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So when's grabs due? Week after you, far boy.

Macintosh textiles.

I'll just put you through.

Pat Fletcher.

I made a big pan of tater ash and he won't touch it. I said, you'll go to bed

hungry, Gary.

She's looking. Eh?

Frida, she's looking. She can look all she likes.

Eh, you know, she reminds me of that headmistress at our Gary's school. She

her hair just like that.

Common.

Waiting for the right time. Oh, perfect timing.

Come on, it's a happy hour.

Yeah.

Cheers.

To call him tight -arse, Terry never puts his hand in his pocket.

He should have seen his face when you took them drinks, though.

Mr Little Bugger wants to live a bit. If he tries to smile, he'll crack his

face.

Go on.

All right, all right.

Oh, they're bleeding, how's that?

I don't know.

It's her across the road again, wanting the car shifting.

Tell her to sling her off.

Hang on!

She's going to find the keys, hang on!

Try me trousers.

Sorry about that.

Bet you've been cursing me rotten.

Can't flirt you.

Sign on the dotted line, if you can find it.

Hey, Royal Mail.

Cheers for that, mate. First leg over I've had in a month, and you turn up

halfway through.

It'll be weeks before I talk her into it again now.

All right, Mrs J.

Don't worry, love.

The beast is in his cage.

Mm -hm.

Oh, Jesus Christ, how shitty it's looking. I have a needle.

I feel like I've just given birth.

Well?

Is that it? It's no different to the other one. Roy, it's top of the ring.

Just move. Feel that.

I said that can't taste of funny. I'm going to sew that bloody chip, eh?

Could you lend us a few quid, love? Only I've got an appointment at nine.

No chance of getting to the bank.

Check us my purse.

All right, if you want.

Oh, glad it was you. Thought I would care for a minute.

Oh, dreams.

Oh, fuck you, Emily. You put me off my dinner.

It's called love, Ed. You might have heard of it. Aye, I've been in love.

but your mum doesn't count.

No, but yours does.

I'll tell my dad. He'll be glad Tom's getting some.

Do you go into this meeting later?

Yeah. Supposed to be knocking off at five. I hope she's paying me overtime.

What meeting's this?

This is Mike going to see all the supervisors tonight.

What for?

Obvious, innit?

to be back in the corporate whip. Oh, here we go. Karl Marx lives.

Two prison farlands.

You better piss around, Harvey. One of the big boys.

They're only interested in one thing.

Profit and loss.

That's two things.

Bottom line, how much money we're making.

Yeah, but at least we're back in work, aren't we? Yeah, but for how long?

Big company like that.

Looking to make cutbacks. Bouncing.

Oh, bad luck, Freda. Do you think so?

It's happening all over. I mean, you look at Samuel Hall's. Laid off half the

workforce over there.

Well, I think she's all right. At least she says hello in the morning. More than

Mac ever did.

She's not in charge, is she? She's just a bleeding poodle.

I should be back about four.

If anybody rings, tell them I'll get back to them at the end of the day.

And if anybody wants to leave a message, put them straight through to my

voicemail. I think I've finally got the hang of it.

Did you get half an hour?

Yeah. Well, it took me a bit longer. I'm a slow reader.

Is it OK?

A couple of spelling mistakes in the summary, but... The rest of it's fine.

Let's hope head office likes it.

It all sounds quite frightening. I mean, it's a lot of changes.

I know.

I want to keep this place alive. This is the only way.

Wish me luck. Good luck.

Oh, and Grace, until after the meeting, mum's the word, OK?

OK.

This is lovely. Thank you very much.

Keep the change.

Thank you.

Pat, sorry to keep you. You been up or anything?

I'm fine, thanks.

Come on through.

The quality is superb.

I've looked through the customer reports, and yes, there are complaints,

believe I can turn this around. So, we need to increase productivity and win

this new contract. That way we stand a good chance of keeping the factory open.

The simple fact is, if we can't develop this business to what it deserves to be,

then there's no future for us.

We've got a dedicated workforce.

producing high -quality goods to mostly satisfied customers.

But I want to be upfront with you from the word go.

Things are going to change.

So how many people are going?

Pardon me?

We might as well cut to the chase, cos that's where it's leading.

No -one's set out about it. All right.

I'll rephrase the question.

Are you planning any redundancies?

What? We need to know. People are scared shitless out there.

I can't promise there won't be job losses.

See?

See?

So what is this? Is it going to be a restructure or a downsize?

Your old boss, Mr Macintosh... Mac?

..worked in a certain way. He'd inherited the factory from his father

what I can gather, he'd run the place in pretty much the same way for the last

30 years.

Yeah, well, if it ain't broke.

The thing is, though, Barney, it is broke.

The factory lost a major contract just before the closure.

It would have secured the future of this place for at least the next three

years, and Mac lost it. Now we're on the verge of losing another.

So, we're looking to break into new markets.

Budget range.

If we can pull together and make this thing work, I can assure you the only

redundancies we'll be talking about will be voluntary ones.

I can't lie to you, this is no longer a family business.

Coopers took this place over to make money, and if they don't do that,

close it down just like that.

I don't want that to happen.

I want us to save as many jobs as we can, and I know the only way we can do

is to make this place a success.

Please stop, Frank.

I think you had enough for one day. Oh, air of the dog.

So, dare I ask?

No, no, don't tell me.

You had a tip -off. Dead cert.

33 to 1. Would have made it the fortune.

36 to 1.

So, how much this time?

No, in fact, don't even tell me I've got enough on my plate.

If I'd known, it's only had three legs.

I wouldn't have bothered.

Why don't you just have an affair or something?

You're a hell of a lot cheaper.

And where would I find anybody as beautiful as you?

You dark booger. Come on.

Come and stay.

Please. Plenty of milk. I'm late as it is.

Well, what do you think?

You'll knock him dead.

Ta.

Oh, Jesus.

You've seen our operation.

You've seen the quality of our product.

Can't have too many complaints or I wouldn't be sitting here now.

So to my mind, the only real concern is whether we can increase our output to

meet with these requirements.

Let me assure you, the factory knows about this.

They are ready and waiting to double the output.

Jamie!

Leave voluntary redundancies. Ain't much to offer him.

No idea. Why?

Well, I might take the money and run.

You know, lie on a beach somewhere.

I've always fancied Indonesia.

You can live there about three quid a day over there. I'll tell you what, the

toss is... Isn't your baby due next month?

Hey, exactly.

Sorry, that won't be a thing.

Hiya, hiya.

Sorry, it'll take me a while to get up to speed with names.

Freda Wilson, fastest machinist in the West.

You've probably heard about me. The Brida Wilson. Pleased to meet you. How

you do?

215A, 215B, 378A and D. Can you hang on a sec, Viv?

Kingfisher rang.

I'll just come from there. Poor Booth. Wants to speak to your ASAP.

Pat Fletcher.

Pat. Paul Booth.

Good journey back?

Yes, thanks.

Right. Took a bit of arm -twisting, but we got there eventually.

Five -year contract as discussed, with an option to extend.

The accountants need a signed agreement within five weeks, so along the line

suggested we're proposing a four -week trial period, which means you're going

need to hit the ground running.

What's your feeling?

We'll do it.

You can read, can't you?

We're going to be running production in two teams.

One concentrating on existing work and the other working exclusively on the

budget range.

I should all have a copy of the production schedule.

Who decides who does what? And if there's a choice, I'd sooner stay on

Or quality, Frida.

Budget doesn't mean substandard, it's just a different market.

Can't all afford to shop at Marks and Spencers, can you?

Now, you'll see there's some new styles and a few new patterns, but the big

difference with the budget range is output.

Basically, we need to produce twice as many items in the same amount of time.

Do we get a rise for this? You can't expect us to work twice as hard for the

same money.

I've drawn up a new roster and there's going to be plenty of overtime.

For those that want it.

I know it sounds like a tall order, but the simple fact is, if we want to get

this contract and give ourselves a fighting chance of survival, we're going

have to pull together on this.

Any questions?

OK, well, we've only got four weeks, so let's get on with it.

Do me a favour, tell Frida Wilson I want to talk to her.

Min! Frieda, have a seat.

If it's about before, I was only saying what everyone else was thinking. I

didn't mean anything by it.

I'm going to be straight with you, Frieda.

You're a strong character.

You've been here a long time.

But you're used to doing things in a certain way.

Right.

I've got a lot of work to do in the next few weeks.

I want everyone working flat out, no moaning, no griping, just heads down,

getting on with the job. Oh, you're not sacking me, are you?

Have you had a chance to look at the new designs?

Yeah.

How would you feel about supervising the budget range?

Involving what?

Making sure the girls bring the delivery in on time.

Same pay, same conditions, but... If we get the contract, I'll look at putting

it on a permanent basis.

Machine Room needs a proper supervisor.

Well, look, I'll have to think about this. Yes or no.

Oi! Come on, Schumacher!

That's it.

Go on.

Right, come on. You lot, stop hanging around.

Come on, don't hang about.

Come on, lads.

Don't hang about with that. Take it right up.

Don't let him mess you about. Keep it going.

Come on.

Keep going. Keep moving.

It's Mum.

Right, Mum. What's up?

Oh, nothing serious.

No, it's just your dad.

He's gone missing again.

For how long this time?

Three days.

Well, four if you count today.

So where is he?

I don't know. I've looked in all the usual places.

You should know what he's like by now, Mum.

The thing is, he's not been working.

Says he has.

Sets off every day.

But there's no money coming in.

Well, you know what this sounds like, don't you?

Yeah.

I think he might be up to his old tricks again.

Jeff, have you seen Roy today?

Sorry, but I haven't.

Sorry, your card's been rejected.

No, well, that can't be right, because there's definitely money in my account.

Definitely.

Right.

Sorry, I can't ask you either.

That's right, yes.

I'd like to keep the joint account in both names, but then set up a separate

account purely for my wages.

Yes, that's right. My name only.

Thank you.

Put them down.

Yeah.

Nothing more in here would be started.

A lot of the big problems are just down to logistics.

I'm going to speak to Graham Leach about delivery times, but I need to be sure

that everything we can do to speed up production on site is being done.

I need someone to oversee the whole production, make sure all the sections

talking to each other.

Someone who I can trust will get the job done.

Someone reliable.

Me?

Hey, hey, it's here, it's coming.

You're all fired.

You brown -nosing bastard.

So, come on, how do you do it? Talent, something you'd known that about.

What, are you shagging her or what?

No, he didn't.

Hey, this don't mean you're me boss, you know. You're still a...

I suppose you think that's going to make everything all right, do you?

I suppose that's meant to impress me.

Where the hell have you been? No word, no call.

One of your poker weeks, was it?

What's the matter with you?

You knew I'd be back.

Anything could have happened. You could have been lying in the gutter. Lying in

the gutter.

Pat, when have I ever not come back?

I always come back.

What's the problem?

Why are you being like this?

You're never like this.

Look. One call. Just one phone call, that's all. But no, because that'd mean

thinking about someone else except your place.

Saved by the bell.

We see her walking along the deck.

And all of a sudden...

She stops. And she's staring straight in the bar window.

I mean, right at us. Right at us. So we're all there waving like mad.

But she hasn't seen us.

You hadn't seen us, love.

She's there giving it all this.

And a bit of that.

Probably so wasn't. Yes, yes, you were.

I'm not kidding you. I'm not kidding you. Really sorted herself out, she was.

She comes in a minute later.

The five of us creased up laughing on the floor.

It's only a bloody two -way mirror.

Yeah, oh, yes. The whole bar had watched her tart herself up. She was mortified.

Oh, I tell you, you can't be too close.

We're going again this summer.

Club and bed.

You should come.

A bit pricey.

I'm sure you can afford it with your wedge.

Can we have another one of these, my friend?

Soon as you like.

What do you think I'm going to do? Lose it?

Pat, I know where the bloody bank is. I just want to make sure it gets there.

Well, you could at least leave us a few quid.

You said if I had a big win, we'd go out and blow the lot.

Going to work?

Who's going to lie around in your pit all day?

It's my bloody money!

Girls without cloth, we're working flat out, but it's the cutters they can't

keep up.

Honest part, it's not us.

I mean, we're working flat out. Look, Jesus, if we go any quicker, lots of

coming out our days. We've got too many machinists for the cloth that's being

cut. We need that many if we're going to make this order.

We've only got two weeks to go.

Can't sway in two.

We could pay overtime at weekends, at a pinch.

Stop pilot.

Get this lot in when the machine room's empty.

Oh, cheers, Ed. What, you're going to come in and keep us company?

I'm going to have to be taking a half, but I'm not doing it for basic. I

wouldn't expect you to do anything else.

Can you do a quick straw poll, get everyone's agreement, come back to me if

there's any problems? Now, what about today?

Can we do split lunch breaks, make sure there's always someone cutting?

That just means half of us end up eating cold leftovers with nothing to do for

an hour.

It's only for a few days.

Yeah, but they've never got anything decent left as it is.

All right, all right. What's the alternative?

I suppose.

I will speak to the canteen. Make sure there's plenty of hot food. Thank you. I

appreciate it.

You make my heart sing.

You make everything.

Mrs Fletcher, I'm sorry to disturb you. I think this is yours.

Thank you.

What? Bailey,

all the information's in there.

Come back. What are you doing? You can't just come barging in. Two hours.

Two bastard hours we've been out there.

There's been a mistake. There must have been a mistake. Yeah, it's your dickhead

husband that's made it.

What does he owe?

Tell me what he owes and I'll get it to you. I'll go to the bank tomorrow when

they're open. I can raise someone.

Get whatever you're owed, please.

Look, he's had warning after warning.

And he's ignored him.

Let me call someone.

You can't do this.

That's mine.

That's my jewellery. You can't take my jewellery. This has nothing to do with

me. You married him.

You can't do this.

That's it. I'm calling the police.

Call who you like.

Vince, give us a hand up here, will you? That's not even paid for. You can't

take anything that's not ours.

Right, what's your letter?

Vince, back the van up and get the trolley.

I never liked that sofa.

I'd laugh, Roy, when he happened to think the joke's on me.

It was our furniture.

What next, the car?

The house?

I'm tired, Roy.

Don't be upset.

It's only bits and bobs.

It'll be all right.

We can soon... It won't, Roy!

Stop hiding away from it!

Stop pretending nothing's the matter!

Every single time there's a problem, something we should have sorted out

together, you duck out, down the pub, down the bookies, leaving me to pick up

the pieces!

For once in your life, will you just say you are sorry?

Used to march in there, bold as brass, get me kids out and wham them.

Tell how much they needed the system.

Tell them I was going to change their lives, protect them, their own bloody

collies.

Now, even I don't believe the crap I'm coming out with.

Neither do they.

You've been thinking.

Yeah, yeah.

Another salesman spouting his shite.

I can't do a thing about it.

I can't win him over. I can't turn him round.

And all the time the sale's going further and further away.

Things? It doesn't have to be this.

I sell.

It's what I do.

Since I was 17 years old, I've been out there flogging.

I can't go working in a bloody garden center for 350 an hour.

I've seen them.

Blokes who used to matter.

Mopping floors in Tesco's.

Stacking shelves.

Trying to give a bit of dignity.

Well, if that's dignity.

Donovan Dave.

That's who it was, Donovan Dave. Do you remember?

He used to do Catch the Wind and all that stuff.

Well, Big Girls Bounce it was.

Bless him, he was all right.

Anyway, it was a tent.

Well, it's brothers.

You told me it was yours.

You've got to be joking.

I can only just about afford the petrol.

I was trying to impress you.

Four Star Hotel would have impressed me more.

Get off.

You loved it.

Except the night when you wanted to go for piss.

And you were afraid to go.

In case there might have been somebody lurking.

I've forgotten about that.

It wouldn't bother me now.

Piss in front of a line of car.

What a great holiday.

Was it?

Or am I putting a rose tint on it?

22.

No kids.

No worries.

Best sex of all.

You're gonna put the kettle on.

Roy.

Roy.

Roy!

Roy!

Grace?

Yeah? I'm at the hospital.

Everything okay?

No, no.

No, no, it's my husband, Roy.

He's had a... Well, I don't know yet.

Grace? Yeah?

No -one's to know, all right? OK.

Tell him I'm at head office, meeting, anything.

I don't want anyone distracted. We've got to have that order ready by

OK.

I'll ring you.

Your husband's at the table.

We're running a series of scans at the moment to check the extent of the

But I have to warn you, your husband's had a very severe stroke.

Unfortunately, at this stage, we don't know the full impact.

These things are something of a lottery.

It all depends on which part of the brain has been affected.

There's nothing we can do for the time being, so... Is there any family you'd

like me to call?

Friends?

No, thank you.

Okay.

This is about time.

We didn't know whether to come. No, we're not intruding, are we?

Oh, that's all right.

Right to love.

Trenchfield Mill.

Pat.

I thought you weren't coming in.

Hospital's got everything under control.

No point in me hanging around.

Might as well keep myself busy.

How is he?

Fine.

Bit too early to say yet.

How's everything going?

It's going well. We're on track in the cutting room. The last batch is being

made up now. We're still on target.

Oh, and Adrian from head office rang.

Just wanted to make sure everything was A -OK.

Thanks.

All right. Come on, then.

You got enough clock?

Is that running all right?

Have a word with John.

Is that working?

Hang on, hang on. There's a seat there. It's got your name on it. Come on. No,

stop. No, stop.

Come on.

This is what happens, isn't it?

It's the best sex we've had in years and you're going to conk out.

What are you going to do that for, eh?

Daff bugger.

Tell you what, though.

If you think this has got you off the hook, you've got another thing coming.

know that?

As soon as you get your strength back, I want to repeat performance.

What is it? What's happening?

He's all right. Don't worry.

Sometimes does this.

Did he move?

Do you think so?

His oxygen level's dropped.

Did he knock it?

He might have accidentally leaned on it.

Don't worry. Easily done.

We'll soon have it back to normal.

Just need to be careful.

Any drop in oxygen could affect his heart.

What would that do?

Well, there's a possibility of cardiac arrest.

Have I hurt him?

No. He wouldn't have felt a thing.

How we doing? This is the last batch now.

Will you have a number 12?

Oh, by the skin of our teeth.

Everything on course?

Short of a barricade of World War III, we might just make it.

I'm not asking to show up. Come on. Come on.

All right. All right, let's get loaded.

That's your walk.

way to securing the future of Macintosh Textile.

Thank you. Thank you all very much. Thank you.

Cheers.

The

good

news we were hoping for hasn't materialized.

Your husband suffered a massive brain stem stroke.

And I'm afraid this is as serious as it sounds.

And what are the chances of recovery?

Roy's stroke was at the base of the brain, where the nerve impulses that

voluntary movement occur.

Eating, walking, going to the toilet.

I'm afraid it's highly unlikely that Roy will recover independent functioning.

He's going to need a great deal of care for the rest of his life.

I'm very sorry, Mrs Fletcher.

Pat,

it seems congratulations are in order.

Kingfisher sent a fire through. They're delighted.

Good. Take a seat.

Thank you.

They didn't think I could do it.

I could tell by the look on their faces.

I'm a bloody pair.

They've seen a factory in their lives.

They know it all.

I've shown them I can run that factory as well as anybody.

You know what?

I'm proud of myself.

The first time in... I don't know how long I can hold my head up and say, I

did that.

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Well, it goes to show, doesn't it?

Finally, making something of myself after all these years.

It just goes to show, doesn't it?

Don't you think?

Train didn't turn up.

I thought I was never going to get here. Three messages.

All this travelling's getting ridiculous.

I think I'm going to have to move further in soon.

Where do you live?

Falesworth. I wouldn't recommend it.

Dawson's? What do they want?

I heard we're doing a budget range. Want a quote for 6 ,000 units a week, mainly

bedding. I said we'd fax one over by lunch.

So, not Falesworth, then. Where's Nice?

reached Pat and Roy. We're not in right now, so please leave a message after the

beep.

Pat, this is Nurse Farthing from Bridgeton General.

Please can you call me as soon as possible?

Extension 3155.

Thank you.

Maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good

as I should have Maybe I didn't love

you Quite as often as I could have

Little things I should have said and done

I just never took the time You were always on

my mind

Good morning.