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If you're talking about music,
I think Royal Court is Punk
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It feels so alive, it feels un-cynical,
it feels like it really is about the work
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The last thing you've come to see is the most exciting
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You come and see a play here
and you know what's going on in the world
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You keep an ear out and an eye out
for what's going on at the Royal Court,
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and that for me is the mark of somewhere
that is special, and valuable, and vital
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It's got to have its finger on the pulse,
and that's why people keep coming
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'Sixty years new' is exactly right
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I think there was something radical
in the original ideas...
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...that sat underneath the English Stage Company
at the Royal Court Theatre in the Fifties,
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in which it was suggested
that the function of the theatre...
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...should be to committing to making work
that was challenging in form and content,
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and that it should lead with the playwright
as the principal artist
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But the real buzz of that building,
the real reasoning behind its existence...
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...is to put new writing at the forefront of British
theatrical culture, and it's done that for decades
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And if we don't have new writers expressing
what it is to be alive now, in our current vocabulary,
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then we are a much poorer society
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It's about pushing boundaries and it's about
challenging people's perceptions and ideas,
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and just theatre in general
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We, as actors, live through being challenged
by new writers. We don't improve...
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...unless we have new writers to give us roles to play
and interesting subject matter to respond to
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This is a small theatre
but it's got a huge, huge reputation
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You can be big, you can be epic, and you can be
very small and intimate, and it holds both
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It has been the launch pad for some
pretty important writers and some important works
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It tells stories and puts people
on stage that - you could say -
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before were fighting to get their voices heard
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It doesn't sit and wait for great writing to come:
it, I think, has invested amazing resources...
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...in going out and finding people
who might be writers, could be writers
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It always has been the engine-room of new writing
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Simon Stephenson, Mike Bartlett and Christopher Shinn...
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Beckett, Ionesco, Crimp,
Debbie Tucker Green, Polly Stenham...
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'The Sugar Syndrome' by Lucy Prebble
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'Blue Heart'
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'Love, Love, Love'
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The Athol Fugard season in 1974
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Caryl Churchill's 'A Number'
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'Top Girls'... just extraordinary
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They all affect you in so many different ways
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Shakespeare was once a new writer,
let's not forget that
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Oh, you punctual bastards!
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It'll all go easier for ya, lad,
if you just accept it and don't make a fuss
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Of course I'm going to make a fuss!
I'm an innocent man! 'A fuss!'
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Get the strap on, Syd. Guards!
- What's the strap for? Who are them at the door?
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It's the Governor and the doctor, James
- Gawking at doors!
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This is my cell, get out!
- Just go easy, lad
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No I won't go easy! You go easy!
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You're hanging an innocent man
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I never even met the girl!
I've never even been to Norfolk!
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That's just the whys and wherefores.
That's nowt to do with me
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Of course it's to do with you, you Northern bastard
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We'll have none of that 'Northern' palaver neither
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What's he saying? He can't even talk normal
and he's hanging an innocent man
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They could've at least sent Pierrepoint
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I'm just as good as bloody Pierrepoint
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Hung by a rubbish hangman, oh that's so me!
- He is just as good as Pierrepoint, Mr Hennessy
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Well, he's shit so far
- That's your bloody fault! Get his bloody arms
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It's only 'cos I'm scared, isn't it?
I'm not normally like this
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And I've told ya, if you'd just relax,
it'd be all the easier for ya
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It won't be easier for me. I'll be dead
- Everybody says you're a good lad
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I am a good lad
- We know you're a good lad
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What are you fucking hanging me for then?
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It's the courts that's hanging ya, not us
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Well I'm holding you and you personally responsible
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Not you two, you were nice. You two
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I will come back to whatever Northern shithole
you live in and I will fucking haunt you
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That's not a nice thing to say, is it?
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Syd! You're just standing around having a chat
like a bloody mouse
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He's allowed to stand around having a chat
like a bloody mouse if he wants to
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No, but he's right, Mr Hennessy. If you'd've
just tried to relax you could've been dead by now
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Is he having a laugh? Is the mouse having a laugh?
I'm getting hung by nincompoops
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'Hanged'... You're getting 'hanged' by nincompoops
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I've heard it all now!
Correcting me English at a time like this!
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Let go of that bedstead now
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I let go of this bedstead, I'm a dead man,
so no, I won't let go of this bedstead, actually
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He's right, of course
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Oh, I say...
- Shut it! Shut your bloody mouths. Stand him up
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Having a nice chat, were we?
- I wasn't, Harry
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'You're getting hanged by bloody nincompoops'
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Don't do it tight, I've got a bad wrist
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You didn't have a bad wrist
when you were clinging to that bedstead
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I did!
- Do it tight. And get ahold of him. Follow me
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No no no no no, it's not fair
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I never even met the girl, Mr Wade
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I've never had a problem with the ladies.
Ask anybody. Why would I do a nasty thing like that?
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That's nowt to do with me, is it?
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But I've never even been to Norfolk.
Or anywhere in East Anglia
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What's that, a hood?
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I don't want the hood. Can I not have the hood?
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I promise I'll go quietly
if I don't have to have the hood
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Where's doctor?
- Here, Sir
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Well, go down and bloody check on him, lad
- Right
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Have somebody do their bloody job properly today
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Where'd they get you two? Window at fucking Debenhams?
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And as for you...
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What were I supposed to do, Harry?
He were clinging on to that b-b-bedstead...
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'Bedstead'. Here comes the stutter
- ...bedstead for dear life
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Finished, have ya? 'Bedstead'?
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And we'll have none of this
going down in t' bloody report, neither
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No. Of course
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He went to his death protesting his innocence.
End of story
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Saves his blushes, saves these lads' blushes,
saves 'Bedstead''s blushes
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Are we right?
- We're right, yes
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We're right. Good
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'Albert bloody Pierrepoint'
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Yes, he's dead. Quite dead
- 'Course he's quite dead. What else would he be?
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Now where's our bloody breakfast?
I, for one, am fucking starved
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But you must have a comment, Harry
- Must he?
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I do have a comment, lad. 'No comment'
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That were a good one, Harry. 'No comment'
- What were it?
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Newspaper lad says 'But you must have a comment, Harry'.
Harry says 'I do have a comment. No comment'
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That were a good 'un!
He just said same thing first lad said
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Oh Harry, I've driven all the way up from Manchester
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You'll be driving all the way down to Manchester
an' all. Commentless!
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What did he say?
- He said 'Piss off back to Manchester'...
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I didn't say 'Piss off', Charlie
- ...'Commentless!'
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What-less?
- 'Commentless'
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That were good!
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Do you want us to arrest him, Harry lad?
Or just give him a bloody hiding?
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Arrest me for what, Inspector?
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For being underage in a public bar, for a start off.
How old are ya, twelve?
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Five, more like
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Inspector says, 'How old are ya, twelve?'
Harry says 'Five, more like'
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Younger! I get it
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Come on, Harry, it's not every day they abolish hanging,
is it? You must have summat to say
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It's not, lad, you're right. And I know that's why
half o' you bastards are in here today
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Language, Harry!
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And I do have my opinions on this abolition business.
How could I not, like?
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Same as I've had a variety of opinions over the years,
on a variety of subjects
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He's had a variety of opinions on subjects
over the years, I've heard 'em
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But one thing...
You haven't heard 'em, Bill, that's what I'm saying
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'Cos one thing I've always prided myself on,
for right or for wrong,
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I'm not saying I'm a special man,
but one thing I've always prided myself on...
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...is that, on the subject of hanging,
I've always chosen to keep my own counsel
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I've always chosen not to say a public word
on this very private matter
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And why have I chosen to do that, you may ask?
- Why?
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For the past twenty-five year now I have been
a servant of the Crown in the capacity of hangman
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'A what of the Crown?' did you say?
'A spokesman for the Crown'?
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No. A servant of the Crown
- A servant of the crown
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And when was the last time
you heard a servant making speeches?
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Never
- Russia
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'Russia'? You'd be shot if you made a speech in Russia,
what are ya talking about, Bill?
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No, I were thinking in the olden days
- Well it were even worse in the olden days
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Stop talking daft, Bill. Bill's talking daft again
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A servant of the Crown.
I let the other people make the speeches:
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the politicians, the ministers,
the... devil's advocates
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Sometimes the Police Inspectors
when they've sobered up enough
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Oops, sorry, Inspector Fry, I didn't see ya there
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Apology accepted, hic!
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'Sobered up', he were saying,
and then the police inspector says 'Hic'
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Aye. I don't get it, but I don't know the man
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You do know the man
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Me? I keep my own counsel. The day will come when
fellas finally see some sense and ask me my opinion
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But until that bright day comes,
I shall keep my own counsel, as I see fit,
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and leave the jibber-jabber to the riff-raff,
the riff-raff being you sorry lot
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Now who wants a bloody pint?
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But that day has come, Harry.
We have seen sense. I am asking your opinion
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Aye, and I've already told you, lad
- He already told ya, lad
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And there's no table-service!
- Ease up, love. Lad's only just took his coat off
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Well, I know the type, don't I? Sitting down!
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Pint, is it, love?
- Pint, yes, and a small bag of peanuts
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We've only the one size. I'll get you them
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London, are ya?
- Round that way
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Well you either are or ya aren't
- Exactly
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I've got a quote for ya, lad
- Yeah, what's that then?
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'Hanging's too good for 'em'. 'Cos it is, in't it?
- Oh right, aye. Thanks
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The country thinks that, the people think that.
It's only the politicians disagree,
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which is the crossroads at which we find ourselves
today. In a right jam. In't that right, Harry?
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In't what right?
- Hanging's too good for 'em
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Didn't I just do a big bloody speech
about keeping me own counsel?
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I wouldn't be keeping me own bloody counsel
if I made a comment on that, would I?
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Ya daft pillock! Why do I even try?
- It's true, Harry! You shouldn't even try
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No, I were just saying. I were just agreeing, like.
Hanging's too good for 'em, in't it?
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Have yourself another pint, Bill. And try to keep up
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I'll have another pint, Alice
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Religion and politics, in't it? They say
you should never... something something something
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There's your pint and your peanuts, love.
That's a shilling
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That's very good value
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So what were up with her then, George?
Phyllis Keane, you were saying earlier
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What were up with her?
- That you'd have to do summat that drastic
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I tell you what were up with her. Every car number plate
that passed, she'd have to read out, out loud
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Every car, mind. That's a lot of cars in Burnley
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Every broken paving stone she passed,
she'd have to... either step on it or not step on it,
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I can't remember which, but again,
Burnley, you'd be hopping all day
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And what were t'other one?
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That's a famous one though, in't it, paving stones?
I wouldn't go by that
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Oh give over, Alice
- What?
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You're always defending daft 'uns
- I'm not
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Bodies of water! She'd have to walk clockwise around
bodies of water. Lakes or bridges, like. Clockwise
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Burnley, you'd be all right
- No, anti-clockwise. She had to keep them on her left
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Yeah, but we all have things like that,
don't we, George? Quirks
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It's no call to put a poor girl in a mental home
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I don't have things like that
- I don't have things like that
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I don't have 'quirks'! I don't have to read out
every car number plate that passes
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I don't do that, you don't do that
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Sometimes I'll read one out in me head,
if they're a funny one
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Well how is reading something out in your head,
reading something out out loud?
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No, he's right there
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On top of the bloody paving stones!
On top of the bloody clockwise!
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Anti-clockwise
- Anti-clockwise
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It's no call to put a girl in a home,
is all I'm saying. At fifteen, like
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Who the hell are we talking about, any road?
- Phyllis Keane
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Who?
- She's a school-friend of our Shirley's
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Oh. Does our Shirley know?
- No, she were only sent down this after
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Let's not tell her till bedtime, Alice.
It's any excuse to mope with our Shirley
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Teens, in't it? It's the music, for me
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In't the music. It's the sitting around
on your fat arse all day...
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...mooning
- Reading
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What?
- 'Sitting on your fat arse all day, reading'
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Not 'Reading'. Mooning. You stay out of it, any road
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00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:56,060
Could I have another pint, please?
I'll come over once it's poured
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00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:00,639
Don't mind him, love.
He just don't know the ropes yet, does he?
214
00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:05,439
There's ropes and there's ropes, though, in't there?
215
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:09,519
Well, that were my afternoon, any road.
Driving nutters about
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00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,879
Then I thought I'd pop o'er here to your nutters,
217
00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:17,119
and make sure you didn't get any shite
from newspaper reporters or underage drinkers
218
00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:20,959
Oh, sorry, Clegg, are you still here, lad?
219
00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:24,679
Thanks. I'm only halfway through the nuts
so I won't get any more of them
220
00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:28,239
All right, love
- I'm slow with nuts
221
00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,959
Another two here, Harry, please
222
00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:33,999
What was that?
- You heard
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Oh, speak of the devil!
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00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,279
The devil? Me? How, dad?
- Howdo, Shirley
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00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,359
Howdo, Inspector Fry. Lads
- Shirley
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00:23:42,360 --> 00:23:45,279
Well, are you helping pull pints
or are you just going to stand there like a cloud?
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00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,439
Oh, aye
228
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,599
Stand there like a what?
- Like a clown
229
00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,559
Oh. I thought you said 'cloud'
230
00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,559
I think I'll go now then, Mr Wade
231
00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:02,079
All right, lad.
I suppose your mam'll be wondering where you are
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00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:07,419
His mam!
- He said his mam and he's not even that young
233
00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,759
He's probably got his own place to stay, like a flat
234
00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:18,760
No. The paper said I were to speak
to Albert Pierrepoint too, see if he's got...
235
00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:28,960
...owt to say about this abolition business
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00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:36,400
Him being, y'know...
the Number One hangman all them years...
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00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,159
...and that
238
00:24:40,260 --> 00:24:43,179
Oh aye?
- Aye. Over at his pub. What's it called again?
239
00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:46,279
'Help The Poor Struggler'.
It's a very good pub, actually
240
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,679
Pierrepoint's pub's Failsworth.
You'd've passed Pierrepoint's pub on't way
241
00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:51,479
Why didn't you pop in on road o'er?
242
00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,359
Why?
- Aye, why?
243
00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:57,159
Well... it's obvious, isn't it?
- If it were obvious, I wouldn't be asking, would I?
244
00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:04,119
He does have a point. Why didn't you just
ask at Pierrepoint's pub 'on't road o'er'?
245
00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:07,559
Well...
246
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:12,039
I wanted a quote from the hangman, didn't I?
247
00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:18,839
The hangman that was still called upon
at hanging's dying days. The one whose opinion matters
248
00:25:18,940 --> 00:25:25,239
Not from some bloody has-been
who quit his post ten years since...
249
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,019
Y'know?
250
00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:30,759
Was this your pint, lad?
251
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:32,439
I was just going, Harry
- No, it were mine
252
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,239
Stay for your pint, lad, it's poured now
- It's on the house
253
00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,159
It in't on the house,
but it's poured now so you're having it
254
00:25:37,260 --> 00:25:43,019
Right. Now, I don't mind talking to ya,
but we'll be doing it upstairs,
255
00:25:43,020 --> 00:25:47,059
away from the prying ears of these bloody jackdaws
- Oh, Harry!
256
00:25:47,060 --> 00:25:51,059
And I'll be talking to ya off the record
because, as I believe I said to ya before,
257
00:25:51,060 --> 00:25:53,659
I like to keep my own counsel. Now step this way
258
00:25:53,660 --> 00:25:56,259
But there's no point talking, Harry,
if it's going to be off the record
259
00:25:56,260 --> 00:25:58,379
Don't push your...
- Pierrepoint wasn't going to be off the record
260
00:25:58,380 --> 00:26:04,519
Don't push your fucking luck, all right?
Don't push your luck
261
00:26:05,020 --> 00:26:07,459
And what are you smirking at?
262
00:26:07,460 --> 00:26:13,239
There's a photo in the paper
of a funny-looking black chap
263
00:26:13,540 --> 00:26:17,199
Upstairs if you want to chat
264
00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:24,259
But it's a pigsty upstairs, Harry
- Well, whose bloody fault is that?
265
00:26:24,260 --> 00:26:26,619
Is Harry gone?
- Looks like it, don't it?
266
00:26:26,620 --> 00:26:28,379
How long is he going to be gone for?
267
00:26:28,380 --> 00:26:35,880
Well I don't know, do I? This is a circus, not a...
This is a pub, not a three-ring bloody circus
268
00:26:37,540 --> 00:26:40,859
Will he be a while?
269
00:26:41,060 --> 00:26:43,179
Where are you going, Mam?
- Fag
270
00:26:43,180 --> 00:26:44,739
I can't serve on me own
271
00:26:44,740 --> 00:26:51,540
Yeah, ya can. It'll do you good.
Take you out of yourself
272
00:26:54,940 --> 00:26:59,099
I were going to have another pint,
but if the hangman's gone off I might go
273
00:26:59,100 --> 00:27:03,779
I don't even like the pints here, but they've a hangman
- This is the hangman's daughter, Arthur. Shirley
274
00:27:03,780 --> 00:27:07,859
I know. I know that from before.
Where's this t'other hangman's pub?
275
00:27:07,860 --> 00:27:11,979
Failsworth
- Failsworth? Failsworth's miles
276
00:27:11,980 --> 00:27:15,259
Well I don't know whether to wait for the hangman
to come back or to go. I only came for t'hangman
277
00:27:15,260 --> 00:27:20,760
Have another pint, Arthur. Jesus!
- I will
278
00:27:23,860 --> 00:27:26,139
I'll have the same again, please, Miss
279
00:27:26,140 --> 00:27:30,099
Oh. Which one were it? I weren't here
280
00:27:30,100 --> 00:27:33,819
I dunno. Doesn't really matter, does it,
they're all the same, really, aren't they?
281
00:27:33,820 --> 00:27:37,539
They're not
- They're all the same up North, aren't they?
282
00:27:37,540 --> 00:27:42,819
I don't drink, so I don't know
- Good for you. Shirley, is it?
283
00:27:42,820 --> 00:27:45,979
Why don't you do a lucky dip, Shirley,
and I'll have that one?
284
00:27:45,980 --> 00:27:52,980
Really? Shall I? Like a lucky dip? All right
285
00:27:56,580 --> 00:28:00,959
You - are - not - 'it'
286
00:28:01,460 --> 00:28:04,459
Could take quite some time
287
00:28:04,460 --> 00:28:08,516
Have I met you before, I'm thinking?
- Me? How am I supposed to know? I do get about
288
00:28:08,540 --> 00:28:13,099
You - are - not - 'it'
289
00:28:13,100 --> 00:28:18,279
You - are - not - 'it'... It's Guinness
- Oh, actually, I don't like Guinness
290
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:25,080
I meant any of the other ones.
I thought you understood. I'll just have a pint of mild
291
00:28:29,140 --> 00:28:31,328
It's quite specific, isn't it, Guinness
292
00:28:31,620 --> 00:28:34,979
Yes, it's quite Irish, in't it
293
00:28:35,180 --> 00:28:38,579
It is, isn't it. I'd say nothing gets past you
294
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,799
You look more of a Babycham man,
from where I'm standing
295
00:28:41,900 --> 00:28:43,339
I look more of a what man?
296
00:28:43,340 --> 00:28:47,859
A Babycham man. A man drinks Babycham
- Leave off, Inspector
297
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,519
I don't know what that is, a Babycham man
298
00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:55,499
It's like a fizzy wine what's got a reindeer on it
299
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,839
Or a normal deer, I can't remember
300
00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,536
I wouldn't know anything about it.
I'm not from around these parts, you see
301
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:04,199
Babycham's not from around these parts, is it?
It's a Southern drink
302
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:05,679
Is it?
- It is, aye
303
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:07,959
You seem to know a lot about it
- I don't. You do
304
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:09,719
We've established I don't
305
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,759
You going to have any more peanuts with your mild,
or have you had enough peanuts?
306
00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:14,559
I've still got a couple left from before
307
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:18,239
Have ya?
- Yeah. I saved a couple for emergencies
308
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:19,973
For peanut emergencies?
309
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,519
Yeah. In case I get trapped in a lift with a gorilla
310
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,199
Or a policeman
- All right
311
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,479
Does that happen to you often?
- Only when I'm in Wales
312
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,279
You want to stop going to Wales then
313
00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:35,599
I know, but I keep getting drawn back.
It's the gorillas, isn't it?
314
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,879
You wanna watch yourself, lad.
We're not all friendly up North
315
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:40,239
I am!
- she is
316
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,439
She's not everyone, is she?
- She could be if she tried harder
317
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:49,319
That doesn't make any sense
- Oh really. And how's your friend Phyllis?
318
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:52,139
Phyllis? Do you know Phyllis?
319
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,999
Phyllis? No. Phyllis Keane? No
320
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,159
You do. You know her name
- All right, lad. Very good
321
00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,719
Did you like that?
Did you like how I made that turn, Officer?
322
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:03,319
We'll leave it at that then, shall we?
- No more of this Babycham business then
323
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:10,320
I know only too well what Babycham is.
I know all of its connotations. All right?
324
00:30:16,180 --> 00:30:18,979
Shirley, do you know of anyone
renting rooms out around here?
325
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:24,479
Our mam used to rent rooms out, but then she stopped
- Why, what happened?
326
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:29,799
Nothing happened, I don't think. She just stopped.
Maybe people were getting too nosey
327
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:31,799
Aye. That were it
- Nosey about what?
328
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:33,639
Well, me dad
- What about your dad?
329
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:35,639
Well, he... nowt
330
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,119
Is he famous?
- Not famous, no
331
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,319
He is
- He's a famous hangman
332
00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:43,959
Well, I'll be all right then,
'cos luckily I don't care about that sort of thing
333
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,159
I've never had that kind of prurience
334
00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:49,559
I'll go have a chat with your mum, shall I?
She's outside having a fag, isn't she?
335
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:53,519
Aye, she's having a fag outside
- Yeah, I just said that
336
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:58,359
But... do you know Phyllis?
- 'Do I know Phyllis?'
337
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,199
Well, does he?
338
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:04,039
Who were the chatty fella, Shirley?
The new Babycham man?
339
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:08,079
No, just some fella, I think
340
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:13,439
It is a reindeer, in't it. He's right cute
341
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:17,639
I couldn't work out if he did know Phyllis
or if he didn't know Phyllis
342
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:22,519
Phyllis were taken away today, Shirley. To a home.
Happen he may've just overheard summat
343
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:24,079
Phyllis was?
- Aye
344
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:25,679
Why?
- I don't know, love
345
00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:27,239
You do know
346
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:28,679
What kind of a home?
- I don't know
347
00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:32,879
You said a mental home earlier
- I didn't say that. Her mam said that
348
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:35,159
Our mam knows? Why didn't she tell us?
349
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,759
Because your dad said
you'd just go moping if they told ya
350
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:39,279
Christ...
351
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:40,839
Me dad said?
- Aye
352
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:44,319
Aye what? I missed all this
353
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,239
Shirley's dad said Shirley was moody
354
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:51,599
And she'd just go around moping about
this Phyllis Keane being put in a mental home,
355
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,399
was why no-one said owt to her about it
356
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:58,439
Oh. Girl talk
357
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:02,319
It's Phyllis Keane's dad
who wants putting in mental home. Not Phyllis
358
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:06,439
Here's news, love! We might be taking in a lodger
if his references pan out...
359
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:09,479
...and your dad don't start mithering
about house guests again
360
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:11,159
Oh aye, that's nice
361
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,799
What have you gone all mopey for?
You were fine five minute since
362
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:15,919
I haven't gone all mopey
363
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:19,959
If that's a man who keeps his own counsel
I'd love to meet a fella as never stops yakking
364
00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:21,679
Got your quote, did ya?
365
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,839
Got me front page, mate. I'll be seeing ya
366
00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:28,159
See ya, young lad... Who were that?
367
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:30,959
Newspaper lad
- Everybody's new
368
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,639
You were in with him a while, Harry
- We almost went home
369
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,559
I just needed to set the lad straight
on a few matters, didn't I?
370
00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,679
He's right about one thing, though.
It is a momentous day
371
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,319
Well, I just hope you didn't
lose the run of yourself, that's all
372
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:47,279
Oh just shut your bloody cakehole, woman,
and charge these men's glasses, for Christ's sake
373
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:52,279
It's a momentous bloody day, in't it?
'Lose the run of meself...
374
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:57,599
And what have you gone all mopey for?
You were fine five minute since
375
00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,679
Oh, bloody teens!
376
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:06,079
Gentlemen? A toast... The End of Hanging
377
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:07,799
Well, I'm not toasting that
378
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,959
You bloody will, Bill,
if you want to keep supping in this bar
379
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:15,839
The End of Hanging!
380
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:21,840
I won't know what to do with meself
381
00:33:33,940 --> 00:33:36,939
So your friend Bill said
'Hanging's too good for them', Harry
382
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:40,459
Bill's a customer, not a friend,
and he's a daft customer at that
383
00:33:41,460 --> 00:33:45,539
Hanging's not too good for them,
hanging's just right for them
384
00:33:45,540 --> 00:33:47,859
There are some fellas out there who are bad 'uns,
385
00:33:47,860 --> 00:33:50,179
and if the courts say they've got to go,
they've got to go
386
00:33:50,180 --> 00:33:53,379
But if they've got to go, they've got to go
by the quickest, the most dignified,
387
00:33:53,380 --> 00:33:56,099
and the least painful way of going as possible
388
00:33:56,100 --> 00:34:00,339
That, in my book,
in most normal people's books, is hanging
389
00:34:00,340 --> 00:34:03,819
But how do you know, Harry?
You haven't seen any of the other methods of execution,
390
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,639
the electric chair, or the firing squad...
391
00:34:06,740 --> 00:34:11,399
Of course I bloody haven't,
I'm from Lancashire not Arkansas
392
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:18,600
'Electric bloody chair'... I'm told when that goes wrong
they come out sizzling like a bloody steak. No thank you
393
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:24,239
I'll have my executions without the need for fried
onions if it's all the same to you. Yank claptrap!
394
00:34:24,340 --> 00:34:26,139
Guillotine's quick, I'd wager
395
00:34:26,240 --> 00:34:32,119
Guillotine's quick but guillotine's messy and French
396
00:34:32,220 --> 00:34:34,319
Who'd go for that in Durham? No one
397
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,819
And who's going to clean up the mess after?
Heads bouncing round
398
00:34:37,820 --> 00:34:43,259
I'm not going to clean it up after.
Warders? They've enough on their plates, poor sods
399
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:46,679
So how many men have you hanged, Harry?
Give me a rough estimate
400
00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:50,359
I pride myself on never having
deigned that question with an answer, Derek,
401
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:52,119
and I shall stick to that deigning
402
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,679
More than a hundred?
- Loads more
403
00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:58,999
More than a thousand?
- Don't be daft, this in't China
404
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:00,999
More than Pierrepoint?
405
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,179
See, now you're trying to come the smartarse again,
aren't ya, like before
406
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:07,799
Everybody knows Albert Pierrepoint did shitloads,
407
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:11,999
but Pierrepoint did a shitload of Germans
both during and after the war,
408
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:16,719
so there should be a little bit of an asterisk
against some of his numbers at the very least
409
00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:21,799
Albert were doing fifteen to twenty of those bastards
a day, after the trials got going proper,
410
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:27,759
and I'd've been happy to lend a hand, I would, but
Pierrepoint had that entire scene sown up, didn't he?
411
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:33,359
He wouldn't let us get a look in edgeways,
and I'd've been happy to hang some Germans
412
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:39,919
I'd've been chuffed. I never liked them before the war,
let alone during. The accent alone...
413
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:41,679
Why weren't you asked, Harry?
414
00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:45,199
I were asked the first time around, around Nuremburg,
415
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:51,039
but I were still a part-time bookie then
and it coincided with Grand National Week so, y'know?
416
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,119
I probably should've gone
417
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:56,839
I fobbed them off, said the wife was poorly,
and she probably was, she always is,
418
00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,319
but they never called me back again after that,
419
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:03,959
'cos they're like that,
they say nowt, but they hold things agin ya
420
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:08,359
I regret not going,
I'd've liked to see a bit of Germany
421
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:15,079
All I'm saying though is, all them Nazis Pierrepoint
did, all them bastards as ran the camps and whatnot,
422
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:19,759
I hold my hand up to him, I do.
Good riddance to the lot of them, the swine
423
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:25,319
All I'm saying is, they shouldn't be
allowed to go on his final score
424
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:32,320
'Cos hanging Germans en masse,
well, it in't a hard job, is it?
425
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:37,759
They do what they're told, don't they,
they follow orders
426
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:41,719
'Stand o'er there, under that noose.' 'All right,
Sergeant Pierrepoint, owt else I can do for ya?'
427
00:36:41,720 --> 00:36:45,239
'Nay lad, you're right.' Thunk!
428
00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:49,679
So if you subtracted Albert's Nazis from his normals,
I'm not saying I'd win,
429
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:54,919
but we'd definitely be running neck and neck.
If you'll pardon the expression
430
00:36:54,920 --> 00:37:00,639
It would be great for the paper if you gave me a number,
Harry. How many have you done all in all?
431
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:03,159
I won't, lad. I've no comment
432
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:04,959
The low two hundreds?
433
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:06,159
Higher
434
00:37:06,260 --> 00:37:07,619
The low three hundreds?
435
00:37:07,620 --> 00:37:14,620
You were close enough first time, the mid two hundreds,
but I'll leave it at that, the mid two hundreds
436
00:37:17,260 --> 00:37:21,419
Two hundred and thirty-three. Sans a single German
437
00:37:21,420 --> 00:37:25,219
Nice. Although they say
Pierrepoint's runs into the six hundreds
438
00:37:25,220 --> 00:37:29,159
Who says? Pierrepoint's wife? Bollocks
439
00:37:29,260 --> 00:37:31,739
And his hair smelled
- And whose hair smelled?
440
00:37:31,740 --> 00:37:35,819
Pierrepoint's hair smelled.
They don't mention that in the papers, do they?
441
00:37:35,820 --> 00:37:37,179
What did it smell of?
442
00:37:37,180 --> 00:37:41,919
When I were in a mood I'd say it smelled of Death,
443
00:37:42,020 --> 00:37:47,499
but it were probably just stale Brylcreem
- 'Stale Brylcreem'
444
00:37:47,500 --> 00:37:51,859
And, one final thing, Harry. The miscarriages of justice
that've occurred over the last ten years...
445
00:37:51,860 --> 00:37:53,939
Oh, here we go, you had to spoil it
446
00:37:53,940 --> 00:37:56,259
The ones that have swayed public opinion
against hanging...
447
00:37:56,260 --> 00:37:57,459
Says you
448
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:01,279
Were most of those carried out
by you or by Pierrepoint?
449
00:38:01,580 --> 00:38:04,619
Oh... Pierrepoint. Definitely. I think
450
00:38:04,620 --> 00:38:07,319
Derek Bentley?
- The retard? Pierrepoint
451
00:38:07,420 --> 00:38:08,859
Timothy Evans?
452
00:38:08,860 --> 00:38:13,319
The Christie lad? That was Pierrepoint,
although I assisted, so technically that's 2-1
453
00:38:13,420 --> 00:38:14,779
Ruth Ellis?
454
00:38:14,780 --> 00:38:18,699
Pierrepoint. 3-1 . Pierrepoint never
seemed to mind hanging women. I did
455
00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:23,899
I mean, you'd do it, it were the job,
but it'd leave a nasty taste in your mouth weeks after
456
00:38:24,100 --> 00:38:25,819
James Hennessy?
457
00:38:25,820 --> 00:38:29,999
Hennessy weren't a miscarriage of justice.
I read up about Hennessy after
458
00:38:30,100 --> 00:38:34,779
He were your classic woman-hating psychopath and I don't
usually like commenting on the people I've hanged...
459
00:38:34,780 --> 00:38:37,599
...but in his case sod him, bad rubbish, good riddance
460
00:38:37,700 --> 00:38:39,899
He died protesting his innocence, they say
461
00:38:39,900 --> 00:38:45,619
He were just scared, lad. They're all just scared.
Some show it, some don't
462
00:38:45,620 --> 00:38:53,520
Mostly what I remember about Hennessy, he were very
anti-Northern, and I don't like that. It's prejudice
463
00:38:54,580 --> 00:38:58,419
There was another woman attacked in Norfolk last year,
out Lowestoft way,
464
00:38:58,420 --> 00:39:01,739
the police are saying bore a lot of the hallmarks
of the Hennessy killing
465
00:39:01,740 --> 00:39:08,619
There'll always be women attacked, lad.
It's just the nature of men, in't it?
466
00:39:08,620 --> 00:39:12,219
In Lowestoft especially, there's nowt else to do
467
00:39:12,220 --> 00:39:16,979
You soon get bored of miniature golf
468
00:39:16,980 --> 00:39:21,179
So are you saying, then, that the death penalty
never worked as a deterrent, Harry?
469
00:39:21,180 --> 00:39:25,139
Aha! Good one, ya little bastard
470
00:39:25,140 --> 00:39:26,979
I'll tell ya this, any road,
471
00:39:26,980 --> 00:39:31,019
Hennessy never killed anybody
after I got ahold of him. You can be sure of that
472
00:39:31,020 --> 00:39:34,219
Maybe he never killed anybody
before you got ahold of him?
473
00:39:34,220 --> 00:39:41,220
And maybe we'll never know. Boo hoo. Another pint, lad?
474
00:40:27,420 --> 00:40:31,420
Oh, Harry...
475
00:40:48,060 --> 00:40:56,060
I wasn't poorly around Nuremburg. I'm never poorly.
You just wanted a pissup at Aintree with your mates
476
00:40:59,220 --> 00:41:04,919
They're our friends now, the Germans
477
00:41:05,020 --> 00:41:13,020
'Lowestoft'... You don't know the first thing about
Lowestoft. You don't know the first thing about nowt
478
00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:23,000
And there weren't nowt wrong with Albert Pierrepoint's
hair. He had nice hair. Unlike yours
479
00:41:27,460 --> 00:41:34,460
He's lost the run of himself. I knew he would
480
00:41:34,900 --> 00:41:38,379
Morning, our Shirley
481
00:41:38,580 --> 00:41:44,379
I says 'Morning, our Shirley'
- Morning. Do mental homes have visiting hours?
482
00:41:44,380 --> 00:41:47,699
You can get mental-home-visiting
out of your head for a start-off
483
00:41:47,700 --> 00:41:51,499
I thought we heard the end
of this Phyllis Keane palaver last night
484
00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:55,759
I wouldn't let you go to Burnley on your own,
let alone to a Burnley mental home
485
00:41:55,860 --> 00:42:02,619
She'll be all on her own with nutters
- Oh aye. Sounds like me at opening time
486
00:42:02,620 --> 00:42:09,039
Your dad's lost run of himself in paper.
I knew he would
487
00:42:09,140 --> 00:42:13,319
Won't hurt business, though,
the likes of folks round here
488
00:42:13,420 --> 00:42:20,820
Probably help business. They'd pay to watch a car-crash
if you could slow one down. They're just morbid
489
00:42:22,900 --> 00:42:28,419
'Two hundred and thirty-three'...
490
00:42:28,620 --> 00:42:32,639
I'd stop you reading it if I didn't think
you'd get ahold of it one way or t'other
491
00:42:32,740 --> 00:42:37,519
I don't want to read it, do I? I don't care
- You'd care if it were Elvis Presley
492
00:42:37,620 --> 00:42:42,659
Wouldn't be Elvis Presley though, would it?
Elvis Presley don't hang folk
493
00:42:42,660 --> 00:42:47,039
Elvis Presley don't say people are moody and mopey
behind their back neither
494
00:42:47,140 --> 00:42:49,339
Oh, we're not still on this, are we?
495
00:42:49,340 --> 00:42:54,719
He didn't say it behind your back, did he?
You were standing right there... in a mood
496
00:42:54,820 --> 00:43:02,120
I weren't in a mood. I'm never in a mood.
You're always saying I'm in a mood. I'm just shy
497
00:43:02,620 --> 00:43:05,159
Well, how is 'shy' going to help you in life?
498
00:43:05,260 --> 00:43:11,679
Well, it's not, is it, but I can't help it, can I?
- But shy... It's just the same as mopey, shy
499
00:43:11,780 --> 00:43:17,259
It's not the same as mopey. I smile. Mopey don't smile
500
00:43:17,260 --> 00:43:18,939
It's just the same as boring, shy
501
00:43:18,940 --> 00:43:24,159
It isn't. I'm not boring.
It just depends who's on the outside, looking in
502
00:43:24,260 --> 00:43:26,779
Well, the people who are on the outside
looking in around here...
503
00:43:26,780 --> 00:43:29,219
Think I'm boring
- No. Think you're a mope
504
00:43:29,220 --> 00:43:34,299
Well, maybe I think they're boring too
- Well... maybe you'd be right
505
00:43:34,300 --> 00:43:36,859
Maybe I think you and Dad are boring an' all
506
00:43:36,860 --> 00:43:41,179
Don't be stupid. We're not boring.
I run a pub and he's chief hangman
507
00:43:41,180 --> 00:43:46,519
That in't boring, that's interesting.
Meals on wheels for the depressed, that's boring
508
00:43:46,620 --> 00:43:50,559
He were chief hangman yesterday. He in't nowt today
509
00:43:50,660 --> 00:43:58,160
He'll be chief hangman for a long while yet,
you mark my words. In his own mind if nowhere else
510
00:44:11,740 --> 00:44:18,039
Listen, love, I know you've started
taking an interest in fellas...
511
00:44:18,140 --> 00:44:20,219
I haven't! Where's this come from?
512
00:44:20,220 --> 00:44:23,599
All those music magazines you go moping over -
gawking over...
513
00:44:23,700 --> 00:44:25,299
I don't mope, Mam!
514
00:44:25,300 --> 00:44:30,959
Boys aren't interested in mopey girls,
or shy girls. Or, if they are,
515
00:44:31,060 --> 00:44:37,839
they're interested in mopey girls who are drop-dead
gorgeous, so they can put the mopey to one side
516
00:44:37,940 --> 00:44:40,842
But I'm pretty on the inside, Mam
517
00:44:41,042 --> 00:44:43,390
But you're not though, love
518
00:44:44,112 --> 00:44:51,716
You're moody on the inside and mopey on the outside.
No boy wants that combo. So think on
519
00:44:51,993 --> 00:44:54,899
Think on, what? A frontal lobotomy?
520
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:57,921
That wouldnโt work with you. Youโre too pig-headed.
521
00:44:58,820 --> 00:45:05,233
No, maybe there's some after-school courses
you could take on, might take you out of yourself
522
00:45:05,340 --> 00:45:10,719
Archery or badminton. Summat as would get you moving
523
00:45:10,820 --> 00:45:15,519
I think you're pretty on the inside, love,
you're my little girl, aren't ya?
524
00:45:15,620 --> 00:45:21,319
I think you're pretty on the outside too.
It's just others
525
00:45:21,420 --> 00:45:25,079
Oh, who the bloody hell's that
when we're having a heart-to-heart?
526
00:45:25,180 --> 00:45:28,407
And me in me blooming dressing gown.
You get it, Shirley
527
00:45:28,460 --> 00:45:32,419
I'm not getting it. I'm shy. I don't get doors
528
00:45:32,699 --> 00:45:34,639
You get doors when it suits
529
00:45:34,740 --> 00:45:40,238
It's in the shy charter. No door-getting.
I'll mope over here
530
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:56,719
Oh, hello, Mr Mooney.
What are you doing here at this hour?
531
00:45:56,820 --> 00:46:00,019
Well I've come with my references
and for that chat you wanted
532
00:46:00,020 --> 00:46:04,239
But it's nine in the morning, love
- I know. Shows I'm keen, don't it?
533
00:46:04,340 --> 00:46:07,239
Hello there again from yesterday
- Hello there again
534
00:46:07,340 --> 00:46:08,959
I thought we'd said the afternoon
535
00:46:09,060 --> 00:46:13,999
No, no. The afternoon wasn't mentioned.
No, no. That's why I'm here now
536
00:46:14,100 --> 00:46:17,999
Oh. I'd best go put something on then.
Can't be chatting in me dressing gown, can I?
537
00:46:18,100 --> 00:46:21,659
Well, that's up to you, isn't it?
- Well... I can't
538
00:46:21,660 --> 00:46:26,339
Shirley, will you get Mr Mooney a cup of tea
if he wants one while I pop upstairs
539
00:46:26,340 --> 00:46:28,219
These are your references, are they?
540
00:46:28,220 --> 00:46:32,579
Yes. They're all typed up perfect, look.
Margins. You've got to, these days
541
00:46:32,580 --> 00:46:35,679
Right, I'll bring them with me, have a peruse
542
00:46:35,780 --> 00:46:39,159
You'll bring them with you, will you?
You'll bring them with you upstairs, will you?
543
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:42,799
Yes, if that's all right?
544
00:46:42,900 --> 00:46:49,900
That's all right
545
00:47:03,780 --> 00:47:06,899
This is the table I was sitting at yesterday
546
00:47:06,900 --> 00:47:13,900
Yes. That's like your regular table now, in't it?
- It was...
547
00:47:17,540 --> 00:47:21,739
I've changed it. I like to shake things up
548
00:47:21,740 --> 00:47:28,740
Keeps people on their toes, y'know?
- Aye
549
00:47:31,700 --> 00:47:35,219
Milk and sugar, Mr Mooney?
- Peter
550
00:47:35,220 --> 00:47:39,099
Milk and sugar, Peter?
- No, I don't drink tea
551
00:47:39,100 --> 00:47:43,259
No, your mum said I did, but I don't.
You can have it if you want. I don't want it
552
00:47:43,260 --> 00:47:49,559
Well... I shall!
553
00:47:50,060 --> 00:47:56,560
And two sugars. Even though I shouldn't
554
00:48:10,540 --> 00:48:15,159
You're quite a shy girl, aren't you?
555
00:48:15,260 --> 00:48:17,439
What?
- Yes. I noticed that yesterday
556
00:48:17,540 --> 00:48:21,159
Well... I'm not as shy as some
- I can't hear you
557
00:48:21,260 --> 00:48:24,359
I said I'm not as shy as some
- Oh no? Like who?
558
00:48:24,460 --> 00:48:26,959
Like who aren't you as shy as?
559
00:48:27,060 --> 00:48:29,439
Well, I don't know. All sorts
560
00:48:29,540 --> 00:48:31,039
Footballers?
561
00:48:31,140 --> 00:48:38,140
Well, I'm shyer than footballers
562
00:48:43,940 --> 00:48:49,299
Nuns?
- Nuns?
563
00:48:49,300 --> 00:48:53,919
I'd say some nuns are shyer than me.
It depends on the nun, don't it?
564
00:48:54,020 --> 00:48:57,699
Yes. The new nuns, just starting out,
who don't know the ropes...
565
00:48:57,700 --> 00:49:04,700
Yes, I'd say I'm not as shy as them nuns.
Not half as shy
566
00:49:11,140 --> 00:49:15,939
Paraplegics?
567
00:49:15,940 --> 00:49:21,619
I suppose it depends on if they were shy
before they had their accident, doesn't it?
568
00:49:21,620 --> 00:49:28,620
Yes, good point. Or if they were born that way
and there was no accident
569
00:49:29,820 --> 00:49:36,099
Some paraplegics can be right grumpy pigs
570
00:49:36,500 --> 00:49:39,979
But then you would be
571
00:49:39,980 --> 00:49:44,539
I don't know what I'd do if I was a paraplegic
572
00:49:44,740 --> 00:49:49,259
Nothing, probably
573
00:49:50,060 --> 00:49:55,499
I'd say, if it were a mute paraplegic,
I reckon I'd be less shy than him
574
00:49:55,700 --> 00:49:59,399
Or her, if he were a girl mute paraplegic
575
00:49:59,500 --> 00:50:03,419
You're quite funny
- Am I? I'm not
576
00:50:03,420 --> 00:50:05,939
You are. I noticed that yesterday
- Did ya?
577
00:50:05,940 --> 00:50:10,319
I suppose certain people round here,
it just goes over their heads, your sense of humour
578
00:50:10,420 --> 00:50:13,259
I don't know about that. But maybe
579
00:50:13,260 --> 00:50:16,859
Oh there's no maybe about it.
It's just hard to come across as funny, isn't it,
580
00:50:16,860 --> 00:50:20,959
when you're surrounded by stupid thicks.
I've always found, anyway
581
00:50:21,060 --> 00:50:26,819
That said, although I appreciate a good sense of humour,
I don't actually come across as funny myself
582
00:50:26,820 --> 00:50:29,139
I think you...
- Shush
583
00:50:29,140 --> 00:50:33,899
Even when I try to be funny,
I come across more as menacing
584
00:50:33,900 --> 00:50:36,419
Which is ridiculous, because I'm nice
585
00:50:36,420 --> 00:50:40,779
But no, as hard as I try, menacing.
And then the label sticks, doesn't it?
586
00:50:40,780 --> 00:50:43,099
I think you come across as funny
587
00:50:43,100 --> 00:50:47,299
Do you? Not menacing?
Not even with that 'shush' I just gave you?
588
00:50:47,300 --> 00:50:52,899
No. I think you come across as funny, but different
589
00:50:52,900 --> 00:50:59,339
Funny but different... like Groucho Marx
590
00:50:59,340 --> 00:51:01,659
I don't know. I don't really know the old ones
591
00:51:01,660 --> 00:51:05,139
He was a Jew, but you couldn't really tell
592
00:51:05,140 --> 00:51:07,779
Was he the one with the moustache?
- Yes
593
00:51:07,780 --> 00:51:12,539
Right. I know who you mean
594
00:51:12,540 --> 00:51:16,939
How old are you anyway?
- Fifteen
595
00:51:16,940 --> 00:51:19,739
A lovely age
596
00:51:19,740 --> 00:51:21,739
It ain't
- Ain't it?
597
00:51:21,740 --> 00:51:25,539
Everybody just keeps having a go at ya,
and you're not allowed to do nowt
598
00:51:25,540 --> 00:51:28,139
Well, don't let them have a go at you then
599
00:51:28,140 --> 00:51:35,140
I know, but it's hard, in't it, when they're all bigger
600
00:51:55,980 --> 00:52:03,480
I hope my mam lets you have the room.
That's all I can say. You'd liven the place up
601
00:52:06,060 --> 00:52:11,579
Bloody nose is full of bloody... mucus now,
from that crying
602
00:52:11,580 --> 00:52:15,259
Well, yeah, I don't need to know that
603
00:52:15,260 --> 00:52:18,099
But d'you know what I couldn't fathom out
from yesterday?
604
00:52:18,100 --> 00:52:20,659
No, what couldn't you fathom out from yesterday?
605
00:52:20,660 --> 00:52:26,499
Do you know Phyllis Keane or don't ya?
- Phyllis Keane? No, I don't, actually, no
606
00:52:26,500 --> 00:52:29,099
I thought not, cos I was sure she'd've mentioned ya
607
00:52:29,100 --> 00:52:34,099
No. I just thought they all seemed to be ganging up
on you, so I didn't want you to feel so all alone
608
00:52:34,100 --> 00:52:40,900
They were all ganging up on me. The bastards
609
00:52:41,700 --> 00:52:43,539
Poor Phyllis
610
00:52:43,540 --> 00:52:47,676
I know. I'm sitting here crying
even though there's nothing really wrong,
611
00:52:47,700 --> 00:52:54,100
and she's sitting in a mental home for reading
car number plates out loud. It in't fair, is it?
612
00:52:54,700 --> 00:52:57,156
Why don't you go visit her? Cheer yourselves up
613
00:52:57,180 --> 00:53:02,916
I were thinking that, but I don't know how it works
with the visiting hours and it's miles
614
00:53:02,940 --> 00:53:04,540
I'll drive ya
615
00:53:04,660 --> 00:53:08,860
Will ya? Would ya?
- If you want. I don't care, do I?
616
00:53:08,940 --> 00:53:10,379
But what if they're closed?
617
00:53:10,380 --> 00:53:13,579
If they're closed they're closed.
We can't do anything about it if they're closed
618
00:53:13,580 --> 00:53:18,859
Well, we could pop to the seaside then try again later,
I suppose. It depends on if it's sunny, doesn't it?
619
00:53:18,860 --> 00:53:24,519
I don't know
- Suit yourself
620
00:53:25,820 --> 00:53:30,579
What kind of car have ya?
- A Morris Minor. It's a banger, but it'll get you there
621
00:53:30,580 --> 00:53:36,419
I gave it a turtle wax last week. I didn't have to,
I just felt like it. Where's her mental home, Burnley?
622
00:53:36,420 --> 00:53:40,779
Burnley, aye, it's not too far.
It's far on a bus, but not far in a car
623
00:53:40,780 --> 00:53:45,139
Where's the nearest seaside to Burnley?
- I don't know. Formby?
624
00:53:45,140 --> 00:53:49,619
Do you have a swimsuit?
625
00:53:49,620 --> 00:53:51,659
Maybe
- What colour is it?
626
00:53:51,660 --> 00:53:58,419
Yellow. With dots
- Yes... that would go well with your hair-cclouring
627
00:53:58,420 --> 00:54:02,819
Would it?
- Yes
628
00:54:02,820 --> 00:54:05,819
Does the sand go in your swimsuit,
when you're sitting on the sand...
629
00:54:05,820 --> 00:54:09,619
...down at Formby, or Walton-On-The-Naze, or wherever?
630
00:54:09,820 --> 00:54:13,299
The sand?
- Yes
631
00:54:13,473 --> 00:54:17,621
I usually get a deckchair
- Do you? A deckchair?
632
00:54:17,804 --> 00:54:21,191
Aye. They're only cheap
- I see
633
00:54:23,220 --> 00:54:27,799
But the times when you don't get a deckchair,
and you're sitting on the sand,
634
00:54:27,900 --> 00:54:31,119
does the sand go in your swimsuit then?
In those places I was getting at before
635
00:54:31,320 --> 00:54:38,820
Well, I've never been to Walton-On-The-Naze.
Or anywhere in Norfolk. Is it Norfolk?
636
00:54:40,620 --> 00:54:43,179
Maybe
- Aye. I've never been
637
00:54:43,180 --> 00:54:45,619
How comes? Too Fancy O'Reilly?
638
00:54:45,620 --> 00:54:50,379
Well, no, you go wherever your mam and dad take you,
don't you, when you're fifteen
639
00:54:50,380 --> 00:54:52,579
I don't. I choose not to
640
00:54:52,680 --> 00:54:54,759
But you're not fifteen, Peter
641
00:54:54,960 --> 00:55:01,960
Aren't I? No, of course I'm not, am I?
I was just trying to confuse you
642
00:55:03,720 --> 00:55:09,339
I've been to Walton-On-The-Naze.
I've been there many times
643
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:16,340
I don't even know what a Naze is,
but I've been to Walton on it
644
00:55:16,600 --> 00:55:19,359
I think it's like a curved headland.
Although I'm not sure
645
00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:22,656
Well I don't even know what a headland is.
I suppose that makes me dense
646
00:55:22,680 --> 00:55:27,080
No. If you didn't know what a curve was,
that'd make you dense
647
00:55:27,520 --> 00:55:33,099
There's that sense of humour I pointed out before
648
00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:39,700
A curve, it's just a thing
that goes like this, isn't it
649
00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:55,979
Your mum takes a lot of time to put her clothes on,
doesn't she?
650
00:55:56,070 --> 00:55:57,469
Aye.
- Oh, does she?
651
00:55:57,564 --> 00:56:00,000
What?
- Take a lot of time to put her clothes on.
652
00:56:00,100 --> 00:56:02,265
I don't know. I suppose
653
00:56:05,260 --> 00:56:09,059
Well, if you still want to see Phyllis,
and the seaside or whatever,
654
00:56:09,160 --> 00:56:12,699
why don't you meet me under the clock
at the train station at eleven,
655
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:14,879
after I'm finished chatting with your mum?
656
00:56:14,980 --> 00:56:19,999
I don't know, Mr Mooney. I don't know
657
00:56:20,600 --> 00:56:25,899
Phyllis'll be missing you by now.
All those mad people, screaming their heads off
658
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:33,700
I just don't know. I'm shy about these types of things.
I've never been out with a boy before
659
00:56:34,020 --> 00:56:40,119
Well it's not going out, is it, I was just going to
take you to a mental home. It's hardly tea at the Ritz
660
00:56:40,220 --> 00:56:44,739
Although I think I put you off a bit, didn't I,
with my talk about the sand and your swimsuit,
661
00:56:44,740 --> 00:56:51,740
I can see that now,
I can see how that might've sounded strange
662
00:56:52,180 --> 00:56:59,180
I'm just interested in sand
663
00:57:00,220 --> 00:57:03,939
That's where I'll be, anyway.
The clock at the train station
664
00:57:03,940 --> 00:57:10,359
All right. I'll have a think about it
- I just get flustered sometimes because I'm shy
665
00:57:10,460 --> 00:57:12,659
Are ya?
666
00:57:12,860 --> 00:57:18,860
What time at the train station, did you say again?
- Eleven
667
00:57:27,980 --> 00:57:34,980
'Shy'... Fuck me
668
00:57:40,700 --> 00:57:44,999
I took ages, didn't I?
669
00:57:45,300 --> 00:57:46,979
Oh, is Shirley not with you?
670
00:57:46,980 --> 00:57:49,659
She was with me, but then she left
- Of course she did
671
00:57:49,660 --> 00:57:54,339
Well, I can see you didn't pinch anything from
behind the bar, so that's a good sign for a start off
672
00:57:54,340 --> 00:57:58,499
Now, I couldn't get through on any of the phone numbers
you gave me, that's why I took so long
673
00:57:58,500 --> 00:58:01,499
They just rang and rang,
but I shall try them again later
674
00:58:01,500 --> 00:58:05,979
You rang them already, did you?
- I did, but as I say, they just rang and rang
675
00:58:05,980 --> 00:58:11,019
That was very speedy of you
- Like as not they hadn't got into the office as yet
676
00:58:11,020 --> 00:58:16,819
That was very thorough. That was very sneaky,
phoning up my references behind my back...
677
00:58:16,820 --> 00:58:19,379
...while I'm standing down here waiting like a lemon
678
00:58:19,380 --> 00:58:23,539
But I'm allowed to phone your references, Mr Mooney.
That's what they're for, references
679
00:58:23,540 --> 00:58:27,939
Yes, I understand that.
But the timing was very sneaky, wasn't it?
680
00:58:27,940 --> 00:58:32,699
Well... I have to say, I'm a bit perplexed
- Perplexed, are you?
681
00:58:32,700 --> 00:58:34,499
Well, be perplexed
- Well, I am
682
00:58:34,500 --> 00:58:38,219
Yeah, no, I don't want the room now. No, I don't
even want to look at it. Even if you apologized
683
00:58:38,220 --> 00:58:45,220
Phoning my references? Your husband's killed two
hundred fucking people! Where's his fucking references?
684
00:58:48,860 --> 00:58:51,939
What the bloody hell was that?
685
00:58:51,940 --> 00:58:58,559
I don't know. I'm shaken, Harry. I'm quite shaken
686
00:58:58,660 --> 00:59:04,879
It was the lodger fella.
He were standing there normal, then he just flipped
687
00:59:04,980 --> 00:59:10,439
Lodgers? They're just animals, Alice,
I've told you that before. Oh, is that the paper?
688
00:59:10,540 --> 00:59:15,599
Why shouldn't I've phoned his references?
It's what you do with references, in't it? Phone 'em
689
00:59:15,700 --> 00:59:20,499
Maybe they do it different down South,
but I can't see how
690
00:59:20,500 --> 00:59:24,299
I only wanted to find out
if he were as lovely as he seemed
691
00:59:24,300 --> 00:59:31,300
I'm not sure if I'd've wanted him around our
Shirley now, a fella who could turn that quick
692
00:59:32,020 --> 00:59:35,679
I'm perplexed, honestly I am
693
00:59:35,780 --> 00:59:42,679
Hardly matters what the interview says
when the photograph's that good, does it?
694
00:59:42,780 --> 00:59:49,680
But I like the way it's reading so far.
Albert bloody Pierrepoint. Take that, ya bastard!
695
01:00:15,980 --> 01:00:19,499
All I'm saying is, from a non-biased point of view,
696
01:00:19,500 --> 01:00:25,039
that is the greatest interview
I've seen printed in that newspaper in my entire life
697
01:00:25,140 --> 01:00:28,099
In any newspaper
- In any newspaper
698
01:00:28,100 --> 01:00:32,099
I'm too close to it, aren't I, so I can't say
699
01:00:32,100 --> 01:00:37,599
I'm just at start of it 'cos I left me glasses at home,
so don't spoil it by saying owt
700
01:00:37,700 --> 01:00:41,019
There's nothing to spoil, Arthur.
It's an interview, lad
701
01:00:41,020 --> 01:00:45,179
That said, it does get better as it goes on,
so you don't want to spoil it in that sense, y'know?
702
01:00:45,180 --> 01:00:48,219
My favourite bit was bit about the Germans
- Mine too
703
01:00:48,220 --> 01:00:51,419
'Cos they are swine. Always were
704
01:00:51,420 --> 01:00:55,659
My other favourite bit was you saying your Alice
was sick so's you could go t' Grand National
705
01:00:55,660 --> 01:00:58,599
My favourite bit were bit about
hanging's too good for 'em, because it is
706
01:00:58,600 --> 01:01:03,699
Yeah, I never said that, Bill.
I said you said that, and I said it were stupid
707
01:01:03,700 --> 01:01:06,619
And my other favourite bit were...
708
01:01:06,620 --> 01:01:09,859
D'you know, I never realized
Albert Pierrepoint were such a cock
709
01:01:09,860 --> 01:01:14,939
Cock's too harsh, Bill. Cock's too harsh
710
01:01:14,940 --> 01:01:20,059
Arrogant. Tight-fisted. Curmudgeonly. Mean.
But cock's too harsh
711
01:01:20,060 --> 01:01:25,139
What were your favourite bit, Inspector?
- He liked photo! 'Cos he's queer
712
01:01:25,140 --> 01:01:29,019
Are you starting again, Bill?
Do you want to be shown outside?
713
01:01:29,020 --> 01:01:33,299
Then calm bloody down, and ease up on your drinking.
It's only two in the bloody afternoon
714
01:01:33,300 --> 01:01:34,819
Sorry, Harry
715
01:01:34,820 --> 01:01:36,739
Inspector. The floor is yours
- What floor?
716
01:01:36,740 --> 01:01:39,619
What was your favourite bit? 'What floor?'
717
01:01:39,620 --> 01:01:46,620
Oh. Aye. No... as I say, you made your case well about,
y'know, hanging being the most dignified of the...
718
01:01:46,700 --> 01:01:49,219
Well, it is
- It's pure dignified
719
01:01:49,220 --> 01:01:53,859
There speaks... In vino verantas, from the lads
720
01:01:53,860 --> 01:01:57,299
Other ones, you come out like fried steak
- You do, though
721
01:01:57,300 --> 01:02:03,899
I'm just on't fried steak bit now. It's good. Onions!
722
01:02:03,900 --> 01:02:10,900
But, overall,
I just think you went a bit far, that's all
723
01:02:13,860 --> 01:02:19,379
I mean, nobody needs to know numbers, do they?
724
01:02:19,380 --> 01:02:23,619
Or what was said int' death cell,
or who were scared or who weren't scared
725
01:02:23,620 --> 01:02:30,620
Some things ought remain, I don't know,
sacrosanct or summat
726
01:02:30,980 --> 01:02:33,099
Well... I agree, don't I?
727
01:02:33,100 --> 01:02:37,819
It says in black and white I refused to deign
to give him a number, doesn't it, at start?
728
01:02:37,820 --> 01:02:43,659
It does, at start, aye.
Later it says two hundred and thirty-three
729
01:02:43,660 --> 01:02:46,099
He wormed it out of you, didn't he, Harry?
- He wormed it out of me, that's right
730
01:02:46,100 --> 01:02:47,779
The bastard!
731
01:02:47,780 --> 01:02:51,699
I know. That's what lad's like... That's why I said
you shouldn't've talked to him int' first place
732
01:02:51,700 --> 01:02:57,299
By, you're in a funny mood today, George.
Just because you're not int' paper, were it?
733
01:02:57,300 --> 01:02:59,099
No. I don't like being int' paper
734
01:02:59,100 --> 01:03:01,699
You do
- I don't. It interferes with me job
735
01:03:01,700 --> 01:03:08,700
Oh aye, and what time are you due
into the office today, Inspector?
736
01:03:13,420 --> 01:03:15,099
His job, eh!
737
01:03:15,100 --> 01:03:16,499
What were it?
738
01:03:16,500 --> 01:03:18,619
Harry says to Inspector
'What time are ya due int' office?'
739
01:03:18,620 --> 01:03:21,859
Inspector looks at his watch,
he looks at his pint, he says...
740
01:03:21,860 --> 01:03:25,619
Aye. He drinks too much
741
01:03:25,620 --> 01:03:30,019
No. No, not 'he drinks too much', Arthur
742
01:03:30,020 --> 01:03:32,939
More he's in here when he should be at work,
like, that's all
743
01:03:32,940 --> 01:03:34,579
Oh, I see
744
01:03:34,580 --> 01:03:36,219
Is there still no sign?
745
01:03:36,220 --> 01:03:39,099
No sign of what?
- No sign of our Shirley
746
01:03:39,100 --> 01:03:43,499
I'd've said if there'd been a bloody sign, wouldn't I?
I'd've shouted up 'Mope's back!'
747
01:03:43,500 --> 01:03:48,019
But she's never missed her dinnertime without
telling us, and I've done us a blancmange for after
748
01:03:48,020 --> 01:03:51,019
Oh, she's probably just gone off moping somewheres.
Found somewheres new to mope
749
01:03:51,020 --> 01:03:57,259
Aye, she was a bit mopey this morning, wasn't she?
Hello, lads
750
01:03:57,260 --> 01:03:58,899
Howdo!
751
01:03:58,900 --> 01:04:03,379
Here, that's your Syd, in't it? Hello Syd
- Hello Alice! Hello Harry!
752
01:04:03,380 --> 01:04:07,019
He in't mySyd
- We haven't seen you in a coon's age, Syd
753
01:04:07,020 --> 01:04:09,019
No, well, I'm mostly Halifax, aren't I?
754
01:04:09,020 --> 01:04:11,379
Hello Inspector, lads
- Hello, lad
755
01:04:11,380 --> 01:04:15,899
Where do I know Syd from? I'm terrible with faces.
Bad trait in a policeman
756
01:04:15,900 --> 01:04:22,259
No, people often forget my face and that.
I used to be an assistant of Harry's, back in the day
757
01:04:22,260 --> 01:04:26,699
His main assistant, really
- No, you were right the first time
758
01:04:26,700 --> 01:04:30,379
Pull up a chair, lad. Have yourself a pint
- I'll have a half, so
759
01:04:30,380 --> 01:04:35,259
I'll be upstairs, Harry, in case she calls
- In case who...? Oh, aye, aye
760
01:04:35,260 --> 01:04:38,499
Nice to see you, Syd
- You too, Alice
761
01:04:38,500 --> 01:04:40,819
Wish I could say same
762
01:04:40,820 --> 01:04:43,499
Oh. Why?
- Aye, why?
763
01:04:43,500 --> 01:04:49,699
I shall keep my own counsel, as they say.
Here's your half, lad
764
01:04:49,700 --> 01:04:56,019
That's fourpence
765
01:04:56,020 --> 01:05:01,499
Cheers. Good health, lads
- Aye, cheers
766
01:05:01,500 --> 01:05:05,699
Er... Harry, would it be possible
to have a quiet word at some point?
767
01:05:05,700 --> 01:05:12,700
I'm run off me feet, lad, you can see that.
It's a pub, not a sewing circle
768
01:05:13,580 --> 01:05:19,539
And what drags you all the way down from Halifax
the one day I'm all over the newspapers, I wonder?
769
01:05:19,540 --> 01:05:21,339
The newspapers? Are ya? Which ones?
770
01:05:21,340 --> 01:05:22,819
Well, the Gazette
771
01:05:22,820 --> 01:05:24,219
He is
- It's there
772
01:05:24,220 --> 01:05:25,779
I haven't seen. Is it good?
773
01:05:25,780 --> 01:05:28,419
It's brilliant
- I haven't finished it yet but it's good so far
774
01:05:28,420 --> 01:05:32,979
I must have a read of it after
- If you like, although you can buy your own
775
01:05:32,980 --> 01:05:39,019
Aye, Syd used be me assistant in the hanging trade,
a few years back this is,
776
01:05:39,020 --> 01:05:44,779
but after a series of mistakes and minor misdemeanours,
what finally broke the camel's back,
777
01:05:44,780 --> 01:05:48,139
what finally caused me to have to let him go...
- You don't have to, do you, Harry?
778
01:05:48,140 --> 01:05:50,639
What finally put the kibosh
on his assistant hanging career...
779
01:05:50,740 --> 01:05:57,740
...were his commenting upon, and his laughing at,
the size of the private parts...
780
01:05:57,820 --> 01:06:03,599
...of a Manchester gangster we were cleaning up
the body of after hanging him at Winson Green
781
01:06:03,700 --> 01:06:10,700
Dignity and the basics of human respect
were all we owed that lad at that sad time,
782
01:06:11,060 --> 01:06:15,059
and did he get them? Off this lad? Did he bugger!
783
01:06:15,060 --> 01:06:19,579
Aye, and I knew it were wrong, Harry,
and I apologised at the time, didn't I?
784
01:06:19,580 --> 01:06:26,499
It's just... and I'll say it again... it were enormous!
785
01:06:26,500 --> 01:06:29,019
What were it?
- Enormous!
786
01:06:29,020 --> 01:06:31,619
In't funny! In't funny at all!...
Weren't then! In't now!
787
01:06:31,620 --> 01:06:36,499
But I didn't mean nothing by it, did I?
I were just surprised by it
788
01:06:36,500 --> 01:06:41,539
I expect more from you...
on the subject of 'sacrosanct'
789
01:06:41,540 --> 01:06:45,259
Weren't just long, it were wide
790
01:06:45,260 --> 01:06:48,859
Have you finished?
791
01:06:48,860 --> 01:06:51,739
'It were wide'...
792
01:06:51,740 --> 01:06:55,459
A year later, in an incident not entirely unrelated,
793
01:06:55,460 --> 01:07:01,439
he were sent to Leeds Prison six month for the sale
and distribution of obscene magazines, weren't ya, Syd?
794
01:07:01,540 --> 01:07:07,459
It were unrelated! How were it related? Them were
fannies, not cocks! I wouldn't distribute cocks
795
01:07:07,460 --> 01:07:12,659
And they were legal in Holland, them fannies!
H-H-How were I supposed to know?
796
01:07:12,660 --> 01:07:18,179
Any road, that's the nature of the character
of me assistant Syd Armfield
797
01:07:18,180 --> 01:07:22,459
Now, a quiet word, were it, S-S-Syd?
- You go too far, Harry
798
01:07:22,460 --> 01:07:28,799
I say 'S-S-Syd' 'cos he used to have a stutter when he
got stressed, didn't ya, S-S-Syd? You probably still do
799
01:07:28,900 --> 01:07:32,739
I don't know if I should tell ya now.
I-I-I came here to help ya
800
01:07:32,740 --> 01:07:35,179
I thought that cock were water under a bridge
801
01:07:35,180 --> 01:07:40,179
Calm down, lad, I were only having a laugh, weren't I?
Now what were it you were after?
802
01:07:40,180 --> 01:07:44,019
I'm not after nowt, am I?
I came here to be nice, didn't I?
803
01:07:44,020 --> 01:07:48,299
I didn't expect to have cocks thrown in me face
804
01:07:48,300 --> 01:07:53,259
Calm down you about cocks!
805
01:07:53,260 --> 01:07:55,779
Come o'er here
806
01:07:55,780 --> 01:08:00,619
Sit down
807
01:08:02,620 --> 01:08:07,179
Sip your half
808
01:08:07,380 --> 01:08:09,899
Now, what's on your mind?
809
01:08:09,900 --> 01:08:13,059
Well, it's this Hennessy business, in't it?
- Hennessy business? What Hennessy business?
810
01:08:13,060 --> 01:08:15,259
Well, I-I-I...
- Oh, here we go
811
01:08:15,260 --> 01:08:21,779
I didn't think about it much at the time. I didn't
think about it for a year after, the Hennessy hanging
812
01:08:21,780 --> 01:08:25,059
I mean, it were a bit of a balls-up
but it weren't botched, were it?
813
01:08:25,060 --> 01:08:29,619
It weren't near botched. It were instant death
once we got him ont' trap. Folk forget that
814
01:08:29,620 --> 01:08:36,620
But, I suppose, him having so much time to talk...
to protest, I suppose, and to threaten us, y'know?
815
01:08:37,100 --> 01:08:42,379
Well, it went beyond the usual frightened, didn't it?
- No. It went exactly the normal frightened
816
01:08:42,380 --> 01:08:49,019
In the years after, I thought, I couldn't help but
think... he weren't frightened. He were innocent
817
01:08:49,020 --> 01:08:52,859
Oh, here we go! Is this what this is?
All the way from Halifax for this shite?
818
01:08:52,860 --> 01:08:55,419
And if he were innocent,
we hung an innocent man, didn't we?
819
01:08:55,420 --> 01:09:02,420
'Hanged' an innocent man! 'Hanged' an innocent man!
And, no, we didn't hang an innocent man
820
01:09:02,860 --> 01:09:07,139
I went and read every court report
on the bloody case after, just to set me mind at rest
821
01:09:07,140 --> 01:09:09,899
He was guilty as sin, that perve
822
01:09:09,900 --> 01:09:15,339
He were a car thief, Harry.
He never had anything funny with women his entire life
823
01:09:15,340 --> 01:09:17,659
Well, you've got to start somewhere, don't ya?
824
01:09:17,660 --> 01:09:21,739
But he were up in Blackpool the night before,
a tart signed an affidavit...
825
01:09:21,740 --> 01:09:23,899
'A tart signed an affidavit', by heck
826
01:09:23,900 --> 01:09:27,699
...saying he were with her all night
and he treated her nice
827
01:09:27,700 --> 01:09:34,379
Why would he drive three hundred miles next day
to do that to a girl on a beach in Norfolk?
828
01:09:34,380 --> 01:09:38,459
Let's reopen the case, we've evidence from a tart!
829
01:09:38,460 --> 01:09:44,539
I don't know why he did it, do I? Maybe he fancied
a nice drive? Perverts like driving too, y'know
830
01:09:44,540 --> 01:09:48,979
A lass were attacked in Lowestoft
a year to the day that we hanged him
831
01:09:48,980 --> 01:09:53,699
Oh, Lowestoft, Jesus
- A year to the day, Harry
832
01:09:53,700 --> 01:09:59,379
She survived. She described the fella who did it
- Oh aye?
833
01:09:59,380 --> 01:10:04,459
She said he looked just like
this fella I were visited by this Saturday past
834
01:10:04,460 --> 01:10:10,499
I don't know how he found me, but he said he had some
photos he'd took, he asked me if I wanted to buy 'em
835
01:10:10,500 --> 01:10:17,179
I thought he were messing with us, y'know,
that he'd heard about me conviction or summat,
836
01:10:17,180 --> 01:10:25,180
but they were photos of the girl on that beach in
Lowestoft. And they weren't nice photos, neither, Harry
837
01:10:26,020 --> 01:10:32,939
Bought them then, did ya?
- No. I wouldn't buy photos like that
838
01:10:32,940 --> 01:10:37,259
He knew who I were, Harry.
He knew I'd helped hang Hennessy
839
01:10:37,260 --> 01:10:40,939
Then he said he were heading out Oldham way,
said he had some business out here
840
01:10:40,940 --> 01:10:47,579
It was only last night I thought 'Oldham way',
he might mean 'Harry Wade's way'
841
01:10:47,580 --> 01:10:53,539
You haven't had anybody funny hanging about the pub
the last couple of days, have ya?
842
01:10:53,540 --> 01:10:55,939
What did he look like, this fella?
843
01:10:55,940 --> 01:10:59,499
Well, he were a skinny fella, longish blond hair
844
01:10:59,500 --> 01:11:06,500
London accent, I think, and well enough dressed
but a sort of a... menacing look to him
845
01:11:06,980 --> 01:11:13,980
Not a hard look, but a menacing look. In his eyes, like
846
01:11:15,500 --> 01:11:18,899
I'm probably putting two and two together
and coming up with five, aren't I?
847
01:11:18,900 --> 01:11:24,499
But I thought best be ont' safe side, 'cos it's
second anniversary of Hennessy hanging today, in't it?
848
01:11:24,500 --> 01:11:27,659
Is it? Don't time fly?
849
01:11:27,660 --> 01:11:31,939
Aye. I suppose. I dunno
850
01:11:31,940 --> 01:11:34,339
There's three of us parched over here, Harry lad!
851
01:11:34,340 --> 01:11:38,379
Shut your bloody noise you, ya pisshead,
I'll be over in a bloody minute, won't I?
852
01:11:38,380 --> 01:11:43,019
I were only saying...
- Well stop saying, Bill! Stop saying
853
01:11:43,020 --> 01:11:47,939
Would you like another half, Syd?
- I won't, I'll be heading off, Harry
854
01:11:47,940 --> 01:11:53,379
I only came up to tell you so's you'd, y'know,
keep an extra eye on your Alice and your Shirley, like
855
01:11:53,380 --> 01:12:00,380
But I'm sure everything'll be fine
856
01:12:06,380 --> 01:12:07,939
Same again all round, is it, lads?
857
01:12:07,940 --> 01:12:09,499
Aye
- I'll have a whisky, Harry
858
01:12:09,500 --> 01:12:12,539
You'll have a pint like everyone else
and stop your nonsense
859
01:12:12,540 --> 01:12:14,219
I'll have a pint
860
01:12:14,220 --> 01:12:17,339
Aye, that's a good article is that, Harry. Champion!
861
01:12:17,340 --> 01:12:20,619
In't it best interview's ever been printed
in that newspaper ever?
862
01:12:20,620 --> 01:12:26,899
I don't read it so I don't know, but I liked
bit about Germans, 'cos they are swine, aren't they?
863
01:12:26,900 --> 01:12:30,459
They're never our friends
- And never will be. I hope
864
01:12:30,460 --> 01:12:33,819
But I disagreed with bit about Hennessy hanging,
didn't you?
865
01:12:33,820 --> 01:12:38,499
I always thought he were a nice lad, and there were
never any proper evidence agin him, were there?
866
01:12:38,500 --> 01:12:40,099
No proper evidence, no
867
01:12:40,100 --> 01:12:43,939
Just the word of thieves and coppers, weren't it?
No actual people
868
01:12:43,940 --> 01:12:45,539
Anything the matter, Harry lad?
869
01:12:45,540 --> 01:12:52,540
Is there still no sign, Harry?
- No. There's still no sign
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