every time I look at
you I'm so glad that you're the
one I've been growing closer
to as the years have come and
gone sharing for good o
ill hardly a day
aart older out side but still young at
[Music]
heart come on John Let's head from
service oh keep your shirt on Albert
I've only got one pair of hands why
don't you get the Miss down to give you
a hand well she doesn't like serving
behind the bar ever since a fell started
to chatter up I warned him but he kept
on They Carried him out with three teeth
missing and a faty
Gorn I didn't know you were a violent
person I'm not but the wife
is well if you want a part-time b*mb and
I'm available and I'm very Che well
that's very kind of you to offer Albert
but I'm seeing a young lady this morning
about coming in part time ah I thought
I'd find you here oh oh fancy Senor what
do you fancy uh Robert Redford but I'll
settle for a sweet sh Cherry you've been
shopping Ethel yes I've been to the
market oh hope you've not been buying
rubbish again I never buy rubbish well
every your time you come back from the
market you you come back with something
useless no I don't what did you buy
today well I bought some homemade
humbugs and I bought a hat wasn't
nothing wrong with my cat you could do
with the change besid it was cheap
second hand second hand well we've got
to watch for money Albert put it on no I
don't like wearing people's CS off but
it's hardly been
worn well then there must be something
wrong with it why must there well why
did the owner sell it he didn't sell it
he
died he what they specialize in bement
well I'm not having that I could cat
something don't be silly he probably
died in bed I with his hat
on it's all go today hey I hope we don't
lose your custom when you move move
we're not moving well you'll have to
eventually won't you what's he talking
about didn't you get a letter in the
post this morning oh there was something
but I didn't open it it's about that new
bypass the starting work on it this year
well what's that got to do with us
moving well they knocking your street
down and we would advise you to
telephone the above department for an
appointment with the housing manager to
discuss the
possibility possibility of alternative
accommodation subject to
availability oh Al butt it's true then I
well it looks like it where will they
put us only God knows that him and the
housing
manager you don't think they'll put us
in a home or anything no no no they'll
give us a council house oh as long as it
isn't a flat I don't want to live in a
flat now don't worry L we'll get a house
well you better phone the housing people
and fix an appointment not likely I'm
going down there now if we wait for an
appointment all the houses might be gone
um have we still got that bottle of Sher
we bought back from
maor yes
why
good it's a little gift for the housing
manager that's bribery no dear they
always do that in big business is when I
finish buttering him up he'll be eating
out of the palm of my
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hand
yes Mr Collier has he an
appointment very well send him in
[Laughter]
howo Mr
Thomas you must be Coler yes that's
right please take a seat oh thank
you what can I do
for that's all right
very um very good Sher I'm sure it
is you'll enjoy that no I
won't I'm a tea
tler oh oh that's a
Pity yes well H that's a lovely office
you got here it's cold it's drafty and
the color scheme gives me a headache
oh dear
H is that the wife yes oh beautiful
woman you must be very proud of her not
particularly she left me yesterday for
another
man oh de still got the dog
yes oh that's good it bit me this
morning oh he what was it you wanted Mr
Coler oh well it's about this
this letter that I've had about the the
new
bass oh yes well you're very simple Mr
Kia hey steady
on no I mean your circumstances oh yes
all that area is being given top
priority oh good well we'd like a city
attached or an end terrist not too far
from the
shops and what
does mean we can't off you anything like
that I'm afraid but you said that we
were priority yes but houses are only
allocated to young couples with the
families we usually place the more uh
senior citizen in a little
flat oh see so you mean if ethn me were
a young couple with kids we'd uh we'd
get a house most definitely oh good but
you can put us down
then father Yes yes eth and me for a
house with all due respect Mr Coler I
hardly think you qualifi oh yeah yes we
do you see because um this is my second
marriage and um Ethel is well she's
she's quite a bit younger than I
am how old is E
31
31 yes and uh with with two young kids
really hi and another on the
way oh I see well of course that does
make a difference oh that that's fine
then then you can fix us up with the
hous there most certainly oh good well
well thank you Mr Thomas thank you would
this afternoon be
convenient uh what for for me to call
around and see
e do you have to do that I'm afraid we
do it's only a formality just to verify
the facts it has been known for some
people to actually lie in order to get a
house really
shall we say roundabout
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three how's that it's very
nice do then oh
definitely I reckon you'll double our
Takens oh good uh you don't mind me
finishing up quarter to 3 then only I've
got my two kids to pick up from school
ah no
problem hello Albert
a lar cide
please oh very funny go uh Albert this
is I'm sorry what was your name again
Carol Carol Lee ah Carol this is Albert
pleased to meet you
Albert cheer a little soul isn't it no
well he usually is what's up Albert I've
just come from the housing department
hey did they fix you up what's the
penalty for making a false statement
you've been naughty just a bit I told
her me was 31 pregnant with two
children by you don't do things by hares
do you well it was the only way I could
get a house otherwise I'd have ended up
in a pokey little flat is coming around
at 3:00 to verify well you've had it
then haven't you unless I can produce a
young wife and two kids there's not many
of those knocking about
[Laughter]
what are you looking at me
for Albert your troubles are
[Music]
over how did that
look ch
I think you're both mad you'll never get
away with it oh yes we will if the
housing manager is satisfied we'll get a
house they'll never come around to check
again it's worth a try Mrs colier I
still say you're both mad that's him now
now go and let him in E what if he asks
who I am just tell him you're my
mother I I I I mean tell him tell him
you're Carol's
mother all right I'll let him
in I don't want to rush you Mrs colia
but if you're going to pick my kids up
you'd better go I don't want them
hanging around outside school yes all
right um St Marks isn't it yeah just
around the corner right come in Mr
Thomas this is the wife how do you
do
remarkable and the children oh well
Ethel's just picking him up from school
Ethel uh
her mother I thought your wife was
called Ethel yes yes yes it's a family
family she's called Ethel and her
mother's called Ethel and her
grandmother's called Ethel they're all
Ethel I
see well I'll just take a few
particulars of your
wife a sir name Kia Christian name
CLE I beg your par uh she's called Carol
eel so she doesn't get mixed up with her
mother quiet children names and ages uh
Charlie and Sue he's nine and she's
eight very nice you know Mr colia I
didn't believe you this morning
no I thought you were making it all up
just to get a
house I wouldn't do a thing like
that
Albert are the kids all right right oh
yes they're fine all right well bring
the children in it well Mr Thomas would
like to meet them but Albert elel don't
argue bring the children in all right
come on in kids
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
I didn't know she just told me her name
was Mrs Lee now how was I to know her
husband was a Chinese waiter in a
takeaway I felt a right fool yeah I bet
the housy manager got a surprise and
all he wasn't the only one I kept
cracking on about being born in Hong
Kong but he wouldn't wear it
I just hope they don't prosecute us oh
they can't do that can they oh yes they
can false information well what are you
going to do now well I suppose I'll just
have to settle for a flat well some of
them are quite nice you know would you
live in one no then don't talk to that
look I'm only trying to cheer you up
Albert well I don't know it comes to
something don't it they you work and
sl*ve all your life and at the end of it
they Chu you out in the the street well
can't you go and stay with one of your
kids no now dve has not got enough room
and well Ethel doesn't get on with his
wife and we can't park ourselves on Mary
you know she's only just got married and
our Billy well well he's an Australia
Albert Mr Thomas was on the phone he's
not going to prosecute oh that's
something anyway he says you gave him
the biggest laugh he's had since his
wife left
him well I'm glad somebody's happy not
only that he's found us a place a house
no no it's a flat just near Hanley hey
it's very nice at Hanley that's miles
away miles away from where well from
here for a start well we can't pick and
choose Albert and I expect there'll be a
pub somewhere near anyway we're going to
see it and you can wear your new
hat Oh No No E no do do do I have to yes
you can give it an
a come on
this is the place I don't fancy that you
haven't seen inside it yet well the
outside's bad enough oh don't be so
miserable come
on well what do you
think not much what don't you like about
it everything it's got a nice modern
kitchen it's got no front paror what do
we want a front parlor for where are we
going to get laid out when we go not
here they'd have a hell of a job
carrying a coffin down all those stairs
and if they put it in the lift they'd
have to stand it on its
end we'll manage Albert I know it's not
what we wanted but it it's clean and
it's got a very nice view come and have
a look
[Applause]
Oh What A
pity oh well won't be able to wear that
again will
I
hello
yes
speaking Sydney oh I think you've got
the wrong number there's nobody called
Sydney
here
paron oh you're Sydney
[Laughter]
Sydney
who Sydney
Australia oh oh hello
hello hello is that you Billy what is it
is somebody ill oh thank goodness then
what are you ringing
for no no your dad's not here is just
popped down to the
rifleman's oh did you know we were being
pulled down
ah Mary had no right to ring
you oh we can't do that Billy look it's
very kind of you to offer and it'd be
lovely to see you and the children again
but we can't emigrate at our time of
life anyway even if I wanted to your dad
would never agree I'm having enough
trouble getting him to move to Hanley
and that's only two miles away what were
the flat like Albert all right for
rabbits ah you'll get used to it I
suppose so Ethel's very upset she's
putting on a brave face but I know her
she's really down in the dumps there you
are Mr col e that reminds
me he left your but the Sherry behind oh
heck e give me what for she was going to
have a drop of that tonight to cheer her
up yeah well Carol can drop it round for
you can't you love why oh I don't want
to trouble you it's no trouble are you
sure positive oh in that case would you
pop into the chip shop on the way back
and get me a bag of chips I'm I'm
starving
jeez oh come
in
hello oh hello Mary I've been trying to
ring you but you were
engaged now don't be silly your dad
would never agree to go to
Australia we're all right we we we've
got a
flat listen I have to go now I'm I'm
halfway through the cleaning you know
what I'm like when I'm worried I start
cleaning the house yeah bye-bye love
oh my
[Applause]
god oh Mr P up oh something Terrible's
happened don't tell me the chippy's
closed no it's your wife she's put
already in the
oven hello
oh hello
David oh Mary rang you did she she seems
to be ringing
everybody you're all trying to shove us
off to
Australia look I've got to go now I'm
halfway through the
oven she's right
here what she wor eel you're all right
well of course I'm all right oh love I
thought you'd Gast yourself you had your
red in the oven I was cleaning it oh oh
thank goodness for that yeah I'd better
get back to Rifleman and tell John to
cancel
ambulance I think you're too late oh I
just better tell him it with a false
alarm thank you very
much I don't know well I thought you
were depressed love you know about
having to move well I might be but I
wouldn't do a d thing like that
that come and sit down Albert I want to
talk to you what
about our
future Billy rang earlier from Australia
oh there's nothing wrong is there
no he wants us to go and live with him
well does he he's got a big house with
an Annex and we'd be
self-contained really I know it's a long
way to go you can say that again it's
12,000 miles he said he'd send us the
airfare well it's very generous of him
well I I I said we'd think it over no
elel we're not thinking it over well at
least let's discuss it
no there's nothing to discuss and we're
not thinking it
over we're ready going
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
let's rest our feet a bit shall
we it's very pleasant here
hi a lot of water's flown under the
bridge and in most of our life with it
that's
true I CED you up down this top paath do
you remember the night you kept me out
late and your dad came out looking for
us yeah and he caught us too
snugging it's just as well that's all we
were doing it wasn't for one to try
in remember the Sunday mornings pushing
your pram along here I
do I wish we had a penny for every time
we did that what about the time you
brought young David out here for a spot
of f in when you push me in Little
Monkey you never did catch anything only
pneumonia
Albert are we doing the right
thing I don't know what it's a long way
from everything isn't it
Australia are you having second thoughts
no but it's a big step to take at our
town of life to leave everything behind
not
everything we've still got each
other you remember what we used to say
as long as we've got each other Nothing
Else Matters and that's as true today as
it was when we were first
wed oh you're right
Albert we've been very lucky we've had a
good marriage and it's not over yet my
long chw I'm hoping we'll get a telegram
from the queen oh then we better let her
have our address in Australia we'll send
her a
postcard just K give
over we haven't done a bit of snug in
here for a long time Al butt Kia you get
worse every time I look at
you I'm so glad that you're the one
[Music]
I've been growing closer
to as the years have come and
gone sharing for good or
ill hardly a day
ofart older at side but still young at
heart
[Music]
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01x14 - Final episode: "On The Move"
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Series was about a married couple, Albert and Ethel Collyer, after Albert's enforced retirement at age 65 from his 50 years as a pottery worker.
Series was about a married couple, Albert and Ethel Collyer, after Albert's enforced retirement at age 65 from his 50 years as a pottery worker.