ahead of herself, then as she'll be responsible for getting staff said she still hasn't, got she said, little love...
[Christopher:] I didn't want a, a whole
[Dorothy:] Timothy wanted the whole dear
[Andrew:] They've both got whole
[Dorothy:] Oh that's clever
[Andrew:] That's it
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] They they both had half a whole, I thought that's what you said half a whole...
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Oh dear, yeah that was my fault, sorry... now if you have my plate then you won't have any trouble with that... erm, what
[Tim:] Erm, I'll eat the half...
[Andrew:] Teach us what age are they?
[Tim:] Erm, erm
[Andrew:] What age will she teach then?
[Dorothy:] seven, eight year old boys at the moment, and she will teach children under
[Tim:] That's enough
[Dorothy:] she, which is what she did at well she had the five to six
[Tim:] read
[Dorothy:] I guess she really liked those, she only got moved because of er the
[Andrew:] Yeah
[Tim:] spread it
[Christopher:] I am
[Dorothy:] Hurry up cos he wants the margarine, can he have the margarine while you're spreading on? I think you've got enough there haven't you?...
[Christopher:] Mum
[Dorothy:] Mm
[Christopher:] I've had the
[Dorothy:] Did you? [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] Yeah I had it go over there
[Dorothy:] When we've had half a whole, I'm thinking half a whole
[Andrew:] we have got half a whole
[Dorothy:] No they've got half a whole
[Andrew:] Oh, they've also got half a
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[Andrew:] I thought I was making the best of both answers
[Dorothy:] You were dear, very clever...
[Christopher:] I can do it, how can you tell the difference?
[Dorothy:] Well there's two different wholes aren't there? chop toast you can chop either that way or that way...
[Christopher:] The one with you chop the chop and then there will be squares
[Dorothy:] That's right, there will be four then, four bits, life is so complicated.
[Christopher:] Mum, but it's tricky because when, when you chop that way, and then that way... chop it that way it's all
[Tim:] Mum
[Christopher:] and
[Dorothy:] Ours do actually
[Andrew:] Empty now Tim?
[Dorothy:] What would you like now Tim on there? Seemed to have got rather a lot of margarine on there, hope you're going to eat all your toast today, not like yesterday...
[Tim:] Erm margarine
[Dorothy:] the margarine
[Tim:] yeah
[Dorothy:] you've got margarine what else would you like?...
[Tim:] Marmite
[Christopher:] Mum, my fingers are
[Dorothy:] Rice Krispie in where? In my tea, oh yes there is [LAUGHTER], soggy, it's out
[Christopher:] how did it get there?
[Dorothy:] I don't know
[Tim:] plopped in
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER], toast in my
[Dorothy:] Probably dropped in when we were shaking them in the bowl, Rice Krispies seemed to get everywhere, undo the thing and there's Rice Krispies everywhere,
[Christopher:] And there not only good
[Dorothy:] It's a hoover day today Tim
[Tim:] Why?
[Dorothy:] We haven't clean for ages
[Christopher:] It's hoover day
[Dorothy:] so we'll have a go at it today
[Tim:] And where I gonna go?
[Dorothy:] You're gonna help me, you're gonna stay here I'm afraid [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Me and you doing the cleaning in the morning now granddad's off
[Tim:] What I, where I gonna go?
[Dorothy:] You're not going anywhere, you're staying here
[Christopher:] Can I help you plant the?
[Dorothy:] Bulbs, er probably not cos I think I'll have to do while you're at school cos daddy tells me it's gonna rain this afternoon, I'll have to do that this morning, pity that.
[Christopher:] Why can't we do them tomorrow?
[Dorothy:] Because it said on the packet you'll plant them immediately after buying and we don't know when Aunty Gwen bought them... and it might rain tomorrow as well, I think I ought to put them in while it's fine, now
[Christopher:] In
[Dorothy:] in the ground, I'll save you a couple if you like, you can plant two by yourself.
[Christopher:] I'm not a plant that you must of bought them yesterday.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Tim:] I'm...
[Dorothy:] You want to plant them, you can help me plant them cos you'll be around...
[Christopher:] Can I have
[Dorothy:] It seems pity to go to school and not plant bulbs...
[Tim:] And daddy going to go work
[Dorothy:] Yeah, there be me and you planting bulbs and cleaning the house this morning
[Christopher:] That's a lot
[Dorothy:] Yeah it's a jobs morning this morning... kitchen floors a good thing, we'll have to kitchen floor Tim, that'll be fun won't it?
[Tim:] With Christopher
[Dorothy:] No he'll be at school, just me and you, scrubbing away at the floor... you'd rather do it with Christopher wouldn't you? [LAUGHTER] Sorry about that.
[Christopher:] Tim help us do the garden
[Dorothy:] Mm, well he won't because you'll be at school... [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] you'll have to wait till the holidays and then Christopher can join in and...
[Christopher:] It Saturday's
[Dorothy:] Mm
[Christopher:] Where holiday
[Tim:] Where is I have, where we have to go to
[Dorothy:] When you what what, say that all again
[Christopher:] Because, mum how long are we staying at Jo's?
[Dorothy:] Oh that's ages away you know, it's not till May, you can go two nights at Jo's
[Christopher:] Two nights about and what day do we go?
[Dorothy:] Go on Saturday
[Christopher:] Saturday, so we go home
[Dorothy:] No
[Christopher:] go home
[Dorothy:] stay Saturday night and Sunday night and we go back on Monday
[Christopher:] yeah
[Dorothy:] but we won't be going home, we'll be going to York...
[Christopher:] Straight after
[Dorothy:] Mm, mm
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Cos we it's a long, long way to Jo's... and just to go, right all that way for two nights would not really be worth it.
[Andrew:] Tim... erm licked your knife, right can we erm have a I've got to go in a minute.
[Christopher:] [sneeze] I'll just have that
[Andrew:] I wish to choose
[Christopher:] [sneeze]
[Andrew:] Oh dear
[Christopher:] Erm,
[Andrew:] [singing] A wise man built his house upon the rock, a wise man built his house upon the rock, the wise man built his house upon the rock and the rain came tumbling down, and the rain came down and the flood came up and the rain came down and the flood came up
[Dorothy:] [singing] A wise man built his house upon the rock, a wise man built his house upon the rock, the wise man built his house upon the rock and the rain came tumbling down, and the rain came down and the flood came up and the rain came down and the flood came up
[Tim:] I drop it
[Andrew:] the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on the rocks slid down, but the foolish man built his house upon the sand, the foolish man built his house upon the sand, the foolish man built his house upon the sand and the rain came tumbling down
[Dorothy:] the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on the rocks slid down, but the foolish man built his house upon the sand, the foolish man built his house upon the sand, the foolish man built his house upon the sand and the rain came tumbling down
[Andrew:] splish, splash and the rain came down and floods came up, the rain came down and the floods came up, the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on his band fell flat []
[Dorothy:] and the rain came down and floods came up, the rain came down and the floods came up, the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on his band fell flat []
[Tim:] That's the flat bit
[Dorothy:] Mm
[Andrew:] ...
[Christopher:] Mum
[Tim:] I'll be
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Are you ready?... [praying] Lord Jesus, thank you for a nice sleep, thank you for another day, please help us to do the kind of things that you want us to do, prayer for Christopher to behave at school, help him to do his best and for daddy at work, for Tim and I as we stay at home, help us to know the kind of things we do and this afternoon when grandma comes we'll spare the time for her as well, Amen. []
[Christopher:] Amen
[Tim:] I think he's, [singing] I read and the rain do []
[Dorothy:] Rightie oh oh. Can you wipe your hands please cos you'll get sticky all over the piano
[Christopher:] Mum I've wiped
[Andrew:] Do it again
[Dorothy:] Do it more
[Andrew:] do it lot's and lot's
[Dorothy:] cos I've noticed it's very sticky on here, that you should wipe it cos it
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Cos it, if you put sticky fingers on, you won't mean to, it'll just won't...
[Christopher:] How did you know before you touch the piano?
[Dorothy:] Because I felt them last night and felt ooh this sticky... anyway [played keys on piano] oops
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Dorothy:] You be home normal time or even earlier [piano music] later [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] I was, estimate normal time
[Christopher:] Mum
[Dorothy:] Ok
[Christopher:] which hand do I have to do it with?
[Dorothy:] half side each or
[Christopher:] mum
[Dorothy:] What?
[Tim:] Mummy
[Dorothy:] well I think half five, but then sometimes quarter to
[Andrew:] Yeah I know
[Christopher:] Mum
[Dorothy:] I suppose I ought to think quarter to six
[Christopher:] mummy
[Dorothy:] so I have this pleasant surprise when I
[Christopher:] I stay in the car cos er I don't want to walk, too cold
[Dorothy:] You don't want to walk where?
[Christopher:] To school it's
[Dorothy:] Well we have to walk to school love
[Christopher:] in the car,
[Tim:] In the car... let's do a gap Christopher...
[Christopher:] One, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] That's very good
[Andrew:] Bye Tim
[Christopher:] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Bye, bye everybody
[Dorothy:] Bye, bye everybody
[Christopher:] Bye, bye everybody,
[Dorothy:] well
[Christopher:] daddy
[Dorothy:] bye, bye daddy
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] I don't know what I'm saying
[Christopher:] One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four
[Tim:] it
[Dorothy:] Tim will you eat it up please?
[Tim:] You it
[Christopher:] one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] you don't want it all, that your trouble?
[Tim:] I don't want them all up there
[Dorothy:] Why not? Let me chop you that much, you eat up that
[Christopher:] Did you hear what I said mummy?
[Dorothy:] Mm, oh very good aren't you?
[Christopher:] Did that one then
[Dorothy:] Can do you it, can you? Can you do that one? Oh you've got to do some writing first.
[Christopher:] I don't want to again,
[Dorothy:] Oh come on Christopher come and sometimes it in the right panel, that's the right panel there and then it goes in the left hand and then it goes to the right hand and then it goes to the left then right, the left, the right, left, right, left, confusing, but it's that hand to start with
[Christopher:] and go like this [piano music] one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] it goes one, two, three, four
[Christopher:] they go [piano music] one, two, three, four
[Dorothy:] hang about, you see what it says here... oh you don't play that one, just the something for you to write underneath, I thought it was complicated
[Christopher:] Did, did,
[Dorothy:] that's all something to do with writing that one
[Christopher:] need to read a song?
[Dorothy:] I don't need to, no, you just have to write it
[Christopher:] Is it this one mummy?
[Dorothy:] Yep...
[Christopher:] My get a
[Dorothy:] Come on Tim please... move
[Tim:] Oh, oh
[Dorothy:] or else we're going to be late...
[Tim:] are we doing the bulbs now?
[Dorothy:] aren't we, yeah it's going to rain as well, look at that, we're gonna have to put our coats, our rain coats on...
[Tim:] Oh
[Dorothy:] it's raining in time for us to go to school, come on... Oh Tim come on, aagh... I don't know, they've probably gone a different way today...
[Tim:] ...
[Christopher:] why, she set off before it rained
[Dorothy:] Just don't let anything
[Christopher:] No I buyed one, Timmy's dry isn't he?
[Tim:] Yeah, you
[Dorothy:] Oh...
[Tim:] ...
[Dorothy:] Come on Tim, you coming?
[Tim:] [crying]
[Dorothy:] ... Pardon? I think everybody's just going in...
[Christopher:] ...
[Dorothy:] Ah there's Jane look... morning
[speaker006:] your boy's take them in
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER], Jane come here... [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]...
[speaker006:] near the window, see you later, bye, bye, love you, see you later... here you go then, bye Annie see you later, love you
[Dorothy:] Oh sorry... take care...
[Tim:] I play that money game
[Dorothy:] Want to play what money game?
[Tim:] That money game with one
[Dorothy:] Well we've got to we'll go there later. We'll change the sheets on your bed Tim... sheets off your bed No that's not I just thought to change a wash, cos I think they've been on there rather a long time.
[Tim:] Some more in there
[Dorothy:] Mm, there all set
[Tim:] Yep, think, no
[Dorothy:] keep putting
[Tim:] I can't...
[Dorothy:] Just put one thing in, not a whole lot of things...
[Tim:] I can't do it...
[Dorothy:] That's don't like this rain, extra grass, grass seed, the other day just on those bare patches.
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Wait a minute we have soap in...
[Tim:] ...
[Dorothy:] there we are too much, wow... aha, I'll switch the top one you can switch the bottom one, there
[Tim:] Where?
[Dorothy:] pull it out then, that's it well done now what time is it now?
[Marjorie:] Twelve
[Dorothy:] Oh, oh I feel very satisfied I've managed to clean the place
[Marjorie:] Er, have you done your picnic thing?
[Dorothy:] What picnic thing?
[Marjorie:] Put your slots in
[Dorothy:] Picnic thing, put your slots in Oh no, not yet, I for a while it's on the er display. Open me post now for the first time, oh... oh that's nice... oh I can have a update for supply teachers, Wednesday the fifteenth of April, you baby sit for me?
[Marjorie:] What you do?
[Tim:] [blowing whistle]
[Dorothy:] It's a day, trip
[Tim:] [blowing whistle]
[Marjorie:] What day?
[Dorothy:] Computers, you know, software on computers.
[Tim:] [blowing whistle]
[Dorothy:] Well I tried to get on one on Monday
[Tim:] [blowing whistle] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] I tried to get on one two Mondays ago in Redditch
[Tim:] [blowing whistle]
[Dorothy:] and they told me that I was too late, the school told me too late
[Tim:] [blowing whistle]
[Dorothy:] so I rang up the place and said I would like to go are you having another?
[Tim:] [blowing whistle]
[Dorothy:] They said there's a possibility of one coming erm April in Kidderminster if you're interested and I said well I would be interested
[Tim:] [blowing whistle]
[Dorothy:] now it says I'm now able to offer you the arranged dates
[Tim:] [blowing whistle]
[Dorothy:] for the update for Friday [blowing whistle]
[Marjorie:] Oh
[Dorothy:] There's no trouble is it really, just the morning as well as the afternoon and collecting Christopher as well
[Marjorie:] Quite, I can't
[Dorothy:] It starts at nine fifteen, so I'd have to bring him over to you quite, quite early
[Marjorie:] You bring him to me and then
[Tim:] [playing mouth organ]
[Dorothy:] Yeah and then I can take you home afterwards, see if it finishes at three I won't be home till quarter to four at the earliest
[Tim:] [playing mouth organ]
[Marjorie:] Oh we should just be right, won't we?
[Dorothy:] Yeah... oh I'll enjoy that, it'll be a nice little trip please bring
[Tim:] [playing mouth organ]
[Dorothy:] a packed lunch, coffee will be provided, no funding available for travelling or subsistence costs, typical
[Tim:] [playing mouth organ]
[Dorothy:] they always do this on a supplies teacher, you have to go because you want to do it
[Tim:] [playing mouth organ]
[Dorothy:] Well this is a cheek really because I should imagine it's one of the most
[Tim:] [playing mouth organ]
[Dorothy:] over subscribed courses as well, I mean when I went on the language and, and the national curriculum and that other thing that I did on the national curriculum, masses of people there.
[Marjorie:] What are you thinking of Is his face
[Dorothy:] I did
[Marjorie:] I thought what a pretty thing to do
[Dorothy:] Are you happy to do it, are you away or here?
[Marjorie:] I won't be able away I don't think
[Dorothy:] Fifteenth of April
[Marjorie:] That's the week before
[Dorothy:] I was hoping they weren't gonna put it on a silly day
[Marjorie:] That's erm
[Dorothy:] Is it?
[Tim:] I'm gonna wake you up
[Dorothy:] When's Easter then?
[Marjorie:] End of April isn't it?
[Dorothy:] Oh, it could well be then
[Marjorie:] Mary's talking about
[Dorothy:] Oh will she be here Right, those poor need feeding again...
[Tim:] They don't go
[Marjorie:] Doing what you told me to unload it
[Dorothy:] Oh I'm really pleased about that, cos last time on a, I was really disappointed I'd been refused the course cos I thought oh, it'll be right up my street that, cos when I was teaching full time I was quite into these er computers at the beginning and the one that went
[Tim:] That's too much
[Dorothy:] miles out.
[Marjorie:] You know if it had been in
[Tim:] It's too much
[Dorothy:] It's not too much, it's fine, you watch them gobble it down, only because it spreads out...
[Tim:] Ah
[Dorothy:] because they've been so much more technology, you know, since it's started
[Marjorie:] Oh I know yes
[Dorothy:] I don't want
[Marjorie:] You want to know the latest
[Dorothy:] Yeah, and er, apparently there's a thing called in the afternoon it's called erm software for survivors [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] What are you doing?
[Tim:] I'm gonna get under
[Dorothy:] Sounds like a good scheme
[Tim:] your hands
[Marjorie:] Oh are you? Oh I wondered what you doing
[Dorothy:] Ah here's Jo's birthday card
[Marjorie:] Pull any harder, you'll go flop if I let go
[Tim:] I what?
[Marjorie:] If I let go you'll go on the floor
[Tim:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] Oh dear, terrible. [reading card] here's hoping your birthday will be unfrogettable [] and the frog hopping about on it.
[Marjorie:] Who was that? From Jo?
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[Marjorie:] Come on then
[Dorothy:] Yeah, oh that's very nice, a book token as well, three pounds
[Tim:] [singing] []
[Dorothy:] I like a book token cos I always feel a bit guilty buying books you know, cos I've got so many [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] I do, I think I've got somebody buying me another so I go and look into that oh I do what Mavis does now, she goes and looks in the book shop
[Dorothy:] And then goes to the library to get the book she wants
[Marjorie:] like that, you know she didn't
[Tim:] Oh
[Dorothy:] If it's a book token that's it isn't it really?
[Marjorie:] take them back. Mavis stands in the book shop writing the name and the things down you see and then she goes... to the library, she hasn't been out properly yet with her knee has she?...
[Dorothy:] Who we talking about?
[Marjorie:] Mavis.
[Dorothy:] No, she said in her letter, that she hasn't, well it was just a little square of paper, what are you doing dear? Oh running round the room with a tape measure...
[Tim:] Clocks says
[Marjorie:] Clock says half past twelve nearly.
[Tim:] Mummy bed time
[Marjorie:] Oh no, surely not
[Tim:] It's all the way round here and under there...
[Marjorie:] Twenty five past eleven, he should be asleep now.
[Dorothy:] Huh, Michael gave Gill erm a sun bed
[Tim:] Oh where's sleep
[Marjorie:] A what?
[Dorothy:] a sun bed for her birthday, to encourage her to rest
[Marjorie:] Oh
[Dorothy:] cos she won't stop, she won't put her feet up, you know she's pregnant
[Tim:] That's when we go to sleep
[Marjorie:] Ah?
[Dorothy:] You know she's pregnant?
[Marjorie:] Oh yeah I know that
[Dorothy:] She still rushes about like I don't know what
[Tim:] That's when we go to sleep
[Dorothy:] So er, he's given her a sun bed
[Marjorie:] Is the hand on the two?
[Dorothy:] I think that's rather clever...
[Tim:] A two?
[Marjorie:] You look, a little hand on the two and a big hand on the seven
[Tim:] two
[Marjorie:] Has er Andrew recovered from his tiredness then?
[Tim:] Me?
[Marjorie:] Or is he still tired?
[Dorothy:] Oh we were fine last night, we just sat plonked in front of Inspector Morse all night, you know, every time the er it was nice video is but we just got the the, erm you know like when the telephone goes and you think oh rats I'm gonna miss the programme
[Marjorie:] You can stop it
[Dorothy:] you can, wonderful, so every time the telephone went, which was quite a few times, we stop it and then we, you know, we fancied supper in the middle and oh it was nice
[Tim:] I missed you
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] I think I have to get one.
[Dorothy:] Well play the game with me, well it was very pleasant I must say
[Marjorie:] Well Laura's got one, the more that you, the more you look at
[Dorothy:] It's a luxury though, I mean you know, you don't need it, the fact that we got one for Christmas it was very nice, but
[Marjorie:] Well I was only thinking that there's not much on the television so
[Dorothy:] No, and so, but you can choose what you want to use, to watch the video I mean I find it particularly good with children, we'd
[Marjorie:] I don't, I don't think not really
[Dorothy:] hardly ever watch the children's programmes official We you know we watch bit's and pieces if we
[Marjorie:] Right then, Christopher likes this, that Wild one
[Dorothy:] Yeah, the Really Wild Show yeah... She can't manage normal size
[Marjorie:] What does she have big ones?
[Dorothy:] No loads of little ones
[Tim:] Three
[Dorothy:] when she goes out for a meal she's got a problem, now if that was me I'd be having loads of big ones [LAUGHTER] Oh dear, quarter past.
[Marjorie:] Ten, you've got the big hand on three and little hand on ten
[Tim:] No we didn't... that's ten, that's eleven, six, ten and then ten and then twelve and they
[Marjorie:] Do you think he's worn out our little friend? No.
[Dorothy:] This little friend? No, he kept waking up constantly, you, didn't you? You kept shouting for mummy or daddy or somebody
[Marjorie:] What you keep waking up for?
[Tim:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] You're a silly
[Marjorie:] You go to bed to sleep
[Tim:] I waked up
[Dorothy:] He seemed to be awake for a long time, I think, you know like you wake up and you don't know what to do with yourself, I think it was like that, so every quarter of an hour or so he kept me, shouting for a drink he didn't know quite what to do with himself...
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Marjorie:] Your mother used to sleep like a log and she still
[Tim:] that...
[Dorothy:] Oh that's a very nice letter, I was just thinking that maybe erm Jill hasn't got her birthday card cos she's the type of person who would write and say thank you, you know to me
[Marjorie:] She has got your address?
[Dorothy:] She has got it and it was a lengthy letter so, but I thought it would be included in my birthday present
[Marjorie:] Oh no
[Dorothy:] but she's not, she's done it separate, in fact I think that second class stamp
[Marjorie:] Has she got gone going to school?
[Dorothy:] Oh yeah
[Marjorie:] Is she not
[Dorothy:] She's going to carry on till
[Tim:] Touch that
[Dorothy:] first of
[Tim:] touch that
[Dorothy:] May
[Tim:] Touch that
[Dorothy:] Cos
[Tim:] Oh I like that
[Marjorie:] they always told you what date you got
[Dorothy:] She's got six weeks, well you can go on it when you like really, well, you no well, what they do is they tell you the earliest you can leave and then you can leave after that if you prefer
[Marjorie:] give you a date and that was it.
[Dorothy:] Right...
[Tim:] Still got it
[Dorothy:] I was lucky, cos I had the summer holidays
[Marjorie:] Right
[Dorothy:] included in mine, so it meant that they paid me for the summer holidays cos I didn't officially really
[Tim:] No
[Dorothy:] I hadn't officially stopped work till the first of September.
[Tim:] Catch, catch
[Dorothy:] I got paid for August which was quite clever really... [LAUGHTER] cos my date would of been sort of half way through to book my holiday What am I supposed to do with this?
[Marjorie:] Hold it tight mummy... I can tell you that... if I let go you'll let on the floor. What's this crayon doing down here?
[Dorothy:] Oh he's been
[Tim:] Crayon
[Dorothy:] crayoning
[Marjorie:] Oh he's been crayoning OK.
[Dorothy:] he's been doing a blue track sort of something
[Marjorie:] Yeah, yeah he's doing blue
[Tim:] , see I've got it.
[Dorothy:] That's because [yawning] I didn't have time to sit and colour with him [] so he decided he'd do it all blue himself didn't you?
[Marjorie:] He hasn't done any green trees either
[Tim:] I one box.
[Dorothy:] Yeah you can go and bring something else done. I only brought that one down because we haven't seen it for a long time, just choose one
[Tim:] I'm allowed to
[Dorothy:] thing that you want to play with don't just bring down any old thing
[Marjorie:] Don't bring down the box just bring something, one thing.
[Dorothy:] A game perhaps, that'd be nice. Have we got time for a game?
[Marjorie:] It's twelve o'clock nearly
[Dorothy:] Mm...
[Marjorie:] So we're not having Matthew any more
[Dorothy:] Well we might do
[Marjorie:] Mm, when grandma's got better
[Dorothy:] Exactly but I'm not erm, putting myself out, it's like like April the fifteenth and everything
[Marjorie:] if you bring them over to my house
[Dorothy:] Does it say I've got to do anything about it or does it say I'm on it anyway
[Marjorie:] Do you have to write in to say that you accept it?
[Dorothy:] No, I don't think so, if you are unable to attend on this date please contact Janet at ITS Worcester, well I am able to so that's it then, enclosed a map, look forward to seeing you, jolly good... should be exciting, I'll never find me way round Kidderminster
[Marjorie:] You did say you wanted I say you did say you wanted to go didn't you?
[Dorothy:] Oh yeah, oh I said I was very keen... Zian Hill, School
[Marjorie:] Does Christopher, haven't they got any, does Christopher do any er,com computers
[Tim:] I with a game
[Dorothy:] Oh yeah, he's done loads of it
[Marjorie:] He's not really not really mentioned it
[Dorothy:] Mm, I think they have a system whereby they have it in the classroom for a week
[Marjorie:] And then somebody else has it
[Dorothy:] and then somebody else has it, so it's sort of once a month or something it turns up and they have sort of an extensive thing on it, I think that's the way it works. Oh that's nice you've brought the tractor down...
[Tim:] Mum
[Dorothy:] can't make out where this school is
[Tim:] mum
[Dorothy:] down Birmingham Road, there we are,
[Tim:] mum
[Dorothy:] I can see it
[Tim:] see
[Marjorie:] Have you got his name down on a creche then or not?
[Dorothy:] Who Tim?
[Marjorie:] Mm... I bet the teacher will be
[Tim:] I wanna play snakes and ladders
[Dorothy:] I don't know, I hope so
[Tim:] I wanna play snakes and ladders
[Marjorie:] Snakes and ladders, you haven't tidied up that yet.
[Tim:] ...
[Marjorie:] Better tidy up that game before we play snakes and ladders
[Tim:] Where's snakes and ladders I know
[Marjorie:] I don't know, you should know, not me
[Tim:] I do, in this cupboard
[Marjorie:] Is it?
[Dorothy:] It might be on the top
[Tim:] Where?
[Dorothy:] on the shelves
[Tim:] Oh...
[Dorothy:] Regional accent there, regional accent
[Tim:] Why?
[Marjorie:] Mm... and I was told at one stage that they used to revert back to Yorkshire
[Dorothy:] You're not now, it was true when Tim was mm
[Marjorie:] he's asked me to say things, I no you've not said it like you do [LAUGHTER]...
[Tim:] That was that one
[Marjorie:] Is it?
[Dorothy:] Thirty odd years in Manchester is definitely er
[Marjorie:] I expect it would wouldn't it?
[Tim:] ...
[Dorothy:] Pardon?
[Tim:] I don't
[Marjorie:] My dear, oh I'm sorry
[Tim:] all the time
[Marjorie:] yeah well grandma wasn't listening properly, there you are
[Dorothy:] Oh, I feel quite pleased having cleaned everywhere and popped I feel like I can embroider the rest of the day now...
[Marjorie:] Oh if my
[Dorothy:] Till some sort of disaster happens I think
[Marjorie:] in the fridge
[Dorothy:] It's always such a hassle you're trying to do something and you're just gonna have
[Marjorie:] Your don't then
[Dorothy:] got to provide activity
[Marjorie:] [LAUGHTER] I used to get that you
[Dorothy:] Oh
[Marjorie:] well you do.
[Dorothy:] It's a play or to deliver home?
[Marjorie:] Yeah, no it's a play get the jobs done and then we used to deliver them back again up the street and one of us used to go in, I used to divert to Derby
[Dorothy:] We don't have any erm Chris has never bothered us bring people back from school, I don't think he knows them that well, well I mean he does know them, but they're not really his type, you know, [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] He you can imagine that
[Dorothy:] What?
[Marjorie:] In man not seeing them at.
[Dorothy:] No, I mean he's quite happy being there with them
[Marjorie:] Mm
[Dorothy:] and I've heard him say oh can I go and play with such a boy, he said he likes going to Kirsty, Kirsty and Hannah and Kirsty and Graham he's quite fond of them too and Adam
[Marjorie:] But he's a little loner ain't he?
[Dorothy:] and all those really
[Marjorie:] Mm
[Dorothy:] are sort of his type of player
[Marjorie:] mm
[Dorothy:] see what I mean? He gets fed up if people don't play properly
[Marjorie:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Likes to set things out and make them go you know
[Marjorie:] Mm
[Dorothy:] rather than throw it about
[Marjorie:] mm
[Dorothy:] quite a certain little somebody we all know he's toys do it, no I put it there. They played ever so well this morning didn't you? What were you playing this morning when you got up, you and Christopher? Didn't you have a game?
[Tim:] Snakes and ladders
[Dorothy:] Was it snakes and ladders this morning? Oh no it was a tractor thing wasn't it, or did you play snakes and ladders as well?
[Tim:] Snakes and ladders
[Marjorie:] I've noticed he takes things from Christopher now
[Dorothy:] Mm
[Tim:] and we didn't go and sleep
[Dorothy:] He fell off to sleep
[Tim:] cos we did go up ladders
[Marjorie:] Did you, didn't you go on any snakes?
[Tim:] No
[Dorothy:] Huh, good ain't it?... Yes, there's definitely there some proving, mind you, you'll have to pick the right time of day, do you know what I mean?
[Marjorie:] I know what you mean
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] No.
[Dorothy:] I'm doing quite well really, I'm quite good. Do you have to or meal or
[Marjorie:] ...
[Tim:] What
[Marjorie:] Pardon
[Tim:] Look
[Marjorie:] Ooh you're making a mess of it. Mm
[Tim:] Ok, I'll just have that one.
[Marjorie:] What you having now?
[Tim:] I will have that please
[Marjorie:] What's he having now?
[Dorothy:] Well I don't know, cos he's suddenly decided he likes yoghurt I think. He used to love yoghurt
[Marjorie:] Yeah I know, he really has
[Dorothy:] and then he went off it,
[Marjorie:] Oh he's a fusspot
[Dorothy:] I don't know
[Tim:] Mum apple
[Dorothy:] You want a yoghurt with apple, your gonna start with a yoghurt are you?
[Marjorie:] Are you having yoghurt?
[Dorothy:] There you go, there's the yoghurt, I'll get you a spoon
[Marjorie:] can he have this spoon?
[Dorothy:] I'll be pleased if you like yoghurt again Tim, pardon?
[Marjorie:] Does he not liking yoghurt?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] I was very when he said he didn't like it for sure,
[Dorothy:] Well he's like that different taste, never sort of with Christopher stands for what he likes and what he doesn't like, shall we mix it round a bit more to mix in?
[Tim:] No,
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[Tim:] no
[Dorothy:] no...
[Tim:] do that
[Marjorie:] Watch what you're doing, I don't want it on me...
[Dorothy:] Do you like it? Oh good, perhaps he had a funny flavour or something that's put him off
[Marjorie:] Don't know do you?
[Dorothy:] I know when I was at you just had one thing with a funny flavour and that'll put you off that thing
[Marjorie:] Yeah, yeah, mm
[Dorothy:] Well. I think that's got slightly more... ooh we got the er, the what's it group tonight haven't we? Wonder if we've got any milk to give Morgan, oh no we haven't aha, when I take you home we'll have to get some more milk, otherwise we'll be stranded tomorrow...
[Marjorie:] What coffee?
[Tim:] that
[Marjorie:] This is coffee, yeah
[Dorothy:] Come on, would you like another coffee cake?
[Marjorie:] I don't really want ano, sickly, take them home and give them to Paul
[Tim:] We want that You want that other one nan
[Dorothy:] No, it seems to bit filling
[Marjorie:] Were they filling?
[Dorothy:] Oh...
[Marjorie:] I think that one... you apple
[Dorothy:] I'll have a yoghurt first...
[Tim:] Same as mine
[Dorothy:] Same as yours, yeah, I've given up buying funny flavours now I just buy strawberries cos nobody ever liked them
[Marjorie:] Mm, I don't blame you, not many of the cos some of them are, are a wretched likeness.
[Dorothy:] Well I like, usually I like three out of the four and then nobody seems to like the fourth
[Marjorie:] Nobody, so you're left with it
[Dorothy:] so I have to
[Tim:] Christopher likes
[Dorothy:] Christopher likes black cherry doesn't he? That's his favourite
[Tim:] And he likes all long
[Dorothy:] Mm, mm
[Tim:] and I don't
[Dorothy:] No, you just like strawberry do you? You're like your mummy, I only like the red ones really, strawberry and raspberry
[Marjorie:] I don't like any of them really
[Dorothy:] I don't mind black cherry
[Marjorie:] I mean if I was supposed to eat them, then that will be it love
[Tim:] You, you like all of them
[Dorothy:] No
[Marjorie:] Well she eats them
[Dorothy:] I'm not fond of things like apricot and nectarine
[Marjorie:] No I, oh I wouldn't touch them
[Dorothy:] Huh
[Tim:] I don't
[Dorothy:] fruits of the forest I treat with great suspicion...
[Tim:] What do, when I do
[Dorothy:] I'm not fond of pineapple ones either
[Marjorie:] You like pineapple
[Dorothy:] I like pineapple and we like
[Marjorie:] and then
[Dorothy:] yoghurt, but put the two together yuck
[Marjorie:] horrible, mm
[Dorothy:] I think it's things with big chunky bits in I don't fancy which is silly really cos that's the fruit in it, but still
[Marjorie:] Mm, yeah, that's true Weren't things when you were a little girl, it didn't have bits like that, a lot of things come in that we didn't use to have
[Dorothy:] Mm, oh, sort of international things at the
[Tim:] I'm on the bottom
[Marjorie:] I notice now, lately it, er you know the last few years some of the things you used to get as a treat abroad and now here
[Dorothy:] mm
[Marjorie:] mm
[Dorothy:] Mind you they don't taste the same as
[Marjorie:] Don't have to
[Dorothy:] the family size
[Marjorie:] yeah, those erm potato waffles, I tried them once, nothing that I did,
[Dorothy:] Mm...
[Tim:] I'm making a steam train
[Marjorie:] What's a name wasn't there on Saturday...
[Dorothy:] June
[Marjorie:] June
[Dorothy:] I took her class on Friday afternoon
[Marjorie:] Is that why she's away?
[Tim:] Mum
[Dorothy:] She's been away all week
[Tim:] mind the pips, the pips
[Dorothy:] every time I got to them they had about twenty odd teachers there at the
[Marjorie:] No, but
[Dorothy:] the last teacher will be
[Marjorie:] Oh
[Dorothy:] they wanted me for the whole day of Friday but I said I'm sorry I can only do you half day if you're interested, they were, they were desperate.
[Marjorie:] Weren't
[Dorothy:] No they wouldn't be when I'm des when they're desperate, everybody rings me when I'm [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] well I don't want too much, see what I mean
[Marjorie:] Mm
[Dorothy:] having told them to stay at home with Tim, I don't want to be
[Marjorie:] it's not fair to him, I mean when he's old enough to understand
[Dorothy:] Well it's quite fun just going off for the odd day cos then he goes off to see Ian, he enjoys that... but it was two afternoons last week cos I did Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon
[Marjorie:] It's not bad really normally
[Dorothy:] I've a, well she's dumped hers on me I mean she's got two children to dump on me so, I don't feel bad about that... in, that we know, we decided that's what we, we didn't mind doing and there no trouble, if fact they're less trouble cos they're together than they are
[Tim:] You going to go teaching?
[Dorothy:] no, we're just talking about when I did last week... remember when I went teaching last week and you went to Ian's house didn't you? Went in two afternoons
[Marjorie:] Has Martin got chickenpox then?
[Dorothy:] Yeah... anyhow I think she's hoping to come to tomorrow... cos erm, idea in the air that on Maundy Thursday instead of having an ordinary mums and toddlers we'll have a in church for half an hour and then a run around cups of coffee with the big toys in the hall, a good idea
[Marjorie:] Mm
[Dorothy:] That'll be a nice idea, it's a bit tricky, you remember the Chris what we did at Christmas, that went really well, and we thought perhaps something similar book for Easter, yeah, don't know what we'll do but... cos people like John and, so he's not teaching full time, in fact some of the schools have holiday aren't they?
[Marjorie:] Mm... that's why I thought you wasn't doing anything on that day,
[Dorothy:] Well she wasn't going to and then the elections got in the way.
[Marjorie:] Got to, are we having that thing?
[Dorothy:] Well we still don't know about that, and it said in the paper that they're having election in the church hall, nobody in the church knows about it.
[Marjorie:] Mm, can't get it if they don't
[Dorothy:] So if they don't act, they've had it, but, if they wrote and asked quick then
[Marjorie:] It's got to be someone with a with a caretaker hasn't it be elect them, there isn't one is there?
[Dorothy:] Why a caretaker?
[Marjorie:] To open it up and see to it...
[Dorothy:] Why can't they?
[Marjorie:] don't usually.
[Dorothy:] Oh, they will have to if they want to won't they? [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] Pay the caretaker
[Dorothy:] Well in that case I expect, you know, some of us could become a caretaker if they're having to pay us [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] [LAUGHTER] you'll be up there for seven in the morning
[Dorothy:] That's alright, open it up and then what do you do keep puffing along and sweeping it up whether it's put cigarette ends on the floor
[Marjorie:] They could do.
[Dorothy:] there not to smoke in the place but I bet they will
[Marjorie:] Our Man, our Manchester buses are not smoking
[Dorothy:] Are they?
[Marjorie:] They've down now
[Dorothy:] Very good, I don't see why we couldn't be really, it's so horrible for everybody else.
[Marjorie:] and Birmingham station
[Dorothy:] We're desperate for those at work
[Marjorie:] Birmingham station is non smoking
[Dorothy:] Mm, I've noticed that one
[Marjorie:] They give them all
[Dorothy:] Well that's sensible for
[Marjorie:] It is, they've give it out on the trains as you're coming in
[Dorothy:] Oh
[Marjorie:] please remember Birmingham is treated as a no smoking area, if you are smoking put your lights out
[Dorothy:] Mm, mm, of the King's Cross Society you could have a King's Cross
[Marjorie:] Well that is it
[Dorothy:] in Birmingham's Station couldn't you?
[Marjorie:] I, well that's why they put all those election round the
[Dorothy:] Mm Is that what all this refurbishment's been about?
[Marjorie:] Mm, mm, cos of King's Cross, had to come at all it's awful and one time you just went straight on the escalator and now you've got to go...
[Tim:] This is
[Dorothy:] With grandma?
[Tim:] telly
[Dorothy:] Something else on the telly with grandma, what will it be grandma?
[Tim:] I don't know
[Dorothy:] Twenty past one what do you normally watch, Charlie Chalk no?
[Marjorie:] Well last, last week we were watching er, I don't know what we watched
[Dorothy:] Probably watched the video didn't you?
[Marjorie:] Video I think we had on...
[Dorothy:] I know something at twenty past one on B B C two but I wouldn't like to say what
[Marjorie:] I don't know what it is now, erm
[Dorothy:] he probably don't need to watch the telly for the rest of the time
[Marjorie:] we didn't, we, we went in there and played a game last week before we, we played a game
[Dorothy:] cos we done not a lot this morning like I just sort of be zombies, I'm sure we could do play with [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] I've had enough.
[Dorothy:] You've had enough now, let me have a look
[Marjorie:] Have you eaten it all up? Oh he hasn't eaten it all mummy
[Dorothy:] Just half of it, still none the less is it
[Tim:] can I have a apple please?
[Dorothy:] Well why don't you finish this first?, I don't
[Tim:] No
[Dorothy:] think you should, I don't think that we should have an apple if we're not finished our yoghurt, do you?
[Tim:] I had enough
[Dorothy:] Well if you've had enough that's it then we'll lose it and we don't do anything else... cos we can't keep doing that leaving half a bits and that, this and that...
[Tim:] I only eat half, I only eat half
[Dorothy:] Well you, you've been doing a lot just recently, the last few days
[Marjorie:] Is he only having half? Mm
[Dorothy:] Yeah having bits of things and then saying I've had enough and then having something else you know?
[Marjorie:] Oh why, anybody can do that can't they?
[Dorothy:] I know, I'm not into that really I think if we sort of thing, we eat it, end of story and if we don't want it fine, but you don't have
[Ann:] That's right, if you don't want it don't have it
[Dorothy:] anything else as well
[Tim:] I want a half
[Marjorie:] You can get some little apples, but we're not, nanny couldn't get some.
[Tim:] [shouting] Only half [] [shouting] Only half []
[Dorothy:] as it goes I'm happy to go to Tesco's on Friday
[Tim:] Only half
[Marjorie:] Right, I'll meet you there.
[Tim:] Only half
[Dorothy:] Only half what love?
[Tim:] apple
[Dorothy:] No, I'm not breaking into an apple if you haven't finished your yoghurt
[Tim:] [crying] A tiny bit []
[Dorothy:] No
[Tim:] [crying] A little weeny bit []
[Dorothy:] no, cos you're getting silly with this
[Tim:] [crying] only skin []
[Dorothy:] and we don't get silly with our food in this family.
[Marjorie:] [roar]
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] So you can either, either have the rest of your yoghurt or nothing.
[Tim:] [crying] Only []
[Dorothy:] Well finish your yoghurt if you want your apple as well then it will be full won't it?
[Tim:] [crying] It's too much []
[Marjorie:] I think he's got the I think he's fooled with two things, I think he's too full.
[Dorothy:] I think he's has loads and loads of things had a lot's and lot's to eat
[Marjorie:] He's had as much as grandma
[Dorothy:] you've had a lot and lot to eat
[Marjorie:] and your
[Dorothy:] You just forget it and you can have your apple tomorrow, I'll save it for you, right, there you are I'll put it back in there and you can have it tomorrow that's Tim on it...
[Marjorie:] For, for tomorrow
[Tim:] Apple
[Marjorie:] He's
[Dorothy:] Don't do that
[Marjorie:] It's coming off... look mummy falling tears
[Tim:] Falling, I want
[Dorothy:] Oh dear, what, nanny dusted your crumbs on my nice clean floor that we scrubbed together
[Marjorie:] Did he clean it?
[Dorothy:] Mm, Tim and I did it together
[Tim:] Oh, ah, I'm falling
[Dorothy:] oh no, no, no
[Marjorie:] Mummy's not going to let you fall
[Tim:] I, I, I'm falling
[Marjorie:] Are you, where you going to? [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Mm, plonk
[Tim:] I've fallen...
[Dorothy:] He's getting quite good at it falling, fallen
[Marjorie:] Oh good
[Dorothy:] He managed to remember hid and hidden this morning, instead of hidded... me did it and Mrs not me did it, I did it, no not you, me
[Marjorie:] Yeah [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] It's really confusing, cos kids are... they'll all of been in at play time today won't they?
[Marjorie:] They will
[Dorothy:] Erm, probably horrible and the play set
[Tim:] Have
[Marjorie:] Do they do any with the things?
[Dorothy:] What when we go and see it? Mm Yeah, the snag is the last couple of weeks, someone's has
[Marjorie:] What did this come down?
[Tim:] Snakes and ladders
[Marjorie:] Oh, oh put the other things away
[Dorothy:] snakes and ladders, doesn't go on too long
[Marjorie:] Ah?
[Dorothy:] that's our home produce snakes and ladders it doesn't go on too much, it only goes up to number thirty
[Marjorie:] Oh
[Dorothy:] Yeah, well go on too long don't they? Well just looking at. I made that for Christopher when he was
[Marjorie:] I remember you making it now, yes.
[Dorothy:] Can you do what?
[speaker006:] Can you do that
[Dorothy:] Not right at this minute cos I can only have four at once, but after I've had this four I'll be choosing some more people, I'll be looking round for somebody who's
[speaker006:] Can I again?
[Dorothy:] That one's Keith's and that one's now listen carefully cos before we start we need to talk about something, just put your things down on the table alright? Now what we've got to do, we've got to decide which things are going to float, what does it mean to float James?
[speaker006:] Erm
[Dorothy:] What does it mean to float
[speaker006:] Er
[Dorothy:] what does it mean if you're going to float, what will happen? It'll float on the top won't it? If you're going to think what happens, goes down under, now then we've got to decide what we think's gonna happen before it happens.
[speaker006:] Why don't why
[Dorothy:] Hold on a minute, Kevin what have you got there do you know?
[speaker006:] Sponge
[Dorothy:] A sponge, it says sponge on there, what do you think might happen when you put your sponge in?
[speaker006:] Er
[Dorothy:] Don't do it, just you tell me what you think might happen.
[speaker006:] Drown
[Dorothy:] You'll think it'll drown
[speaker006:] Float
[Dorothy:] you'll think it'll sink do you?
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] Float
[Dorothy:] You'll think it'll float do you?
[speaker006:] I know what it
[Dorothy:] What do you think Theresa?
[speaker006:] I think it will drown
[Dorothy:] You think it will float, what do you think?
[speaker006:] It can't.
[Dorothy:] You think it can't float, you'll think it will sink. What do you think Mark?
[speaker006:] Sink
[Dorothy:] You think it will sink, OK then Kevin shall we have a try and see what happens? It floats doesn't it?
[speaker006:] I was right
[Dorothy:] Just leave that in there, that's it remember it's floating What have you got?
[speaker006:] Spoon
[Dorothy:] That's it, you've got something there, what's that one?
[speaker006:] Spoon
[Dorothy:] Spoon it's a plastic spoon there, do you think that'll what do you think will happen to the plastic spoon James?
[speaker006:] It'll float.
[Dorothy:] You think it will float,
[speaker006:] Float
[Dorothy:] Float, what do you think it'll do Mark?
[speaker006:] Sink.
[Dorothy:] You think it'll sink, what do you think, no just leave it there, what do you think Gavin?
[speaker006:] Float
[Dorothy:] You think it'll float, what do you think it'll do
[speaker006:] float
[Dorothy:] You think it'll go down, sink. float, go on then James see who's right, oh... who said it would float?
[speaker006:] Me
[Dorothy:] You did, well that's now we've got Now what do we have float, so where does the float there, OK, can you put your label next to it that's it, there you go, that's lovely, what have you got there?
[speaker006:] A brick
[Dorothy:] A brick, it's that it's wood, it's wood wood, would like to sort of feel it?
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] It's wood
[speaker006:] Let me... because, because I tried it before
[Dorothy:] You tried it before?
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] You know do you?
[speaker006:] yeah
[Dorothy:] Go on then Theresa what's happening? It's floating, it won't sink will it, so where do we put that one? Where shall we put it? Put them back safely to there So we need float, yeah but it's What's Gavin got here?
[speaker006:] Sink
[Dorothy:] You think it'll sink? float, what do you think Kevin?
[speaker006:] Erm
[Dorothy:] Feel it look, it looks quite
[speaker006:] Erm, float.
[Dorothy:] Float, what do you think Robert?
[speaker006:] Sink
[Dorothy:] Sink, ok, go for it Gavin... oh
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] Float
[Dorothy:] what's happened to it? It's sinking right to the bottom isn't it? Can I have a look inside it, I reckon there look,. See what's happened, hey, hey what's this? A broach you've got
[speaker006:] You've got what?
[Dorothy:] If you put it in really carefully so the water doesn't get in, you watch what happens, watch what happens?
[speaker006:] Floats
[Dorothy:] It's floating then down in the water, then what happens? See, now what we gonna do with that then? Can you remember about the shell Mark, what happens when we put the shell in?
[speaker006:] It did float
[Dorothy:] It did both didn't it? Can you remember what made it sink to the bottom?
[speaker006:] Rock
[Dorothy:] Rock yes, what made it float then?
[speaker006:] Erm What's that say Miss? What's they say? What's they say?
[Dorothy:] That one says float, do you want one that says float?
[speaker006:] Not that, that one says sink? What that say?
[Dorothy:] That says the same as that look, float.
[speaker006:] Does that say sink?
[Dorothy:] See, float, float
[speaker006:] Does that say sink?
[Dorothy:] That says sink, now then what you gonna do with all the sink ones then?
[speaker006:] What does that there say though?
[Dorothy:] Going to go in the sink one, the plasticine, you do the plasticine in there, you've lost the plasticine label, there it is
[speaker006:] No, look
[Dorothy:] Now then, Gavin You're not listening to a word we're saying, you've done sponge, that's good, now what else float?
[speaker006:] I don't want to.
[Dorothy:] What else float?
[speaker006:] What does that say Miss? Spoon This one
[Dorothy:] you don't have to draw round it, just draw a picture of it with a nice broad stem and a round head, now Mark what was left? Is that the shell to go in both, good idea there Mark
[speaker006:] I didn't mind that What is that Miss? What in there?
[Dorothy:] What are you going to put in the floaty one? This is your floaty side, there's a cork look, that floated didn't it, so you could put cork
[speaker006:] What is it then?
[Dorothy:] then you need to write cork next to it, draw a picture of it and then write it. This is the floaty things alright, even the shells that's good, what else floats Kevin? Can you show me what else floats? You put that one in the sink, sink, so let's hope that's the thing that sinks
[speaker006:] I bet it don't.
[Dorothy:] Could that be a piece of plasticine?
[speaker006:] Yes, there are
[Dorothy:] Right, what's in here now James?
[speaker006:] That's er, erm spoon.
[Dorothy:] Right this is this is the spoon and what's this one?
[speaker006:] Erm the play doh
[Dorothy:] The play doh, the plasticine, what happened to the plasticine, did it float or did it sink?
[speaker006:] Sink
[Dorothy:] It sinked didn't it, right to the bottom, so that needs to go in there, so make some plasticine in there.
[speaker006:] No that don't have to be
[Dorothy:] Right, let's make plasticine
[speaker006:] And that one's there erm
[Dorothy:] You have a look for something that floats
[speaker006:] A sponge
[Dorothy:] You make out the labels on the side there
[speaker006:] That's a sponge, that's a sponge that is
[Dorothy:] There you go Michael
[speaker006:] That's a sponge
[Dorothy:] Put that right here
[speaker006:] A sponge
[Dorothy:] That's a sponge OK, gonna have to write sponge there. OK, what else have you got? Now then Kevin, you've got some brilliant shells here, what have we got here in keeping that, is that the plasticine?
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] Let me write plasticine so we'll remember.
[speaker006:] sponge
[Dorothy:] And what's this one? This is a shell, this is a shell
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] and that's the over there and now what else floats Kevin? What else floats? What's on here,
[speaker006:] Sponge
[Dorothy:] sponge floats, right draw the sponge in there and then we can write sponge. How you doing Gavin?
[speaker006:] Is that the right one?
[Dorothy:] What is it Julie? Sponge Wood.
[speaker006:] Yeah, but some wood
[Dorothy:] Put the cork up there so we know, very good, well done, plastic spoon, good boy, right, what have we got here? What's in the one, what's it? Right, can you see if you can write plasticine there for me
[speaker006:] Their turn, their
[Dorothy:] That's OK, look I'll help you with plasticine, you did very well there, have to pick the spoon, is this the sponge?
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] Right, let's put sponge in there, now what else have we got, oh were leaving it there, never mind, what else can go in there? What about the wood? Let's put the wood in here
[speaker006:] No
[Dorothy:] No float
[speaker006:] float sponge
[Dorothy:] You've got the sponge lovely, now what else do you need? Good girl think of something else that's to go in this side.
[speaker006:] I need
[Dorothy:] Or, we needed labels actually don't we, what have we got in there? What's in there? What's this bit?
[speaker006:] Play doh, there.
[Dorothy:] That's the spoon right, there you go look plastic spoon
[speaker006:] Oh
[Dorothy:] Yeah here and then we shan't get mixed up.
[speaker006:] You, you there.
[Dorothy:] Now what else floats?
[speaker006:] You not Wood
[Dorothy:] Wood, a piece of wood.
[speaker006:] Yeah,
[Dorothy:] Which is the wood, that one there right, look let's see if you can write wood where the, the label for wood about there, let's see if you can write wood for me on there.
[speaker006:] I can't
[Dorothy:] Oh you can, I've just got a, a of the water witch, have a go. If it makes a mess James I'll help you but you try first.
[speaker006:] What's that one?
[Dorothy:] Plasticine that one
[speaker006:] A piece of wood.
[Dorothy:] Right let's super, now then what else needs to go in this floating one? We've got a shell, and we've got a sponge, what else floated Kevin?
[speaker006:] That one
[Dorothy:] That, what's that called?
[speaker006:] Wood
[Dorothy:] Cork that is, cork, you feel it see what it's like.
[speaker006:] Sponge.
[Dorothy:] This is the wood here, feel the wood, see it's different isn't it?
[speaker006:] Does that say sponge?
[Dorothy:] This is cork and that, that says shell look, there's sponge, alright?
[speaker006:] Sponge.
[Dorothy:] Draw the wood and see if you can write wood.
[speaker006:] What is it?
[Dorothy:] In there.
[speaker006:] What is it?
[Dorothy:] You're brilliant, I knew you could do it, it's wonderful, now then what else do we need to do in there? We've got wood, sponge, spoon, cork we need now James look
[speaker006:] Is that a float?
[Dorothy:] There's a cork
[speaker006:] Is that float?
[Dorothy:] Cork, yes, cork floated every thing floated except the plasticine
[speaker006:] What's that
[Dorothy:] and the shell. Er, er that says shell that one, that says plasticine, what do you want it for then?
[speaker006:] The plasticine
[Dorothy:] Martin, Mark would like the plasticine
[speaker006:] I can't do that word, I can't do that thing.
[Dorothy:] Can we put these over here otherwise they're going to get rather That's fine, you're doing fine lovely, now what else are you going to do with that? Doing the cork, oh there it is, look there, what else do we need to do?
[speaker006:] Nothing
[Dorothy:] You've done a sponge, you've done the spoon, you've done the shell, have you done the, oh you've done the shell in the middle, was that the right shell? Then we'll know it's the shell under there, can you? Have a go cos you're doing brilliantly, just write it there,
[speaker006:] You do it
[Dorothy:] oh no you're so good at it these days, lovely, well done.
[speaker006:] I've done me own
[Dorothy:] That's beautiful, let's have a look Gavin good boy that's lovely, wood, cork, plasticine, plastic spoon, sponge, I think the cork actually needs to go in this one, so what happens when we put the cork in, can you remember?
[speaker006:] It sink.
[Dorothy:] It didn't sink darling it floated on the top, so we really need that one in there but I tell you what we'll do, because you've tr, written it so nicely we'll put a little arrow and we'll put there, that means that goes in there, alright, that's smashing now all you need to do now is write your name on it write your name at the bottom
[speaker006:] finish. I'm nearly finish.
[Dorothy:] Right, write your name at the bottom Debbie
[speaker006:] What you, what you have to do this?
[Dorothy:] That's it, G A V
[speaker006:] in there
[Dorothy:] I N like this, down and along the top like a bridge
[speaker006:] No, you've got to do that first then with Mrs turn.
[Dorothy:] Oops, lovely, good boy, well done Gavin, do you like to show that
[speaker006:] I want
[Dorothy:] to Mrs, that one goes in there, that's right
[speaker006:] Can I have a go?
[Dorothy:] That one goes to Mrs
[speaker006:] Can I have a go? Can I have a go?
[Dorothy:] that's lovely James, that's fine, OK, you'd better put plastic spoons on or else you'll make, be in trouble because if you floated a metal spoon, now what would happen to that? Bottom sinking to the bottom little one. Hold on where you going with those there? Busy at the moment Er why you pushing, hey, do you mind we're busy here and you'll
[speaker006:] I've lost Gemma
[Dorothy:] I don't know Mrs. We'll call you if we need you Gemma you go off and do something else and then will talk about. I, this one's gone a bit strange, look at that, how you doing now, Kevin? How we doing Kevin? Shell, plasticine, you know I told you need in there, you need a plastic spoon, that's for wood isn't it? Let me write wood there
[speaker006:] Mrs
[Dorothy:] cork there you need
[speaker006:] Mrs
[Dorothy:] good boy, float, brick
[speaker006:] Mrs
[Dorothy:] Mm, now you just need your Kevin at the bottom there, so we know it's you, can you write Kevin?
[speaker006:] Has Kevin
[Dorothy:] Beautiful
[speaker006:] Can I show Miss
[Dorothy:] Hold on let's check you've got everything, plastic spoon you've got, sponge you've got, what else do we need, wood, have you got the wood in? Have a go with the wood, here's the wood, write Michelle the answer's no, but later on I'm sure there'll be time for you to do it too.
[speaker006:] Michelle come away from that paper
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] you haven't finished the work over there, you've left one letter but you've got two more to do
[Dorothy:] Shell that says darling, shell, shell, that's just right for under there isn't it? I'll find you the one that says for spoons, cos it doesn't say just spoons it says plastic spoons. Now James can you remember what happened when we did this?
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] Can you go and explain it to Mrs when she's finished talking to Christopher?
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Explain what happened, but just wait until she's finished talking to Christopher cos she'll get fed up with you if you keep...
[speaker006:] Here's the here's the Mrs Is that a word? It was a word it got a bit wet didn't it? Yeah it It's alright we can manage
[Dorothy:] How we doing now? Beautiful, have you got everything in there? I think you, Kevin it's on the floor yours
[speaker006:] Oh
[Dorothy:] have you finished?, you can go and do the next bit now
[speaker006:] Mrs I can't do it
[Dorothy:] whatever the next bit is, why what's happened? Will it not in, do it sort of down that way...
[speaker006:] Can I do one Mrs?
[Dorothy:] one, two, you just hold on a minute can you, just wait till Mark's finished, cos it gets a bit confusing cos we get too many people knocking about. Let's just
[speaker006:] What is that called?...
[Dorothy:] Well done Theresa... ooh you've forgot to put the shell on Theresa, Theresa you've forgot the shell... where you going to put the shell?
[speaker006:] In there
[Dorothy:] And it did both didn't it, it went sinked to the bottom and it floated, but can you write the shell in both?
[speaker006:] Have
[Dorothy:] Did a shell in both?
[speaker006:] What you doing now?
[Dorothy:] Thanks James you can potter away now, thank you... actually there's a job you could do for me James, if you like to, find all the things and put them over here with the labels stuck to them, can you do that for me? Find the things, and get the labels to go with them
[speaker006:] Can I do one?
[Dorothy:] that says plasticine so put that next to the plasticine
[speaker006:] No not yet Victoria when Mrs says put on your name
[Dorothy:] Then see if you can work out what those says and put them in the right places.
[speaker006:] It doesn't erm, it doesn't erm
[Dorothy:] And you can help... right, let's see who you've got, this is floating and sinking
[speaker006:] Kevin's playing that.
[Dorothy:] float, sink and we've had Gavin, and we've had James and we've had Mark and who else was with us?
[speaker006:] Mark, William, Andrew
[Dorothy:] Bonitta Someone else we had, who was the other one? Kevin, where's Kevin,
[speaker006:] Can I have a go now?
[Dorothy:] there's Kevin, Victoria yes you can come, can you go and get these other people as well? Can you go and get Leisha as well and Sarah OK, Leisha and Sarah... OK James can you just go away a minute, away you go
[speaker006:] Where's Kevin, leave your book on the table then, A Oh sorry have I okeydoke, Mary Ann can I borrow this when you've finished? Right, can you sit there James, James I have asked you to go away please could you go? I was Hey been putting this in. OK, well that's what...
[Dorothy:] Now then somebody's messed up this look it says sink here, never mind, can you see it here it says sink, it's a bit wet, this one says float, good boy Mark well done, put your name on the bottom and then we'll be happy.
[speaker006:] I like this one. I'm first.
[Dorothy:] You've got hold on this is something Victoria, Lisa, Sarah, there was somebody else
[speaker006:] What is a
[Dorothy:] go and get me Gemma
[speaker006:] [shouting] Gemma []
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] Gemma... she's busy
[Dorothy:] Is she busy, you busy are you love? Right we'll have you then Jemima
[speaker006:] I wanna be there
[Dorothy:] that's Jemima,
[speaker006:] I'm Sarah
[Dorothy:] Sarah
[speaker006:] I am
[Dorothy:] er Victoria, put that down please Sarah for a moment because I want to explain to you what we've got to do, are you listening Victoria? What we're gonna do is we're gonna try and see which things sink, what does that mean?
[speaker006:] If it, it get, goes in you have to put it in that one
[Dorothy:] Hold on, listen, listen the question, what does it mean to sink?
[speaker006:] To
[Dorothy:] Listen, listen, listen, listen Victoria are you ready, what does it mean to sink?
[speaker006:] Are you listening, I've told you, I've told you at least
[Dorothy:] If you sink in a swimming pool, what will you do?
[speaker006:] twice You drowned
[Dorothy:] Yes, you'll go to the bottom don't you, alright, so if it goes to the bottom it's sinking OK? What's floating?
[speaker006:] What do you think those children are doing there?
[Dorothy:] What's floating? Victoria what does it mean to float? You do in a swimming pool because what happens to you, it makes you keep up the top doesn't it? So if you place it if you float you'll stay at the top, some people can float and they don't need arm bands, they stay at the top and if you sink they go to the bottom, now we've got to look at these things look and we've got to decide whether we think they're gonna float, stay on the top or whether they're going to sink and go to the bottom, now then what's this here? What's that called, do you know? No, it's called a cork, cork, you feel it Victoria and tell me what do you think, you think that's gonna sink or do you think it's gonna float?
[speaker006:] Sink
[Dorothy:] You'll think it'll sink
[speaker006:] Only
[Dorothy:] you think it's gonna sink or float love? You think float, what do you think it's gonna do Lisa?
[speaker006:] Er float
[Dorothy:] Float, why do you think it will float?
[speaker006:] It's light
[Dorothy:] You think it's light so it can float. You'll think it'll sink don't you, why do you think it'll sink?
[speaker006:] Because it's only little
[Dorothy:] Because it's only little, OK pop it in and we'll see what happens, oh, what's it doing?
[speaker006:] Oh no
[Dorothy:] It's floating poke it down and see if it'll reach, it'll go to the bottom, that's it it's on the bottom, oh no it jumped up, it's a definite floater that one.
[speaker006:] Er
[Dorothy:] A, definitely float
[speaker006:] It don't want to go down.
[Dorothy:] It doesn't want to go down, jumped it up again, leave her Victoria.
[speaker006:] That was, that was a float
[Dorothy:] Now then Victoria what else floats?
[speaker006:] I'm going first
[Dorothy:] Hold on, which one says float? That says sink, sink, that says float, looking again... huh, float
[speaker006:] Me
[Dorothy:] Look at the sink
[speaker006:] Can I put one in?
[Dorothy:] Now then, what have you got there? What's it doing? What's it made of Victoria?
[speaker006:] I'm not Victoria
[Dorothy:] Oh, sorry.
[speaker006:] She's not Victoria
[Dorothy:] I'm sorry, Sarah. Shall we have a little introduction and then we'll set off shall we? [piano music] Everybody ready?
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] If you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around and then there is just one way, make a face, make a face, make it as happy as you can and make a face... but spread a little joy around and then there is just one way []
[Dorothy:] Scary this time
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] Make a face, make a face, make it as scary as you can and make a face, if you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around and then there is just one way, make a face,
[Dorothy:] Silly
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] make a face make it as silly as you can and make a face []
[speaker023:] That was reasonably good
[Dorothy:] Consider
[speaker023:] with a few interruptions in the middle with people coming in, we've still got interruptions now with people talking, Ross... stand by me...
[Dorothy:] Shall we do that one again, with them all standing up and taking part? [LAUGHTER]...
[speaker023:] If you stand up
[Dorothy:] Well they're sitting down again cos they were so hopeless Mrs, no that was a sit down, listen, that's a and it goes down, down down
[speaker023:] Sit then please.
[Dorothy:] Right on your bottom
[speaker023:] When you feel that next time you can stand up... without the chattering
[Dorothy:] Oh sshh... are you ready?... [piano music] Oh no, that was my bit, that was my introduction, you get ready with your first word, what's your first word go
[speaker006:] Er, make your
[Dorothy:] Make, no it isn't, if is your first word.
[speaker006:] Make a face.
[Dorothy:] No, if Gavin, [piano music]
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] If you want to be happy and have a happy face then spread a little joy around and then there is just one way, make a face, make a face, make it as happy as you can and make a face, if you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around then there is just one way. make a face, make a face, make it as scary as you can and make a face, if you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around and then there is just one way []
[speaker023:] No, I'm sorry... three times I've said it, it is not make a face at the end of the chorus, it's there it, and there is just one way, the chorus says if you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around then there is just one way, then you make the face...
[Dorothy:] Are we doing the silly one now?
[speaker023:] No, I think we'll just do the scary
[Dorothy:] OK, right, so what this one now we've got to do?
[speaker023:] Just sing the choruses again
[Dorothy:] Right
[speaker023:] See if we can get the chorus right
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] If you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around then there is just one way.
[speaker023:] Right
[speaker006:] I've got that
[speaker023:] No need to chatter
[speaker006:] I've got
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [kids chattering]
[Dorothy:] [playing piano]
[speaker023:] When the introduction is being played you don't talk, now the quicker we get through these and practice these then we can have the other songs to sing, now I want please. Right we'll begin by there are hundred of stars that shine
[Dorothy:] The introduction [playing piano] [singing] There are hundred of stars that shine there are hundred of fish in the sea, there are hundreds of people the whole world over, there's only one mother for me, only one mother for me, I love her and she loves me, there are and shells on the shore, there are and shells on the beach there are the whole world over but there's only one mother for me [].
[speaker023:] She caught me being rude today
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] She caught me being rude today
[speaker023:] but I know
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] but I know
[speaker023:] she'll tell stories to make me laugh
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] she'll tell stories to make me laugh
[speaker023:] she makes me laugh
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] she makes me laugh
[speaker023:] she makes me laugh
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] she makes me laugh
[speaker023:] she'll tell stories to make me laugh
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] she'll tell stories to make me laugh
[speaker023:] and to make me feel this bad
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] and to make me feel this bad
[speaker023:] I love my mum
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] I love my mum
[speaker023:] she's the best mum in the world
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] she's the best mum in the world
[speaker023:] Right shall we try again with that bit there?
[Dorothy:] The introduction [piano music]
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] When I'm not happy every day, about the things I said today, she caught me being rude today, but I know, she'll tell stories to make me laugh, she makes me laugh, makes me laugh, she'll tell stories to make me laugh and to make me feel this bad, I love my mum, she's the best mum in the world []
[Dorothy:] My mum remembers long ago when she makes snow men, together
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] My mum remem
[Dorothy:] go on then, my mum remembers long ago when she makes snow men in the snow and pulled a face at Mrs Jones
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] long ago when she makes snow men in the snow and pulled a face at Mrs Jones
[Dorothy:] and then the rest is but I know she'll tell stories to make me laugh, the rest is the same as you've just done, OK?
[speaker006:] Door, knock
[Dorothy:] My mum
[speaker023:] My mum remembers long ago
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] My mum remembers long ago, when she makes snow men in the snow, and pulled a face at Mrs Jones, but I'll know she'll tell stories to make me laugh, make me laugh, make me laugh, she'll tell stories to make me laugh and to make me feel this bad, I love my mum, she's the best mum in the world []
[speaker006:] I learnt one
[Dorothy:] When's the
[speaker006:] You know when
[Dorothy:] Oh that's not so bad then
[speaker023:] the erm
[Dorothy:] [piano music]
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] Joy have the joy have the joy have the we are happy now again []
[speaker023:] And now the second verse is who, she's as generous as Robin Hood and all his merry men, she's as kind as Florence Nightingale and then as kind again, right super mum she has x- ray vision, she can
[Dorothy:] see through
[speaker023:] see through me with a voice of rival, rival calm when she called me in for tea, have a go
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] She's as generous as Robin Hood and all his merry men, she's as kind as Florence Nightingale and then as kind again, right super mum she has x-ray vision, she can see through me, with a voice or rival calm when she called me in for tea, []
[speaker023:] Right, can we just have some general
[Dorothy:] Yes, let's have a little
[speaker006:] Can we have Baa Baa Black Sheep?
[Dorothy:] Oh, we can have
[speaker023:] Don't do Baa Baa Black Sheep right at this minute, have bananas in
[Dorothy:] Yeah that'll do. [piano music]
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] Bananas in pyjamas are coming down the stairs, bananas in pyjamas are coming down in pairs, bananas in pyjamas are chasing teddy bears, half of you will be alright to catch them on their way [].
[Dorothy:] We need some bananas in pyjamas to come out here
[speaker023:] Oh, now lots of people have got their hands up
[Dorothy:] Tell you what we'll sing it again and then you pick some bananas that look like bananas in pyjamas that are singing really well. [piano music]
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] Banana's
[Dorothy:] Hold it, two of those, two of those coming down the stairs [piano music] wait for it no, any minute now
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] Bananas in pyjamas are coming down the stairs, bananas in pyjamas are coming down in pairs, bananas in pyjamas are chasing teddy bears, half of you will be alright to catch them on their way [].
[speaker023:] Well I'm going to choose er the little ones who are going to bring to me on Friday why why were the bananas in their pyjamas?
[Dorothy:] Oh go on tell us why
[speaker023:] Come on Kevin
[Dorothy:] why were the bananas in pyjamas Kevin?
[speaker023:] Why put, why were the bananas in pyjamas? What are they?
[speaker006:] Their skin I think.
[Dorothy:] Oh their skin I never thought of that, I just think that they were bananas jumping about in stripy pyjamas.
[speaker006:] I love
[speaker023:] What about
[speaker006:] I love here, I love these ones, I do love ... I'm being
[Dorothy:] If you sit down you might get chosen but if... chosen but if you're shuffling around, that's it. You might not get chosen this time, you might get chosen another time.
[speaker023:] Come on Katie, there's two, two yellow bananas.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker023:] Alex come on... how many is in a pair? How many is in a pair?
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] Two
[speaker023:] Two, right then, one pair of bananas, there, your, alright.
[Dorothy:] Now here's some teddy bears for them to chase
[speaker023:] Some teddy bears to sleep, er...
[Dorothy:] Come on Yvonne come and be a teddy bear, oh yes just right for teddy bear
[speaker006:] And me
[Dorothy:] and... you're gonna be a teddy bear?
[speaker023:] Come on then, up in front, Yvonne you've got to get up in front
[Dorothy:] they're gonna chase you OK?
[speaker023:] alright.
[Dorothy:] OK bananas, you any good at going down the stairs, can you lift your knees up high with it and you're gonna go down stairs, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, you try that with me, ready, go, lift a knee ready go, dum, dum brilliant dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum,
[speaker023:] And Charlotte can she do it?
[Dorothy:] dum, dum, dum, dum, bit worried isn't she?
[speaker023:] She is
[Dorothy:] Just have a little go dear it doesn't matter if it don't turn out right
[speaker023:] You'll get there
[Dorothy:] and when it gets to the chasing teddy bears you've got to run as fast as you can, so you'd better move out of the way
[speaker023:] Oh
[Dorothy:] run as fast as you can, bananas
[speaker023:] Calm down
[Dorothy:] we'll have to let them catch you right at the right, where the music tells you too, dum, oh
[speaker023:] Bananas ready
[Dorothy:] are the singers ready?
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] We shall need some more singers to do, are you ready to sing cos we might need you for something else up there, you'll never know. [piano music] You're very good [playing piano]
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] Bananas in pyjamas are coming down the stairs, bananas in pyjamas are coming down in pairs, bananas in pyjamas []
[Dorothy:] watch out teddy
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] are chasing teddy bears []
[Dorothy:] run
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] half of you will be alright to catch them on their way []
[Dorothy:] have you got any? You've got to catch them
[speaker023:] Oh catch them on their way [LAUGHTER] you were a bit slow there weren't you, ah?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] you didn't catch your teddy bear did you? Run quick and catch them
[speaker023:] Come on then give us your
[Dorothy:] do you want another go?
[speaker006:] I'll have a go, I'll have,
[Dorothy:] You'll have another go? Have a go at that one
[speaker006:] yes please
[Dorothy:] alright then let's. Would you like to make a
[speaker023:] Five, four,
[Dorothy:] [piano music] I'll tell you what we'll sing the five verse and then you can pick five, five singers then
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] Five little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious yum, yum, yum, what have they []
[Dorothy:] OK, have you got five, we've got one so far
[speaker023:] We've got two
[Dorothy:] two, are you any good at being frog?
[speaker023:] three, four
[Dorothy:] can you squat down like this? Like this, rimmit, rimmit, rimmit, go on have a go at doing with me, rimmit, rimmit, come on, rimmit, rimmit, oh my god and then you've got to leap into the pool, are you ready to leap in the pool like this, you've got to rimmit [break in recording], can you do that? Oh well done Valerie you'll be brilliant, are you ready? We'll all practice, are you ready? One, two, three rimmit, oh brilliant, oh you come on you can do as well, one, two, three rimmit, oh yeah,
[speaker023:] When you do it jumping in the hall you'll have to go, we'll have you first number one, two, three, four, five erm, no young man, are you ready
[Dorothy:] Oh what a beautiful well done
[speaker006:] I hurt my leg.
[Dorothy:] Here goes the introduction, are you ready to sing? [piano music] Can you hat this time frog
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] Five little speckled frogs, had not a speck of luck each little look delicious, yum, yum, yum, they won't be made a fool when it was, how now they now there are four green speckled frog, frog, frog, four little speckled frogs, had not a speck of luck each little look delicious, yum, yum, yum, they won't be made a fool when it was, how now they now there are three green speckled frog, frog, frog, three little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious, yum, yum, yum, they won't be made a fool when it was how now they now there are two green speckled frog, frog, frog, two little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious, yum, yum, yum, they won't be made a fool when it was how now now there's just one green speckled frog, frog, frog, sshh, one little speckled frog had all his speckles off he did look delicious yum, yum, yum, he won't be made a fool when it was how now they []
[Dorothy:] Oh very good, yes, I'll be clapping
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [clapping]
[speaker006:] I did it first And I did it I clapped first
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [children talking]
[Dorothy:] Right, here's the bear song [piano music]
[speaker006:] What's her name?
[speaker023:] The bear went over the mountain the bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain
[Dorothy:] to see what he could see, and all that he could see and all that he could see was the other side of the mountain, the other side of the mountain
[speaker023:] and all that he could see was the other side of the mountain the other side of the mountain
[speaker006:] Miss I know this one
[Dorothy:] Well there we go, you'll be able to sing beautifully won't you? It goes like this [piano music]
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] The bear went over the mountain the bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain, to see what he could see, and all that he could see, and all that he could see was the other side of the mountain, the other side of the mountain the other side of the mountain was all that he could see []
[Dorothy:] If you watch we can do some actions to this, you watch what I do then you'll be able to do it in a minute, are you ready I am going to be a bear, you help me sing
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] The bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain, to see what he could see and all that he could see, and all that he could see was the other side of the mountain, the other side of the mountain the other side of the mountain, was all that he could see []
[Dorothy:] So I had to be a bear till I got to the top of the mountain and then you have to look round to see, I wonder whether, who were those girls who were messing around over there can't stand that, mm, do something with them oh dear, Mrs
[speaker023:] Victoria
[Dorothy:] Oh dear, Mrs could you stand up... you're gonna be bears Mrs OK, and you're gonna climb over the mountain, well not all of them, are you ready
[speaker023:] Victoria you turn round and join in
[Dorothy:] doesn't matter where the mountain is, middle weren't you
[speaker006:] that's right, you get to the top you have to
[Dorothy:] are you ready? Off you go be a bear, you go to the spaces, you ready, pretend you've got a mountain to climb, off we go.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] The bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain, oh grizzly, the bear went over the mountain, stop, to see what he could see and all that he could see, and all that he could see was the other side of the mountain, the other side of the mountain the other side of the mountain, was all that he could see []
[Dorothy:] Very good I wonder if we could all do it as well as that? [LAUGHTER] Let's have a go
[speaker023:] We'll try
[Dorothy:] Everybody stand up and be ready to be a bear
[speaker006:] You do my laces up for me, do my laces up for me.
[Dorothy:] [piano music] ready off we go
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] The bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain, to see what he could see, and stop, and all that he could see, and all that he could see was the other side of the mountain, the other side of the mountain the other side of the mountain, was all that he could see []
[speaker006:] Do my laces, will you do my laces
[speaker023:] Er I think that was the sign to sit down not the sign to sit down and chatter
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] [piano music] OK Let's go
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] When the circus comes to town I love to see the clown, racing round the big top with his trousers falling down, [LAUGHTER] falling down his trousers and make me laugh and shout, I'll always feel so happy when the comes about ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, the funny circus clown []
[Dorothy:] Are you any good at being a clown?
[speaker006:] Me
[Dorothy:] Oh, well done Gemma, good girl, she. Are you ready to be a clown?
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] See if you can be as good as Mrs, she was doing well then for a moment, and Mrs makes a good clown, don't you dear? Yeah, so off we go then, be a clown and sing at the same time.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] When the circus comes to town I love to see the clown, racing round the big top with his trousers falling down, very, very, he makes me laugh and shout, I'll always feel so happy when the comes about ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, the funny circus clown []
[Dorothy:] [piano music] sshh, ooh if every body was as good as Victoria that would be wonderful, there's a heap really, I should just sit somewhere else Bowen, Bowen, Bowen, move somewhere else will you cos they're in a bit of a state there, alright, [playing piano], if you're in Mrs class
[speaker006:] Oh dear, no...
[Dorothy:] sshh, put your head down
[speaker023:] Put your head down, you're not listening
[Dorothy:] if you're in Mrs class then you can stand up, if you can tip toe without faffing, go to your classroom [piano music], just Mrs class [playing piano], tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, oh very good Gavin, well done, look at that, his feet are going right, watch Mrs quick, best all day.
[speaker023:] Right Mrs children.
[Dorothy:] You ready Mrs children, we're going to do strides, [piano music] stride, stride, oh very good [playing piano] faster, stride, stride, stride, stride, stride, stride, stride, ready Mrs children? Tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, tip toe, tip toe
[speaker023:] Thank you and Mrs children
[Dorothy:] ooh, what we gonna do with Mrs, can you skip? [piano music] Any good Mrs? [playing piano]
[speaker023:] And my children
[Dorothy:] Oh we don't want them do we?
[speaker023:] No we don't want them
[Dorothy:] We'll, what you gonna do, jump
[speaker023:] Good idea
[Dorothy:] put two feet together like that
[speaker023:] jump
[Dorothy:] two feet together
[speaker023:] jump
[Dorothy:] two feet together, are you ready? [playing piano] oh they've all jumped into a line.
[speaker006:] Cos I don't know when, when did it happen? I don't know You can't remember I don't know, cos he was alright before wasn't he? before he went out to play
[Dorothy:] Well actually
[speaker006:] Oh yeah
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] oh dear.
[speaker006:] Think you'll do, you did want to get changed and for half an hour, cos we've got plenty of things to change into doesn't matter
[Dorothy:] Don't worry
[speaker006:] It's because your to busy isn't it?
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[speaker006:] Too busy working, my Christopher is so busy working or playing, haven't got time.
[Dorothy:] Oh
[speaker006:] The noise yeah, well erm, yeah, too hard Yeah, try those for and er, I mean there, but there, they'll go on to a similar any way, but just keeping up the enjoyment side and er
[Dorothy:] and apart from which you put
[speaker006:] I mean he's way ahead, I mean he's having to borrow these books from er Littlewoods club aren't you? But I mean they're, they're too easy in a way aren't they?
[Dorothy:] Well, they're just nice aren't they?
[speaker006:] Yeah to enjoy
[Dorothy:] I mean he's, he's not got the reading tend to give it a sort of late
[speaker006:] Yeah and they've all got nice endings
[Dorothy:] yeah
[speaker006:] as well
[Dorothy:] yeah
[speaker006:] for youngsters reading
[Dorothy:] they can't cope with the usual [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Who've we got on the floor, come on Kevin Has he come in front of you? No, Kev, Kev When your brother comes if you don't want that Come on get up that wall over there, I'm telling your mum. I've not done anything have I? Erm, that wall down there right, he keeps going on it Michelle come on You tell his mum then He keeps like going it every time he Why have you taken your hair out for now?
[Dorothy:] Took it out put it on the piano while I was busy playing [LAUGHTER]. Like when you go round National Trust Homes don't you, they're all a
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Dorothy:] You didn't get me any song books did you?
[Mary:] No
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] I was just thinking of two minutes ago like last week
[Mary:] that's all
[Dorothy:] all two minutes I thought, oh she's brought song books home, she's keen and enthusiastic with that, because it would of been a lot of effort on part
[Mary:] I would, I, I just get them out.
[Rosemary:] You were damn rude darling
[Mary:] Yeah
[Rosemary:] being in an attitude you've forgot to
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER], no it's alright.
[Andrew:] But it's more convenient for you to go in that church if anybody else
[Rosemary:] Oh it is
[Dorothy:] Probably a bit of a strain [LAUGHTER]...
[Andrew:] Nice school?
[Dorothy:] Yeah, you can volunteer if you like
[Andrew:] No
[Mary:] that school
[Dorothy:] also there's a it won't be
[Andrew:] Did it come off once didn't it?...
[Rosemary:] What have you done?
[Dorothy:] Nothing...
[Mary:] I, erm, Barry and
[Dorothy:] Do what Mary?
[Mary:] I'm not sure if they're going away this weekend, I'm not sure when they're going...
[Dorothy:] Oh, well they're not going tomorrow [LAUGHTER]
[Mary:] Oh, must be Friday then, I knew they were going away for the week, weekend
[Rosemary:] That's very nice too.
[Mary:] The first time were saying this...
[Dorothy:] It's tricky to have to get here
[Mary:] I know [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]
[Mary:] the evil look, I shall move in a minute [LAUGHTER]
[Rosemary:] Bite back
[Mary:] Funny old tramp, the leaves fall of him without those, they get stalkier and stalkier as time goes on
[Rosemary:] Yeah, yeah well I've got an ordinary
[Mary:] A pot, it came from
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Rosemary:] I've got an ordinary just keep peeling the bottom ones off it, just get missing
[Mary:] My yucca's dying
[Dorothy:] Oh dear
[Rosemary:] That could well be the compost, poor leaves and things
[Dorothy:] Maybe
[Mary:] Well I think I've over watered it
[Andrew:] Best to let it
[Mary:] I know I'm, I'm
[Rosemary:] I don't water mine very often I wait till the, one of the leaves start to go a bit yellow and then
[Mary:] Oh
[Rosemary:] I don't like them personally
[Dorothy:] Why not?
[Mary:] somebody else wanted one
[Rosemary:] I hated it
[Dorothy:] Ah, there you are.
[Mary:] similar to chopped it up and then and I've got twins
[Rosemary:] Oh that's nice
[Dorothy:] We've got one at work that looks like a tree together?
[Mary:] it's about twelve feet, no, yeah about twelve feet tall.
[Andrew:] I've put it on the stairs you see so it's got like double height to go to, it's nearly filled that, the thing is, the at the bottom then about six foot gap and then at the top
[Dorothy:] Yeah, [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] the the branch goes to the top
[Dorothy:] You won't do it like that, you'll have to sort of I suppose a handle of
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Dorothy:] Well now, that'll do us
[Rosemary:] instead of having, I mean you don't think at the time, but what she should of said was can I go away, come back for another interview another day, which means she, she's for the hour because all she could think of was this of course if she told me as soon as she'd done it
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[Rosemary:] I cou, I would of said well right tell them
[Dorothy:] yeah, yeah
[Mary:] Mm
[Rosemary:] ask them for another go, of course she left it till she had the results and then told me... so I'm writing now to the
[Dorothy:] yeah
[Andrew:] Mm.
[Rosemary:] so, cos she's stuck in working
[Mary:] Even if she's not
[Rosemary:] selling curtains for them and erm obviously she was
[Dorothy:] Is there anybody we know that's any good at tuitioning?
[Mary:] Oh, I come back from of private lessons but I just really can't get a grip of it.
[Dorothy:] No, I meant just sort of somebody we know
[Rosemary:] What would we have to do?
[Andrew:] The trouble is that
[Dorothy:] like if you were dyslexic I could help you.
[Andrew:] I could help with maths
[Rosemary:] You've got to know the syllabus though and you've got to know what, I don't know what
[Dorothy:] Yeah you've got to know what you're doing
[Rosemary:] It's not a case of helping because in the letters I know what, I know what I'm doing, I'm just, I'm just gone to,
[Dorothy:] yeah
[Rosemary:] I've got everything right, actually what I did and I couldn't give you, I haven't got a clue, trigonometry, well I couldn't tell you how to do it, I should
[Dorothy:] That's why you need somebody you can ring up and say look, we did this yesterday what am I doing wrong today?
[Mary:] Yeah.
[Rosemary:] It goes out my head from one week to the next, I can't keep it, I know what I'm doing
[Dorothy:] Keep it up
[Rosemary:] at the time
[Dorothy:] some sort of but again if, if somebody who knows about the G C S E actual course
[Mary:] you know the G C S E, did you know about yeah I did that at school
[Dorothy:] Someone must teach it somewhere.
[Rosemary:] Erm, oh erm...
[Dorothy:] Who?
[Rosemary:] Mike
[Andrew:] I was gonna say Mike has had a degree in that
[Rosemary:] He but he might know
[Andrew:] What you'd have to do, you know, you tell him what you need to know, he'll be able to tell you how to do it.
[Mary:] Oh I don't even wanna do it, I just need
[Andrew:] It's good book though isn't it?
[Mary:] books here, yeah, I just, read them, I don't know if I can do it I
[Andrew:] but it, he needs to find out what he needs to teach you through the book so you know
[Rosemary:] What you need to do is to find
[Andrew:] books are they
[Rosemary:] a memory thing, that will, you know, click your memory, you know how some people have an a yeah...
[Dorothy:] well
[Mary:] I know what you mean
[Andrew:] I can just remember though you know over the
[Dorothy:] No I remember I just need something that reminds you of what you've done rather than, er...
[Mary:] Like my I just can't remember that twenty...
[Dorothy:] Well, you'll pass
[Mary:] No you don't pass or fail you get given marks out
[Dorothy:] Yeah, but I mean you only
[Mary:] that was and I'd written down just sit down and listen, then read the question wrong write down the answer anything from
[Andrew:] What I could never do was but I could never do them
[Mary:] being those things like well I can't do those tables
[Dorothy:] all the and what not
[Mary:] at all, I've never since a child remember
[Andrew:] Well you should of been learning those
[Mary:] I've tried, I can't for the life of me remember them
[Andrew:] I can't remember
[Mary:] I've tried
[Dorothy:] Can you get up to five, fives?
[Mary:] twenty five
[Dorothy:] Yeah, but can you get up to that, like get all your other tables?
[Mary:] No, I can't remember
[Dorothy:] Right, you know the twos, threes and fours and fives tables?
[Mary:] Twos no, no
[Dorothy:] Oh dear
[Mary:] I can't do them, I've learnt them
[Dorothy:] sixes onwards I'll show you how dyslexic to do it with their hands [LAUGHTER]
[Rosemary:] [LAUGHTER] I've got my sheet of paper [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] You don't need
[Rosemary:] One two
[Mary:] Ooh somehow.
[Andrew:] We learnt them by chart.
[Rosemary:] Yeah I did that at school we had to stay in most break times as a child cos I couldn't remember, and I, I know that my mum bought me a books so I used to sit for days and days, then my mum going over and then my nan going over and I couldn't remember if I wanted to
[Dorothy:] The number you have put them together in different places and as usual I got the numbers that fell of the couldn't sort out, so those things, bit confusing so complicated when you start it out, but if you can't remember for the life of you then, it's quite
[Mary:] Yeah I have to do it, you know, four, fours, five, fives erm providing I remember those middles then I can carry on, anything over
[Dorothy:] I know
[Mary:] you know, say seven, sevens I know are forty nine
[Rosemary:] Mm
[Mary:] so that eight sevens are fifty six and I carry on from there, but you can't do that
[Rosemary:] you've got to have something like
[Mary:] well I, I
[Rosemary:] I can't do it, yeah I can't do it
[Dorothy:] And are there things like that then, tables? Or is it more complicated? Yeah I was gonna say
[Mary:] No, they're much more complicated, if you get an equation what's X
[Dorothy:] Right
[Mary:] and you've gotta find, you've gotta know what happens
[Andrew:] I'll take Wednesday
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[Mary:] and like they give you a secret number of what comes next
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[Andrew:] I could never do those of, I never got one of those right.
[Dorothy:] I would hate to do that orally I could only do that with I think
[Mary:] Yeah
[Rosemary:] You can write it down, by the time you've written it down and thought about it
[Dorothy:] Should of had the answer
[Rosemary:] yeah, I find that, that I've done it and I've written down the answer and then I can't think which number does it go to, and by the time I've got to number one they're on about six, so I might as well, I'm lost it completely, so I can't do that either and my project work, course work, goes towards certain percent of my marks and I can't think for the life of me why cos I don't want you get one percent on explaining how you do it so that's that, I can't rely on my course work for my marks so that's I can't do it, so that I've got to get full marks for the exam to pass, without the other two bits on it, I can't do that
[Dorothy:] Why is the project work so
[Andrew:] You don't have to have English?
[Rosemary:] No, cos I'm old
[Andrew:] Brilliant cos I
[Rosemary:] pass mark, I've done the work and I've
[Andrew:] We've all stood teaching, I've got maths I haven't got English.
[Mary:] This is, is this O level?
[Rosemary:] A level English, Language and Literature I'm doing which isn't really but I might not pass, I haven't got the time and difficult when I'm working I can't if I start and it starts getting boring motivation is
[Andrew:] I can do an essay to prove I can
[Mary:] It's all too much for me
[Dorothy:] That can go next
[Rosemary:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] They're nice these two, really nice, I like this one exactly that's what I was thinking [LAUGHTER] you could come on our weekend if you're not going if you're not going to cos they're going all weekend
[Rosemary:] Did he tell you?
[Dorothy:] He said, he was hoping to go and work there, so
[Rosemary:] And what did he say, three months?
[Dorothy:] For a year and that's all I need this is what he would liked to do
[Rosemary:] Too frightened to ask him now
[Mary:] No we don't about it
[Rosemary:] oh
[Mary:] because he told me
[Dorothy:] Oh I think we will, well it's
[Mary:] yeah after a year, yeah
[Rosemary:] Unless he can get a work permit
[Dorothy:] been before he said, yeah, and come back
[Mary:] They don't always come back, they don't always use the the main thing being
[Rosemary:] I know if going for at least
[Mary:] luckily
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Dorothy:] Anyway, unfortunately he was gonna go in
[Mary:] I wasn't
[Dorothy:] October which is a pity really cos that was when our weekend ooh quite keen
[Mary:] Enjoyed your for a year?
[Dorothy:] quite keen, well it isn't as if I'm gonna stay for a year, he's sort of thinking sort of you know going out there to work and I
[Rosemary:] What does he do?
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Rosemary:] See it driving, actually see me driving
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[Rosemary:] car park, drove in very slowly me driving this blooming car somebody saw me
[Dorothy:] crash
[Rosemary:] got the keys out, pressed the alarm, hello [LAUGHTER], I'm quite impressed, cos my car's a scrap heap
[Dorothy:] And why is your car a scrap heap?
[Rosemary:] cos I haven't got any money to do it up, nineteen sixty no really, you see I was hoping that I was going anyway to and that was gonna be it, I won't need it any more, but it turns out that I will so I'll, I've got a car Oh I... patched together
[Andrew:] Right this is er
[Mary:] [LAUGHTER] both [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] I have you know I've been going round and testing how many miles per galleon you can get out of it
[Dorothy:] Per galleon?
[Andrew:] per galleon, yeah [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Well that's the trouble really, it's Good
[Rosemary:] get depressed about it, I've been feeling very depressed about it
[Dorothy:] Why? You still very depressed about it?
[Mary:] Remind him Barry he's got something to ask Pat
[Dorothy:] homework afterwards
[Rosemary:] I don't know I
[Dorothy:] You might have a bit of a whirl project
[Rosemary:] I can't do it, I'll try
[Dorothy:] Well ask him, he can only say
[Rosemary:] You're not
[Dorothy:] No I'm not [yawn]. Are you comfortable there?
[Andrew:] It's surprising
[Rosemary:] Oh I've got a lovely
[Dorothy:] Lucky girl, what about your toes?
[Rosemary:] the one I had, Ernie my instructor at work was this thick from bottom to top
[Dorothy:] Well it would look such a
[Rosemary:] and they were black
[Dorothy:] obvious
[Rosemary:] this thick
[Dorothy:] this thick
[Rosemary:] and I didn't change them all day cos I haven't got any money to buy any more so I have to wear them
[Andrew:] Why not, you should put one of hers on and say it was patterned
[Rosemary:] No, it was horrific, it really did look I ask you and someone got up and like turned the
[Dorothy:] Oh do you want bits and pieces back? Are we how embarrassing, what will that be?
[Andrew:] We've raised... half that size
[Dorothy:] I don't think I've ever had that amount in it... [yawn] cos really, we didn't really go into cost relations
[Mary:] No
[Dorothy:] did we really?
[Mary:] I think we ought to anyway, I think it, it's, ought to be priority.
[Dorothy:] Can you imagine them sending the whole lot? Mind you, we've got some quite, quite music and things and or just have a, you know, start us off because it begin with something, that is you know
[Mary:] yeah
[Dorothy:] plays the otherwise you're just complete cold it comes to you too late, and also
[Rosemary:] Oh, shall we go home now? we go home now?
[Dorothy:] Well I'd like to say stay a long time but actually I thought
[Rosemary:] can we go? When can we go? Come visiting
[Dorothy:] Nice to see you I'll miss you otherwise cos I don't see much of you. Right, what am I doing?
[Andrew:] I'm not sure which
[Dorothy:] what am I doing? Chris what am I doing on Sunday?
[speaker006:] I don't know
[Dorothy:] Oh dear. Do you know what I'm doing on Sunday?
[speaker006:] I don't know what you're doing actually
[Dorothy:] I might be doing He doesn't like being washed
[speaker006:] Mine don't
[Dorothy:] Really? Where's he gone? Half way to school by now
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Is that what he wants to do? Is that what he wants to do?
[speaker006:] No I don't know.
[Dorothy:] Oh he's never declared what.
[speaker006:] Oh the second day he went to school he did
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] I go on me own now [LAUGHTER]...
[Dorothy:] Oh dear [sigh]... beautiful day isn't it, don't you think?
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Well they do Don't you, have you been doing your keep fit?
[speaker006:] No, I haven't
[Dorothy:] Tut, tut, tut, tut
[speaker006:] I went to it at Christmas [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] How long keep fitting can you get?
[speaker006:] Well he had a night off, it's not very often he has a night off, so
[Dorothy:] Was it anything interesting?
[speaker006:] Oh no, we went to see er this wonderful, the one they're all
[Dorothy:] Bits
[speaker006:] raving about in the paper
[Dorothy:] Oh right, I don't know about
[speaker006:] Well, the one that er about people to think to them after they've been because it's so stressful.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] And the women who are running out you know
[Dorothy:] It's the kind of film I've ever wanted like the plague, go on
[speaker006:] oh
[Dorothy:] go on, oh I don't know.
[speaker006:] Have you the wrong way round I said the only is the people trying to get out at the end, to see who can get out first
[Dorothy:] Oh dear
[speaker006:] it was suppose to be violent and, too violent and, full of rape and segregation
[Dorothy:] Oh dear
[speaker006:] It wasn't of course, if it was I missed it [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Perhaps it's your age
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[Dorothy:] No I'm not into films.
[speaker006:] At all
[Dorothy:] Beautiful... makes me all cheerful don't it
[speaker006:] And for me
[Dorothy:] don't you think? Er just the window, I've never be... gotta be quick, do me housework on a Wednesday today
[speaker006:] Oh
[Dorothy:] only this week, it's a bit baffling
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] That's a funny voice.
[speaker006:] Yeah but at least it's keeping them occupied.
[Dorothy:] Oh...
[Christopher:] Oh
[Tim:] Oh
[Dorothy:] What's the matter now?
[Christopher:] Oh
[speaker006:] Hassle with my daughter at the minute
[Dorothy:] Oh dear How old is she?
[speaker006:] She's nearly eighteen
[Dorothy:] Oh,
[speaker006:] I wish she would. [LAUGHTER] I've told her, I said, you know, go and live with your boyfriend
[Christopher:] Oh [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Does she see you that much?
[speaker006:] Yeah every week.
[Dorothy:] Does he live near, live nearby then?
[speaker006:] Yeah, he lives near Yorkwood but he's just about to move, erm... up Riverside, you know?
[Dorothy:] Oh
[speaker006:] Yes... Stop it. You never know what yesterday I says to her, cos she goes to Redditch to college
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[speaker006:] I'll take me boots and a pair of shoes with heels, she didn't want to take them yesterday, I want to take them she said well I want me boots back for Thursday night cos I'm going out in them she's on a half day, I'll come with you yesterday pick them up if you come out so when it comes to this morning, you I'm not taking two pairs
[Dorothy:] Oh dear
[speaker006:] I says you're taking them whether you like it or not, I said you promised, you think, you know it was really difficult you know, I don't ask her to do much...
[Dorothy:] Oh give this to Mrs cos I walked off with it yesterday I pinched that yesterday by accident Yes [LAUGHTER], I only found it this morning by accident, I thought oh god Oh, poor thing [LAUGHTER], he's so sweet your son they go in I think he's so sweet [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] What do you want?
[Dorothy:] He's, he's so cute and quiet and,
[speaker006:] Yes
[Dorothy:] I think he's lovely. Right it's me and you know, where are we going on our travels, here we go
[Tim:] [crying]
[Dorothy:] want a lift? Oh... are we having fun then Don and Mary?
[Tim:] Mummy have that one, and that one over.
[Dorothy:] No this one here, else my hands will drop off.
[speaker006:] Oh dear
[Dorothy:] [sigh]
[speaker006:] I hope you'll enjoy your gardening
[Dorothy:] Is that what you're gonna do garden?
[speaker006:] I don't do do sun beds
[Dorothy:] I'm very I'd like to go and do mine, but we're going to do mums and toddlers, oh, cos I was gonna do it yesterday
[speaker006:] And I was gonna do it yesterday
[Dorothy:] but it tipped with rain [LAUGHTER], oh well happy gardening, bye, oh no you don't... oh dear... [yawn]... what she doing to you eh?
[speaker006:] Hello Timmy, how are you? All that lovely blonde hair, can I have it?
[Dorothy:] And look at the way he's slept on it [LAUGHTER]... oh I'm not running Tim, I can't cope this morning, I know sometimes we do, but... I need to walk to the gate like a lady... [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Don't everywhere I go
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] oh... you can have a run if you want to
[Tim:] No
[Dorothy:] No... I hope it stays like this, is it gonna stay like this all day or is it only the morning? [LAUGHTER] thanks
[speaker006:] cheer you up
[Dorothy:] I don't want to be stuck inside at mothers and toddlers all morning if it
[speaker006:] No
[Dorothy:] come home and it rained, perhaps we could all this afternoon if it was gonna rain
[speaker006:] Yeah, it's usually the opposite way round
[Dorothy:] Yeah, I don't suppose everybody will be too pleased about that...
[Tim:] Aaagh
[Dorothy:] Come on Tim don't you want to walk on the edge?... Ooh don't fall off. I know it's lovely isn't it, I
[speaker006:] aren't the blossoms
[Dorothy:] it is, yeah
[speaker006:] the blossom tree there... Like them when they're on a
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] bet it snows... trees at the front of our pink and are really lovely for a bit and then you suddenly get a wind
[speaker006:] That's right, they're all then
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Mind you they must go somewhere I don't know where, cos we never pick them up
[speaker006:] I know that
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] no, you've got a point really
[Dorothy:] No... I'm sure it's good for the ground
[speaker006:] It's like all these people that go out really cleaning the leaves up
[Dorothy:] Oh I know, well we have to do some because if we didn't we'd be under thick feet
[speaker006:] yeah
[Dorothy:] but we only just do it
[speaker006:] yeah, but I can't see the point only we never do
[Dorothy:] we go
[speaker006:] I don't see where they go to
[Dorothy:] up probably to these oaks here
[speaker006:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] we're alright till the oaks drop into the garden
[speaker006:] oh yeah
[Dorothy:] and then we've had it cos we're well literally up here really
[speaker006:] well, yeah, well we haven't got that, we've only got the trees that are in the garden
[Dorothy:] yeah
[speaker006:] which we've got a couple of big ones but we haven't got like extra ones outside the garden dropping leaves. I mean we've got two others, two great big brown ones, they have pink flowers on and then they drop like er, what do they drop like things
[Tim:] Where's the hole gone?
[Dorothy:] I think they've filled it in... yeah and they did it quite smooth, pity they didn't do this one as well while they were [LAUGHTER] I didn't quite understand it
[speaker006:] Perhaps they get better as
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] yeah I didn't quite understand the point of that did you? [LAUGHTER] Dig a hole and
[speaker006:] right then
[Dorothy:] and fill it in
[speaker006:] see you tomorrow
[Dorothy:] bye
[speaker006:] bye, bye Timmy...
[Dorothy:] Let's open the garage...
[Tim:] No
[Dorothy:] yes, whoops... I'll just go inside and get the keys Tim, it's still in the house...
[Tim:] I think it wants a wash
[Dorothy:] I think you're right, it does, it's filthy this car.
[Tim:] wash it with a sponge
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Tim:] mm, use it with water with other water with the bucket
[Dorothy:] Yes, it's called
[Tim:] and wash it
[Dorothy:] we could manage to do that one day, if it's fine this afternoon we might do something like that this afternoon, but if it rains it won't be any use, I also want to do the garden this afternoon
[Tim:] What?
[Dorothy:] I don't think we should go swimming do you, because of your cold.
[Tim:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] I don't think we should have a swimming day.
[Tim:] Er, do it, go, go slowly now.
[Dorothy:] No, I wait for you to put it down... oh dear, dear, dear, you alright now?
[Tim:] mm
[Dorothy:] I'm sorry mummy had to rush us so much this morning it's just when we're in a rush we have to get to school on time you see, it's a bit rotten when you're only three isn't it?... Oh
[Diane:] You know I follow up Baptism visits
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[Diane:] er for special services I invite everybody, and I've got about fifty on my books which I think I can afford to go around when I get there, can you do a couple, they live near you
[Dorothy:] mm, mm
[Diane:] Teddington and
[Dorothy:] mm, mm
[Diane:] if they're not in just slip it through the door you can't keep
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Diane:] I mean if you can't, if they're not in, but if
[Dorothy:] Don't bother
[Diane:] you want to keep going back, but I mean I won't
[Dorothy:] I'll just go once
[Diane:] It's just that I've just got too many at, it can only be done a week before
[Dorothy:] yeah
[Diane:] and I've got so many to do
[Dorothy:] Who are they? anybody I know?
[Diane:] Ones for twenty, anybody from mums and toddlers connection I don't know, shame it's
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Hello you're quick.
[Dawn:] Stop it, stop fooling when it goes
[Tim:] Go
[Dawn:] stop, go
[Tim:] go
[Dawn:] go
[Dorothy:] [humming] In fact can rewind it, in fact it has to be switched off and then rewound and then go in a
[Dawn:] Oh see, service half way through oh that
[Dorothy:] Oh yeah
[Dawn:] See table today
[Diane:] Good
[Dorothy:] Nice sort of man who understood that people don't know anything about it Yeah We went out to lunch to er Tesco's we got to pick Christopher up from school and we went just for lunch time, that was quite nice cos Andy was having a lunch anyway at work and er
[Diane:] You know, you know just outside the door it might be in there.
[Dorothy:] Lost, lost the hat
[Diane:] I'll do it
[Dorothy:] oh it'll turn up
[Tim:] I can't find it anywhere.
[Dorothy:] You can't find it anywhere, you think it's probably in that, that, oh look, these have done well haven't they? These things have done well at toddlers these Alex just knows how to get, how to get round everyone, to get round his mother anyway If his, his mum wasn't there he'd just hold on to her and that would be it wouldn't it? But I mean he can't do that when she's there He goes to a nursery somewhere though doesn't he? I've watch a play with she doesn't talk to him she talks about him to everybody else, either way she amazing, bless his cotton socks Very, very practical that's what I find of her, she'll say oh and I'm hoping to oh that's really lovely [LAUGHTER] Why do you bother paying and we were just mucking about you know, like I know something Remember what size the lady said your feet were? She said size ten didn't she? Which was a jump from eight and a half...
[Tim:] Mum is Christopher ten feet?
[Dorothy:] No not ten
[Andrew:] The size
[Dorothy:] size ten, you're like you're size thirteen you're shoe was size twelve and a half but we have to buy thirteens for trainers
[Andrew:] And then you go back to one or something
[Dorothy:] Mm
[Andrew:] at one stage
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[Andrew:] It's isn't it?
[Dorothy:] Mm... is Larry coming here tonight or are you going there?
[Andrew:] Here
[Tim:] Are we gonna
[Andrew:] Is that alright?
[Tim:] Here?
[Dorothy:] I rang John see if he could go same time or I could go there
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Dorothy:] Well done
[Christopher:] Finished
[Andrew:] Do you want that bacon chop Tim cos I don't think you'll find it you won't eat it all?...
[Tim:] I want a little bit more of
[Dorothy:] Ask daddy to you start that then
[Christopher:] Can I have a bit mum?
[Andrew:] Chop that up and you'll get a bit more to go with it.
[Christopher:] Can I have a little bit more of that crisp in it?
[Dorothy:] That Do you like crisps do you?
[Christopher:] But they haven't
[Tim:] I'm having crisps
[Christopher:] I don't mind these little bits mum
[Dorothy:] Right
[Christopher:] but mummy I don't really
[Dorothy:] What?...
[Tim:] Did put it
[Christopher:] That's it as well
[Dorothy:] Is that OK?
[Christopher:] That little bit there
[Dorothy:] How do you like Yeah, mister crusty's really nice in it? don't you daddy? I thought it was quite good, somebody and bath, and bath the children and got their tea ready, what, pretty efficient really as mothers go... and I did the garden
[Andrew:] the garden, was it a nice day?
[Dorothy:] It was yeah, Jamie's mummy said it was going to rain this afternoon didn't she?
[Tim:] I
[Dorothy:] it's daddy actually.
[Andrew:] A big tummy
[Tim:] And, and
[Andrew:] Yes
[Dorothy:] They let off a little despondent these mums and toddlers thinking oh the best bit of the day, and they forget, it wasn't. And it was a very nice mums and toddlers, hardly anybody turned up too
[Andrew:] Why was that?
[Dorothy:] I don't know, last week we were absolutely packed out and then this week
[Andrew:] Are they all ill this week?
[Dorothy:] Well either ill or else they've gone... you know cos it's a nice day out... don't know. All I know is There are quite a few chickenpox cases.
[Tim:] Why
[Andrew:] What did you do Tim at mothers and toddlers?
[Tim:] I played
[Andrew:] Yeah, what did you play with? Anything special?
[Tim:] We had a
[Dorothy:] Try it again Tim daddy didn't quite understand, say it again.
[Andrew:] The prince and the
[Dorothy:] No, no, he's talking about a story
[Tim:] Oh
[Andrew:] A story
[Tim:] story looking in the windows
[Andrew:] Looking in the windows?
[Dorothy:] Mm, mm
[Christopher:] What?
[Tim:] and he be'd a fire engine
[Andrew:] Aah Is this er Christopher's book?
[Dorothy:] Yep
[Andrew:] The one about mummy
[Christopher:] It's mine
[Andrew:] Yeah mummy, mummy the window cleaner went to rescue some people along came the fireman
[Dorothy:] Mums and toddlers thought it was wonderful, we only had half a dozen you see in there cos it was low numbers all round so we had low numbers in the as well, had a little do with a little boy called Shane, he decided he wanted to come into the story with a, in his blue car, I explained that on the day of the choose he could either come in and have a story or he was to play with the blue car outside, well he had a fit, he's rattling the door, anyway, I didn't realize there was this childminder that he had with him not er his mum, cos she came and had her sort of say and things we finished the story and we got onto the rhymes I presume and a little body sidled in through the win through the door and he sort of sat there looking pathetic you know, I said would you like to come and sit on my knee? No he said, and I went over and I picked him up anyway, and sat him on, I sat him on my knee and I said we'll just do some rhymes and I could feel him sort of going mm, mm, mm, like they do all pathetic and whiny, anyway [LAUGHTER] Phyllis arrived and afterwards it was, by then he had calmed down and he was fine and I said wanna read the story now cos he missed it of course when he decided he couldn't do without his car [LAUGHTER], so I said next week perhaps come without your car, I think I'd won him over by the end but, it was a bit hairy.
[Tim:] Mum
[Dorothy:] Especially as the childminder hadn't seen what had happened, so she didn't realize why he was carrying on like he was, made the whole thing a little bit tricky, can I give you this? It hasn't [LAUGHTER]... Rosemary came up and said she really enjoyed last night, so, that's something. I'm not sure it was that brilliant but ha, ha, and it's to change that law
[Andrew:] Yeah, be direct
[Christopher:] Mum
[Andrew:] to the point
[Christopher:] did dad like the ginger bread man? did he mum?
[Dorothy:] Yeah he did
[Andrew:] You like the ginger bread man?...
[Dorothy:] Tim ate an eye before, oh yeah all the people last night had them
[Andrew:] But what I did before yes, one or two did
[Christopher:] ginger bread men or what?
[Tim:] I want
[Dorothy:] just a tiny one that little boy and the girl
[Tim:] I want
[Christopher:] No you, no, did they have a
[Andrew:] Did you have a
[Christopher:] when the girls had little bits at the bottom, little round bits I had
[Tim:] Can I have mine?
[Christopher:] have them today, I had the head of the big one
[Andrew:] Did you?
[Christopher:] ginger bread man er
[Tim:] Can I have my
[Christopher:] for my biscuit today and for myself I had a dinosaur, Miss gave me a whole dinosaur and I had the head arms, erm, the head of the big one
[Andrew:] Yeah
[Christopher:] where my biscuit when I come home
[Andrew:] To you, eat lots of biscuits
[Tim:] And we had a biscuit
[Dorothy:] It sounds like a lot, but it wasn't really
[Andrew:] Did you eat all the sandwiches, all the cake and all the banana?
[Christopher:] I think Christopher's well again don't you?
[Andrew:] He must be
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Mum can I have one of those?
[Christopher:] No I felt really hot mum this morning
[Dorothy:] Did you?
[Tim:] cos my throat hurts
[Andrew:] Your throat hurts as well what's all this throat hurting?
[Dorothy:] sore throat
[Andrew:] I've got a sore throat too.
[Christopher:] I had one
[Dorothy:] When we go to the dentist
[Tim:] I had, I had the video on when, when dad did
[Andrew:] Probably not very erm
[Tim:] I had enough
[Dorothy:] Probably won't matter cos stand clear. Presumably it would, I mean, it's
[Tim:] Can I have the pudding please?
[Dorothy:] Yes, I'll go and get it, have you finished there Christopher?
[Tim:] You didn't do I'm going to stir it out... have I do stir it out... stirring it out?
[Christopher:] Dad I'm meant to be doing that, is that the top one? Get, those yet, OK?
[Andrew:] Careful Christopher
[Christopher:] Here you are
[Andrew:] Christopher just be careful...
[Dorothy:] What's he done?
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[Tim:] You can't do any
[Christopher:] What?
[Tim:] You can't do that.
[Christopher:] Mum
[Dorothy:] Hello Christopher
[Tim:] What's in there, there look at the bottom
[Christopher:] Dad look,
[Tim:] look at the bottom you can't see
[Christopher:] look dad the bottom
[Andrew:] Oops they're smart aren't they?
[Christopher:] I don't know the bottom What?
[Dorothy:] You wouldn't be having ice cream
[Christopher:] Every
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[Christopher:] I can't have a, I can't have one of those lollies
[Tim:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] Aren't you having a bun of mummy's now?
[Christopher:] See we've run out of buns cos you had one yesterday and that makes one er, there was two there
[Andrew:] Not got buns now chocolate pies
[Christopher:] No, you've got to do
[Dorothy:] I'll just do
[Christopher:] erm
[Dorothy:] but
[Christopher:] you, you have,
[Tim:] when did I do that?
[Andrew:] Christopher you come up here and you know talk to me
[Christopher:] That's yours
[Tim:] Thank you
[Christopher:] He's taking them over and I
[Dorothy:] Daddy
[Christopher:] Daddy
[Tim:] Daddy
[Christopher:] Daddy
[Tim:] Daddy
[Andrew:] Yep
[Tim:] Is there another one?
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] one more
[Tim:] Daddy mum dad...
[Christopher:] And he wants this one did he?
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Tim:] Can we have it Christopher?
[Dorothy:] Oh dear, careful.
[Christopher:] again...
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Christopher:] Dad what's left over is my favourite dad, have all of this.
[Andrew:] My staff couldn't cope with the day
[Dorothy:] Oh dear
[Andrew:] Marg went home this morning.
[Dorothy:] Huh, she went home yesterday didn't she?
[Andrew:] No, day before.
[Tim:] Cake... left over
[Dorothy:] She's not coping is she really?
[Andrew:] No...
[Dorothy:] Is she just ill now or is she just
[Andrew:] just being herself
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] but life generally is helping... Well that's nice
[Tim:] What's going to be left over?...
[Dorothy:] What do you mean what's going to be left over?
[Christopher:] Mum
[Tim:] Left over, over there
[Christopher:] it tastes better with ice cream, chocolate ice cream
[Andrew:] the ice cream [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER], no dear
[Andrew:] I thought not, especially the do double exercise then.
[Dorothy:] Mm, I did double exercises in the garden today.
[Christopher:] Double exercises what double exercise
[Dorothy:] I moved the bush, can you see it?
[Christopher:] Where?
[Dorothy:] Remember your dad putting in a big huge something or other which we never did find out what it was, and it's an ugly little specimen
[Andrew:] I could see there's a gap there now so
[Dorothy:] Oh no, no, you're thinking of something else, that was that other pathetic little shrub
[Andrew:] Oh
[Dorothy:] that never did anything, that we inherited, and when we moved all that stuff that was on there, all that junk, erm, when we first moved, I thought it might flourish when it sorted it, but it's kind of spindly so, that's gone, no, no, another bush, over this side
[Andrew:] Can't see it
[Dorothy:] same time as you planted the erm, erm, what do you call it with the butterflies all go on? Buddleia, same time as you planted the Buddleia, you planted this other thing, we don't quite know what it is against the fence, and it kept sticking out when we played ball, do you remember? It was too big for the... border, I really wanted little flowers and prettiness down there really instead
[Tim:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] of a little bush
[Tim:] yeah
[Dorothy:] and I moved it
[Tim:] It's a record
[Andrew:] Record, what is it?
[Dorothy:] and I moved it over to that corner there, where nothing else grows
[Andrew:] I see.
[Dorothy:] see what it can do in that corner.
[Tim:] Oh dear
[Dorothy:] It probably will die a death, you could hardly ever
[Tim:] Mummy
[Andrew:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] see what happens
[Tim:] Mummy, mummy
[Dorothy:] Yes Timothy
[Tim:] look is that digging up,
[Dorothy:] mm
[Tim:] to chop that down
[Dorothy:] right
[Tim:] down the other side
[Dorothy:] oh right... the forsythia has actually flowered this year
[Andrew:] Has it?
[Dorothy:] Remember it used to be three inches long and now a foot long, with a flapper...
[Tim:] You, you haven't see any on this telly, you'll see the horse one.
[Dorothy:] I never the horse one
[Andrew:] Haven't seen Rosie and Jim, haven't watched any telly this weekend.
[Dorothy:] oh good
[Andrew:] Haven't watched Rosie and Jim, Love Piglet I wanted to watch
[Christopher:] Story time
[Dorothy:] eggs,
[Andrew:] There's one about
[Dorothy:] sorry
[Andrew:] erm something about delivering a letter wasn't it?
[Dorothy:] Oh yeah
[Christopher:] That's Play Bus
[Andrew:] That's Play Bus is it?
[Dorothy:] No, it isn't, it's watch isn't it? Oh is it Play Bus? Yeah, I don't know
[Andrew:] I don't think it's Play Bus
[Christopher:] What for?
[Andrew:] There's a letter in Worcestershire as well
[Dorothy:] Mm
[Christopher:] Mm
[Andrew:] There's a local programme there
[Tim:] Dad, you might of seen er...
[Dorothy:] It was done by the Play Bus man, that's what you're thinking
[Tim:] Er, egg one, you haven't seen the egg thing about.
[Andrew:] Mm, no, well there's lots of things I haven't seen, I haven't had time this week
[Dorothy:] There daddy and that's the lot.
[Andrew:] Right I'm not allowed to watch it any more
[Dorothy:] What Christopher, hasn't watched anything
[Christopher:] I haven't watched anything today
[Dorothy:] Should think Tim's watched more than his fair share really today, cos erm, he's so ill this afternoon, whatever it was, but that Christopher was
[Andrew:] Did he help you with the gardening?
[Dorothy:] No, he came out for about ten minutes then he said I'm going back in the house mummy, just then flopped on the chair...
[Tim:] I found a button
[Dorothy:] Have you?...
[Tim:] Look, there's the button
[Dorothy:] Don't you think you ought to eat the pie dish as well?...
[Christopher:] Ben was that stiff teeth
[Dorothy:] Stiff teeth
[Christopher:] Ben was, but erm Greg and Matth Mum it was a very strong teeth, then mum when I bit into chocolate mum the chocolate stayed on there when I eat
[Dorothy:] Mm
[Christopher:] but he's have gone
[Dorothy:] mm
[Christopher:] look mum, look at his back, look it hasn't got very much on has it?
[Dorothy:] No... did you enjoy that dear?...
[Christopher:] Well it's actually bomped me, you can get it
[Dorothy:] I've no idea...
[Tim:] Well Sputknit's on telly if you haven't watched any telly.
[Dorothy:] Christopher's got homework to do.
[Christopher:] Well I've finished some of it, I...
[Tim:] Mum, dad
[Dorothy:] Yes, yes
[Andrew:] Yes, yes
[Tim:] dad
[Andrew:] yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
[Tim:] you haven't eat every
[Christopher:] Rosie and Jim or
[Tim:] you, you haven't seen Rosie and Jim or Sp or video
[Christopher:] or think about
[Andrew:] I haven't, no
[Tim:] or Play Bus
[Andrew:] I haven't got time to see
[Christopher:] Or
[Tim:] You haven't seen think about
[Christopher:] And you haven't seen
[Tim:] and
[Christopher:] the story time, now I don't
[Andrew:] And I think about admiral was about erm
[Tim:] you don't
[Andrew:] bones, bones was the last one I saw.
[Tim:] You haven't seen...
[Christopher:] the one which he takes over
[Andrew:] good
[Christopher:] and then there is another thing about on top of it... think about giant eggs, eggs
[Tim:] no wait a minute
[Christopher:] I, bet, see if I can balance that on my head
[Tim:] no wait a minute
[Dorothy:] Tim, keep going
[Tim:] what?
[Dorothy:] As of were all a what do you want today?
[Christopher:] What's a
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Tim:] A day we go in the mountain
[Dorothy:] A day we went up a mountain
[Christopher:] What, what
[Tim:] I will changed that, and you'll have that
[Dorothy:] Awaiting in amazement
[Andrew:] Is it?
[Tim:] You'll have to watch that
[Dorothy:] that's it
[Tim:] cos you haven't seen that
[Andrew:] No I haven't
[Christopher:] What about a log, we're as quiet as a log?
[Dorothy:] Quiet as a log, no,
[Tim:] You come wash up
[Andrew:] You can't wash up, it's my turn to wash up isn't it?
[Dorothy:] I'll wash up dear while you watch the telly cos I've
[Andrew:] I
[Christopher:] No
[Dorothy:] Alright dear I don't mind [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] See you're not watching their new series, when, anyway, aren't the new
[Dorothy:] However, this
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Andrew:] This one here, what you supposed to be doing?
[Dorothy:] Yes if you can just do that front page which is the easiest one and the second page.
[Christopher:] What, I've already done the second page
[Dorothy:] Have you? Oh well done then that's have a look, where is it? In that case you've probably finished then.
[Christopher:] Can I finished my book?
[Dorothy:] No you haven't, come on
[Christopher:] What finish the whole book? I won't finish the whole book
[Dorothy:] Not the whole book.
[Andrew:] I did erm, Christopher's cost thirty pounds and
[Dorothy:] eight ninety nine... do you want to do this and then, have you done this yet? No, look at page thirteen
[Tim:] Dad
[Andrew:] Yes
[Dorothy:] you've got to find out what's the
[Tim:] Dad
[Andrew:] Yes Tim
[Tim:] Where's
[Christopher:] Where's number one a different cover
[Dorothy:] there's the same cover
[Christopher:] that's not the same cover
[Dorothy:] and you're supposed to put your name
[Christopher:] where's number one?
[Dorothy:] on that don't you?
[Christopher:] it's meant to be a book
[Andrew:] The last I saw was when he went to Stratford, and did he watch the puppets?
[Christopher:] Yes when
[Tim:] We'll have to watch it together, is, is the horse one
[Andrew:] That's right the horse one
[Tim:] was
[Andrew:] Oh
[Christopher:] When you whacked the horse
[Andrew:] yes
[Christopher:] all comes on next
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER] you keep shaking the
[Christopher:] goes on
[Andrew:] Yeah
[Christopher:] and then it starts off, and then it goes on again without winding it back on.
[Dorothy:] Amazing
[Andrew:] I thought that was you Tim
[Tim:] No
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Dad
[Christopher:] if we got the, the whole video of Rosie and Jim or Rosie and Jim didn't
[Dorothy:] Well we've got one Rosie and Jim video didn't we?
[Christopher:] Ah
[Dorothy:] and really I didn't need to do that I ought to
[Andrew:] But that was Christopher's wasn't it?
[Dorothy:] I don't know
[Andrew:] Cos Christopher had his on his head, do you remember?
[Dorothy:] Well I've done thing here
[Andrew:] Can I have my ring back?
[Dorothy:] I don't know where the ring is
[Andrew:] Can I have my ring back and then Christopher can go and look for the ring that he had on his head, he had a wooden one on his head, do you remember?
[Dorothy:] Would you like to go and look for the ring dear? And while you're upstairs, just have a look on the floor highly disgusted...
[Andrew:] Who would have children?
[Dorothy:] What were you doing down?... Quite fond on them didn't we?
[Andrew:] But not at dinner times.
[Dorothy:] But not when they're eating, here... why did I bother giving you a bath?
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] Just wash, wash it off and dirty it the bath
[Tim:] Mum, some more water
[Dorothy:] Have you found a cloth, Christopher did you find a cloth? Aaagh
[Andrew:] Stop
[Dorothy:] Ah, daddy what on earth did you let him do that for dear? Cos you thought he could do it, you were wrong.
[Andrew:] He can't.
[Dorothy:] I think when it comes to pouring Tim, until you're four...
[Christopher:] Or five
[Dorothy:] or five, or six, or seven somebody will do it
[Tim:] I've got some water
[Christopher:] Timothy too much
[Andrew:] Yeah, before Tim tipped it all over the mat and all over the not the carpet, what do you call it? Table cloth
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] You might as well have been a carpet I'm going to probably start washing up,
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] will you pass the things through?
[Tim:] and he, and he does and, and he does over that's big and that's small
[Andrew:] I'll take your er cassette player
[Tim:] No, and that's, dad, it's
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[Dorothy:] So what else have I forgotten to put on then? This list...
[Andrew:] I don't know...
[Dorothy:] What
[Andrew:] tomorrow we'll leave for at four o'clock is that right?
[Dorothy:] Yeah
[Andrew:] Have you got any money?
[Dorothy:] Money, for the dentist?
[Andrew:] Well I've got no money, you'll have to pay the dentist
[Dorothy:] I can write a cheque
[Andrew:] Alright
[Dorothy:] Erm...
[Andrew:] Have you got any cash?
[Dorothy:] Well I've got a bit, but it will be nice, won't it really?
[Andrew:] It will be nice.
[Dorothy:] to take care of Tim or to say to them that the
[Andrew:] I don't know
[Dorothy:] how these things work... erm, sorry
[Andrew:] what mummy and daddy
[Dorothy:] yeah, that'll be nice, cos we don't really want it do we?
[Andrew:] It's only
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[Dorothy:] Do have this business chap staying all of Sunday or what do you think?
[Andrew:] I don't know, I mean we can either take him up to
[Dorothy:] right
[Andrew:] or if he wants to
[Dorothy:] cos it won't be a long evening service will it?
[Andrew:] No whoever, which one of us is there decides to, of course if he decides this after the service you can't stay there very long.
[Dorothy:] Right, so it doesn't matter
[Andrew:] So, whoever takes me, you know
[Dorothy:] that's probably just as well, so it's on, a couple of hours onto the service really isn't it? Say you'll be back by half nine... ten
[Andrew:] By then we'll know where to go
[Dorothy:] True, we hope [LAUGHTER]...
[Andrew:] I think it's on the A ten, erm
[Dorothy:] Have you looked it up then?
[Andrew:] I, no,
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[Dorothy:] Mm, quite exciting isn't it, I mean, well... are you excited by it dear, you seem like you're excited? It is certainly different and we can just poddle him along to everything we do, just, I mean it's, you know we can do things in the garden, we can do things round the house... we don't have to lay out anything special do we?... Well I expect just because we're special type of thing, it'll be OK cos he will be able to enjoy just being with us... or not, as the case may be... family, yeah [LAUGHTER] and the children I expect that'll be interesting for them, cos I quite imagine he would of meet many English children knocking around really, cos the situation is he went
[Andrew:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] as many, and they're lots of fun, but, you know... and no doubt aunty will get fascinated by
[Andrew:] yeah
[Dorothy:] and they get
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[Andrew:] there's too much
[Dorothy:] Yeah [LAUGHTER] but, it was a pity he was able to speak on the telephone, so... Well people keep telling me about them and I don't seem to write them down, I probably so I Oh yeah
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Dorothy:] When
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Dorothy:] Mm, sorted out for April the fifteenth... this erm Information Technology Course...
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Dorothy:] Can I keep that writing
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ......
[Andrew:] Two days
[Dorothy:] Joe, that's handy I can
[Andrew:] The er
[Dorothy:] David and socks, he'll be wearing today and the balls in the garden I think we'll put some of that away, do you?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] going to have Weetabix as well?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Andrew:] she'll never manage all that.
[Dorothy:] in that case you can't cope all all that. So we'll put some of that in there.... There you are. Sir.... Woops....
[Christopher:] Can I have some more milk?... Can I have some...
[Andrew:] Where's your bib Tim?...
[Christopher:] I'm too tired
[Tim:] breakfast...
[Dorothy:] Sit on bottom, please.
[Tim:] [scream]
[Dorothy:] Don't...
[Tim:] When I'm drinking
[Dorothy:] no.
[Tim:] my milk.
[Dorothy:] Pardon?
[Tim:] When I'm drinking
[Dorothy:] There isn't any in there yet. We're waiting for you to sit down properly then we'll start giving you things like milk. Cos it starts going all over the place.... Come on.... Timothy....
[Tim:] There.
[Dorothy:] Ooh.
[Tim:] I drink that
[Dorothy:] I shall have your guts for garters one day.... Oh, good job I don't wear glasses isn't it? [LAUGHTER]...
[Andrew:] going to be recorded everything.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Funny expression isn't it, that one?... Please may I have some tea?
[Andrew:] Certainly my dear.
[Dorothy:] Thank you.... So what's on the agenda for you today then dear?...
[Andrew:] Work work and more work.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Andrew:] suppose Julia will be there.... boss
[Dorothy:] Suppose the what, sorry?
[Andrew:] Don't suppose Julia will be there. My boss is getting to the position where he wants lots of information from me.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Last night, before I came home... he dragged me into his office to... work out how much money... we spend Pontypool... delivering parts to Solihull.
[Dorothy:] And do you know? No, so you had to sit and work it out.
[Andrew:] We had, we had to work it out. Yeah. I sat with a price list. He sat with a calculator.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Andrew:] He only did that simply because he gets asked questions.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] Thing I don't approve of is the fact that... when I ask questions
[Dorothy:] You don't get
[Andrew:] that he needs and he needs to speak to his boss, he doesn't get answers from his boss. But when his boss chases him for, you know... information or whatever you know....
[Christopher:] I only got four sultanas
[Dorothy:] information.
[Christopher:] today.
[Andrew:] It's stopped has it?
[Christopher:] Four sultanas today.
[Dorothy:] Oh dear....
[Christopher:] There's lots of Alpen in here but not very many sultanas.
[Dorothy:] Really? They're probably all at the bottom.
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] They are probably all at the bottom.
[Christopher:] ... You say they're always at the top.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... Actually they do tend to be, don't they? They tend to be at the top and then there's sort of little bits and pieces go at the bottom. So perhaps you'd had it. Perhaps you won't get any sultanas now.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Till the end of the Alpen.... I don't know. I'm just guessing....
[Andrew:] I'm afraid the toast wasn't very square shaped.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Somebody must have sat on the loaf or something.
[Dorothy:] Probably squashed it on the way home from Tesco's.
[Tim:] you squash it. Then
[Andrew:] Well it did get squashed. Did you see? What's happened to the loaf? Somebody must have sat on it, or pulled it or...
[Tim:] if you do that
[Christopher:] I one.
[Andrew:] No. You'll find your sandwiches at work will be a little, your sandwiches at school will be a little bit squashed.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] Well he works.
[Dorothy:] He works at school.
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] Daddy told, said when your sandwiches are at work....
[Andrew:] You know what I meant.
[Dorothy:] He meant at school. But then he said you do work at school so it's alright.
[Andrew:] Course he does. Works very hard....
[Christopher:] Oh, it's a big fat one, this....
[Tim:] Be careful... [shouting] stop.... You're having all of it [].
[Andrew:] And I had to spend a whole hour in a meeting not not an hour, two and a half hours in a
[Christopher:] I still haven't got very little much
[Andrew:] meeting with the French yesterday with To listen to the French to say non. You know
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] the French say non. Except they didn't quite say non, one word.
[Tim:] And I haven't.
[Andrew:] They said it in a round about way for two and a half hours.
[Christopher:] Look at mine.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Look at mine.
[Andrew:] We knew they were coming to say non. That's why the meeting had been arranged.
[Dorothy:] They didn't need to take two and a half hours over it.
[Christopher:] Look at mine. I didn't have any.
[Tim:] And look at mine, I've finished.
[Christopher:] I've finished.
[Tim:] And me.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] [shouting] I need some more milk []. [crying]
[Dorothy:] Would everybody stop shrieking. Hands off the jug please.
[Tim:] [shouting] Off the jug [].
[Dorothy:] What's the problem?
[Christopher:] I want a drink please.
[Dorothy:] There's some for you.
[Christopher:] [belch] Ugh.
[Dorothy:] And some for you. And nobody ask for any more till toast.
[Tim:] That's a lot.
[Andrew:] Ooh, a cat.
[Christopher:] Nobody
[Dorothy:] Go away pussy.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Tim:] Go away. [shouting] Go away [].
[Dorothy:] It's amazing how a huge c a huge cat like that can get underneath... I've just planted my bulbs
[Tim:] I saw, I saw a cat. I saw a cat on the step.
[Andrew:] I think all the
[Tim:] [shouting] Mum. Mummy. Mummy [].
[Andrew:] big green pellet things
[Christopher:] Mum why did you say go away?
[Dorothy:] Please don't shout at me. I don't like it.
[Christopher:] Why did you say go away when he wasn't on the flowers?
[Dorothy:] Well, I don't mind him walking across that bit but...
[Christopher:] But why did he shout it?...
[Dorothy:] Who, Tim?
[Christopher:] Mm. That might be why he's gone away.
[Dorothy:] Well that's alright. We don't mind that.... What did you try to say?
[Tim:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] Yes.
[Tim:] I saw a black cat on the step.
[Dorothy:] Did you?
[Tim:] But he went away.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Tim:] Cos I shouted go away then he went.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]. Right.... We're not, not very friendly towards cats here are we? I don't mind other people's cats in their homes... like erm there's a cat at Holly Cottage isn't there?
[Tim:] Yeah, a black one....
[Dorothy:] Is that a nice cat, do you stroke it?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Christopher:] Yes it is a nice one mummy.
[Dorothy:] Remember it do you?
[Christopher:] Yeah....
[Dorothy:] It's the ones that come along and just have to do things in the middle of the garden.
[Christopher:] There's a few little flaps mummy
[Andrew:] That's right.
[Christopher:] in... Holly Cottage where it can go through and it's a great
[Dorothy:] Oh that's nice.
[Christopher:] it's very big and they're only small flaps.
[Dorothy:] Mm. Cat flap. Well you can see how cats can squeeze underneath... fences
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] so I'm sure they can squeeze through cat flaps if they need to.... Is he meant to have half of that?
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Christopher:] I don't want half.
[Tim:] It is raining. Mummy, it is raining.
[Christopher:] I don't want ha I don't want half.... I want a whole....
[Andrew:] And what's Tim going to eat?
[Christopher:] Nothing. [LAUGHTER]... Could you make another one for him?
[Dorothy:] ...
[Christopher:] Make another one for him dad.... Make another one for him.
[Tim:] No....
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Andrew:] doesn't it?
[Dorothy:] What's that?
[Andrew:] The amount of toast consumed....
[Dorothy:] off colour day wasn't it? Whenever it was....
[Andrew:] How's your throat today?
[Dorothy:] Much better today.... I think it suddenly improved. I would advise Tarazets if you want to... try and get rid of it. It's definitely worked for me. Suck Tarazets if.
[Tim:] Think I need, think I need some Tarazets. My throat's hurting.
[Andrew:] Your throat's hurting is it? Oh. Poor Tim.
[Christopher:] Mine is as well mum.
[Dorothy:] .
[Andrew:] So's mine. [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Ha! Think all of us want one. [LAUGHTER].
[Dorothy:] Mine's on it's way out.
[Christopher:] Mum's on it's mum's is on it's way out....
[Tim:] If I have it... o one first, then you, then him then
[Dorothy:] I'm not bothering today cos I think mine is... nearly better now. It can get better by itself now.
[Tim:] One for me, then... Christopher, then dad. Then we
[Christopher:] Well... it went Tim... no it went mummy...
[Tim:] No. [shouting] Mummy. Mummy's not having any [].
[Christopher:] But she always, she used to have one. So she had it first, you had it second... erm... daddy had it... third and I had it fourth.
[Tim:] You've got on your jumper.
[Dorothy:] Mm. I've just seen that too Tim.
[Christopher:] Oh. How did that happen?
[Dorothy:] I don't know. Perhaps your arm
[Tim:] Think you your jumper.
[Christopher:] I didn't. Where is my marmalade? Marmite.
[Andrew:] If you said... please may I have the marmalade it might arrive.
[Christopher:] Why has it got a mar and E on the end?
[Dorothy:] Cos otherwise it would be marmit. See, marmit I it's marmite.
[Christopher:] Mum
[Tim:] Where's the marmalade?
[Andrew:] Right in front of you.
[Tim:] Where? Oh! [LAUGHTER]
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Here's the marmalade.
[Andrew:] He didn't ask for it. He just said where is it.... Just say, please can I have it.
[Dorothy:] say please may I have the marmalade.
[Christopher:] Peas.
[Tim:] He didn't.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER] I said peas.... Not please, I didn't say please.
[Dorothy:] Oh. Well say thank you when you get it.
[Christopher:] Thank you. I said
[Dorothy:] That's it.
[Christopher:] peas... instead of please. I said peas
[Dorothy:] Timothy, how did you manage to get on your knees again?
[Tim:] What?
[Andrew:] [LAUGHTER] Easy. Easy-peasy.
[Dorothy:] He must have got a spring. Automatic spring in there.
[Tim:] What?
[Christopher:] What?
[Andrew:] You're supposed to sit down to eat Tim. Remember?
[Tim:] I've... finished. There.
[Andrew:] Right. Thank you....
[Christopher:] Is he sitting down mum?
[Dorothy:] No he's kneeling up....
[Tim:] my milk....
[Christopher:] ... Yes he is kneeling up.
[Andrew:] So, this afternoon
[Dorothy:] Mhm. When we go to the dentist.
[Andrew:] we gather at the dentist at four o'clock.
[Dorothy:] [singing] Shall we gather at the dentist [].
[Andrew:] You'll get there just before. Erm... will you be able to take some money?
[Dorothy:] A chequebook, I'll take.
[Andrew:] Right. Cos it costs so much now. I think they put the rate up didn't they? Recently.
[Dorothy:] Did they?
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] So how much is it now, for children?
[Christopher:] It's Ruth's birthday today.
[Dorothy:] It is Ruth's birthday today. That's very clever. How do you know that?
[Christopher:] Mm mm.
[Andrew:] He just remembers these things....
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Tim:] It's not your birthday
[Andrew:] No, Ruth's.
[Dorothy:] No not mine. Ruth's
[Andrew:] Your cousin.
[Dorothy:] Cousin Ruth.... Remember Ruth? Went to stay with them and Ruth came to read to you in the morning. Oh no, Ann came to read to you in the mornings didn't she? Ruth wasn't with us in the mornings. [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Ruth.
[Andrew:] Yes, you remember. Ruth... and Ann and Uncle David and Auntie Gwen. Do you remember them? We went to stay in their house one weekend.... And we went with them to the zoo. Do you remember?
[Dorothy:] Oh yes.
[Andrew:] Remember going to the zoo? We went on a little steam train as well.
[Dorothy:] And you and me nearly... nearly didn't get on the train. Do you remember the train? They were all waiting for us.... We had to run quick.
[Tim:] Why?
[Dorothy:] I can't remember what we were doing. Probably weeing up a tree somewhere.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] because, think the train nearly went.
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] Everybody else was sitting on the train. We had to run quick to get on it.
[Tim:] Because, because the little train nearly without us.
[Dorothy:] Mm. Did nearly go without us.
[Christopher:] If it went without you
[Dorothy:] We'd have to catch the next one.
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Andrew:] That's right. Cos there's only one train. It was going round and round wasn't it?
[Christopher:] Mm....
[Tim:] We'd have to wait for the next one then.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Andrew:] So are we all being... examined today?
[Dorothy:] We are, this is a family trip.
[Andrew:] Right....
[Dorothy:] Because said, are the children coming for a check up too.
[Tim:] Well, I have some Marmite.
[Dorothy:] Cos otherwise it's silly if we go
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] and then they go and... they never know where they are.
[Tim:] Can I have some Marmite on this?...
[Dorothy:] Are the children supposed to go every six months?
[Andrew:] Something like that.
[Dorothy:] Well that's okay. So it ought to work out twelve and a six month
[Tim:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] so that we go every twelve and they go every six.
[Tim:] Can you chop it?
[Dorothy:] But somehow or another it got out of sequence.
[Tim:] Can you chop No... chop it.
[Dorothy:] Oh chop, sorry. I'm not listening to you am I?
[Andrew:] Presuming that our dentist still wants to do National Health Service work. Cos most of them are threatening to give up aren't they?
[Dorothy:] Are they?
[Tim:] No.
[Andrew:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] And do what? Private?
[Tim:] [shouting] Mum... mum [].
[Andrew:] Private work. Cos they say they don't get paid enough money for the N H S.
[Dorothy:] So people like, except the children you mean?
[Andrew:] No. For everybody.... The vast majority of dentists have threatened to
[Dorothy:] Well how come when we're paying so much? Do you want
[Andrew:] Well because you'd have to pay even more... if you did it privately.
[Tim:] My throat hurts.
[Dorothy:] Oh I see. Is it dear? Do you want two?
[Tim:] Yeah....
[Christopher:] Mm mm mm. A please. A messy. A? What's a? I can't wear my new shoes this morning can I?
[Dorothy:] Why not? Oh no you can't cos it's school.... You can wear them when you get home.
[Christopher:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] And walk to the dentist.
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] And walk to the dentist in your new shoes....
[Christopher:] And at the dentists.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Well you don't take your shoes off at the dentists.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] He doesn't look at your feet, he only looks at your teeth. He'll get a shock when he sees your teeth won't he?... Four of them have changed since you last came.
[Christopher:] Is it today?... Is it today?
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Christopher:] Oh. It feels funny when she... you do it. Mum.
[Dorothy:] Yeah....
[Christopher:] Is it... are you going to be checked?
[Dorothy:] Yes. Mummy and daddy and you two.... We're all going, family trip....
[Tim:] And me?
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Christopher:] At the bed time?
[Dorothy:] Yes and you.
[Christopher:] At bed time?...
[Dorothy:] No, four o'clock it is.
[Tim:] I'm gonna look at my teeth.
[Dorothy:] It's a little, it's a little ploy to get daddy home early. [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] What?
[Tim:] gonna look at my teeth?
[Dorothy:] Daddy'll have to come home a bit early to have it done.
[Tim:] gonna look at my teeth?
[Dorothy:] Yes. Will you let him?... Yes? Will you sit on the chair, open your mouth, let him stick a mirror in? Aah.
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Christopher:] Stick a mirror in?... We don't
[Dorothy:] I seem to remember last time you got two stickers didn't you, cos you had super clean teeth? I bet you only get one sticker this time.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Tim:] You think I'm gonna get two?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Christopher:] You'd have to clean them out very did that.
[Dorothy:] I think you were a bit lucky to get two stickers.... I would have thought one sticker would be sufficient really....
[Christopher:] It was when Mrs was there then wasn't it mummy?
[Dorothy:] Was it?
[Christopher:] Mrs was there.
[Dorothy:] Mm probably. Mm.
[Christopher:] It was.
[Dorothy:] Oh you went to school didn't you? There was a dentist came to school, remember?... And we had a letter home saying something about you need to go to the local dentist or something for treatment. Poss no possible treatment. And I think it was cos of the wobbly front tooth when... you bent it back when you fell over my foot.
[Christopher:] But next time it won't
[Dorothy:] So we didn't bother going because we were regularly going anyway.
[Christopher:] What?...
[Dorothy:] [clears throat]
[Christopher:] You didn't bother going cos we
[Dorothy:] No.
[Christopher:] were regularly going?
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Well I didn't see much point
[Christopher:] What does regularly mean?
[Dorothy:] Regularly means that we go in anyway t... every six months you go and have your teeth checked to see if they're okay.
[Christopher:] Every six
[Dorothy:] So just when some... some bod comes to school and... opens your mouth and says ooh, this looks interesting, there's not much point because... our own dentist knows about it....
[Christopher:] So you don't really need to be checked at school?
[Dorothy:] No I wouldn't have thought so. But some people don't go to the dentist regularly, so they need to be checked at school.... People like Michelle probably never set eyes on a dentist normally.... It's probably a good thing for a dentist to have a look at her teeth and see what needs doing....
[Christopher:] Because her mum... and her mum doesn't?
[Dorothy:] Mm probably....
[Christopher:] They've never been?
[Dorothy:] Probably not.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Tim:] We have.
[Dorothy:] I'm just guessing. We've been, yeah. But not everybody does. Well not everybody likes dentists and they think that something
[Tim:] Well well we
[Dorothy:] awful's gonna happen to them. They're wrong
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] cos it's nice isn't it, at the dentist?... [clears throat]...
[Tim:] Think everyone goes.
[Christopher:] To the dentist.
[Dorothy:] Well everybody... ought to go to the dentist if they want to keep their teeth nice and healthy. But not everybody does cos some people get frightened of dentists and they think ooh I don't want to go there. But that's silly cos there's nothing to be frightened of is there? It's nice at the dentist.
[Tim:] No no-one can get frightened.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] But they won't get stickers will they?
[Dorothy:] True.
[Tim:] They won't get stickers dad.
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] If they go
[Christopher:] got toothbrushes to give you... but the [sounds like he's got his fingers in his mouth]...
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Christopher:] can't see that can you?
[Dorothy:] No, you can't see that. That's why you need a mirror.
[Tim:] Could I have one of those?
[Dorothy:] Can you have what?
[Tim:] Have one of those things.
[Dorothy:] What things?
[Tim:] Those pink things that af after we had our lunch.
[Dorothy:] Pink things?
[Tim:] Yeah. Er those things in that bottle.
[Dorothy:] Oh I know what you mean. For your throat?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Yes you can do, just wipe your hands first.
[Christopher:] Why?
[Dorothy:] Well he's got his sore throat here....
[Christopher:] I've got a sore throat too.
[Dorothy:] Have you? Right.
[Tim:] And you.
[Dorothy:] You can have one each.
[Christopher:] Where are they?
[Dorothy:] In the kitchen.
[Christopher:] Would I spot it?
[Dorothy:] I don't know.
[Tim:] Think I'm going to get them because... I... I
[Dorothy:] No Tim. Mummy has to get those. It says on the bottle, only mummies touch medicines. Well no, not quite but
[Christopher:] [LAUGHTER]... It doesn't really.......
[Dorothy:] One for you.... One for Tim.... One for you, daddy, would you like one of these.
[Christopher:] One... yeah cos he's allowed. He's allowed to have one.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Tim:] I I I've got one.
[Andrew:] Have you? Yes.
[Christopher:] I've got one.
[Tim:] Look.
[Andrew:] Yes.
[Christopher:] Already had these before daddy.
[Tim:] And me. I I I I had another piece.
[Andrew:] Right. Are we gonna have a song? I shouldn't be here. I'm late. It's got to be very very quick.
[Dorothy:] Very very quick.
[Tim:] And I want to watch the telly.
[Dorothy:] Well hold on cos
[Andrew:] Right. Can we have a prayer?
[Tim:] Can I have be bold?
[Andrew:] Right.
[Dorothy:] Yes. After the prayer....
[Andrew:] [whispering] just gonna have a prayer, right. []. Heavenly father
[Christopher:] Be bold.
[Andrew:] we pray that... you'll be with us today. That you'll help us as we go out. Go to... nursery and school and work... and do different things. Pray that... we'll listen to you. To help us to be friends to those we meet. That you'll look after and keep us safe until the end of the day. Amen.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] Amen.
[Andrew:] [singing] Be bold
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] Be bold
[Andrew:] be strong
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] be strong... for the lord your god is with you
[Andrew:] be bold
[Dorothy:] be bold
[Andrew:] be strong
[Dorothy:] be strong
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] for the lord your god is with you. I am not afraid no no no. I am not dismayed, not me, for I'm walking in the of victory. Cos I'm a walking of victory. For the lord your god is with you. Bom bom []...
[Tim:] Now your turn.
[Christopher:] Jesus' love is very wonderful....
[Tim:] Where's dad?
[Dorothy:] Dad's in the kitchen.
[Andrew:] Bubye funny.
[Tim:] No
[Andrew:] Bubye... bubye... bubye
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] You sound like a monkey [].
[Andrew:] Bubye.... Bubye.
[Dorothy:] No-one's listening to a word you're saying Tim. What's your problem?
[Tim:] Jesus.
[Dorothy:] You want to sing Jesus?
[Tim:] Yeah, with dad.
[Dorothy:] Dad's gone I'm afraid cos he's gonna be late.
[Christopher:] [singing] Jesus' love is very wonderful, Jesus' love is very wonderful... Jesus' love is very wonderful, very wonderful love []
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [singing] very wonderful, Jesus' love is very wonderful... Jesus' love is very wonderful, oh wonderful love []
[Dorothy:] Christopher.
[Christopher:] What?
[Dorothy:] Your clothes are upstairs on the chair.
[Tim:] [shouting] Mum [].
[Dorothy:] go and get them on please. In we go.... In we go. Shall we close the door?
[Gwen:] You knit you knit Tim's jumpers don't you Dot?
[Dorothy:] Er sometimes, it depends. Granny and
[Gwen:] Ah they're not all granny's.
[Dorothy:] Some are granny's and some
[Lily:] Oh I was just oh what a lovely jumper. Did you knit it? And she said no, grandma knitted it.
[Dorothy:] Do you remember the teddybear one? The trouble is he's wearing it out for Christopher so you won't see the new one.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[Lily:] you mean you didn't knit these?
[Dorothy:] I didn't knit this one, but I did knit the teddy one. Remember the teddy one?
[Lily:] No.
[Gwen:] Cos Tim said you knitted one.
[Dorothy:] He wears the, mm
[Gwen:] I said did nanny and he said no mummy knitted it.
[Dorothy:] No I do, I do knit. Not often, but I knit.
[Gwen:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Trouble is granny does it and she's got loads of time. She sits there and does them twice as fast as me. I th what I like doing, I like the pictures.
[Gwen:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] So I don't mind doing the pictures. If she'd do the sleeves and the back for me [LAUGHTER] I'd be very grateful [].
[Gwen:] [LAUGHTER] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Whereas she can't stand doing the pictures cos it takes her too much time.
[Gwen:] It's like doing tapestry.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Gwen:] I like the picture bits
[Dorothy:] And then there's all this, yeah green or something at the back.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[Gwen:] So when I did one I sort of
[Dorothy:] Ooh
[Gwen:] rationed myself. A few rows of green
[Dorothy:] good gracious!
[Gwen:] and then I could do a flower.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[Gwen:] [LAUGHTER] It's just ridiculous []
[Dorothy:] Good for the good for the soul. [LAUGHTER] Let's open you up. Why is it you can't do this, eh? Cos you're on strike when we come to nursery and you like to feel that way.
[Gwen:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Look at this owl sitting looking at us. Sweet isn't it?
[Gwen:] Little bit battered now. It's got a lot of bits missing.
[Dorothy:] Oh well, well he still looks very sweet to those of us who are not familiar with him. Oh yeah. Well no but
[Gwen:] She keeps apologizing for him. perfectly normal
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Gwen:] I think she thinks he ought to be totally angelic, you know
[Dorothy:] They're not though are they, really?
[Gwen:] Oh yeah. No we insist upon being normal children.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Oh.... Yeah, what are we gonna do today then?... This side or the other side? Do you want to go and see what's going on in the sitting room?... Or are you going to come in here?... Ooh, hello Bubble.... Where are you gonna be? Do you want to go this way and have a look? Shall I give you a kiss and say goodbye? Oh no you don't like kisses at the moment do you?
[Gwen:] Oh dear, don't you like sloppy kisses?
[Dorothy:] Sometimes he does, just before he goes to bed but you have to put them in just the right place. [LAUGHTER]
[Gwen:] Morning.
[speaker006:] Morning. Morning ladies.
[Dorothy:] Are you going?... They're all in here, the other people.... No? What are you gonna do?
[speaker006:] Let me down, let me down mum, let me down. Ooh gosh it's cold this morning. Alright Tim?
[Dorothy:] Sort of. We don't quite know what to do with ourselves at the moment.
[speaker006:] Morning Rebecca, morning Elizabeth.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] Morning.
[speaker006:] Isn't it cold this morning? I'm warm.
[Dorothy:] Oh I'm warm too. Or are you sickening for something?
[speaker006:] I think... in fact it was too warm but I still thought it was cold. And it was so warm today. The flu.
[Dorothy:] Definitely the flu.
[speaker006:] Mm my husband's in bed.
[Dorothy:] Oh well there we are.
[speaker006:] So I probably am coming down with.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Oh dear. Mm what are we doing dearest?
[speaker006:] That's a nice jumper Tim. What have you got on your buttons? Oh, pussycats. Could be Bubble pussycats couldn't it Tim?... Morning Cath. I'm coming, I'm coming. Morning.
[Dorothy:] Everybody's arriving aren't they Tim? Shall we go in there and help find a jigsaw or something? Cos you like doing that don't you? seems to be our general... general start in life.... Ooh this looks nice.... Oh that's a nice one isn't it?... Chains and. Right, I'll see you later then. Can I blow you one today... or not?... Bye. Can't kiss him [LAUGHTER]. My other one's kissy so it's alright. [LAUGHTER] He's huggy this one, not kissy. He doesn't like wet sloppy kisses, he thinks it's silly.
[speaker006:] do any sloppy kisses?
[Dorothy:] No only one.
[speaker006:] sloppy kisses and this... this little girl we had sloppy kisses ooh that's mucky, that's just for babies. So we don't have any sloppy kisses can't sleep at night.
[Dorothy:] You haven't lent it to him have you? Oh. [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Then in the end she decides it's alright.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[speaker006:] She can bear
[Dorothy:] I wouldn't like to say what they're doing....
[Marjorie:] Look at that one, he's on his back.
[Dorothy:] Is one of them a drake then? Must be.
[Marjorie:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] Which one's which?
[Marjorie:] Well he's got a little. That one's on the other's back. [LAUGHTER] Oh I say!
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Oh they might... they're coming for a swim now look.... Ooh just gonna have a drink. Are you going to pop in there, go for a swim?
[Tim:] Come on. In there.... In.
[Dorothy:] Going to have a swim? Oh... yes, there we go.
[Marjorie:] Yes, he's doing what you told him.
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]...
[Marjorie:] Nice isn't it? Come on. Let's get in the car then.
[Dorothy:] Lovely aren't they? Come on then.
[Tim:] No. Think these ones gonna go in.
[Dorothy:] Well I think we'd better leave them just to do what they like, cos I expect Gwen wants to get on with her dinner now.
[Marjorie:] Yeah, and I want to go and get
[Dorothy:] We need to go home.
[Marjorie:] I'm going to get some lunch at grandma's.
[Dorothy:] Going to grandma's house for our lunch now. Have you had a nice morning at nursery?... Mind that road. Wait at the gates.... Stop there, wait. Good boy.... Have you shown grandma your new shoes?
[Tim:] No....
[Dorothy:] Oh.... Mind, cos there's a car coming Tim.
[Tim:] Played in the sand.
[Dorothy:] Played in the sand? Was that with good James or naughty James?
[Tim:] Naughty James.
[Dorothy:] Ooh.... Was naughty James good?... So there we are.
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] And they use the whole of the house, you know there's the downstairs, that little room that you saw.
[Marjorie:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] That's known as the nursery room.
[Marjorie:] Yeah. And then they go in all the rest
[Dorothy:] Then they go in all the rest of the... well just the downstairs.
[Marjorie:] Downstairs, mm.
[Dorothy:] So they can go, they have a story time in the sitting room, you know with a
[Marjorie:] That's nice that's
[Dorothy:] They play on the floor with a
[Marjorie:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] trucks and everything.... It's friendly isn't it?
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] You know what I mean? It's not institutionalized.
[Marjorie:] Well it's better isn't it?
[Dorothy:] Well I think so. And there's nobody shrieking at them and there's only twelve of them there and... you know, nobody's getting cross with anybody. Well I mean I suppose they do when they... do something stupid. But there's not [LAUGHTER] there's not like Yeah. That's right. Which is also why I feel that he ought to go to Ironcrest as well. Because otherwise school will become a little
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] horrendous won't it?
[Marjorie:] And if he goes to
[Dorothy:] Specially Woodrow [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] just for mornings only... he'll be able to stick up for himself and that won't he?
[Dorothy:] Yeah.... But it's sad really because I mean does all sorts of things... with them which
[Marjorie:] He won't get when he goes, mm...
[Dorothy:] But then Christopher survived didn't he?
[Marjorie:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] And I think it's important
[Marjorie:] That's where they normally put it. Sometimes they put it in the erm van.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] But one lad... messed about and pushed it through those holes.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] Which is, Mary said, she said did you? I said I did I said and I had an awful job to get it out again. Said they were roaring laughing watching him try... I don't know why he tried to push them in there.
[Dorothy:] Mm nor do I.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] ...
[Dorothy:] There you are. Had a phone call from the health visitor this morning.... Shock. See if Timothy was alright. To tell me he would, she would come when he was four and a quarter. It's christmas isn't it? [LAUGHTER] Oops! I'm falling out here. Right, would you like to take those for grandma?...
[Tim:] No you.
[Dorothy:] And that's for grandma.
[Tim:] You, you take it.
[Dorothy:] Well there's lots for grandma so we'll have to sort out what's what. That looks like us... that's us, that's us... that's us, that's grandma. Can you go and ask her how many bags she's got?... Tim?... Could you go and ask her how many bags she's got?... How many? Try
[Tim:] One two three four...
[Dorothy:] Four.
[Tim:] There's only four.
[Dorothy:] Well that's okay then. There's one.
[Tim:] For you.
[Dorothy:] Can you manage that one, it's a bit heavy?...
[Tim:] You take those two... and I'll take
[Dorothy:] Okay.... How many bags do you think you had?
[Marjorie:] I don't know.
[Tim:] One two three four... we've got. We've got four....
[Marjorie:] Yeah, sausages.
[Dorothy:] So it's not mine, so if we've got it... somebody else's. This thing's still round. Oh yes.
[Tim:] We've got four....
[Dorothy:] We've got four what?
[Marjorie:] Have you locked your car then?
[Tim:] Four bags.
[Marjorie:] Have you locked the car?
[Dorothy:] I've shut it up anyway. I don't think I've locked it actually. I don't
[Marjorie:] wish
[Dorothy:] could come Monday.
[Marjorie:] Mm?
[Dorothy:] She could come Monday. Otherwise I won't see her will I?
[Marjorie:] I tell you what then, you bring Timothy here... erm if you're going swimming.
[Dorothy:] Oh right! I'd forgotten about that.
[Marjorie:] And we'll give him a ride on the bus to your house.
[Dorothy:] And meet you at our house?
[Marjorie:] You, you'll have to bring Timothy here.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Marjorie:] Then you can er... come too soon, I don't know what time the trains be in.
[Dorothy:] What time is she coming, is she arriving?
[Marjorie:] Well she should be, should get the twelve thirty six....
[Tim:] [singing] []
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] So, you'll have to bring
[Dorothy:] Well that could get confusing. We'll have to see whether we go swimming. I should think we will cos
[Marjorie:] If you're going to go swimming... bring Timothy here
[Dorothy:] very lively.
[Marjorie:] and then we'll get on the bus about half past four and bring him to your house.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Marjorie:] Cos he'll like that won't he?...
[Dorothy:] Yes. Oh.
[Marjorie:] I thought that we, we... we sort of eating up I think.... You'll have to decide what you want.
[Dorothy:] What's the choice?
[Marjorie:] There's erm...
[Dorothy:] What are you doing Tim?... Are you full of energy?
[Marjorie:] Yes he is isn't he?
[Dorothy:] He's normally wiped out after nursery....
[Marjorie:] Well
[Dorothy:] Mummy was last collecting you wasn't she?
[Marjorie:] what's in these. We'll have to look. There's two with corned beef.
[Dorothy:] Two with corned beef.
[Marjorie:] Three with cream cheese and one with real hard cheese but I can't... [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] You can't think out which one
[Marjorie:] find which is, it is.
[Tim:] There's still some more things in here.
[Dorothy:] I think you need to go to the toilet first before we have lunch.
[Marjorie:] Erm and go and go to the toilet then.
[Dorothy:] Let's go....
[Marjorie:] I'll have a l we'll have to look inside and see what's in.... Would you like some tomato mummy?...
[Dorothy:] Erm
[Tim:] I like cream cheese.
[Dorothy:] You like cream cheese. Yes please.
[Marjorie:] I'll put you one out....
[Tim:] What?...
[Dorothy:] What what what?
[Tim:] What what grandma say?
[Dorothy:] Tomato. Would I like a tomato.
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] And I said yes please.... Would you like a tomato?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Well that's alright then.
[Tim:] I want cream cheese all by itself.
[Dorothy:] Right-y-ho.
[Marjorie:] Er the tomatoes
[Dorothy:] Do you want to sit in your place?
[Marjorie:] were they left in your er car?
[Dorothy:] Oh. Why, are they in a special bag?
[Marjorie:] They're in a bag on their own I think.... Can't see them,
[Dorothy:] Bag on their own?
[Marjorie:] I think they were on their own.
[Dorothy:] Were they er l loose or were they in a packet?
[Marjorie:] In a packet in a bag....
[Tim:] I just take
[Marjorie:] That's that's the apples. We've got the apples.... Oh they're here. Tell mummy they're here. We've got them.
[Tim:] [shouting] We've got them [].
[Marjorie:] No, we've got them....
[Dorothy:] I did worry about that cos I don't think
[Marjorie:] You'd seen them like, no.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Tomatoes knocking about
[Tim:] I takes them out.
[Marjorie:] Yes alright, well you needn't bother any more with those
[Dorothy:] Oy.
[Marjorie:] Right.
[Tim:] Now let's start.
[Dorothy:] had my children have you? my children? I know. And me. It's horrid.
[Marjorie:] And then I had a go at him. Yes they always go in that
[Tim:] [singing] [] I'm started.
[Dorothy:] Pardon?
[Tim:] I'm starting.
[Dorothy:] Well don't start until grandma comes.
[Marjorie:] Well just look what he wants in mummy....
[Dorothy:] We're just waiting for you grandma.
[Marjorie:] Yes right....
[Dorothy:] It's polite....
[Marjorie:] Shall we put the light on?
[Dorothy:] Well let's wait until grandma's sat down cos she can't think straight otherwise.... Are you coming to sit down for this meal?...
[Marjorie:] Are you warm enough? There's no heat on at the moment.
[Dorothy:] No I'm sweltered thank you.
[Marjorie:] Right, now we've got to see which is hard cheese and which is
[Tim:] My throat's hurting.
[Dorothy:] Is it?
[Marjorie:] What's hurting love?
[Dorothy:] His throat's hurting.
[Tim:] My throat.
[Marjorie:] Oh well,th
[Dorothy:] We've had a family sore throat.
[Marjorie:] I think that is cream, ooh that'll be lovely and soft.
[Dorothy:] Ooh cream please.
[Tim:] I want this one.
[Marjorie:] That's well I don't know whether that's real cheese or cream cheese. You'll have to just look....
[Tim:] Yeah, cream cheese.
[Marjorie:] Is it? Oh that's okay then.... Now then
[Tim:] I've got one.
[Dorothy:] You can say thank you now.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] Amen.
[Tim:] ... Yeah these are cream cheese.
[Marjorie:] Is it nice?
[Dorothy:] Seems a long long time since we used to do it. Cos we used to do this every week didn't we? Come to you for lunch.
[Marjorie:] Yeah, but we've changed the menu since, I mean we've changed the erm
[Dorothy:] Itinerary.
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Tim:] Think these are
[Marjorie:] You always used to come when it was erm ch er erm tumbletots
[Tim:] Think think... think these are
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Tim:] Think those are all cream cheeses.
[Dorothy:] If Matthew's not going to come on a Wednesday
[Marjorie:] You could come couldn't you?
[Dorothy:] we could come on a Wednesday sometimes, couldn't we?
[Marjorie:] Mm. otherwise we're missing out aren't we?
[Dorothy:] Mm.... On the other hand they come to you on a Monday or a Tuesday
[Marjorie:] It makes it a rush
[Dorothy:] don't they?
[Marjorie:] Yeah. It makes it a rush if you're going back to school.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] Won't it?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] I like it when you come and we sort of can... not in a rush.... You know.
[Dorothy:] Well we shall have to... stick to the occasional... I bought some of that cheese. You know, did you see me tasting some?
[Marjorie:] Mm erm... what was it?
[Dorothy:] It was called real cheese... turned into a spread.... So it's not cream cheese in a spread.
[Marjorie:] It's ordinary che proper cheese in a spread?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] Oh. Interesting.
[Dorothy:] I don't know what they've done to it to make it spread, but still.
[Marjorie:] Melted it. [LAUGHTER]...
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] cream cheese
[Marjorie:] No there's one
[Dorothy:] Thought I might as well try it out.
[Marjorie:] that's erm... that's corned beef, that one.
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Marjorie:] So one of those is real cheese and one is cream cheese. I don't know which.
[Tim:] Think that is cream cheese. It like that one.
[Dorothy:] you'll find out.... Do you want a drink Tim?
[Tim:] No.... Not yet.
[Marjorie:] I've got. [LAUGHTER] []
[Tim:] After I... after I've eaten that bread.
[Dorothy:] Mhm.
[Tim:] I've still got
[Marjorie:] They've changed changed all the programmes. I thought... u at five past nine on a Friday we usually have erm desert island discs. It wasn't, did you you?
[Dorothy:] Desert island discs. And it's that
[Marjorie:] Oh no, what a... and it wasn't on anywhere else was it? I mean I think
[Dorothy:] It was erm... the Welsh whatsit party wasn't it?
[Marjorie:] Mm. Oh I switched it off.... I was that disgusted, I was waiting for the music.
[Dorothy:] And me. I enjoy listening to that while I'm
[Marjorie:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] pottering about tidying up.
[Marjorie:] Yeah I do. Yeah. Mm that something else did it, ooh.
[Dorothy:] They think, they seem to think that we want to... think about the election all the time.
[Marjorie:] Well you don't do you?
[Dorothy:] No. I'm quite happy to listen to some things about the election cos in fact I don't know
[Marjorie:] I think you have to keep up. You've got to keep up with it a bit but... I think that all those at the same
[Dorothy:] And they also just tell it the flavour they fancy don't they?
[Marjorie:] Mm. Course they do.
[Dorothy:] That's what gets me....
[Tim:] This is cream cheese this.
[Marjorie:] Good....
[Dorothy:] Meanwhile you know, the rest of the world
[Marjorie:] Is going on.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. And we don't know what's going on in it do we?
[Marjorie:] No. I tell you what's a good programme er the seven o'clock erm
[Dorothy:] I suppose if I got a newspaper it would help.
[Marjorie:] Yeah but you've got to plough through the newspaper
[Dorothy:] Page twenty four
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] before you get any news. Mm. [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] Mm cos it's all full of Du Duchess of erm York now.
[Dorothy:] Oh well, that's a do isn't it?
[Tim:] Can I have my bread?
[Marjorie:] I'm not surprised....
[Tim:] cream cheese.
[Marjorie:] Have a look and see what's in it.
[Dorothy:] Have a look before you bite it....
[Tim:] Yeah it is cream cheese.
[Dorothy:] Oh good.
[Tim:] It is.
[Dorothy:] In that case I'll have this corned beef one if that's alright.
[Marjorie:] Nice corned beef, mm....
[Tim:] I think, think this one's cream cheese.
[Marjorie:] Oh I expect
[Dorothy:] There's speculation about the other two isn't there?...
[Marjorie:] Mm?
[Dorothy:] Charles and Diana.
[Marjorie:] Oh aye there's something, some somebody they said no, they're alright. But you don't know.
[Tim:] I think think think think think think th think that one... is not cream cheese. Think that one's real cheese. Hard one. Think that's a hard one.
[Marjorie:] Yes I I think it's got to be.
[Dorothy:] Well you don't mind them having their ups and downs provided they
[Tim:] [shouting] Yeah [].
[Dorothy:] to the ups.
[Marjorie:] Well, you know.
[Dorothy:] They don't seem to want to try.
[Marjorie:] They went together, they've been somewhere together the other night.
[Dorothy:] Who?
[Marjorie:] Prince and Princess of Wales.
[Tim:] If you, if you look inside it If you look inside
[Marjorie:] I mean they seem to erm erm decide on what things they're going to support.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. They seem to have got it together a bit more.
[Tim:] If you, if if you look inside this one
[Dorothy:] Yeah?
[Tim:] it is real cheese.
[Dorothy:] Good.
[Marjorie:] Is it? Oh.
[Tim:] It's not cream cheese that one.
[Marjorie:] Chatterbox. [LAUGHTER] Mm.... There's something I'm... oh I remember. You know, you remember Margaret, next door to us in Hartsett Close
[Dorothy:] No... yes.
[Marjorie:] She's got a job at.
[Dorothy:] Oh has she? Is she teaching?
[Marjorie:] Yeah. Mm. I can't remember what it is... is it nice the ch
[Dorothy:] She got married didn't she?
[Marjorie:] Yeah, she got married er it was told me. Ooh do you know I said I can't remember it. Somebody who used to live next door to you, so it must have been Hartsett Close then. Oh Margaret Margaret. Oh yes I said, but I don't know what her married name is. And I said and I can't
[Dorothy:] Mm. I can't even remember her surname.
[Marjorie:] Mm?
[Dorothy:] I can't even remember her erm... maiden name....
[Marjorie:] And it was their dog that used to itself and there was Pat and
[Dorothy:] Mm. A nice, nice family.
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] And the chap, he was nice.
[Marjorie:] He was nice. They were all nice, that family. Do you remember them going away and leaving... and leaving Nancy and she had that...
[Dorothy:] Mm she was a case. With the party?
[Marjorie:] Yeah, but she's... she's calmed down now.
[Dorothy:] Has she?
[Marjorie:] She yes. Oh yes. She learned her lesson on that one. turned up that she'd not invited.... They, they spoilt the toilet. Didn't they pull the toilet out or some such problem?
[Dorothy:] I don't know....
[Marjorie:] They said they'd never go away and leave her again.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] They went that's right. They went to N erm Margaret's er... degree er thing. Er it, I mean, mm.
[Dorothy:] She was friendly with er Cath wasn't she?
[Marjorie:] Yeah. Well they reckon she's joined this christian group, Margaret did. Mm.... Anyway, she's teaching at St Clements school.
[Dorothy:] Are the still in Hartsett Close then?
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] Last time I saw them they were....
[Dorothy:] What's it like up there now?...
[Marjorie:] It's alright. All, all that Manchester Road improvement... oh it's all been done up you see.
[Dorothy:] Mm?
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] . Have they put nice families in?
[Marjorie:] Yes and so, you see there's er there's two er places for old people.... Er er
[Dorothy:] So it's on the up?
[Tim:] Think
[Marjorie:] And they've tak beautiful it is. Because it was doing it when I was there. And they've had permission
[Tim:] I think are mine.
[Marjorie:] Is it?
[Tim:] Think one of these I think, think these are mine.
[Marjorie:] Mm well, you'll want some pudding won't you?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Marjorie:] Erm, what was I going to say?... Meant to tell you about Margaret the other day and it's just dawned on me, I meant to tell you before I forget. It was because the rector told me on Sunday night. Here they are.... Well... they, the nursing home is beautiful. They've made ever such a... a ramp right from the front, it goes round and round and round and round, so it's all flat up to the front door.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] And the gardens they've made, they've made beautiful and do you know they've had permission to use the old name.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] So the name is still there. And that other big house, opposite the end of Ashenhill Lane... don't you remember?
[Dorothy:] So the house is now an old people's home?
[Marjorie:] Not, the house is burnt down.
[Dorothy:] I know. But they've called it the house?
[Marjorie:] Yes, yes it's an old people's home sort of thing, mm.
[Tim:] That's the real cheese for somebody.
[Dorothy:] For somebody.
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Tim:] Who's that one?
[Dorothy:] I don't know. Do you want some?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] No.
[Tim:] Think you can have that.
[Dorothy:] I don't think I want it thank you.
[Marjorie:] Well I tell you what
[Dorothy:] Perhaps grandma'll have it.
[Marjorie:] I think I'll save it. Cos I... I've had enough.
[Dorothy:] Have it for another day.
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Well
[Marjorie:] [eating] I'll fetch what we're going to have for pudding cos it's a bit... bit of a cha er it []
[Tim:] We nanas.
[Marjorie:] you have, you have to choose
[Dorothy:] You think it's bananas?
[Marjorie:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] He thinks it's bananas.
[Marjorie:] Well, he might be right.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] I think it is nanas.
[Marjorie:] Er... he's seen some out there.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] But there's not one each you see. You already have to choose what we have....
[Tim:] Think you, you two will have to have apples.... Think you have to have a nana. And mummy can have a apple cos I need a nana, and you need a nana as well. Mummy will have to have a
[Marjorie:] Oh he's got it all worked out.
[Dorothy:] What if... I want a banana?...
[Tim:] You can't have one.
[Marjorie:] You yes you can.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] I've got some more new ones. Only that I bought green ones didn't I? So [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] You can have a green one.
[Dorothy:] I don't want a green banana thank you.
[Marjorie:] Right. I'll go and see
[Tim:] I want a yellow one and... you want a
[Marjorie:] You wait there and see what I bring.
[Tim:] Mm. Let's see what... what brings....
[Dorothy:] Why didn't you make me a lamb this morning?
[Tim:] Cos I did er.
[Dorothy:] How did they make them?
[Tim:] stick them on.
[Dorothy:] They stuck something on?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Cotton wool? Oh I'd have liked to
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] a lamb. I'd have liked a lamb. You were too busy doing other things?
[Tim:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Mi mingy thing.
[Tim:] [hiccup]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] What were you doing all the time then?...
[Tim:] Think it is nanas.
[Dorothy:] What were you doing while everybody else was sticking lambs?
[Tim:] I want...
[Marjorie:] Are you eating up? Would you like me to put the kettle mummy?
[Tim:] I want those pink things again.
[Dorothy:] Pink things again?
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] What pink things?
[Tim:] For throats.
[Dorothy:] Oh, they're at home.
[Tim:] Yeah, I want
[Marjorie:] Now you can ch
[Dorothy:] Oh my goodness
[Marjorie:] sort it out yourselves now.
[Tim:] I did
[Marjorie:] You can have just what you like. Two things, you see....
[Tim:] Think I could have
[Marjorie:] Mummy I think mummy ought to choose first.
[Tim:] No, I think... I have to choose first cos... think you need a nana. And I going to have a bis
[Dorothy:] What, which two things are you gonna have?
[Tim:] These. I'm gonna have
[Dorothy:] You want a banana and a biscuit? Okay.
[Tim:] Yeah
[Dorothy:] I'll just have one thing. I'll just have a yogurt.
[Marjorie:] It's not a yogurt, it's a
[Dorothy:] Oh, whatever it is, a mousse
[Marjorie:] Well I don't want a banana. I'm going to have a mousse too.
[Dorothy:] Oh, sorry.
[Marjorie:] I'll have one of those. Now would you like me to put the kettle on or not? Now, or not?
[Dorothy:] Oh yes please.
[Marjorie:] Mm....
[Dorothy:] I haven't got a spoon to eat this with. I think I'm going to have to eat it with my fingers.
[Marjorie:] I put a spoon somewhere.
[Dorothy:] Well not here you haven't.
[Marjorie:] I put two knives instead. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] We don't eat it with knives do we? I hope this banana's okay. It's a bit grey.... How long have you had these bananas? They look a bit grey.
[Marjorie:] They're not, they were, they were green
[Dorothy:] They're alright inside are they?
[Marjorie:] and they're alright when you undo them cos I had one for my, I had, I had one with erm Kelloggs cornflakes last night.
[Dorothy:] You never know with bananas do you, what they're going to be like inside?
[Marjorie:] No you don't. Just wait and see what... if not he'll have to have something else....
[Tim:] Only two?
[Dorothy:] Only two what?
[Tim:] Two things.
[Dorothy:] I'm only having one thank you....
[Tim:] Well I'm going to... I'm going to have two things.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Tim:] I'm going to
[Marjorie:] Do you want coffee or tea?
[Dorothy:] Erm... I don't mind really. What are you having?
[Marjorie:] going to make a pot of tea.
[Dorothy:] Well I'll have a tea. That'll be nice....
[Tim:] I think I'll have that nana... this one.
[Dorothy:] Oh alright then.
[Tim:] There you are. Put that one back.... Think it's a bit grotty. Oh! Think it's okay.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] They're alright when you get the cover off, you know. Cover off!
[Dorothy:] Cover! [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] I took the cover off last night and had them with er cornflakes and they were lovely. [LAUGHTER] Well, it is a cover. Isn't it? But you don't usually [LAUGHTER]... say that....
[Dorothy:] I've got those photographs back by the way.
[Marjorie:] Oh have you?...
[Dorothy:] So you can have one.
[Marjorie:] Eh?
[Dorothy:] Well they're just like the first one.
[Marjorie:] Oh of course those that, yeah. Have you, have you brought me one then?
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Marjorie:] Good....
[Dorothy:] I ordered twenty five.
[Marjorie:] You did. I remember, I was with you.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] Do you remember? We had Martin
[Dorothy:] The woman was horrified wasn't she?
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] Couldn't believe it.
[Tim:] have to have with my nana. What am I have to do with my nana?
[Dorothy:] Eat it, I should think.
[Tim:] Little bites?
[Dorothy:] Yes.
[Tim:] I am a bit it's too many... Think took too much.
[Dorothy:] Mm.... It's alright, I'm just seeing if there was any tea in it.
[Marjorie:] Not yet dear.
[Dorothy:] Cos that would have been a bit quick really wouldn't it?
[Marjorie:] Was a bit quick for it to boil, yeah.... I don't
[Dorothy:] Oh that was very nice. Thank you.
[Marjorie:] I don't keep a machine out there.
[Dorothy:] I could do with a nice sleep now.
[Tim:] Mum
[Marjorie:] Well I don't think [LAUGHTER] you'll get it [].
[Dorothy:] I don't think I am either.
[Tim:] I don't want
[Dorothy:] You what?
[Marjorie:] We could have I tell you, we can have we could have the rad er telly for him on there couldn't we? One o'clock... does he watch that?
[Dorothy:] He never does normally but he might do it today.... Given the opportunity....
[Marjorie:] Well we can try it can't we?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] ...
[Dorothy:] I've got to go to the post office actually.
[Marjorie:] You want milk. Oh it
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] They don't, it doesn't shut. I don't think it shuts.... As far as I know. I don't know Dorothy. I don't think it does. I think it stays open all the time now.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] Like the main one do.
[Dorothy:] The main one shuts?
[Marjorie:] No.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] Oh look at that.
[Dorothy:] Can you not hold it? Fast
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] tight.... Erm... what was I going to say? No
[Marjorie:] I don't know.
[Dorothy:] it's gone. Yes, I've got to post a card for Ruth. Er not a card... a present for Ruth.
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Dorothy:] sent a card yesterday.... And then I've got some letters to post that I've written and hopefully will write... in the next hour or so.
[Marjorie:] Oh well it'll be open by two o'clock.
[Dorothy:] Well I thought if I have a walk over there at two then by the time I get back it'll be time to go and get Christopher won't it? From school....
[Marjorie:] And are you going to see
[Dorothy:] And then we're going to the dentist at four.
[Tim:] One two
[Marjorie:] Oh are you?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Tim:] three. There's only three biscuits. There's only one nana. And I've eaten the other nana.
[Dorothy:] You have haven't you?
[Marjorie:] Banana. You can't say banana can you?
[Tim:] No.
[Marjorie:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Bana.
[Dorothy:] Banana.
[Marjorie:] Banana. B B
[Tim:] No. I go
[Dorothy:] It's like your marmalade in the morning isn't it? What do you call that?
[Tim:] Marmalade.
[Dorothy:] Lama oh you can say marmalade!
[Marjorie:] He said it then didn't he?
[Tim:] Marmalade.
[Dorothy:] Yes. He always
[Tim:] Marmalade.
[Dorothy:] he always calls it lamade or something in the morning, don't you?
[Marjorie:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Marmalade.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Tim:] That's the wrong one.
[Dorothy:] That's the right one, marmalade. Banana. Can you do that one?
[Marjorie:] B go on, go B.
[Tim:] Banana.
[Dorothy:] That's it.
[Marjorie:] Put your lips together go on.
[Dorothy:] He did it.
[Marjorie:] Did he?
[Tim:] No....
[Marjorie:] Banana.
[Tim:] Babana.
[Dorothy:] There you go banana.
[Tim:] I didn't say that word.
[Dorothy:] You nearly said it....
[Tim:] B A
[Dorothy:] Banana.
[Tim:] B A bana. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Ba nana.
[Tim:] I got I told you the about a different bana.
[Dorothy:] Oh are you? A different bana?
[Tim:] A orange bana.
[Dorothy:] An orange banana? Dear me.
[Tim:] I like those.
[Dorothy:] Do you?
[Tim:] Whoops. And some of them have pips in.
[Marjorie:] You know that programme you were asking about?
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] Maxie's fun
[Dorothy:] Yeah?
[Marjorie:] I think I must have watched it or listened to it or something like that.
[Dorothy:] Oh. We had it a couple of weeks ago by accident. And Christopher really enjoyed it
[Tim:] Mummy.
[Dorothy:] because it was when he was ill. I thought I'd tape it.
[Tim:] Can I look through
[Marjorie:] On the, on the... on the television Dorothy? On the television was it?
[Dorothy:] Can play with, yeah. Think it was on channel four.
[Marjorie:] That's oh well I've watched it then. By mistake some time I have. Mm.
[Tim:] What? Can I watch
[Dorothy:] Would you like to go to grandma... and ask her for a cloth?
[Tim:] Yeah....
[Marjorie:] So what a long time it is since you came, I've tossed it in the drawer. [clears throat]... Hello. Clean that face, it's grubby....
[Dorothy:] You're back.
[Marjorie:] That's a grubby face he's got mummy.
[Dorothy:] It is a grubby face.
[Tim:] Can you see a bit?
[Dorothy:] No, not yet.
[Tim:] Can you see that bit?
[Dorothy:] Er, I can see on the top there but there's lots there and there.
[Tim:] And can you can you see... that bit?
[Dorothy:] No. There's a piece there but I can't see
[Tim:] Can you see that bit?
[Dorothy:] Well you'll have to scrub it hard. Come here.
[Tim:] Can you see that bit?
[Dorothy:] Come here....
[Tim:] Ah no. I that bit.
[Dorothy:] Have a look now.
[Tim:] Can you see that bit?
[Dorothy:] Yes that's okay now. Now you need to go round your nose because that's a real mess there....
[Marjorie:] Getting quite grubby isn't it?
[Tim:] There.
[Dorothy:] Well not quite. There's a big crack here I think. cracks. There, that's better. There, it's just round your mouth now.... Beautiful.
[Tim:] There.
[Dorothy:] Oh look at this handsome boy.
[Marjorie:] Oh I can see him now. Mm it's Timothy we've had sitting on that chair.
[Dorothy:] What about that hand?
[Marjorie:] Mm.
[Tim:] There.
[Dorothy:] Good.
[Tim:] Good.
[Dorothy:] Right. Let's take it back out shall we? It's a bit wet isn't it?
[Tim:] Can I watch the?
[Dorothy:] Well well if you switch the telly you won't find
[Marjorie:] Five more minutes.
[Dorothy:] You can have Sesame Street in five minutes if you
[Marjorie:] In five minutes. When that big hand... gets up to twelve you can have it on.
[Tim:] I had a... different one.
[Dorothy:] Well there isn't a different one darling.
[Marjorie:] It'll be all different this from what you've had.
[Dorothy:] Cos there's no video.
[Marjorie:] Grandma hasn't got a video. But there's some nice pictures on in a bit....
[Dorothy:] Why don't you get some toys to play with?
[Tim:] No. I want you play with me.
[Dorothy:] What at?
[Tim:] Erm... something.
[Dorothy:] Something.
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] What sort of something?
[Tim:] Bricks.
[Marjorie:] We can get
[Dorothy:] Bricks?
[Tim:] Bricks. There's some bricks
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] What was that?
[Tim:] some bricks over here.
[Dorothy:] What about... washing up?...
[Tim:] Think grandma.
[Dorothy:] Oh no she doesn't.
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Poor grandma.
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] She gives us our lunch and we have to wash up for her then.
[Tim:] No. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Oh yes we do.
[Marjorie:] There seems to be a mess on this table, look.
[Tim:] No, you play.
[Dorothy:] You help us take the things out to the kitchen.
[Marjorie:] Wait a minute. Are you going to have a drink first?...
[Dorothy:] Well I thought if I washed up then I'd have my drink after.
[Marjorie:] Oh, I'll leave it then.... Because see he could draw on this table then you see if we leave it. put it up.
[Tim:] Can you er can you put the bubbles in cos I want this to get bubbles on.
[Dorothy:] Okay. Let's just go and
[Marjorie:] Go and wash up for me. That's right.
[Tim:] I got bubbles on and this one.... Can you put bubbles in?
[Dorothy:] Yeah, just let the water get hot first....
[Tim:] It's already hot.
[Dorothy:] Is it?
[Tim:] Yeah, feel it.... Feel. Feel it.
[Dorothy:] Mhm....
[Tim:] Feel.
[Dorothy:] Yes. It's nice and hot now.
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Gently does it....
[Marjorie:] It gets very hot that... that water.
[Tim:] It's hot now.
[Marjorie:] It is. Are you going to take that? Or are you taking the?
[Tim:] There's now lots of bubbles.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[Tim:] Where's the
[Dorothy:] It's very hot.... What are you planning on doing with Mrs then?
[Marjorie:] Well I'm really planning on taking her on
[Tim:] [singing+shouting] []
[Dorothy:] Oh yeah. That was on Tuesday?
[Marjorie:] Yeah. Er on Wednesday.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER] Seems hardly worth it does it?
[Marjorie:] Well. Well if we come and... if we come and see your mummy, that'll be nice. If that's alright.... Don't, don't touch that cos she hasn't had it yet.
[Dorothy:] Does she eat anything?
[Marjorie:] What do you mean?
[Dorothy:] Well I mean
[Marjorie:] There's no, she's not on a diet if that's what you mean. If you erm... she, yeah she'll like anything you want.
[Tim:] Can I
[Marjorie:] She's got
[Tim:] Can I take... can I put these
[Marjorie:] Well I sh put that in the thing underneath there.
[Tim:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] In, in the thing
[Tim:] Oh well where can I put the biscuits?
[Marjorie:] Well I'll have to find out where they go. Just a minute.
[Dorothy:] I think it's fish pie on the agenda on Monday.
[Marjorie:] Oh well she'll like that then.... Here whe're, whe're you going with that? Put the, put the
[Tim:] Where does this go?
[Marjorie:] put that in there.
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Marjorie:] there's none left you see. That's ooh! Oh! You Mary-Ann He's missed mum.
[Dorothy:] Just leave those there Tim.
[Marjorie:] I'll just have to find the box. He wants to know
[Tim:] Why?
[Marjorie:] I'll find a box. Wait a minute.
[Tim:] Where's the box?
[Marjorie:] They'll have to go in here. Let grandma do it.... Wait a minute....
[Tim:] One
[Marjorie:] One...
[Tim:] two
[Marjorie:] two...
[Tim:] three
[Marjorie:] That's it. And mummy wants the plate... to wash.
[Tim:] I give it to...
[Marjorie:] Mind mummy.
[Dorothy:] Thank you.
[Tim:] There.
[Marjorie:] You'd better have Timothy....
[Tim:] What?... What?
[Marjorie:] Okay, it's okay. We. It's alright. Don't touch the tea because we haven't eaten it yet. [LAUGHTER] I mean we haven't drunk it yet [].... We'll leave that there. Cos we haven't had it yet.... Take those to mummy to wipe. Take this one as well....
[Tim:] Here.
[Dorothy:] Thank you. Not in here. Just wipe it. You've got to wipe it.
[Tim:] Not there.
[Dorothy:] get soaked. Look.... Do you need a cloth for the table Tim?
[Marjorie:] Er well we don't cos we've still got our tea on it.
[Dorothy:] Right.
[Marjorie:] It's one o'clock now.
[Dorothy:] Oh, you can put number four on. How convenient. [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] Eh?... Let's see what comes on, shall I?
[Tim:] ...
[Dorothy:] Shall I throw this out?
[Marjorie:] I'm gonna press this num pardon?
[Dorothy:] Do you save that or
[Marjorie:] ...
[Dorothy:] I don't think we need it too loud, do we grandma, when it comes up.
[Marjorie:] Oh it doesn't come up very loud.
[Dorothy:] I know it doesn't at the moment but you know what I mean.
[Marjorie:] Well we'll just have it up a little bit else you can't hear what they're saying.
[Dorothy:] Well I know that but... gets a bit er...
[Marjorie:] Er Christopher left his hat. Did you know?
[Dorothy:] Did he? What sort of hat?
[Marjorie:] The hat that he made.
[Dorothy:] Oh. I didn't even know he'd left a
[Marjorie:] three till next time mummy.
[Tim:] One two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven.
[Dorothy:] Eleven. Right. next then?
[Tim:] Orange again.
[Dorothy:] Orange again. Do you have some of these at nursery? Thread and beads?
[Tim:] No.
[Dorothy:] Do you have something a bit like it? Cos I remember seeing somebody threading some beads once.
[Tim:] No.......
[Dorothy:] In a few minutes Tim we're going to walk to the post office.
[Marjorie:] they don't seem to have any of these here at Churchill these.
[Tim:] Here you are, pink.
[Dorothy:] You'd think they would have wouldn't you? Cos you'd think there'd be a lot of local people who.
[Marjorie:] Yeah cos... erm... these I find these lovely for a tea or something when I want to just
[Dorothy:] Mm. You'd think more so than a big Tesco's because you wouldn't think lots of people
[Marjorie:] Yeah well there's rows and rows of them in that big Tesco's.
[Dorothy:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] Whoops. Oh dear.
[Marjorie:] But sometimes I think... cos er an old lady, I've told you about her before she said
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] I wish they wouldn't have all these big things she said. I don't want big things. I said I know, yeah....
[Dorothy:] Suppose they think they're being a value or something cos they're cheaper.
[Marjorie:] Yeah but they're not you see are they? They're not to me because... you can have them so long while I think oh... not even in the fridge [LAUGHTER] am I keeping this any longer, you know [].... I suppose they do keep but you know you sort of think
[Dorothy:] Well you get fed up with it don't you really?
[Marjorie:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] The same old thing.
[Marjorie:] And I like to go round and get something erm... ooh I think I'll have that, you know? Something that I wasn't expecting to buy. But if you've got a whole load of stuff at home
[Tim:] Another blue.
[Marjorie:] you think you've got to erm... you feel you've got to eat it don't you?...
[Dorothy:] How many have we got on here now Tim? It's quite a lot isn't it?
[Tim:] I don't know. One two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen... sixteen.
[Dorothy:] Fourteen fifteen, yeah?... Fourteen fifteen and here's number sixteen. There. Number sixteen now.
[Tim:] One two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen sixteen seventeen
[Dorothy:] Fifteen sixteen. You keep missing out number fifteen. It goes fourteen fifteen
[Tim:] Seventeen.
[Dorothy:] There's sixteen on there. After number fourteen comes fifteen.
[Tim:] No cos there's lots of more.
[Dorothy:] Yeah it still comes fifteen after fourteen. Let's put some more on and see what we get next.
[Tim:] There's one. Catch.
[Dorothy:] What colour? Whoa I can't catch them.
[Marjorie:] I haven't read anything like this before. For the pedal bin. Lemon scented.
[Dorothy:] Lemon scented. Good grief.
[Marjorie:] Look. Got fifty though. Fifty in a thing for
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Marjorie:] like a penny each they were.
[Dorothy:] Mm. Are they environmentally friendly?
[Marjorie:] I don't know but... everything's environment environmentally friendly in that place now.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Marjorie:] Mm I think so.
[Dorothy:] Well it says it is, whether it is or not I don't know.
[Tim:] ... yellow red.......
[Dorothy:] That's it. We've got them all on.
[Tim:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] So how many have we got now? We'll do this, we'll just thread this on....
[Tim:] It's.
[Marjorie:] Ooh you're getting them on.
[Dorothy:] Wonder how many we've got there.
[Marjorie:] Ooh I say. You've got a lot there.
[Tim:] One two three four five six seven... eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen sixteen seventeen.
[Dorothy:] Thirteen fourteen fifteen.
[Marjorie:] Fifteen.
[Tim:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] No.
[Marjorie:] You're your mummy.
[Dorothy:] Thirteen fourteen fifteen. He keeps missing out fifteen. It's
[Tim:] Oh.
[Marjorie:] And do you know what? I think there must be another box of these and they've sort of got in... and that seems to have got in the wrong box.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. I don't think, are they in... here?
[Marjorie:] Yes they're here. Yes. Mm.
[Dorothy:] Oh they're here. I [yawning] at our house
[Marjorie:] Yeah I think they're at my house.
[Dorothy:] or at yours. Oh []....
[Marjorie:] What's this on my... cushion? Who's brought sand in?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[Tim:] Me.
[Dorothy:] You've brought the beach home from nursery.
[Marjorie:] Good gracious, you'll have no sand left.... Will she?
[Dorothy:] Was it on your bottom?... No it can't have been. Shoes, it must have been on your shoes.
[Marjorie:] No it's, he he was sitting he had, it must be on your shoes.
[Dorothy:] Have you seen his new shoes grandma?
[Marjorie:] No, has he got some more?
[Dorothy:] He's got new shoes. Are you gonna show grandma your new shoes.
[Marjorie:] Have you got new shoes? Didn't show me those did you?... I know his others were getting a bit Oh I say. Laces this time.... Ooh, can you tie them?...
[Dorothy:] Look at this already. Where've you been? You've only had them on one morning.... Oh. You've gotta be careful with your shoes haven't you? Were you scrabbling about the floor?... [LAUGHTER]...
[Marjorie:] Well well. Little boys always do things like that mummy. Did you know?
[Dorothy:] No. Never heard of it.
[Marjorie:] Haven't you? Oh. Well you're hearing about it now I think.
[Dorothy:] What a mess....
[Tim:] [singing] []
[Dorothy:] Would you like to ask grandma if she's going to come to the post office with us to help post the parcel? Or whether we've got to go by ourselves.
[Tim:] I think er... go er by ourselves.
[Dorothy:] Do you? You go and ask her, see what she'd like to do. She might want the walk....
[Tim:] You want to come with us?
[Marjorie:] Where are you going?
[Tim:] To the post office.
[Marjorie:] Yes I want to pay for me er papers so
[Dorothy:] Oh well there we are, that's
[Tim:] That's handy.
[Dorothy:] It is handy. [LAUGHTER] You're right []....
[Marjorie:] And then I needn't go round that way tomorrow. If I want to go into town I don't need to worry about.... Are you
[Tim:] Got it.
[Marjorie:] Are we going now then?
[Dorothy:] I'm just gonna make a building and then we can get ready.
[Marjorie:] Alright. You make a building then I'll.
[Tim:] With me. Think we need all the the way.... I'm going to put that into here.
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Tim:] And these things go erm here.
[Dorothy:] Mm. Don't you need a door?
[Tim:] No a lid.
[Dorothy:] We haven't got a door. Put a door here.
[Tim:] Now where's the door?
[Dorothy:] Here's the door....
[Tim:] We need a bit more there.... Need...
[Dorothy:] Well if you do that we won't have time for the shop. There's a door.
[Tim:] ... no. There's the little gap....
[Dorothy:] Well it's the opening for the door.
[Tim:] No that's the opening for the door. It's closed this.
[Dorothy:] There's a window.
[Tim:] It's it's a bit closed, this.... No, that's the building outside it. That's the building outside it.
[Dorothy:] Ooh.
[Tim:] That's the building outside the house.
[Dorothy:] That's....
[Tim:] These... these there.
[Dorothy:] You need some bits over here....
[Tim:] Then we need one of these on top of it.... I've made a house.
[Dorothy:] Mm I think that's alright that. I think you've done that rather well.
[Tim:] No. There's a little bit more.
[Dorothy:] Well there isn't any more bricks to go for is there?
[Tim:] Yes.
[Dorothy:] Grandma hasn't got that many bricks....
[Tim:] Need to put these over
[Dorothy:] Mm.
[Tim:] there. And that over here. There. It's a house.
[Dorothy:] Good. Right. Let's get ready to go out.
[Tim:] No I want to show grandma.
[Dorothy:] Oh right. Okay.
[Tim:] [shouting] Grandma [].
[Dorothy:] Oh good gracious me....
[Tim:] Come and see.
[Dorothy:] Come and see our building grandma.
[Marjorie:] Oh that's lovely gran that's a lovely house.
[Tim:] It's our building. A house.
[Marjorie:] Mm. Very nice.
[Tim:] And we've got a set of beads.
[Marjorie:] And those beads, yes.
[Dorothy:] Right. We'd better go now otherwise... in a rush.
[Marjorie:] If you're going to go else you'll be late for Christopher won't you?
[Dorothy:] I don't want to be in a ru changed again?
[speaker006:] Mm?
[Dorothy:] I gave it to Christopher this morning cos I knew I'd forget tonight.
[speaker006:] Yeah.
[Dorothy:] So I'll have to go and change it now. Shall we go and change it now? Good. Do you
[speaker006:] No I like that one.
[Dorothy:] Do you? Oh well there we are then. Oh well let's go and sort it out with Mrs
[speaker006:] I thought... I thought it was too complicated to say to him.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[speaker006:] And I thought he'd have given it in or something, well Mrs would have took it off of her children.
[Dorothy:] Erm... what am I gonna do with him? Just a minute, I'll bring him in....
[speaker006:] I don't want that one, I wanted Yeah, I know you wanted that one and I thought well if this morning
[Dorothy:] It is good actually this one. We've enjoyed this one, we've had it for two weeks.
[speaker006:] Well I said to er Mark I said, we
[Tim:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] And you can have any number playing. You know you can have the whole family at it. Sometimes it takes two minutes and sometimes it takes twenty.
[Tim:] Mum that one.
[Dorothy:] Hello....
[speaker006:] What, do you want this one?
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] No. of that one Oh. cos she'd had it since the beginning of February.
[Dorothy:] Oops [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] I'd say she's lost it unfortunately. Well I wonder if this one would be
[Dorothy:] Hold it. They they've already put a claim on this one. [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Oh you're having this one. You'll have to swap with
[Dorothy:] Seventy one.
[speaker006:] Is this the takeaways any good for Jenny? Shall we do any takeaways Jenny? So that's what, seventy one back.... And you want seventy one instead of sixty nine?
[Dorothy:] Please, yes. If that's... yeah.
[speaker006:] Yeah?
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[speaker006:] Well Mark does. one to another.
[Dorothy:] Yes?
[speaker006:] What about next Wednesday?
[Dorothy:] What about next [LAUGHTER] Wednesday []? All day?
[speaker006:] I know your your bottom of the list has come to the top now.
[Dorothy:] Has it really?
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Comes round quick doesn't it?
[speaker006:] I give you a little bit of warning. Could you manage that for Pauline do you think?
[Dorothy:] Right.
[speaker006:] All day?
[Dorothy:] Yes. Erm... just let me check. Wh what day are we on? Wednesday?
[speaker006:] Wednesday. I think it's the twenty fifth. Think it's the twenty fifth.... Twenty third Monday, yeah.
[Dorothy:] Er... as far as I know that'll be okay.
[speaker006:] Okay.
[Dorothy:] I'll let I'll let you know Monday if I've got trouble with babysitters.
[speaker006:] Tell me Monday if you can. Monday morning if you can.
[Dorothy:] Yeah. Okay.
[speaker006:] That's fine. That'll be
[Dorothy:] Okay.
[speaker006:] it'll be nice at the end of the month for you.
[Dorothy:] Oh wonderful.
[Group Of Unknown Speakers:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] You're used to the little ones over this area though aren't you? More than the top end.
[Dorothy:] Oh I'll do anything. Flexibility is my name.
[speaker006:] Are you? Well
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Okay Dot?
[Dorothy:] Yes, fine. Erm... what are we having now?... What do you fancy? Do you need to go to the toilet? You nip to the toilet and I'll just have, stay here.
[Christopher:] I don't need to.
[Dorothy:] You alright are you? You were sort of dallying about from one foot to the other.... What's this here? This looks fun. Jumped a log. Go on six. Horse racing. What's this one?
[speaker006:] Hallo Alan. Choose one then please. Hold on, wait for me to see. It's coming apart on the back. I haven't had chance, I only noticed it Oh okay we'll and I haven't had chance to count the counters. Mum I'll have this. Okay then. I don't know if all the pieces are there cos I only just noticed, you know?
[Christopher:] We've had that one.
[Dorothy:] Oh we've had that one haven't we?
[speaker006:] Alright, we'll have a look at that Mrs. You've had yours a long t a minute ago cos I've picked it up for somebody else. Do you want this one Alan? Yeah. Oh. Alright then. What number's that please? Thirty two. Thirty two, thank you.
[Christopher:] Mum
[Dorothy:] Oh you've got a little erm ulcer on there.
[speaker006:] What number's she having? Forty four. Okay then.
[Christopher:] What is it.
[Dorothy:] It's a little ulcer that you've got on your lip.
[speaker006:] Thank you Laura. Thanks Tracy.
[Christopher:] Mum.
[Dorothy:] Yeah.
[speaker006:] Oh did I put the second last week?...
[Dorothy:] My tropical fish. We don't know what's in there do we? What's in there?... I was hoping I'd be able to get in [LAUGHTER] without bothering.... Oh we've had that one.
[speaker006:] I have singing fishes. This one's got to be, got to be mended. Okay.
[Dorothy:] What about this one? Oh this looks fun.... Take in turns to throw the dice. Subtract the number you throw from ten and, that looks fun. Yeah that looks our sort of thing doesn't it? Shall we have a go at that one?... Yes mummy. [LAUGHTER]... Which one would you like to do? Have a look and see what you think.... And then we'll tell you why you can't do it.
[speaker006:] Have you got Tim asleep?
[Dorothy:] Yeah, that's why he's in a pushchair.
[speaker006:] It's erm mother's day assembly next Thursday. Erm Friday, so we'll all be sitting in the hall. Alright? So do come.... sorry. Oh. Bye Sarah.... Okay, no I haven't done.
[Christopher:] This one.
[Dorothy:] Mm?
[Christopher:] Mum, this one.
[Dorothy:] What do you fancy, this one? Let's have a look.
[speaker006:] Oh I reckon you've had that one Chris.
[Dorothy:] We haven't.... Is it any use?...
[speaker006:] right in the beginning?
[Dorothy:] No. I don't think so.... We haven't had this one.
[speaker006:] Oh Timothy might enjoy [LAUGHTER] that [].
[Dorothy:] Timothy might enjoy this one.
[Christopher:] Mm....
[Dorothy:] Apparently Timothy will enjoy that one. You'll enjoy that one.... That's more complicated. It's a hard one. You want this one? Alright.
[speaker006:] It's a bit naughty isn't it to have had such a good game and er
[Dorothy:] We're having this one so that we can play with Tim. Twenty eight.
[speaker006:] Twenty eight.... You'll be able to tell Timothy what to do. [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Ooh. Are you allowed to do that? [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Oh you're allowed to tell him what to do. Whether he does it or not is another issue isn't it.
[speaker006:] [LAUGHTER] Yes.
[Dorothy:] [LAUGHTER]... Right, what have we got in that bag there? Have you got everything you need?
[speaker006:] So we might see you on erm
[Christopher:] Mm.
[speaker006:] Wednesday?
[Dorothy:] Sounds like it. [LAUGHTER]
[speaker006:] Right lady [LAUGHTER]
[Dorothy:] Oh dear.