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All I understand is dogs' prices,

girls, knowledge,

roads, streets, squares

and mum and dad and love.

That's all I understand,

that's all I want to understand.

By the time he was 35,

both Tony's parents had died.

I'm at the graveside.

I'm talking to her, little things.

I've got all images

running through me mind,

sayin' like, "Tony, go downstairs,

get me fine weights."

You know, "one and a penny."

And I used to go in the shop.

She used to throw the cotton

in an hair curler

over the landing,

and I used to tie the cigarettes

on this bit of cotton.

She used to pull 'em up,

and she goes -

See her in the end -

(inhales)

"Thanks, Tone. See you

after school. Be good."

And that's the way it was.

We knew my dad

was terminally ill,

although having said that,

still didn't make it

any easier for us.

When my dad died,

I took it really hard.

I can't.

Nellie Rose is - my mum,

'cause her name is Nell,

and her mother's name's Rose,

so my Jody and all the family

were conjuring up some names

that we could name it.

Jody at the finish

said "Nellie Rose",

the name of our mums.

Sometimes on a Saturday morning

I go to the pictures,

sometimes with my friends

and sometimes with him.

You don't.

I do.

She don't.

(Michael) And why did

you fall in love with him?

Don't know.

I don't know how you put up

with me for so long.

I don't know how. Sometimes

I don't know how I stand him.

Who's to say

in another ten years

me and him might have split up.

Quite possible, you know.

You don't know.

When we filmed

Debbie and Tony at 42,

the marriage seemed

to be in trouble.

I'm not proud at all to say this,

but situations arise that -

I have - have had regretful

behaviour various times,

but through...

You got caught, and that was it.

That's, you know -

I'm not lying about

the fact, you know.

You could always cover it up

and suggest other things,

but, you know, it's true

and let it be true.

You caught him?

Yeah.

What happened?

Well, you know, it was touch and go

whether we carried

on from it or not.

I did feel, you know, I wish

things that were said then

was never said.

I mean, Perri wouldn't go

to school for three weeks.

She wouldn't go out

the door, you know.

She was quite upset

about it all, and, you know.

I think it was a big shock,

because, you know,

you are their mum and dad.

They're tangerines, ain't they?

We got on from there.

It's sort of seven years

down the line,

and we are happy as can be now.

Karen told me

to get me knickers here.

She said they're better

than Marks & Spencer's.

(laughs)

(laughs)

Well, let's hope

they're easy to get off.

There's 96% English here

who bought all their houses in Spain,

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