Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated:
1
00:00:04,521 --> 00:00:07,081
- In 1964
Granada Television brought
2
00:00:07,081 --> 00:00:09,201
together a group of seven year olds,
3
00:00:10,241 --> 00:00:13,321
from all over the country
and from all walks of life.
4
00:00:13,321 --> 00:00:16,121
- If I could I would have
two girls and two boys.
5
00:00:17,641 --> 00:00:19,681
- I read the Financial Times.
6
00:00:20,961 --> 00:00:22,881
- They talked
about their dreams,
7
00:00:22,881 --> 00:00:26,401
their ambitions and their
fears for the future.
8
00:00:26,401 --> 00:00:30,321
- Everything throughout the
years, it all landed on my head.
9
00:00:32,521 --> 00:00:34,241
- For nearly half a century,
10
00:00:34,241 --> 00:00:37,281
in a unique ground-breaking
series of films,
11
00:00:37,281 --> 00:00:39,641
we have followed their
lives every seven years.
12
00:00:42,041 --> 00:00:42,881
They are now 46.
13
00:00:47,281 --> 00:00:51,641
- Well my girlfriend is in Africa
14
00:00:51,641 --> 00:00:54,281
and I don't think I'll have another chance
15
00:00:54,281 --> 00:00:56,161
of seeing her again.
16
00:00:56,161 --> 00:00:57,521
- Have you got a girlfriend?
17
00:00:57,521 --> 00:01:00,241
- No, no not yet.
18
00:01:00,241 --> 00:01:03,721
I'm sure it will come, but not yet.
19
00:01:03,721 --> 00:01:08,721
I mean I do think a lot of
people think too much about it.
20
00:01:08,881 --> 00:01:15,881
I think I would very much
like to become involved
21
00:01:15,961 --> 00:01:18,561
in my own family for a start.
22
00:01:18,561 --> 00:01:22,081
That's a need that I
feel I ought to fulfil
23
00:01:22,081 --> 00:01:24,881
and would like to fulfil
and would do it well.
24
00:01:24,881 --> 00:01:28,401
Yes I haven't got married
or whatever and I suppose
25
00:01:28,401 --> 00:01:32,001
that would have been something
which I hoped had happened.
26
00:01:32,001 --> 00:01:32,841
- [Michael Well, you're getting on a bit.
27
00:01:32,841 --> 00:01:34,281
Are you getting worried?
28
00:01:34,281 --> 00:01:37,081
- Well not particularly I
mean, I'm always optimistic,
29
00:01:37,081 --> 00:01:39,201
I mean who knows who
I might meet tomorrow.
30
00:01:40,801 --> 00:01:42,201
- And in the middle of
a conversation about
31
00:01:42,201 --> 00:01:47,201
something completely different
he just asked if I'd like
32
00:01:49,161 --> 00:01:51,481
to marry him, and if I hadn't
been listening carefully
33
00:01:51,481 --> 00:01:52,841
I would have missed it completely.
34
00:01:52,841 --> 00:01:56,001
- To love and to cherish.
35
00:01:56,001 --> 00:01:59,961
- 'Til death us do part.
36
00:01:59,961 --> 00:02:02,441
We don't argue very much.
37
00:02:02,441 --> 00:02:05,721
- Not really, I mean we haven't
really had a full blown row.
38
00:02:05,721 --> 00:02:09,801
- No, our arguments
tend to be two sentences
39
00:02:09,801 --> 00:02:12,161
and I go off and sulk for 24 hours.
40
00:02:12,161 --> 00:02:14,481
- So is Bruce getting any better
41
00:02:14,481 --> 00:02:16,241
at expressing his feelings to you?
42
00:02:17,121 --> 00:02:22,481
- Erm, mm, mm--
43
00:02:22,641 --> 00:02:23,641
- Not really
44
00:02:23,801 --> 00:02:25,641
by the sound of that.
45
00:02:25,641 --> 00:02:27,721
Yeah, I think so, yeah.
46
00:02:27,721 --> 00:02:29,241
- And we may have children I don't know,
47
00:02:29,241 --> 00:02:34,081
I mean if in seven years
time or so we're living
48
00:02:34,081 --> 00:02:36,601
in a slightly bigger
house with a young family
49
00:02:36,601 --> 00:02:38,121
that would be nice.
50
00:02:38,121 --> 00:02:40,281
I mean I don't want to
pin all my hopes on it
51
00:02:40,281 --> 00:02:41,561
and nothing happens.
52
00:02:42,641 --> 00:02:45,881
We are quite old, I can see
bringing up say teenage children
53
00:02:45,881 --> 00:02:49,681
when you're in your fifties
might be a bit strange.
54
00:02:51,561 --> 00:02:53,001
Come on then Henry get on.
55
00:02:53,001 --> 00:02:57,441
- Bruce and Penny
had two sons, Henry and George.
56
00:02:57,441 --> 00:02:59,041
On daddy's head.
57
00:02:59,041 --> 00:03:00,321
- I mean, seven
years ago you were taking a bit
58
00:03:00,321 --> 00:03:01,721
of a pasting from them.
59
00:03:01,721 --> 00:03:04,761
- Well yes exactly and that's, you know,
60
00:03:04,761 --> 00:03:09,201
if they sat on me now I wouldn't
be able to get up again.
61
00:03:09,201 --> 00:03:12,241
And in the second year I was in rooms
62
00:03:12,241 --> 00:03:14,641
at the top of that staircase there.
63
00:03:14,641 --> 00:03:16,841
- Bruce and
Penny took the boys away
64
00:03:16,841 --> 00:03:21,481
for a weekend to Oxford
to see Bruce's old college
65
00:03:21,481 --> 00:03:23,441
and to watch their father play cricket.
66
00:03:24,281 --> 00:03:27,481
- It's just nice drifting along the river
67
00:03:27,481 --> 00:03:28,801
without making too much noise.
68
00:03:28,801 --> 00:03:31,881
You know, if you can
see the odd the wildlife
69
00:03:31,881 --> 00:03:34,721
and so on you come up on
it unawares kind of thing.
70
00:03:36,161 --> 00:03:38,561
- Muddy water and a spider, ta.
71
00:03:40,481 --> 00:03:43,481
- One of you link up one, and one of you--
72
00:03:43,481 --> 00:03:46,401
I think it's more of a
father son thing to go along
73
00:03:46,401 --> 00:03:48,001
and watch and support.
74
00:03:48,001 --> 00:03:49,921
And we always have lunch then tea
75
00:03:49,921 --> 00:03:51,961
and then a barbecue afterwards.
76
00:03:51,961 --> 00:03:53,601
- We're not very good at this are we?
77
00:03:53,601 --> 00:03:56,401
- Ever since Cornwall it
was to be no more camping.
78
00:03:57,241 --> 00:04:00,601
- My heart's desire is to see my daddy
79
00:04:00,601 --> 00:04:03,241
who's six thousand miles away.
80
00:04:04,241 --> 00:04:06,561
- What happened
between you and your dad?
81
00:04:06,561 --> 00:04:09,321
- I suppose the separation
and the distance.
82
00:04:09,321 --> 00:04:12,801
When I was 14 I went out to Zimbabwe,
83
00:04:12,801 --> 00:04:15,801
and then later when he
retired to England we felt
84
00:04:15,801 --> 00:04:17,321
that there was a lot of distance
85
00:04:17,321 --> 00:04:20,121
between us and ground to make up.
86
00:04:20,121 --> 00:04:24,161
Okay.
87
00:04:24,161 --> 00:04:26,721
I think it's going to take quite a while.
88
00:04:26,721 --> 00:04:29,761
The boys are still young
enough for us all three
89
00:04:29,761 --> 00:04:31,281
to fit in to a small tent.
90
00:04:32,401 --> 00:04:35,081
I suppose it's a bit of
dad's and lads and getting
91
00:04:35,081 --> 00:04:38,401
to know each other and forming
a relationship and so on.
92
00:04:41,841 --> 00:04:43,681
- Under your weight.
- Oh lord,
93
00:04:43,681 --> 00:04:45,281
that's not gonna go in.
94
00:04:45,281 --> 00:04:48,521
Okay, boys, what's that then?
95
00:04:48,521 --> 00:04:50,161
They always come first.
96
00:04:50,161 --> 00:04:52,001
I mean we've got our work and so on,
97
00:04:52,001 --> 00:04:53,521
so we'll do a variety of things with them.
98
00:04:53,521 --> 00:04:55,121
I'll do it later, dear.
99
00:04:57,401 --> 00:04:58,641
I'm off to play cricket.
100
00:04:59,881 --> 00:05:01,001
- It's all right George.
- Is the forecast
101
00:05:01,001 --> 00:05:01,841
to rain tonight?
102
00:05:03,161 --> 00:05:04,281
- We're riding and we turn
103
00:05:04,281 --> 00:05:06,361
to go sideways, commence.
104
00:05:07,481 --> 00:05:11,241
- When he was seven
Bruce was at boarding school.
105
00:05:11,241 --> 00:05:12,561
- Tallyho!
106
00:05:12,561 --> 00:05:14,161
- He went on to Oxford
107
00:05:14,161 --> 00:05:16,121
where he got a maths degree.
108
00:05:16,121 --> 00:05:18,081
- You can show that this is irreducible
109
00:05:19,041 --> 00:05:21,521
then you do a transformation
on this polynomial,
110
00:05:21,521 --> 00:05:23,041
x equal to t plus two.
111
00:05:23,961 --> 00:05:26,881
- After Oxford he
worked in the city for a year,
112
00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:29,761
then decided to teach.
113
00:05:30,801 --> 00:05:32,801
He taught in a state school.
114
00:05:32,801 --> 00:05:34,001
- Yes sir!
115
00:05:34,001 --> 00:05:36,841
- General education is
better for society I think.
116
00:05:38,081 --> 00:05:40,041
There is a class society,
117
00:05:40,041 --> 00:05:45,041
and I think public schools
may help it's continuance.
118
00:05:48,641 --> 00:05:51,321
- At 35 Bruce took a sabbatical
119
00:05:51,321 --> 00:05:52,761
and taught in Bangladesh.
120
00:05:55,321 --> 00:05:56,921
- The straight
line, yes keep going,
121
00:05:56,921 --> 00:05:58,481
keep going, keep going--
- At 42 he was back
122
00:05:58,481 --> 00:06:01,481
in the East End as head
of the maths department
123
00:06:01,481 --> 00:06:03,281
at a girls comprehensive school.
124
00:06:04,401 --> 00:06:06,801
♪ Hallelujah ♪
125
00:06:08,281 --> 00:06:11,081
- At 49 we found him teaching
126
00:06:11,081 --> 00:06:14,201
at St Albans, an independent school.
127
00:06:14,201 --> 00:06:16,201
♪ Ah ah ah ah ♪
128
00:06:16,201 --> 00:06:17,561
- In the early days the school was
129
00:06:17,561 --> 00:06:21,121
in the Abbey going back to 948.
130
00:06:22,561 --> 00:06:25,401
- 948?
- Yes so the head
131
00:06:25,401 --> 00:06:28,361
quite likes to say we're in
our third millennium, you know.
132
00:06:29,481 --> 00:06:31,481
- So the schools
over a thousand years old?
133
00:06:31,481 --> 00:06:33,441
- Yes in one form or another.
134
00:06:33,441 --> 00:06:35,481
You have to make x a
subject of this equation.
135
00:06:35,481 --> 00:06:36,721
You've got to get x on it's own
136
00:06:36,721 --> 00:06:37,801
so what's the first thing we do?
137
00:06:37,801 --> 00:06:38,841
- I multiplied both sides by--
138
00:06:38,841 --> 00:06:41,241
- Has it been
a kind of compromise
139
00:06:41,241 --> 00:06:43,521
of political principals for you this?
140
00:06:44,521 --> 00:06:47,641
- Well I would say have
a million angels in front
141
00:06:47,641 --> 00:06:49,761
of every teacher who's
prepared to slog away
142
00:06:49,761 --> 00:06:52,601
at an inner city
comprehensive, make way make,
143
00:06:52,601 --> 00:06:54,001
way this is somebody who is prepared
144
00:06:54,001 --> 00:06:56,441
to turn up each day and do that job.
145
00:06:58,281 --> 00:07:00,401
- Do your old
friends give you a hard time
146
00:07:00,401 --> 00:07:01,241
about what you've done?
147
00:07:01,241 --> 00:07:02,921
- They certainly do, they absolutely do.
148
00:07:02,921 --> 00:07:05,801
They say have we joined the Tory party,
149
00:07:05,801 --> 00:07:09,441
the golf club, the Masons, you know.
150
00:07:09,441 --> 00:07:12,321
I'm quite happy just being
an ordinary maths teacher
151
00:07:12,321 --> 00:07:16,601
for the not many years that
I've got left actually.
152
00:07:17,681 --> 00:07:20,681
So I'm quite happy, I'm not ambitious now.
153
00:07:25,841 --> 00:07:27,561
- Yep.
- Chase it up.
154
00:07:27,561 --> 00:07:30,881
- So do you
enjoy watching cricket?
155
00:07:30,881 --> 00:07:33,761
- I can watch it for short periods.
156
00:07:36,841 --> 00:07:39,961
It's a sort of a sport tax on Bruce.
157
00:07:39,961 --> 00:07:41,881
He plays cricket, I go and shop.
158
00:07:43,481 --> 00:07:45,441
Oh, yeah yeah yeah.
159
00:07:45,441 --> 00:07:48,001
- So is he playing
as much, Bruce, as he used to?
160
00:07:48,001 --> 00:07:52,921
- No, no and when he
does he usually manages
161
00:07:52,921 --> 00:07:55,641
to pull a muscle so.
162
00:07:55,641 --> 00:07:57,561
- But they lost by about 70 runs
163
00:07:57,561 --> 00:08:00,481
and our team lost by about 70 runs.
164
00:08:00,481 --> 00:08:03,641
At the end of the game
somebody is nominated
165
00:08:03,641 --> 00:08:06,561
to where that ridiculous garment
166
00:08:06,561 --> 00:08:08,841
and I think bringing you lot along
167
00:08:08,841 --> 00:08:10,161
for the weekend had a lot to do
168
00:08:10,161 --> 00:08:13,921
with me winning the jacket this time.
169
00:08:13,921 --> 00:08:16,201
- So the jacket is
not an enviable thing to win.
170
00:08:16,201 --> 00:08:17,361
- No no.
171
00:08:17,361 --> 00:08:22,361
Well going to Africa
and try and teach people
172
00:08:22,361 --> 00:08:27,281
who are not civilised
to be more or less good.
173
00:08:28,401 --> 00:08:34,761
It all springs from that in
God and Christ I suppose.
174
00:08:35,361 --> 00:08:36,441
- Some people often will say
175
00:08:36,441 --> 00:08:39,641
that the bully is upset about something
176
00:08:39,641 --> 00:08:42,281
in their own lives and so when
they're bullying they're--
177
00:08:42,281 --> 00:08:45,081
- I suppose I'm taking them to Quakers
178
00:08:45,081 --> 00:08:47,001
so that they learn the Christian stories
179
00:08:47,001 --> 00:08:49,801
and a lot of what's
embedded in our culture.
180
00:08:49,801 --> 00:08:52,321
They are good moral tales that which
181
00:08:52,321 --> 00:08:56,041
when they reflect upon
they may give them a sense
182
00:08:56,041 --> 00:08:57,161
of right and wrong and so on.
183
00:08:57,161 --> 00:08:58,921
- One way or another, we'll
get sort of drawn in--
184
00:08:58,921 --> 00:09:03,721
- We like the ethos of
tolerance and understanding.
185
00:09:05,721 --> 00:09:08,441
- The boys also
go to a local Quaker school
186
00:09:08,441 --> 00:09:09,721
where Penny teaches.
187
00:09:11,001 --> 00:09:13,841
- Everybody in the school from
the youngest 2 1/2 year old
188
00:09:13,841 --> 00:09:17,641
in the nursery to the headmaster is known
189
00:09:17,641 --> 00:09:21,161
by their first names,
and there is no uniform,
190
00:09:21,161 --> 00:09:24,081
and very few formal rules.
191
00:09:25,161 --> 00:09:26,161
- Hello, watch out, 'cause
I'll take Milly if--
192
00:09:26,161 --> 00:09:27,961
- She's worse than ever father.
193
00:09:27,961 --> 00:09:29,801
- Are you ambitious for them?
194
00:09:29,801 --> 00:09:33,281
- Yeah, I mean, some
people work ferociously hard
195
00:09:33,281 --> 00:09:35,281
and while that's rewarding
and they enjoy that
196
00:09:35,281 --> 00:09:37,841
and they enjoy the success and so on,
197
00:09:37,841 --> 00:09:40,481
you just hope they get a
nice balance to their lives.
198
00:09:43,641 --> 00:09:45,241
- What are your fears
199
00:09:45,241 --> 00:09:47,641
for the future with the boys?
200
00:09:47,641 --> 00:09:49,441
- That they don't
fulfil their potential,
201
00:09:49,441 --> 00:09:54,281
that they're lead astray in
some way, drugs or something.
202
00:09:55,281 --> 00:09:59,561
They end up unhappy with
regrets about not having done
203
00:09:59,561 --> 00:10:00,601
as well as they could.
204
00:10:00,601 --> 00:10:02,961
When you boys fight, what a
night we're gonna have here.
205
00:10:02,961 --> 00:10:05,241
- Right, if I wake up to find
206
00:10:05,241 --> 00:10:09,161
anybody clutching my genitals.
- George!
207
00:10:09,161 --> 00:10:12,921
They're very good company
but they will grow apart,
208
00:10:13,801 --> 00:10:17,401
you know, eventually leave
home and we won't see them
209
00:10:17,401 --> 00:10:22,161
so often and in a way
I'll miss them dreadfully
210
00:10:22,161 --> 00:10:24,081
but that's the natural order of things.
211
00:10:25,281 --> 00:10:27,521
And just think how uncomfortable mummy is
212
00:10:27,521 --> 00:10:29,241
in her bed and breakfast.
213
00:10:29,241 --> 00:10:31,161
But just remember when we're in a tent,
214
00:10:32,481 --> 00:10:35,401
the Baldwin family are
a non-farting family.
215
00:10:36,361 --> 00:10:38,721
- Thank you father for that.
- Dad shut up.
216
00:10:52,361 --> 00:10:54,401
- I'm going to work in Woolworths.
217
00:10:54,401 --> 00:10:56,161
♪ If you said that you'd leave me ♪
218
00:10:56,161 --> 00:10:58,881
- Lynn grew up
in the East End of London
219
00:10:58,881 --> 00:11:01,681
- Why am I using
a wooden spoon please
220
00:11:01,681 --> 00:11:03,241
to stir this saucepan?
- Yeah, that's right.
221
00:11:03,241 --> 00:11:04,321
- Well in a grammar school
I don't think you find
222
00:11:04,321 --> 00:11:07,481
many girls that really want
to do metalwork or woodwork.
223
00:11:07,481 --> 00:11:08,321
- No.
224
00:11:09,961 --> 00:11:12,281
- At 21 she began a career
225
00:11:12,281 --> 00:11:15,081
as a children's librarian starting off
226
00:11:15,081 --> 00:11:17,601
in a mobile library in East London.
227
00:11:17,601 --> 00:11:19,041
- Have I stamped yours?
- Yes.
228
00:11:19,041 --> 00:11:23,081
- Yes, I've not stamped
yours, "Sleeping Beauty."
229
00:11:23,081 --> 00:11:28,081
Teaching children the beauty
of books is just fantastic.
230
00:11:28,681 --> 00:11:31,081
To work with children of that
age you've got to love them
231
00:11:31,081 --> 00:11:32,121
and I love children.
232
00:11:34,121 --> 00:11:36,641
- Because of the
cuts in the education budget,
233
00:11:36,641 --> 00:11:38,521
the mobile library was shut down.
234
00:11:39,841 --> 00:11:42,961
At 42 Lynne was working at Bethnal Green.
235
00:11:44,081 --> 00:11:46,161
- You can draw better than I can.
236
00:11:46,161 --> 00:11:47,001
Good morning.
237
00:11:47,001 --> 00:11:49,241
- When we went back
at 49, she was still there.
238
00:11:49,241 --> 00:11:52,881
- Good morning, what
about you, good morning.
239
00:11:52,881 --> 00:11:54,681
For the last 30 years I've banged my head
240
00:11:54,681 --> 00:11:58,321
against a brick wall to
maintain children's services,
241
00:11:58,321 --> 00:12:00,641
but this time round no one's listening.
242
00:12:01,561 --> 00:12:05,401
They say that the work that
I do that anybody can do it.
243
00:12:06,401 --> 00:12:09,241
There would be no specialist running it.
244
00:12:10,041 --> 00:12:11,681
One.
- One.
245
00:12:11,681 --> 00:12:13,121
- I may not have a job.
246
00:12:15,201 --> 00:12:18,361
At that library review I got a job.
247
00:12:19,721 --> 00:12:22,161
Two years later another review.
248
00:12:23,881 --> 00:12:27,401
And cutting departments again.
249
00:12:29,281 --> 00:12:31,321
That time I didn't get the job.
250
00:12:32,961 --> 00:12:35,281
- Has it been worth it all?
251
00:12:35,281 --> 00:12:36,321
- Yeah very much.
252
00:12:39,721 --> 00:12:42,881
All these things that I've
said over the years are flying
253
00:12:42,881 --> 00:12:44,601
through my mind at the moment,
254
00:12:44,601 --> 00:12:46,721
but yes it has been worth it.
255
00:12:49,081 --> 00:12:51,521
- Hmm.
- And you better cut it
256
00:12:51,521 --> 00:12:53,241
'cause otherwise I'm going to cry.
257
00:12:55,561 --> 00:12:59,561
Fortunately I was over 50
and I could draw my pension.
258
00:13:01,401 --> 00:13:04,761
We decided we can downsize.
259
00:13:05,881 --> 00:13:09,201
We'll move out, smaller property,
260
00:13:09,201 --> 00:13:11,401
there's only the two of us at home now,
261
00:13:11,401 --> 00:13:13,241
and we'd be great.
262
00:13:14,841 --> 00:13:15,841
Then the crash came.
263
00:13:17,721 --> 00:13:18,921
And then Riley was born,
264
00:13:19,801 --> 00:13:22,681
and what I thought was stress was nothing.
265
00:13:25,481 --> 00:13:28,281
- Riley is one
of Lynn's three grandsons.
266
00:13:29,481 --> 00:13:31,681
How much did he weigh when he was born?
267
00:13:31,681 --> 00:13:34,761
- Two pounds and a quarter ounce.
268
00:13:34,761 --> 00:13:37,161
As soon as he was born
they took him straight
269
00:13:37,161 --> 00:13:41,041
through to the neonatal
intensive care unit.
270
00:13:41,041 --> 00:13:43,921
Three, how many have you got?
271
00:13:43,921 --> 00:13:45,601
- Yeah yah.
- Yeah.
272
00:13:45,601 --> 00:13:50,601
He was put on oxygen,
monitors on, tubes coming out
273
00:13:51,521 --> 00:13:56,521
of everywhere and he's
absolutely fine thanks
274
00:13:56,961 --> 00:14:00,721
to the NICU Unit at William
Harvey Hospital in Ashford.
275
00:14:00,721 --> 00:14:01,681
- I've
got to go to work darling,
276
00:14:01,681 --> 00:14:03,401
give me a kiss.
- Mummy's going to work.
277
00:14:03,401 --> 00:14:05,361
Say bye bye mummy.
- Right, see you later.
278
00:14:05,361 --> 00:14:07,721
- Riley has an
older brother, Connor.
279
00:14:10,681 --> 00:14:12,681
- Erm, for the last eighteen months
280
00:14:12,681 --> 00:14:17,081
or so I've actually had Riley full time.
281
00:14:17,081 --> 00:14:21,001
If I could I'd have
two girls and two boys.
282
00:14:22,041 --> 00:14:25,281
I've been married a year
and a couple of months.
283
00:14:26,801 --> 00:14:29,001
You do think, Christ what have I done.
284
00:14:30,201 --> 00:14:32,881
- When she
was 19 she married Russ.
285
00:14:35,481 --> 00:14:38,521
They had 2 daughters, Sarah and Emma.
286
00:14:39,601 --> 00:14:42,841
- I'm very much
geared to the family unit.
287
00:14:42,841 --> 00:14:47,841
I mean us all we do things
together all the time.
288
00:14:49,321 --> 00:14:51,921
- At 42 the
girls were both doing
289
00:14:51,921 --> 00:14:53,281
very well at school.
290
00:14:53,281 --> 00:14:54,881
- Alright darling?
- Yeah.
291
00:14:54,881 --> 00:14:56,561
- Neither of the
girls went to university?
292
00:14:56,561 --> 00:14:58,161
- No, no.
293
00:14:58,161 --> 00:14:59,921
- Was that disappointing to you?
294
00:14:59,921 --> 00:15:02,801
- No, their choice, we discussed it,
295
00:15:02,801 --> 00:15:05,201
it's what they wanted to do.
296
00:15:05,201 --> 00:15:08,161
They felt that the academic
side wasn't for them.
297
00:15:09,561 --> 00:15:10,441
Sorry.
298
00:15:10,441 --> 00:15:13,481
- So was the arrival
of Connor a shock to you?
299
00:15:14,601 --> 00:15:19,601
- No, well yeah but,
she was 19, she's old enough.
300
00:15:22,761 --> 00:15:24,681
Oh look he's coming after you.
301
00:15:24,681 --> 00:15:27,241
Look, he's coming over here to see.
302
00:15:29,641 --> 00:15:31,201
- And how's old Connor doing?
303
00:15:31,201 --> 00:15:32,921
- He's doing great.
304
00:15:32,921 --> 00:15:35,281
He's off to his new secondary school,
305
00:15:35,281 --> 00:15:37,561
keeps telling me he's nearly as tall as me
306
00:15:37,561 --> 00:15:40,441
but I keep saying no you've
got a while to go yet.
307
00:15:40,441 --> 00:15:42,641
- How does he deal with Riley?
308
00:15:42,641 --> 00:15:47,641
- He loves Riley to bits but
Riley is just a two year old.
309
00:15:49,241 --> 00:15:53,201
Sarah and Adam have got
married since we last saw you.
310
00:15:53,201 --> 00:15:55,881
They've got a little boy called Harry.
311
00:15:55,881 --> 00:15:58,481
He's getting on fine.
312
00:15:58,481 --> 00:16:01,921
Sarah having just had Harry was put
313
00:16:01,921 --> 00:16:04,401
in the same boat as I was.
314
00:16:04,401 --> 00:16:06,921
The day before she was
due to go back to work
315
00:16:06,921 --> 00:16:10,321
after maternity leave, made redundant.
316
00:16:10,321 --> 00:16:12,121
- Yes, there used
to be a lot more sub species
317
00:16:12,121 --> 00:16:14,121
but with various breeding
they've gone extinct.
318
00:16:14,121 --> 00:16:18,881
- And she's now
trained as a child minder.
319
00:16:18,881 --> 00:16:20,761
She's doing absolutely brilliantly.
320
00:16:20,761 --> 00:16:22,441
- The other one comes as well.
321
00:16:22,441 --> 00:16:23,281
- Wow.
322
00:16:23,281 --> 00:16:24,721
- And is Emma
still in the same job?
323
00:16:24,721 --> 00:16:26,521
- Yeah.
- Is that going okay?
324
00:16:26,521 --> 00:16:29,561
- I mean with the
recession work dropped
325
00:16:29,561 --> 00:16:33,961
off an awful lot but it seems
to be picking up again now.
326
00:16:33,961 --> 00:16:35,321
- You can't go over though.
327
00:16:37,321 --> 00:16:39,481
- So Russ took
early retirement too
328
00:16:39,481 --> 00:16:41,161
so what's happened with him?
329
00:16:41,161 --> 00:16:43,881
- Because of the
crash he picked up a job.
330
00:16:43,881 --> 00:16:48,041
Instead of the two part time
jobs he got a full time job.
331
00:16:49,081 --> 00:16:52,401
- So we are looking
at a much longer working life
332
00:16:52,401 --> 00:16:53,681
than perhaps we thought?
333
00:16:53,681 --> 00:16:55,161
- Yeah for everyone.
334
00:16:57,481 --> 00:16:59,161
The goalposts keep highering.
335
00:16:59,161 --> 00:17:02,081
People that thought when they started work
336
00:17:02,081 --> 00:17:04,481
that they were going to retire at 60,
337
00:17:04,481 --> 00:17:08,841
draw their state pension as
well, it's totally changed.
338
00:17:08,841 --> 00:17:11,281
- They come round and mop
the floor and then a couple
339
00:17:11,281 --> 00:17:12,481
of minutes later another
waitress come over.
340
00:17:12,481 --> 00:17:16,321
- I'm not politically
minded but I still believe
341
00:17:16,321 --> 00:17:19,961
that they haven't got a
clue what they're doing.
342
00:17:22,881 --> 00:17:26,201
Some people are never ever
going to recover from it.
343
00:17:26,201 --> 00:17:30,641
It's unfortunately going to
be quite devastating for them.
344
00:17:31,881 --> 00:17:34,801
We've no left wing Labour Party anymore.
345
00:17:34,801 --> 00:17:36,281
Tony Blair saw to that.
346
00:17:37,401 --> 00:17:39,281
They all via to the right.
347
00:17:40,521 --> 00:17:43,241
- I didn't know I was getting
in to this.
348
00:17:43,241 --> 00:17:45,921
- Are you alright?
- Yeah I think so.
349
00:17:45,921 --> 00:17:47,881
- This is unbelievable.
- You step up to that mate.
350
00:17:47,881 --> 00:17:49,881
- No, look out!
- Russ is still
351
00:17:49,881 --> 00:17:54,321
such a great support for me,
and he is still my soul mate.
352
00:17:55,721 --> 00:17:56,961
You take care I love you.
353
00:17:57,801 --> 00:18:01,961
After all this time, we flourish together.
354
00:18:04,001 --> 00:18:07,321
I had an all white wedding, all white.
355
00:18:07,321 --> 00:18:09,961
We were both in white and
my bridesmaid was in white.
356
00:18:12,801 --> 00:18:17,801
37 years, gone extremely quickly,
we've just grown together.
357
00:18:20,521 --> 00:18:23,881
We learnt to be friends
before we had children',
358
00:18:23,881 --> 00:18:27,841
we established a solid foundation
from which to work from.
359
00:18:30,081 --> 00:18:31,521
- Think of how fit it's going to make you.
360
00:18:31,521 --> 00:18:34,721
- Put that in your script.
361
00:18:34,721 --> 00:18:35,721
- So for you that's--
362
00:18:35,721 --> 00:18:39,281
- I'm happy with the way my life has gone.
363
00:18:39,281 --> 00:18:41,361
I just don't--
- Grandad brave?
364
00:18:41,361 --> 00:18:43,721
- I'm still a Governor, I'm still Chair
365
00:18:43,721 --> 00:18:45,401
of Governors at St Saviours.
366
00:18:46,921 --> 00:18:50,841
Just been appointed for another
four year term of office
367
00:18:50,841 --> 00:18:53,961
from the London Diocese
and Boarder Schools.
368
00:18:55,401 --> 00:18:57,321
I must be doing something right.
369
00:19:15,521 --> 00:19:18,521
- I read the Financial Times.
370
00:19:18,521 --> 00:19:21,241
- I read the Observer and The Times.
371
00:19:21,241 --> 00:19:23,241
- What do you like about it?
372
00:19:23,241 --> 00:19:26,721
- Well I like, I usually
look at the headlines
373
00:19:26,721 --> 00:19:31,521
and then read about them, about it.
374
00:19:31,521 --> 00:19:36,521
When I leave this school
I'm going to Colet Court,
375
00:19:39,321 --> 00:19:42,001
and then I will be going to
Westminster Boarding School
376
00:19:42,001 --> 00:19:43,001
if I pass the exam.
377
00:19:45,161 --> 00:19:49,041
And then we think I'm going
to Cambridge and Trinity Hall.
378
00:19:52,281 --> 00:19:54,601
- John went to Westminster.
379
00:19:54,601 --> 00:19:57,201
Then on to read law at
Christchurch Oxford.
380
00:20:00,041 --> 00:20:02,161
- I'm thinking of following a legal career
381
00:20:04,081 --> 00:20:05,881
with a view to ending in Parliament.
382
00:20:06,761 --> 00:20:07,841
- Might be at the bar.
383
00:20:09,921 --> 00:20:13,561
- Doing what?
- Perhaps chancery practise.
384
00:20:15,361 --> 00:20:17,601
I now have a career, I'm a barrister.
385
00:20:19,361 --> 00:20:22,641
Other than that life chugs
along in varying degrees.
386
00:20:22,641 --> 00:20:24,321
Well in a sense not very much has changed
387
00:20:24,321 --> 00:20:26,401
in my career over the last 14 years,
388
00:20:26,401 --> 00:20:29,201
I'm still a barrister I
still wear a curly white wig.
389
00:20:30,441 --> 00:20:33,681
The only visible difference I
suppose is a wear a silk gown
390
00:20:33,681 --> 00:20:35,601
because I'm now a QC.
391
00:20:35,601 --> 00:20:37,001
So week after next is ideal--
392
00:20:37,001 --> 00:20:38,081
- Yeah, the week after next.
393
00:20:38,081 --> 00:20:39,801
- Except for Monday, I'm going out--
394
00:20:39,801 --> 00:20:42,481
I do largely litigation.
395
00:20:42,481 --> 00:20:45,881
I enjoy the work which is
intellectually stimulating
396
00:20:45,881 --> 00:20:48,721
and always interesting.
397
00:20:48,721 --> 00:20:51,041
I'm blessed with an
exceptionally nice group
398
00:20:51,041 --> 00:20:54,041
of people in these Chambers
who I really get on with.
399
00:20:54,041 --> 00:20:57,921
I've been ushers at many
members of chambers weddings.
400
00:20:57,921 --> 00:21:01,961
I've been god father to least
three chambers children.
401
00:21:01,961 --> 00:21:05,401
It's a really nice close
set of friends here
402
00:21:05,401 --> 00:21:09,721
and I think I'm very blessed
in my work environment.
403
00:21:09,721 --> 00:21:13,721
- I'm going to Charter
House and after that
404
00:21:14,961 --> 00:21:17,441
to Trinity Hall Cambridge.
405
00:21:18,841 --> 00:21:20,401
- Andrew went to Charter House
406
00:21:20,401 --> 00:21:23,201
and Cambridge where he read law.
407
00:21:23,201 --> 00:21:27,161
- I'd like to be a solicitor
and also fairly successful.
408
00:21:28,081 --> 00:21:30,561
- At 28 Andrew was a Solicitor.
409
00:21:32,281 --> 00:21:34,601
By 35 he'd become a partner.
410
00:21:36,681 --> 00:21:38,481
Later, he joined the legal department
411
00:21:38,481 --> 00:21:40,601
of a large British industrial company.
412
00:21:41,641 --> 00:21:45,041
A few years after they we
taken over by a German firm.
413
00:21:46,481 --> 00:21:47,681
- There was a bit of uncertainty
414
00:21:47,681 --> 00:21:51,801
when you get two large
organisations coming together,
415
00:21:51,801 --> 00:21:53,841
you know who was gonna have
a job at the end of it,
416
00:21:53,841 --> 00:21:55,441
who was gonna be made redundant.
417
00:21:55,441 --> 00:21:57,881
I was fortunate enough
that I still had a job
418
00:21:57,881 --> 00:22:00,561
at the end of it, and
it's worked very well.
419
00:22:00,561 --> 00:22:03,121
When boys go round with girls
they don't pay attention
420
00:22:03,121 --> 00:22:04,481
to what they're doing.
421
00:22:04,481 --> 00:22:06,921
For instance, my
grandmother had an accident
422
00:22:06,921 --> 00:22:10,121
because a boyfriend was
kissing his girlfriend
423
00:22:10,121 --> 00:22:11,441
in the street.
424
00:22:12,281 --> 00:22:15,761
- By 35 John had married Claire,
425
00:22:15,761 --> 00:22:18,521
the daughter of a former
Ambassador to Bulgaria.
426
00:22:19,801 --> 00:22:23,721
- It is coincidental that
we met but it's obvious
427
00:22:23,721 --> 00:22:28,721
that the Balkan connection
was a strong mutual interest.
428
00:22:29,361 --> 00:22:32,881
- My great great grandfather
was the first Prime Minister
429
00:22:32,881 --> 00:22:35,001
of Bulgaria when the country was liberated
430
00:22:35,001 --> 00:22:37,961
from the Turks in 1879.
431
00:22:40,121 --> 00:22:42,521
Well I think everyone
needs to have a feeling
432
00:22:42,521 --> 00:22:44,201
that they belong somewhere.
433
00:22:44,201 --> 00:22:47,321
There's a plot of land or somewhere
434
00:22:47,321 --> 00:22:50,841
where they hail from
where they're roots are.
435
00:22:51,681 --> 00:22:54,921
People who go on about the
government butchering the
436
00:22:54,921 --> 00:22:56,881
National Health Service
I think should come over
437
00:22:56,881 --> 00:23:00,081
to Bulgaria to see what's been kept short
438
00:23:00,081 --> 00:23:03,401
of necessary supplies and
funds really does mean.
439
00:23:06,001 --> 00:23:08,121
We're at the centre for the rehabilitation
440
00:23:08,121 --> 00:23:10,761
for disabled children
at Dalbert Dol near Tran
441
00:23:10,761 --> 00:23:15,121
in the Balkan mountains which our charity
442
00:23:15,121 --> 00:23:17,361
in London has helped quite a bit.
443
00:23:19,001 --> 00:23:22,041
We feel we can help in
all sorts of smaller ways
444
00:23:22,041 --> 00:23:24,241
particularly with art classes
445
00:23:24,241 --> 00:23:26,401
or pottery classes or dancing classes.
446
00:23:26,401 --> 00:23:27,921
You can revolutionise the life
447
00:23:27,921 --> 00:23:30,161
of a child without actually having
448
00:23:30,161 --> 00:23:32,001
to raise huge sums of money.
449
00:23:32,001 --> 00:23:34,681
- What do you about
girlfriends at your age?
450
00:23:35,641 --> 00:23:38,041
- I've got one but I
don't think much of her.
451
00:23:38,041 --> 00:23:40,361
They're no longer just bores,
452
00:23:41,961 --> 00:23:43,841
who won't play this or something.
453
00:23:43,841 --> 00:23:47,361
- They're over half of the
community and they're there.
454
00:23:47,361 --> 00:23:49,801
- You can begin to talk to them.
455
00:23:49,801 --> 00:23:52,801
- I don't think I financially
come from the same background.
456
00:23:54,921 --> 00:23:56,361
Andrew didn't go for a hoity Deb.
457
00:23:56,361 --> 00:23:58,081
He went for a good Yorkshire lass.
458
00:23:59,081 --> 00:24:01,121
- Does money concern you a lot?
459
00:24:02,161 --> 00:24:05,281
- No I think as long as one
has enough to be comfortable
460
00:24:05,281 --> 00:24:08,841
that's really what one could aim for.
461
00:24:08,841 --> 00:24:10,081
- What's the
most difficult thing
462
00:24:10,081 --> 00:24:12,921
about keeping the marriage together?
463
00:24:12,921 --> 00:24:15,361
- I don't think it is
particularly difficult actually.
464
00:24:15,361 --> 00:24:19,161
We seem to manage all right would you say?
465
00:24:19,161 --> 00:24:20,761
- I think so we talk don't we?
466
00:24:21,801 --> 00:24:23,561
- Well so, how is married life?
467
00:24:24,521 --> 00:24:27,001
- Well I still love him if
that's what you're asking.
468
00:24:28,921 --> 00:24:29,761
- And like wise.
469
00:24:31,881 --> 00:24:34,321
I think the most important
thing to us apart
470
00:24:34,321 --> 00:24:35,961
from our marriage is our children.
471
00:24:35,961 --> 00:24:40,241
So we look at them and
we see that they seem
472
00:24:40,241 --> 00:24:42,481
to be happy and getting on well.
473
00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:44,201
We're pleased to be sitting here after
474
00:24:44,201 --> 00:24:48,601
however many years it is, 28
years, still happily together.
475
00:24:50,481 --> 00:24:53,041
- Andrew and Jane have two sons,
476
00:24:53,041 --> 00:24:54,681
Alexander and Timothy.
477
00:24:55,601 --> 00:24:58,961
- And you can never be sure
of leaving your children
478
00:24:58,961 --> 00:25:01,961
any worldly goods but
at least you can be sure
479
00:25:01,961 --> 00:25:04,441
that once you've given
them a good education
480
00:25:04,441 --> 00:25:06,601
that's something that
no one can take away.
481
00:25:08,241 --> 00:25:11,401
Alexander's now working in Canary Wharf
482
00:25:11,401 --> 00:25:12,481
in the City of London.
483
00:25:14,241 --> 00:25:18,281
And Timothy's just left St
Andrews, graduated this year
484
00:25:18,281 --> 00:25:20,601
and he's going on to do
a Post Graduate Degree
485
00:25:21,481 --> 00:25:23,321
at Durham University.
486
00:25:23,321 --> 00:25:24,721
- I'd quite like to go in to politics
487
00:25:24,721 --> 00:25:27,361
but that's easier said than done.
488
00:25:29,721 --> 00:25:32,561
Who knows I haven't written myself off
489
00:25:32,561 --> 00:25:36,801
as a potential politician,
even though I'm already 49.
490
00:25:41,321 --> 00:25:43,001
Well I've always wanted
to go in to politics
491
00:25:43,001 --> 00:25:44,521
but whether I'll ever
do anything about it,
492
00:25:44,521 --> 00:25:47,801
I'm afraid I'm too old now,
that's the truth, I mean.
493
00:25:49,041 --> 00:25:52,921
But it's depressing my two
eldest friends are both ministers
494
00:25:52,921 --> 00:25:55,161
at the moment and one
I've known since four,
495
00:25:55,161 --> 00:25:56,801
one I've known since five and I mean
496
00:25:56,801 --> 00:25:59,361
obviously one can't
helping feeling was a bit
497
00:25:59,361 --> 00:26:02,001
of a failure by comparison.
498
00:26:03,201 --> 00:26:05,241
I think it's more fair if they're elected.
499
00:26:05,241 --> 00:26:07,841
- Yes so do I but I think
it's better to be appointed.
500
00:26:07,841 --> 00:26:10,401
- Yes because you don't--
- Not after a long time.
501
00:26:10,401 --> 00:26:12,841
- It doesn't appointed.
502
00:26:12,841 --> 00:26:17,241
- I'm pleased that we have a
coalition because I've always
503
00:26:17,241 --> 00:26:19,881
at heart believed in consensus politics.
504
00:26:21,721 --> 00:26:26,721
One thing that really does
worry me is their attempts
505
00:26:26,801 --> 00:26:29,361
to solve the economic
stagnation at the moment
506
00:26:29,361 --> 00:26:32,321
in this country by building
all over the green belt
507
00:26:32,321 --> 00:26:34,281
and other areas of countryside.
508
00:26:35,441 --> 00:26:38,161
I've no doubt that whether
it's five years or ten years
509
00:26:38,161 --> 00:26:40,721
this recession is going to be over one day
510
00:26:40,721 --> 00:26:43,241
but if the countryside is
ruined it's ruined forever
511
00:26:43,241 --> 00:26:46,161
and for our children and our
children's children and so on.
512
00:26:48,321 --> 00:26:50,401
- Andrew and Jane live in London
513
00:26:50,401 --> 00:26:52,521
but they have a second
home in the country.
514
00:26:53,961 --> 00:26:57,201
- Well we bought it
about, just when we got married
515
00:26:57,201 --> 00:26:59,081
and it was a two hundred year old barn
516
00:26:59,081 --> 00:27:01,001
that we bought at an auction,
517
00:27:01,001 --> 00:27:04,641
completely derelict, nothing
in it at all except for manure.
518
00:27:07,281 --> 00:27:10,521
We've been here now 28
years, it's time's gone by
519
00:27:10,521 --> 00:27:13,721
but things have obviously got
more mature over the years.
520
00:27:13,721 --> 00:27:15,601
- So is it done?
521
00:27:15,601 --> 00:27:17,921
- It's never done.
522
00:27:17,921 --> 00:27:19,801
There is always the problem of weeds.
523
00:27:22,401 --> 00:27:24,041
- As a couple are you concerned
524
00:27:24,041 --> 00:27:26,561
by the destruction of the
environment is that something--
525
00:27:26,561 --> 00:27:28,361
- I'm very interested about it
526
00:27:28,361 --> 00:27:31,921
and I think what worries me is
that we have the opportunity
527
00:27:31,921 --> 00:27:36,121
now to save animals, flora
and fauna that will be lost
528
00:27:36,121 --> 00:27:38,641
and we don't know what
benefit they will be to us.
529
00:27:38,641 --> 00:27:40,841
- I think a lot of people say
well global warming is bad
530
00:27:40,841 --> 00:27:43,481
but are they actually prepared
to do anything about it.
531
00:27:45,161 --> 00:27:48,441
The company I work for is
developing hydrogen powered
532
00:27:48,441 --> 00:27:50,441
fuel cells for cars in the future.
533
00:27:51,361 --> 00:27:52,921
It's still some way off but I think
534
00:27:52,921 --> 00:27:55,281
that's the way that cars will go.
535
00:27:59,481 --> 00:28:02,321
- There must
be times when you look
536
00:28:02,321 --> 00:28:05,281
and think I did well with this
537
00:28:05,281 --> 00:28:08,241
or I should have done that differently?
538
00:28:08,241 --> 00:28:11,281
- I think there are events
in your life like when
539
00:28:11,281 --> 00:28:13,481
for example Timothy graduated recently
540
00:28:13,481 --> 00:28:15,121
and we thought well that's quite nice.
541
00:28:15,121 --> 00:28:18,641
Here he is at the next stage of his life,
542
00:28:18,641 --> 00:28:20,281
you know he's done quite well to get there
543
00:28:20,281 --> 00:28:24,001
and he seems well balanced,
and it's those sorts
544
00:28:24,001 --> 00:28:25,601
of things that make you reflect.
545
00:28:27,881 --> 00:28:28,961
- Well when Alexandra got his
546
00:28:28,961 --> 00:28:30,921
first job was very exciting.
- Yes, absolutely.
547
00:28:30,921 --> 00:28:34,081
- He got the phone call and he
screamed down the staircase,
548
00:28:34,081 --> 00:28:36,601
"I got the job," and
a tear came to my eye.
549
00:28:36,601 --> 00:28:39,841
It still does now, it was
such a lovely feeling really.
550
00:28:41,561 --> 00:28:44,281
I've been very fortunate that
Andrew has provided very well
551
00:28:44,281 --> 00:28:45,801
for us without me having to go to work,
552
00:28:45,801 --> 00:28:48,401
and I've been able to nurture the boys,
553
00:28:48,401 --> 00:28:51,561
but I'm not sure whether
looking at the next generation
554
00:28:51,561 --> 00:28:54,801
you feel a lot of women have
to work and I admire them
555
00:28:54,801 --> 00:28:57,801
for doing it, but in some
ways I think maybe it would be
556
00:28:57,801 --> 00:29:00,681
good to work, not necessarily full time,
557
00:29:00,681 --> 00:29:03,561
maybe take time off until
your children are at school,
558
00:29:03,561 --> 00:29:05,641
but then you get to my
stage and you think,
559
00:29:05,641 --> 00:29:08,081
well it would be nice
to have something to do.
560
00:29:08,081 --> 00:29:11,081
- I mean are you
grateful she made that decision?
561
00:29:11,081 --> 00:29:15,721
- Yes I am but I can see
that now maybe she enjoy
562
00:29:15,721 --> 00:29:20,641
more having some sort
of career at this stage.
563
00:29:20,641 --> 00:29:21,961
- Is that doable?
564
00:29:22,881 --> 00:29:24,161
- No I don't think so.
565
00:29:24,161 --> 00:29:25,801
- I would say it probably
is, it's a matter
566
00:29:25,801 --> 00:29:30,001
of self confidence but,
obviously in the mid fifties,
567
00:29:30,001 --> 00:29:31,321
it's a bit more difficult.
568
00:29:32,481 --> 00:29:34,201
- I'm not in the mid fifties yet remember.
569
00:29:35,201 --> 00:29:36,121
- True, you will be.
- Does she lack
570
00:29:36,121 --> 00:29:37,561
self confidence do you think?
571
00:29:39,801 --> 00:29:42,081
- To a certain extent, I
think she doesn't realise
572
00:29:42,081 --> 00:29:43,401
how capable she is really.
573
00:29:46,801 --> 00:29:50,081
- I think it's not a bad
idea to pay for schools
574
00:29:50,081 --> 00:29:53,841
because if we didn't schools
would be so nasty and crowded.
575
00:29:54,801 --> 00:29:58,921
I think that the premise in
which the programme was based,
576
00:29:58,921 --> 00:30:01,561
namely that England was still in the grips
577
00:30:01,561 --> 00:30:06,561
of a Dickensian class system
was outmoded even in 1964.
578
00:30:07,281 --> 00:30:10,041
It didn't reflect realities in '64.
579
00:30:11,441 --> 00:30:13,121
The hounds are over there I think.
580
00:30:14,081 --> 00:30:15,921
In so far as the programme touches me,
581
00:30:15,921 --> 00:30:17,521
I feel it's a complete fraud.
582
00:30:18,641 --> 00:30:23,081
It all appeared part of some
indestructible birthright.
583
00:30:24,241 --> 00:30:28,241
What viewers were never
told is that my father died
584
00:30:28,241 --> 00:30:31,241
when I was aged nine leaving my mother
585
00:30:31,241 --> 00:30:34,721
in very uncomfortable
financial circumstances.
586
00:30:34,721 --> 00:30:39,721
She had to go out to work in
order to see us through school
587
00:30:40,801 --> 00:30:43,361
and I then got a scholarship to Oxford.
588
00:30:45,001 --> 00:30:47,241
- The rich children always make fun
589
00:30:47,241 --> 00:30:48,681
of poor children I think.
590
00:30:48,681 --> 00:30:49,641
- Yes.
- And Yes.
591
00:30:49,641 --> 00:30:51,281
They say look at that lovely--
592
00:30:51,281 --> 00:30:53,641
I think the premise of
the original film was
593
00:30:53,641 --> 00:30:56,881
that there was a very strong
class system at that time
594
00:30:56,881 --> 00:30:58,561
and I think that's absolutely true.
595
00:30:58,561 --> 00:31:00,601
There is still a class
system but I think it's based
596
00:31:00,601 --> 00:31:03,041
more on financial success.
597
00:31:04,121 --> 00:31:05,681
- Well,
there's now an underclass
598
00:31:05,681 --> 00:31:07,041
where people can't work.
599
00:31:07,041 --> 00:31:09,001
- It's true. There are
extremes that either end,
600
00:31:09,001 --> 00:31:11,881
there are very success people
who are extremely rich,
601
00:31:13,081 --> 00:31:14,041
and there are people
602
00:31:14,041 --> 00:31:16,921
who have very poor prospects, it's true.
603
00:31:16,921 --> 00:31:18,841
But it's been ever thus, I don't think
604
00:31:18,841 --> 00:31:21,681
I don't think that's
gonna change in the future
605
00:31:21,681 --> 00:31:23,561
and it's always been like that.
606
00:31:31,041 --> 00:31:33,241
- The last time I
appeared in the programme,
607
00:31:33,241 --> 00:31:36,041
a very generous film director based
608
00:31:36,041 --> 00:31:40,561
in San Francisco saw the
programme and sent us
609
00:31:40,561 --> 00:31:42,881
a large check running to
many thousands of pounds
610
00:31:42,881 --> 00:31:45,041
which we were able to do
a great deal of good with
611
00:31:45,041 --> 00:31:47,721
in Bulgaria at the time so
that was a wonderful byproduct
612
00:31:47,721 --> 00:31:49,561
of the programme and perhaps it's
613
00:31:49,561 --> 00:31:52,481
slightly softened my objections.
614
00:31:54,281 --> 00:31:55,561
- It's not something I look forward to
615
00:31:55,561 --> 00:31:57,841
every seven years appearing
in this programme.
616
00:31:59,281 --> 00:32:01,321
I'm always surprised
that you appear for five
617
00:32:01,321 --> 00:32:03,361
or 10 minutes and everyone
remembers your face
618
00:32:03,361 --> 00:32:05,681
but apparently they do.
619
00:32:05,681 --> 00:32:08,161
♪ I'll let you back if you let me ♪
620
00:32:08,161 --> 00:32:10,161
- Well I suppose the only
thing for me is that I've seen
621
00:32:10,161 --> 00:32:14,081
what my husband looked
like at seven and 14 and 21
622
00:32:14,081 --> 00:32:16,401
before I knew him, and then when I had my
623
00:32:16,401 --> 00:32:20,121
own children I could see
which of them looked like
624
00:32:20,121 --> 00:32:21,881
their father at those stages of life
625
00:32:21,881 --> 00:32:23,601
and a lot of women just don't have that.
626
00:32:23,601 --> 00:32:26,721
- I think what's undesirable
is people who have had options
627
00:32:26,721 --> 00:32:30,161
don't take best advantage
of them but I can't see
628
00:32:30,161 --> 00:32:33,961
there's anything wrong as
long as people don't abuse
629
00:32:33,961 --> 00:32:36,441
the opportunities and
privileges they've had.
630
00:32:36,441 --> 00:32:38,961
- It's a very nonchalant little theme,
631
00:32:38,961 --> 00:32:40,321
you know, butter wouldn't
melt in it's mouth,
632
00:32:40,321 --> 00:32:43,521
so take it very quietly and
let it just present itself.
633
00:32:48,001 --> 00:32:50,201
- Well if one discounts
want to be a train driver
634
00:32:50,201 --> 00:32:55,001
or a major opera singer,
or a concert pianist
635
00:32:55,001 --> 00:32:58,361
would have been nice but
I was never good enough.
636
00:33:05,361 --> 00:33:08,081
I enjoy my professional
career very much indeed
637
00:33:08,081 --> 00:33:10,801
but, you know, doing something for
638
00:33:10,801 --> 00:33:13,161
other people gives you a satisfaction
639
00:33:13,161 --> 00:33:17,001
that even winning a fantastic case on
640
00:33:17,001 --> 00:33:21,081
some ludicrous archaic point
of law won't quite deliver.
641
00:33:23,801 --> 00:33:26,201
I think the thing where
I would regard myself
642
00:33:26,201 --> 00:33:30,121
most successful is that I'm
blessed with wonderful friends.
643
00:33:30,121 --> 00:33:31,881
I'm happily married.
644
00:33:31,881 --> 00:33:33,921
I think I'm incredibly lucky person
645
00:33:33,921 --> 00:33:35,281
in all sorts of respects.
646
00:33:48,401 --> 00:33:51,641
- It is important to fight, yes.
647
00:33:54,321 --> 00:33:57,201
- Tony was brought
up in the East End of London.
648
00:33:58,121 --> 00:33:59,481
- I want to be a jockey when I grow up.
649
00:33:59,481 --> 00:34:02,961
Yeah I want to be a jockey when I grow up.
650
00:34:06,041 --> 00:34:08,561
- At 14 he was
already an apprentice
651
00:34:08,561 --> 00:34:11,481
at Tommy Goslings Racing Stable at Epsom.
652
00:34:14,441 --> 00:34:16,681
At 15 he'd left school.
653
00:34:18,561 --> 00:34:21,881
- This is a photo finish
of when I rode at Newbury.
654
00:34:21,881 --> 00:34:23,321
I'm the one with the white cap.
655
00:34:23,321 --> 00:34:25,401
I was beaten a length and a half for third
656
00:34:25,401 --> 00:34:26,801
and I had a photo finish.
657
00:34:27,881 --> 00:34:30,161
- Do you regret not making it?
658
00:34:30,161 --> 00:34:31,561
- Well I would have given my right arm
659
00:34:31,561 --> 00:34:33,721
at the time to become a jockey.
660
00:34:33,721 --> 00:34:37,641
But now, well, I wasn't good enough.
661
00:34:37,641 --> 00:34:42,641
My greatest fulfilment in
life when I rode at Kempton
662
00:34:43,281 --> 00:34:45,721
in the same race as Lester Piggott.
663
00:34:45,721 --> 00:34:47,121
The proudest day of my life.
664
00:34:48,161 --> 00:34:50,081
- And you let it go?
- I let it go.
665
00:34:51,641 --> 00:34:52,481
- What will you do
666
00:34:52,481 --> 00:34:54,561
if you don't make it as a jockey?
667
00:34:54,561 --> 00:34:56,161
- I don't know.
668
00:34:56,161 --> 00:34:59,481
If I know I couldn't be one
I'd get out of the game.
669
00:35:00,601 --> 00:35:02,041
I wouldn't bother.
670
00:35:02,041 --> 00:35:03,921
- And what do
you think you will do then?
671
00:35:05,001 --> 00:35:06,001
- Go on taxis.
672
00:35:08,561 --> 00:35:10,961
- At 21 he was on the Knowledge
673
00:35:10,961 --> 00:35:13,441
and by 28 he owned his own cab.
674
00:35:14,681 --> 00:35:16,321
- It's surprising who you pick up you see.
675
00:35:17,361 --> 00:35:19,801
I once met Kojak, I picked him up.
676
00:35:19,801 --> 00:35:21,801
I'll give you a story which happened.
677
00:35:21,801 --> 00:35:25,161
The doorman called me up and
it was Buzz Aldrin the Spaceman
678
00:35:26,081 --> 00:35:28,401
and we drove out of the
forecourt of the hotel
679
00:35:28,401 --> 00:35:31,641
and a cab pulled up and
the taxi driver said,
680
00:35:31,641 --> 00:35:32,921
"Can you get his autograph?"
681
00:35:32,921 --> 00:35:36,001
So I heard it and say,
"Mr Aldrin," I said,
682
00:35:36,001 --> 00:35:37,441
"Can I have your autograph please?"
683
00:35:37,441 --> 00:35:40,161
And the cabbie said, "No I
don't want his autograph,
684
00:35:40,161 --> 00:35:41,921
"I want your autograph."
685
00:35:41,921 --> 00:35:45,281
And I couldn't believe it, I
said, "your joking ain't ya?"
686
00:35:45,281 --> 00:35:48,081
And to this day I thought
to myself, you know,
687
00:35:48,081 --> 00:35:50,521
I'm more famous than Buzz Aldrin,
688
00:35:50,521 --> 00:35:52,921
he was the second man to land on the moon.
689
00:35:52,921 --> 00:35:54,401
- Have you got a girlfriend?
690
00:35:54,401 --> 00:35:55,321
- No.
691
00:35:55,321 --> 00:35:57,841
- Would you
like to have a girlfriend?
692
00:35:57,841 --> 00:35:59,041
- No.
693
00:35:59,041 --> 00:36:01,121
Do you understand the four Fs?
694
00:36:01,121 --> 00:36:02,881
Find 'em, feed 'em and forget 'em.
695
00:36:02,881 --> 00:36:06,041
For the other F I'll let you
know your own discriminations.
696
00:36:06,041 --> 00:36:10,881
I mean this one I tried to do the three Fs
697
00:36:10,881 --> 00:36:13,001
but I couldn't forget her.
698
00:36:13,001 --> 00:36:15,281
- I went to a discotheque.
699
00:36:15,281 --> 00:36:17,761
He was in the pub earlier on,
700
00:36:17,761 --> 00:36:20,281
and afterwards we went to a discotheque
701
00:36:20,281 --> 00:36:21,801
and Tony would standing there.
702
00:36:21,801 --> 00:36:25,041
And I just, from there
I just, that was it.
703
00:36:26,241 --> 00:36:29,921
- By 42 Tony and
Debbie had left the East End
704
00:36:29,921 --> 00:36:31,801
and moved to Woodford in Essex.
705
00:36:39,241 --> 00:36:43,241
At 49 they'd taken out a second
mortgage on the London house
706
00:36:43,241 --> 00:36:45,881
and put the money into
a holiday home in Spain.
707
00:36:47,961 --> 00:36:51,801
- From here there's about
two hundred yards along,
708
00:36:51,801 --> 00:36:54,521
there's going to be all
commercial units here.
709
00:36:54,521 --> 00:36:57,601
My intensions would be to
turn one of these units
710
00:36:57,601 --> 00:36:58,641
into a sports bar.
711
00:36:59,601 --> 00:37:02,441
We're putting all tellies
round in a sport sort of way,
712
00:37:02,441 --> 00:37:04,881
football shirts and all that memorabilia.
713
00:37:05,881 --> 00:37:07,921
Aldi have come along and built
714
00:37:07,921 --> 00:37:10,281
a brand new supermarket there.
715
00:37:10,281 --> 00:37:13,081
So all my aspirations and
dreams went out of the window.
716
00:37:14,881 --> 00:37:16,721
Well, Michael, that used to be my bank
717
00:37:16,721 --> 00:37:20,961
and that's been closed now
for about eighteen months.
718
00:37:20,961 --> 00:37:23,161
As you probably understand
there is a world recession
719
00:37:23,161 --> 00:37:28,161
and they were affected
like everybody else.
720
00:37:28,601 --> 00:37:30,841
My character seems to
have sort of slowed down
721
00:37:30,841 --> 00:37:33,841
while I'm out here and
the pace is different
722
00:37:33,841 --> 00:37:36,881
and everything's done tomorrow here.
723
00:37:37,801 --> 00:37:39,321
You know, I could just go to the beach,
724
00:37:39,321 --> 00:37:42,321
everyone sort of mingles
in and it's lovely.
725
00:37:43,561 --> 00:37:46,681
Our jobs can make it accessible
where we can come four hours
726
00:37:46,681 --> 00:37:49,561
from door to door from
Spain back to England.
727
00:37:49,561 --> 00:37:53,001
We can work three weeks, a
commitment of getting out money,
728
00:37:53,001 --> 00:37:55,161
and still having a life out here.
729
00:37:56,081 --> 00:37:58,241
- It's a bit quite
though for you two isn't it?
730
00:37:58,241 --> 00:38:00,561
- Yeah but then you've got
your bingo there haven't you.
731
00:38:00,561 --> 00:38:01,921
- It's not quiet when we get here.
732
00:38:01,921 --> 00:38:03,081
- No it isn't.
733
00:38:04,081 --> 00:38:06,281
There's only one ambition
really, I want a baby son
734
00:38:06,281 --> 00:38:09,401
and if I see my baby son that
will be my ambition fulfilled.
735
00:38:09,401 --> 00:38:11,241
No one knows that, only you now.
736
00:38:12,961 --> 00:38:15,641
- Debbie and
Tony have three children:
737
00:38:15,641 --> 00:38:18,521
Nicky, Jodie and Perry.
738
00:38:20,921 --> 00:38:23,721
- Nicky as you know
he was a French polisher
739
00:38:23,721 --> 00:38:26,401
which is a dying trade in England.
740
00:38:26,401 --> 00:38:30,241
So we funded him me and
Debbie on the Knowledge.
741
00:38:30,241 --> 00:38:31,601
Cheers everyone.
- Cheers.
742
00:38:33,041 --> 00:38:34,761
- We got him the bike,
we got him the runs,
743
00:38:34,761 --> 00:38:39,761
we paid his tutoring and
I couldn't ask for more,
744
00:38:39,881 --> 00:38:42,281
to be more proud for
when he got his badge.
745
00:38:42,281 --> 00:38:45,721
It was a gift from god for what happened.
746
00:38:45,721 --> 00:38:48,001
- I'm very
proud of Perry as well.
747
00:38:48,001 --> 00:38:50,681
She got in the Post Office
and that's what she's doing.
748
00:38:50,681 --> 00:38:53,481
Postman Pel, that's our Postman Pel.
749
00:38:53,481 --> 00:38:54,961
- She's got a lovely boyfriend
750
00:38:54,961 --> 00:38:58,001
and he's certainly got my blessing.
751
00:38:58,001 --> 00:39:00,801
Big lad very nice guy, loves his football,
752
00:39:00,801 --> 00:39:02,641
you know, typical East End kid.
753
00:39:04,841 --> 00:39:09,681
- You're not lazy, far from it,
but I just think it's easier
754
00:39:09,681 --> 00:39:11,361
to iron it as it's drying.
755
00:39:11,361 --> 00:39:13,001
I used to do that.
- No you never.
756
00:39:13,001 --> 00:39:14,841
You paid to get your ironing done
757
00:39:14,841 --> 00:39:18,161
like you still do today,
you always have paid.
758
00:39:18,161 --> 00:39:20,481
- So how is it all
of you in the house together?
759
00:39:21,721 --> 00:39:24,001
- Yeah, it's all right.
760
00:39:24,001 --> 00:39:27,481
- She's only here because she's pregnant
761
00:39:27,481 --> 00:39:29,801
and she doesn't carry too well.
762
00:39:31,121 --> 00:39:33,561
- Sometimes she gets on my nerves.
763
00:39:33,561 --> 00:39:34,761
Sometimes they all get on my nerves.
764
00:39:34,761 --> 00:39:37,441
Sometimes I get on their nerves.
765
00:39:37,441 --> 00:39:39,161
It's just what happens.
766
00:39:41,361 --> 00:39:43,561
- Well done Pel.
- The ironing board give way.
767
00:39:43,561 --> 00:39:46,681
- Well done.
768
00:39:46,681 --> 00:39:51,201
- Jodie at this
present time she's just relies
769
00:39:51,201 --> 00:39:56,201
on us a great deal, and
she's been very scarred
770
00:39:56,961 --> 00:39:59,601
with a relationship that she was in.
771
00:40:00,841 --> 00:40:02,761
Her relationship with
her first love of her
772
00:40:02,761 --> 00:40:07,761
own life is very turbulent but
he's the father of her kid.
773
00:40:13,481 --> 00:40:16,241
- Jodie has a daughter, Toni.
774
00:40:16,241 --> 00:40:20,881
- Toni as you appreciate
she's living with us,
775
00:40:20,881 --> 00:40:24,561
and my daughter Jodie
she's at this present time
776
00:40:24,561 --> 00:40:27,561
having emotional problems
and various other problems,
777
00:40:27,561 --> 00:40:31,281
and most of all I've got to
make sure my Toni grows up
778
00:40:31,281 --> 00:40:33,161
with a safe environment.
779
00:40:34,841 --> 00:40:38,481
Once her mother does get better
I will certainly bond them
780
00:40:38,481 --> 00:40:42,481
back and hopefully which
we pray they become mother
781
00:40:42,481 --> 00:40:46,281
and daughter and everything
will be fine after that.
782
00:40:47,921 --> 00:40:49,881
She's growing up at an alarming rate.
783
00:40:51,201 --> 00:40:53,721
When she's with any one of
her friends I'll go to her
784
00:40:53,721 --> 00:40:56,241
and say, "Toni, no no no no."
785
00:40:56,241 --> 00:40:58,761
And, "Stop it granddad, see
you're embarrassing me,"
786
00:40:58,761 --> 00:41:01,681
and I have to pull the reins in for me.
787
00:41:03,841 --> 00:41:05,601
- How's the cabbing going?
788
00:41:05,601 --> 00:41:09,881
- We had an influx of
Arabs come for Ramadan.
789
00:41:09,881 --> 00:41:13,481
Without them and the injection of wealth,
790
00:41:13,481 --> 00:41:15,321
I think the cab trade will have sunk.
791
00:41:16,801 --> 00:41:19,401
It's been so bad out there.
- It's very hard.
792
00:41:19,401 --> 00:41:24,401
- The ratio before was about
ten cabs to seven jobs.
793
00:41:24,761 --> 00:41:28,721
When the Arabs come it was
about ten cabs to nine jobs.
794
00:41:28,721 --> 00:41:31,601
When they go away and
now the recession came
795
00:41:31,601 --> 00:41:33,721
it's ten cabs to two jobs.
796
00:41:34,681 --> 00:41:38,401
I feel that the economy
will bust within five years
797
00:41:38,401 --> 00:41:40,561
because people like
myself have been giving
798
00:41:40,561 --> 00:41:42,721
and giving all the time.
799
00:41:42,721 --> 00:41:47,001
We're paying, and someone's
getting it at our expense.
800
00:41:48,041 --> 00:41:50,001
- How did you prophesy
what was going to happen
801
00:41:50,001 --> 00:41:52,241
in this last programme, you seemed to know
802
00:41:52,241 --> 00:41:54,441
that the economy was going to go bust?
803
00:41:54,441 --> 00:41:57,801
- I feel the Labour government
has got a lot to answer for.
804
00:41:57,801 --> 00:42:01,121
Draining the system dry, giving
out aid to all the countries
805
00:42:01,121 --> 00:42:03,761
around the world, haemorrhaging money
806
00:42:03,761 --> 00:42:07,081
through the war effort, you
know giving money to the banks
807
00:42:07,081 --> 00:42:09,121
and no regulation on the banks.
808
00:42:09,121 --> 00:42:11,641
You could see the drip drip drip situation
809
00:42:11,641 --> 00:42:13,841
at the end of the tap, and by the time
810
00:42:13,841 --> 00:42:16,241
there's no water left
in the tank they want us
811
00:42:16,241 --> 00:42:18,001
to put it all back in.
812
00:42:19,881 --> 00:42:22,801
Sometimes on a Saturday
morning I go to the pictures.
813
00:42:22,801 --> 00:42:27,361
- Sometimes with my friends
and sometimes with him.
814
00:42:27,361 --> 00:42:28,961
- You don't.
- I do.
815
00:42:29,881 --> 00:42:31,401
- She don't.
816
00:42:31,401 --> 00:42:33,881
- And why did
you fall in love with him?
817
00:42:33,881 --> 00:42:36,801
- Dunno, dunno
- I don't know how
818
00:42:36,801 --> 00:42:37,761
you've put up with me for so long.
819
00:42:37,761 --> 00:42:41,481
- I don't know, sometimes I
don't know how I stand him.
820
00:42:41,481 --> 00:42:43,481
Who's to say in another ten years me
821
00:42:43,481 --> 00:42:44,881
and him might have split up.
822
00:42:44,881 --> 00:42:48,241
- Quite possible
- You know, you don't know.
823
00:42:48,241 --> 00:42:52,641
- I'm not proud at all to
say this but situations arise
824
00:42:52,641 --> 00:42:57,641
that I have had regretful
behaviour various times
825
00:42:58,481 --> 00:43:00,961
but through--
- You got caught
826
00:43:02,881 --> 00:43:03,721
and that was it.
827
00:43:03,721 --> 00:43:07,161
- You must appreciate 32 years
is a long time to be married
828
00:43:08,081 --> 00:43:13,081
and most of all I mean I've
got an open characteristic way
829
00:43:13,481 --> 00:43:18,081
about me and sometimes it
has got me in to trouble
830
00:43:18,081 --> 00:43:20,121
which has been well documented before.
831
00:43:21,241 --> 00:43:24,761
I owe Debbie everything
because good or bad,
832
00:43:25,641 --> 00:43:28,881
high or low, rain or
shine she's stuck by me.
833
00:43:37,441 --> 00:43:40,441
At the end of it I still love her so
834
00:43:41,961 --> 00:43:42,881
and that's the reason why and
835
00:43:42,881 --> 00:43:45,921
that will always be the reason why.
836
00:43:45,921 --> 00:43:47,721
- Were the kids angry with you?
837
00:43:47,721 --> 00:43:50,921
- Yeah, yes they were angry with me
838
00:43:50,921 --> 00:43:55,921
and the situation was it
was a hard pill to swallow
839
00:43:56,041 --> 00:43:58,321
because the kids are my life.
840
00:43:58,321 --> 00:44:07,081
Nicky, Jodie, Perry, the
grandchildren, I draw a circle,
841
00:44:07,401 --> 00:44:10,481
they're all mine and I'm lucky,
842
00:44:10,481 --> 00:44:12,361
I'm very very lucky, Michael.
843
00:44:18,081 --> 00:44:20,561
Michael, up there is my old
flat what I used to live in.
844
00:44:20,561 --> 00:44:22,401
I lived up there for 28 years.
845
00:44:23,481 --> 00:44:25,721
Now for me it's so small round here now,
846
00:44:25,721 --> 00:44:28,161
I mean I come back and
the memories I've got
847
00:44:28,161 --> 00:44:30,361
in here is unbelievable.
848
00:44:32,161 --> 00:44:34,561
- Right, would
everybody please sit round now
849
00:44:34,561 --> 00:44:35,641
and get on with their work.
850
00:44:35,641 --> 00:44:37,441
I don't want to see any backs to me.
851
00:44:39,241 --> 00:44:40,401
There shouldn't be anybody turning round,
852
00:44:40,401 --> 00:44:41,881
Tony do you hear as well?
853
00:44:44,241 --> 00:44:46,881
Get on with your work in front.
854
00:44:46,881 --> 00:44:49,441
Tony, don't turn round again.
855
00:44:51,881 --> 00:44:53,841
- As you can see, Michael,
the Bethnal Green I knew
856
00:44:53,841 --> 00:44:58,841
as a kid growing up and how
it's changed quite dramatically.
857
00:45:02,121 --> 00:45:05,081
Not one East Ender,
Cockney person like myself
858
00:45:05,081 --> 00:45:08,041
or anyone in the East End ever
had a say in the immigration.
859
00:45:08,041 --> 00:45:12,321
No one had a say of the
population as far as,
860
00:45:12,321 --> 00:45:14,361
was there too many, was there too less?
861
00:45:15,281 --> 00:45:17,961
- Listening to you
sometimes you sound racist.
862
00:45:17,961 --> 00:45:19,961
- Racist?
- Asian, well now,
863
00:45:19,961 --> 00:45:22,681
you talk about Asians,
you talk about Japanese
864
00:45:22,681 --> 00:45:26,641
and yet here in Spain
you seem to really work
865
00:45:26,641 --> 00:45:28,841
to integrate in to the community.
866
00:45:28,841 --> 00:45:31,361
- Well look, Michael, with respect to you
867
00:45:31,361 --> 00:45:33,801
that word racist it covers leaps
868
00:45:33,801 --> 00:45:35,521
and bounds of characteristics.
869
00:45:35,521 --> 00:45:38,201
I've never been racist in a million years,
870
00:45:38,201 --> 00:45:39,881
in a million years.
871
00:45:39,881 --> 00:45:44,161
I love people, I'm a people
lover you know and no way.
872
00:45:44,161 --> 00:45:46,561
I think that's with respect
to you over the top.
873
00:45:48,241 --> 00:45:50,001
Right, Michael, this is
the fruit and veg shop
874
00:45:50,001 --> 00:45:52,401
where I was 7 years
old I had my first wage
875
00:45:52,401 --> 00:45:54,321
in there, 10 bob a week.
876
00:45:54,321 --> 00:45:56,401
This here was a pub.
877
00:45:56,401 --> 00:45:59,481
This is where all the dry
horses used to deliver the beer.
878
00:45:59,481 --> 00:46:01,681
I used to run in and get in my apples
879
00:46:01,681 --> 00:46:03,241
and I used to feed them,
880
00:46:03,241 --> 00:46:05,921
and where I was so small
they were a mammoth
881
00:46:05,921 --> 00:46:09,441
and that's where I got
my love for horses from.
882
00:46:09,441 --> 00:46:11,881
- Four to one, Cool Alone.
- Great, time and now.
883
00:46:11,881 --> 00:46:14,281
- 4 1/2 50s, 4 1/2 50s, 4 1/2.
884
00:46:14,281 --> 00:46:16,081
If your father gambles
you're always looked upon
885
00:46:16,081 --> 00:46:17,121
how he gambles.
886
00:46:17,121 --> 00:46:18,881
I try my luck and see what he does.
887
00:46:20,041 --> 00:46:23,241
And I took it from there
it's sort of in you.
888
00:46:23,241 --> 00:46:26,601
This is the pub and the area
where my dad used to meet.
889
00:46:26,601 --> 00:46:28,881
And what they used to
do is get an orange box
890
00:46:28,881 --> 00:46:31,761
with three cards on it,
a queen and two fours,
891
00:46:31,761 --> 00:46:33,321
and what they'd do it's
called find the lady
892
00:46:33,321 --> 00:46:35,241
like the three card trick,
893
00:46:35,241 --> 00:46:38,241
and consequently they just
sort of take their money
894
00:46:38,241 --> 00:46:39,881
off all the general public.
895
00:46:39,881 --> 00:46:42,961
He used to go in the nick
once a week at least,
896
00:46:42,961 --> 00:46:45,081
and the firm used to take their money out,
897
00:46:45,081 --> 00:46:47,521
pay the fine and he was
back out on the street
898
00:46:47,521 --> 00:46:50,521
to do his sort of erm, devilry ways.
899
00:46:54,241 --> 00:46:55,681
I've come back here again
900
00:46:55,681 --> 00:46:59,161
and it's really a travesty
what's happened here.
901
00:46:59,161 --> 00:47:01,001
I mean, it makes me feel like crying.
902
00:47:02,961 --> 00:47:05,321
For me it's quite sad,
you know, but I mean,
903
00:47:05,321 --> 00:47:08,801
if that's what they call
progress well so be it.
904
00:47:12,401 --> 00:47:13,641
- Where are we now Tony?
905
00:47:13,641 --> 00:47:15,761
- I'm back at the old dog track.
906
00:47:22,721 --> 00:47:25,161
We're at the Olympic Stadium, Michael.
907
00:47:25,161 --> 00:47:27,241
And this is where the
old dog track used to be
908
00:47:27,241 --> 00:47:29,521
on this site and I'm here today
909
00:47:29,521 --> 00:47:31,681
and I cannot believe the transformation.
910
00:47:32,641 --> 00:47:36,241
It's a dream, it's just spectacular.
911
00:47:36,241 --> 00:47:38,761
And the torch from this
games shall be now passed
912
00:47:38,761 --> 00:47:42,521
to the East End for a new
generation to come through.
913
00:47:46,961 --> 00:47:47,761
Wee Wee!
914
00:47:51,361 --> 00:47:54,321
- At the end of their
very special day in London,
915
00:47:54,321 --> 00:47:56,521
after their trip to the zoo and the party,
916
00:47:57,401 --> 00:48:00,401
we took our children to
an adventure playground
917
00:48:00,401 --> 00:48:03,201
where they could do just what they liked.
918
00:48:03,201 --> 00:48:06,561
Those from the children's home
set about building a house.
919
00:48:18,121 --> 00:48:18,961
There's Nicholas.
920
00:48:26,041 --> 00:48:26,881
And Tony.
921
00:48:32,321 --> 00:48:33,121
Andrew.
922
00:48:37,241 --> 00:48:38,081
John.
923
00:48:43,001 --> 00:48:43,841
And Bruce.
924
00:48:49,961 --> 00:48:50,761
Suzy.
925
00:48:56,961 --> 00:48:58,801
Jackie and her friends.
926
00:49:04,801 --> 00:49:07,641
Give me a child until he is seven
927
00:49:07,641 --> 00:49:09,761
and I will give you the man.
928
00:49:18,401 --> 00:49:22,281
This has been a glimpse
of Britain's future.
73615
Can't find what you're looking for?
Get subtitles in any language from opensubtitles.com, and translate them here.