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01x13 - A Day in the Sun

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Follyfoot". Aired: 28 June 1971 – 15 September 1973.*
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Originally inspired by Monica Dickens' 1963 novel Cobbler's Dream (republished in 1995 as New Arrival at Follyfoot); she later wrote four further books in conjunction with the series—Follyfoot in 1971, Dora at Follyfoot in 1972, The Horses of Follyfoot in 1975, and Stranger at Follyfoot in 1976.

01x13 - A Day in the Sun

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easily

then it's up to you

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breakfast come and get it ah flat

terminal

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go slugger strikes again

wasn't disappointing

just one small thing first

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sorry meow mates an important matter to

be attended to

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there you are my good deed for the day

but you know what

i reckon that tree gets more water than

what they do dehydrated donkeys

cheer up brothers it's in a noble cause

hi steve

breakfast but for me thanks no breakfast

nope

i miss my boss

bus

where are you going

that away

i've got to go but steve

i've got the weekend off

what do you mean

i mean the colonel said i can have today

and tomorrow off

bye

it's steve

i'll see you when i see you

oh

surprise surprise eggs and bacon

tell me

did you know about steve having the

weekend off well yeah now you come to

mention it

why didn't you tell me because he asked

me not to

really

he didn't want to bother you i suppose

bother me why should i be bothered

i was just thinking of the work that's

all

now is that nice

i ask you is that night

what do you think i'm here for nate i

don't normally come in on a saturday do

i or hadn't you noticed

you knew as well

well yeah now you come to mention it

wait what about your breakfast

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hey

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cheer

up i'm all right

just tired that's all

yeah

hey

are you any good on your pins

waggling yell one two

dancing you know

this sort of stuff

hey

i don't know

because there's a

local opt down at village hall tonight

oh it's nothing classy just a bit of the

old uh

you know that sort of thing

how would you like to come

i don't know the modern dances there's

nothing to it

straight up you just uh

you know shake it about a bit and

i'll tell you what

you follow ron you'll soon get a knack

do you good

all right

that's a girl

i'll pick you up at alpha 7.

if i can get the bike to work

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hello gran

it's deviant of course it is what do you

think it was one of your boyfriends

wicked lads

milly

it's steve

steve what a surprise

lovely surprise grand prize surprise he

said he was coming didn't you lad

no why you did of course you did we had

tea you sat there said you'd come back

soon you remember

that was two years ago grant no no no no

don't be so daft

have you had anything to eat

no

i'll get you something

you are looking very well

fine thanks

auntie yes

have you heard anything about mum

what's that

i was asking if you'd heard anything

about mum

that lot allah told her she'd come to no

good

now graham

don't now ground me

i told her didn't i in this very room

can't be more normal for the girl you've

seen her

take the notice love

find yourself a nice steady man and

start again

remember millie remember my telling of

that

that's when you were about four a mine's

a bit muddled

that's when steve's dad was k*lled

graham thought she ought to marry again

but your mother went all to pieces

poor soul it was a terrible shock

and you've heard nothing from her since

no

i told her just other day

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come and help me mct

we're just going to put kettle on

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we haven't seen hannah hide of your

mother since what

when you were four was it she left you

at that orphanage

all we've had from her was the one

letter no it was a postcard telling us

what she'd done and where she'd left you

and you've heard nothing since no

well not really

what do you mean auntie

well we had a policeman round a couple

of weeks ago

asking us if she was here

because of this

what's that love i don't know why i saw

it i just did oh you will have to read

it i'm respect son

a woman was arrested last night for

disorderly conduct after being evicted

from a council flat in seton

it's no liverpool isn't it

evicted for non-payment of rent appears

before magistrates today

she was where is it

catherine ross 43

that's mom isn't it

yes

what's happened to her

what did the police say nothing they

want to find her that's all

no one knows where she's gone

oh steve it's all for

the police and the newspapers and all

your mother

these things happen auntie

yes sir i suppose they do

folly foot folly foot

to washi sperm i can't say is have ever

heard of anything like that before

it's not only that

it's for old horses that have retired or

sick ones injured ones

i like an old people's all but for

horses

we look after any that need help

you should have been with me a place i

would have the other week man there had

a norse a wild and andy beaten the very

daylight said a bit you could tell there

were blood

begging your pardon miss thank you

you should have told the rspca none of

my business is it it is yours i suppose

he can do what he likes we it what beat

it i know then why didn't you do

something you could you're a stranger

i've got to live in he's our postman

just helps outness at me are jumping in

a bit of gardening

spotting that horse we sort of in the

course of my duties you might say

we're trusted you know but you could

tell me no one need know

i

but mind you don't say note

but no one did ought to treat any

creature like that come to think on it

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uh

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hello

colonel steve i'm a skeptic i gotta have

the horse box get a grip on yourself

what's the trouble

it's a horse it's dying well whose is it

i gotta have the horsebox is the owner

there

he's drunk he wouldn't know he wouldn't

care

look even's as bad as you say it is

it's dying all right i believe you but

we can't take a horse without permission

we've got to it it's half dead he could

die tonight die anyway by the sound of

it

look i'm at scepter eckersley lay i'll

be waiting in the road i can't have this

steve it's miles away now get back here

at once and we'll talk about it i'm not

coming back without a horse

what i am not coming back without the

horse

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it's gone midnight colonel yes i know

any sign of dora no

where's she gone she called down didn't

she we've run

dancing

not a hope

there's nothing i can do

you've got to now look there must be

something

it hasn't helped moving her if you want

to know

course it's helped she's had rest and

she's had food and she's i love hasn't

she

would you ever die any other way

you've done your best steve we know that

sean be a moment

what are you gonna do

look she's in pain

riddle with sores she's starving she

can't eat she can't stand

she's dying

what do you expect me to do

no it would be kinder no it wouldn't

she go without knowing

without knowing what love is

look you remember charlie the pit pony

how many times did you say then

give him a little time in the sun

give him a few more days but this is

slightly different i've seen where she's

been

and what she's been through

call me in the morning eh

you'll stay with her william

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telephone if you want anything

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the meaning of that

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that's

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have a good dance

yes

fun was it

yes

good

didn't think it'd be your sort of scene

village hops

ron

it wasn't

really

you still had fun

yes

what's the matter steve

i've got a dying horse haven't i

it's not enough

is that what it's all about

really yes

really

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steve

oh steve what is it

chucked out on the streets

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and who gave her dad do you know

who gave her damn

gone to pieces and nobody cared

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there's got to be someone

someone's got to care

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here

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how is she

so so

has she eaten anything

no

would you like me to stay with her while

you get some sleep no i'd rather

anything you want

no

okay

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no point in asking if he wants any

breakfast i suppose

no

well he or two set him up for the

morning but he'll break some bacon

remember thanks for the proper breakfast

texas

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come on no long faith be over in a day

or two

something's changed

i feel it

no it hasn't nothing's changed it has

i'm frightened slugger

i'm frightened

come on try

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how is she

oh this is intolerable he had no right

to bring that thing here in the first

place he has no hope in hell of saving

her and now he won't let us put her out

of her misery

i agree with you you're the boss

right come on let's go and have a look

at him

there's not much sign of any work being

done this morning

i know i'll do it

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steve

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she may live a day possibly more two at

the most in pain all the time she ought

to be put down

no

my bad's in the car

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so much for all we stand for

all you've taught us to believe

don't give up

they're entitled to their day in the sun

why put down horses when they useless

and not cats and dogs or people you're

deliberately misunderstanding what i

said am i

you know very well you are

you tell me what you hope to achieve by

keeping that horse alive

a day in the sun

we're too late steve

we're too late

what did your grandmother have to say

aren't you getting things a little

muddled up

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no one knows where she is

no one cares

except you

nobody knew where she was

but she was found

too late of course that's the trouble

but she was found

give anything to save that horse

wouldn't you

with love you owe somewhere else

isn't it time you faced up to it

and gave it where it is really needed

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ah uh

what time is it

just go on six he'll miss his butt if

you don't look sharp

steve hi

steve must you

the colonel's right daughter

he always is isn't he

i wish i understood

it's my mother dora

she's in trouble

somewhere

she's alone and she's in trouble

i've got to find her tell her it's all

right

somebody cares

her day in the sun

yeah

her day in the sun

will you come back

would the colonel let me

yes of course

so speaks to mistress of oliver

then i'll be back oh steve come on i

know that

some horses in here need feedings

don't want them to see you being crying

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see you when i see

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ah

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uh

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is

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to

your trees

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you