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01x09 - Everything in the Garden's Lovely

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Young at Heart". Aired: 14 April 1980 – 5 November 1982.*
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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.

01x09 - Everything in the Garden's Lovely

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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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