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-Travers? -That's right

Bert Connolly,glad to meet you

Did you have a nice trip down here? I'll fix you to stay with us

I don't think that is a very good idea

Well,whatever you say

Let us push off shall we

So everybody else is concerned we meet the first time tomorrow

No,I just thought she was so long time in the bathroom

so I went in and there she was being sick so naturally I was asked to what's up

-Morning,Tom -Hi,Jack

You know.I'm just asked I maybe..

How about practice today Tom,will you go?

All right,tell the boys,will you

Not many ways to say it,either I just said

"Don't tell me you are in the club again"

I mean,drastic line,that set her off, oh dear,the old italian stuff started it

And yelling at me "Yes she is,yes she is"

Yes,those italian sky have added force

-Hi,Tom -Heart break?

Don't feel like it this morning

Hello,Doris,how goes it?

What's the matter,saving up for Christmas?

There again,I was only asking, you know, "Is it too late?"

That's all, and bang, she starts all over again

Lay out that seventeen June movement

She reckons she is nine weeks over, what will that make it?

May? Yeah,end of May

Whoopee,I won't even get the tax rebate

-Hey,you're really in trouble boy -Wouldn't you be worried?

Yeah,I'll be worried,that'll do me nuts,on a marriage.See you in a minute

Hey

-Concerns you,you know -Really,jolly good

Oh,Gladys do it then

Would you do it,Gladys?

Don't call me Gladys

Hey,Chuck,can I have a base on this?

Have a gig,Lake?

-No,what for? -What for,you can read,can't you?

Bleeding union manager

No,he is salvation army

Old lady,salvation army

Come on,let's have a gig,Lake

-Really tarts,Strother? -Yes,that's right,sit with the tarts

Watch it,Davis

The tarts will study union meetings, won't they?

Well now,brothers,I hope you are all willing to support

All right,let's get to work

Only keeping up current affairs,Mr Davis

Yeah, you won't to keep up with hair cuts, do you more good

You get that lock caught in the lathe one of these days

I'll be Yul Brynner,won't I?

Already,Yul Brynner

Mr Connolly,Mr Connolly

My fault,my fault

-You're all right? -Yes,stupid of me

Don't know what I was doing

You'd better go and see sister

No,I don't want to make a fuss

Not a question of fuss,you go and se sister,you might have shock later on

You report it as per regulations and you got the company for damages

Should be guardrails on all these machines,I'll be saying so for ages

I shall get you allowances,sister

I was coming to tell you about this..

I'll see to him,get off

Do Philip,thanks as a matter of fact. A silly thing to happen

My name is Connolly, all right boys,the show is over

Start it up,lads, are you familiar with these?

You have a look now,I'll be back in a minute

What was all that about?

Your old chubby got herself caught up in one of them VMBs

Is she all right?

I sent her up to see sister

So she is gone for the day then

Could have lost an arm,you know, should be guardrails fixed

Get them installed then,they are all done and rusty enough

It's the bloke who takes the things off,not me

It's the law,and it should be enforced

Don't tell me about the law, the men take the guards off,

because there is too much trouble to work around them

You want them back,I'll put them back

How about that new boy,is he any good?

If you mean can we use him,yes

We'll start him then

I did it,boy,I finally did it

You know the one in the pay office

I'll be working on her for weeks, she just said yes for next Sunday

Let me see,I have to do a bit of switching around

Yes,gotta to be a day of rest for someone

You know,I really fluffed myself to death of that little darling

opening doors,gang her trays..

Yeah,Joe,do you mind,some other time?

What's the matter?

Oh yes,sorry

Still could be worth,couldn't it?

I mean the way I look at it,you've got two kids,you might as well have three?

Don't worry about me are you?

I will move out,if you like,you know

be sorry to go and all that but if you need the extra room

Look,don't worry about that

Mate,it isn't due tomorrow

Anna

Anna

I just wondered where you were, everything all right?

-And the kids? -They went next door

You're all right?

Yes,fine,thank you

I'm sorry about this morning

Sorry I yelled at you

Mum and dad was over here this afternoon were they?

Yes they came for tea

I knew they would some way upset you, what did they want?

You're telling them you were expecting?

I told your mother

What did she say?

Didn’t say much,only about the baby anyway

All she thought about was that you were just like your father

It must have really cheered you up

What's happening with the telly, have the kids turned it on?

No.Not that I know of

Something special, you wanted to see?

Yeah,big football game

-It is inserted? -Inserted,it had to go wrong

I said dead certain it had to go wrong, finished paying for it last week

Its cup is on it

It's the tube or the front end..

Brian,Kathy,come you go to bed

-No,not yet,mum -No.Now.Come on now

They've been terrible today

Would be tonight.

All it is when you want to watch something good

Brian,what are you doing now?

Nothing,mum, Cathy won't come out of the larder

I shan't call either of you again, come upstairs

-Brian looked me in the larder -No I didn't

Can I have something to eat?

-Yes he did -Will you please be quiet

You shan't have any more tonight

Can I have bread and butter,dad?

What is this? Is he hungry or something?

We had bigger palte than yours

-Please -Go on.Just one

Now,she will want one

One to Brian only,do you want one too?

Here you are then,one each,that's all

I said no

Don't play again with Wye

He had a special game called sex maniacs

Called what?

Founded by himself. Can we have some jam mum?

Come on,it's bed time

Do you heard what he said?

Daddy,when I came home from school, now I'll tell you ,tell you went bang all..

Cathy will you please go upstairs and get ready for bed

Can we play with Orin's brother

We'll see

That game all by himself

I'll give him old Ron a shout over his father

They don't know what it means

Our two minors,I am not so sure about old Ron

I don't know kids

Drive you up the wall

What is it,luv?

You are pleased about the baby,are you?

I mean when you get used to the idea,you will be pleased?

Of course I will

Sometimes I don't know you at all, I don't know what you are thinking

I don't mind now but I couldn't bear it if you were not pleased at all not ever

I'm pleased now

Promise I am

I know it was a shock

I don't mind you pretending now as long as you don't pretend all the time

I'm not pretending

Annie,have a look at me

Do I look as if I am pretending?

-No -No,of course I'm not

Look,I'll tell you what was wrong with me this morning

Came as a bit of a shock,right

I wasn't prepared for any,you know, Monday morning and that

by all means we have to buy all the gear again won't we?

Now it is one we want to have properly

That's all

I thought perhaps I might get out of it this year

maybe for the down payment on a car

but there would still be setting forwards next year

And we've been stuck this time

ever since we were married so a bit longer is not going to kill us

What does it feel like,boy or a girl?

Just feels like a baby

They can tell now, you know, tell about the heart beat rate

You're so funny sometimes, you do not know how funny you are

You just sit here and think about that while I get you a cup of tea

Want to know,darling?

Hey,Marianne,I'm talking to you

What are you looking at, grand dad,you better get inside

the first time it starts you miss the big picture

Stupid old kid

Where you going,Ed?

Going down the park?

Staring at us he better watch it

Oh,Mick said he would be down at park with a couple of scrubbers

Brian

This is D day isn't it?

You're right boy,starting the countdown

Come on,daddy,daddy

OK.I hope you can pay it more than I did

Who are you giving a tour today?

Nobody you know of

Who is he trying to kid is that the new tart in the pay office

Old Mick had a go,she don't want to know

What do you want to do then?

How do you mean?

We can't just lie here all day, not talking and nothing

I don't mind talking

You know what I mean

Look,what do you think I'm going to do to you

tear your clothes off, throw you in the bushes or something

Do you think I'm out of the News of the World stag?

I know I've been out with girls before

but this doesn't make me Jack the Ripper,does it?

I don't know what you are thinking having said nothing since we've been here

I mean we could have sold the petrol

stay down and gone to church or something really lived it up

Well so far as I forced it to come is it?

Only asked you in front of about fifty other people

I mean it was real intimate?

I don't know

Shall I tell you something?

Yes,surprise me,you're married with three children

You try too hard

What do you mean,try too hard?

Listen,if I was trying hard I'll get somewhere,wouldn't I?

Believe me I'm not trying just like teases

Who is teasing you?

The guy is going to all end,usually

What's the matter?

Do you really want to know?

Yeah

From what I hear you've been out with everything on two legs

wearing lipstick and over age

then you go to pub with them

in the family way and you didn't do anything about it?

I was told the first day I took the job, you were the one to watch out for

I saw you coming before you saw me

and when I saw you

I didn't care what you've done or what I've heard because you looked nice

And I thought I'd like to go out with you if you asked me,you did ask me

I still feel that way

But it doesn't mean I'm going to be like all the rest

or you're going to get it the first time because I want something more than that

If you can't give it to me

better to know right away so we don't waste each other's time

I see.Yes I see

That's just about wraps it up then,didn't it?

Coming?

Bread and drivvy, mate, bread and scrape we just to call it

that's what we used to have it for years,brought up on it

My old man led the hunger march down to London

That was a child to be allowed, believe me

The workers were ready to get over there

Oh yes,Ben, about this next meeting,though, can't have any slip-ups

Stuck that grubby rizzy, aren’t you eating yours?

Sorry can't have any of what?

I mean if necessary you have to rig it

Rig it? What the media? How do you mean..

Now,I didn't mean it rig it exactly,just a figure of speech

The point is,the rest of them look for you to guidance

Can't think for themselves

-Yes,that's true -So you have to give them that guidance

Now put it to them in a way they can understand

but it is no good telling them everything,only confuses people

Yeah,I see

Meeting will start

Meeting will start

What about?

If you spend a little less time on the football pitch,you'd know

I want everybody there

Shut the door,will you

I gather that you are not satisfied with the management's answer this morning

I can't discuss union business

No,of course not.Just that I'm the interested party

wanted to find out the facts

Have you read the demands we've put in?

Yes,that's right I did.Of course I did

Let's forget about those for a moment and talk about the real facts

It shan't be funny

You know me,Bert,I've never have time to be funny

I just want to know what it is all about

I've told you I can't discuss confidential union matters

All right,I'll discuss them for you.

I'm not a funny man but I can spot a joke when I see one

You are not contemplating coming out because there is no toilet paper in the box

That was one of then things,wasn't it?

Inadequate sanitary arrangements

Look,Bert,I didn't get this job by going around knocking you chaps over the head

I worked out there once remember

I used to knock off the sites myself

At least you got toilet seats now but in my days we didn't even have toilets

That's was your day

I know what your real beef is,Bert

You want to closed shop,don't you?

Maybe you are right but this is no way go about,this is not that sort of a factory

Nobody is getting hurt, Martindale is not carving you up

like some we could think of, everybody gets their share of work

If you want it,come and say so, don't hide behind a smoke screen

you'll get our closed shop all right, you close the place down for good

Look I'm not prepared to discuss it

You are not prepared to discuss it now,that's that ain't it?

I am busy

Nice turn up

What's you're going to vote for,Gladys

Quiet and drop that Gladys

I'm asking you what's you going to vote?

I do not know.What's all about then?

Are you in favour of the mixed management between the Scotch and the English ?

I've no knowing on that

Eddie,are we getting paid when we come out?

No,unofficial

What's the time of it?

What are we waiting for

Silence

At the last meeting, a decision was taken

to elect the work's committee to represent you in dealings with the management

That decision was taken in a democratic fashion by majority of brothers present

I'd like to read to you the official minutes of that meeting

That Connolly again?

How is he suddenly sponge of the floor, can't know his arse from his elbow

Here's the bottle

Beats me why they didn't get organized

We managed here well enough for 30 years

Times have changed you know

They changed this much

I'm paying more tax and losing business end of the fished

Lost four orders to Germany already this year

Well,we got to let them back feet again, after all they lost the war

Don't be so bloody clever

This beer is flat too

How serious is that?

Depends how you look at it

Well,what is he really after?

-Closed shop? -Yeah

That's about it

He can forget that,only one union worth bothering about

that's the work union,of which I'm a founder member

That crew down there they never get organised

And since the management has chosen to disregard our main demands

we must take stronger action

What sort of actions?

I therefore call on brother Matthews to put the resolution to you

Mr Chairman,brothers,the work's committee moved..

Propose

We propose a resolution that if after a period of 24 hours from noon today

our demands are not met

we will withdraw our labour from the factory until such time as they are

Order please,order

Mr Chairman

Order

Who will second the resolution?

Thank you,brother

Mr Chairman

Shut up,give him a chance

Quiet,everybody,please

Have you got something to say brother Arkwright?

-Yes.I have -Right.Go ahead

-You all know me here -Who are you?

Sit down crippling

I'm a working man, and that's more I can say of some people

Sit down

I've been through a few strikes, I mean real big strikes,and I'm telling you

You won't go far unless you've right on your side

Point of order ,brother,chair

Yes,point of order

Point of bloody nonsense

I'm a union man and I don't stomach any messing about

If you want a strike,strike with the union behind you

We are all union men you know

Well,start try to behave like it, never mind your big speeches

Tell us what we live on while we are out

What we'll live on?

You heard me

You heard him

In reply,in reply to brother Arkwright's probably sincere

But I promise you misguided remarks

all I can say that in disputes of this kind sacrifices have to be made

Answer the question

Without further questions

I call upon you to vote by a show of hands with the adoption of this resolution

Those in favour

What's you doing,Eddie?

Ah,what's the odds,put your hands up

Come on,you haven't got a family to support

You're laughing

Officially anyway

This is an unofficial strike

107

Those against?

Come on,hurry it up now

39

The voting was as follows those in favour107

those against 39 Majority in favour 68

the resolution is therefore carried

and will put before the management this afternoon,I declare the meeting closed

Good thing the wives don't come out on strike

You would really feel it then

You have to what they say?

Yeah if they decided,you know

No,you don't,not necessary

Of course you do

Why? I don't see it

You can't run a factory on your own,can you?

Who's talking about on your own

Quite a few of us don't want to come out

You know,all right,but I mean still bound to be a minority,aren't you?

Still as I say I couldn't care less about any of it

all that brother love,you can stick that

The best thing is not to vote either way,let them get on with it

I mean they will anyway,so what's the odds

You coming down to pub?

No,a few of us are getting together down the village for a bit of a chat

-All right.See you then -Good Night Jim

Oh,marvellous isn't he?

Just marvellous,as long as he gets his beer,don't see,don't want to know

Don't mind you and I don't mind both of you

We used bad these years

When?

You know before we get married

Why do you always have to come back to that,what you don't know

Doesn't hurt me I know

Were you?

Oh yeah,worse,and I started learning, I wore a muzzle until I was fourteen

A muzzle what's that?

Scch.,not in front of the child,please

What do you think about you layabout?

He don't care

How do you know he is a he?

A she then

It's all right for old Joe,he can afford to lose the money

What are you talking about?

This strike business

I wouldn't mind if it was something about serious but

But all things are storm in a tea cup

I'm sorry but the answer is no

That's not a final no,it is just he is not prepared to meet all your terms

Right

Don't before you jump right into

Look at it.We heard it discussed,Mr Davis

We got their answer now they can get ours

All right,all right,let's move

All right, we are going to speak to them,coming?

Come on you lot

Come on,let's get moving

What can I do for you,Bill?

Well,we had a bit of a talk together,we've been wondering

supposing that there are some of us who still want to work

How would it stands like?

As far as I am concerned there is more guys than got the union package

The gates will be open for anyone who wants to come in

At least until you are locked out

Are you ready to go boys?

Get all their names

-Is this all of you Billy? -Yes,Sir

All right

You're better get on with the routine maintenance

I managed to scrape out a skeleton canteen staff

so you get your dinners all right today but I don't know about tomorrow though

So you better bring your own if you get to keep this up

Yes,they would have kid to see us

What's up?

Right,Stirling Moss let you up

What's this?

Stirling Moss,hah hhah

What's your place,Preston?

I was in Sunderland last night, and then sent you

It's the first I heard, what's going on then?

Labour withdraw.This place is black

Black,Charley,if it was enough today,no

Pass it around when you get back

-All right,Charlie? -I'm easy,get home early,for the best

I know what I'll do

Barrat?

Come here

I said come here

Had the police phoning me this morning

So?

So I am warning you,I want this strike to stay clean,you understand

When I need your help,I'll ask

Just watch it,otherwise next time I'll tell the coppers with a look

It's too bad way

Who sent for the police,Billy?

Getting scared?

What do you think then Billy?

I think we should turn it in.

I don't mind about myself but my Mrs is getting too old for this sort of caper

Didn't sleep all night.They did another couple of windows,you know

It's been an ailment to me, I'll tell you that much

I agree.We are not getting anywhere,are we?

What do you think Tom?

I'm going with whatever you lot decide

At least my windows were on the first floor, bleeding landlady got my brick

We all agree then

The management didn't want to know either

Turn it in,hey,best really ain’t it

Goes out with me,I don't mind telling you

I mean I'd ever scrapping the old with anybody

But I'm worried of this one

Been an eye opener to me,a real eye opener

Thought you might have done something about it being home all day

I never had it on

Why don't you call a man in?

I can't afford to,I know how to work the tube now

Mrs Curtis,you there?

-What's the old cow want? -I'll go and see

Mrs Curtis

Tell her to wait for her rent next week then it will shut her up

There you are,someone to see you

Who is it,Mrs Jackson?

I don't know,do I,pressed the button bell

It's me,Mrs Curtis,Bert Connolly

Going to the door all night

Did you want to see Tom?

If I might

Please,come up

Sorry about the bell

-Bert Connolly -Here?

Come in,Mr Connolly

I'm afraid the place is a bit of a mess

That's all right I'm used to it

Would you like some tea?

Be very nice but only if you're making it

Hi,Joe.Hi,Tom

Come to see how the rich live

What's the matter with the tube?

The guarantee went

Let's have a look,I am pretty good at fixing these things

Here's your trouble

Try it now

Enjoy the rest Joe?

Yes,makes change doesn't it?

We could do with you on the picket line

There you are

Yes,zoom is perfect,isn't it?

Thanks anyway

Now what can I do for you?

It seems that you already done it

Old Billy tells me you decide to back us all up at last

We've decided to stay away from work,yeah,that's right

It's a pity you didn't do that from the beginning like our brother Joe here

Yeah

Pity all around isn't it

Look,Tom,you know as well as I do, you got to go along the majority

That's a democratic way

And personally speaking I was very hurt to see you step out of line with them others

Still that's all over now,we won't be at that again.

More people got to do now is to show a united front

You've made a mistake,you've been big enough to admit it

Only I would be the last person in the world to hold that against you

I wouldn't come round here and threaten you with anything like that

I am glad about that

But I don't mind tell you I've had a bit of trouble with some of the boys down there

The don't like scabbing.Some of them are talking of about getting caught rough

Well it went a bit further than talking,didn't it?

How do you mean?

Have they set fire to any good cars lately?

I don't know anything about that

No,maybe not

But I just to like to make one point

I got a couple of kids in there fast asleep

They were in there a night ago when the old mother Jackson

downstairs could got a brick thrown in the window

That wasn't meant for her that was meant for me

But it could have come in there

I'll tell you I know nothing about that

Put it in another way,Bert

You didn't get a brick through your window did you?

What is that..

I'm just telling you

Anyone who interferes with my wife and kids

and I'll start chucking a few bricks around

So don't come here

Nobody is coming Tom,don't get excited

I'm not getting excited

Only this is my home not the factory so don't you or anybody else forget it

I joined your bloody strike,so you won, so what else do you want to say?

I'm not saying anything,one way or another but what you want to remember in future

you or any other blackleg,is that you won't get out of it this easy

We got ways,maybe,we got ways, and I just mean broken windows

-You got what? -That leave it..

Look,I'd like to hear ways of what

I'm just telling you for your own g..

What are you telling me?

Don't give me that lip,mate, not here, I pay the rent here

You're very generous with your advice these days,aren't you?

Tom

Real generous, keep out of it, Annie,just keep out of it

Come round here laying down the law

But it's I'm not your law,Mr God All Mighty Connolly,mate

And I decide whether I go back or not

not because you tell me because I decide it,see

So you can stick your advice, it don't mean a thing to me

Doesn't it? We'll see about that.I'll have that some other time,Mrs Curtis,Good Night

Coming here,telling me

What's that wrong

Nothing don't ask questions you don't understand what's about

I've read and I'm not dead

Joe,what do you think?

We don't think any bloody thing

You keep your big idle trap shut,don't you Joe?

One of these days you are going to sit sour on that bench

you're gonna split yourself right up the middle

I'll tell you what you are going to face up to all of you

I'll tell you the facts of life, you can't have it both ways

Try in avail the trolley

No,no go on

No good breezing up here on your expense accounts

and then behaving like lot of shocked parsons at a dirty postcard convention

Don't get often a government contract every day,not on this sort of level

It's the biggest deal we ever had the smell of

and we can't even consider it until the men are back again

So,to get them back again you got to make concessions

Now,what the concessions amount to?

Extra safety precautions,few new toilets and a face saver on the closed shop angle

That will get the machines running again

once that's back and back on overtime you won't hear any more

You mean you hope you won't hear any more

Now listen I know the men, believe me,so make up your minds

If you want that contract you got to water your bear

This is the Pakistan contract isn't it?

Look here Alfie,why don't you get into your Bentley and pass yourself back to London

It is past your bedtime.Pakistan? We finished that job last Christmas

Very well why don't we take these other things whatever it is

You'll have to teach him a lesson

Then I mean a real lesson

That is Curtis on his own

What is his game?

I have no idea

Funny fellow

My wife has never forgiven him for marrying that italian girl

What's her name? Anna

We brought her over here,you know, the best girl we ever had

No,he is a funny fellow

I don't like lone wolfs on either side

I do not want Curtis is out to prove

but he could have saved himself the trouble they'll all be back shortly

I thought that would shake you

Here another light

I prepared a statement here for you to give to Connolly

You'll see what I am getting at

Yes,yes.Changes the whole set up

Are you sure Marlin don't know which side its beds butted?

Exactly I see be in the medic leathers

How are you take it?

I can handle Connolly.He is still firing the general strike

Yes, amateur like

Well that's it then. I'll get them to go back

and we can get them out again at the right moment

You bet.Yeah

Hello.Speaking

Is that you Phil,I was going to get on to you

What do you think about modern girl's offering,you can stick that cowry

Accept? Yes but..

I see,you've been on to London,have you?

But it's not like them to take it all that easy,is it?

No,but you see,London take the view that we don't ve..

well the tube done very nicely so far

Yeah,told me to tell you

even out of these concessions don't amount very much

it means Martindale seen the line

That's it.They'll have to listen to you now

Oh,the sooner the better,I should think

Cal the meeting for tomorrow night

Btw I have an idea about Curtis

A bit naughty is he?

-Curtis? -Yeah

A pint of bitter,Bertie

Do you mind?

-Take it easy -Move over there

Set the alarm for the morning

Bitter

Yes,we're going back

Come on now,dear

You're friend of Curtis,ain’t you?

That's right

Then give him the message

What message?

Wait a minute

Hey

Hey,you lot,got your boots

We'll see some oozing first

Who said what?

Don't give me that.We've all been there

Over here

Come on

Did you hear someone speak lad?

No,never heard nothing

Never mind the jokes,come on

All right,put that down there

Down where? Ah,down there

What are you playing, Gladys,you're being obstructive this morning

Naughty girl

Over here Bill

-You're late -Am I?

Now don't tell me I am giving you too much

you need it now,you're expecting again

Joe was telling me everybody was glad to be back today

Was he?

I'll bet old Martindale was pleased too,I know I were

I was out shopping today,you should heard what then wives was saying

You’re very quiet tonight

Am I?

That's been a quiet day

Come on have another

No thanks,not when you're drowned

What are you taking about?

Can I have a word with you?

Yeah,have a drink

You know, a word with you

All right,

-Hi,don't run away -In these shoes?

Well,what's up?

We were talking about Tom

Were you?

You know him better than anybody, will you,room with him,I mean so

We were talking about the football side of it

Yeah,we missed a couple of matches already,yes we've been out and that

Yes,that's right.The point is who is going to run it now if Tom doesn't

Well it's now if,is it?

You mean,can't ignore a bloke all day for scabbing

and kick a ball around with him after-hours

There is no if

No,that's right.Well,we have to sort it out,somehow

Dick,do you mind if I bud in

Look Joe,let's be honest

Well,you're like me,I don't care what men does,you know religion and that

I have got some very good friends,jews and that

And politics,you know,well this is a special sort of situation

Yeah,another ..

Look,do you mind if I just put what I want to say?

Look Joe,I know Tom, and I agree with him in some ways

but well we got the team to think of and season is under way

but somebody ought to talk to him

I'm only saying this for the good of the team in mind

You want me to tell him,do you?

-Tell him -Yeah,tell him

What are you doing out of there,boy?

My heart stopped

That's it? Well,you have done very well get this far haven't you?

You've done the trick anyway, it started again

you must have shook it up like your watch

Go on,back to bed,quick quick quick

Sleep well

-What is it? -Brian having a bad dream

They don't even make any difference for them,do you?

You never know what kids pick up

See the doctor yet btw?

There is plenty of time for that

What else happened today?

That's about it,they are not talking to me

Didn't Joe talk to you?

No

You mean to say

Who decides these things anyway

What?

-Who decides -The men decide

What men?

Just men,all of them

You mean to tell me that they decide to treat you like

I mean doesn't anybody get to know how stupid assaulting it

I was not at the meeting so I don't know what was said

Who thought of it,that's what I want to know

The committee I suppose, Connolly and that lot

You mean the union?

No,not the union,they are not the old union,I'm union as much as they are

But who decides then,somebody must..

Don't yell at me,I don't know

I don't know who thought of it, or who decided it or anything all I

I'm sorry I shouted,all I know that they are not talking to me

Nobody is talking,not even old Billy Arkwright

What are they scared of?

I don't know just scared I suppose

Don't do the step out of line these days

We are also equal and nothing

You remember that case in the paper

The one I read out to you, railway,wasn't it?

Yes

I thought then,I wonder what it is like

Now we know

Do they do it for a time or what happens?

I don't remember that case exactly but I think they kept it up for quite a while

How long? A week or two?

A bit longer I think

I think they kept it up for quite a bit

Anna gone to bed?

Yeah

I haven't done mine this week

Fag?

Sorry about all this

What are you sorry about?

Talking about you or me?

Well,you,of course

Look,I know what you must be thinking well,I don't like trouble you see

I mean I wasn't at the meeting, I didn't vote or anything like that

You know how it is,they get at you, you can't go against all of them

Yeah,I noticed that myself

But there you are,I mean, where does it all got you?

The point is,you got to live with them

so what's the use sticking your neck out all the time

I mean,I don't want to go into the rights or wrong of it all but

once it happens,you know, you'd better fall in with them

I mean,they are all badge of twits anyway

Yeah,I'm sorry Joe,I'm sill not quite there

first that you shall fall in with them or me?

Well,both

I mean I don't get anything out of it, been feeling lousy ever since it happened

You can stop feeling lousy on my account

I'm glad you finally talked about it anyway

Yes I was asked

You were asked?

Not exactly but,some of them,what you call it,the football team they wanted to

You see they are a bit worried about fixtures and that

In what way?

Apparently,I mean,you know more about it than I do

but a couple of matches had to been scrubbed,didn't they?

And

Well

Teams got a bit anxious to do something

I see

And?

The reason they picked me to tell you is because I live here I suppose

Tell me what?

They want you take a back seat

Joe has been telling me some news.Haven't you Joe?

Really.Did he make sure all the doors were locked first

You never know,do you Joe, somebody might be spying on you

they might find out that you actually spoken to Tom Curtis,Sir

All right,all right

No,it is not all right, it's not all right at all

he can't have it both ways and if you won't tell him I will

He can't talk to you at work, he can't talk to you here

He has something special to say

Yes,like away you or good bye you

Leave it,this is between Joe and me

It is not,no,it is not.This is my house too,and all I can take from Mr Wallace

-Look,you wake the kids -I wake the kids,I wake MrJoe,bloody,Wallace too

Look,this is a home and not a morgue

People talk in homes,they speak to each other,they say Good Morning and Good Night

They don't treat their friends like they have some sort of disease or something

What was so special that he had to tell you tonight

and he couldn't have told you this morning?

What was so special? You better look at me

You went out of this house this morning

you couldn't even bring yourself to say hello to me

Let alone my husband.Well I want to tell you something

I don't work at your rotten factory

and I don't belong to your little committees and your little unions

And nobody is going to send me to Coventry

I don't want you here any more

I don't want you near me or my children, I don't want you here in this house any more

Look,honey,shut up will you

You know something,you know something

I feel sorry for you,you can't even think for yourself

Look,Annie,stop it,I'm sorry Joe

You are sorry,you're sorry, you deserve your friend

In italian Guarda etc

Yes,that's all I needed today

Look,maybe I better clear out,best for everybody

Curtis?

My name is Ball I'm from the Melsham Argus

Are you?

Sorry to speaking to you so early but I wanted to be sure of catching you

About this business up at the factory I understand you've been sent to Coventry

over some differences with the work's committee is that correct?

Something like that,yeah

You didn't come out on strike did you,Mr Curtis?

No

What was that then?

I've personal reasons

Journalist You didn't agree with the strike in other words,can I say that?

No,I didn't agree

I mean you thought it was rather unnecessary shall we say

-Yeah -Fine,fine

One other thing,how do you feel now?

In what way?

I mean about your work mates

It's difficult to say

I don't understand it really but if it was not for the union,they'd fired me

I see you feel you have been persecuted aren't you?

Persecuted I don't say..

You say you think it is unfair

Yes,I do really

Journalist It's the same thing really,isn't it? Right

Thank you Mr Curtis,you've been very helpful

Who was that?

Some bloke from the Melsham Argus

What did he want?

Want to know,what I felt about it

-What did you tell him? -Told him the truth

The truth according to Tom Curtis is that he has been

Let me see that

-Has been victimized -Yeah,that's right

by those responsible for an unnecessary and unreasonable

withdraw of labour which did not have union backing

He's begging for it,isn't he?

Yes

Read the rest read further down about old Martindale if he has something to say

A bit unfortunate? It's bloody side worse than that

They got on to me last night, I told them it was off the record

Well,what do you want me to do?

What do I want to do? Kill it,get after Connolly,and get it sorted out

If you have to,get rid of Curtis

I don't care

But kill it

Yeah,all right,the old man is upset, everybody is upset

-Well,they got right to be -Let's not talk about rights shall we..

Let's keep the conversation clean

I just want to make sure that this thing doesn't go any further

That's easy enough,sack Curtis

Can you just as easily stop this commie business?

You've had your fun.Call it a day now and paper has got nothing to write about

What do you mean fun?

What I say,maybe you call it justice

all right,justice then I don't care, call it what you like but finish it

I can't finish it.It is not my decision. I'm only spokesman for the men

Don't give me that guts Bert,you're slipping these days

you know,you're treating me like an equal

You can stop it

Maybe I could have stopped it before but not now

The men didn't like that article

What is it? A few words in the local rag

It'll end up on a nail in a toilet or something not going far with it

Why are they all getting so excited about?

They took it very personally

All right,do me a favour,use your interest

tell them not to take it personally,I don't care

I took it personally too,they trampled me and mentioned by name,I don't like that

Don't tell me you're getting a lawyer

Curtis is a blackleg and I don't want him here

Let me tell you something, you don't run this factory,yet

and while I'm works manager I decide who gets the push

And it's get to take me more than a few paragraphs in the Argus

to make me give Curtis's cards

And I tell you something else you can take personally

I don't like what you are doing

You'd better get that lawyer, you might need him one day

I'll remember you said that,Davis

Mr Davis,while you are still talking to me

They look happy enough

What are their names?

Brian and Cathy,Catherine

Nice looking kids

Do you mind if we borrow this for a while we'll let you have it back safely

Get you some coffees made

Tell me Mrs Curtis,you're not English,are you?

-No.Italian -Italian

And what's your christian name, we may as well have that too

-Anna -Not Gina?

It's a nice name,that suits you, I knew a girl called Anna once

Excuse me asking

but somebody told me that you are in fact expecting another edition is that right?

-Yes -Congratulations

What's all this for?

(Thank you).It's just that local people have interest in your story,Mrs Curtis

that's why they sent me all this way

We like to get the woman's angle

You’re not write anything bad,are you?

-What's that? -YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WRITE ANYTHING BAD

Why don't they sack him?

Why don't you sack me then

if Mr Martindale feels so strongly about it,why doesn't he sack me?

Don't think he hasn't thought of it

We are not going to sack you

that would really give the papers something to write about

I only want you to do is to apologize to the work's committee

finish it,get it dead

Would you apologize?

-I'm not talking about me -But I'm asking you

I don't know what I'd do

I wouldn't have got myself where you are in the first place

But I tell you this much I think of a way to finish it,and I finish it soon

Soon? What's the use of soon? We got to finish it now

We're committed it to it now,you know, I've signed the contract

But they've got a get out clause

and they'll use it if we are having any more trouble

They can't afford delays

I still think it will blow over

You said that last time

In mean,what are we going to do?

You say,you can't sack him, he won't apologize

they won't back down and we are right in the bloody middle

And I'm not going to lose business because of one man,life's too short

What's your opinion?

-What about? -Can you come back

You're one of the men who sent Tom Curtis to Coventry?

In a way,yes

Are you proud of this evidence of solidarity among the men who work here?

Or are you ashamed of what lot of other people regard as a cruel act?

Am I? Look,I think you better ask someone else,nothing to do with me

You three work here do you?

No,we're the owners

Old Eddie

Let me ask old Eddie,what do you expect to achieve by sending this man to Coventry?

Or is there any pleasure in inflicting this punishment in one of your work mates?

I'll tell you what we expect to achieve,I think it deserves him

Do you think he deserves it?

Like he says,Curtis asked for it

As I understand it this was an unofficial strike

so Curtis was quite with in his rights in refusing to come out?

I don't think so

You make no distinction between an official and an unofficial strike?

No

You'd always come out?

Yeah,when they tell us to

When who tells you then?

The man

What man?

Would you come out if he told you?

I never told him

You were at the meeting

at which it was decided to send Tom Curtis to Coventry?

Yes,I was there

Did you vote to do that?

Put me hand up,yeah

Did you know what putting your hand up would mean to Tom Curtis?

Do you always vote when you don't know what you are voting for?

Well if he doesn't know let me ask you

What makes you decide how you're going to vote?

It depends what they want to give us

To find out what action the employer is taking in this explosive situation

I've come to talk with the Managing Director of Martindale Engineering Company

-Listen to this -Oh,blast

That ugly and frightening weapon has been used in this small industrial town

(TV)The weapon of silence.Merlsham today is troubled and confused

and tempers are short

In the past few weeks it has known violence and you may have felt as I have

that the whole town is tense

and braced for yet another outbreak of this violence that nobody quite understands

and at the centre of it all,Tom Curtis

the man against whom this weapon has been used,the man who has been sent to Coventry

There are two ways of looking at Curtis it seems to me

as an obstinate and foolish and selfish man who has let down his mates

and who fully deserves the punishment that he is getting

or as a brave,honest and thinking man, unjustly tormented by the men

who work along side him most of whom don't know or care what the row is about

but follow like sheep the one or two men who are full of malice and spite

but whoever is to blame, there is something ugly in the air

and so from Marlsham,the town where there is hatred in silence

Back to tonight's studio in London,Good night

What were you going to say?

I was going to read you this now,where is it

Oh,yes,yes

A position could always be found for you in a Brisbane works

-Where? -Brisbane,Australia,isn’t?

A man named Fraser,he owns a factory out there

I'm sure you and your family would find a new and full life out here

because of personal liberties one that's always been close to my heart

Nice letter,isn’t it?

Yeah,if you want to live in Australia

I mean that was nice of him to offer

I can't believe all these people writing to us

Some of the people stop me in the street too

I meant to tell you,you know Mr Bush at the grocer's?

He slipped in a bottle of lemon-squash for the children and didn't charge me

I believe that was a mistake

No.He meant it,I know he meant it

Of course,they are not all on our side

What I am going to do,Annie?

What I am going to do?

What do they want from me?

I suppose they want you to give up and get out

Is that what you want to?

Tear everything up second time and start all over again

No,I don't want that

I mean,I don't know

I only want what you want I suppose

Here you are darling,catch!

Where is Brian?

What?

Don't say what,why isn't Brian with you?

Yeah,I know

Whose slamming that?

Come on quickly

Sorry.Mrs Jackson,just the wind

I know it was all right

I told you not to slam when you walk

Where is Brian?

I told you

Wasn't he waiting for you,Cathy?

Look at me,wasn't Brian waiting for you at the gate?

No

Did you wait for him?

He didn't wait for me

Cathy,look at me,I'm talking to you

Did you ask any of the other boys if they saw him?

No

You know you are supposed to wait for each other

How could I wait for him when he wasn't waiting for me

All right,you start your tea

I'm going to the corner, there is one cake each

and I shan't be long,you'll be all right

You can have some biscuits but just one cake,all right?

All right

I shall not be long

Brian!

Brian!

Brian!

Italian cosa hanno fatto

How is he now?

I had to put him in our bedroom because of Cathy

I couldn't get it off all

I mean,I got most of it off with that stuff we have in the kitchen

It was just like tar

He said who did it

Some boys,some bigger boys in the next class

I carried him all the way home

You shouldn't have done that

Where are you going?

I got to see him

-Please,don't -What do you mean,not going to see him?

Brian

He is asleep,Tom,let him sleep

Are you asleep boy?

It's all right,boy,it's dad

You aren't asleep,are you?

Why won't you talk to me?

Because your daddy is a scab

Shut up

Shut up will you

You don't have to worry about not talking to me

I do not want you to talk to me,do you hear

But you stay away from my family

Just stay away from us

Get stuffed,short ass

And you lot,you did lot of talk to nobody because you've got nothing to say

You're nothing

We don't need any of you

We don't need you

Are you going to the dance on Friday night?

No

Mr Curtis

Mr Curtis,you're all right?

-Feeling all right? -Fine

-Thought it best.. -I'm fine,fine

Joe!

What's happening now?

What about?

What's wrong with Tom Curtis?

Nothing that concerns you

-Oh,yes,it does -You mind

I'm asking you a question, what happened in there,just now?

Look I'm tired of people getting on my back

Whatever has happened to me,brought it on himself,

what do you expect me to do about it now?

Everyone goes on as it was my fault

well I didn't start it,I didn't have nothing to do with it

I just mind my own business, why don't you do the same

You could have an opinion, could you,to save your life

You are the big "I am"

I don't know why I ever bothered about you

You are just like the rest,gutless,you haven't got the brains to pick up anything

One man,that's all it means,one man

Is it all right to talk? Good

First thing,you don't need instructions from me?

Right now,listen.Reason I should ring is, something happened here today

No,concerning penalties

And it occurred to me if the time is rife all round,we got a ready mine up here

We used Curtis to get them out again

Let them screw up the whole contract

Sure,about seven factories all dependent on Martindales

I would work for treat you see

Curtis really played right into my hands today

Connolly,Connolly,up here,a minute

What's that mean?

What's happening about what?

These reductionary turns.Number 2 shift in four bay are they retired or something?

No,they are working the rule

Since when?

The decision was taken by the work's committee

we are operating a full overtime ban

until such time as the management get rid of Curtis

Ah,so we are back on that one again,are we?

Why are you frightened of,are you afraid that might Curtis may win in the end?

No,we are not worried bout that,Mr Davis

Aren't you?

I'll give you a little thought to take away with you

Once you start sacking people

because they don't agree with you or because you don't like they part the hair

Once you establish that precedent that might give other people ideas

It might just occur to me

that you are not my cup of tea,for instance there is no telling where it might end

Quite a few people might get sacked

Are you threatening me?

Take it any way you like,get out,will you

He said that it would be quite a few people sacked

What's up?

Don't know yet

Gonna close down

Who said?

You heard,Davis told old Connolly

It's victimisation,you know

Yes,what is?

They are going to make an example, sack a few,so I was told

I didn't hear about that.Sack them?

Somebody told me

I want to talk to the union secretary

Well,who is there?

Has he got any authority I don't want the office boy

I told you to sort this out,but now

You said it would blow over,well things don't blow over any more

You should have sacked Curtis the moment this Coventry business started

That's a matter of opinion isn't it?

Hello

Yes,yes,of course it's urgent

It's more than urgent,I'm afraid they are coming out

Yes.Speaking.Who's that? Thomson?

I'm sorry to pull you out of a meeting,but we got a wild cat

I want a union representative up here right away

What do you think you will do then?

I don't know

I prayed for us this evening

I didn't go to your mother as I said I went to mass

I thought it perhaps might help

You see,I don't mind if you go away at all

I mean Australia anywhere

Somebody told me Australia is very nice

Nice people and it is hot

Almost like home

We could go home of course

Yes,that's right

This isn't really home for you,is it?

I didn't mean that

No,I know

I have really messed up everything haven't I?

And all I need know why

But I've got to decide something

I've just got to,otherwise,I'll..

I don't know even how I got into it

You got into it because you thought it was the right thing

Yeah

I hope that is why because if it isn't we may as well clear out

We may as well

I mean if people can't be different, if they take that away from you

There is no point of anything, no point of bringing up kids or anything

There is no point at all

I don't think I can see both sides, they must think they're doing right too

What strikes you as funny?

No.Not so funny

Tom,wait

Tom

Don't go

Please God,don't go

Curtis,you think we are not striking?

Nobody told me that there was a strike

Joe,can I talk to you?

Yes,pull up a chair

I’ve got to talk to you

-All right -Don't mind me

Tom Curtis has been hurt

What do you mean hurt?

No details.He was working late, and the police found him

He just had an accident. What is his address?

Where is he now?

Up in the hospital I would think

All right,come on

Hello Anna

Hello Joe

I heard the news

That girl I used to go with, nice girl Pat.She told me

You are all right?

Just worried about leaving the kids with Mrs Jackson

I could ask Pat to go around and stay with them,for a bit if you like,she is outside

Then,how is he?

They don't know yet,Joe

Way,never tell you much,do they,I mean

Even if the things are all right, they seem to,you know,

like to keep it to themselves,expect they have to keep the rules or something

You're sure you are all right?

They got any idea what happened?

He was knocked down by a car,they think

They think they might have to operate

Don't worry

That's a silly thing to say,of course you are worried,but

Well,they can do wonderful things these days and,you know,Tom is pretty tough

I'll go and tell Pat.I could come back and stay with you

If you want me to?

Thank you,Joe,I like you to stay

Excuse me

Mrs Curtis

Sister would like to see you

How is my husband?

He came through it very well

Sister will tell you about it

You're all right now?

Yes,you do not need to wait any longer,Joe

We'll take care over her

You didn't see a patient called Curtis, did you,Doctor,he was in a car accident

I saw when he came in,yes

Was he bad?

You the driver?

No,just a friend

Well,he is not too good

Had to lose an eye I am afraid

Come on Percy,what about your work then

-Dear,what a night -What happened this time?

Been suicide,all over the place, they never do a good job with a gun

Bloke here asking about his pal,you know, in that car crash,you brought in earlier

Hit and run,the police reckon, no witnesses either

They trashed him,those bastards

He was still conscious when we got there, but couldn't tell the police nothing

All he was concerned was with was Gladys,who is that,his wife?

-Gladys? -Yes,kept talking about her

It is not his wife,his wife's name is Anna

I'll never mention it to nobody

Is that you nurse?

Yes,it's all right,Mr Curtis

Can you do something for me?

Tell my wife now, not to worry

Not now

Not to worry

Having a baby

Brothers please

Quiet please,I call upon the Union's affair here , Thompson

Please,hold it in the back,please

Chairman,the union's negotiating committee

Brothers,brothers,I have come specially here,to urge you to return to work

And I am confident between us we have found an acceptable formula

Acceptable to whom?

Have you seen Eddie,Barry?

No,not since this morning

Acceptable to whom?

Go back to work,it is in your own interest

Hey,Gladys,come here,I want to talk to you

What about?

About Tom Curtis

Get nutted

Wasn't me

I didn't do nothing

Only did the look out, it was Eddie who has done it

Right,you will stay there, you know what is good for you

I am going to make sure you are buried before the police get here

What police? What are you trying to kid?

You'd done Tom Curtis last night,didn't you?

You're nuts or something?

You touch me and I will carve you

Is that what you've done to Tom Curtis?

I know nothing about Tom Curtis

You keep away from me

I warn you,you keep away from me,your mad bleeder

Don't you know about Tom Curtis

The only way to tackle this problem is on an official union basis

That's what I am here for and that's what I am prepared to stay here

You are all engaged in work of national importance

Heard about being sacked

You keep saying that,nobody has been sacked

You can't tell me a man has been sacked

Who do you think you are?

The management has categorically stated that there has been no sackings

Get him now

There will be more discussion on both sides

I think we better break this up

You say there has been outside interference in this strike?

Yes,definitely

Come on now

Can I quote you?

Yes,copy it

What do you know about make your funds?

You see this problems like a bloody war

Comrades

I am very proud indeed

Dan,over there

Stand back please

Excuse me.Can I have a word with you. What's your name?

Joe Wallace

And you both work at Martindales?

Yes,both of us

What happened to him?

He beat someone up last night

Who?

Tom Curtis

Curtis?

You mean the bloke who was sent to Coventry?

No machinery will deal with victimization

Let me get the microphone

Nobody wants to listen

They had better listen and you too

All right,quiet for a moment

Quiet

He is someone you know

Will you still want to listen

This microphone is not for me,you tell them

You tell them,what's you told me

I got some news about Tom Curtis

I said I got some news about Tom Curtis,and you're going to hear it

He had an accident last night

at least that's what some people would like everyone to think

Only I know different

I just come from the hospital

He is laying up there in the hospital where he has lost an eye

And I can tell you how he lost it

Somebody kicked him in the face

That's how he lost it

So,I don't know whatever we think he did to us,he paid for it

The reason he has paid for it, because we let it happen

We saw just to

I happened to do the same as the rest of you

All I know is

I feel I've done something dirty

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