every time I look at
you I'm so glad that you're the
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one I've been growing closer
to as the years have come and
gone seeing our summers
fade feeling the Autumn
start somehow it seems we've
young at
heart joy and
grief we knew it all and I wondered now
and
then just how we come through it
all but i' do the same
again sharing for good
o heartly a day
aart older outside but still young at
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heart get out you men
M down
do get out of
it sounds like Mr collie is feeling
better oh yes it was just a chill a
couple of days in bed has done him the
world of good have you finished with
that shopping list only I don't want to
be late for work are you sure you don't
mind getting these few things for me
positive it's me half day today I'll
bring them back this afternoon oh good
it'll save the bus Fair we have to watch
the pennies since Albert retired just a
minute I'll get you the money hey hope
you've got a visitor oh is that horrible
Mrs Lewis I wonder what she wants I'll
let her in
hello Mrs Louis morning I see you later
Mrs Kia yes all right byebye
love did you want something I believe
this belongs to your husband well it
does look like one of his where did you
find it in your backyard that's funny
how did get there your husband threw it
at my little Scotty are you sure of
course I'm sure I saw him do it oh why
on Earth would he do a thing like that
I'll tell you why he was c*ck his leg
up an back door they were doing nothing
of this ort well if it wasn't you got
the only dog in England who can balet
dance dogs can't help doing them things
it's only natural well let him be
natural in his own
backyard you're a very disagreeable old
man now just a minute that's my husband
you're talking about oh that's your
Misfortune it goes out of his way to
upset me that's his privilege and if he
wants to be disagreeable to you he's got
my blessing oh you're just as bad as he
is you get out of this house it'll be a
pleasure Mrs I won't this talk you like
that in my
home that's telling her silly old fool
and you're know better sh you on I'm not
on anybody's side here drink this tea
before it gets
cold too late it is
cold I Bru some fresh oh no you won't
you'll drink that
but I don't like cold tea we can't
afford to waste things we're not all up
for one tea bag are we yes we are you're
not bringing in the wage now you know
you can't be doing it right you've got
to budget I'll budge you in a minute
it's just a question of cash flow
balancing income against expenditure oh
pardon me Chancellor no no no no it's
quite easy get get me a get me a pen and
a pen
yes what are you going to do a beging
letter no going to work out a budget for
you now then here we go right
easy
income
expenditure now how much do we have
coming in not
enough well as my old age pension that
is
2750 then there's your pension that's
1630 that's
4380 plus um
1120 that's my super annuation that's uh
£55 all together now U expenditure right
um what's the rent £14 a week by I
remember when it was a pound gas £250
and the same for electricity well uh
couldn't we economize there a bit yes we
could use candles only it might take
rather a long time cooking the Sunday
dinner all right what else coal for well
we can't cook down on that no not with
our weather milk1 20 do we need milk yes
we do I can't drink tea without
milk laundry at a pound now there's
something we can do without oh is it hey
you could do all the washing here yes I
could you are then if you bought me a
washing
machine laund
at1 uh out else yes television rental £3
TV license 50p phone a pound clothing
club2 insurance £350 papers 80P am I
going too fast for you
yes £55 your spends £4 mine or and 50
for the window cleaner we don't need him
oh yes we do I'm not having dirty
windows but how do the windows you can't
do upstairs oh right we leav them dirty
save drawing the curtains no all right
now let's um let's add this up north nor
nor carry down nor and five and 8 is uh
13 2 is 15 5 is 20 five is 25 five down
carry two at uh two and one is
£550 is it now then all right um £55
take away
£45 so that leaves
£950 but they are I told you we could
manage yes if we starve to
death hey well you put nothing down
there for food and you won't get much
for
£950 well I'll have to have to go
through it again oh it won't do any good
you come up with the same answer well
well we'll have to do summer well we
could go on the national assistance
charity oh no it's not really it is for
me I'll let you down haven't I now don't
start talking like that yes I have I've
worked for over 50 years and what have I
got to show for it we've got each other
and three lovely kids not to mention the
grandchildren
oh cheer up Albert we've managed before
and we'll manage again but we ought to
be taking it easy at our time of life I
mean enjoying our retirement not
wondering where the next pen is coming
from perhaps I could get a cleaning job
a couple of mornings a week no I'll get
a job oh it wouldn't suit you Albert not
with your knees no no no no no not not
cleaning no no I'll go back to old golin
he he'll give me something to do damn it
wor there long enough I've worked
there that flaming dog at it
again clear off you little
T did you hit him no I hit Mrs
Lewis hello scol hello hav't see you for
a couple of days no no I've had a bit of
a cold oh that's good I thought you'd
popped off
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hello Jimmy Albert ker well well well
how you keeping oh Champion it is nice
to see you oh thank you I thought you'd
snuffed it
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hey not bad hello Albert what do you
mean not bad for a beginner not wrong
with that I could do better with me eyes
should go on then right hold that
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you what perfect kept your eyes open
though hey here it's Albert hello Albert
heyen sorry Al hey you're looking well
well I feel well we were only talking
about you yesterday you were wondering
what had happened to you oh well that's
nice of you we thought you were
dead sorry to disappoint you he's only
joking you come to see the workers then
have you no no no come to see young Mr
goling oh well I'm thinking of making
him an offer to buy The
Pledge come
in morning Mr
goling yes it's me yes I'm sure it's you
but who are you well that's nice isn't
it eh 50 years I worked here and you
can't remember me oh yes you retired a
few months ago didn't you nice to see
you again Arthur
Al oh yes of course it is sorry I didn't
recognize you without your overalls sit
down well um how's your dad oh fine he's
retired now you know he he's in the same
boat as you oh I suppose he is yes well
I might call around and see him ah well
he's on a Mediterranean cruise at the
moment then he's planning to spend a
month in Florida he's certainly enjoying
his retirement as I expect you are ah
eth I thinking of taking a trip around
the Boating Lake and um then we thought
we might pop over to Port Vil for a few
weeks that's Spirit Albert enjoy
yourself you don't know how lucky you
are to be out of the Rat Race to wake up
every morning without a care in the
world yeah yes now as a matter of fact
do you know what it's like trying to run
a business these days well no we are 30%
down on last year there's no money about
yes one that is what I really goes on
like this we have to lay people off oh
he pardon well I was hoping I might get
me old job back you know um part-time
like I'm afraid there's no chance of
that not the way things are we've all
got to tighten our belts a bit if I
tighten mine anymore I'll cut myself in
half sorry Albert I wish I could help
yes well thank you Mr
goling I'll uh walk down to the labor
exchange and see if they can help me
just a minute do you know anything about
gardening gardening yes my father father
his chat's left got to live down south
I've got to get somebody there's too
much for my father to do at his age look
no further Mr godling I want somebody
who knows what he's doing you can't
teach me anything about ging I've got
green fingers really well I'm prepared
to give you a trial when can you start
today
excellent right we'll call back here
this afternoon now if you'll excuse me
I'm late for lunch oh thank you Mr
goling the devil's going on uh Mr golin
uh Len wants a word with you well it it
it's like this Mr Gosling Norman wants
to see you well I don't want to see
anybody I'm late for lunch see me this
afternoon congratulations
Albert let's see them green
fingers well with a look in it Albert
you don't know anything about gardening
well you know that I know that but old
goling doesn't know it does he
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are you there Mrs Kia in here bar
left a shopping on the table oh here's
your change oh T thanks you know you
don't want to be leaving that back door
open it's asking for trouble oh don't be
silly Anything Could Happen you could be
robbed and r*ped chance would be a fine
thing it's all right you joking there
some funny fellas about men are all the
same think of nothing else but sex bless
them Norman the different neither is
Albert go on what he will be married all
these years is yes he still thinks about
it he doesn't do a lot but he thinks
about
it you know this must sound oldfashioned
but just sometimes I wish I'd been born
50 years ago whatever fo well it was
different then wasn't it I mean more
romantic you CT it properly and if you
like someone you kiss good night
nowadays the pill and everything you can
just leap in and out of bed bed with
anyone that's true I've missed a
lot oh hello oh what's this then our s's
Union oh I'm just going he wait wait
wait till I've heard the good news why
what's happened no no just wait till I
tell the bear of you you've got a
part-time job I but you don't know what
sort of part-time job do you old Mr
goin's Garden well
Mr how the heck do you know about that
well I got it from the Milkman who got
it from the green grer who got it from
the breadman who got it from the PO well
it's a wonder it's not on flaming news
well I think it's marvelous when do you
start as soon as I can get into be own
clothes oh well I'll leave you to get on
with it then good luck oh thanks Barbara
goodbye well what do you think I think
you've gone off your head now don't you
start Well Albert honestly you a
gardener well I looked after my uncle
Will's place for years I did didn't know
your Uncle Willie had a garden well uh
it wasn't exactly a garden well what
exactly was it then a window
box I mean the principal's the same
Garden's just bigger that's all well I
still think it's a stupid idea I'm
getting uh 22 an hour I'll help you to
change
hello big house isn't it I wouldn't like
to have to clean it oh well they've got
a housekeeper oh per you do you have B
of toast to go with this flas tea she's
away she won't be back to the old ging
returns from his Cruise oh must be nice
to be rich have you much to do oh just
generally tidy up you know clear the
beds and uh prune the Roses well you
better make sure you don't prune
something you shouldn't prune I hope
you're not going to stay here and
criticize no I'm going to the
supermarket it's French week this giving
away fre samples here here's your tea oh
T I could do with something to warm your
motor up you going to have one oh go on
then I'll have a drop right come and sit
down
oh there you
are you can have first ship
oh yeah you know I'm going to enjoy
working here especially in the summer
there's a lot of loan to cut well that
won't worry that won't worry I don't not
about that machine over there come and
have a look at it oh right over here
oh I say that's Posh ah he does
everything this does except make tea
digs up the garden mows alone what you
doing no I'm just checking it I'm going
to be using it sometime aren't they eh
may as well see how it works oh I think
you ought to wait and ask Mr Gosling no
there's now do it now do it you know
just uh just forward and
reverse oh look out
ohly
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C she
e will you stop balling I can't help it
it's all your fault God knows what it'll
cost to replace that Greenhouse what are
we going to do we could
immigrate I knew something like this had
happened you should have stuck to Ender
boxes well perhaps goling won't notice
it he not kind is he he might let you
pay it off in
installment now you started her off
again what's happened Barbara are you
all right yeah got this message go home
immediately a matter of life and death
this it's Mr Kia Albert you look all
right to me I am all right well what's
up then it isn't up it's down and he
knocked it
down do Ring's
Greenhouse there's nothing funny about
it sorry oh don't cry Mrs car you normal
think of so much will I I tell you what
we do there's only one thing to do build
it up again I think you were near with
em great no he right we'll get a few
paines of glass from the Builder's yard
right Norman what are we waiting for hey
hey what if you don't get it finished
before Mr golin comes around to see how
you've got on right that's where you two
come in right just make sure he doesn't
leave the office until 5:00 right come
on
Norman Miss Carlson I'll be leaving a
little early today I'll sign those
letters first thing in the morning
hello
hello um Mrs
Kia yes I'm Mr Kia's wife well you would
be wouldn't you well uh your dad's new
gner oh Arthur Albert really oh well
what can I do for you Mrs ker well I
just thought I'd like to thank you for
giving him the job oh not at all he's a
good man yes I'm sure he is we've been
married over 40
years really yes just before the w*r it
was um you remember the w*r don't you
yes I do believe it was in the
papers how much longer another out we'll
have it
finished first there's our Billy now
he's the eldest oh and he's got two
lovely children Terry and Sally and then
there's David he's NE he's married too
then in 195 55 our Mary came along she's
the youngest this is all very
interesting Mrs col but I really do have
to go well you can't go yet they won't
have it finished who won't have what
finished nobody nothing I'm sorry Mrs
colly but I do have to go
now again what the devil are you doing
ah uh Mr Goen we we've got a bit of a
problem what sort of a problem yes uh
that's right it's uh well it's like this
it's um you tell it man it's that
special order for left-handed teapots
teapots what are you talking about it's
the clay clay clay yes it's too clay too
clay the handles keep dropping off drop
it off but don't bother me with
trivialities see the foreman I'm going
oh couldn't you hang on for another 10
minutes no I have a dinner engagement if
I have to rush I get indigestion I think
you might get it anyway
I think he might get it
anyway it's no use to come to L him any
longer he's leaving now oh no he isn't
how do you mean I let one of his tires
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downt here just finished hide yourselves
hide yourselves come on no
have you got on Arthur Albert oh yes of
course it is well I suppose you've done
a reasonable job anyway I'm sure my
father would be pleased have you enjoyed
it oh yes yes I've had a smashing time
good how many hours have you worked
four right that's 8s then here you are
thank
you how do you feel about uh coming
around two mornings a week oh jump in
good day after tomorrow then you can
start planting a few shrubs all right oh
and uh there's one other thing that
Greenhouse oh what about you it's four
into pieces you knock it down next time
you
come every time I look
you I'm so glad that you're
I've been
growing as the years
come sharing
for day
of still
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[Applause]
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01x09 - Everything in the Garden's Lovely
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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.