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From the long -awaited, the notion free to the damp and to the rain of London

city.

We come from the sun to live in the coal, I'm in the room, I want my

Let's keep the music street, wind up the awareness field.

Does anybody remember when they last saw the sun?

I do.

Yes. I remember.

Because I was walking through the park with Sean and I had to open up the

umbrella on the pram to stop his bald head from getting sunburned.

Surely I'm being serious. It's been grey for the last three weeks. Yes,

depressing, isn't it?

It's been scientifically proven.

Even orthodontic medicine now acknowledges depression due to the lack

sunshine as a medical condition.

It's called seasonal adjustment disorder, or SAD for short. You know,

told me 30 years ago that there was a place outside the Arctic Circle where

sun could disappear for weeks on end. I would not believe them.

Much less imagine I don't live there.

Good morning, Desmond.

Shirley. Yes.

Matthew. Yeah. Fort Clay.

Morning, everyone.

Morning, Gloria.

You look a bit dumb.

Oh, Mum.

You know Alex and I were trying to save up to go somewhere sunny and nice on

holiday, right? Yes. Yeah, well, I didn't get the part -time news

I got all dressed up for last week.

Oh, it's only a job, Gloria. There'll be others.

Well, I'm sick and tired of having to work twice as hard on everybody else

to prove them as good as they are.

It's not twice as good.

Oh, thank you.

There's one watch unknown.

You see that?

That is what is called a supportive relationship.

Well, we didn't have them in May Day.

All we had was white fronts.

Yeah, we're going to be late.

By the way, I've done the artwork that Sean wanted me to do for his flyer.

Where is he?

Hasn't come back yet. He went to some concert last night.

Yes, with Spider.

Your parents didn't like some of your friends.

That's not true. My parents didn't like any of my friends.

They liked me.

Popeye, my father banned you from the house five times.

That's because he didn't like to admit how much he liked me in public.

What have you got to do with that fix, man? John, what happened?

Where have you been?

In jail.

That's where.

Locked up for no flipping reason. What did you do?

Mum, I told you, we didn't do nothing.

We? Who's we?

Me and Spider.

Well, well, well. You and Spider?

Well, there's an old African saying.

If you sleep with dogs, you wake up with fleas under your armpits.

Look, doesn't anyone want to hear what happened?

Sean, Sean.

Calm down.

Tell me.

We were just attacking, Mum. Slow down.

Who attacked you?

These drunken yobbos. I mean, we're standing there waiting for the night bus

they start making monkey noises at us and yelling abuse.

Stuff like, why you don't go back to where you come from and rubbish like

So, what did you do?

We ignored them, innit? But when they kept going on, that's when Spider goes,

will go back to where we come from if you monkeys will give us a tenner to get

cab back to Beckham.

No,

that's when they jumped us.

All 15 of them.

You should have seen it, man.

I mean, we tried our best in that. I even got a couple of good counter

in the ting, you know.

I just thought I'd have got one lucky punch in.

So, Sachon, why didn't you just run?

No, we tried.

And in the end, we did.

But we got only like about 30 yards when these two policemen saw us and thought

we were running away from the scene of a crime.

Yeah, man. And then after all night being locked up in a cell, they come to

this morning and say, oh, you can go home now. Like nothing ever happened.

I mean, why do they treat us like this? They always come with... Stop. Stop

right there, Sean. I don't want to hear any of this they -under -thing.

A mistake has been made. It could happen to anybody.

No, Mom, you don't want to see the truth, but I know what really happened.

Sean, you're tired.

Go to bed. You'll feel better when you wake up.

Dad. Now.

All right.

All right.

You know, the same thing has happened to me before.

But I always thought that it was because of my Natty Bongo dress. Listen, we

ain't got time for this.

Come on, we're late.

Does anyone want a cup of tea?

Machu, didn't you hear what just happened? I was only trying to ease the

tension. I mean, everybody.

Spider,

you nearly got my son killed.

What's she saying?

Save the man's life.

I saw front security cameras caught all the action, right? Because I was well

wicked, boy.

You didn't see me, man. I was busting the most moves.

Them scumbags was lucky I had to run and catch up with Sean. Otherwise I would

have really dealt with them.

Looks as if you got some of them dealings.

These? Nah, man. All self -inflicted.

I ain't got all my moves sorted yet.

You seem to be taking this very well, Spider.

Hey, that's just the kind of guy I am.

I mean, after it's happened to you a couple of times, you just chill out.

So where's Sean?

He's in his room.

Can I go and see him, please?

Do you know that's the first time you've asked me something before you did it?

Go on. Cheers.

How come none of this ever happened to Michael?

Were we lucky with him?

Don't be silly, Shirley. We weren't lucky with Michael.

Things like that just don't happen to him.

Desmond, I'm making myself some cocoa. Do you want some?

Shirley, do you think we did the right thing coming to England?

Desmond, we made a decision back then that we'd been thinking about for a long

time. Things have worked out.

We have a happy home and three wonderful children. Don't exaggerate, Shirley. We

have three children.

Besides, we will never know what would have happened if we'd stayed in Guyana.

We could have done a lot worse, you know.

But maybe we could have done a bit better.

I wasn't really thinking about us, you know. I was thinking about the children.

I mean, they are British.

We've always thought of Guyana as home.

Guyana is part of us, and we are part of it, but our children are British. It

don't matter what you call them.

Immigrant, black, Afro -Caribbean, black British, they are British.

True. I mean, what happened to Sean today makes me wonder if we made the

decision. We did what we thought was right.

Well, maybe we should have stayed there.

I could open Desmond's bar like I wanted.

Welcome to the Georgetown Dreamers World Tour.

Welcome. Here's to the Georgetown World Domination Tour.

Did I tell all you after the big last night? What?

These two tourists came up to me and said, excuse me, mate, caught the show.

Third word, terrific.

Get your autograph, mate. Our mates back in Peckham will be well, child.

Peckham? What's this Peckham?

Peckham? Must be some castle where the queen live, you know.

Yeah, I'll tell something, hum.

Peckham? Sound dreamer.

You mean to tell me that the Queen of England is a fan of the Georgetown

Dreamers? She must be.

Well, let's drink to that. To the dream!

Boys,

you're not all drinking on empty stomachs, are you?

I've got salt, I've got callaloo, hookah price, and then there's bolognese,

okra, pepper pot with homemade bread.

And for afters, I've got so -and -so ice cream.

You sit down, darling, and put your feet up.

It's all right. I insist.

I mean, we're grown men. There's nothing wrong with our hands. We'll prepare it

when we're ready. Isn't that right, boy? Here, here.

I'm kind of ready for some of Shirley's cooking right now.

Come this way, this way, this way. This one's Jesse D 'Ambros.

I don't believe you. I've got to get his autograph.

Welcome to Desmond's Bar.

Okay, okay, okay.

Now, I hope you all enjoyed the most exclusive tour which Guyana has to

No.

Complaints or comments, please tell me and I will improve it, okay?

Excuse me, we haven't actually got a complaint. Right.

We seem to have lost our camera somewhere.

Oh, well, I'm sorry to hear that, Tom.

But wait, you two just get married, right? Yeah.

Then how are you going to take your holiday photos without a camera?

Listen, you take this one, and when you get your one back, give that to me,

okay? That's very kind of you, but what if we don't get it back?

Then keep that one.

I'm sorry, but...

We really can't accept. Oh, no, no way, man, no. When you're on one of my tours,

you're my responsibility, 110%. No, I insist I'll buy your cocktails, okay?

thank you. Thanks very much.

Pleasure's all mine.

Now, would it be possible to have something to drink? I hear that

does the best cocktails in the whole of the Caribbean.

I'll have the house special.

Well, you better try our Double D, Double D.

Desmond's Dangerously Delicious Drink.

The new Dean of the University of the West Indies.

Congratulations, Matthew. You know you deserve it. Thank you, thank you.

Matthew, have you seen Sean today?

No.

I've been wanting to see him in my club. I wanted to congratulate him. What

about? These lips are sealed.

Matthew.

I've got some great news.

What is it?

I have been voted Publisher of the Year.

And Alex has just been asked to have his first exhibition in the Tate Gallery in

London.

The first artist out of Ghana since Dennis Williams.

And we're going to celebrate by getting married.

Congratulations, Gloria.

What's going on? What's going on? Oh, Sean.

Alex and I are getting married.

Congratulations. I'm so happy for you.

Welcome to the family, brother.

Actually, everybody, I have some news of my own. Oh, what is it?

Well, I've been awarded an associate professorship.

Congratulations.

He got one too.

What? You mean you got one? Yes.

Brilliant, the pair of you. Thank you.

So you mean you got one. Why didn't you tell me?

I was saving. it why you didn't tell me you got one i was saving it too here

are some love letters from some of your fans not as much as usual oh well thank

you daddy you know i'm going to give gloria and alex the best wedding present

that we could imagine

I haven't told anyone.

You know what, Michael?

That I've just signed a contract.

To start up my own bank.

The Ambrose Bank. The bank that likes to say, Yamon!

What is going to happen with the National Bank of Guyana?

Where are they going to find a new chief executive officer?

Oh, I'm sure they'll manage somehow.

Oh, but wait, wait.

If you didn't know about my deal, why are we celebrating?

Alex and I are getting married.

Oh, congratulations.

Sean and I have just been awarded an associate professorship.

Oh, congratulations.

We just signed a contract for a ten -year record deal worth five million.

Good job.

The deal has been confirmed as a new deal. Dean of the University of the West

Indies.

I've got a small announcement to make. I was saving it up for later, but... What

is it, Mommy?

I've won the pool!

Ten million dollars!

Desmond?

Desmond? Desmond?

You're still thinking about Guyana, aren't you?

Yes.

Maybe things could have been better.

I could have opened up my bar.

We would have... Desmond, the grass is always greener.

For what if we had stayed in Guyana and things had worked out worse?

I'm tired.

Let's go up to bed.

No, no, you go ahead.

I'll be up in a little while.

Okay.

Worse? Could Guyana really have been much worse?

But, when are you going to pay me the two dollars you owe me?

When you pay me for the last three gigs we played. We didn't get paid for the

last three gigs. The place was empty.

Besides, you all played badly.

So, we played badly, okay.

Dead man, fill me up now.

No, the place is losing money.

Besides, I owe Michael $1 ,000.

Pay up front.

Wait, you think I can't pay for your simple drink of rum?

Fill me up now, man. $5.

Take the $5 and the $10 you owe me and give me my change.

I can't do that. Things are tight.

Well, shut up.

We hungry, Desmond.

Where is the food? Food?

You want Shirley to kill me?

Desmond, all you expect us to enjoy drinking if his stomach nowhere lying

food. When you go and you ask Shirley for drinks, she don't kill you. Somebody

mention my name. Oh, no.

homes to gutter.

And Desmond, where's my bottle of rum?

There was a bottle here. I didn't know it was yours.

Now you're good for nothing. Look, you nearly finished half my rum.

And you don't ever pay for anything round here. And Desmond, you never

me when I tell you not to buy this bar now to drink up all your rum. You want

drink mine?

Sorry, sorry, Shirley.

Sorry, sorry, can't buy a bottle of rum.

Um, Shirley, the customers need some rum. Can we? We?

I want a drink.

An air in this exclusive bar is where this tour done.

Fit a traditional glass of Guyanese rum.

This dive exclusive?

You really expect us to believe that after you've ripped us off all day?

We're going.

Wait, wait, wait. Rip you off?

Oh, many people from Europe have seen the government yard in Georgetown where

Bob Marley played when he was a little youth.

I thought Bob Marley came from Jamaica.

Jamaica? You listen to the lyrics.

George Town or Trench Town?

Look, man, George Town, Trench Town, same town. I'll get those, I'll get

He lied and cheated it consistently.

£20 for a portion of rice and peas.

I'm getting better than I take away at Peckham for less than £5.

Peckham! Where's this Peckham?

We take it through the roughest parts of town with no security.

I'm not surprised we got mugged.

That camera was worth nearly £1 ,000.

There's all her jewellery. Those pearls were my mother's. So what, is only your

mother half pearls?

I'm going to report this to the tourist board. Hey, just chill, ma 'am. Can I

get you some drinks?

Surely. How many times I got to tell you? No, no, no, no.

Desmond!

It is time for my medicine.

Ask Shirley for it.

This is mine.

Ah, ah, Desmond.

You want me to fight for the rum and pay for it as well?

I tell you, there is no drink here. Go down the road to Fat Barry's.

Come on, let's get out of here. No way. I have to show them how to cheers crazy

ballers out of town.

Hey, no, hey, I shot the sheriff, you know.

You like it?

$30.

What is it?

It's a man digging a hole.

Look, see the head, the foot and the hands, see?

No.

$20. No.

You two back here again.

Yeah, all right, come, $15.

Ten, five, all right, here, take it, take it.

Shirley, why are you always trying to undermine Miss Fields, man?

Fields? Yeah, when was the last time you saw one of them wooden things?

Why are you always disrespecting my man? How dare to man?

There's more man in my little finger.

Hey, Des, look, you're going to have to keep this bar stuck, or else I'm taking

my customers' heads away.

Who cares?

I can speak for myself.

Who says?

Hey, look, Sean, man, what kind of a stunt was that? You nearly get caught.

Yeah, but we didn't, though, did we?

All right, where's the things?

Don't tell me you're out stealing again.

How many times I have to tell you?

Listen,

your father can learn a thing or two about women from you.

Ask him when was the last time he bought me a present.

He got a letter for you. Ask him for it.

So where's the pops?

Let's try to read it. Man, you know him can't read either, man. Just read the

thing now.

All right, all right.

Dear Sean, listen carefully and ask whoever is reading this to you to read

word carefully.

Yes, you want to read every word carefully, see? All right.

Sean, I found out today that the baby Yvette is carrying is yours.

And so is Marcia's.

I never ever want to see your sorry backside again.

So long, Dorothy.

P .S. I'm pregnant too.

Well, all right, you know.

What?

Even baby is yours?

Believe that. Hard to correspond, Sean, man. You have more picture than me.

But both of you still have a long way to go if you are going to catch up with

me. Look, man.

I'll have more picture than you by the time you pass them A -levels. Because

you'll never pass them.

for the kids then? Me look like baby father to you.

Oh, what a little money for me and Alex to go to England.

You're going to England? If you ever go to England, make sure you go to Peckham.

I hear it's a nice place.

Look, where be I go, you best get there without my help.

Where my money?

I ain't got no money.

Well, then you must pay.

Everybody, say goodbye to your pooper.

Get up now.

Michael, Michael.

Show your father some respect.

Whatever you are going to do to him, get my $100 out of him. Then you

can have $20.

$30. Uh -uh. $25. Deal.

And

I

woke up covered with sweat and begging for mercy.

I know it was only a dream, but I still can't get over it. Me, without A

-levels.

What? Who's around your house? The police.

I had to chip out the back window to escape.

Listen, man, you should be thinking about hiding, too, because they could be

their way here.

Nobody in this house hides from anybody's father. Well, look, I'm not

around. Later.

Morning, all.

Good morning, officer.

How can we help you? I'm looking for Mr. Sean Ambrose.

Sergeant Wilson, pleased to meet you.

You won't happen to know where Mr. Spider Webb is? No!

Er, yeah.

Yeah. Yeah, I saw him in a shop down the road just a minute ago.

I'll just go and call him for you. That won't be necessary.

Well, I'll call him anyway. No, no, don't do it. Please stay.

We need to check a statement from you, sir.

This morning we arrested a gang suspected of having carried out a series

racially motivated attacks.

Apparently you were involved in a similar scuffle last night. We now

Apparently? Today it's apparently.

Yesterday no one will believe me.

Well, I'm sorry they didn't believe you last night, sir. Yeah, and they wouldn't

believe me either.

No, mate, you would.

I'm the abacus that got arrested last night.

Locked up, even though I was innocent.

We're sorry about what happened last night, sir.

Pardon?

I said I'm sorry about what happened last night.

One more time, please.

Call the bridge rings, Dave, you know.

What's going on, this? Police cars outside and everything. Spider and Sean

arrested last night. Ah, well, Spider, you are not surprised, then.

But, Sean, quite frankly, I'm ashamed.

I'm out there trying to create a positive role model, and you're in here

breaking all that down. This family has a high upstart to keep in this

community. Actually, we made the same mistake you just did, sir.

We're here to apologise.

It's a simple mistake.

Well, Michael, perhaps you'd like to see an innocent man make a statement?

Oh, sir, come on.

You think it's too late to send Michael to Guyana to learn some sense?

Popeye, not even Guyana can put into Michael what God left out.