1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 3 00:02:16,042 --> 00:02:17,959 Hello, George. Only me. 4 00:02:18,834 --> 00:02:20,709 How are you today, dear? 5 00:02:21,834 --> 00:02:24,334 Having a little doze or just resting your eyes? 6 00:02:24,917 --> 00:02:26,417 I'll make you a fresh cup. 7 00:02:26,501 --> 00:02:28,542 Shan't be a minute. Couple of biscuits. 8 00:02:48,417 --> 00:02:49,917 Here you are then, dear. 9 00:02:51,959 --> 00:02:52,959 There. 10 00:02:57,001 --> 00:02:58,959 There. That better? 11 00:02:59,042 --> 00:03:01,042 Yes, thanks. 12 00:03:04,542 --> 00:03:05,834 - Forward a bit. - Bit more? 13 00:03:05,917 --> 00:03:06,917 Mm. 14 00:03:07,542 --> 00:03:09,959 There. Do you need anything else, dear? 15 00:03:10,042 --> 00:03:11,459 - No. - You sure? 16 00:03:11,542 --> 00:03:13,542 - Yep. - Drink your tea up before it gets cold. 17 00:03:13,626 --> 00:03:15,459 I'll be on my way. 18 00:03:15,542 --> 00:03:17,876 Tell Ivy I was asking after her, won't you? 19 00:03:18,751 --> 00:03:20,667 And don't get up to any mischief. 20 00:03:20,751 --> 00:03:22,209 Ta-ta, dear. 21 00:03:25,001 --> 00:03:27,167 - Hello, Reg. - Afternoon, Mrs Drake. 22 00:03:27,251 --> 00:03:29,251 - You all right, dear? - Can't complain. 23 00:03:29,334 --> 00:03:31,167 - Going off for your tea? - Yes. 24 00:03:31,251 --> 00:03:33,042 - What you having? - Bit of bread 'n dripping. 25 00:03:33,792 --> 00:03:35,417 - That all? - Cup of tea. 26 00:03:35,501 --> 00:03:38,042 You want to look after yourself, Reg. I told you. 27 00:03:38,126 --> 00:03:40,042 You want to come over our house for tea one night. 28 00:03:40,126 --> 00:03:42,626 - I don't want to put you out. - Oh, don't be daft. 29 00:03:43,292 --> 00:03:46,376 What about tomorrow? You could come over after work. 30 00:03:46,459 --> 00:03:48,042 You know where we are. Number 82. 31 00:03:48,709 --> 00:03:51,501 Could feed you up a bit. Do you fancy that? 32 00:03:51,584 --> 00:03:54,417 - You sure? - Be no trouble, Reg. 33 00:03:55,209 --> 00:03:57,042 - Go on, then. - Oh, lovely. 34 00:03:57,126 --> 00:03:58,667 See you tomorrow, then. 35 00:03:59,251 --> 00:04:00,834 Now don't you forget! 36 00:04:13,001 --> 00:04:14,876 - Hello, Nellie. - All right, Vera? 37 00:04:14,959 --> 00:04:16,167 - Yes. - Innit cold? 38 00:04:16,251 --> 00:04:17,417 Yes! 39 00:04:39,126 --> 00:04:40,167 Oh! 40 00:04:42,001 --> 00:04:43,251 That's better. 41 00:04:47,501 --> 00:04:48,917 Nice cup of tea. 42 00:05:09,126 --> 00:05:11,167 - That you, Ethel? - Hello, Mum. 43 00:05:11,251 --> 00:05:12,251 Oh. 44 00:05:14,126 --> 00:05:16,459 - Oh, nippy today, weren't it? - Yes. 45 00:05:45,584 --> 00:05:47,292 Ooh, hold up, Ethel. 46 00:05:47,376 --> 00:05:49,001 - 'Scuse, Mum. - What you doing? 47 00:05:49,084 --> 00:05:51,001 I'm washing me hands like you told me to. 48 00:05:51,084 --> 00:05:53,459 - Oh, yes. Oh, your dad's here. - Hello, Dad. 49 00:05:53,542 --> 00:05:56,251 - Hello, Mum. You all right, Ethel? - Yes. 50 00:05:56,334 --> 00:05:57,792 - All right, Dad? - Yes, thank you. 51 00:05:57,876 --> 00:05:59,542 - Good day? - Not bad, you? 52 00:05:59,626 --> 00:06:02,501 - Can't complain. - Oh, Ethel, take the teapot through. 53 00:06:02,584 --> 00:06:04,834 Cor, I'm starving. I could eat an 'orse. 54 00:06:04,917 --> 00:06:07,042 Wash your hands, Dad, I'll put the tea on the table. 55 00:06:07,126 --> 00:06:08,459 Just get me slippers on. 56 00:06:16,834 --> 00:06:19,501 Well, he's all on his tod, ain't he? Seems a nice enough fellow, though. 57 00:06:19,584 --> 00:06:22,251 - Ooh, yes. Hard worker. - Is he the little bloke, bald? 58 00:06:22,334 --> 00:06:24,209 - No. - No. Stocky fella. 59 00:06:24,292 --> 00:06:26,042 - Lives opposite. - Oh, yes. Does he? 60 00:06:26,126 --> 00:06:28,417 I shouldn't wonder he don't have bread and dripping every night. 61 00:06:28,501 --> 00:06:29,751 Ain't nothing wrong with bread and dripping. 62 00:06:29,834 --> 00:06:31,459 - Not every night. - I wouldn't mind. 63 00:06:31,542 --> 00:06:33,042 Oh, yes? Like to see your face 64 00:06:33,126 --> 00:06:35,709 if I put bread and dripping on the table every teatime! 65 00:06:35,792 --> 00:06:37,751 No, I'll do him a nice stew. 66 00:06:37,834 --> 00:06:40,042 - Can we have dumplings, Mum? - Oh, course you can. 67 00:06:40,126 --> 00:06:41,792 - I love a dumpling. - You are a dumpling. 68 00:06:41,876 --> 00:06:44,042 - Oh, that's nice! - What you got your work clothes on for? 69 00:06:44,126 --> 00:06:45,542 It's a Tuesday, Dad. I've got me night school. 70 00:06:45,626 --> 00:06:47,251 - Oh, yes. - That's right. 71 00:06:47,334 --> 00:06:49,251 Better leave in a minute. 72 00:06:50,417 --> 00:06:51,917 Dumpling! 73 00:07:16,542 --> 00:07:18,917 I'm meeting David this evening. 74 00:07:21,542 --> 00:07:23,417 You're looking very flat-chested. 75 00:07:25,084 --> 00:07:26,959 Have you lost weight? 76 00:07:29,167 --> 00:07:30,667 I don't know. 77 00:07:39,959 --> 00:07:41,834 That was lovely, Vera. Thank you very much. 78 00:07:41,917 --> 00:07:44,126 - Very tasty. - You're welcome, I'm sure. 79 00:07:44,209 --> 00:07:46,167 Why don't you sit on the settee, Reg? Make yourself at home. 80 00:07:46,251 --> 00:07:48,251 'Ere you are, Reg, sit down. We'll have a smoke. 81 00:07:48,334 --> 00:07:49,917 Make a fresh pot, Ethel. 82 00:07:50,001 --> 00:07:51,876 - No, 'ere you are. - No, go on. 83 00:07:54,292 --> 00:07:55,334 Ta. 84 00:07:56,167 --> 00:07:58,084 - Sid? - Oh, cheers, mate. 85 00:08:03,376 --> 00:08:05,251 How's work going, Stan? 86 00:08:05,334 --> 00:08:07,751 - What is it, motors? - Motor mechanic, yes. 87 00:08:07,834 --> 00:08:10,751 Well, they bring 'em in, we mend 'em, push 'em back out again. 88 00:08:10,834 --> 00:08:12,751 It's just the two of us, see? Me and my brother. 89 00:08:12,834 --> 00:08:14,459 Oh, what, family business like? 90 00:08:14,542 --> 00:08:18,626 Well, it's Frank's business. I work for him. Well, with him. 91 00:08:18,709 --> 00:08:20,459 You always worked on the roads, then, Reg? 92 00:08:20,542 --> 00:08:23,251 - Nah, started in the war. - Oh? 93 00:08:23,334 --> 00:08:24,751 Oh, what kind of war did you have, Reg? 94 00:08:24,834 --> 00:08:26,292 - Pioneer Corps. - Oh, yes? 95 00:08:26,376 --> 00:08:28,542 We laid tarmac on all the American bases. 96 00:08:28,626 --> 00:08:30,167 - Did you? - We did. 97 00:08:30,251 --> 00:08:33,126 - Went out in France, 1940. - You was out there early then? 98 00:08:33,209 --> 00:08:35,626 Dunkirk. We done a runner when they broke through. 99 00:08:35,709 --> 00:08:38,126 Then we went out a few days after D-Day. 100 00:08:38,209 --> 00:08:39,792 Same as you, Dad. 101 00:08:39,876 --> 00:08:41,751 About a month after D-Day, we went out there. 102 00:08:41,834 --> 00:08:43,959 - Just after the Battle of Caen. - Oh, yes? 103 00:08:44,042 --> 00:08:47,042 It was murder then. Mind you, others had it worse than us. 104 00:08:47,126 --> 00:08:49,667 I was in the Service Corps, driver. 105 00:08:49,751 --> 00:08:52,751 We pushed through Normandy into northern France, Belgium. 106 00:08:52,834 --> 00:08:54,417 I ended up in Hamburg. 107 00:08:54,501 --> 00:08:56,792 I was in Hamburg an' all, Reg. 108 00:08:56,876 --> 00:08:59,084 - Was you? - Not then, though. 109 00:08:59,167 --> 00:09:02,042 - No, after the war. National Service. - Oh, I'm with you. 110 00:09:02,126 --> 00:09:04,667 I tell you, they got it worse over there, the Germans. 111 00:09:04,751 --> 00:09:06,334 Well, we all had it bad. 112 00:09:06,417 --> 00:09:09,042 - It weren't cosy for no one, was it? - Right an' all, Dad. 113 00:09:11,084 --> 00:09:13,709 No, but we done demolition before the war. 114 00:09:13,792 --> 00:09:16,292 - Me and my brother. - Oh, does he live round here? 115 00:09:16,376 --> 00:09:18,167 Not now. He's in Australia. 116 00:09:18,251 --> 00:09:20,084 - Melbourne. - Ooh, is he? 117 00:09:20,167 --> 00:09:21,959 He went out two year ago. 118 00:09:23,251 --> 00:09:26,667 - That's a long way away, innit? - Well, he was in Burma in the war. 119 00:09:26,751 --> 00:09:29,167 - My brother was in Burma. - Was he? 120 00:09:29,251 --> 00:09:31,126 Well, he met a few Australian blokes, 121 00:09:31,209 --> 00:09:33,626 came back, married a Scottish girl, went out there. 122 00:09:33,709 --> 00:09:35,084 Cor! Well, I never! 123 00:09:36,042 --> 00:09:38,459 Was he a POW, Reg? 124 00:09:38,542 --> 00:09:40,834 He don't talk about it, Stan. 125 00:09:40,917 --> 00:09:43,501 No, my friend won't talk about it, neither. 126 00:09:46,417 --> 00:09:48,167 You lose any mates, Reg? 127 00:09:48,251 --> 00:09:49,959 A few, yes. 128 00:09:50,667 --> 00:09:52,584 I lost a couple of pals, an' all. 129 00:09:52,667 --> 00:09:54,251 I lost my best mate. 130 00:09:54,334 --> 00:09:57,292 - Oh, that's right, Bill. - Did our basic together and everything. 131 00:09:57,376 --> 00:09:59,459 Out in Palestine. 132 00:09:59,542 --> 00:10:01,876 He got ambushed in an orange grove. 133 00:10:02,667 --> 00:10:04,709 I had to pack his kit up for him, like. 134 00:10:06,334 --> 00:10:08,042 Sit next to Reg. 135 00:10:09,376 --> 00:10:11,042 - It's dreadful, innit? - Terrible. 136 00:10:11,126 --> 00:10:12,792 You warm enough, Reg? 137 00:10:12,876 --> 00:10:14,667 Put the fire on, Dad. 138 00:10:20,126 --> 00:10:22,001 I lost my mum in the Blitz. 139 00:10:22,834 --> 00:10:24,334 Did you, Reg? 140 00:10:24,417 --> 00:10:27,001 Chapel Street market, 1941, March. 141 00:10:27,084 --> 00:10:29,001 Oh, now, we remember that bomb, don't we, Dad? 142 00:10:29,084 --> 00:10:30,667 - It blew all the windows out. - Yes, it did. 143 00:10:30,751 --> 00:10:32,501 We was just round the corner, Penton Street. 144 00:10:32,584 --> 00:10:34,376 - Opposite the church. - Oh, yeah? 145 00:10:34,459 --> 00:10:36,542 Our flats never got touched. 146 00:10:36,626 --> 00:10:39,417 She popped in to see my aunt, went shopping... 147 00:10:39,501 --> 00:10:41,042 gone. 148 00:10:46,292 --> 00:10:48,626 Want another cup of tea, Reg? 149 00:10:48,709 --> 00:10:50,876 Sorry to hear that, mate. 150 00:10:52,126 --> 00:10:54,126 That was a lovely spread, Vera. 151 00:10:54,209 --> 00:10:55,876 Thank you very much. 152 00:11:14,417 --> 00:11:16,042 Well, enjoy your pub. 153 00:11:16,126 --> 00:11:17,834 Make sure you wear a coat, Susan, 154 00:11:17,917 --> 00:11:19,959 if you're travelling in an open-top sports car. 155 00:11:20,042 --> 00:11:21,709 - Yes, I am. - Cheerio, old chap. 156 00:11:21,792 --> 00:11:23,126 Goodbye, sir. 157 00:11:29,667 --> 00:11:31,542 Goodnight, Sid. 158 00:11:31,626 --> 00:11:33,792 - Night, Dad. - Night-night, Ethel. 159 00:11:33,876 --> 00:11:35,542 Night-night, Dad. 160 00:11:35,626 --> 00:11:37,292 Night, Ethel. 161 00:11:38,126 --> 00:11:39,542 Goodnight. 162 00:11:42,626 --> 00:11:44,542 Where are you tomorrow, Mrs Wells'? 163 00:11:44,626 --> 00:11:46,542 No, Mrs Fowler's tomorrow. 164 00:11:46,626 --> 00:11:48,917 I was at Mrs Wells' this morning, bless her. 165 00:11:49,001 --> 00:11:50,876 - Night-night, love. - Night, dear. 166 00:11:54,126 --> 00:11:57,042 Ooh, Stanley, your feet! 167 00:11:57,126 --> 00:11:59,542 - Warm 'em up for us. - Oh, come on, then. 168 00:12:03,126 --> 00:12:06,042 I reckon that Reg would make a good husband to some nice girl. 169 00:12:06,126 --> 00:12:08,334 Where's a bloke like that gonna meet anybody? 170 00:12:08,417 --> 00:12:10,626 We managed to find each other. 171 00:12:10,709 --> 00:12:12,167 That's right, love. 172 00:12:12,251 --> 00:12:14,834 Miracles do happen. 173 00:12:16,626 --> 00:12:17,709 Oh. 174 00:12:22,876 --> 00:12:24,042 Let me go. 175 00:12:25,542 --> 00:12:26,626 Don't. 176 00:12:29,292 --> 00:12:30,376 Stop. 177 00:12:33,584 --> 00:12:35,626 - You're terribly beautiful, you know. - I should get... 178 00:12:37,626 --> 00:12:40,834 - I should get a taxi. - Shhhh. 179 00:12:40,917 --> 00:12:43,792 - Come on, let's dance. - Please don't be silly. 180 00:12:46,834 --> 00:12:49,042 - I do apologise. - What? 181 00:12:50,126 --> 00:12:53,542 I haven't got a gramophone. 182 00:12:53,626 --> 00:12:55,459 That's not funny. 183 00:12:58,626 --> 00:13:01,376 - It's not funny. - It's not funny? 184 00:13:01,459 --> 00:13:03,501 It's not funny. 185 00:13:04,209 --> 00:13:06,001 It's not funny. 186 00:13:47,542 --> 00:13:49,501 Oh, morning, Mrs Fowler. 187 00:13:49,584 --> 00:13:52,001 - Good morning, Mrs Drake. - Am I in your way, dear? 188 00:13:53,292 --> 00:13:55,042 Lost something? 189 00:14:03,126 --> 00:14:06,042 - I am in your way, aren't I? - Oh, no, I just... 190 00:14:06,126 --> 00:14:08,501 Oh, can't see for looking, sometimes. 191 00:14:08,584 --> 00:14:10,501 I'm like that myself, 192 00:14:10,584 --> 00:14:12,542 when I'm looking for things. 193 00:14:31,959 --> 00:14:33,459 All right, Mother? 194 00:14:34,251 --> 00:14:36,001 Ain't you been up today? 195 00:14:44,667 --> 00:14:45,709 Now... 196 00:14:48,417 --> 00:14:50,126 Leave it alone! 197 00:15:16,834 --> 00:15:18,751 You getting married yourself, sir? 198 00:15:18,834 --> 00:15:20,209 No fear. 199 00:15:20,292 --> 00:15:22,751 No, it'll be a sister of mine that's getting married. 200 00:15:22,834 --> 00:15:24,209 - Oh, lovely. - Yeah. 201 00:15:24,917 --> 00:15:28,001 Well, to tell you the truth, I haven't met your man yet. 202 00:15:28,084 --> 00:15:30,334 He's a bit of dark horse, so I... 203 00:15:30,417 --> 00:15:32,334 - Just lower your arm for me. - Yeah. 204 00:15:32,417 --> 00:15:34,334 So when are you catching the boat? 205 00:15:34,417 --> 00:15:36,334 A week this Saturday coming. 206 00:15:36,417 --> 00:15:38,834 - Oh, doesn't give us much time, then. - From Holyhead, I'm goin'. 207 00:15:38,917 --> 00:15:41,209 - Just lower your arms for me, please, sir. - Yeah, yeah. 208 00:15:41,292 --> 00:15:42,834 Thank you. 209 00:15:42,917 --> 00:15:44,876 So I'll be having a waistcoat with it, then? 210 00:15:44,959 --> 00:15:46,917 That's no problem whatsoever, sir. 211 00:15:47,001 --> 00:15:49,334 As I said, it's, uh... We charge ten guineas for the two-piece suit, 212 00:15:49,417 --> 00:15:51,626 moving up to 13 guineas for the three-piece. 213 00:15:51,709 --> 00:15:54,834 - Well, I have no money on me now, so... - Oh, lovely. 214 00:15:54,917 --> 00:15:57,334 And I want the jacket just like the one you have on there. 215 00:15:57,417 --> 00:16:00,334 Well, you have chosen the double-breasted jacket, sir, 216 00:16:00,417 --> 00:16:02,084 - with the four buttons. - Yeah. 217 00:16:02,167 --> 00:16:03,792 Now, the only difference is 218 00:16:03,876 --> 00:16:06,626 your lapel is going to fasten down to the bottom button, 219 00:16:06,709 --> 00:16:09,417 - giving it a much more streamlined effect. - Oh. 220 00:16:09,501 --> 00:16:11,917 And what with the light blue barathea, plus the stripe 221 00:16:12,001 --> 00:16:14,334 to accentuate your height, it's bold, it's sharp, 222 00:16:14,417 --> 00:16:16,126 and it's certainly going to make an impression 223 00:16:16,209 --> 00:16:17,834 when you walk into the church, sir. 224 00:16:17,917 --> 00:16:19,417 Well, that's exactly what I want, sir. 225 00:16:19,501 --> 00:16:21,251 - Just face the mirror for me. - Yeah. 226 00:16:22,917 --> 00:16:25,542 - I'll be the lord of the manor in it? - Oh yes, sir. 227 00:16:26,417 --> 00:16:29,876 - I'll be like your man, George Raft. - You will indeed, sir. 228 00:16:31,417 --> 00:16:33,667 Me daddy won't know me, huh? 229 00:16:33,751 --> 00:16:35,834 Well, if you're going for the George Raft look, sir... 230 00:16:35,917 --> 00:16:38,167 we can always supply you with a pair of spats. 231 00:16:38,917 --> 00:16:40,834 Oh, no. No spats. 232 00:16:40,917 --> 00:16:42,626 Whatever you want, sir. 233 00:16:42,709 --> 00:16:44,334 I'm just going to measure your outside leg. 234 00:16:44,417 --> 00:16:45,667 Yeah. 235 00:16:53,167 --> 00:16:54,626 Come on! 236 00:16:55,917 --> 00:16:57,459 Seized up? 237 00:16:58,417 --> 00:16:59,917 She's there. 238 00:17:02,001 --> 00:17:03,167 Is Joycie all right? 239 00:17:04,417 --> 00:17:05,959 She's fine. 240 00:17:06,042 --> 00:17:08,417 We ain't seen her in ages. 241 00:17:09,417 --> 00:17:11,876 She's started talking about moving. 242 00:17:11,959 --> 00:17:13,334 Moving where? 243 00:17:13,417 --> 00:17:14,959 To a bigger house. 244 00:17:15,667 --> 00:17:17,709 Your house is big enough, innit? 245 00:17:18,542 --> 00:17:19,709 Yes. 246 00:17:22,501 --> 00:17:24,626 - You ain't been there a year. - I know. 247 00:17:30,792 --> 00:17:32,834 We had a bit of company last night. 248 00:17:32,917 --> 00:17:34,959 - Did you? - You know what Vera's like. 249 00:17:35,042 --> 00:17:37,001 She finds a young fella, lives on his own, no family, 250 00:17:37,084 --> 00:17:39,251 hoicks him in with us, gives him his tea. 251 00:17:41,417 --> 00:17:43,167 She's got a heart of gold, that woman. 252 00:17:43,251 --> 00:17:44,834 She's a diamond. 253 00:17:44,917 --> 00:17:46,709 You're a lucky man. 254 00:17:46,792 --> 00:17:48,792 You're a lucky man an' all, Frank. 255 00:18:20,876 --> 00:18:22,917 What she invited him round for, anyway? 256 00:18:23,001 --> 00:18:25,709 - He lives on his own. - A lot of people live on their own. 257 00:18:25,792 --> 00:18:28,334 Don't mean you've got to invite them all round for tea though, does it? 258 00:18:28,417 --> 00:18:29,834 It's just Vera's way, ain't it? 259 00:18:29,917 --> 00:18:31,876 Maybe he wants to be on his own. 260 00:18:32,792 --> 00:18:34,834 She wants to mind her own business. 261 00:18:34,917 --> 00:18:36,834 She's a little busybody, bless her. 262 00:18:36,917 --> 00:18:39,001 She's going to get herself in trouble one of these days. 263 00:18:39,751 --> 00:18:42,334 I'm glad we moved out here, aren't you? 264 00:18:42,417 --> 00:18:45,334 I seen the washing machine I want this morning. It's twenty-five pound. 265 00:18:45,417 --> 00:18:47,792 Oh, no, not now, Frank. Not your accounts. 266 00:18:47,876 --> 00:18:50,376 - It'll take me ten minutes. - I know your "ten minutes". 267 00:18:50,459 --> 00:18:52,501 An hour and ten minutes, more like. 268 00:18:54,417 --> 00:18:56,834 I thought we was going to have another early night. 269 00:18:56,917 --> 00:18:59,334 I'll finish this and we can have an early night. 270 00:18:59,417 --> 00:19:00,917 All right, dear. 271 00:19:08,001 --> 00:19:09,334 Frank? 272 00:19:09,417 --> 00:19:10,542 Frank. 273 00:19:12,917 --> 00:19:14,251 You asleep? 274 00:19:15,417 --> 00:19:17,292 Don't go to sleep on me. 275 00:19:22,126 --> 00:19:23,501 Frank? 276 00:19:25,459 --> 00:19:26,834 Mmm? 277 00:19:29,917 --> 00:19:32,042 Oh, you come on top of me then. 278 00:19:33,917 --> 00:19:36,834 - Come on. - Can't we leave it till tomorrow? 279 00:19:36,917 --> 00:19:38,959 No, we got to do it now, ain't we? 280 00:20:31,959 --> 00:20:33,501 Afternoon, dear. 281 00:20:35,417 --> 00:20:37,042 Thank you. 282 00:20:40,917 --> 00:20:42,334 This way. 283 00:20:55,334 --> 00:20:57,042 Right then, dear. 284 00:20:57,126 --> 00:20:58,959 First thing we've got to do... 285 00:21:00,167 --> 00:21:01,917 is put the kettle on. 286 00:21:08,417 --> 00:21:10,459 Oh. Got a bowl in here. 287 00:21:22,876 --> 00:21:23,917 There. 288 00:21:25,126 --> 00:21:27,459 Now, where are...? Oh, yeah. 289 00:21:27,542 --> 00:21:29,376 You got a towel, dear? 290 00:21:37,417 --> 00:21:39,709 Oh, very good. Where's your bed? 291 00:21:41,417 --> 00:21:42,917 Through here. 292 00:21:48,917 --> 00:21:51,834 Now, what I want you to do, 293 00:21:51,917 --> 00:21:53,834 take your knickers off for me, 294 00:21:53,917 --> 00:21:55,417 lie down here. 295 00:21:56,459 --> 00:21:59,834 Don't you be upset because I'm here to help you, aren't I? 296 00:21:59,917 --> 00:22:01,459 And that's what I'm going to do. 297 00:22:01,542 --> 00:22:04,501 So, pop your bottom on the bed and I'll be back in a jiffy. 298 00:23:03,792 --> 00:23:05,376 Here we are, then. 299 00:23:07,292 --> 00:23:09,126 Hop on the bed for me. 300 00:23:10,042 --> 00:23:12,542 - How long is it going to take? - Not long, dear. 301 00:23:13,542 --> 00:23:16,126 Open your legs. There. 302 00:23:16,209 --> 00:23:18,667 - You on your own? - Only for a bit. 303 00:23:18,751 --> 00:23:21,626 Now, what I'm going to do is have a little feel, 304 00:23:21,709 --> 00:23:23,626 make sure everything's as it should be 305 00:23:23,709 --> 00:23:25,334 and then we'll get the soapy water inside. 306 00:23:25,417 --> 00:23:28,126 - So you go all floppy for me. - What do you mean? 307 00:23:28,209 --> 00:23:29,792 Just lie down, dear. 308 00:23:33,251 --> 00:23:35,917 Wet my hand a bit and feel. 309 00:23:38,751 --> 00:23:40,542 You're all right, all right. 310 00:23:42,501 --> 00:23:44,667 Push this little tube in. 311 00:23:47,501 --> 00:23:49,209 All right. 312 00:23:50,209 --> 00:23:51,792 Here comes the water. 313 00:24:04,584 --> 00:24:06,167 When you feel full, 314 00:24:06,251 --> 00:24:07,626 we'll stop. 315 00:24:10,126 --> 00:24:12,042 Was you at work, today? 316 00:24:13,334 --> 00:24:15,042 I went in this morning. 317 00:24:16,167 --> 00:24:18,501 - Weather's turned. - Yes. 318 00:24:24,417 --> 00:24:25,709 Now... 319 00:24:28,667 --> 00:24:30,459 - That feel full? - Yes. 320 00:24:30,542 --> 00:24:31,751 Right. 321 00:24:34,709 --> 00:24:36,542 There. Now... 322 00:24:38,084 --> 00:24:40,001 You dry yourself off. 323 00:24:40,959 --> 00:24:44,501 Hold that towel there for a minute and I'll clean out the bowl. 324 00:24:56,792 --> 00:25:00,501 Now, what's going to happen is tomorrow or the day after, 325 00:25:00,584 --> 00:25:02,501 you'll get a bit of a pain down below. 326 00:25:02,584 --> 00:25:05,001 Take yourself to the toilet, you'll start bleeding, 327 00:25:05,084 --> 00:25:06,751 then it'll all come away. 328 00:25:06,834 --> 00:25:09,001 What do you mean, "it will come away"? 329 00:25:09,084 --> 00:25:11,584 It'll all be over, dear. You'll be right as rain. 330 00:25:13,084 --> 00:25:15,001 I won't die, will I? 331 00:25:15,709 --> 00:25:17,001 No, dear. 332 00:25:17,792 --> 00:25:19,917 Right. I'll be on my way. 333 00:25:20,001 --> 00:25:22,084 - I'll see meself out. - It's all right. 334 00:25:28,084 --> 00:25:30,667 - Look after yourself, dear. - Right. 335 00:25:49,126 --> 00:25:52,501 I've got 200 Craven "A" and he's given me eight pair of nylons. 336 00:25:52,584 --> 00:25:54,042 Well, I'll have some nylons. 337 00:25:54,126 --> 00:25:55,959 I'll take three pairs of nylons off you, Sid. 338 00:25:56,042 --> 00:25:59,001 - Right, what you offering? - Five packets of Players. 339 00:25:59,084 --> 00:26:02,001 - What, for three pairs of nylons? - That's right. 340 00:26:02,084 --> 00:26:05,334 No, no. These are the Italian nylons. They ain't the Czech ones. 341 00:26:05,417 --> 00:26:07,167 - Yeah, they're nice they are. - I don't care. 342 00:26:07,251 --> 00:26:10,001 I'm offering five packets of Players for three pairs of nylons. 343 00:26:10,084 --> 00:26:12,501 - Take it or leave it. - Turn it up, Ron, eh? 344 00:26:12,584 --> 00:26:14,751 I mean, either I'm talking in another language, 345 00:26:14,834 --> 00:26:17,417 - or he's a bit Mutt and Jeff. - I heard you. 346 00:26:17,501 --> 00:26:19,751 Look, make it ten packets. 347 00:26:22,334 --> 00:26:24,542 - I'll give you six... seven. - Eight. 348 00:26:24,626 --> 00:26:26,334 Look, take 'em out with you Saturday. 349 00:26:26,417 --> 00:26:29,334 "How you doing, darling? Fancy a turn?" Slip her a pair, happy days! 350 00:26:29,417 --> 00:26:31,709 - All right, eight. - Done. 351 00:26:32,626 --> 00:26:34,084 Good boy. 352 00:26:34,167 --> 00:26:36,167 I'll give you two packets of tea for a pair. 353 00:26:36,251 --> 00:26:38,084 What are you two, a double act? 354 00:26:43,001 --> 00:26:45,084 - Hello, Lily. - Your bleedin' stairs. 355 00:26:45,167 --> 00:26:47,876 - They'll be the death of me. - You've must've heard the kettle boil. 356 00:26:47,959 --> 00:26:49,001 No. 357 00:26:50,584 --> 00:26:52,917 Just made a fresh pot. 358 00:26:54,001 --> 00:26:55,834 How'd that go the other week? 359 00:26:55,917 --> 00:26:57,376 Same as usual. 360 00:26:57,459 --> 00:26:59,667 - Nervous little thing, wasn't she? - I know. 361 00:26:59,751 --> 00:27:02,126 I put her right. Set her mind at rest. 362 00:27:02,209 --> 00:27:04,542 - You always do, don't ya? - Don't you want a biscuit, Lily? 363 00:27:05,501 --> 00:27:07,084 Won't say no. 364 00:27:07,167 --> 00:27:08,542 Thank you. 365 00:27:08,626 --> 00:27:11,251 - I got another one for you. - Oh, yes? Friday, is it? 366 00:27:11,334 --> 00:27:13,001 - Is Friday all right? - Mm. 367 00:27:13,084 --> 00:27:15,334 - I told her five o'clock. - That's all right, yes. 368 00:27:15,417 --> 00:27:17,084 Want some tea? 369 00:27:18,126 --> 00:27:20,876 - Sardines? - I'm all right this week, Lily. 370 00:27:20,959 --> 00:27:23,251 - Oh, now what sweets you got? - Boiled sweets. 371 00:27:24,584 --> 00:27:27,542 'Ere you are. Don't you want some for your Ethel? 372 00:27:27,626 --> 00:27:30,084 - How much are them, then? - Tuppence a bag. 373 00:27:30,167 --> 00:27:32,584 - Penny ha'ppenny to you. - Righty-oh. 374 00:27:41,084 --> 00:27:43,251 - Kelp Street. - Oh, I know. 375 00:27:43,334 --> 00:27:45,751 Nora. Got seven kids already. 376 00:27:45,834 --> 00:27:47,501 Oh, can't she manage? 377 00:27:47,584 --> 00:27:49,667 - Well, could you? - I've only got a threepenny bit. 378 00:27:49,751 --> 00:27:51,251 I've got change. 379 00:27:51,334 --> 00:27:53,084 Ain't the husband around? 380 00:27:53,167 --> 00:27:54,501 I expect so. 381 00:27:54,584 --> 00:27:56,501 Can't control himself, if you ask me. 382 00:27:56,584 --> 00:27:59,001 Oh, ta. Poor woman. 383 00:27:59,084 --> 00:28:00,626 Serves her right. 384 00:28:01,417 --> 00:28:03,709 Don't you want no sardines for your mother? 385 00:28:03,792 --> 00:28:06,501 No, she can't eat them no more, Lily. Gives her heartburn. 386 00:28:06,584 --> 00:28:08,251 How's she keeping anyway, your mum? 387 00:28:08,334 --> 00:28:10,917 Oh, you know, getting older. 388 00:28:11,001 --> 00:28:12,626 Ain't we all? 389 00:28:12,709 --> 00:28:14,501 That's Ethel. 390 00:28:14,584 --> 00:28:16,959 - That you, Ethel? - Hello, Mum. 391 00:28:17,042 --> 00:28:19,084 - Lily's here. - Oh. 392 00:28:19,167 --> 00:28:20,709 Hello, Ethel. 393 00:28:21,917 --> 00:28:23,292 Hello. 394 00:28:24,584 --> 00:28:26,834 - You want a cuppa? - Yes, please, Mum. 395 00:28:35,084 --> 00:28:38,001 - Ain't she got a boyfriend yet? - No. 396 00:28:38,084 --> 00:28:40,126 I ain't surprised. 397 00:28:45,459 --> 00:28:47,542 That was a lovely spread, Vera. Thank you very much. 398 00:28:47,626 --> 00:28:50,126 - You're welcome, Reg, you know that. - Doing a bit of mending? 399 00:28:50,209 --> 00:28:52,376 Yeah. You got anything needs doing? 400 00:28:52,459 --> 00:28:54,501 You've got a bit of leg poking through your trousers there, Reg. 401 00:28:54,584 --> 00:28:56,334 - Yes, he has. - I done that at work. 402 00:28:56,417 --> 00:28:58,667 - I ain't got round to it yet. - You do your own sewing? 403 00:28:58,751 --> 00:29:00,667 Well, I'm all fingers and thumbs, but I have a go. 404 00:29:00,751 --> 00:29:03,459 - You want to bring 'em over here, Reg. - You need a little patch on that. 405 00:29:03,542 --> 00:29:05,209 I'll get you a bit of cloth from the shop, Reg. 406 00:29:05,292 --> 00:29:07,501 What is it? Navy serge, 19 ounce. 407 00:29:07,584 --> 00:29:09,376 Give it to Mum, she'll mend it for you, no problem. 408 00:29:09,459 --> 00:29:11,001 - I could do that. - Course you can. 409 00:29:11,084 --> 00:29:13,126 - Ethel will see you right. - I don't want to put you out. 410 00:29:13,209 --> 00:29:14,959 - I don't mind. - Not now. 411 00:29:15,584 --> 00:29:17,001 Thanks very much. 412 00:29:17,084 --> 00:29:19,376 - It'll cost you, half a crown! - Don't be silly. 413 00:29:19,459 --> 00:29:21,751 - He was only joking, Reg. - Do you want another sweet? 414 00:29:21,834 --> 00:29:23,042 Ta. 415 00:29:32,584 --> 00:29:35,001 - What are you doing, love? - Go back to sleep. 416 00:29:35,084 --> 00:29:36,417 You're ill. 417 00:29:37,584 --> 00:29:39,792 You'll have to be quick. Is it going to take long? 418 00:29:39,876 --> 00:29:42,292 - No, dear. - I haven't told him, you see? 419 00:29:42,376 --> 00:29:44,042 - He's supposed to be at work. - Yes, dear. 420 00:29:44,126 --> 00:29:47,334 - What's he want to come home sick for? - Take your knickers off for me. 421 00:29:50,917 --> 00:29:52,626 Can't have no more kids, see? 422 00:29:52,709 --> 00:29:54,792 I've got seven already. I ain't having no more. 423 00:29:54,876 --> 00:29:56,501 - I know, dear. - It'd kill me. 424 00:29:56,584 --> 00:29:58,959 Lay the towel on the bed for me. 425 00:30:03,584 --> 00:30:05,334 You sit right on the edge. 426 00:30:06,584 --> 00:30:08,709 - What's that? - Just soapy water, dear, 427 00:30:08,792 --> 00:30:10,501 bit of disinfectant. 428 00:30:10,584 --> 00:30:13,001 - Do you want me to lie down? - Stay where you are. 429 00:30:13,084 --> 00:30:15,292 - I've just got to get this inside. - All right. 430 00:30:16,084 --> 00:30:18,001 - Oh! - All right, all right, all right? 431 00:30:18,084 --> 00:30:19,334 Yes. 432 00:31:11,667 --> 00:31:12,834 Oi-oi. 433 00:31:12,917 --> 00:31:15,459 - What? - See them, blonde, brunette? 434 00:31:15,542 --> 00:31:17,501 - Oh, tidy! - Ain't they? 435 00:31:19,792 --> 00:31:21,459 How do you do? 436 00:31:22,501 --> 00:31:25,417 Right-oh, mugger, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and look lively. 437 00:31:25,501 --> 00:31:27,417 - Leave it out, we only just got here. - Oh, come on, Kenny! 438 00:31:27,501 --> 00:31:29,917 - Let your hair down. - Enjoy the view. 439 00:32:27,501 --> 00:32:30,167 - Let's have a swap, eh? - All right. 440 00:32:46,001 --> 00:32:47,917 Do you reckon she likes him? 441 00:32:48,001 --> 00:32:50,292 Well, she's gone for a walk with him. 442 00:32:50,376 --> 00:32:53,459 She wouldn't go, would she, if she didn't like him. Would she? 443 00:32:55,501 --> 00:32:57,917 He should take her out dancing. 444 00:32:58,001 --> 00:33:00,917 - I don't think he's that type. - I can't see Reg dancing. 445 00:33:06,501 --> 00:33:09,001 She'd come back black and blue, wouldn't she? 446 00:33:09,876 --> 00:33:12,501 - Dad! - She'd have to give her feet a soak. 447 00:33:13,501 --> 00:33:15,917 No, hold on, they might turn out to be a proper Fred and Ginger, 448 00:33:16,001 --> 00:33:18,167 the pair of them. You never know. 449 00:33:40,501 --> 00:33:43,334 - Did you have to come far? - Not far, dear, no. 450 00:33:44,751 --> 00:33:47,834 - Are you sure you wouldn't like a drink? - No, thank you. 451 00:33:48,501 --> 00:33:51,417 - Have you done this before, dear? - Yes, as it happens. 452 00:33:51,501 --> 00:33:52,917 Here we are. 453 00:33:53,001 --> 00:33:54,917 One bowl, one towel. 454 00:33:55,001 --> 00:33:56,917 - Kettle's on. - Oh. Thank you. 455 00:33:58,167 --> 00:34:00,917 - Are you sure you wouldn't like a drink? - No, dear. 456 00:34:01,001 --> 00:34:03,167 What? 457 00:34:08,876 --> 00:34:10,917 You know, your hair looks really lovely. 458 00:34:11,001 --> 00:34:12,917 - Do you think so? - Yes. 459 00:34:13,001 --> 00:34:14,001 Oh. 460 00:34:16,209 --> 00:34:18,417 Why don't you make us all a cup of tea? 461 00:34:18,501 --> 00:34:20,751 What, do you want a cup of tea as well? 462 00:34:22,001 --> 00:34:23,084 Oh. 463 00:34:25,167 --> 00:34:26,667 Good luck. 464 00:34:29,501 --> 00:34:30,917 Right, dear. 465 00:34:31,001 --> 00:34:32,917 You're gonna have to take your knickers off. 466 00:34:33,001 --> 00:34:34,334 Okey-dokey. 467 00:34:38,459 --> 00:34:41,834 So, how are you? This is rather a surprise. 468 00:34:42,751 --> 00:34:45,501 - Haven't seen you for ages. - Yes. No, um... 469 00:34:46,376 --> 00:34:47,834 Sugar? 470 00:34:47,917 --> 00:34:49,751 No, thank you. 471 00:34:53,751 --> 00:34:56,501 - Thank you for coming today. - Oh, not at all. 472 00:34:56,584 --> 00:34:59,167 An excuse to get out of that dreary old bank. 473 00:34:59,251 --> 00:35:01,626 - Would you like a fag? - No, thank you. 474 00:35:05,834 --> 00:35:07,792 Thank you for... 475 00:35:07,876 --> 00:35:09,042 Sorry. 476 00:35:09,834 --> 00:35:12,001 What's the matter? 477 00:35:14,334 --> 00:35:16,376 - Um... - Oh, sorry. 478 00:35:16,459 --> 00:35:18,292 Have some cake. I had a piece before you arrived. 479 00:35:18,376 --> 00:35:20,084 Can't resist, it's delicious. 480 00:35:22,126 --> 00:35:23,834 I wanted to talk to you. 481 00:35:24,834 --> 00:35:26,084 Fire away. 482 00:35:27,626 --> 00:35:28,792 Um... 483 00:35:29,959 --> 00:35:31,834 The first person I thought of. 484 00:35:31,917 --> 00:35:33,084 Really. 485 00:35:43,209 --> 00:35:45,167 Crikey, Susan, what is it? 486 00:35:48,209 --> 00:35:50,292 I have this, um... 487 00:35:53,209 --> 00:35:54,959 friend, who... 488 00:35:59,959 --> 00:36:02,042 She needs some help. 489 00:36:05,501 --> 00:36:07,292 I'm sorry. 490 00:36:09,167 --> 00:36:10,584 Sorry. 491 00:36:16,751 --> 00:36:19,209 You've got yourself into trouble, haven't you? 492 00:36:21,251 --> 00:36:23,501 Oh, Susan, you clot. 493 00:36:27,751 --> 00:36:29,751 Who told you to phone me? 494 00:36:33,751 --> 00:36:34,834 Oh! 495 00:36:37,251 --> 00:36:40,459 All right. I'll tell you what you have to do. 496 00:36:45,084 --> 00:36:47,834 Oh, and when you see the psychiatrist, you have to make up a fearful fib 497 00:36:47,917 --> 00:36:50,667 about some potty aunt or something or other. 498 00:36:52,167 --> 00:36:54,501 Here. Have a hanky. 499 00:36:54,584 --> 00:36:56,001 Thank you. 500 00:36:58,751 --> 00:37:00,834 You'll be all right, you know. 501 00:37:12,667 --> 00:37:15,209 Hello, George. Oh, hello, Peggy! 502 00:37:15,292 --> 00:37:18,084 - You off work, today? - Sit up, then. 503 00:37:18,167 --> 00:37:20,584 Oh, she's all right, George. Bless her. 504 00:37:20,667 --> 00:37:24,084 This has slipped a bit. Ivy taken bad again, has she? 505 00:37:24,167 --> 00:37:27,584 Oh, dear. Well, I'll make a fresh pot of tea. 506 00:37:29,626 --> 00:37:31,917 And you'll want a biscuit, Peggy, I shouldn't wonder. 507 00:37:34,167 --> 00:37:36,084 - Hello, Ivy. - All right, Vera? 508 00:37:36,167 --> 00:37:38,084 Having one of your bad days? 509 00:37:38,167 --> 00:37:40,084 - I'm sick of it. - Oh, dear. 510 00:37:40,167 --> 00:37:42,126 I'll put the kettle on. 511 00:37:53,167 --> 00:37:55,084 Didn't you sleep last night, dear? 512 00:37:55,167 --> 00:37:57,626 You don't sleep when you're like this, do you? 513 00:37:59,167 --> 00:38:01,167 Have you managed to kip at all today? 514 00:38:01,251 --> 00:38:04,126 - No, I ain't. - Oh, ain't you? 515 00:38:04,209 --> 00:38:05,959 Still, you're in the best place, Ivy. 516 00:38:06,042 --> 00:38:08,084 I should be at work. 517 00:38:08,167 --> 00:38:10,084 You can't go to work in this state. 518 00:38:10,167 --> 00:38:12,084 Somebody's got to earn the money. 519 00:38:12,167 --> 00:38:14,792 If I stay off, she wants to stay off. 520 00:38:14,876 --> 00:38:16,584 I'll lose me job if this goes on. 521 00:38:16,667 --> 00:38:18,584 It's not your fault, dear. 522 00:38:18,667 --> 00:38:20,584 Try telling that to your boss. 523 00:38:20,667 --> 00:38:23,084 They don't understand nothing, men. 524 00:38:24,251 --> 00:38:25,584 Bastards. 525 00:38:32,001 --> 00:38:33,334 Now... 526 00:38:34,001 --> 00:38:35,917 is this your first pregnancy? 527 00:38:36,001 --> 00:38:37,001 Yes. 528 00:38:38,001 --> 00:38:39,917 And what does the father say? 529 00:38:40,626 --> 00:38:41,834 Um... 530 00:38:42,501 --> 00:38:44,417 I don't want my parents to know. 531 00:38:44,501 --> 00:38:47,042 No, no, no. I mean the father of the child. 532 00:38:51,001 --> 00:38:53,667 Big as you can. Come and sit down. 533 00:39:01,959 --> 00:39:05,042 Have you considered the possibility of having the child? 534 00:39:06,959 --> 00:39:08,376 I can't. 535 00:39:10,876 --> 00:39:12,792 Very well. I'll help you. 536 00:39:12,876 --> 00:39:16,917 But I'm afraid we are obliged to discuss the delicate matter of money. 537 00:39:17,876 --> 00:39:20,084 It'll come to one hundred and fifty pounds. 538 00:39:20,876 --> 00:39:23,292 How much do you have available? 539 00:39:23,376 --> 00:39:24,376 Um... 540 00:39:25,542 --> 00:39:27,834 Just over a hundred pounds. 541 00:39:27,917 --> 00:39:29,459 I see. 542 00:39:29,542 --> 00:39:31,292 Well... 543 00:39:31,376 --> 00:39:34,209 let's say 100 guineas, shall we? In advance, in cash. 544 00:39:35,292 --> 00:39:38,126 Now, I shall require you to see a psychiatrist. 545 00:39:38,209 --> 00:39:39,459 I know. 546 00:39:39,542 --> 00:39:41,209 Do you? 547 00:39:42,459 --> 00:39:43,917 Yes. 548 00:39:44,001 --> 00:39:47,334 And I'll arrange the nursing home and the obstetrician. 549 00:39:48,001 --> 00:39:50,584 Baxter. Terribly good man. 550 00:39:50,667 --> 00:39:52,167 Any questions? 551 00:39:55,667 --> 00:39:57,292 Pretty day. 552 00:39:59,542 --> 00:40:00,834 Yes. 553 00:40:02,667 --> 00:40:05,376 - How many weeks pregnant are you? - Seven. 554 00:40:05,459 --> 00:40:07,376 And were you a virgin? 555 00:40:14,959 --> 00:40:16,209 Yes. 556 00:40:17,167 --> 00:40:18,876 Miss Wells, it would be helpful 557 00:40:18,959 --> 00:40:22,334 if you would give me simple and honest answers if you can. 558 00:40:25,042 --> 00:40:27,167 What does your father do? 559 00:40:29,667 --> 00:40:31,751 - My father? - Yes. 560 00:40:33,917 --> 00:40:35,001 Um... 561 00:40:35,084 --> 00:40:37,959 He works in the Ministry of Defence. 562 00:40:38,876 --> 00:40:41,042 And are your parents happily married? 563 00:40:42,667 --> 00:40:45,501 Um... I think so. 564 00:40:47,667 --> 00:40:50,959 Is there any history of mental illness in your family? 565 00:40:53,167 --> 00:40:54,584 Yes. 566 00:40:55,292 --> 00:40:57,917 An aunt of my mother's committed suicide. 567 00:41:00,042 --> 00:41:01,876 Did she? 568 00:41:03,167 --> 00:41:04,417 Yes. 569 00:41:08,292 --> 00:41:11,917 And your own mental state, how would you describe it at the moment? 570 00:41:14,459 --> 00:41:15,542 Um... 571 00:41:16,459 --> 00:41:17,834 Anxious? 572 00:41:19,667 --> 00:41:21,084 Depressed? 573 00:41:24,167 --> 00:41:26,876 Tell me your feelings towards the father of the child. 574 00:41:29,167 --> 00:41:31,084 - Do you love him? - No. 575 00:41:31,167 --> 00:41:33,084 - Does he love you? - No. 576 00:41:33,167 --> 00:41:35,959 Did you love him at the point of conception? 577 00:41:36,042 --> 00:41:37,584 No. 578 00:41:38,667 --> 00:41:40,751 Did he force himself on you? 579 00:41:54,167 --> 00:41:55,417 Miss Wells... 580 00:41:56,167 --> 00:41:58,084 if you were to have the child, 581 00:41:58,167 --> 00:42:00,084 would you keep it or have it adopted? 582 00:42:00,167 --> 00:42:02,084 I can't have it. 583 00:42:02,167 --> 00:42:04,209 I'd rather kill myself. 584 00:42:09,167 --> 00:42:11,667 Well, I don't think we can allow that to happen... 585 00:42:14,501 --> 00:42:15,751 can we? 586 00:42:20,167 --> 00:42:22,042 Tea's brewing. 587 00:43:06,167 --> 00:43:08,084 - Miss Wells. - Hello. 588 00:43:08,167 --> 00:43:09,584 - I'm Nurse Willoughby. - How do you do? 589 00:43:09,667 --> 00:43:11,584 - Is this all your luggage? - Uh, yes. 590 00:43:11,667 --> 00:43:13,792 - If you'd like to follow me. - Thank you. 591 00:43:14,667 --> 00:43:16,917 - Have you had far to come? - Not really, no. 592 00:43:17,001 --> 00:43:18,334 - Miss Wells. - Hello. 593 00:43:18,417 --> 00:43:20,084 - Sister Beech. - How do you do? 594 00:43:20,167 --> 00:43:22,084 I hope you'll be comfortable. 595 00:43:22,167 --> 00:43:23,459 Thank you. 596 00:43:57,542 --> 00:43:58,959 There, dear. 597 00:44:01,501 --> 00:44:03,792 I'll put this back under the bed for you. 598 00:44:10,667 --> 00:44:13,667 Now, that didn't take too long, did it? 599 00:44:14,751 --> 00:44:16,709 What, you finish already? 600 00:44:16,792 --> 00:44:18,167 Yes, dear. 601 00:44:18,251 --> 00:44:20,667 So when I gonna see you again? 602 00:44:20,751 --> 00:44:22,251 What did you say, dear? 603 00:44:22,334 --> 00:44:24,542 You have to come back, yes? 604 00:44:24,626 --> 00:44:27,584 Oh no, dear. I've done all I've got to do. 605 00:44:27,667 --> 00:44:29,626 Now you've just got to wait. 606 00:44:29,709 --> 00:44:32,084 What is it me waiting for? 607 00:44:32,167 --> 00:44:34,001 For it to come away, dear. 608 00:44:35,292 --> 00:44:37,584 But all you used was a lickle bit of water. 609 00:44:37,667 --> 00:44:38,959 Don't you worry. 610 00:44:39,042 --> 00:44:41,334 What happen if somethin' go wrong? 611 00:44:41,417 --> 00:44:43,584 Now what's going to happen is this... 612 00:44:44,751 --> 00:44:46,167 tomorrow... 613 00:44:46,251 --> 00:44:49,084 or Sunday, you'll have a pain down below. 614 00:44:49,167 --> 00:44:51,334 Get yourself to the toilet. 615 00:44:51,417 --> 00:44:54,667 You'll start bleeding, it'll all come away, you'll be right as rain. 616 00:44:57,167 --> 00:44:59,584 What you need now is a nice hot cup of tea. 617 00:45:01,959 --> 00:45:03,376 Take care, dear. 618 00:45:07,751 --> 00:45:09,209 Ta-ta. 619 00:45:30,626 --> 00:45:33,126 - Oh, hello, dear. - Good morning, Mrs Drake. 620 00:45:36,917 --> 00:45:39,251 - Hello, Mummy. - Good morning, dear. 621 00:45:40,126 --> 00:45:42,042 - How was your weekend? - Lovely, thank you. 622 00:45:42,792 --> 00:45:44,501 How was Norfolk? 623 00:45:44,584 --> 00:45:46,251 Oh, bearable. 624 00:45:47,167 --> 00:45:48,709 Terribly sunny. 625 00:45:48,792 --> 00:45:50,167 Extraordinary. 626 00:46:09,126 --> 00:46:10,542 Have you got the money? 627 00:46:11,292 --> 00:46:13,042 I've got the two pounds. 628 00:46:13,126 --> 00:46:15,667 - Two pound? - That's what she told me. 629 00:46:15,751 --> 00:46:17,501 Well, she told you wrong. It's two guineas. 630 00:46:17,584 --> 00:46:19,792 - Oh, I'm sorry. - Ain't no use being sorry. 631 00:46:19,876 --> 00:46:21,751 Oh, you want payment now then, do you? 632 00:46:21,834 --> 00:46:23,667 Well, I don't want paying next week, do I? 633 00:46:31,126 --> 00:46:32,917 Where is your husband, anyway? 634 00:46:33,001 --> 00:46:35,167 Korea, since you're asking. 635 00:46:36,209 --> 00:46:38,042 - In the forces, is he? - Yes. 636 00:46:38,126 --> 00:46:41,209 - Two guineas. - Thank you very much. 637 00:46:45,834 --> 00:46:47,626 So it's not his, then? 638 00:46:49,626 --> 00:46:51,876 What's the matter? Cat got your tongue? 639 00:46:57,042 --> 00:46:59,251 Done this for a lot of girls then, have you? 640 00:46:59,334 --> 00:47:00,751 Mind your own bleedin' business. 641 00:47:00,834 --> 00:47:03,459 - I'm only asking. - And I'm only telling ya. 642 00:47:04,584 --> 00:47:05,792 Right. 643 00:47:09,126 --> 00:47:11,209 You put your address down there. 644 00:47:13,251 --> 00:47:15,042 She'll be there at five o'clock. 645 00:47:15,126 --> 00:47:16,792 Don't mention the money. 646 00:47:16,876 --> 00:47:19,501 That's between me and you. Is that understood? 647 00:47:19,584 --> 00:47:21,084 - Yes! - Good. 648 00:47:30,501 --> 00:47:32,376 Can you do one on Friday? 649 00:47:32,459 --> 00:47:33,792 - At five o'clock? - Yes. 650 00:47:33,876 --> 00:47:34,917 That's all right. 651 00:47:35,001 --> 00:47:36,417 - Married lady. - Oh, yes? 652 00:47:36,501 --> 00:47:38,917 - Got herself in a bit of trouble. - How's that, then? 653 00:47:39,001 --> 00:47:40,917 Having a bit of "how's your father" on the side. 654 00:47:41,001 --> 00:47:44,251 - Oh, that's not right, is it, Lily? - Well, I don't think so. 655 00:47:44,334 --> 00:47:47,126 Still, gotta help them out, ain't you? 656 00:47:47,209 --> 00:47:49,417 How'd you get on with that darkie? 657 00:47:49,501 --> 00:47:51,917 - Oh, I did feel sorry for her. - Long way from home. 658 00:47:52,001 --> 00:47:53,417 She was very scared. 659 00:47:53,501 --> 00:47:55,417 What are they doing over here, anyway? 660 00:47:55,501 --> 00:47:57,917 Trying to make a better life for themselves, I shouldn't wonder. 661 00:47:58,001 --> 00:48:00,417 - They should stay where they are. - They're hard workers. 662 00:48:00,501 --> 00:48:03,417 - You need any sugar? - How much you charging this week, Lily? 663 00:48:03,501 --> 00:48:05,501 One and threepence ha'penny to you. 664 00:48:06,209 --> 00:48:07,709 All right, then. 665 00:48:13,001 --> 00:48:14,667 - Here you are. - Ta. 666 00:48:15,417 --> 00:48:16,501 There. 667 00:48:17,459 --> 00:48:18,626 Thank you. 668 00:48:29,834 --> 00:48:33,126 Oh! Oh! I'm ever so scared! 669 00:48:33,876 --> 00:48:36,792 - Try not to upset yourself, dear. - I'm sorry. I can't... 670 00:48:36,876 --> 00:48:38,917 I've got to pull myself together. 671 00:48:39,001 --> 00:48:41,542 Oh, I've got to go through with this. 672 00:48:42,417 --> 00:48:44,917 Oh! I know I have to, it's just that... 673 00:48:45,001 --> 00:48:46,917 nobody knows... 674 00:48:47,001 --> 00:48:49,334 Well, my friend knows, but she doesn't know. 675 00:48:49,417 --> 00:48:51,792 I mean, she doesn't know it's today and... 676 00:48:53,001 --> 00:48:56,417 So if anything were to happen to me, no one would know. 677 00:48:56,501 --> 00:48:58,626 You've got to get your knickers off, dear, and lie down. 678 00:49:01,501 --> 00:49:04,459 Oh. Oh, no. No, no, no. 679 00:49:04,542 --> 00:49:07,001 No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 680 00:49:08,292 --> 00:49:09,876 Oh, no, no... 681 00:49:10,501 --> 00:49:13,501 Oh, I'm a terrible person! 682 00:49:30,167 --> 00:49:31,584 What's the matter? 683 00:49:33,501 --> 00:49:34,667 Nothing. 684 00:49:35,501 --> 00:49:37,417 Ain't you had a nice night? 685 00:49:38,251 --> 00:49:39,417 Yes. 686 00:49:40,251 --> 00:49:41,542 You? 687 00:49:55,501 --> 00:49:57,584 You ever thought about moving out? 688 00:49:59,001 --> 00:50:01,084 What do you mean? 689 00:50:03,501 --> 00:50:05,542 What do you think about getting married? 690 00:50:08,001 --> 00:50:09,917 What, to you? 691 00:50:10,834 --> 00:50:12,042 Yes. 692 00:50:16,084 --> 00:50:18,084 I ain't never thought about it. 693 00:50:20,001 --> 00:50:22,084 - I've been thinking about it. - Have you? 694 00:50:23,001 --> 00:50:25,084 About three or four weeks. 695 00:50:32,751 --> 00:50:34,501 What do you reckon? 696 00:50:38,001 --> 00:50:39,959 Do you wanna? 697 00:50:46,001 --> 00:50:47,251 Yes. 698 00:50:49,501 --> 00:50:50,792 I do. 699 00:51:04,001 --> 00:51:05,626 All right, then. 700 00:51:15,001 --> 00:51:17,042 Better tell your mum. 701 00:51:33,001 --> 00:51:34,292 Dad... 702 00:51:35,001 --> 00:51:37,167 - Dad, wake up. - What's the matter? 703 00:51:37,251 --> 00:51:39,667 I've got to go in the kitchen. 704 00:51:44,834 --> 00:51:46,459 Woke me up. 705 00:51:48,001 --> 00:51:50,626 - Oh, hello, Reg. - Hello, Stan. 706 00:51:50,709 --> 00:51:52,834 Good kip? 707 00:51:52,917 --> 00:51:54,542 Yes, all right. 708 00:51:58,376 --> 00:52:00,459 Can I have a word, Stan? 709 00:52:04,792 --> 00:52:06,917 What's the matter? 710 00:52:10,251 --> 00:52:12,751 Can I have your permission to marry Ethel? 711 00:52:19,042 --> 00:52:21,084 Have you asked her? 712 00:52:21,792 --> 00:52:22,917 Yes. 713 00:52:25,251 --> 00:52:26,917 What'd she say? 714 00:52:27,001 --> 00:52:28,876 She said yes. 715 00:52:30,876 --> 00:52:32,959 Well, of course you can. 716 00:52:33,042 --> 00:52:34,792 - Are you sure? - Congratulations! 717 00:52:34,876 --> 00:52:36,792 - Thanks very much. - Vera? Ethel? 718 00:52:36,876 --> 00:52:39,292 - You know what he's just asked me? - I'm ever so pleased. 719 00:52:39,376 --> 00:52:41,292 - I'm delighted! - Me too. 720 00:52:41,376 --> 00:52:43,917 - What's all the shouting about? - These two just got engaged! 721 00:52:44,001 --> 00:52:45,084 No! 722 00:52:45,167 --> 00:52:46,792 - Oh, congratulations, mate! - Thanks very much. 723 00:52:46,876 --> 00:52:48,709 I was asleep on that chair, there. 724 00:52:48,792 --> 00:52:51,001 Sorry about waking you up. 725 00:52:51,084 --> 00:52:53,001 - Oh, that's all right! - Oh, don't you worry about that. 726 00:52:53,084 --> 00:52:54,876 - I asked her last night. - Oh, did you? 727 00:52:54,959 --> 00:52:56,376 Yeah. 728 00:52:56,459 --> 00:52:59,126 - Well done, the both of you. - I can't believe it. 729 00:52:59,209 --> 00:53:01,334 Wow, Reg, good going. 730 00:53:04,376 --> 00:53:06,792 - Don't look so worried. - You're sure? 731 00:53:06,876 --> 00:53:09,292 Course, I'm sure. I've been to the doctors and I'm sure. 732 00:53:09,376 --> 00:53:11,001 About time an' all. 733 00:53:11,084 --> 00:53:13,126 You have to start taking things easy. 734 00:53:13,209 --> 00:53:14,959 What, you gonna look after me? 735 00:53:15,042 --> 00:53:16,917 - Yes. - Are you? 736 00:53:18,209 --> 00:53:20,292 We'll have to tell Stan and Vera. 737 00:53:20,376 --> 00:53:22,459 Yes, we'll tell Stan and Vera. 738 00:53:22,542 --> 00:53:24,459 We'll tell them together, properly. 739 00:53:24,542 --> 00:53:26,292 We'll go around there... 740 00:53:26,376 --> 00:53:29,292 - next weekend. - I'll ask him in the morning. 741 00:53:30,001 --> 00:53:32,001 Can I have my washing machine now, please? 742 00:54:06,709 --> 00:54:08,792 - Morning, Frank. - Morning, Stan. 743 00:54:08,876 --> 00:54:10,626 Got some news for you. 744 00:54:10,709 --> 00:54:11,792 What? 745 00:54:15,167 --> 00:54:16,959 'Ere you are. Have a guess. 746 00:54:17,042 --> 00:54:18,626 Good news or bad news? 747 00:54:18,709 --> 00:54:20,876 - Bad news. - Wrong. Try again. 748 00:54:20,959 --> 00:54:23,001 All right, good news. 749 00:54:26,042 --> 00:54:28,251 Well, come on, then. What is it? 750 00:54:30,167 --> 00:54:31,376 Eh? 751 00:54:32,584 --> 00:54:34,376 Spill the beans, old cock! 752 00:54:35,584 --> 00:54:37,584 My little Ethel, she got engaged. 753 00:54:37,667 --> 00:54:39,084 - What? - Yesterday afternoon. 754 00:54:39,167 --> 00:54:40,667 - What, to Reg? - I couldn't believe it. 755 00:54:40,751 --> 00:54:43,001 I thought they'd be courting for years. 756 00:54:46,542 --> 00:54:47,542 Well... 757 00:54:48,167 --> 00:54:50,084 - Congratulations. - Thank you, Frank. 758 00:54:50,167 --> 00:54:52,084 You must be a very proud man. 759 00:54:52,167 --> 00:54:54,084 You should've seen Vera's face. 760 00:54:54,167 --> 00:54:56,209 It was a bolt from the blue. 761 00:54:58,042 --> 00:54:59,417 So, on Sunday, 762 00:54:59,501 --> 00:55:01,084 you and Joycie got to come over for your tea. 763 00:55:01,167 --> 00:55:03,251 We'll get some beers in, some sherry for the girls. 764 00:55:03,334 --> 00:55:05,584 We'll toast the happy couple and Reg can meet the family. 765 00:55:05,667 --> 00:55:07,584 - On Sunday? - About four o'clock. 766 00:55:08,334 --> 00:55:10,251 - You'll tell Joyce? - I'll tell her. 767 00:55:14,667 --> 00:55:16,584 Can you feel that, dear? Starting to fill up? 768 00:55:16,667 --> 00:55:17,792 Yes. 769 00:55:17,876 --> 00:55:19,751 - Does that feel peculiar, Pam? - Yes. 770 00:55:19,834 --> 00:55:21,834 That's how it's meant to feel, ain't it? 771 00:55:21,917 --> 00:55:23,209 - Peculiar? - Yes. 772 00:55:23,292 --> 00:55:25,084 - You've done this before, ain't you? - Yes, dear. 773 00:55:25,167 --> 00:55:26,834 - So, it's safe. - It's safe, innit? 774 00:55:26,917 --> 00:55:28,584 - Yes, darling. - And when it's full, 775 00:55:28,667 --> 00:55:30,292 that's when we'll stop. 776 00:55:32,167 --> 00:55:34,084 I know your face from somewhere. 777 00:55:34,167 --> 00:55:36,084 - Who, me? - Yes. 778 00:55:36,167 --> 00:55:38,209 - Do you? - I can't think where, though. 779 00:55:40,667 --> 00:55:42,584 You all right? 780 00:55:42,667 --> 00:55:45,084 Of course. Sunlight Laundry. 781 00:55:46,167 --> 00:55:48,084 - Oh, dear. - It's Vera, ain't it? 782 00:55:48,167 --> 00:55:50,209 - That's right. - Vera Drake. 783 00:55:51,167 --> 00:55:53,834 - I knew your mother before the war. - Did you? 784 00:55:53,917 --> 00:55:56,459 - Was you doing this back then? - That feel full, dear? 785 00:55:56,542 --> 00:55:57,667 Yes. 786 00:56:00,084 --> 00:56:01,792 All right. 787 00:56:04,667 --> 00:56:07,167 Just dry yourself off. There. 788 00:56:28,542 --> 00:56:30,417 Get that down you, come on. 789 00:56:30,501 --> 00:56:32,417 Cold. Cold. 790 00:56:32,501 --> 00:56:34,417 Cool you down. 791 00:56:34,501 --> 00:56:37,167 Cool you down. Make you nice and cool. 792 00:56:49,001 --> 00:56:51,501 Cheers. Here's to 'em, eh? 793 00:56:55,126 --> 00:56:57,251 Hello again, Pamela. How are you feeling? 794 00:56:57,334 --> 00:56:59,251 Poorly, hmm? 795 00:56:59,334 --> 00:57:01,792 Now, I need to take another look at your tummy. 796 00:57:01,876 --> 00:57:04,001 Don't worry, I'll be as gentle as I can. 797 00:57:04,084 --> 00:57:06,626 Pamela, we just need you to straighten your legs. 798 00:57:06,709 --> 00:57:09,251 That's it. Good girl. Right down on to the bed. 799 00:57:09,334 --> 00:57:11,917 I promise you, I have very warm hands. 800 00:57:12,834 --> 00:57:15,667 Bring your bottom up. Good girl. That's it. 801 00:57:17,834 --> 00:57:19,751 Now, I'm going to press gently 802 00:57:19,834 --> 00:57:22,167 and I want you to tell me what happens when I let go. 803 00:57:22,834 --> 00:57:24,667 - No! - Good girl, well done. 804 00:57:24,751 --> 00:57:26,959 - We'll do an internal, Sister. - All right, doctor. 805 00:57:30,334 --> 00:57:32,751 Now then, Mrs Barnes, 806 00:57:32,834 --> 00:57:36,376 I, uh... I don't have very good news, I'm afraid. 807 00:57:36,459 --> 00:57:38,417 Why? Why? What's happening? 808 00:57:38,501 --> 00:57:41,501 I'm going to have to operate. Pamela is a very sick girl. 809 00:57:41,584 --> 00:57:43,126 She ain't gonna die, is she? 810 00:57:43,209 --> 00:57:46,292 We sincerely hope not, Mrs Barnes, but this is a grave situation, 811 00:57:46,376 --> 00:57:49,251 as I'm sure you'll understand. Now then... 812 00:57:49,334 --> 00:57:51,251 when Pamela was admitted this evening, 813 00:57:51,334 --> 00:57:53,959 you stated that she was having a miscarriage. 814 00:57:54,042 --> 00:57:55,376 Yes. 815 00:57:55,459 --> 00:57:57,667 But that isn't the whole truth, is it? 816 00:58:00,209 --> 00:58:01,542 Mrs Barnes, 817 00:58:01,626 --> 00:58:03,834 did you do something to Pamela to try 818 00:58:03,917 --> 00:58:05,751 - to bring about a termination? - No, I didn't! 819 00:58:05,834 --> 00:58:07,334 Well, somebody did. 820 00:58:07,417 --> 00:58:09,876 You know that and I know that. 821 00:58:11,334 --> 00:58:14,751 Mrs Barnes, I've been a doctor for over 25 years. 822 00:58:14,834 --> 00:58:18,501 Sister and I see cases like this every weekend, don't we, Sister? 823 00:58:18,584 --> 00:58:20,459 Yes, we do. 824 00:58:22,834 --> 00:58:24,459 All right. 825 00:58:25,709 --> 00:58:28,042 Someone come to the house. 826 00:58:29,167 --> 00:58:30,959 And what did they do? 827 00:58:31,042 --> 00:58:33,251 She grated pink soap into a bowl of warm water 828 00:58:33,334 --> 00:58:34,959 and she had a bottle of stuff and put... 829 00:58:35,042 --> 00:58:37,292 - And she used a syringe? - Yes. 830 00:58:37,376 --> 00:58:39,751 And no doubt, she'll use her syringe again. 831 00:58:39,834 --> 00:58:42,251 And again and again and again, and Sister and I 832 00:58:42,334 --> 00:58:44,959 will have to deal with dozens of cases just like Pamela's. 833 00:58:45,042 --> 00:58:47,417 Mrs Barnes, these people must be stopped. 834 00:58:51,334 --> 00:58:53,251 You're going to have to inform the police. 835 00:58:53,334 --> 00:58:56,251 I ain't talking to them! 836 00:58:58,334 --> 00:59:00,251 Sister Coombes. 837 00:59:00,334 --> 00:59:03,292 Righty-oh. They're ready for you in theatre, Mr Walsh. 838 00:59:04,334 --> 00:59:06,751 Thank you, Sister. 839 00:59:06,834 --> 00:59:10,667 Mrs Barnes, if you don't inform the police, I'm going to have to. 840 00:59:10,751 --> 00:59:13,751 Unfortunately, it's my legal obligation to do so. 841 00:59:13,834 --> 00:59:16,001 Excuse me. 842 00:59:31,834 --> 00:59:33,792 - Excuse me, nurse. - Yes, sir? 843 00:59:34,834 --> 00:59:37,251 We're police officers. We're looking for Sister Coombes. 844 00:59:37,334 --> 00:59:39,501 Yes, sir, if you'll just follow me. 845 00:59:44,334 --> 00:59:46,417 Sister, it's police. 846 00:59:48,834 --> 00:59:51,251 Good evening, Sister. I'm Detective Inspector Webster. 847 00:59:51,334 --> 00:59:53,251 - This is DS Vickers... - Good evening. 848 00:59:53,334 --> 00:59:55,167 Oh, good evening. 849 00:59:58,709 --> 01:00:00,626 We was sitting by the side of the road, 850 01:00:00,709 --> 01:00:03,626 there was bodies everywhere, stink, petrol. 851 01:00:03,709 --> 01:00:05,626 I'd had enough. 852 01:00:05,709 --> 01:00:07,626 I couldn't do nothing. 853 01:00:07,709 --> 01:00:09,626 Couldn't run away, couldn't cry, 854 01:00:09,709 --> 01:00:11,709 couldn't feel nothing, just sat there. 855 01:00:13,209 --> 01:00:15,626 And all of a sudden, there was this old girl 856 01:00:15,709 --> 01:00:17,626 staggering past us, 857 01:00:17,709 --> 01:00:19,751 muttering in French. 858 01:00:20,417 --> 01:00:23,042 Guess what she was carrying under her arm? 859 01:00:23,126 --> 01:00:25,917 - What? - A pair of old mirrors. 860 01:00:27,542 --> 01:00:29,834 You ain't told me that before. 861 01:00:33,834 --> 01:00:35,959 We've got a lot to be thankful for. 862 01:00:36,042 --> 01:00:37,959 - Yes, we have. - I have. 863 01:00:40,167 --> 01:00:43,251 For one thing, you ain't turned out nothing like your mother. 864 01:00:44,626 --> 01:00:46,667 She can't help it. 865 01:00:48,001 --> 01:00:50,084 Did you ever ask who your dad was in the end? 866 01:00:51,751 --> 01:00:52,834 No. 867 01:00:54,584 --> 01:00:57,001 If I'd have been 11 or 12 when Mum died... 868 01:00:57,709 --> 01:00:59,876 I'd have had to gone in an orphanage, like Frank. 869 01:00:59,959 --> 01:01:02,792 I know. You were straight out to work. 870 01:01:02,876 --> 01:01:04,459 I had to fend for meself, didn't I? 871 01:01:04,542 --> 01:01:07,209 - Still, it did you no harm. - No, girl. 872 01:01:08,459 --> 01:01:11,042 - Look at everything you got now. - Yes. 873 01:01:12,376 --> 01:01:14,251 I'm a lucky man. 874 01:01:17,917 --> 01:01:21,042 You telephoned for an ambulance this afternoon, is that right? 875 01:01:21,126 --> 01:01:23,417 - Yes. - Now, why did you do that? 876 01:01:23,501 --> 01:01:25,376 She was having a miscarriage, weren't she? 877 01:01:25,459 --> 01:01:27,376 - A miscarriage? - Yes. 878 01:01:27,459 --> 01:01:30,709 Mr Walsh has told us that somebody came round to your house 879 01:01:30,792 --> 01:01:32,376 to perform an operation on your daughter. 880 01:01:32,459 --> 01:01:34,001 Well, there you are, Mr Walsh has told you. 881 01:01:34,084 --> 01:01:35,792 Doctors know everything. Why don't you ask him? 882 01:01:35,876 --> 01:01:37,501 I want to hear it from you, Mrs Barnes. 883 01:01:37,584 --> 01:01:39,876 He's the one what phoned you. I never phoned you. 884 01:01:39,959 --> 01:01:41,376 It ain't got nothing to do with me. 885 01:01:41,459 --> 01:01:43,959 Keep your voice down, Mrs Barnes. 886 01:01:44,042 --> 01:01:47,042 Who was it that performed this operation? 887 01:01:48,417 --> 01:01:49,959 A woman. 888 01:01:50,042 --> 01:01:52,209 - Do you know her name? - No. 889 01:01:52,292 --> 01:01:54,501 How did you get in touch with this woman? 890 01:01:54,584 --> 01:01:56,334 I don't know. You just ask about. 891 01:01:56,417 --> 01:01:58,667 - Who did you ask? - People at work. 892 01:01:58,751 --> 01:02:00,126 Where do you work, Mrs Barnes? 893 01:02:00,209 --> 01:02:01,876 Allied Laundries, Clerkenwell Road. 894 01:02:01,959 --> 01:02:04,376 - Who did you talk to at work? - What does it matter now? 895 01:02:04,459 --> 01:02:07,709 Your daughter's just nearly died, Mrs Barnes. 896 01:02:09,959 --> 01:02:12,042 It would be in your best interests. 897 01:02:14,917 --> 01:02:17,542 You do realise this is a criminal matter? 898 01:02:20,459 --> 01:02:21,876 All right. 899 01:02:24,001 --> 01:02:27,001 - Vera. - Vera? 900 01:02:27,084 --> 01:02:29,709 - Vera Drake. - That's who you talked to at work? 901 01:02:29,792 --> 01:02:32,167 No, she's the one what come round. She's the one what done it. 902 01:02:32,251 --> 01:02:35,376 Vera Drake is the person that performed the operation on your daughter? 903 01:02:35,459 --> 01:02:37,834 - Yes. - So you do know her name? 904 01:02:38,709 --> 01:02:40,042 Yes. 905 01:02:40,126 --> 01:02:42,042 Had you met her before? 906 01:02:42,126 --> 01:02:45,251 We both worked in a laundry in 1931. 907 01:02:45,334 --> 01:02:47,334 - Have you seen her since then? - No. 908 01:02:47,417 --> 01:02:49,501 - Do you know where she lives? - No. 909 01:02:54,292 --> 01:02:56,334 What does she look like, Mrs Barnes? 910 01:02:57,459 --> 01:03:02,417 Um, small, small hands. I ain't going to get into trouble for this, am I? 911 01:03:02,501 --> 01:03:05,876 It's a bit of a coincidence, isn't it? Somebody you haven't seen for years 912 01:03:05,959 --> 01:03:07,876 just suddenly turns up on your doorstep. 913 01:03:07,959 --> 01:03:09,376 Well, I ain't lying! 914 01:03:09,459 --> 01:03:11,376 You're twisting my words. That's not fair! 915 01:03:11,459 --> 01:03:12,834 It's all right, dear. 916 01:03:12,917 --> 01:03:15,126 I'm not suggesting you are lying, Mrs Barnes. 917 01:03:16,459 --> 01:03:18,709 I'm just trying to get to the bottom of things. 918 01:03:20,584 --> 01:03:22,376 - 'Ere you are, Sid, round here. - Come on then. 919 01:03:22,459 --> 01:03:24,376 Yeah, that's better. Where we always have it. 920 01:03:24,459 --> 01:03:26,376 - Gives us more room, don't it? - Oh, yes. 921 01:03:26,459 --> 01:03:28,376 Got the Christmas cloth. 922 01:03:28,459 --> 01:03:30,084 Well, we want it to look nice, don't we, Mum? 923 01:03:30,167 --> 01:03:31,751 Yes. There. 924 01:03:33,167 --> 01:03:34,876 - Yes? - Good afternoon. 925 01:03:34,959 --> 01:03:36,876 Are you Mrs Lillian Clark? 926 01:03:36,959 --> 01:03:39,959 - Why, who wants to know? - DI Webster, Metropolitan Police. 927 01:03:42,626 --> 01:03:44,917 There we are! 928 01:03:45,001 --> 01:03:46,626 There you are. 929 01:03:46,709 --> 01:03:49,334 - Hello! Hello, Joyce! - All right, Stan? 930 01:03:49,417 --> 01:03:51,334 - Just catching my breath. - Hello, Joyce! 931 01:03:51,417 --> 01:03:53,334 Oh, don't she look lovely? 932 01:03:53,417 --> 01:03:55,376 - All right, my darling. - Hello, dear. 933 01:03:55,459 --> 01:03:57,376 - Hello, Auntie Joyce. - Hello, Sidney. 934 01:03:57,459 --> 01:03:59,126 - How are you? - Look at the inside of this! 935 01:03:59,209 --> 01:04:00,917 - How are you doing, Uncle Frank? - All right, Sid. 936 01:04:01,001 --> 01:04:03,626 - Cor, I ain't seen you for ages. - Oh, you look like a film star. 937 01:04:03,709 --> 01:04:05,584 Congratulations, Ethel, it's lovely news. 938 01:04:05,667 --> 01:04:06,917 - Do you like it? - Yes, I do! 939 01:04:07,001 --> 01:04:08,876 - I sewed the lining in myself. - Did you? 940 01:04:08,959 --> 01:04:10,501 - It's leopard print. - Leopard print? 941 01:04:10,584 --> 01:04:12,709 Cor, blimey, look at that, eh? 942 01:04:12,792 --> 01:04:16,251 'Ere, I hope you left your rifle at home, Auntie Joyce! 943 01:04:16,334 --> 01:04:18,792 Do you know Mrs Edna McKenzie? 944 01:04:19,501 --> 01:04:20,834 What if I do? 945 01:04:20,917 --> 01:04:22,834 Just give us a straight answer, please. 946 01:04:22,917 --> 01:04:24,084 I might. 947 01:04:24,917 --> 01:04:28,126 Are you familiar with the standard tearooms in the Holloway Road, Mrs Clark? 948 01:04:28,209 --> 01:04:29,959 - Yes. - Were you there last Wednesday? 949 01:04:30,042 --> 01:04:33,292 - I can't remember. - You're not helping yourself, Mrs Clark. 950 01:04:33,376 --> 01:04:35,376 What's this all about, anyway? 951 01:04:35,459 --> 01:04:37,501 Do you know Vera Drake? 952 01:04:40,042 --> 01:04:42,876 Quite a grocer's shop you've got here, love. 953 01:04:42,959 --> 01:04:46,334 - It's for the old people, for Christmas. - How much you charge 'em for a bag of tea? 954 01:04:46,417 --> 01:04:48,876 Did you take two guineas off Jessica Barnes last Wednesday? 955 01:04:48,959 --> 01:04:51,876 - I don't know what you're talking about. - I think you do, Mrs Clark. 956 01:04:51,959 --> 01:04:54,251 Nice living you're making for yourself. 957 01:05:00,376 --> 01:05:02,376 Have you got a little bit of lipstick on, Ethel? 958 01:05:02,459 --> 01:05:04,376 Don't she look lovely in that top an' all? 959 01:05:04,459 --> 01:05:06,834 - Did you knit that yourself? - No, got that from the market. 960 01:05:06,917 --> 01:05:08,667 How's the house coming along, Uncle Frank? 961 01:05:08,751 --> 01:05:10,376 I've been keeping Frank busy, ain't I, Frank? 962 01:05:10,459 --> 01:05:12,834 Been up a ladder the best part of six months. 963 01:05:12,917 --> 01:05:15,292 - The neighbours have just got a TV. - Have they? 964 01:05:15,376 --> 01:05:16,834 - In the front room. - Have you seen it? 965 01:05:16,917 --> 01:05:19,084 - Only through the window. - You'll have to get one now, Frank. 966 01:05:19,167 --> 01:05:21,376 - That's next on my list. - Dear though, ain't they? 967 01:05:21,459 --> 01:05:23,876 - Only thirty-six pound. - Thirty-six pound! 968 01:05:23,959 --> 01:05:25,876 - A bit steep, that. - They must have a few bob. 969 01:05:25,959 --> 01:05:28,251 Oh, yes. Got a lovely colour an' all, ain't they, Frank? 970 01:05:28,334 --> 01:05:29,376 V-8 pilot. 971 01:05:29,459 --> 01:05:30,834 He's dying to have a shifty at the Javers. 972 01:05:30,917 --> 01:05:32,376 I was hoping for a little spin round the block. 973 01:05:32,459 --> 01:05:35,584 - You can see it out the window. - That ain't the same thing, is it? 974 01:05:35,667 --> 01:05:37,459 Will it be all right out there, Frank? 975 01:05:37,542 --> 01:05:38,667 I've already told you. 976 01:05:38,751 --> 01:05:40,334 - It'll be fine. - Course it will. 977 01:05:40,417 --> 01:05:42,542 Well, you can't be sure, can you? 978 01:05:42,626 --> 01:05:44,751 There he is! 979 01:05:44,834 --> 01:05:47,834 Let him in, Ethel. Talk of the devil, the man himself. 980 01:05:49,501 --> 01:05:50,542 Hello. 981 01:05:50,626 --> 01:05:51,751 - That you, Reg? - All right? 982 01:05:51,834 --> 01:05:53,876 - Come on in. - 'Ere you are, Reg, in you come. 983 01:05:54,751 --> 01:05:56,834 - 'Ere he is! - Afternoon. 984 01:05:56,917 --> 01:05:58,376 Oi-oi! How's your luck, pal? 985 01:05:58,459 --> 01:06:00,167 Reg, this is my brother, Frank. 986 01:06:00,251 --> 01:06:01,584 - Pleased to meet you, Reg. - How do you do? 987 01:06:01,667 --> 01:06:03,251 - Congratulations. - And his wife, Joyce. 988 01:06:03,334 --> 01:06:04,709 - Hello, Reg. - How do you do? 989 01:06:04,792 --> 01:06:06,876 Here, take your coat off. We can eat now. I'm starving. 990 01:06:06,959 --> 01:06:08,792 Didn't hold everybody up, did I? 991 01:06:08,876 --> 01:06:10,459 Oh, don't be so silly. Go on, sit yourselves down. 992 01:06:10,542 --> 01:06:12,834 - Where do you want us then? - Looks smart, don't he? 993 01:06:12,917 --> 01:06:14,709 - Yeah, he does. - You sit there, Reg. 994 01:06:14,792 --> 01:06:17,334 - Here, Uncle Frank. You're next to me. - Well, don't make trouble. 995 01:06:17,417 --> 01:06:20,834 - Come on, everyone, tuck in. - Fill your boots! 996 01:06:20,917 --> 01:06:22,834 Ethel, thank you. 997 01:06:22,917 --> 01:06:25,209 - This is nice. - Aw. 998 01:06:28,459 --> 01:06:30,542 Eh-up. Eh-up. 999 01:06:30,626 --> 01:06:33,042 Here's to Ethel and Reg. 1000 01:06:33,126 --> 01:06:34,876 Welcome to the family, Reg. 1001 01:06:34,959 --> 01:06:36,876 And all the very best to the both of you. Cheers. 1002 01:06:36,959 --> 01:06:38,834 - Cheers. - To the happy couple. 1003 01:06:38,917 --> 01:06:40,834 - Here's to you. - Ta very much. 1004 01:06:40,917 --> 01:06:42,334 And if you're half as happy with your wife 1005 01:06:42,417 --> 01:06:43,876 as I've been with mine, you'll be a lucky man. 1006 01:06:43,959 --> 01:06:45,334 - Quite right. - It's the truth. 1007 01:06:45,417 --> 01:06:47,751 Well, there's no turning back now, Reg. 1008 01:06:47,834 --> 01:06:49,501 You'll be coming to us for your Christmas dinner, won't you, Reg? 1009 01:06:49,584 --> 01:06:51,417 Yeah, you don't want to miss Christmas here. 1010 01:06:51,501 --> 01:06:53,376 Well, Frank and Joyce, you'll be here, won't you? 1011 01:06:53,459 --> 01:06:55,376 - Course we will. - We ain't made no plans yet. 1012 01:06:55,459 --> 01:06:57,667 - Wouldn't be the same without you. - We'll be here, don't worry. 1013 01:06:57,751 --> 01:06:59,626 - We have a laugh, don't we? - Yes, we do. 1014 01:06:59,709 --> 01:07:01,876 And you want to get your name down on the housing list, Reg. 1015 01:07:01,959 --> 01:07:03,876 Ooh, yes, you want to get yourself somewhere nice. 1016 01:07:03,959 --> 01:07:06,042 We'll be all right at my place. 1017 01:07:06,126 --> 01:07:08,542 Mind you, we was in one room after we got married, weren't we, Dad? 1018 01:07:08,626 --> 01:07:10,501 We was in one room for years, yeah, in Windmill Road. 1019 01:07:10,584 --> 01:07:13,501 - Yeah, we had some good times in there. - Christmases. 1020 01:07:13,584 --> 01:07:16,209 But one of these days you might find that... 1021 01:07:16,292 --> 01:07:18,709 one room ain't enough. I'm being a bit previous there. 1022 01:07:18,792 --> 01:07:21,417 - He knows what I mean. - Take no notice. 1023 01:07:21,501 --> 01:07:23,876 'Ere you are, I'll be an uncle. 1024 01:07:23,959 --> 01:07:27,542 We've... we got a bit of news to tell you ourselves, me and Joyce. 1025 01:07:27,626 --> 01:07:29,376 - Oh, yes? - What is it? 1026 01:07:29,459 --> 01:07:31,209 I've had to keep me trap shut all week. 1027 01:07:31,292 --> 01:07:33,251 - Oh, dear. - Come on, Frank. Spit it out. 1028 01:07:33,334 --> 01:07:35,251 - Well? - Well, go on then. 1029 01:07:35,334 --> 01:07:37,584 - Joyce is going to have a baby. - Aah! 1030 01:07:37,667 --> 01:07:39,667 Gonna have a family. 1031 01:07:39,751 --> 01:07:41,459 Congratulations, Frank. 1032 01:07:41,542 --> 01:07:43,334 I'm really pleased for you. 1033 01:07:43,417 --> 01:07:45,876 - Congratulations, Uncle Frank. - That's marvellous! 1034 01:07:45,959 --> 01:07:47,751 - Congratulations, Auntie Joyce. - Thank you, Sidney. 1035 01:07:47,834 --> 01:07:51,042 Well, blimey, this is a double celebration, innit? 1036 01:07:51,126 --> 01:07:53,334 'Ere, Joyce. You'll have a little top up? 1037 01:07:53,417 --> 01:07:55,292 'Ere, you kept that one quiet, didn't you? 1038 01:07:55,376 --> 01:07:58,417 - I'll go. Hey, Sid, pour the drinks. - All right, go on. 1039 01:07:58,501 --> 01:08:00,417 'Ere you are, pass 'em over. 1040 01:08:03,667 --> 01:08:05,084 Good afternoon, sir. 1041 01:08:05,167 --> 01:08:08,417 - DI Webster, Metropolitan Police. - Oh, yes? 1042 01:08:09,167 --> 01:08:11,251 Does Mrs Vera Drake live here, sir? 1043 01:08:12,167 --> 01:08:14,084 Yes, she does, yes. 1044 01:08:14,167 --> 01:08:15,584 Would you be Mr Drake, sir? 1045 01:08:16,209 --> 01:08:17,584 Yes. 1046 01:08:17,667 --> 01:08:19,876 - Is Mrs Drake at home now? - Yes. 1047 01:08:19,959 --> 01:08:23,251 We'd like to have a few words with her, if we may. 1048 01:08:23,334 --> 01:08:25,084 Oh, well, we're having a party. 1049 01:08:25,167 --> 01:08:27,084 My daughter's just got engaged, celebration. 1050 01:08:27,167 --> 01:08:29,959 I'm sorry about that, sir, but we do need to talk to your wife. 1051 01:08:31,167 --> 01:08:33,209 - What about? - I can't tell you that, sir. 1052 01:08:34,167 --> 01:08:35,834 But it is a serious matter. 1053 01:08:35,917 --> 01:08:38,792 Well, she's good as gold. She's never done a dishonest thing in her life. 1054 01:08:38,876 --> 01:08:39,751 Yes, sir. 1055 01:08:40,917 --> 01:08:42,751 May we come in? 1056 01:08:45,251 --> 01:08:47,542 Hold up, hold up. It's the police. 1057 01:08:48,542 --> 01:08:49,667 Eh? 1058 01:08:51,167 --> 01:08:53,084 Good afternoon. 1059 01:08:53,167 --> 01:08:55,084 Sorry to interrupt your celebrations, 1060 01:08:55,167 --> 01:08:57,626 but we need to talk to Mrs Vera Drake. 1061 01:09:00,167 --> 01:09:02,084 This is my wife. 1062 01:09:02,167 --> 01:09:05,084 - What's going on? - Could you sit down please, sir? 1063 01:09:05,167 --> 01:09:07,209 Do as you're told, Sid. 1064 01:09:13,167 --> 01:09:15,584 May I speak to you in private, please, Mrs Drake? 1065 01:09:17,459 --> 01:09:18,626 Vera? 1066 01:09:24,667 --> 01:09:26,584 This way, Mrs Drake. 1067 01:09:26,667 --> 01:09:28,417 What is it, Dad? 1068 01:09:29,167 --> 01:09:30,584 Hold on, Sid. I'll come with her. 1069 01:09:30,667 --> 01:09:32,959 If you wouldn't mind staying in the parlour, please, sir. 1070 01:09:33,042 --> 01:09:36,084 - What's all this about? - We will keep you posted. 1071 01:09:36,167 --> 01:09:38,084 I'm her husband, I've got a right to know. 1072 01:09:38,167 --> 01:09:40,084 I appreciate that, sir. 1073 01:09:40,167 --> 01:09:42,001 If you'll just do as I've asked. 1074 01:09:43,209 --> 01:09:44,751 Close the door. Thank you. 1075 01:10:00,459 --> 01:10:01,959 Mrs Drake. 1076 01:10:03,334 --> 01:10:05,626 I'm Detective Inspector Webster. 1077 01:10:05,709 --> 01:10:09,292 This is Detective Sergeant Vickers and WPC Best. 1078 01:10:11,417 --> 01:10:13,501 I know why you're here. 1079 01:10:14,417 --> 01:10:16,126 Beg your pardon? 1080 01:10:16,876 --> 01:10:18,876 I know why you're here. 1081 01:10:23,251 --> 01:10:25,001 Why are we here? 1082 01:10:26,917 --> 01:10:28,792 Cos of what I do. 1083 01:10:28,876 --> 01:10:31,167 Because of what you do? 1084 01:10:31,709 --> 01:10:33,126 Yes. 1085 01:10:33,209 --> 01:10:35,751 What is it that you do, Mrs Drake? 1086 01:10:41,292 --> 01:10:43,334 I help young girls out. 1087 01:10:44,792 --> 01:10:46,834 You help young girls out? 1088 01:10:46,917 --> 01:10:49,209 That's right. 1089 01:10:49,292 --> 01:10:51,167 How do you help them out? 1090 01:10:57,001 --> 01:10:59,084 We're having a party today. 1091 01:11:03,001 --> 01:11:04,917 Can I sit down, please? 1092 01:11:05,001 --> 01:11:06,751 Yes, of course. 1093 01:11:10,001 --> 01:11:12,334 I don't want to spoil it for my family. 1094 01:11:14,001 --> 01:11:16,084 Can't you come back tomorrow? 1095 01:11:22,876 --> 01:11:24,751 I'm sorry, Mrs Drake. 1096 01:11:24,834 --> 01:11:27,167 But we have to deal with this matter today. 1097 01:11:28,001 --> 01:11:29,667 Oh, do you? 1098 01:11:30,876 --> 01:11:31,959 Yes. 1099 01:11:33,667 --> 01:11:35,251 What are they taking so long for? 1100 01:11:35,334 --> 01:11:36,792 I don't know, Sid. 1101 01:11:36,876 --> 01:11:39,751 - Someone might've been murdered. - Oh, my godfathers, Sidney! 1102 01:11:39,834 --> 01:11:42,251 - All right, Sid. - No, in one of the houses she cleans in. 1103 01:11:42,334 --> 01:11:44,084 I mean, he said it was serious, didn't he? 1104 01:11:44,167 --> 01:11:45,792 Someone's pinched something, that's all. 1105 01:11:45,876 --> 01:11:49,251 But there were a couple of detectives. Plain clothes, aren't they? 1106 01:11:51,876 --> 01:11:53,792 Can you answer my question, please? 1107 01:11:54,584 --> 01:11:56,376 How do you help them out? 1108 01:11:58,917 --> 01:12:01,167 When they can't manage. 1109 01:12:01,251 --> 01:12:03,626 When they can't manage? 1110 01:12:04,834 --> 01:12:06,251 That's right. 1111 01:12:07,084 --> 01:12:09,834 You mean, when they're pregnant? 1112 01:12:15,376 --> 01:12:18,834 So, how do you help them out? 1113 01:12:24,126 --> 01:12:27,167 I help them start their bleeding again. 1114 01:12:28,626 --> 01:12:30,626 You help them to get rid of the baby? 1115 01:12:32,876 --> 01:12:35,209 I've spoilt their day for them now, haven't I? 1116 01:12:37,917 --> 01:12:40,167 You perform an abortion. 1117 01:12:41,751 --> 01:12:43,542 Is that right, Mrs Drake? 1118 01:12:44,667 --> 01:12:47,167 You perform abortions, don't you? 1119 01:12:50,584 --> 01:12:52,542 That's not what I do, dear. 1120 01:12:53,959 --> 01:12:56,042 That's what you call it but... 1121 01:12:56,126 --> 01:12:58,042 they need help. 1122 01:12:58,126 --> 01:13:01,376 Who else are they gonna turn to? They've got no one. I help them out. 1123 01:13:03,334 --> 01:13:06,209 Did you help Pamela Barnes in this way? 1124 01:13:07,584 --> 01:13:09,501 Pamela? 1125 01:13:09,584 --> 01:13:11,209 Yes, I did. 1126 01:13:11,292 --> 01:13:12,792 On Friday? 1127 01:13:12,876 --> 01:13:14,709 That's right. 1128 01:13:16,501 --> 01:13:18,334 Is she all right? 1129 01:13:19,376 --> 01:13:21,542 She nearly died, Mrs Drake... 1130 01:13:23,209 --> 01:13:24,709 last night. 1131 01:13:28,167 --> 01:13:29,667 Oh, God. 1132 01:13:33,334 --> 01:13:35,251 She'll live. 1133 01:13:35,334 --> 01:13:38,417 - Thank you. - She's in hospital, but she'll live. 1134 01:13:49,834 --> 01:13:54,959 Mrs Drake, I'm arresting you for carrying out an illegal operation 1135 01:13:55,042 --> 01:13:57,167 on Pamela Mary Barnes, 1136 01:13:57,251 --> 01:13:59,876 of 37 Flixton Street, London, North 1... 1137 01:14:01,084 --> 01:14:03,292 on the 17th of November, 1950. 1138 01:14:04,834 --> 01:14:06,709 You're not obliged to say anything, 1139 01:14:06,792 --> 01:14:09,501 but anything you say may be given in evidence. 1140 01:14:10,209 --> 01:14:12,042 Do you understand? 1141 01:14:12,126 --> 01:14:14,376 I think so, dear, yes. 1142 01:14:14,459 --> 01:14:17,001 I must ask you to accompany me to the police station. 1143 01:14:18,959 --> 01:14:20,376 Mrs Drake... 1144 01:14:21,459 --> 01:14:24,376 does anybody in that room know why we're here? 1145 01:14:24,459 --> 01:14:25,459 No. 1146 01:14:26,126 --> 01:14:27,209 No. 1147 01:14:28,459 --> 01:14:30,584 You won't tell them, will you? 1148 01:14:32,584 --> 01:14:33,751 No. 1149 01:14:36,667 --> 01:14:38,584 Now, the equipment you used 1150 01:14:38,667 --> 01:14:40,751 to perform these operations... 1151 01:14:41,917 --> 01:14:44,126 is it here on the premises? 1152 01:14:46,917 --> 01:14:49,292 Can you get it for me, please? 1153 01:15:20,209 --> 01:15:22,417 - Can you manage? - Thank you, dear. 1154 01:15:35,001 --> 01:15:37,084 Pop it on the bed for me, please. 1155 01:15:43,209 --> 01:15:45,626 Would you mind showing me what's inside? 1156 01:15:47,292 --> 01:15:48,626 Sorry, dear? 1157 01:15:48,709 --> 01:15:51,167 I need to see the contents of the bag. 1158 01:15:51,251 --> 01:15:52,751 Take your time. 1159 01:16:11,292 --> 01:16:13,417 Can you open it up, please? 1160 01:16:35,042 --> 01:16:36,126 Thank you. 1161 01:16:40,417 --> 01:16:42,292 - Go on. - Ask him, Dad. 1162 01:16:42,376 --> 01:16:44,001 It's your house, Stan. 1163 01:16:48,251 --> 01:16:50,126 Could you stay in the room, please? 1164 01:16:50,209 --> 01:16:52,417 - I want to know what this is about. - I don't know, sir. 1165 01:16:52,501 --> 01:16:53,876 Mr Drake. 1166 01:16:53,959 --> 01:16:56,126 Could I have a word with you, please? 1167 01:16:56,209 --> 01:16:57,959 What's going on? 1168 01:16:58,042 --> 01:17:01,126 I'm afraid I'm going to have to take your wife to the police station 1169 01:17:01,209 --> 01:17:03,626 - to help us with our inquiries. - Well, I wanna go with her. 1170 01:17:03,709 --> 01:17:05,626 You're free to do that, sir. 1171 01:17:05,709 --> 01:17:08,042 - You'll have to make your own way. - Will I? 1172 01:17:08,126 --> 01:17:10,251 She's got to go to the station. 1173 01:17:14,959 --> 01:17:16,709 Well, it's just a mistake, ain't it? 1174 01:17:16,792 --> 01:17:18,292 - Yes, it is. - Course it is. 1175 01:17:25,917 --> 01:17:27,792 - How we doing? - Ready, Sarge. 1176 01:17:27,876 --> 01:17:29,626 Follow the sergeant. 1177 01:17:32,501 --> 01:17:34,626 - You'll be all right, Vera. - Love you, Mum. 1178 01:17:38,209 --> 01:17:40,126 - You know where the station is, sir? - Yes, I do. 1179 01:17:40,209 --> 01:17:42,042 - I'll just get my coat. - I'll take you. 1180 01:17:42,126 --> 01:17:43,751 - You stay 'ere. - I've got the motor. 1181 01:17:43,834 --> 01:17:46,001 - Be better if you stayed. - Go with her, Dad. 1182 01:17:47,251 --> 01:17:48,792 - What are you doing? - Having a look. 1183 01:17:48,876 --> 01:17:50,292 - Sid. - Frank! 1184 01:17:53,209 --> 01:17:55,292 Ethel, come back inside. You'll catch your death. 1185 01:18:00,751 --> 01:18:02,376 Mum! 1186 01:18:17,709 --> 01:18:20,084 Don't worry, love. I'm coming with you. 1187 01:18:31,084 --> 01:18:33,626 As I say, Vera, this is just procedure. 1188 01:18:33,709 --> 01:18:35,334 It's nothing to worry about 1189 01:18:35,417 --> 01:18:38,167 and we'll look after everything we've taken from you here today. 1190 01:18:38,959 --> 01:18:40,584 Just have to pop them on for me. 1191 01:18:40,667 --> 01:18:42,584 Sit yourself down. 1192 01:18:43,501 --> 01:18:44,584 Thank you. 1193 01:18:44,667 --> 01:18:47,126 Now, Vera, do you have any jewellery? 1194 01:18:47,209 --> 01:18:48,459 No, dear. 1195 01:18:48,542 --> 01:18:50,292 Your wedding ring. 1196 01:18:50,376 --> 01:18:52,584 I'm going to have to take that off you, I'm afraid. 1197 01:18:52,667 --> 01:18:54,584 I... I can't. 1198 01:18:54,667 --> 01:18:56,917 I know this is difficult for you. 1199 01:18:58,209 --> 01:19:00,126 I never took it off. 1200 01:19:00,209 --> 01:19:01,626 I know. 1201 01:19:01,709 --> 01:19:03,626 Twenty-seven years. 1202 01:19:03,709 --> 01:19:06,084 We'll take extra special care of it. 1203 01:19:06,167 --> 01:19:07,792 It is regulations. 1204 01:19:26,917 --> 01:19:28,376 Thank you, my love. 1205 01:19:30,917 --> 01:19:33,209 I'll just hand this over to the station sergeant. 1206 01:19:38,792 --> 01:19:41,209 Do you know how long this is gonna take? 1207 01:19:41,292 --> 01:19:43,334 I have no more information than you, sir. 1208 01:19:43,417 --> 01:19:45,667 Take a seat, please. 1209 01:20:03,417 --> 01:20:04,834 Excuse me. 1210 01:20:04,917 --> 01:20:07,126 - Excuse me. - Sit down, sir. 1211 01:20:22,167 --> 01:20:23,959 Don't get up, Mrs Drake. 1212 01:20:40,667 --> 01:20:42,917 Now, Mrs Drake... 1213 01:20:45,209 --> 01:20:47,709 You help women who are in trouble? 1214 01:20:55,209 --> 01:20:57,126 How long have you been doing this? 1215 01:21:01,709 --> 01:21:03,626 I don't know, dear. 1216 01:21:03,709 --> 01:21:05,834 Well, roughly speaking. 1217 01:21:05,917 --> 01:21:07,542 Five, ten years? 1218 01:21:10,876 --> 01:21:12,376 A long time. 1219 01:21:13,251 --> 01:21:14,667 Twenty years? 1220 01:21:19,709 --> 01:21:21,626 Maybe, yes. 1221 01:21:21,709 --> 01:21:23,751 About 20 years? 1222 01:21:27,209 --> 01:21:28,501 No, I... 1223 01:21:30,209 --> 01:21:31,959 I don't know. 1224 01:21:35,209 --> 01:21:37,126 Mrs Drake, you're in a police station 1225 01:21:37,209 --> 01:21:39,126 under arrest for a serious criminal offence, 1226 01:21:39,209 --> 01:21:41,126 - do you understand? - Yes, I'm sorry. 1227 01:21:41,209 --> 01:21:43,417 It's very important that you try 1228 01:21:43,501 --> 01:21:45,584 to answer my questions truthfully. 1229 01:21:46,459 --> 01:21:47,751 Yes. 1230 01:21:49,667 --> 01:21:51,584 Is my... Is my husband in yet? 1231 01:21:52,376 --> 01:21:54,084 Yes, Mrs Drake. He is. 1232 01:21:58,959 --> 01:22:01,001 How did you start... 1233 01:22:01,917 --> 01:22:03,834 helping girls in this way? 1234 01:22:11,417 --> 01:22:12,709 I can't... 1235 01:22:21,459 --> 01:22:22,959 I can't... 1236 01:22:27,709 --> 01:22:29,542 Don't worry, Vera. 1237 01:22:29,626 --> 01:22:32,334 Just answer the inspector's question. 1238 01:22:37,667 --> 01:22:39,167 Mrs Drake... 1239 01:22:39,251 --> 01:22:41,584 did it happen to you when you were a girl? 1240 01:23:15,709 --> 01:23:16,959 Now... 1241 01:23:18,167 --> 01:23:20,042 as far as you're aware... 1242 01:23:21,042 --> 01:23:24,626 have any of the other girls you've helped over the years become ill? 1243 01:23:28,334 --> 01:23:30,584 What did you say, dear? Sorry. 1244 01:23:31,709 --> 01:23:33,917 Have any of them gone to the hospital? 1245 01:23:34,001 --> 01:23:35,251 No. 1246 01:23:36,501 --> 01:23:37,959 Are you sure? 1247 01:23:40,209 --> 01:23:41,292 Yes. 1248 01:23:42,751 --> 01:23:45,376 Do you always use the syringe? 1249 01:23:48,001 --> 01:23:50,626 You never use knitting needles or hooks? 1250 01:23:50,709 --> 01:23:52,626 - No. - Or any other metal objects? 1251 01:23:52,709 --> 01:23:54,751 No, no, I wouldn't do that. 1252 01:24:00,876 --> 01:24:04,334 - How much do you charge, Mrs Drake? - What? 1253 01:24:04,417 --> 01:24:06,334 How much do they pay you? 1254 01:24:09,709 --> 01:24:11,792 I don't take money. 1255 01:24:14,542 --> 01:24:16,917 I never take money. I wouldn't... 1256 01:24:18,709 --> 01:24:20,626 That's not why... 1257 01:24:22,709 --> 01:24:24,501 You do it for nothing? 1258 01:24:24,584 --> 01:24:26,209 Of course I do. 1259 01:24:27,209 --> 01:24:28,751 They need help. 1260 01:24:35,209 --> 01:24:37,334 Do you know a Mrs Lillian Clark? 1261 01:24:43,584 --> 01:24:45,167 Yes. 1262 01:24:45,251 --> 01:24:47,751 How long have you known her? 1263 01:24:48,667 --> 01:24:51,126 I think since... since we was kids. 1264 01:24:52,251 --> 01:24:55,084 She puts young girls in touch with you, doesn't she? 1265 01:24:57,209 --> 01:24:58,584 Sometimes. 1266 01:24:59,751 --> 01:25:01,792 Did she put you in touch with Pamela Barnes? 1267 01:25:09,417 --> 01:25:12,917 Did you know that Lillian Clark was paid two guineas by Pamela's mother? 1268 01:25:16,084 --> 01:25:17,542 No! 1269 01:25:18,834 --> 01:25:20,334 She never gives you any money? 1270 01:25:20,417 --> 01:25:21,626 No. 1271 01:25:25,251 --> 01:25:27,834 - Are you telling me the truth? - Yes, I am. 1272 01:25:35,667 --> 01:25:37,709 Can I go home now, please? 1273 01:25:40,209 --> 01:25:42,251 No, Mrs Drake, I'm afraid not. 1274 01:25:43,834 --> 01:25:46,167 My children will be worried sick. 1275 01:25:51,709 --> 01:25:53,751 They won't be long now. 1276 01:25:56,959 --> 01:25:58,959 Well, we can't stay here all night, can we? 1277 01:25:59,042 --> 01:26:00,626 Well, we'll be all right, if you want to get off. 1278 01:26:00,709 --> 01:26:01,709 We don't mind. 1279 01:26:01,792 --> 01:26:04,084 He told us to stay, so stay is what we'll do. 1280 01:26:04,167 --> 01:26:06,001 I don't like driving in the dark. 1281 01:26:06,084 --> 01:26:08,167 It's already dark anyway. 1282 01:26:08,876 --> 01:26:11,126 Well, can we have the wireless on, please? 1283 01:26:16,709 --> 01:26:19,501 So now, Mrs Drake, I'm going to invite you under caution 1284 01:26:19,584 --> 01:26:21,251 to make a statement in your own words 1285 01:26:21,334 --> 01:26:23,417 which I shall write down and then read back to you. 1286 01:26:23,501 --> 01:26:27,126 If you agree it to be a true statement, you shall then sign it. Is that clear? 1287 01:26:28,709 --> 01:26:30,042 Yes. 1288 01:26:30,126 --> 01:26:33,917 So if I can begin by asking you how long you've been helping girls out? 1289 01:26:36,626 --> 01:26:38,709 A long time. 1290 01:26:38,792 --> 01:26:40,584 Can you be specific? 1291 01:26:40,667 --> 01:26:42,751 Exactly how long? 1292 01:26:44,209 --> 01:26:45,209 Um... 1293 01:26:46,917 --> 01:26:48,959 You previously stated to the inspector 1294 01:26:49,042 --> 01:26:51,126 "about 20 years". 1295 01:26:51,209 --> 01:26:52,709 Oh, did I? 1296 01:26:53,501 --> 01:26:55,126 So if I put... 1297 01:26:56,209 --> 01:26:58,626 "I have been... 1298 01:26:58,709 --> 01:27:00,626 helping girls out... 1299 01:27:02,709 --> 01:27:04,584 for 20 years." 1300 01:27:06,167 --> 01:27:08,251 - "For about 20 years." - Yes, sir. 1301 01:27:10,542 --> 01:27:12,417 What's wrong with climbing a wall? 1302 01:27:12,501 --> 01:27:14,959 Well, it depends what's on the other side of it, sir. Sarge. 1303 01:27:40,167 --> 01:27:43,584 You are charged that you, Vera Rose Drake, 1304 01:27:43,667 --> 01:27:46,417 on the 17th day of November, 1950, 1305 01:27:46,501 --> 01:27:49,084 at 37 Flixton Street, North 1, 1306 01:27:49,167 --> 01:27:51,084 with the intent to procure a miscarriage, 1307 01:27:51,167 --> 01:27:53,584 did unlawfully and feloniously use an instrument 1308 01:27:53,667 --> 01:27:56,084 on Pamela Mary Barnes, 1309 01:27:56,167 --> 01:27:58,042 contrary to Section 58 1310 01:27:58,126 --> 01:28:01,042 of the Offences Against the Person Act, 1861. 1311 01:28:01,917 --> 01:28:04,584 Do you wish to say anything in answer to the charge? 1312 01:28:04,667 --> 01:28:07,001 You are not obliged to say anything unless you wish to do so, 1313 01:28:07,084 --> 01:28:08,751 but whatever you say will be taken down in writing 1314 01:28:08,834 --> 01:28:10,917 and may be given in evidence. 1315 01:28:16,251 --> 01:28:17,542 No. 1316 01:28:17,626 --> 01:28:19,251 Thank you, sergeant. 1317 01:28:19,334 --> 01:28:20,959 Very good, sir. 1318 01:28:21,042 --> 01:28:22,792 This way, Vera. 1319 01:28:31,792 --> 01:28:34,584 - Mr Drake... - What's going on? What's all this about? 1320 01:28:38,292 --> 01:28:41,084 Look, I'll tell you what, could you bear with me for a minute? 1321 01:28:42,167 --> 01:28:43,834 Have a seat. 1322 01:28:50,667 --> 01:28:51,709 Sir. 1323 01:28:55,251 --> 01:28:57,834 Mrs Drake, I've just been talking to your husband. 1324 01:28:59,126 --> 01:29:01,584 He doesn't know why you're here, does he? 1325 01:29:01,667 --> 01:29:02,834 No. 1326 01:29:03,667 --> 01:29:06,001 He's going to find out, you know. 1327 01:29:12,501 --> 01:29:14,917 Why don't you tell him yourself? 1328 01:29:15,001 --> 01:29:16,959 I can bring him through now. 1329 01:29:22,501 --> 01:29:24,417 I think it's for the best, don't you? 1330 01:29:25,167 --> 01:29:26,709 Yes, dear. 1331 01:29:28,001 --> 01:29:31,292 Myself and the WPC will have to be present, do you understand? 1332 01:29:37,251 --> 01:29:39,167 - When you're finished. - Sir. 1333 01:29:47,667 --> 01:29:49,376 That's it, Vera. 1334 01:29:55,542 --> 01:29:56,876 I'm sorry. 1335 01:30:00,834 --> 01:30:03,542 What... What you got to be sorry about? 1336 01:30:16,917 --> 01:30:18,751 What is it, love? 1337 01:30:24,042 --> 01:30:26,376 Look at the state of her, she don't deserve this. 1338 01:30:29,501 --> 01:30:31,709 You're going to have to tell him, Mrs Drake. 1339 01:30:42,042 --> 01:30:43,709 - I... - What? 1340 01:31:36,542 --> 01:31:38,584 Your wife has been charged. 1341 01:31:40,042 --> 01:31:42,042 I'm afraid she's going to have to spend the night 1342 01:31:42,126 --> 01:31:44,709 - here in the police station. - Oh! Oh... 1343 01:31:44,792 --> 01:31:46,917 We will take good care of her, sir. 1344 01:31:47,001 --> 01:31:49,917 She'll be appearing before the magistrate in the morning. 1345 01:31:53,001 --> 01:31:55,084 If you'd like to come with me, sir. 1346 01:31:56,001 --> 01:31:58,084 Don't tell Ethel and Sid. 1347 01:31:59,251 --> 01:32:00,751 Promise me. 1348 01:32:31,459 --> 01:32:33,251 - Where's Vera? - Where's Mum? 1349 01:32:35,459 --> 01:32:36,626 Dad? 1350 01:32:38,209 --> 01:32:39,876 They're going to keep her in there overnight. 1351 01:32:39,959 --> 01:32:41,626 What for? Dad, what's going on? 1352 01:32:41,709 --> 01:32:43,709 Let your dad take his coat off. 1353 01:32:47,667 --> 01:32:50,376 Let me have a word with your Uncle Frank. It'll just be five minutes. 1354 01:32:50,459 --> 01:32:52,167 - Why can't you tell-- - Five minutes. 1355 01:32:52,251 --> 01:32:53,501 Come on. 1356 01:33:03,459 --> 01:33:06,417 - She's in serious trouble, Frank. - Why, what's happened? 1357 01:33:09,459 --> 01:33:11,334 What am I gonna do? 1358 01:33:11,417 --> 01:33:13,001 What is it? 1359 01:33:15,417 --> 01:33:17,292 - Tell me. - I can't. 1360 01:33:22,959 --> 01:33:25,251 She's been helping young girls out. 1361 01:33:27,126 --> 01:33:28,709 How do you mean? 1362 01:33:30,959 --> 01:33:33,167 What find themselves in the family way. 1363 01:33:36,542 --> 01:33:38,001 You mean...? 1364 01:33:42,042 --> 01:33:45,501 - I don't believe it. - She told me herself in front of the cops. 1365 01:33:57,292 --> 01:33:59,376 She asked me not to tell the kids. 1366 01:33:59,459 --> 01:34:01,376 What shall I do? 1367 01:34:01,459 --> 01:34:03,584 - You got to tell them the truth. - I know. 1368 01:34:05,959 --> 01:34:09,334 - What's gonna happen to her? - She's got to go to court in the morning. 1369 01:34:10,292 --> 01:34:14,001 Copper give me the name of a... solicitor. 1370 01:34:15,001 --> 01:34:17,167 - Got to go around there first thing. - I'll come with you. 1371 01:34:17,251 --> 01:34:18,334 - Will you? - Course, I will. 1372 01:34:18,417 --> 01:34:19,626 Thanks. 1373 01:34:29,959 --> 01:34:32,042 Joyce, get your coat. 1374 01:34:33,959 --> 01:34:35,876 Thank God for that. Excuse me. 1375 01:34:35,959 --> 01:34:37,876 I'll see you tomorrow. 1376 01:34:37,959 --> 01:34:40,292 Ethel, where's my hat, please? 1377 01:34:41,917 --> 01:34:44,417 It might be better if you was to get off home, Reg. 1378 01:34:45,459 --> 01:34:47,251 Yeah, course. 1379 01:34:47,334 --> 01:34:49,126 - Nice to meet you, Reg. - Nice to meet you. 1380 01:34:49,209 --> 01:34:51,292 - Cheerio, then. - Cheerio. 1381 01:34:51,376 --> 01:34:52,626 Night. 1382 01:34:54,084 --> 01:34:56,126 You still got your hat and coat on, Dad. 1383 01:34:57,959 --> 01:34:59,709 - Pop round tomorrow. - After work. 1384 01:34:59,792 --> 01:35:01,126 All right. 1385 01:35:04,376 --> 01:35:06,376 - Thanks for the do, Stan. - You're welcome. 1386 01:35:06,459 --> 01:35:08,542 - Look after yourself, Reg. - And you, mate. 1387 01:35:13,417 --> 01:35:14,751 Here you are. 1388 01:35:20,167 --> 01:35:21,876 Tea? 1389 01:35:21,959 --> 01:35:24,001 How about a sandwich? 1390 01:35:25,459 --> 01:35:27,501 - No, thank you. - Are you sure? 1391 01:35:28,459 --> 01:35:30,542 Well, goodnight then, Vera. 1392 01:35:32,459 --> 01:35:34,209 Thanks, Arthur. 1393 01:35:43,459 --> 01:35:45,167 I don't believe it. 1394 01:35:46,626 --> 01:35:48,792 How could she do that? 1395 01:35:48,876 --> 01:35:51,417 She was trying to help people out, Sid. 1396 01:35:52,459 --> 01:35:54,292 It's wrong though. 1397 01:35:55,417 --> 01:35:58,792 Well, whatever she done, she's done it out of the kindness of her heart. 1398 01:36:01,459 --> 01:36:03,501 - She's let us down. - No. 1399 01:36:25,959 --> 01:36:27,376 Mrs Drake. 1400 01:36:27,459 --> 01:36:29,376 - Yes? - My name is Mr Lewis. 1401 01:36:29,459 --> 01:36:31,376 I'm your solicitor. 1402 01:36:31,459 --> 01:36:33,876 Stanley came to me this morning to ask me to represent you. 1403 01:36:33,959 --> 01:36:36,834 - Oh. - He's waiting outside with Frank. 1404 01:36:36,917 --> 01:36:40,334 - Is Frank here? - Yes, they're taking care of each other. 1405 01:36:40,417 --> 01:36:42,376 Now, I have a number of questions 1406 01:36:42,459 --> 01:36:44,834 I need to ask you, but I would imagine 1407 01:36:44,917 --> 01:36:47,834 that you have a thousand and one questions that you'd like to ask me. 1408 01:36:47,917 --> 01:36:50,376 So why don't you go first. Hmm? 1409 01:37:03,459 --> 01:37:06,084 This is case number five on the list, Your Worship. 1410 01:37:06,167 --> 01:37:08,001 Vera Rose Drake. 1411 01:37:10,042 --> 01:37:11,376 Good morning, Your Worship. 1412 01:37:11,459 --> 01:37:14,751 It is my privilege to appear for Mrs Drake this morning. 1413 01:37:14,834 --> 01:37:17,292 It is my intention to make an application for bail, 1414 01:37:17,376 --> 01:37:19,501 subject to Your Worship's views in this matter. 1415 01:37:19,584 --> 01:37:21,167 I understand from the inspector, 1416 01:37:21,251 --> 01:37:24,626 the police will raise no objections to this application. 1417 01:37:25,376 --> 01:37:27,292 Thank you, Mr Lewis. 1418 01:37:27,376 --> 01:37:30,251 Are you Vera Rose Drake? 1419 01:37:31,042 --> 01:37:32,376 Yes. 1420 01:37:32,459 --> 01:37:34,209 What is your address? 1421 01:37:36,292 --> 01:37:39,417 - 82... - Would you speak up? 1422 01:37:40,917 --> 01:37:44,376 82, Essex Buildings... 1423 01:37:45,376 --> 01:37:47,792 Oslow Street, 1424 01:37:48,584 --> 01:37:50,501 North 1. 1425 01:37:50,584 --> 01:37:54,876 You are charged for that you, on the 17th day of November, 1950 1426 01:37:54,959 --> 01:37:57,334 at 37 Flixton Street, North 1, 1427 01:37:57,417 --> 01:38:00,084 did unlawfully and feloniously 1428 01:38:00,167 --> 01:38:03,376 use an instrument on Pamela Mary Barnes, 1429 01:38:03,459 --> 01:38:07,584 contrary to Section 58 of the Offences Against the Person Act, 1861. 1430 01:38:07,667 --> 01:38:09,001 Sit down, Mrs Drake. 1431 01:38:10,417 --> 01:38:11,542 Inspector? 1432 01:38:12,417 --> 01:38:16,376 Detective Inspector Earnest Webster, G-Division, Metropolitan Police. 1433 01:38:16,459 --> 01:38:18,251 I swear by almighty God 1434 01:38:18,334 --> 01:38:20,167 that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth, 1435 01:38:20,251 --> 01:38:22,251 the whole truth and nothing but the truth. 1436 01:38:24,959 --> 01:38:28,376 As a result of a telephone call from Ward Sister Coombes, 1437 01:38:28,459 --> 01:38:31,334 Detective Sergeant Vickers, WPC Best and myself 1438 01:38:31,417 --> 01:38:34,751 went to the North London General Hospital at 9:00pm... 1439 01:38:37,917 --> 01:38:40,001 "I know why you are here. 1440 01:38:40,084 --> 01:38:42,292 I help young girls who are in trouble. 1441 01:38:42,376 --> 01:38:44,167 I help them to start their bleeding." 1442 01:38:44,251 --> 01:38:46,542 I said, "You mean you perform abortions?" 1443 01:38:46,626 --> 01:38:49,376 She said, "That's not what I call it. I just help them." 1444 01:38:49,459 --> 01:38:53,167 She admitted performing an illegal operation on Pamela Barnes 1445 01:38:53,251 --> 01:38:56,251 and on hearing of the girl's critical condition, became distressed. 1446 01:38:56,334 --> 01:38:58,376 I arrested and cautioned her 1447 01:38:58,459 --> 01:39:01,376 and at my request she produced the equipment used in the operation, 1448 01:39:01,459 --> 01:39:04,667 which included a Higginson's syringe and a cheese grater. 1449 01:39:04,751 --> 01:39:07,334 Mrs Drake accompanied us to the police station, 1450 01:39:07,417 --> 01:39:10,376 where she made a voluntary statement under caution. 1451 01:39:10,459 --> 01:39:12,751 Mrs Drake was cooperative throughout 1452 01:39:12,834 --> 01:39:15,584 and is not previously known to the police. 1453 01:39:15,667 --> 01:39:18,167 We will not be opposing bail for this defendant. 1454 01:39:18,251 --> 01:39:19,751 Mr Lewis. 1455 01:39:19,834 --> 01:39:21,959 Thank you, sir. 1456 01:39:22,042 --> 01:39:26,209 My application for bail is based on the grounds 1457 01:39:26,292 --> 01:39:28,126 that Mrs Drake is gainfully employed 1458 01:39:28,209 --> 01:39:31,209 as a domestic in several households. 1459 01:39:31,292 --> 01:39:35,376 Um, she has a permanent residence and is married with two children, 1460 01:39:35,459 --> 01:39:37,376 in addition to which, there is an aged mother, 1461 01:39:37,459 --> 01:39:40,376 all of whom rely upon her for domestic duties. 1462 01:39:40,459 --> 01:39:44,292 I understand that she has cooperated fully throughout the police investigations 1463 01:39:44,376 --> 01:39:49,501 and has not received, nor sought to receive any remuneration 1464 01:39:49,584 --> 01:39:51,376 for performing this operation. 1465 01:39:51,459 --> 01:39:54,876 She has no previous convictions. 1466 01:39:54,959 --> 01:39:58,584 Um, however, she is unable to provide a surety. 1467 01:40:10,959 --> 01:40:12,792 Yes, I shall grant bail. 1468 01:40:12,876 --> 01:40:15,001 Much obliged, Your Worship. 1469 01:40:15,084 --> 01:40:17,376 Stand up, Mrs Drake. 1470 01:40:21,626 --> 01:40:24,501 I shall admit you to bail in your own recognisances 1471 01:40:24,584 --> 01:40:28,876 in the sum of fifty pounds to appear in this court 1472 01:40:28,959 --> 01:40:31,126 three weeks from today... 1473 01:40:32,459 --> 01:40:34,709 On December the 18th, sir. 1474 01:40:35,501 --> 01:40:37,167 That is at 10:00am 1475 01:40:37,251 --> 01:40:38,834 on the 18th of December. 1476 01:40:40,042 --> 01:40:41,959 Thank you, inspector. 1477 01:41:02,959 --> 01:41:05,001 I don't think I can go to prison, Stan. 1478 01:41:15,709 --> 01:41:17,709 I'd better be getting off. 1479 01:41:17,792 --> 01:41:19,876 Gonna do a bit of work? 1480 01:41:19,959 --> 01:41:21,959 I think I should. 1481 01:41:31,459 --> 01:41:33,501 Let's get your coat off. 1482 01:41:53,042 --> 01:41:54,417 Sid? 1483 01:42:01,917 --> 01:42:03,626 Hello, Sid. 1484 01:42:15,834 --> 01:42:17,334 Didn't think you'd be here. 1485 01:42:20,042 --> 01:42:21,501 Come in and sit down, Sid. 1486 01:42:22,959 --> 01:42:25,001 I'm gonna go to me room. 1487 01:42:41,834 --> 01:42:43,792 I've known her since I was six. 1488 01:42:44,667 --> 01:42:47,167 She's been like a mum... She was me mum. 1489 01:42:49,459 --> 01:42:51,251 The two of them... 1490 01:42:52,334 --> 01:42:55,209 - paid for me apprenticeship. - Yes, I know all that, Frank. 1491 01:42:57,459 --> 01:42:59,126 All their savings. 1492 01:43:03,751 --> 01:43:06,876 When I left on me own, I spent all me time round there. 1493 01:43:09,251 --> 01:43:11,876 She taught me how to waltz in the front room. 1494 01:43:13,417 --> 01:43:15,376 She always made us laugh. 1495 01:43:16,167 --> 01:43:18,042 Stupid cow. 1496 01:43:18,126 --> 01:43:20,334 How can she be so selfish? 1497 01:43:34,667 --> 01:43:36,667 So now you both know what we know. 1498 01:43:36,751 --> 01:43:38,626 I wish I didn't know any of it, Dad. 1499 01:43:38,709 --> 01:43:40,542 Well, we all wish that, Sid. 1500 01:43:42,459 --> 01:43:44,042 I'm ever so sorry. 1501 01:43:54,959 --> 01:43:57,709 How could you do those things, Mum? 1502 01:43:59,417 --> 01:44:01,042 I don't understand it. 1503 01:44:02,167 --> 01:44:04,584 I don't expect you do, Sid. 1504 01:44:04,667 --> 01:44:06,167 Why'd you do it? 1505 01:44:08,167 --> 01:44:09,917 I had to. 1506 01:44:10,001 --> 01:44:13,334 It's wrong though, ain't it? Eh? 1507 01:44:14,459 --> 01:44:16,751 - I don't think so. - Well, course it is! 1508 01:44:19,626 --> 01:44:21,334 It's little babies. 1509 01:44:23,959 --> 01:44:26,334 I mean, you hear about these things, 1510 01:44:26,417 --> 01:44:28,876 you read about it in the papers, but you don't expect to come home to it 1511 01:44:28,959 --> 01:44:31,834 on your own doorstep with your own mum! 1512 01:44:33,459 --> 01:44:35,376 - You ain't got no right! - That's enough, Sid. 1513 01:44:35,459 --> 01:44:36,792 Oh, what? 1514 01:44:37,709 --> 01:44:41,167 So what are we supposed to do then, eh? Sit round, playing happy families, 1515 01:44:41,251 --> 01:44:43,417 - pretending like nothing's happened? - I said that's enough! 1516 01:44:43,501 --> 01:44:44,626 - You lied to us! - No, she never. 1517 01:44:44,709 --> 01:44:46,667 - She did! - She never told us, but she never lied. 1518 01:44:46,751 --> 01:44:49,542 - It's the same thing! - No, it ain't! 1519 01:45:03,042 --> 01:45:04,542 It's dirty. 1520 01:45:13,959 --> 01:45:16,001 - All right? - Come on in. 1521 01:45:27,626 --> 01:45:29,501 It don't seem fair. 1522 01:45:32,459 --> 01:45:34,251 Look at my old mum. 1523 01:45:34,334 --> 01:45:36,959 Six of us in two rooms. 1524 01:45:38,459 --> 01:45:40,501 It's all right if you're rich. 1525 01:45:42,084 --> 01:45:44,251 But if you can't feed 'em, 1526 01:45:44,334 --> 01:45:46,459 you can't love 'em, can you? 1527 01:45:55,459 --> 01:45:57,334 - Poor Sid. - I know. 1528 01:45:57,417 --> 01:46:00,334 Everything's black and white for Sid. 1529 01:46:00,417 --> 01:46:02,334 He's young. 1530 01:46:02,417 --> 01:46:04,001 I can't blame him. 1531 01:46:04,084 --> 01:46:05,667 He'll come round. 1532 01:46:06,417 --> 01:46:09,042 - I don't know, Stan! - Here, come here. 1533 01:46:13,959 --> 01:46:15,876 I don't think I can tell mother. 1534 01:46:15,959 --> 01:46:18,001 She don't need to know. 1535 01:46:18,751 --> 01:46:20,792 That's it. It's all right. 1536 01:46:26,917 --> 01:46:30,376 It's all gonna come out, Sid. Everyone will know. 1537 01:46:30,459 --> 01:46:32,376 Some people won't be able to look us in the eye, 1538 01:46:32,459 --> 01:46:34,834 - cross the road to avoid us. - Can you blame 'em? 1539 01:46:34,917 --> 01:46:36,917 You wanna be one of them people? 1540 01:46:38,334 --> 01:46:41,334 Can't look your own mother in the eye? Eh? 1541 01:46:43,209 --> 01:46:45,376 You know when you went off into war, 1542 01:46:45,459 --> 01:46:48,542 you turned round to me, you said, "Sid, you're the man of the house now, 1543 01:46:48,626 --> 01:46:51,001 you've got to look after things." And I did. 1544 01:46:52,167 --> 01:46:54,292 I was only 13. 1545 01:46:54,376 --> 01:46:56,667 Me and Mum, we pulled together, and Ethel. 1546 01:46:58,959 --> 01:47:01,042 - She must've been doing it then. - I know. 1547 01:47:02,001 --> 01:47:04,334 So how many has she done over the years then, eh? 1548 01:47:04,417 --> 01:47:06,501 Dozens? Hundreds? 1549 01:47:07,751 --> 01:47:09,876 And all right, fair enough, 1550 01:47:09,959 --> 01:47:12,542 she's kept it from me and Ethel, but she didn't even tell you. 1551 01:47:12,626 --> 01:47:14,376 If she'd told me, I'd have put a stop to it, wouldn't I? 1552 01:47:14,459 --> 01:47:15,876 I don't get it, ain't you angry? 1553 01:47:15,959 --> 01:47:18,167 Of course I'm bloody angry, you silly bugger. 1554 01:47:23,917 --> 01:47:26,001 - You're asking me to forgive her. - Yes. 1555 01:47:29,917 --> 01:47:32,167 You can forgive her, Sid. She's your mother. 1556 01:47:35,917 --> 01:47:38,084 She'd forgive you anything, wouldn't she? 1557 01:47:41,959 --> 01:47:44,167 I know you think she done a bad thing. 1558 01:47:47,959 --> 01:47:51,292 But God knows, she's going to get punished enough for what she done. 1559 01:47:53,459 --> 01:47:55,167 We can't let her down. 1560 01:48:00,417 --> 01:48:02,501 I don't know what to say to you, Mum. 1561 01:48:04,001 --> 01:48:06,209 You don't have to say nothing, Sid. 1562 01:48:07,584 --> 01:48:09,709 I'm scared for you, that's all. 1563 01:48:11,459 --> 01:48:13,876 You'll have to look after your dad. 1564 01:48:13,959 --> 01:48:15,792 Course I will. 1565 01:48:28,459 --> 01:48:30,251 I love you, Mum. 1566 01:48:41,459 --> 01:48:42,959 Stand up. 1567 01:48:45,751 --> 01:48:47,751 Vera Rose Drake. 1568 01:48:48,751 --> 01:48:52,376 I commit you for trial at the Central Criminal Court 1569 01:48:52,459 --> 01:48:56,834 of the next session commencing the 10th of January, 1951. 1570 01:48:58,626 --> 01:49:00,876 I shall admit you to bail in your own recognisances 1571 01:49:00,959 --> 01:49:03,876 in the sum of fifty pounds 1572 01:49:03,959 --> 01:49:06,876 and I shall grant a defence certificate. 1573 01:49:06,959 --> 01:49:08,959 Much obliged, Your Worship. 1574 01:49:16,959 --> 01:49:19,376 I don't want to see that woman, Frank. 1575 01:49:19,459 --> 01:49:21,959 - I can't be near her. - It's Christmas. 1576 01:49:22,042 --> 01:49:25,584 I won't sit round the dinner table with her, eating food. 1577 01:49:25,667 --> 01:49:27,709 - I'm sorry, I can't help it. - He's me brother. 1578 01:49:27,792 --> 01:49:30,126 - What am I supposed to say to him? - I don't know. 1579 01:49:32,042 --> 01:49:34,876 We ain't never going to have a Christmas by ourselves! 1580 01:49:35,584 --> 01:49:37,626 Just you and me. 1581 01:49:47,917 --> 01:49:49,667 All right, I'll go. 1582 01:49:50,334 --> 01:49:51,834 For you. 1583 01:49:53,459 --> 01:49:55,126 I ain't staying though. 1584 01:49:56,417 --> 01:49:58,501 We'll have a quick drink and then we'll leave. 1585 01:49:59,417 --> 01:50:00,667 All right? 1586 01:50:07,792 --> 01:50:11,709 Now I have received a reply from three of Mrs Drake's four employers. 1587 01:50:11,792 --> 01:50:14,084 Mrs Wells has not even had the decency 1588 01:50:14,167 --> 01:50:16,667 to respond to my second letter, I'm afraid to say, 1589 01:50:16,751 --> 01:50:19,542 and whilst they all speak very highly of Mrs Drake, 1590 01:50:19,626 --> 01:50:22,209 I'm afraid that none of them, under the circumstances, 1591 01:50:22,292 --> 01:50:25,001 feel able to appear as a character witness on your behalf. 1592 01:50:25,667 --> 01:50:30,584 A, Miss, uh, Miss Kitchener does, however, send her blessing. 1593 01:50:31,667 --> 01:50:33,251 On a more positive note, 1594 01:50:33,334 --> 01:50:36,001 I have secured the services of Mr Hampton Ward, 1595 01:50:36,084 --> 01:50:37,709 who is an excellent barrister, 1596 01:50:37,792 --> 01:50:39,876 and will present our case in the best possible light. 1597 01:50:39,959 --> 01:50:42,709 Now, the judge may see fit to give us the minimum sentence, 1598 01:50:42,792 --> 01:50:45,126 which could be as little as 18 months. 1599 01:50:46,459 --> 01:50:50,209 I'm afraid I'm unable to offer you any more hope than that. 1600 01:50:51,792 --> 01:50:53,167 I'm sorry. 1601 01:51:11,001 --> 01:51:13,751 - You been feeling all right, Joyce? - Yes, thank you. 1602 01:51:26,792 --> 01:51:28,834 You gonna have one of your chocolates? 1603 01:51:31,292 --> 01:51:32,542 Oh, yes. 1604 01:51:36,292 --> 01:51:38,209 I'll have one of these. 1605 01:51:39,292 --> 01:51:40,501 Frank? 1606 01:51:43,792 --> 01:51:44,959 No. 1607 01:51:45,792 --> 01:51:47,167 Ethel? 1608 01:51:55,292 --> 01:51:57,334 No, you're all right, mate. 1609 01:52:02,792 --> 01:52:05,376 This is the best Christmas I've had in a long time. 1610 01:52:07,792 --> 01:52:09,876 Thank you very much, Vera. 1611 01:52:11,751 --> 01:52:13,084 Smashing. 1612 01:52:44,001 --> 01:52:46,334 Is your name Vera Rose Drake? 1613 01:52:48,792 --> 01:52:50,167 Yes. 1614 01:52:50,251 --> 01:52:51,917 Prisoner at the bar, 1615 01:52:52,001 --> 01:52:53,709 you are charged with using an instrument 1616 01:52:53,792 --> 01:52:55,917 with intent to procure miscarriage, 1617 01:52:56,001 --> 01:53:00,834 contrary to Section 58 of the Offences Against the Person Act, 1861. 1618 01:53:02,167 --> 01:53:03,917 The particulars of the offence, 1619 01:53:04,001 --> 01:53:07,167 are that on the 17th day of November 1950, 1620 01:53:07,251 --> 01:53:09,126 in the county of London, 1621 01:53:09,209 --> 01:53:11,001 you did unlawfully use an instrument 1622 01:53:11,084 --> 01:53:13,584 with intent to procure the miscarriage of a woman 1623 01:53:13,667 --> 01:53:15,751 named Pamela Mary Barnes. 1624 01:53:16,667 --> 01:53:18,167 How say you? 1625 01:53:18,251 --> 01:53:21,042 Are you guilty, or not guilty? 1626 01:53:23,209 --> 01:53:24,959 I'm guilty. 1627 01:53:26,209 --> 01:53:28,042 Could you please speak up, Mrs Drake, 1628 01:53:28,126 --> 01:53:30,334 that the court might hear you? 1629 01:53:31,959 --> 01:53:34,084 - I'm guilty. - Thank you. 1630 01:53:34,167 --> 01:53:36,251 Please be seated. 1631 01:53:45,709 --> 01:53:47,626 The inspector then arrested the defendant 1632 01:53:47,709 --> 01:53:49,626 and cautioned her. 1633 01:53:49,709 --> 01:53:54,042 On being asked to surrender the equipment used for the abortion, 1634 01:53:54,126 --> 01:53:58,126 the defendant produced nine objects 1635 01:53:58,209 --> 01:54:00,667 from the top of a cupboard in the bedroom. 1636 01:54:00,751 --> 01:54:04,042 My Lord, they were a Higginson's syringe. 1637 01:54:04,126 --> 01:54:07,584 That is exhibit EW-1. 1638 01:54:07,667 --> 01:54:10,584 A cheese grater. Exhibit EW-2. 1639 01:54:10,667 --> 01:54:12,584 A nail brush. 1640 01:54:12,667 --> 01:54:14,584 Exhibit EW-3. 1641 01:54:14,667 --> 01:54:16,501 A bottle of disinfectant. 1642 01:54:16,584 --> 01:54:18,626 Exhibit EW-4, 1643 01:54:18,709 --> 01:54:21,126 Wrapped in a towel. Exhibit EW-5. 1644 01:54:21,209 --> 01:54:24,334 A piece of carbolic soap wrapped in a dishcloth. 1645 01:54:24,417 --> 01:54:28,626 They are exhibits EW-6 and EW-7. 1646 01:54:29,834 --> 01:54:34,251 Those last two objects were both enclosed in a tin. 1647 01:54:34,334 --> 01:54:36,792 Which is exhibit EW-8. 1648 01:54:37,709 --> 01:54:41,917 All the aforementioned items were kept in a cloth bag, 1649 01:54:42,001 --> 01:54:44,084 which, as Your Lordship will see, 1650 01:54:44,167 --> 01:54:46,584 is exhibit EW-9. 1651 01:54:49,209 --> 01:54:52,751 Vera Drake is not concerned with riches. 1652 01:54:52,834 --> 01:54:55,292 She simply helps people, 1653 01:54:55,376 --> 01:54:58,751 as and when she's asked. She's always helped people. 1654 01:54:58,834 --> 01:55:03,167 Her solicitude for others has led her to commit 1655 01:55:03,251 --> 01:55:07,626 one of the most serious offences in the calendar, 1656 01:55:07,709 --> 01:55:11,501 but her intention was to help the young girl 1657 01:55:11,584 --> 01:55:13,251 and not to harm her. 1658 01:55:13,334 --> 01:55:16,042 Um, I may assure Your Lordship that 1659 01:55:16,126 --> 01:55:18,251 Vera Drake is more relieved than anyone 1660 01:55:18,334 --> 01:55:20,417 at the recovery of Pamela Barnes. 1661 01:55:21,667 --> 01:55:24,834 And I submit that Your Lordship would have little doubt that this... 1662 01:55:25,751 --> 01:55:29,459 uh, unfortunate woman is now ever likely 1663 01:55:29,542 --> 01:55:32,001 to reoffend. 1664 01:55:32,084 --> 01:55:34,626 And that is the case for the defence, My Lord. 1665 01:55:35,792 --> 01:55:37,626 Thank you, Mr Hampton Ward. 1666 01:55:41,042 --> 01:55:43,209 Prisoner at the bar, please rise. 1667 01:55:50,292 --> 01:55:53,209 Prisoner at the bar, you stand convicted of felony. 1668 01:55:53,292 --> 01:55:54,959 Have you anything to say 1669 01:55:55,042 --> 01:55:58,209 why the court should not give you judgment according to law? 1670 01:55:59,917 --> 01:56:01,292 No. 1671 01:56:01,376 --> 01:56:03,584 Please remain standing. 1672 01:56:14,876 --> 01:56:16,792 Vera Rose Drake, 1673 01:56:16,876 --> 01:56:21,667 you have committed a crime, the gravity of which cannot be overestimated. 1674 01:56:22,584 --> 01:56:24,834 The law is very clear 1675 01:56:24,917 --> 01:56:27,584 and you have wilfully broken that law. 1676 01:56:29,417 --> 01:56:31,334 And furthermore, 1677 01:56:31,417 --> 01:56:32,834 in so doing, 1678 01:56:32,917 --> 01:56:34,209 you have put at risk 1679 01:56:34,292 --> 01:56:36,751 the life of a vulnerable young woman. 1680 01:56:37,417 --> 01:56:39,334 And but for the timely intervention 1681 01:56:39,417 --> 01:56:41,626 of the medical profession, 1682 01:56:41,709 --> 01:56:44,584 you might have been before me on an even more serious charge 1683 01:56:45,834 --> 01:56:48,084 than the one that has brought you here today. 1684 01:56:49,501 --> 01:56:50,792 Now... 1685 01:56:50,876 --> 01:56:53,501 I have heard your plea of guilty, 1686 01:56:53,584 --> 01:56:55,709 and I have taken that into account... 1687 01:56:56,417 --> 01:57:00,084 and I have listened very carefully to the submissions of your council. 1688 01:57:00,917 --> 01:57:04,209 But nothing has been advanced me today on your behalf 1689 01:57:04,292 --> 01:57:07,792 which would persuade me to take any course 1690 01:57:07,876 --> 01:57:10,876 other than to impose a custodial sentence. 1691 01:57:10,959 --> 01:57:12,292 Indeed... 1692 01:57:13,667 --> 01:57:16,751 the extreme seriousness of your crime 1693 01:57:16,834 --> 01:57:18,751 is bound to be reflected 1694 01:57:18,834 --> 01:57:21,917 in the sentence that I am about to pass. 1695 01:57:22,001 --> 01:57:25,251 And that must serve as a deterrent to others. 1696 01:57:26,876 --> 01:57:28,417 I therefore sentence you 1697 01:57:28,501 --> 01:57:31,001 to a term of imprisonment... 1698 01:57:31,876 --> 01:57:34,876 which will be two years and six months. 1699 01:57:36,667 --> 01:57:38,334 Take her down. 1700 01:57:51,584 --> 01:57:53,042 All rise. 1701 01:58:22,792 --> 01:58:25,292 She won't be able to come round and see you. 1702 01:58:26,667 --> 01:58:28,167 Not for a while. 1703 01:58:29,751 --> 01:58:31,251 Why not? 1704 01:58:32,501 --> 01:58:34,376 Ethel will come over. 1705 01:58:41,501 --> 01:58:43,584 - She ain't dead, is she? - No. 1706 01:58:44,876 --> 01:58:46,834 No, she ain't dead. 1707 01:58:55,959 --> 01:58:57,584 How long did you say you got? 1708 01:58:57,667 --> 01:58:59,917 Two years and six months. 1709 01:59:00,001 --> 01:59:01,917 First offence? 1710 01:59:02,001 --> 01:59:03,501 Oh, yes. 1711 01:59:03,584 --> 01:59:06,459 - Did she die? - No, dear. 1712 01:59:06,542 --> 01:59:08,834 I don't know what I'd have done if she had. 1713 01:59:08,917 --> 01:59:10,709 My girl died. 1714 01:59:10,792 --> 01:59:12,709 - Did she? - So did mine. 1715 01:59:14,417 --> 01:59:16,167 Oh, dear. 1716 01:59:16,251 --> 01:59:18,001 What'd you use? 1717 01:59:20,626 --> 01:59:23,501 - A syringe. - There you are. 1718 01:59:23,584 --> 01:59:26,751 Hundreds of times, safe as houses. 1719 01:59:26,834 --> 01:59:28,334 Yes, I don't know what happened. 1720 01:59:28,417 --> 01:59:30,584 We just do our best, love. 1721 01:59:33,209 --> 01:59:35,584 - How long you in here for then? - Three years. 1722 01:59:35,667 --> 01:59:38,376 - Four. - Second time for us. 1723 01:59:39,501 --> 01:59:40,834 Oh. 1724 01:59:41,501 --> 01:59:45,334 - Cheer up. You'll only do half. - You'll be out before you know it. 1725 01:59:45,417 --> 01:59:46,667 Yes. 1726 01:59:50,001 --> 01:59:52,084 See you later, then. 1727 02:00:01,292 --> 02:00:03,376 Mind where you're going, Drake.