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Thank you.

Healthy me, oh, darling.

What's on your menu today?

Nothing, Stan. We're all finished.

What are you talking about, finished? Go on, Johnny, just go at two o 'clock.

Yeah, come on, darling, look, we're starving.

Yeah, I'm so hungry I can eat you.

I wish I could help you, Stan, but we've got to close at two o 'clock now. It's

a new rule. Aye.

Why did you talk that one up? It's me.

Come on. Get up.

Canteen's closed till four. Come on. We can't go yet. We haven't had our lunch.

Well, you'll have to go without then, won't you? Come on. Do your good. Get

weight down. Just a minute. Just a minute. We're not standing for that. I'm

going to tag that up to the union.

You can tag it up with who you like, mate. There's nothing in the rules that

says you've got to have a running buffy going all day if you used to. Come on.

Look, I can't drive a bus on an empty stomach. You can't drive a bus at all,

mate, can you?

Come on, the company's losing money. They've got to cut down on something.

They're going to cut down your stomach for a start. Oh, yeah? Well, that's what

you think.

They're cutting down on the stop and all. I've got the push at the end of the

week. Oh, no, you haven't.

You've got the sack, you mean?

Now, look here, Blake, we don't mind you having it out on us, but you can't sack

the poor little Elsie, is you? There's been no prior consultation with the

union. You can't sack her. No. I can do what I like.

Look, it's not for you to question the company's ruling, Butler. You're here to

drive a bus.

Go out and drive one. All right, all right. Just a minute, just a minute,

brother. Shop's due and I'm calling everyone out.

Right, you're on strike.

Stay well. Sit down. Sit down.

Get up, get up. There we are.

Get up here. Sit down.

Get up. Sit down.

Sit down. Sit down. Sit down.

I'm not a yo -yo, you know.

Look, he says I'm on strike. I'm on strike, and that's it.

Is that that?

Are you getting out? No.

Right, right.

I'll go and see the general manager, then.

Come on, Harper, I'm having you out of the office. Just a minute, just a

Am I to understand that you are requesting an official meeting between

management vis -a -vis the current dispute?

You can understand what you've blown me more like, Harper. I'm having you up the

office. The period, you'll get the sack for this, I'm telling you. Go on, touch

him, mate. We're on strike, boy.

Don't you worry about that. I'll settle him.

I'm not accepting nothing less than complete capitulation.

And I'm with you there, mate. You see, if we stick together, they can't do

nothing about it. It's a matter of principle, isn't it? You just leave it

It's in the bag.

Yes, sir. Yes. I'll give it to him, all right. Say yes.

Harper!

I've had a word with his general manager, and he agrees with me.

At the end of the week, we should give you a productivity bonus. Oh, yeah.

What's that then?

It's what you get for being a good boy, isn't it, Harper?

Why am I getting it then?

Because you are going to be a good boy, aren't you, Harper?

How much is it then?

30 quid.

Yeah, well, I'll be a good boy then, won't I?

There'll be no more of the silly talk about strikes, will there, Harper?

A strike? What strike's that then, Blackie? Two.

You'll get the bus out as soon as you like, won't you? Oh, yes, Mr Banks. But,

Sam, are you sure I'm going to get my job back? I keep telling you, Earl, see,

I'm not coming back to work until you do. Oh, you are good.

That's all then?

Ah, it's all settled, is it, Jack? Yes, yes, I had a word with Blakey. Well, he

bent over backwards.

Just a basic misunderstanding of our position, that's all.

Can I tell her? Isn't he great? Oh, Jack, yeah?

So the strike's off, eh? Yes, yes. Oh, good.

And we can eat when we want to? Oh, yes, yes. Oh, good. Elsie, get the grump

ready.

Yes, when we want. Within the new permitted opening time. Hear that? When

want, within the new permitted opening time. Just a minute.

Do you mean to tell me you've backed down? No, of course I haven't. What do

take me for?

She said, after a full and frank discussion, I've decided to accede to

management's request, that's all.

Why, you rotten turncoat.

What do you mean?

It means he's back down. That's what it means. But that doesn't mean I've still

got the tag. But then you promised. I'm sorry, love. I've done my best.

Well, I haven't, mate. And I'm still on strike until Elsie gets her job back.

Oh, don't talk, Darth. I've just called a strike off and on. Well, I'm calling

it on again. Don't you worry, Elsie, my darling. When I make a promise, I'll

keep it. Come on, sweetheart.

There.

Brothers! Brothers!

Brothers!

Now, listen.

telling us when we can eat and when we can't eat? Yes!

It's up to the management to provide us with proper canteen facilities.

Yes!

Jokey, mate. What's all this about, Andy? Oh, we're coming out on strike

canteen, mate. You and us. No, mate, not me. Oi!

Just a minute. You can't strike about a canteen. Oh, yes we can! Yes!

Listen, I'm not with your nausea union.

Well, we don't need you or your...

Good luck to you. You won't get no strike pay, though. But we don't care,

because we can tighten our belts if we need be, right? Yes!

No!

Hey, Barnaby, what do you mean, no?

Over that, mate. We thought it was official. We're not coming out.

It looks like you're the only one, so we might as well forget it and get the bus

out. Listen, now, don't you worry. You haven't forgotten what I said, Elsie,

darling. Listen, listen, I'll tell you something, mate.

Listen, you can start if you like, but I'm staying on strike.

Come on, now. What are you hanging about for? Get the bus out. You're late out.

Come on. Come on, Stan. Look, we're five minutes behind already. I am staying on

strike until my grievances have been settled.

Now, don't start that nonsense all over again. That's all been fixed up with the

shop stewardess. Oh, yes, it's been fixed by him, all right. Anyway, I'm

on strike. Yeah, well, I'm perfectly prepared to work. Well, I'm not.

Now, look here. Look, we can't have... half of the bus working in the Aberron

strike, can we? Now, come on, I'm having this bus out. Well, you can if you

like, but you won't get very far, because my arse got the engine in it.

Oh, no?

Well, I'll get another driver then, mate. You won't, mate. You won't find

black legs in this depot. Oh, no?

Chalkies.

We'll only shop a couple of hours over time, boy. I don't mind, please.

Get that number 11 out, OK? Oh, no, no, you don't, Chalkie, no. This is my bus.

Listen, if I'm not taking this bus out, nobody else is, and that's that.

You getting out of there, Butler? No!

Right, Harper.

It's your shot. You're the shot, Stuart. It's your responsibility, right? Now,

either get him out of there or get him working, one of the two. What can I do?

Well, I suppose I could get him suspended from the union. Suspended

hear that?

You've been suspended by the union here.

That means I can do what I like, doesn't it? Well, I'm suspending you from your

work, right?

Now, get out of that cab and get off home now. I'm not getting out of this

until I get our candy facilities back and that's that, mate.

I'll tell you that, mate. And I'll make sure you don't. Oh, yeah, yes.

I'll tell you another thing as well, then.

You'll get no food brought you either.

I'll starve you out of here.

I won't do you any good. Why not? Don't go on an anger strike.

Sleep well, Sam. Yes, you do very well. Oh, you lot, yeah.

Yes, eh?

Yes. Oh, yes. Beautiful, yes.

Yes, Sam.

Well, I don't know. You won't stay and keep him company.

You'll go and clear up that tea canteen and clear off home, have you? Go on,

lovey. Go on. Shall I bring you some food? How about a nice hot pot? Have

got any gravy with them?

You're supposed to be on a hunger strike, aren't you?

Oh, yeah, that's it. Forget it, forget it. Yeah, don't worry. You won't catch

eating, Blakey. No, I'll make sure you're blooming well, don't make. Now,

on off home, lovey.

All gone, have you, Arthur? Yeah, that's a lot, Blakey, yeah.

Right.

Right, come on out of there.

I'll manage you out of there. Come on.

Give me the froggy.

Try that again.

What are you doing? You can't give me...

Yeah, I'll bet it did.

We'll have to teach you a lesson, won't we?

Oh, gosh.

Oh, well, I'll give you a best, but you're too good for me.

Yeah. Good night, then. Yeah, yeah.

That

was

a bit slow. Did you witness that? No, I didn't see that.

Come on, it's unofficial.

Yeah, it's all right. Yeah, come on, Stan. Look, you've made your point. I've

got a bird waiting for me. Come on, it's late, mate.

Don't make me, mate. You're no mate of mine, mate.

Get off over your bird.

I'm going to stay here all night if necessary.

I wouldn't do that if I was you, Butler.

It's horrible here late at night, boy, I know.

Yeah, all the other bat bars come out at night, don't they?

You might as well get off over me, the probably good you are. Yeah, get off

me, bird. You're wasting your time, Stan. All right, mate, you turned out.

Oh, well, I'm off now.

Oh, I don't know about you, but I'm half -parched. Oh, I couldn't half -go a

nice cup of tea now, Butler.

How about you? Shall I go to the canteen and make one?

No.

I'm off now, then.

I'll put the lights off as I go.

Yeah, yeah.

Perhaps you'll see a bit of sense in the dark.

Yeah? Well, I don't need your rotten lights, because I've got my own here,

Then what about the night watchman? Take that tea out the butler. He needs it.

Oh, how kind, Mr Plegg.

If he thinks by putting the lights out, he'll put the wind up me.

He's got another thing coming.

I don't scare all that easily.

Who is it?

It's only me, sir.

I've brought you a nice big jug of hot tea.

Mr Blake said you'd be getting thirsty about now.

Oh, did he, did he?

Have a good drink, Butler.

You've been kicking your rotten teeth.

I'd rather die of thirst.

Suit yourself then, boy.

Right, go off home, lovey. Oh, I'm sorry, Stan.

No. Good night, darling. You did your best. Yes, good night. God bless.

I'll leave this down here, Butler, in case you change your mind, boy. You

know, do you?

Oh, well.

I'm off to me nice warm bed now.

Have a good night, won't you?

Good night.

Oh, thank God he's gone.

back with my legs.

Ooh, good stretch.

Look at that.

If he thinks I'm going to drink his rotten teeth, he's dead right.

Pause.

Oh, I

couldn't

have held up much longer.

Oh, God.

or are you going to take another day off?

I don't see the wisdom in going to work and handing my germs on to my

colleagues. Now, you'd sooner start time and give them to us.

That lot of sympathy will get off you.

Oh, dear, oh, dear, you're an old man. You get a little tickle in his nose, you

want to take a couple of days off work.

The trouble with you is, mate, it's people like you that are ruining this

country. Oh, yes. What about your unofficial stoppage? Are you going in

No, I'm still on strike.

How typical.

I'm not allowed to take a couple of days off when I'm a...

It's all right for you to take a week off over some silly cup of tea.

It's not over a cup of tea at all.

Mum, any more tea in the pot? No, it's all finished.

All right, then. We'll stick the kettle on, then. Oh, no, I'm going on strike.

If you want any more tea, you go out and make it.

Here, and while you're at it, love, you can wash yourself a couple of shirts.

Oh, but now, that's not fair.

Not fair? Here, you said you was going to decorate this room, right?

Well, now, then, here's the wallpaper.

Get on with it. Oh, what else is this? You never get a bit of peace here.

You can get off your big fat bottom and help me then. Oh, don't go wet. I'm far

too ill. Oh, yes.

Well, I'll tell you something. You stick there, all of you. I'll do it on my

own. OK.

I'll start with the ceiling.

You're not going to paint wallpaper on the ceiling?

No, Mum. You paper the ceiling to cover up the cracks, and then you paint it

afterwards. Have you got it? Yeah, and if you're doing the job, that's when the

ceiling falls down.

Oh, highly comical. Listen, mate, I'm going to make a professional job of

I know how to do it.

I saw a bloke do it once. Right, now then. Got the place?

Yes. Right then. Right, now then.

How many professionals?

Go stand there like an idiot. Hold it. Right. Hold that there a moment. Right,

now then. Now then.

Aren't you going to measure it first?

Don't be silly. Of course I'm going to do that.

Now then.

Let's see.

Here. Here to there.

It must be all of that, mustn't it?

Now, we'd better make sure we don't make any mistakes.

Now, Olive, go to that wall. No, Mum, you'd better do that. Yeah, I've got to

it. I'll run along. Right.

Get out of my way. You're always in the way. Right. Now, hold it there. Right.

No. Hold it. Hold it.

Now, get it over there. Right.

Now, you stay there. Stay there.

I'll judge a bit that goes into the corner there.

Right. Now, see, Olive, we're not wanting you not here, are you?

Now, come over here and hold it for the wall here, darling.

There. Keep it.

Right. like that. That's it.

Yes, you should get seven pieces out of a roll, you know. Oh, yes, it's like

that.

Yes, well, I don't think we're going to make seven out of this one, now.

We'll barely make, yeah, just a minute.

Yes, I don't... Hold it, then.

I'm only going to make about two out of this. Right, now, then.

Well,

that'll be enough.

Yes, Stanley, Stanley.

What? I've seen them do that in the circus. You know what you have to do,

you? What?

Step far to it and leap through it.

Where's the scissors?

Here. God, love, I just come out from under there. What's the matter with you?

Right, hold it there, Mum. I'll cut your end off. Right, wind your fingers. Wind

your fingers.

All right.

That's it. Are you all right there?

Yes. Hold it, hold it. Drop that bill on the floor. Right, now then.

Now then, come round here.

Now listen.

Oh, ain't you awkward, love? How am I going to get the right measurement round

you? I'll tell you what. A last six foot for the wraparound round on him.

I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll find out where the seam is and I'll slip it

there. All right.

I've got it about here, right? OK, now, here we go, then.

Right.

This is tough going, this paper up this end.

Right, OK, now, then.

I didn't know you was wearing a split skirt.

I'm wearing a split skirt.

Well, you are now, look at that.

If I paste a bit, you pull it up farther that way, right?

We'll get this all organised, right?

Watch out, watch out! You're supposed to be putting that on the paper!

Well, go a bit more gently! Well, don't sit there then!

That's it.

That's it.

Yeah, that's it. You've got to get completely your face on it.

That's the idea. Right, that's it.

Yeah, we'll never stick that on if you're right. Right, now. Right, now.

Right. No, no, wait a minute. To me. Turn it over. To me. Turn it over.

Turn it over.

Turn it over.

Right, that's it. Now.

Right.

Oh, yeah. Right, now.

Now, oh, push the brush. The brush.

The brush.

The brush. It's on the floor. On the floor. On the floor, Mum.

It's all going on my back. It's all going on my back. Right.

Right,

now then. No, no, the other way. Over the other way. That's it, that's the

Right, now then.

You see, Arthur, it's a simple matter when you know how.

In all these jobs, Arthur, it's the know -how that does it, you see, son.

You've got to know how. One minute.

Once you get a good... One minute.

Once you get a good grip, a good start, you've got to know, you see. One minute.

That's it.

Ah, now she's going.

There, that's it, there.

There, that's it, that's it, that's it, that's it, that's it. You get a good

start, you see, and then you can pull it about all over the place, you see, and

once you can go all down in one.

Sometimes you have to do it twice.

Right, let's start again then. Now, don't stand there, Olive. Get up there

help me. Where's the pace? Put the pace down there.

Right, now.

Hold it. Hold it. Where are you? Oh, here you are.

Hold it. Right, now then. Have you got it? Now, Mum, come up this end now. Hold

it with a broom. Hold it with a broom.

It's on me fingers. It's on me fingers.

Now, don't sit there. Come and give us a hand, mate. You're doing a great job,

mate.

Come up and give us a hand. You can't do nothing on your own, can you?

Mine out of the way.

What's your game?

Mine out of the way. Right, I've got it.

Right, hold your end. I've got it. Right.

Have you got yours?

Yeah. Right.

There. Well, that's it then, isn't it?

Stanley.

Yeah? Stanley. What?

I hate to mention this, mate, but we can hardly stand up here for the rest of

our lives.

My nose is itchy.

Your nose is achy.

I've got to admit, it needs a bit of paste underneath the ends, you see.

Yes. Arthur.

I'll tell you what, give us the brush up. What? Well, hold my bit.

I've got your bit. Hold that there.

I've got your bit. Just give us the brush. Hey, hang on.

Look at this boat, you idiot!

All right, hold it, hold it. I've got it, I've got it. Right, now then.

I've got it.

Give us the... One minute, wait.

That's it.

No, no, you've got it all straggled up there.

Right, now, Arthur.

Yes? Mum, hold it up, for God's sake, hold it up!

Right,

there you are. Right, Darren, it gets the bucket up a little bit more. Hold

then. Right, hold on.

Right.

You got it?

Yeah, right.

Right, now, wait a minute, wait a minute.

Right, let me get some underneath there.

God blimey, hold the bucket, will you? Will you?

Morning. Morning.

Morning, Blakey. Hey, I'm not late this morning, am I? No, my goodness, no,

you're early. Yeah, well, I tell you what, I thought I'd call the strike off,

actually, you know. Hey, I was working harder at home than when I was on

I can well believe that. Yeah, yeah.

You're willing to accept the company ruling, are you, and admit that I was

all along?

Well, yeah, I suppose so, yeah, yeah. Very good.

Yeah, well, it's all right for me, sir. Yeah, it's all right. Okay, I'll clap

on. No.

What do you mean, no?

I'm willing to work. Yes, but I'm not willing for you to work.

Well, why don't you give me the sack then? Oh, no, no. I'll have to pay your

redundancy money then, wouldn't I? No, oh, no.

No, you were guilty of gross industrial misconduct, butler on that bus.

I'm going to keep you suspended without wages, mate.

Well, how long for?

Forever if I'm on my way.

I'm going to see you humble pie, butler.

Humble pie.

I'm going to see you grovel.

Grovel. Listen, Jack, your union, your union. Look, can't you do something for

me? Can you do anything for him?

Uh, no.

No, he can't.

What do you mean, no? Do you mean you're on his side? You're on my side, aren't

you? Yeah.

Oh, my God. Oh, it's made my day.

No. Well, that won't make it my day, then. Oh, yes. Yes.

I've got your, uh... Yes, I've got your bonus here, yes. Your bonus, Harper. Oh,

thanks very much, Peggy.

Oh, I got it. I got it. I got it.

Blimey, he's bought you off, hasn't he? No, of course he hasn't. It's just that

I don't believe in strikes, that's all. Oh, thanks very much. Right, we're all

on strike.

Eh?

Well, you just a second said you don't believe in strikes.

Yeah, that's before I got me bonus, wasn't it, eh?

Right, brothers, gather round. Come on, brothers, let's have you out.

Right, we're all out on strike until brothers down the aisle is reinstated.

win. All right, all right, all right. You win, you win.

We'll go back to the old routine.

Tea all day long, come on. Right, I'll get the bus out then, come on. Just a

minute, just a minute, mate. Just a minute. One thing, one thing, just a

Does it mean Elsie gets her job back then? No, it does not mean she gets her

back then. That does?

Oh, yes, it does mean it does.

Well, get in the bathhouse now, then, will you?

Well, we're going to have a cup of tea first, you see. Yes, well, we won't be

long, in an hour. About an hour. An hour? What, for a cup of tea?

Yeah, well, we're having 14 cups to make up for the ones we didn't have

yesterday, see.

What about a big tub?

Thank you.