1 00:02:26,334 --> 00:02:27,333 Bastard. 2 00:03:11,750 --> 00:03:13,666 A few days, you say? 3 00:03:14,125 --> 00:03:16,666 Not what I'd call a light traveller, are you, pet? 4 00:03:16,750 --> 00:03:19,333 Sorry. It's mainly work. 5 00:03:19,417 --> 00:03:23,499 I wouldn't apologise for having work, flower. Not round here. 6 00:03:25,834 --> 00:03:27,666 What's this, then? 7 00:03:27,750 --> 00:03:32,166 It's just a flugel. A trumpet. I thought I might get some practice in. 8 00:03:32,334 --> 00:03:34,666 - In here, you mean? - Well, wherever. 9 00:03:34,792 --> 00:03:37,249 Oh, I wouldn't mind, pet. Don't get me wrong. 10 00:03:37,334 --> 00:03:39,499 If it were up to me, there's nowt I'd like better 11 00:03:39,625 --> 00:03:41,499 than to hear you blowing that bloody thing all night long. 12 00:03:41,584 --> 00:03:44,583 - Oh, no, it wouldn't... - You've heard of Grimley Colliery Band? 13 00:03:44,667 --> 00:03:46,416 Yes, I have. 14 00:03:46,500 --> 00:03:50,249 Well, they have their own practice hall. I should get meself down there, pet. 15 00:03:50,334 --> 00:03:53,958 They'd welcome someone like you wi' open arms, knowing them. 16 00:04:06,125 --> 00:04:07,416 Another? 17 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,749 It's a sad old day, in't it, V? When it's finally come to this. 18 00:04:12,834 --> 00:04:17,749 - What's that, then, Ida? - Your Jim and my Ernie packing in band. 19 00:04:17,834 --> 00:04:20,083 They are doing it, then? For definite? 20 00:04:20,167 --> 00:04:24,749 Aye. Last practice tonight, Ernie said. Then resigning after. 21 00:04:25,167 --> 00:04:29,916 Well, no point in carrying on, is there? Pit goes, band will go t' same way. 22 00:04:30,667 --> 00:04:34,333 Oh, I feel sorry for old Danny, mind. He'll have bugger all to do. 23 00:04:34,417 --> 00:04:37,999 - We'll all have bugger all to do, V. You get used to it. 24 00:05:10,834 --> 00:05:13,624 - All right, love? - Aye, all right. 25 00:05:19,167 --> 00:05:21,416 Don't forget what you're doing, you lads. 26 00:05:21,500 --> 00:05:23,583 Don't be handing over any kitty money. 27 00:05:23,667 --> 00:05:25,999 - Just resignations. - Aye, all right, pet. 28 00:05:26,084 --> 00:05:28,249 - Well, mind you do. - What do you mean, "mind you do"? 29 00:05:28,334 --> 00:05:33,499 - It were our decision, weren't it, love? - Aye, well, just mind you do. 30 00:05:37,667 --> 00:05:39,833 Now, let's get this right, Ernie. 31 00:05:39,917 --> 00:05:43,333 When he collects for t' kitty, we say, "Sorry, Danny, but us two, 32 00:05:43,417 --> 00:05:46,666 "we've decided, in present climate, to tighten our belts, like, 33 00:05:46,750 --> 00:05:49,166 "and only spend money on essential items. 34 00:05:49,292 --> 00:05:53,583 "Sorry. It's been good and all that, but right now we don't regard band 35 00:05:53,667 --> 00:05:55,999 "as one of t' aforementioned essential items." 36 00:05:56,125 --> 00:05:57,833 "And regretfully, therefore, we feel obliged 37 00:05:57,959 --> 00:05:59,499 "to tender our resignations forthwith." 38 00:05:59,625 --> 00:06:01,291 - Right? - Right. 39 00:06:02,584 --> 00:06:04,916 Then we wake up in Casualty. 40 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,416 Well, if he goes barmy, it's not our fault, is it? 41 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:19,916 - No. - I mean, what's t' worst he can do? 42 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,666 - Have an heart attack? - Ah, what the hell. 43 00:06:22,750 --> 00:06:25,166 If Danny don't like it, bollocks to him. 44 00:06:25,250 --> 00:06:28,249 - All right, lads? - All right, Danny, mate? 45 00:06:29,959 --> 00:06:34,333 Sixty years between us, you and me, down t' pit, frightened of nowt. 46 00:06:34,750 --> 00:06:37,833 When it comes to telling Danny boy we're packing t' band in... 47 00:06:37,959 --> 00:06:40,458 We're shitting bloody bricks. 48 00:06:44,167 --> 00:06:46,166 And coming up later in the news, 49 00:06:46,250 --> 00:06:50,333 continuing our regular reports on the Government's pit closure programme, 50 00:06:50,459 --> 00:06:54,083 we visit Grimley Colliery, which, despite being one of the oldest 51 00:06:54,167 --> 00:06:56,416 and largest mines in the Yorkshire coalfield, 52 00:06:56,500 --> 00:07:00,749 has nevertheless become the most recent candidate for closure. 53 00:07:01,167 --> 00:07:03,916 Although the Grimley miners and, indeed, their wives 54 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,499 appear very determined to fight on and keep their pit open, 55 00:07:07,584 --> 00:07:11,749 a redundancy offer to the workforce is believed to be imminent. 56 00:07:12,334 --> 00:07:15,833 The miners, united, will never be defeated. 57 00:07:15,917 --> 00:07:19,666 The miners, united, will never be defeated. 58 00:07:19,792 --> 00:07:22,916 Other redundancy offers at neighbouring pits recently 59 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,749 have been too attractive for the miners to ignore. 60 00:07:25,834 --> 00:07:27,249 In the last few weeks, 61 00:07:27,334 --> 00:07:30,833 seven pay-off packages have been offered to seven pits, 62 00:07:30,917 --> 00:07:33,916 all accepted, leading to seven closures. 63 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,166 Trouble is, I'm no bloody happier when I'm winning. 64 00:07:37,250 --> 00:07:39,583 - Double or quit? - No, I best not. 65 00:07:39,667 --> 00:07:41,833 It's kitty night tonight. 66 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:44,749 Cheer up, Andy. It might never happen. 67 00:07:44,834 --> 00:07:48,083 Representatives of union and management meet tonight 68 00:07:48,167 --> 00:07:51,666 to discuss the redundancy offer to be put to the Grimley miners. 69 00:07:51,750 --> 00:07:53,499 Bloody going to, though, in't it? 70 00:07:53,584 --> 00:07:55,583 - See you. - See you. 71 00:07:57,500 --> 00:08:01,666 Don't be a pillock all your life. Take money while it's still on offer. 72 00:08:01,750 --> 00:08:03,916 Hey, there's a lot of folk out there 73 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,166 wouldn't like to hear t' way you're talking, love. 74 00:08:06,292 --> 00:08:11,583 Aye, and they're all as daft as you are. All end up wi' nowt, just like us. 75 00:08:11,750 --> 00:08:13,666 Philip. 76 00:08:17,084 --> 00:08:19,333 I'm late for practice. 77 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:22,958 - We'll talk about it later, eh? - Later? 78 00:08:23,334 --> 00:08:27,791 You'll still be saying "later" when we're out on t' bloody streets. 79 00:08:29,084 --> 00:08:33,416 There's always Mr Chuckles. I can do more of that. 80 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,083 Phil? Phil! Phil! 81 00:08:37,167 --> 00:08:39,333 You have a wife and four bloody kids here 82 00:08:39,417 --> 00:08:41,333 in a house nobody will bloody buy, 83 00:08:41,417 --> 00:08:44,166 mortgage up to the bloody hilt, loan sharks on our backs, 84 00:08:44,292 --> 00:08:48,249 no bloody money, no bloody job, and what are you gonna do? 85 00:08:48,334 --> 00:08:49,958 Fucking juggle? 86 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,624 Bit clumsy with the crockery, your Sandra. 87 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,083 Bastard. 88 00:08:57,792 --> 00:09:00,124 - All right, love? - All right. 89 00:10:30,250 --> 00:10:33,999 Crap. That's what that was. A load of bloody crap. 90 00:10:34,667 --> 00:10:36,166 What did Eric Morecombe say? 91 00:10:36,250 --> 00:10:38,749 All the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order. 92 00:10:38,834 --> 00:10:40,666 - What happened to you, son? - I just fell apart. 93 00:10:40,750 --> 00:10:44,749 Aye, well, you're not the only one. Andy, lad, all over the shop, you were. 94 00:10:44,834 --> 00:10:47,416 - What is up with you lot? - Got our minds on other things, Danny. 95 00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:48,666 Like what? 96 00:10:48,792 --> 00:10:50,999 Blimey, Danny, you been on holiday or what? 97 00:10:51,084 --> 00:10:52,166 How'd you mean? 98 00:10:52,250 --> 00:10:55,749 Well, it may have escaped your notice, like, but t' pit's under threat. 99 00:10:55,834 --> 00:11:00,999 - Aye. What's that got to do with us? - Oh, aye, you're right. Not a lot. 100 00:11:03,917 --> 00:11:08,166 Now, listen to me, all of you. These are worrying times. I know that. 101 00:11:08,250 --> 00:11:13,333 But look what it says here, eh? 1881. Over 100 years, this band's been going. 102 00:11:13,417 --> 00:11:15,833 Two World Wars, three disasters, seven strikes, 103 00:11:15,917 --> 00:11:17,083 one bloody big Depression. 104 00:11:17,167 --> 00:11:19,583 And t' band played on every flaming time. 105 00:11:19,667 --> 00:11:22,416 Danny, this is t' biggest disaster of t' lot. 106 00:11:22,500 --> 00:11:25,416 Can't have a colliery band without a bloody colliery, can you? 107 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:28,666 Listen. We've got the national semi-finals coming up, 108 00:11:28,750 --> 00:11:32,499 and we're capable, I mean it, well capable of going through to London. 109 00:11:32,584 --> 00:11:35,916 The first time in our history. The Albert Hall. 110 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,333 Now, I know there's a spot of bother at the pit. 111 00:11:38,459 --> 00:11:39,833 But that's summat separate. 112 00:11:39,917 --> 00:11:42,958 This is music, and it's music that matters. 113 00:11:45,625 --> 00:11:48,166 Now, come on, kitty for t' weekend. 114 00:11:48,667 --> 00:11:51,833 Danny, me and Ernie, we've been thinking it over, like. 115 00:11:51,959 --> 00:11:55,666 I know t' subs aren't much, but the present climate and that... 116 00:11:55,750 --> 00:11:57,166 What are you saying, Jim? 117 00:11:57,292 --> 00:11:59,333 Me and Jim have made a decision, like... 118 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,166 Hello, love. Can we help? 119 00:12:08,167 --> 00:12:11,833 Is this the colliery band rehearsal? 120 00:12:12,417 --> 00:12:16,166 No, love. Band's on Tuesdays. Tonight's origami class. 121 00:12:16,500 --> 00:12:19,083 Take no notice, flower. Can I help? 122 00:12:19,167 --> 00:12:23,166 I'm staying at the pub. I play the flugel. 123 00:12:23,250 --> 00:12:25,666 Well, sort of dabble. 124 00:12:25,959 --> 00:12:28,166 Mrs Foggan said... 125 00:12:29,334 --> 00:12:33,583 Well, she said you might let me play with you. 126 00:12:34,167 --> 00:12:35,749 Down, boy, down. 127 00:12:36,167 --> 00:12:39,083 Well, I know it may sound like we need all the help we can get, 128 00:12:39,167 --> 00:12:40,249 but I'm sorry, love. 129 00:12:40,334 --> 00:12:45,583 I mean, usually, as a rule we don't allow, you know, outsiders. 130 00:12:45,667 --> 00:12:49,333 Aye, I understand that, except I'm not strictly an outsider. 131 00:12:49,459 --> 00:12:51,999 - I were born in Grimley. - Is that right, love? 132 00:12:52,084 --> 00:12:54,749 - What's your name? - Gloria. 133 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,291 Gloria... S tits. 134 00:12:57,500 --> 00:12:58,999 - Eh? - Glorious tits. 135 00:13:01,167 --> 00:13:02,624 Ernie. 136 00:13:03,292 --> 00:13:06,458 Mullins. Gloria Mullins. 137 00:13:06,625 --> 00:13:07,958 No, no, you... 138 00:13:09,167 --> 00:13:10,958 Arthur's Gloria? 139 00:13:11,625 --> 00:13:14,624 - You're Danny, aren't you? - Aye. 140 00:13:15,334 --> 00:13:17,916 - I didn't think you'd still be... - Alive and kicking? 141 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,166 - Oh, aye, love, just about. - No, I meant leading the band. 142 00:13:21,292 --> 00:13:25,833 Yes. Well, come in, park your bum... Park yourself somewhere. 143 00:13:27,834 --> 00:13:29,666 If you didn't know him, you'd have heard of him. 144 00:13:29,750 --> 00:13:32,499 Arthur Mullins. This young lady's granddad. 145 00:13:32,625 --> 00:13:37,083 Best bandsman I ever played with. Bravest miner I ever worked with. 146 00:13:37,334 --> 00:13:41,499 Closest friend I ever had, till his lungs packed in, in '79. 147 00:13:41,959 --> 00:13:44,249 - Sorry, love. - It's true. 148 00:13:44,917 --> 00:13:46,499 Good to see you back. 149 00:13:46,625 --> 00:13:49,958 Excuse me a moment, Gloria. I'm just collecting. 150 00:13:50,834 --> 00:13:52,583 Jim, what were you saying? 151 00:13:52,667 --> 00:13:54,916 You and Ernie. Summat about present climate? 152 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:59,916 Oh, aye. I was saying, like, despite present climate, 153 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,999 you can always rely on our continued and wholehearted support for the cause. 154 00:14:04,084 --> 00:14:07,666 Oh, aye. Solidarity. Thick and thin and all that. 155 00:14:08,167 --> 00:14:10,124 Lend us a fiver. 156 00:14:13,334 --> 00:14:14,833 Solidarity. 157 00:14:16,834 --> 00:14:18,749 Do you remember me? 158 00:14:20,334 --> 00:14:24,333 - Barry? Barry Andrews? - Andy Barrow. 159 00:14:24,959 --> 00:14:26,833 Andy Barrow. 160 00:14:28,167 --> 00:14:31,333 - God, you haven't changed a bit. - You have. 161 00:14:32,334 --> 00:14:33,749 What you up to now, then? 162 00:14:33,834 --> 00:14:36,999 Oh, this and that. You know, keeping busy. 163 00:14:40,292 --> 00:14:42,416 Hey, that's not... Is it? 164 00:14:42,500 --> 00:14:45,749 He left it me in his will. Couldn't let it go to rust, could I? 165 00:14:45,834 --> 00:14:48,916 Clever old sod. Even when he were gone, he made sure I'd take it up. 166 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,499 Well, I know it won't be the same, 167 00:14:50,584 --> 00:14:52,499 but, well, it'll be lovely just to hear it again. 168 00:14:52,584 --> 00:14:54,791 - Okay. - What do you know? 169 00:14:55,167 --> 00:15:00,166 Well, I've been practising Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez. 170 00:15:00,292 --> 00:15:01,833 You what? 171 00:15:01,917 --> 00:15:05,249 - Orange Juice to you. - Oh, aye. 172 00:15:05,334 --> 00:15:08,166 - I'm a bit wobbly still. - Don't you fret, pet. 173 00:15:08,292 --> 00:15:10,833 Wobbly'd be too good for this lot. 174 00:15:11,584 --> 00:15:14,666 Paul, the music. Bernie, get her a stand. 175 00:15:16,667 --> 00:15:18,666 Okay, everyone. 176 00:15:20,750 --> 00:15:24,124 All right? Are we all together? 177 00:15:25,834 --> 00:15:27,458 Andy, lad, are you with us? 178 00:15:29,834 --> 00:15:33,499 Poor lad. Still got your mind on that pit? 179 00:15:37,459 --> 00:15:41,958 All right, lads. Rodrigo's Concierto de Orange Juice. 180 00:19:02,250 --> 00:19:03,666 All right. 181 00:19:55,667 --> 00:19:58,166 She calls that wobbly. 182 00:20:05,334 --> 00:20:08,124 - Well done, lass. - Well done, love. 183 00:20:08,417 --> 00:20:10,333 Bloody great! 184 00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:14,166 You doing anything at the weekend, love? 185 00:20:15,500 --> 00:20:18,749 Right, lads, listen up. Saddleworth tomorrow. 186 00:20:18,834 --> 00:20:21,166 Fourteen villages, love. Contest in each. 187 00:20:21,292 --> 00:20:23,916 And all at the same time, like. Cash prizes. 188 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:29,249 So any road, lads, big chance to swell the coffers tomorrow, 189 00:20:29,334 --> 00:20:32,583 so we're going for all 14. 190 00:20:32,667 --> 00:20:35,749 - Are you on, love? - If I'm allowed. 191 00:20:35,834 --> 00:20:38,333 Don't be soft, lass. You were born here. 192 00:21:14,250 --> 00:21:16,749 It's a profitable pit, this. 193 00:21:17,084 --> 00:21:19,583 There's hundreds of years of coal down there, 194 00:21:19,667 --> 00:21:22,583 but it don't seem to matter to them bastards. 195 00:21:22,667 --> 00:21:25,583 We're making money for 'em hand over fist, we are, 196 00:21:25,667 --> 00:21:27,749 and still they want to shut us down. 197 00:21:27,834 --> 00:21:29,333 Tell 'em bollocks to 'em. 198 00:21:29,459 --> 00:21:32,083 Well, that's up to you lot, in't it, lad? 199 00:21:32,167 --> 00:21:34,958 Well, thank Christ it in't up to you. 200 00:21:35,792 --> 00:21:39,416 Well, Jesus, they shouldn't have even let the offer be put on t' table. 201 00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:42,499 They're just bloody puppets, that lot. They do whatever the bastards want. 202 00:21:42,625 --> 00:21:43,833 - Phil, lad... - Yeah. 203 00:21:43,917 --> 00:21:46,749 Well, we didn't do what the bastards wanted in '84, did we? 204 00:21:46,834 --> 00:21:49,499 That's right! - No, we dug us heels in then, didn't we? 205 00:21:49,584 --> 00:21:52,249 Aye, and some of us got bloody locked up for it. 206 00:21:52,334 --> 00:21:54,249 Big bloody deal. 207 00:21:54,792 --> 00:21:56,749 Hey, suspended, I were. 208 00:21:56,834 --> 00:22:00,166 It took that lot a year and half to get me reinstated. 209 00:22:00,250 --> 00:22:03,083 That's 18 month on bloody strike pay. 210 00:22:03,167 --> 00:22:07,166 - With a wife, bloody kids, mortgage. - It's 10 year ago, pal. 211 00:22:07,292 --> 00:22:09,499 Aye, 10 years. 212 00:22:09,625 --> 00:22:12,666 And I were that bloody broke, I'm still frigging paying for it. 213 00:22:12,750 --> 00:22:15,749 That's how big a fucking deal it were. 214 00:22:16,167 --> 00:22:19,499 Hey, where were you then, eh, pal? In '84? 215 00:22:20,167 --> 00:22:22,749 I don't remember seeing you on t' line. 216 00:22:22,834 --> 00:22:26,499 Oh, aye, we all know which way you'll be voting. 217 00:22:26,917 --> 00:22:28,916 - Come on, then, you bastard. - Anytime! 218 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,291 You're a bastard! 219 00:22:31,500 --> 00:22:32,499 Hey! Hey! 220 00:22:33,667 --> 00:22:35,416 Drop it. Leave it out. 221 00:22:35,584 --> 00:22:38,499 Hey, wait! Wait! Hey, listen! 222 00:22:38,625 --> 00:22:42,749 That's just what they're bloody wanting. You know that, don't you? 223 00:22:43,250 --> 00:22:46,083 All right, this is what you've got. Ballot next week, right? 224 00:22:46,167 --> 00:22:47,499 You've got two options. 225 00:22:47,584 --> 00:22:50,916 One, you can vote to take pit to review procedure. 226 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,249 Obviously that's one we want you to take, 227 00:22:53,334 --> 00:22:56,166 'cause we reckon you've got a decent chance in review. 228 00:22:56,250 --> 00:22:58,916 Or, two, you can vote to take pay-off. 229 00:23:01,667 --> 00:23:06,666 Listen, listen. They told us last night that redundancy offer's gone up £3,000 230 00:23:06,792 --> 00:23:09,833 from a 20 grand maximum to 23, 231 00:23:10,250 --> 00:23:12,333 with a five grand sweetener. 232 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,833 But this is only a temporary offer. 233 00:23:21,292 --> 00:23:22,916 If you say no to it and stay put, 234 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,166 they're pulling any future offer down to a flat 15. 235 00:23:26,292 --> 00:23:27,583 Those bastards. 236 00:23:29,459 --> 00:23:32,416 Right, there you are. Born bastards, stay bastards. 237 00:23:32,500 --> 00:23:33,583 That's right! 238 00:23:33,667 --> 00:23:35,416 Well, all right, blokes. No use shouting now, lads. 239 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:36,916 Do it next week in the ballot. 240 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:41,333 Say no to bloody blackmail and yes to keeping this pit alive! 241 00:23:58,792 --> 00:24:02,333 The miners, united, will never be defeated. 242 00:24:02,417 --> 00:24:05,166 - The miners, united... - Poor old biddies. 243 00:24:05,250 --> 00:24:08,833 Don't they know they're pissing in the wind like the rest of us? 244 00:24:08,917 --> 00:24:11,249 - Can they do that, women? - What? 245 00:24:11,334 --> 00:24:14,833 - Piss in the wind. - No, Ernie, that just the point. 246 00:24:15,250 --> 00:24:18,083 No, but even a nice day, you know, when there's no wind about, 247 00:24:18,167 --> 00:24:19,999 they can't, you know, get any direction on it. 248 00:24:20,084 --> 00:24:22,916 Yeah, all right, then whatever it is that lasses do that's pointless. 249 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,666 Bloody hell, so much to choose from. 250 00:24:26,584 --> 00:24:28,499 Fart in a force 10? 251 00:24:28,625 --> 00:24:31,583 My God, Phil, you don't half know some funny women. 252 00:24:31,667 --> 00:24:34,666 Steady, lads. My missus does that. 253 00:24:36,167 --> 00:24:39,499 Oh, you daft bastards. Women Against Closure. 254 00:24:43,084 --> 00:24:45,583 At least, when she's not farting in a force 10. 255 00:24:51,667 --> 00:24:53,958 - Morning, love. - See you. 256 00:25:03,167 --> 00:25:06,416 If I don't have a day away on me own, I'm going to go frigging barmy. 257 00:25:06,500 --> 00:25:08,999 Honest I am. I'll kill someone. 258 00:25:09,125 --> 00:25:10,666 Go somewhere tomorrow, eh? 259 00:25:10,750 --> 00:25:16,083 Phil, I'm off today or I'm off for good. Give me some money. 260 00:25:17,459 --> 00:25:20,291 - Oh, hey, love, I've only got a tenner. - Tenner will do. 261 00:25:22,792 --> 00:25:26,333 But it's Saddleworth. I mean, Dad'll kill me if I don't turn up. 262 00:25:26,417 --> 00:25:28,416 Aye, and I will if you do. 263 00:25:29,834 --> 00:25:31,458 In't life just shit? 264 00:25:34,667 --> 00:25:36,833 On your head, Dad. 265 00:25:39,834 --> 00:25:43,083 'Course the offer's attractive. It's tantamount to bribery. 266 00:25:43,167 --> 00:25:44,249 They're not messing around. 267 00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:48,166 They want Grimley closed for whatever reason, nobody knows, 268 00:25:48,292 --> 00:25:50,249 and they think that by dangling a carrot... 269 00:25:50,334 --> 00:25:53,833 - This just came for you. - Oh, ta. 270 00:25:55,292 --> 00:25:56,583 Thanks. 271 00:25:56,667 --> 00:26:00,416 They want jobs, a future. They want an industry. 272 00:26:00,500 --> 00:26:03,666 And come the ballot, that's what they'll be voting for. 273 00:26:16,750 --> 00:26:20,333 If the hearing decides the pit has a sound economic future, 274 00:26:20,417 --> 00:26:24,333 then we shall abide by that decision and work towards it. 275 00:26:24,417 --> 00:26:28,583 Naturally. I mean, nobody wants Grimley to close. 276 00:26:32,584 --> 00:26:35,333 Oh, I'm bloody starving. Aren't you? 277 00:26:35,959 --> 00:26:38,083 Let's see what we got. 278 00:26:38,459 --> 00:26:40,499 Dad, who were that? 279 00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:44,624 Oh, just a couple of fellows. 280 00:26:45,667 --> 00:26:50,458 - Are you in trouble, Dad? - Eh? Your dad in trouble? 281 00:26:50,834 --> 00:26:53,666 Looked like they were gonna smack you. 282 00:26:54,417 --> 00:26:56,499 Aye, they were, lad. 283 00:26:58,792 --> 00:27:02,333 They were from t' Council. Leisure Department. 284 00:27:02,834 --> 00:27:05,583 They said that if we don't have fun today, 285 00:27:05,667 --> 00:27:08,249 we are in big, big trouble. 286 00:27:08,334 --> 00:27:10,958 Dad, I'm eight and a half now. 287 00:27:12,292 --> 00:27:13,749 Are you? 288 00:27:13,834 --> 00:27:17,124 Well, you can help me find t' bastard tin opener, then, can't you? 289 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,666 Gloria Mullins? 290 00:27:20,625 --> 00:27:24,666 What, Melons Mullins? Lived up Donny Road? Chubby lass? 291 00:27:24,750 --> 00:27:27,249 We used to sing that hymn, Gloria in XL. 292 00:27:27,334 --> 00:27:29,416 That's her, except she's far from chubby now, like. 293 00:27:29,500 --> 00:27:31,499 Aye, I remember her. 294 00:27:33,250 --> 00:27:36,916 - You had her behind t' bus station. - No, I never. 295 00:27:37,417 --> 00:27:39,333 You told us you did. 296 00:27:39,417 --> 00:27:41,999 No. It were top half only. 297 00:27:45,084 --> 00:27:47,916 - Hey, does she remember? - Does she, hell as like. 298 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,833 - Couldn't even remember me bloody name. - Ah, get away. 299 00:27:50,959 --> 00:27:55,124 Bet that's why she's come back, to complete unfinished business. 300 00:28:00,917 --> 00:28:02,333 What are you smiling at? 301 00:28:03,292 --> 00:28:04,333 Another? 302 00:28:05,667 --> 00:28:07,333 Oh, aye. Go on, then. 303 00:28:10,917 --> 00:28:14,249 What the bleeding hell are you two doing? 304 00:28:14,334 --> 00:28:16,083 We fancied a game of golf, like. 305 00:28:16,167 --> 00:28:19,666 You daft gawpheads. You never resigned, did you? 306 00:28:19,959 --> 00:28:23,583 Sat there like a couple of old biddies and paid over t' money, didn't you? 307 00:28:23,667 --> 00:28:27,583 Old Danny talked us round, like. He were very persuasive. 308 00:28:27,667 --> 00:28:31,791 - We had no option, lover, honestly. - No bollocks, more like. 309 00:28:32,834 --> 00:28:36,333 I reckon it were something to do with bollocks that got us to stay. 310 00:28:36,417 --> 00:28:40,416 - No bloody gumption, them two. - Oh, soup for brains, the pair of 'em. 311 00:28:40,500 --> 00:28:45,291 - Excuse me. Where's the Collier's Arms? - Hanging off his shoulders, pet. 312 00:28:46,167 --> 00:28:47,666 The old ones are the best, eh? 313 00:28:47,750 --> 00:28:50,166 Oh, it's the young ones we worry about, love. 314 00:28:50,250 --> 00:28:53,458 - Off to Saddleworth, are you? - That's right. 315 00:28:54,334 --> 00:28:57,083 - Follow them two daft apeths. - Ta. 316 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,833 Hey, love? - Yeah? 317 00:29:01,959 --> 00:29:05,749 - Joined t' band last night, did you? - Yeah. How did you know that? 318 00:29:05,834 --> 00:29:08,958 Oh, just summat me husband never said. 319 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,124 - Aye, I am. - What? 320 00:29:16,667 --> 00:29:18,499 Thinking what you're thinking. 321 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:36,416 - Eh up, lads. - All right? 322 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:37,499 All right. 323 00:29:38,625 --> 00:29:40,416 - Hi, Danny. - Paul. 324 00:29:42,959 --> 00:29:46,416 Oh, tell me you're bloody joking, son, please. 325 00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:48,583 Sorry, Dad. It's all of us or none at all. 326 00:29:48,667 --> 00:29:50,166 Why, for Christ's sake? 327 00:29:50,292 --> 00:29:53,958 It were them men from t' Pleasure Department, Granddad. 328 00:29:54,750 --> 00:29:55,999 It what? 329 00:29:56,084 --> 00:29:59,249 Anyway, nowt wrong wi' a bit of vocal support, eh? 330 00:30:03,959 --> 00:30:06,749 Eh up, lass. I hope you feel as good as you look. 331 00:30:06,834 --> 00:30:09,249 - I'm nervous. - Hey, get away with you. 332 00:30:09,334 --> 00:30:12,791 Your granddad would be proud of you. Go on, in you get. 333 00:30:15,834 --> 00:30:18,499 Hey, ogle-eyes, is that the lot? 334 00:30:18,625 --> 00:30:23,791 No, no. No, there's... There's one more, as per bloody usual. 335 00:30:24,334 --> 00:30:27,083 Poor lass. All she wants is a nice day out 336 00:30:27,167 --> 00:30:30,249 and she gets stuck between them two buggers. 337 00:30:30,750 --> 00:30:34,499 Oh, shit. Oh, sorry, Harry. 338 00:30:34,917 --> 00:30:38,166 - Come here, darling. - Thanks a lot, Kylie. 339 00:30:39,834 --> 00:30:43,916 There you go, mate. Oh, what was all that about? 340 00:30:44,250 --> 00:30:46,749 Eh up, bloke, here comes Fast bloody Eddie now. 341 00:30:46,834 --> 00:30:48,999 Come on, Andy, lad. Step on it. 342 00:30:49,625 --> 00:30:51,083 Sorry. 343 00:30:53,334 --> 00:30:57,624 - All right, Stanley, that's the lot. - What about these two here? 344 00:30:59,584 --> 00:31:00,666 Bloody hell. 345 00:31:00,750 --> 00:31:03,583 Don't look like that, Danny, lad. It's t' nearest colours we could find. 346 00:31:03,667 --> 00:31:05,833 - What are you doing? - We've just founded a fan club. 347 00:31:05,917 --> 00:31:07,499 Well, I don't think we... 348 00:31:07,584 --> 00:31:12,083 Look, ladies, I mean, this is traditionally a male-only excursion. 349 00:31:12,167 --> 00:31:15,083 - You know that. - New lass onboard, is she? 350 00:31:15,167 --> 00:31:19,833 Aye. That's different. I mean, she's very talented. 351 00:31:20,417 --> 00:31:22,583 Aye, I know. We saw her. 352 00:31:22,667 --> 00:31:25,416 I'll have you know that girl blows flugel like a dream. 353 00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:29,333 Danny Ormondroyd! At your age! 354 00:31:31,750 --> 00:31:33,166 What? 355 00:31:33,834 --> 00:31:36,583 Come on, love. It's not What's My Line? 356 00:31:38,292 --> 00:31:41,499 Well, I'm a surveyor. 357 00:31:42,459 --> 00:31:45,833 Blimey. What, you mean like a quantity surveyor? 358 00:31:45,959 --> 00:31:49,499 - Kind of. - Want to survey my quantity, love? 359 00:31:50,625 --> 00:31:53,583 Well, I do say, "No job too small." 360 00:31:54,792 --> 00:31:57,666 Get away, love. Take you a bloody fortnight, this one. 361 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,166 "We had no option, lover, honest." 362 00:32:05,959 --> 00:32:07,999 Shift up, duck. 363 00:32:08,084 --> 00:32:10,333 Eh up, Phil, groupies are on. 364 00:32:11,792 --> 00:32:13,666 Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, eh, girls? 365 00:32:13,750 --> 00:32:16,749 Aye, except we can do without drugs and rock 'n' roll. 366 00:33:50,584 --> 00:33:51,999 Come on, you. 367 00:35:27,292 --> 00:35:30,749 Laughing. They were bloody laughing at us. 368 00:35:32,459 --> 00:35:34,666 I mean, look at them. If some of them were alive today, 369 00:35:34,792 --> 00:35:37,416 they'd be turning in their bloody graves, they would. 370 00:35:37,500 --> 00:35:39,333 And if Arthur Mullins was looking down on us... 371 00:35:39,417 --> 00:35:42,333 Well, God bloody help us, that's all I can say. 372 00:35:42,417 --> 00:35:44,749 I mean, is this what it's come to, eh? 373 00:35:44,834 --> 00:35:47,083 Bits of trombone flying all over t' shop? 374 00:35:47,167 --> 00:35:50,083 Stopping t' march to change bloody nappies? 375 00:35:50,167 --> 00:35:53,083 Too bloody bevvied to stay on t' buggering bandstand. 376 00:35:53,167 --> 00:35:56,083 We may as well all bloody give up. 377 00:35:56,167 --> 00:35:59,999 I reckon we already have, Dan. That's kind of why it went like it did. 378 00:36:00,125 --> 00:36:02,666 Reckon we thought we'd go out on a high note. 379 00:36:02,750 --> 00:36:05,916 Happen our idea of a high note's a bit different from yours, like. 380 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,999 Go out? What are you talking about, Ernie, go out? 381 00:36:09,125 --> 00:36:13,333 Danny, lad, you've got to face it. If pit goes, band goes with it. 382 00:36:13,417 --> 00:36:14,999 - When pit goes. - If. 383 00:36:17,667 --> 00:36:19,749 However ballot goes, they'll still close the bugger. 384 00:36:19,834 --> 00:36:21,833 Not necessarily. It depends on... 385 00:36:24,250 --> 00:36:27,999 On that review thingy, surely. 386 00:36:29,500 --> 00:36:31,999 Trouble with you lot is you've got no pride. 387 00:36:32,125 --> 00:36:34,166 And you know one thing more than owt else round here 388 00:36:34,292 --> 00:36:36,166 that symbolises pride? 389 00:36:36,292 --> 00:36:39,958 It's this bloody band, that's what. Ask anybody. 390 00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:43,916 I mean, if they close down the pit, knock it down, 391 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:47,083 fill it up like they've done with all t' bloody rest, no trace, 392 00:36:47,167 --> 00:36:50,166 years to come, there'll only be one reminder 393 00:36:50,292 --> 00:36:52,833 of a hundred bloody years' hard graft. 394 00:36:52,959 --> 00:36:54,666 This bloody band. 395 00:36:55,292 --> 00:36:58,249 Oh, they can shut up the unions, they can shut up the workers, 396 00:36:58,334 --> 00:37:01,166 but I'll tell you one thing for nothing, they'll never shut us up. 397 00:37:01,250 --> 00:37:03,666 We'll play on, loud as ever, 398 00:37:03,792 --> 00:37:06,083 starting with t' national semis in Halifax. 399 00:37:06,167 --> 00:37:08,249 Win them, and we can carry our heads high 400 00:37:08,334 --> 00:37:11,749 and march on to the Albert bloody Hall, all right? 401 00:37:11,834 --> 00:37:13,999 Now, are we playing or are we packing in? 402 00:37:14,084 --> 00:37:15,958 Playing. 403 00:37:19,834 --> 00:37:21,583 Sorry. 404 00:37:21,917 --> 00:37:26,166 No, don't you worry, flower. You've nowt to be ashamed of. 405 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,291 No bugger else, then? 406 00:37:33,834 --> 00:37:38,958 Danny, I reckon I speak for everybody. We'll play on while pit's open. 407 00:37:39,334 --> 00:37:40,999 The minute they close it, we pack it in. 408 00:37:42,667 --> 00:37:45,666 - You can't ask for more than that. - Hear, hear. 409 00:37:47,292 --> 00:37:50,791 No. Obviously not. 410 00:38:10,417 --> 00:38:12,499 - Hiya. - Hiya. 411 00:38:13,250 --> 00:38:15,166 Moving words. 412 00:38:15,750 --> 00:38:18,333 - What? - Back there. Danny. 413 00:38:18,584 --> 00:38:20,083 Oh, aye, daft old codger. 414 00:38:20,167 --> 00:38:21,999 If it weren't for band, I reckon he'd pop his clogs. 415 00:38:22,125 --> 00:38:24,749 Listen, I wondered if you fancied some grub? 416 00:38:24,834 --> 00:38:27,499 - Where? - I don't know. I'll go posh if you want. 417 00:38:27,625 --> 00:38:29,666 - Andy. - All right, Phil? 418 00:38:29,750 --> 00:38:32,791 - Have you seen me dad? - Aye, he's still inside, I think. 419 00:38:34,334 --> 00:38:36,458 - Well? - All right. 420 00:38:50,667 --> 00:38:52,916 You all right, Dad? 421 00:38:56,417 --> 00:38:59,249 Thank you for your support, son. 422 00:39:04,584 --> 00:39:06,916 Oh, listen, Phil, lad. 423 00:39:07,667 --> 00:39:10,333 I've been thinking on it. 424 00:39:10,959 --> 00:39:15,916 Semi-final's no place for scrap metal. Better find yourself a new bit of brass. 425 00:39:17,334 --> 00:39:20,583 I'm not forking out for a new trombone just for one performance. 426 00:39:20,667 --> 00:39:23,083 One? What about the Albert Hall? 427 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:28,333 Now, normally I'd say get summat cheap, but... 428 00:39:28,459 --> 00:39:31,499 Well, you're a bloody good trombonist, lad. You need a bloody good trombone. 429 00:39:31,625 --> 00:39:35,499 Dad, I like the band. 430 00:39:36,250 --> 00:39:38,999 I love the band. We all do. 431 00:39:39,500 --> 00:39:44,583 But there's other things in life, you know, that's more important. 432 00:39:47,917 --> 00:39:50,499 Not in mine, there isn't. 433 00:39:53,959 --> 00:39:56,499 - What's that on your hankie? - Eh? 434 00:39:59,417 --> 00:40:01,166 Oh, nowt. 435 00:40:02,125 --> 00:40:04,458 Chain come off me bike. 436 00:40:35,917 --> 00:40:39,124 Didn't realise we were going this posh. I'd have got dolled up. 437 00:40:48,167 --> 00:40:51,833 You know back there, when Danny said you had nowt to be ashamed of? 438 00:40:51,959 --> 00:40:54,249 Is that right, then? 439 00:40:57,917 --> 00:41:01,291 You work for bloody management, don't you? 440 00:41:01,750 --> 00:41:03,249 - Andy, I'm just... - Fuck. 441 00:41:03,334 --> 00:41:06,499 I just compile surveys, Andy, just do viability studies. 442 00:41:06,625 --> 00:41:09,249 Boring, maybe, but hardly summat to be ashamed of. 443 00:41:09,334 --> 00:41:11,083 No? Kept very quiet about it. 444 00:41:11,167 --> 00:41:13,916 'Cause I knew you lot would get it all wrong, that's why. 445 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,749 - Oh, aye? - I'm on the same side as you, Andy. 446 00:41:17,834 --> 00:41:19,999 I want Grimley to stay open, same as you do, 447 00:41:20,084 --> 00:41:23,083 and once it gets to review, I can help it stay open with my report. 448 00:41:23,167 --> 00:41:26,083 - Bollocks. - My figures show Grimley has a future. 449 00:41:26,167 --> 00:41:27,499 It's a profitable pit. 450 00:41:27,625 --> 00:41:29,666 They already know that. It'll never reach review. 451 00:41:29,750 --> 00:41:31,166 The lads'll go for redundancy. 452 00:41:31,250 --> 00:41:33,416 And that's another thing that you lot know, 453 00:41:33,500 --> 00:41:35,249 just how much to offer to get a result. 454 00:41:35,334 --> 00:41:39,333 Every miner I have spoken to is voting to stay put. 455 00:41:39,417 --> 00:41:42,166 Do you think they'd tell you any different? 456 00:41:42,250 --> 00:41:44,416 Four-to-one it'll go, for pay-off. 457 00:41:44,500 --> 00:41:47,249 - You're voting to stay put. - 'Course I bloody am. 458 00:41:47,334 --> 00:41:52,166 - Then you must have some hope. - No hope. Just principles. 459 00:41:53,625 --> 00:41:55,083 It's your first job for them, in't it? 460 00:41:55,167 --> 00:41:56,333 Otherwise you would know, wouldn't you, 461 00:41:56,417 --> 00:41:59,833 that your report means as much to them as we do, bugger all. 462 00:41:59,917 --> 00:42:02,083 It's just a bloody PR exercise 463 00:42:02,167 --> 00:42:04,999 so blind, naive people, people not unlike yourself, 464 00:42:05,125 --> 00:42:07,666 will think those good eggs at head office have been very fair, 465 00:42:07,792 --> 00:42:09,999 very reasonable, done their best, done their sums, 466 00:42:10,084 --> 00:42:12,583 and, oh, dear, they just don't add up. 467 00:42:12,667 --> 00:42:15,999 They'll have to close another pit. Shame. 468 00:42:16,167 --> 00:42:17,999 They won't even read the bugger. 469 00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:22,083 They've already made their decision, probably when you were still at college. 470 00:42:22,167 --> 00:42:24,833 Oh, don't be ridiculous. 471 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,624 Anyway, if my job's so bloody irrelevant, 472 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:31,999 how come you hate me so much? 473 00:42:33,500 --> 00:42:35,958 I don't hate you, I... 474 00:42:38,959 --> 00:42:41,624 - Who's the haddock? - She is. 475 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:53,499 I chose Grimley, you know. 476 00:42:53,625 --> 00:42:57,083 They offered me other pits, but I chose Grimley for two reasons. 477 00:42:57,167 --> 00:43:00,083 First, because if I was going to help keep one pit alive, 478 00:43:00,167 --> 00:43:02,166 I wanted it to be this one. 479 00:43:02,250 --> 00:43:03,833 Second... 480 00:43:06,917 --> 00:43:10,999 Hey, in't that where the old bus station was? 481 00:43:12,417 --> 00:43:15,583 - I didn't think you'd remember. - How could I forget? 482 00:43:15,667 --> 00:43:18,083 I'm sorry. Fumblings of a 14-year-old. 483 00:43:18,167 --> 00:43:21,583 - What did we call it? Top half only? - Top half only. 484 00:43:21,667 --> 00:43:24,583 Can hardly have been worth it at that age. Just kids. 485 00:43:24,667 --> 00:43:27,833 Aye. I'd get better value now. 486 00:43:28,125 --> 00:43:30,916 Well, that's inflation for you. 487 00:43:36,625 --> 00:43:41,333 I did know your name, you know, when I called you Barry Andrews. 488 00:43:42,500 --> 00:43:44,416 I just didn't want you to think... 489 00:43:44,959 --> 00:43:49,624 I don't know, that it was etched forever on me brain. 490 00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:53,749 'Cause it hasn't been, has it? 491 00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,749 Do you want to come up for a coffee? 492 00:44:04,292 --> 00:44:06,166 I don't drink coffee. 493 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:09,833 I haven't got any. 494 00:44:33,417 --> 00:44:36,249 - Eh up, Phil. - Jesus Christ. 495 00:44:36,334 --> 00:44:39,166 Did you like it so much you want to go back? 496 00:44:39,250 --> 00:44:41,791 - What? - Wakefield Prison. 497 00:44:42,250 --> 00:44:46,124 - What are you on about? - Shall we call it a day, eh? 498 00:44:56,750 --> 00:45:00,083 - Evening, love. - Night. 499 00:45:31,917 --> 00:45:35,249 All right, Andy, lad? What have you been up to? 500 00:45:35,334 --> 00:45:38,166 Oh, a bit of extra practice, like. 501 00:45:38,750 --> 00:45:41,499 - Well, you're a genius, you, aren't you? - What? 502 00:45:41,625 --> 00:45:46,333 Well, it takes a special talent, that. Practising without your instrument. 503 00:45:46,417 --> 00:45:48,333 Oh, I must've left it in there. 504 00:45:48,417 --> 00:45:51,333 - I'll pick it up tomorrow. - Right. 505 00:45:52,167 --> 00:45:54,916 Gloria on good form, is she? 506 00:45:56,584 --> 00:45:59,499 - Night, Andy, lad. - Night, Danny. 507 00:48:30,334 --> 00:48:32,666 Mr McKenzie, could I have a quick word? 508 00:48:32,750 --> 00:48:34,749 Well, I'm actually rather busy, Gloria. 509 00:48:34,834 --> 00:48:38,416 Yes, sir, so am I. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't busy for no reason. 510 00:48:38,500 --> 00:48:41,249 It's just, some of the information I need, 511 00:48:41,334 --> 00:48:43,333 it's like getting blood out of a stone. 512 00:48:43,459 --> 00:48:45,666 I feel like I'm flogging a dead horse sometimes and I... 513 00:48:45,792 --> 00:48:48,458 Shall we stop talking in riddles, Gloria? 514 00:48:50,792 --> 00:48:54,666 I'm worried that my report may be sort of 515 00:48:56,500 --> 00:48:58,333 immaterial. 516 00:48:58,417 --> 00:49:02,458 Your report is vital, absolutely paramount. 517 00:49:03,167 --> 00:49:05,999 If this pit goes to review, and we hope it will, 518 00:49:06,084 --> 00:49:07,916 we have crucial decisions to make here, 519 00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:11,083 and we can't make them without detailed, accurate reports 520 00:49:11,167 --> 00:49:14,333 from highly qualified people such as yourself. 521 00:49:16,834 --> 00:49:21,499 It's a tricky business, Gloria. All we want to do is get it right. 522 00:49:22,459 --> 00:49:24,124 Okay? 523 00:49:31,917 --> 00:49:33,499 Yeah. 524 00:49:41,167 --> 00:49:44,833 Eh up, Andy. Look, there's your mate, Miss Glorious Tits. 525 00:49:44,959 --> 00:49:47,333 What's she doing here? 526 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:01,666 Now then, love, what's a nice girl like you doing 527 00:50:01,792 --> 00:50:03,416 in an horrible place like this? 528 00:50:03,500 --> 00:50:05,166 Oh, hiya. 529 00:50:06,584 --> 00:50:09,458 - Hi, Andy. - Hiya. 530 00:50:10,167 --> 00:50:12,833 I just came up to meet Andy out of work. 531 00:50:12,917 --> 00:50:16,499 He's not out of work yet, love. Come back next week. 532 00:50:16,625 --> 00:50:18,583 I just wondered if you wanted a quick practice, Andy? 533 00:50:18,667 --> 00:50:21,166 No, he can't, love. He's going for a pint with us. 534 00:50:21,292 --> 00:50:24,333 - Oh, right. Well... - See you. 535 00:50:25,750 --> 00:50:29,624 That's all right, innit, Andy? Nice pint and a chat. 536 00:50:30,417 --> 00:50:35,249 We can talk about price of fish, plight of the Third World, 537 00:50:35,792 --> 00:50:38,333 pros and cons of t' sweeper system 538 00:50:38,459 --> 00:50:42,583 and why your bird's got management logo on her key ring. 539 00:50:52,500 --> 00:50:54,999 Still, it doesn't make her t' devil incarnate, does it? 540 00:50:55,084 --> 00:50:57,166 What does it make Andy here? That's what I want to know. 541 00:50:57,250 --> 00:51:00,499 Lay off him, eh, Jim? He said he didn't know. 542 00:51:00,584 --> 00:51:01,999 I mean, with legs like that round your back, 543 00:51:02,125 --> 00:51:04,499 you don't stop and ask for a reference, do you? 544 00:51:04,584 --> 00:51:06,083 It's a mistake anyone could've made. 545 00:51:06,167 --> 00:51:08,666 Aye, and by hell, we all wish we'd made it. 546 00:51:08,792 --> 00:51:12,458 - This isn't funny. - Nowt wrong with shagging management. 547 00:51:12,959 --> 00:51:14,916 They've been shagging us long enough. 548 00:51:16,417 --> 00:51:18,083 Oh, don't tell me, Andy. 549 00:51:18,167 --> 00:51:21,666 It weren't shagging, it were true love. Aw. 550 00:51:23,334 --> 00:51:24,499 You playing, Andy? 551 00:51:24,584 --> 00:51:27,583 No, he isn't. He's had enough fun and games for one week. 552 00:51:27,667 --> 00:51:31,291 - I'm not a kid any more, Jim, all right? - Oh, aye? 553 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:35,124 - Old enough to be a scab, then. Jim! 554 00:51:39,834 --> 00:51:41,666 It's all right, Andy, he doesn't mean it. 555 00:51:41,792 --> 00:51:43,749 You don't mess around with words like that. 556 00:51:43,834 --> 00:51:48,499 Aye, I'm sorry, Andy. Take it back. You're just a stupid fucker. 557 00:51:51,959 --> 00:51:54,249 That's more like it. 558 00:52:01,750 --> 00:52:04,333 I'll catch you later, lads. 559 00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:07,499 Where are you off, then? 560 00:52:12,167 --> 00:52:16,333 Hello, kids. My name's Mr Chuckles. 561 00:52:16,417 --> 00:52:19,249 Hello, Mr Chuckles. 562 00:52:19,334 --> 00:52:21,083 - Now, do you like card tricks? - Yeah. 563 00:52:21,167 --> 00:52:23,916 Will you help me with this card trick? Come here, come here. 564 00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:26,416 What you have to do is pick a card from there. 565 00:52:26,500 --> 00:52:27,999 Don't let me see it. 566 00:52:28,125 --> 00:52:30,999 And show it to all your friends so that they can all see it. 567 00:52:31,084 --> 00:52:33,666 Now put it back anywhere you like. 568 00:52:33,792 --> 00:52:36,249 Tell me when you've done it. Have you done it? 569 00:52:36,334 --> 00:52:38,583 Now I'm gonna shuffle them all up. Did you see what the card was? 570 00:52:38,667 --> 00:52:40,416 Yeah. - Don't tell me. 571 00:52:40,500 --> 00:52:43,583 The card was the jack of hearts. 572 00:52:43,667 --> 00:52:45,333 No. 573 00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:48,416 - Queen of clubs? - No. 574 00:52:48,500 --> 00:52:50,666 - What were it, then? - Ace of spades. 575 00:52:50,750 --> 00:52:52,999 Correct. All right. 576 00:52:54,125 --> 00:52:55,916 All right, now, Scott. 577 00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:59,583 I'm going to put your watch there and I'm going to fold this over 578 00:52:59,667 --> 00:53:05,666 once, twice, three times, four. Just like that. All right? 579 00:53:06,500 --> 00:53:09,249 And with this hammer, Scott, 580 00:53:09,334 --> 00:53:13,249 I want you to give that watch a great big smack. 581 00:53:14,459 --> 00:53:15,833 No. 582 00:53:17,667 --> 00:53:21,333 - When I say the magic word, Scott. - Oh. 583 00:53:23,667 --> 00:53:27,333 - This isn't your main job, is it? - I'm a miner. 584 00:53:28,584 --> 00:53:30,333 A miner? 585 00:53:32,625 --> 00:53:37,999 You remember 'em, love. Dinosaurs, dodos, miners. 586 00:53:52,834 --> 00:53:54,749 Sorry, Sandra. A bit short, love. 587 00:53:54,834 --> 00:53:56,833 - How much? - £1.50. 588 00:53:56,959 --> 00:53:59,666 - What's up wi' you? - What's it to be? 589 00:54:00,125 --> 00:54:03,083 - What about them aeroplane things, Mum? - What? 590 00:54:03,167 --> 00:54:06,833 - Them things wi' wings on. - Oh, I need them. 591 00:54:08,167 --> 00:54:09,583 Here you are, love. Put that back, will you? 592 00:54:09,667 --> 00:54:12,583 We'll use soap. Sorry, Vera. 593 00:54:12,667 --> 00:54:15,333 Me and sums, you know, not what you'd call best of friends. 594 00:54:15,417 --> 00:54:20,458 - Me and money, total frigging strangers. - Sorry, love. Still need another 60. 595 00:54:22,334 --> 00:54:25,166 I tell you what. Give it us next week, all right? 596 00:54:25,250 --> 00:54:27,166 Are you sure? 597 00:54:28,584 --> 00:54:31,166 Don't forget your receipt. 598 00:54:42,167 --> 00:54:43,749 See you, love. 599 00:54:52,167 --> 00:54:56,333 Get back in here now with that. Who do you think you bleeding are? 600 00:54:57,334 --> 00:54:58,999 - Hey! - Bastard. 601 00:55:01,250 --> 00:55:05,666 Come here, you bastard. What do you think you're fucking doing, eh? 602 00:55:05,750 --> 00:55:08,083 What do you think you're fucking playing at? 603 00:55:08,167 --> 00:55:10,999 I told you, pal. It's payday. 604 00:55:14,084 --> 00:55:15,833 Yeah, all right. 605 00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:18,291 Right. 606 00:55:19,750 --> 00:55:24,083 - God, just give us a bit of time, eh? - It's been 10 years, mate. 607 00:55:24,167 --> 00:55:28,083 Payday's payday, pal, especially when it's 12 grand. 608 00:55:28,167 --> 00:55:30,499 - Twelve? - Ah, it's that interest, innit? 609 00:55:30,584 --> 00:55:33,166 - It's a bugger. - Well, what about... 610 00:55:34,500 --> 00:55:37,083 - Can you wait till t' 21 st? - 21 st? 611 00:55:37,167 --> 00:55:39,666 Oh, ah. Coco the Scab, eh? 612 00:55:41,292 --> 00:55:43,166 We'll be back with truck. 613 00:55:43,250 --> 00:55:45,499 - Truck? What for? - Contents. 614 00:55:45,625 --> 00:55:47,666 Until you pay up, like. 615 00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:52,166 Hey. 616 00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:57,499 If you touch my kids again, I'll fucking kill you. 617 00:56:09,292 --> 00:56:11,666 What the frigging hell's this? 618 00:56:12,792 --> 00:56:15,916 It's a frigging dent, that's what it is. 619 00:56:18,667 --> 00:56:20,666 Andy Barrow lent it me. 620 00:56:22,750 --> 00:56:24,958 He'll go frigging barmy. 621 00:56:47,959 --> 00:56:51,999 - Hiya, Danny, love. You well? - Oh, aye, can't complain, Betty. 622 00:56:52,125 --> 00:56:53,916 What time do they announce result, do you know? 623 00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:56,166 Oh, it's about 5:00-ish or summat, I think. 624 00:56:56,250 --> 00:56:58,083 I didn't know you were that bothered, pet. 625 00:56:58,167 --> 00:57:00,499 Whole town's bothered, love. 626 00:57:01,292 --> 00:57:03,249 Can't do wi'out pit. 627 00:57:04,250 --> 00:57:07,166 Oh, that? I thought you were talking about semi-finals. 628 00:57:07,292 --> 00:57:09,749 Honest, Danny. A day like today, 629 00:57:09,834 --> 00:57:13,749 you think anyone's interested in some daft football match? 630 00:57:17,667 --> 00:57:18,666 All right, love? 631 00:57:18,792 --> 00:57:21,499 That's it, you bugger off and blow your bloody trumpet. 632 00:57:21,625 --> 00:57:23,624 Blimey, a conversation. 633 00:57:24,334 --> 00:57:26,749 Harry, in a month's time, when you're at home all day 634 00:57:26,834 --> 00:57:29,166 and there's nowt but dole coming in, at least I can sit there, too, 635 00:57:29,250 --> 00:57:30,999 and know that I did summat. 636 00:57:31,084 --> 00:57:32,833 It weren't much, but it were t' best I could do, 637 00:57:32,959 --> 00:57:36,416 - and at least it was summat. - What are you on about? 638 00:57:38,292 --> 00:57:42,833 Ten years ago, before the strike, you were so full of fight. 639 00:57:42,959 --> 00:57:45,666 Packed full of passion, you were. 640 00:57:46,459 --> 00:57:48,791 Now you just do nowt. 641 00:57:49,917 --> 00:57:52,958 All you do is blow your bloody trumpet. 642 00:57:53,500 --> 00:57:55,083 Aye, but at least... 643 00:57:56,917 --> 00:57:58,458 At least what? 644 00:58:00,250 --> 00:58:02,166 People listen to us. 645 00:58:06,834 --> 00:58:08,499 Go on, sod off. 646 00:58:15,167 --> 00:58:17,624 And it's a bloody euphonium. 647 00:58:22,334 --> 00:58:27,416 You know, I can't tell a lie, Ida. I were never one for brass bands before. 648 00:58:27,500 --> 00:58:31,749 But when you hear that sound, when you're near that sound... 649 00:58:32,500 --> 00:58:36,124 - Doesn't it half grab you, doesn't it? - Aye, it does that. 650 00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:41,916 But, you know, folk like Danny, it's taken over their lives. 651 00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:44,166 Ooh, I'd never let that happen. 652 00:58:47,500 --> 00:58:48,833 Ooh! 653 00:58:52,084 --> 00:58:54,333 - Gorgeous. - Oh, yeah. 654 00:58:56,834 --> 00:58:58,833 All right, Bernard? 655 00:59:00,834 --> 00:59:02,624 - Jim, Ernie. - Danny. 656 00:59:08,959 --> 00:59:10,249 - Hi, Danny. - Hello, Danny. 657 00:59:10,334 --> 00:59:11,458 Hiya. 658 00:59:12,334 --> 00:59:13,333 Bloody... 659 00:59:13,667 --> 00:59:15,999 Hi, Harry. Make an effort, Andy. 660 00:59:19,917 --> 00:59:22,833 Bloody hell, son. What's happened to you? 661 00:59:22,959 --> 00:59:24,583 Sorry, Dad. 662 00:59:25,167 --> 00:59:29,458 - Bit of a domestic, like. - But you know this is a special... 663 00:59:30,584 --> 00:59:32,749 Sandra did that to you? 664 00:59:33,500 --> 00:59:34,666 No. 665 00:59:39,167 --> 00:59:41,958 Go on, get on bus. Get it cleaned up. 666 00:59:43,125 --> 00:59:45,999 Bang goes the deportment prize, any road. 667 01:00:02,167 --> 01:00:04,166 Hey, we're gonna win this one, Danny. 668 01:00:04,250 --> 01:00:07,166 Look, your Phil's got a new trombone. 669 01:00:12,959 --> 01:00:15,958 All right, Stanley. Halifax, here we come. 670 01:01:10,167 --> 01:01:13,499 Ah, shift, will you? Stop fighting all the time. 671 01:01:15,500 --> 01:01:19,666 Vote for redundancy, 798. 672 01:05:00,917 --> 01:05:05,333 The winners, with 194 points, the Grimley Colliery Band. 673 01:05:47,292 --> 01:05:48,499 Harry. 674 01:05:49,667 --> 01:05:51,333 Rita, love. 675 01:05:52,834 --> 01:05:55,416 Four-to-one against, it went. 676 01:05:56,917 --> 01:05:58,916 Four-to-one, Harry. 677 01:06:08,459 --> 01:06:12,833 Still, see a bit more of each other now, eh? 678 01:06:22,334 --> 01:06:23,499 Dad? 679 01:06:25,334 --> 01:06:29,458 Dad! 680 01:06:31,667 --> 01:06:33,833 Dad. Oh, Jesus Christ. 681 01:06:35,584 --> 01:06:37,999 Will someone get an ambulance, quick? 682 01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:41,083 Hurry, man! He can't breathe. 683 01:06:41,167 --> 01:06:44,583 - Just back off, will you? Come on! - Don't crowd him, don't crowd him. 684 01:06:46,292 --> 01:06:49,583 - Come on, breathe for me. - Somebody call for that ambulance? 685 01:06:49,667 --> 01:06:52,291 Come on. Come on, I've got you. Phil's here. 686 01:06:52,500 --> 01:06:56,083 Come on, hurry up, will you? Come on. 687 01:07:01,292 --> 01:07:05,749 - How is he, Phil? - I don't know. He hasn't woke up yet. 688 01:07:07,000 --> 01:07:10,333 They just said there'd be more news tomorrow. 689 01:07:10,417 --> 01:07:14,333 Right. We're just having a collection for him. Harry? 690 01:07:17,500 --> 01:07:19,458 You still here, love? 691 01:07:19,834 --> 01:07:22,999 I reckon it's got to be ta-ra now, don't you? 692 01:07:34,500 --> 01:07:37,833 I'm on your side. I always was. 693 01:07:48,500 --> 01:07:49,916 Andy? 694 01:07:57,459 --> 01:07:58,833 Andy. 695 01:08:04,417 --> 01:08:05,958 Phil, lad. 696 01:08:09,834 --> 01:08:13,666 Not flowers, all right, Jim? Not grapes. 697 01:08:14,834 --> 01:08:17,291 Get him summat he wants, eh? 698 01:08:20,125 --> 01:08:23,666 You sure about this, Andy, mate? What about finals? 699 01:08:26,667 --> 01:08:28,333 What finals? 700 01:08:43,167 --> 01:08:48,416 Andy, I don't want to fall out, mate. You're me main source of income. 701 01:08:49,334 --> 01:08:50,666 Don't worry, Simmo. 702 01:08:50,750 --> 01:08:53,999 I've lost more this week than a bloody trumpet. 703 01:09:02,292 --> 01:09:03,499 San? 704 01:09:05,334 --> 01:09:06,624 Sandra? 705 01:09:07,584 --> 01:09:10,249 They came. Took t' bloody lot. 706 01:09:10,334 --> 01:09:13,791 - I warned you, Phil. - Oh, hey, San, no. I... 707 01:09:14,250 --> 01:09:15,833 Look, don't... 708 01:09:17,125 --> 01:09:18,458 Not now. 709 01:09:18,959 --> 01:09:23,249 Seems as good a time as any, what with there being nowhere to sit. 710 01:09:23,750 --> 01:09:25,833 Dad's collapsed. 711 01:09:26,625 --> 01:09:28,333 Aye, I heard. 712 01:09:30,750 --> 01:09:32,499 I'm sorry, Phil. 713 01:10:14,625 --> 01:10:16,333 Oh, you fuckers! 714 01:10:28,584 --> 01:10:30,833 - Sandra? - Phil? Harry. 715 01:10:31,834 --> 01:10:34,833 Are you set for one final performance? 716 01:10:50,917 --> 01:10:52,666 What on earth? 717 01:11:45,750 --> 01:11:49,333 Nurse, go down there at once and get rid of them. 718 01:11:49,417 --> 01:11:50,958 Leave 'em be. 719 01:11:52,959 --> 01:11:56,999 - Mr Ormondroyd, how are you feeling? - Death's door. 720 01:11:58,250 --> 01:12:02,083 - The bastards still take the piss? - Yes, I am sorry about this racket. 721 01:12:02,167 --> 01:12:05,166 - We'll stop it, don't worry. - Stop this racket? 722 01:12:05,292 --> 01:12:07,916 You'll wake up in the next ward. 723 01:12:41,750 --> 01:12:44,499 Is it going like shit off a shovel? 724 01:12:45,417 --> 01:12:49,083 If by that you mean fast, yes, it is, rather. 725 01:12:51,834 --> 01:12:54,833 It always does when they play this one. 726 01:14:07,834 --> 01:14:09,999 Message from Mr Ormondroyd. 727 01:14:10,917 --> 01:14:13,083 - He's awake? - Yeah. 728 01:14:13,459 --> 01:14:15,999 He says tenor horn's too soft. 729 01:14:24,000 --> 01:14:28,083 Phil, lad, I reckon it'd be best coming from you. 730 01:14:28,792 --> 01:14:32,958 About us packing in, not going to finals. 731 01:14:38,792 --> 01:14:40,833 You shouldn't have, you know, lads. 732 01:14:40,917 --> 01:14:44,666 Really. Should've brought me flowers or summat. 733 01:14:44,750 --> 01:14:47,999 Grapes. I could murder a bunch of grapes. 734 01:14:54,000 --> 01:14:55,499 Bloody hell. 735 01:14:55,584 --> 01:14:58,583 Right, thank you. The concert's over. 736 01:14:58,667 --> 01:15:02,416 It's past 11:00 and Mr Ormondroyd must have some sleep. 737 01:15:02,500 --> 01:15:03,749 - Thank you. See you, Danny. 738 01:15:03,834 --> 01:15:07,583 And I'd prefer any future visits to be made in visiting hours, 739 01:15:07,667 --> 01:15:09,583 preferably without trumpets. 740 01:15:09,667 --> 01:15:11,666 It's a euphonium. 741 01:15:11,750 --> 01:15:15,416 Hey, lads. Sounded good, mind, out there. 742 01:15:15,959 --> 01:15:20,333 Keep playing like that and we'll murder 'em at bloody finals. 743 01:15:24,084 --> 01:15:25,666 Tell him. 744 01:15:36,917 --> 01:15:39,249 You in a bit of trouble, son? 745 01:15:39,834 --> 01:15:43,499 - It's nowt, Dad. - You seem a bit upset, like. 746 01:15:44,625 --> 01:15:48,166 Of course I'm upset. Me old man's poorly. 747 01:15:48,834 --> 01:15:52,166 Aye, well, we'll both get over that, won't we? 748 01:15:57,334 --> 01:15:59,291 Nice bit of brass. 749 01:15:59,667 --> 01:16:01,499 Cheap, yeah? 750 01:16:02,834 --> 01:16:05,916 Ah. Ta, son, anyway. 751 01:16:11,334 --> 01:16:14,291 It mattered, you know, that trombone. 752 01:16:14,792 --> 01:16:16,958 - To me, any road. - Aye. 753 01:16:17,834 --> 01:16:18,916 Aye. 754 01:16:28,584 --> 01:16:31,833 I'd best be off, eh? Let you get some shuteye. 755 01:16:31,917 --> 01:16:33,083 Aye. 756 01:16:33,667 --> 01:16:38,583 - Say hello to Sandra and t' kids for me. - Yeah. They said, you know, get well. 757 01:16:38,667 --> 01:16:40,166 Worked alongside Arthur Mullins 758 01:16:40,292 --> 01:16:43,249 every day of his working life, you know that? 759 01:16:43,334 --> 01:16:45,833 - When they cut him open... - Dad, don't. 760 01:16:45,917 --> 01:16:50,083 They say, when they opened up his lungs, there were nowt in there but coal dust. 761 01:16:50,167 --> 01:16:52,666 Slack. Slack everywhere. 762 01:16:54,084 --> 01:16:57,458 - Took 'em a week to get the slab clean. - Dad. 763 01:16:58,959 --> 01:17:00,791 You'll be all right. 764 01:17:01,334 --> 01:17:04,166 You going to tell me lies all bloody night? 765 01:17:09,125 --> 01:17:13,333 No. You're right, son. You're right. 766 01:17:14,459 --> 01:17:15,999 Go on, be off with you. 767 01:17:16,084 --> 01:17:18,666 I'll be out of here in time for t' final. 768 01:17:24,834 --> 01:17:26,916 One way or the other. 769 01:18:01,292 --> 01:18:03,583 ...different after recent events. Yeah. 770 01:18:03,667 --> 01:18:07,666 Just thought I'd bring you the viability study. 771 01:18:11,625 --> 01:18:13,416 Ah, right. Yes. 772 01:18:14,000 --> 01:18:16,333 Put it there. Thank you. 773 01:18:17,250 --> 01:18:21,833 So, Frank, you're going down to Stanley Tuesday and, what, coming back... 774 01:18:22,500 --> 01:18:24,333 Will you be reading it? 775 01:18:24,459 --> 01:18:27,583 Gloria, it would've been very valuable 776 01:18:27,667 --> 01:18:31,833 if the Grimley miners had decided to go to a review, 777 01:18:31,959 --> 01:18:33,583 but, as you know, sadly... 778 01:18:33,667 --> 01:18:36,624 You made them an offer they couldn't refuse. 779 01:18:36,917 --> 01:18:40,999 - None of this is simple, Gloria. - All right, I'll make it simple. 780 01:18:41,125 --> 01:18:42,583 I'll tell you some facts the way I see them 781 01:18:42,667 --> 01:18:43,916 and you tell me if I've got it wrong. 782 01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:44,999 Miss Mullins... 783 01:18:45,125 --> 01:18:47,499 One, I write reports that no one will ever read. 784 01:18:47,625 --> 01:18:50,666 They have to be seen to be written, but they're not written to be seen. 785 01:18:50,792 --> 01:18:55,083 Two, Grimley is... Was a profitable pit. Says so in here. 786 01:18:55,834 --> 01:18:59,499 Three, the decision to close it wasn't made today, 787 01:18:59,584 --> 01:19:02,124 - it was made weeks ago. - Wrong. 788 01:19:03,417 --> 01:19:05,124 Two years ago. 789 01:19:12,125 --> 01:19:15,499 Coal is history, Miss Mullins. 790 01:19:38,334 --> 01:19:40,749 I'll catch you later, lads. 791 01:19:57,250 --> 01:20:00,833 Look, for years, bloody years, nowt good's ever happened to me. 792 01:20:00,917 --> 01:20:03,583 The only reason I'd get up in mornings to see if me luck had changed, 793 01:20:03,667 --> 01:20:05,333 but it never bloody has. 794 01:20:05,417 --> 01:20:08,499 And it was just beginning to get worse, with pit closing, losing me job, 795 01:20:08,584 --> 01:20:11,666 and then what happens? Gloria Mullins. 796 01:20:12,667 --> 01:20:15,583 Love of me bloody life walks into practice hall. 797 01:20:15,667 --> 01:20:18,166 "Bloody hell," I thought, "maybe life's not so bad." 798 01:20:18,250 --> 01:20:21,499 But is it, buggery? She's only fucking management. 799 01:20:21,584 --> 01:20:24,583 And now that's what you've been doing. 800 01:20:25,000 --> 01:20:27,416 Yeah, well, let's just call that sleeping with the enemy. 801 01:20:27,500 --> 01:20:30,791 I'm not the enemy. I'm like you. 802 01:20:32,917 --> 01:20:34,333 Unemployed. 803 01:20:36,792 --> 01:20:38,833 I told them to stuff it. 804 01:20:41,667 --> 01:20:47,249 - You off back down south, then? - Well, hardly welcome here. 805 01:20:47,334 --> 01:20:50,999 Reckon they all know now. You were only trying to help. 806 01:20:51,625 --> 01:20:53,999 Thing is, if help comes to summat, then you're a hero. 807 01:20:54,084 --> 01:20:57,666 If it comes to nowt, you're just another meddler. 808 01:20:58,750 --> 01:21:01,166 And is that what you reckon? 809 01:21:02,834 --> 01:21:06,333 I reckon your heart's in the right place, 810 01:21:06,584 --> 01:21:09,166 but you never did owt to prove it. 811 01:21:12,959 --> 01:21:14,999 I'll say ta-ra, then. 812 01:21:37,959 --> 01:21:42,666 Summat good will happen soon, Andy. Hope it's at Albert Hall. 813 01:21:43,500 --> 01:21:45,916 Doubt it somehow. We're not going. 814 01:21:46,750 --> 01:21:47,916 What? 815 01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:51,666 They worked it out. It'd cost three grand or summat. 816 01:21:52,834 --> 01:21:56,416 No, the band's dead. It died with everything else. 817 01:22:23,167 --> 01:22:24,583 Harry. 818 01:22:26,500 --> 01:22:28,749 - All right, Ernie? - Aye. 819 01:22:34,959 --> 01:22:37,999 - Jim. - All right? 820 01:22:41,667 --> 01:22:44,916 - All right, Phil? - All right, Andy, lad? 821 01:22:45,584 --> 01:22:48,833 - Owt in? - There's a machinist wanted. 822 01:22:49,584 --> 01:22:53,083 - You any good at button stitching? - I'll take anything. 823 01:22:53,167 --> 01:22:56,124 Well, thank Christ I found you. Look. 824 01:23:00,167 --> 01:23:01,999 How's your dad? 825 01:23:05,125 --> 01:23:08,083 How'd he take it about us packing in? 826 01:23:09,959 --> 01:23:13,166 Oh eh, Phil, come on. You got to tell him, you know. 827 01:23:13,250 --> 01:23:16,833 - I mean, before final. - I'm going to. I'm going to. 828 01:23:17,250 --> 01:23:20,791 - There a while yet, though, in't there? - Saturday. 829 01:23:28,167 --> 01:23:30,416 I'm afraid I've got some bad news. 830 01:23:30,750 --> 01:23:33,249 What? Sandra and the kids? I heard all about that. 831 01:23:33,334 --> 01:23:35,666 Don't fret, they'll be back. 832 01:23:38,250 --> 01:23:39,833 - Dad... - It's just one day. 833 01:23:39,917 --> 01:23:43,416 They won't let me out for one sodding day. 834 01:23:49,000 --> 01:23:50,249 Dad, look... 835 01:23:50,334 --> 01:23:53,999 Guess you might as well give these to Harry, then. 836 01:23:54,417 --> 01:23:56,416 Wish him good luck. 837 01:23:57,125 --> 01:23:59,416 Was up all night doing them. 838 01:23:59,959 --> 01:24:01,291 Aye? 839 01:24:03,084 --> 01:24:04,499 Right. 840 01:24:25,750 --> 01:24:27,999 Harvest festival. 841 01:24:28,834 --> 01:24:30,166 Well, to tell you the truth, 842 01:24:30,250 --> 01:24:33,083 I don't know too much about t' harvest festival. 843 01:24:33,167 --> 01:24:36,416 But I do know a story about God. 844 01:24:38,000 --> 01:24:40,749 So, God was creating man, all right? 845 01:24:40,834 --> 01:24:43,666 And his little assistant came up to him and he said, 846 01:24:43,750 --> 01:24:48,166 "Hey, we've got all these bodies left, but we're right out of brains, 847 01:24:48,250 --> 01:24:51,833 "we're right out of hearts and we're right out of vocal chords." 848 01:24:51,959 --> 01:24:55,249 And God said, "Fuck it. Sew 'em up anyway. 849 01:24:55,334 --> 01:24:58,333 "Smack smiles on their faces and make 'em talk out their arses." 850 01:24:58,417 --> 01:25:02,416 And lo, God created the Tory party. 851 01:25:02,500 --> 01:25:05,499 Come on. May God forgive you. - God? 852 01:25:06,167 --> 01:25:09,624 All right. There. Now, there's a fellow. 853 01:25:11,334 --> 01:25:13,749 I mean, what's he doing, eh? 854 01:25:14,625 --> 01:25:16,749 He can take John Lennon. 855 01:25:17,584 --> 01:25:20,916 He can take those three young lads down at Ainsley Pit. 856 01:25:21,000 --> 01:25:26,666 He's even thinking of taking my old man. And Margaret bloody Thatcher lives? 857 01:25:27,625 --> 01:25:30,916 I mean, what's he sodding playing at, eh? 858 01:25:38,667 --> 01:25:42,833 You've been great. My name's Coco the Scab. 859 01:25:43,667 --> 01:25:45,166 Good night. 860 01:25:56,125 --> 01:25:58,749 Granddad? What's Granddad got to do wi' it? 861 01:25:58,834 --> 01:26:02,083 Dad said when people are as poorly as Granddad is, 862 01:26:02,167 --> 01:26:04,666 you've got to do special things for 'em. 863 01:26:04,792 --> 01:26:08,166 Shane, love, your dad didn't buy trombone for your granddad. 864 01:26:08,250 --> 01:26:10,249 He bought it for himself. 865 01:26:10,334 --> 01:26:14,583 He said Granddad's gonna die, but at least Dad getting a trombone 866 01:26:14,667 --> 01:26:17,999 is gonna make him die happy. That's what he said. 867 01:26:21,459 --> 01:26:24,833 - Mum? - What, love? 868 01:26:25,667 --> 01:26:28,166 How the hell do you die happy? 869 01:26:29,584 --> 01:26:32,291 Oh, we'll find a way. 870 01:26:34,084 --> 01:26:36,833 I don't like seeing Dad sad, Mum. 871 01:26:38,334 --> 01:26:40,749 - I know. - But I'd sooner see him sad 872 01:26:40,834 --> 01:26:42,749 than not see him at all. 873 01:26:49,834 --> 01:26:52,583 Help! - What's that, for fuck's sake? 874 01:26:53,834 --> 01:26:55,333 What is it? 875 01:26:57,334 --> 01:26:59,499 Jesus Christ! 876 01:27:19,500 --> 01:27:20,999 Philip? 877 01:27:27,459 --> 01:27:31,333 I mean, what the bloody hell were you playing at, lad? 878 01:27:32,625 --> 01:27:34,791 You lost your marbles? 879 01:27:35,959 --> 01:27:38,124 Maybe. I've lost everything else. 880 01:27:38,750 --> 01:27:43,499 Wife, kids, house, job, self-respect. 881 01:27:44,500 --> 01:27:45,666 Hope. 882 01:27:47,417 --> 01:27:49,958 But then, that's nowt, is it, Dad? 883 01:27:51,334 --> 01:27:54,416 Because it's music that matters. 884 01:27:57,834 --> 01:28:00,124 Band's packed in, anyway. 885 01:28:08,167 --> 01:28:10,166 Oh, bloody hell, Phil. 886 01:28:13,584 --> 01:28:16,083 Is this man bothering you? 887 01:28:18,625 --> 01:28:20,999 'Course he is. He's me dad. 888 01:28:43,000 --> 01:28:44,916 - Phil. - Phil, lad? 889 01:28:46,084 --> 01:28:49,083 - Are you all right? - What you up to? 890 01:28:49,334 --> 01:28:52,791 Feeding the fucking ducks. What's it look like? 891 01:28:53,334 --> 01:28:55,458 We heard about... 892 01:28:57,667 --> 01:28:59,999 We were on our way to hospital to see you. 893 01:29:00,125 --> 01:29:02,416 - Aye, and your dad. - Oh, aye. 894 01:29:02,500 --> 01:29:04,999 He'd be dead chuffed wi' a visit from you lot. 895 01:29:05,084 --> 01:29:09,999 I tell you, if he were up and about, we'd all be in intensive bloody care. 896 01:29:10,167 --> 01:29:12,458 Ah, right. You told him. 897 01:29:13,334 --> 01:29:15,666 Maybe we'll visit him next week, then, eh? 898 01:29:16,500 --> 01:29:18,458 You coming for a pint, mate? 899 01:29:19,417 --> 01:29:21,666 Drink with scabs, do you? 900 01:29:23,584 --> 01:29:27,291 I voted for t' money, you know that? 901 01:29:34,750 --> 01:29:35,749 Come on, Phil, lad. 902 01:29:35,834 --> 01:29:38,999 Stop being a bloody drama queen and come and have a wet with us. 903 01:29:39,125 --> 01:29:42,999 Anyway, there's enough bloody rubbish in this canal already. 904 01:29:52,292 --> 01:29:54,333 He just shook his head. 905 01:29:56,834 --> 01:29:59,666 Can't tell you. It were like... 906 01:30:01,250 --> 01:30:03,749 Lights just went out. 907 01:30:05,584 --> 01:30:09,416 I mean, there he is coughing up coal, 908 01:30:10,625 --> 01:30:13,833 and all we can do is break his bloody heart. 909 01:30:15,750 --> 01:30:18,458 Poor sod's got nowt left to live for. 910 01:30:21,000 --> 01:30:22,166 Eh up. 911 01:30:30,792 --> 01:30:33,999 - Can I get you a drink? - No, it's all right. 912 01:30:34,125 --> 01:30:37,583 I just wanted to show you summat. 913 01:30:41,000 --> 01:30:45,999 New bank account. Grimley Brass Band. There's three grand in there. 914 01:30:46,917 --> 01:30:49,749 If nowt else, it'll get you to Albert Hall. 915 01:30:49,834 --> 01:30:51,749 This your money? 916 01:30:52,500 --> 01:30:55,833 I don't want it. It's dirty money. 917 01:30:56,334 --> 01:30:58,666 I'd prefer it to be brass. 918 01:30:59,167 --> 01:31:00,833 Must be awful, love, 919 01:31:00,959 --> 01:31:03,999 having that much guilt, you got to buy your way out of it. 920 01:31:07,000 --> 01:31:12,166 Jim, I'm just doing what I was always doing, meddling. 921 01:31:13,000 --> 01:31:17,124 Difference is, this time we've not lost before we start. 922 01:31:24,417 --> 01:31:27,124 And you would want to play with us, yeah? 923 01:31:28,500 --> 01:31:32,291 I'm not doing this for me. I'm doing it for you. 924 01:31:34,500 --> 01:31:35,999 And Danny. 925 01:31:50,334 --> 01:31:52,916 I hope you budgeted for booze. 926 01:31:56,292 --> 01:31:58,416 Danny'd want us to win, wouldn't he? 927 01:31:58,500 --> 01:32:01,624 Well, we're not gonna win without a flaming flugel, are we? 928 01:32:07,667 --> 01:32:11,166 Simmo? Yeah. You haven't flogged it, have you? 929 01:32:11,667 --> 01:32:14,416 Right, your horn plays my 20. 930 01:32:15,125 --> 01:32:16,749 What? 931 01:32:17,750 --> 01:32:20,166 All right, bastard, 30. 932 01:32:20,625 --> 01:32:21,833 Okay. 933 01:32:23,125 --> 01:32:25,499 - Yes! He's missed! - Come on. 934 01:32:25,584 --> 01:32:28,499 - Come on, Andy. - Go on, Andy, son. Go on, go on, son. 935 01:32:28,625 --> 01:32:29,916 Take your time. 936 01:32:36,584 --> 01:32:38,333 - Missed it! - Bollock brain. 937 01:32:39,084 --> 01:32:40,124 Eh up. 938 01:32:41,917 --> 01:32:43,666 It's going in! 939 01:32:46,584 --> 01:32:48,249 You jammy git! 940 01:32:48,959 --> 01:32:50,833 Well done, Andy. 941 01:32:52,959 --> 01:32:57,833 I said no, Mr Ormondroyd. He's asleep. Most people are at 2:00 in the morning. 942 01:32:59,084 --> 01:33:00,499 Look, leave a message. 943 01:33:00,584 --> 01:33:03,416 He'll get it the moment he wakes up, all right? 944 01:34:53,792 --> 01:34:57,166 At least it'll give 'em more energy, won't it? 945 01:35:23,250 --> 01:35:26,999 Brighouse and Rastrick Band, you have two minutes. 946 01:35:27,667 --> 01:35:30,124 Brighouse and Rastrick, two minutes. 947 01:35:41,000 --> 01:35:44,166 Grimley Collerery, you have two minutes. 948 01:35:45,459 --> 01:35:48,499 Grimley Collerery, two minutes. 949 01:35:48,584 --> 01:35:51,833 By hell, I bet she's glad they've closed the bugger. 950 01:35:52,625 --> 01:35:55,291 Okay, lads. Let's do it. 951 01:35:55,667 --> 01:36:00,749 For 1,000 redundant miners and one poorly one, let's do it. 952 01:36:04,417 --> 01:36:07,833 Nurse, quickly! It's Mr Ormondroyd. He's gone. 953 01:40:06,167 --> 01:40:10,166 First prize and champions of Great Britain, 954 01:40:11,000 --> 01:40:13,291 Grimley Colliery Band. 955 01:40:40,500 --> 01:40:44,749 This band behind me will tell you that that trophy means more to me 956 01:40:44,834 --> 01:40:47,291 than owt else in the whole world. 957 01:40:48,292 --> 01:40:49,666 But they'd be wrong. 958 01:40:50,292 --> 01:40:55,083 Truth is, I thought it mattered. I thought that music mattered. 959 01:40:55,917 --> 01:40:59,749 But does it? Bollocks. Not compared to how people matter. 960 01:41:00,417 --> 01:41:03,833 Us winning this trophy won't mean bugger all to most people. 961 01:41:03,917 --> 01:41:07,333 But us refusing it, like what we're going to do now, 962 01:41:07,459 --> 01:41:09,583 well, then it becomes news, doesn't it? 963 01:41:11,750 --> 01:41:13,416 You see what I mean. 964 01:41:13,500 --> 01:41:16,333 That way I'll not just be talking to meself, will I? 965 01:41:16,417 --> 01:41:19,249 Because over the last 10 years, this bloody government 966 01:41:19,334 --> 01:41:23,791 has systematically destroyed an entire industry, our industry. 967 01:41:24,125 --> 01:41:29,083 And not just our industry. Our communities, our homes, our lives. 968 01:41:29,167 --> 01:41:32,666 All in the name of progress and for a few lousy bob. 969 01:41:33,292 --> 01:41:35,416 I'll tell you something else you might not know as well. 970 01:41:35,500 --> 01:41:38,916 A fortnight ago, this band's pit were closed. 971 01:41:39,000 --> 01:41:42,916 Another 1,000 men lost theirjobs, and that's not all they lost. 972 01:41:43,000 --> 01:41:45,749 Most of 'em lost the will to win a while ago. 973 01:41:45,834 --> 01:41:48,249 A few of them even lost the will to fight. 974 01:41:48,334 --> 01:41:53,291 But when it comes to losing the will to live, 975 01:41:54,334 --> 01:41:55,749 to breathe... 976 01:41:56,959 --> 01:41:58,166 Point is, 977 01:41:59,125 --> 01:42:02,249 if this lot were seals or whales, you'd all be up in bloody arms. 978 01:42:02,334 --> 01:42:04,249 But they're not, are they now? No, they're not. 979 01:42:04,334 --> 01:42:08,833 They're just ordinary, common-or-garden, honest, decent human beings, 980 01:42:08,917 --> 01:42:12,916 and not one of 'em with an ounce of bloody hope left. 981 01:42:14,667 --> 01:42:18,833 Oh, aye, they can knock out a bloody good tune. 982 01:42:20,000 --> 01:42:22,583 But what the fuck does that matter? 983 01:42:33,667 --> 01:42:36,333 Now I'm going to take my boys out onto the town. 984 01:42:38,000 --> 01:42:39,833 Thank you. 985 01:43:01,000 --> 01:43:04,666 - Oi, he said he wasn't accepting it. - Don't toss a bloody soft. 986 01:43:22,792 --> 01:43:25,833 - Are you coming back, Sand? - I don't know. 987 01:43:26,667 --> 01:43:28,499 I've got a chair now. 988 01:43:29,334 --> 01:43:32,249 I mean, I've no frigging house, but I've got a chair. 989 01:43:32,334 --> 01:43:36,458 - Well, sort of a chair. - It all sounds very tempting. 990 01:43:41,167 --> 01:43:42,791 All right? 991 01:43:43,667 --> 01:43:45,833 Is that a thank-you? 992 01:43:45,959 --> 01:43:49,999 More than that. Never known him gush like that before. 993 01:43:50,084 --> 01:43:54,166 Aye? Well, I suppose that's what Yorkshiremen are famous for. 994 01:43:54,750 --> 01:43:57,333 Not showing their feelings. 995 01:43:58,084 --> 01:43:59,624 Right. 996 01:44:07,334 --> 01:44:10,083 I'm not gonna show mine, either. 997 01:44:13,167 --> 01:44:14,791 Good on you! 998 01:44:17,334 --> 01:44:22,416 All right then, lads and lassies, Land of Hope and bloody Glory, eh?