
56 Up
They are now 56.
Lynn, Sue and Jackie grew up
in London's East End
and were friends
at school.
In this school,
we do metalwork
and woodwork
and the boys
do cookery.
All you girls want to do
is walk out, get married,
have babies and push
a pram down the street
with a fag hanging out
the side of your mouth.
I think that we all
could have gone
any way that we wanted to
at the time
within our
capabilities.
But we only had
Truth be told...
we didn't have the choice
or private education
because they couldn't have
afforded it anyway.
Our lives are changing
far too much.
All of us.
To be honest, when you look
at the 7-year-old us,
it's difficult to believe
it is us.
I've got to say, girls,
I wanted to work
in Woolworth's.
I'm glad you said that, 'cause
everyone thinks it was me.
Sometimes we go out and play
nasty with the boys
and sometimes we go out
and argue with the boys.
I don't think I'll get married
too early.
I'd like to have
a full life first.
Marriage means a different thing
to me.
I've still got my ideals
about marriage.
I don't know
what it's all about.
Sue was 24
when she married Billy
and they had two children,
William and Katherine.
I think that
to get married young,
there must be things
that you miss.
You must miss that crucial stage
of being yourself,
because the minute you
get married,
you're no longer a single being,
you're a partnership,
and that should be
the idea behind it.
By the time Sue was 35,
she was divorced.
I've never sat down
and thought,
"What was it?
Was it this, was it that?"
I just knew
it wasn't working.
There have been relationships
when I could have settled,
but they didn't feel
quite right.
So I've always come away
and pulled away
and just waited until
the right one come along.
If they ever do.
Said you'd be comin' back...
At 42, when we filmed Sue
in the karaoke bar,
she brought Glen along
to watch her sing.
Oh, baby
We just met and things are going well,
but now, obviously,
things are going very well.
Well, we've been engaged now
for about...
14 years.
I'm not beating any records,
but it's quite a long time, isn't it, yeah.
Come on!
Jessie, come on!
We're completely different
people.
He's very energetic
and tidy-minded,
and I'm lazy
and completely un...
You're lazy?
I am completely,
absolutely lazy.
Anything you want me
to do?
What about the romance
of getting married?
Yeah, I mean,
I do admit it would be a nice party
and having a good old drink
and a celebration.
But I can have
a party anytime.
Who are you on the phone to?
Never you mind.
When I got married,
the primary reason was because
I wanted to have a child.
The two to me went together.
Have you and Glen thought
of having your own child?
Glen would have
made a great dad.
When we first got together,
he sort of asked me
if we could have a family
and all that,
but I felt that I was past it,
to be honest.
I mean, I had two teenagers and didn't want
to do that again.
But he's loved
bringing them up.
Last time we talked about
a bit of tension in that area.
No, I think that was
probably just the age they were
through that.
There was nothing in particular,
I don't think.
It's just the whole part
of growing up, really.
Wasn't easy being
a single mother, was it?
No, it wasn't.
I look back on it now
and I'm just amazed
at how I got through it,
you know.
What was
the toughest part of it?
Probably a combination of not having
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