Back Home - Drama

[Music] um [Music] gonna take the sentimental journey to [Music] then each time [Music] whatever i'll be waiting up forever [Music] gentlemen [Music] all right where's your guys [Music] quick [Music] mom welcome home love hello peggy oh molly molly this is my daughter virginia i've heard such a lot about you call me rescue everyone back home have a cup of tea rusty are you in the army there wvs love anything from tea and comfort to stripping down an engine so how was the a bit rough but okay i guess and how long were you in america young lady pretty much the whole of the war i was this evacuee well you certainly picked up that yankee twang she sounds just like katherine hepburn i don't suppose you got to meet her when you're out there did you no no she was staying with humphrey bogart and lauren mccall and they didn't go in much for socializing did they love oh [Music] [Music] oh i'm looking forward to meeting your brother you're cute well don't let that fool you charlie can be a little rascal [Music] america's barked up at germans and now they do the same with the jets got it all under control [Music] foreign [Music] hi charlie i'm love he's ready like that with strangers virginia welcome to sandbags oh i'd almost forgotten what it's like to see a healthy complexion show me a peek all your own jolly good you've obviously been well looked after you're not my grandmother are you oh good lord now much too young and glamorous this is mrs langley love over here and i've been bullied with her for the last couple of years oh in fact she's the honorable beatrice language don't you know quiet peasant you may call me beaty right beady glad to be home yeah it's great right who wants some grub your mother has prepared a feast fit for a queen it's amazing what you can do with powdered eggs and a vivid imagination come on [Music] you can take another one charlie have some not too much jam charlie have you seen mitch oh yes nothing's wrong is it love he's asking me to marry him oh ivy oh i who's know ice cream ivy would you mind doing the honours of course not come on charlie give us a hand wait for me [Music] first husband was killed in action i'm so pleased she's met someone she's had a terrible time for love [Music] fingers you can get all kinds of ice cream in america charlie you can have it with chocolate or crushed knots on or mult ice cream are all whipped up and served in a tall glass with a long spoon we do the best we can under the circumstances and take it you enjoyed your stay in america rusty oh yeah i think it's the most wonderful place on earth well she seemed to be settling in all right i think ah bound to take a little while of course come on so much lost time we thought she'd be away for a year at the most my own daughter we hardly know one another oh come on peg she's home now that's all that matters [Music] come on then dead eye add the finishing touch [Music] uncle do you it's that sunny day [Music] see real ones are like gold or someone needs must hey oh [ __ ] it nice mitch i believe congratulations are in order they sure are oh you have to be virginia i heard all about you call me rusty it's good to meet you rusty uncle [ __ ] uncle mitch hey charlie boy how are you doing i've you'll be looking good honey does that mean you won't be needing these now hand darlings the nylons so rusty how you found in england after the good old u.s survey okay a bit frugal maybe action stations everybody action stations [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] charlie well done why did you get it i never got around to it you can't hi charlie i like your scooter it's a spitfire [Music] good morning love hi when's breakfast mom oh just help yourself we only usually have a couple of slices of toast and hannah always used to say that breakfast was the most important meal of the day this for aunt hannah didn't have rationing to worry about did she now look lively got to do this and i've got to check the exhaust on that truck i can't stand around chin wagon all day [Music] so [Music] what's your junior charlie [Music] [Music] virginia virginia get out of that water this minute what i said get out now what on earth do you think you were doing swimming i'll thank you not to give me any back chat young lady what's the problem i'm a good swimmer that river can be treacherous looks calm enough to me you have no right to go out without my permission and dry your hair you'll catch your death he's gonna swing all the time back home yes well this is your home now and i am your mother and you will do as i tell you i'm fiddler what did you say nothing get to your room but i haven't i said get to your room now come on don't tell your mother you miss them a lot don't you not just them leaves and fall snow van hanna's baking it's everything really it's not that i don't love mom it's just i know it hasn't been easy for her either so what am i meant to do man well if you could endeavor not to call her hitler again that would do for starters do you want a cup of tea can i have milk please as long as you don't take it all i'll put the kettle on sorry about you know what i said oh well there's no harm done i was just worried loved that song you know what those mothers are like [Music] oh [Music] oh oh it was a beautiful service either and you look gorgeous peggy i feel awful i feel someone betraying bill's memory oh ivy don't be tough you've waited long enough right to be happy now you go off and enjoy yourself guess who now let me see come on you two will be plenty of time later for cementing anglo-american relations well time to do the honors mitch what do you think you're doing i'm cutting my wedding cake oh no you're not it has to be back in the shop first thing tomorrow i don't even get to cut my wedding cake [Music] on sherry at the reception and made a show of myself but his mother was delighted she had a face and i like my feet [Laughter] best of luck thanks frank congratulations after he climbed out of that spitfire i still remember him as a chicken little bugger scrumping apples from my orchard my favorite two girls then i was just telling peggy how you used to steal my apples friend but i still do beat him i've just got a lot crafty at it that used to be when's your roger coming home peg oh soon i hope well when he does the four of us must go out on a double date what do you say bt am i in with a shout oh i'm afraid i'd be too much woman for you frank oh this should please rusty [Music] virginia what do you think what on earth have you done you painted my legs like ivory you get straight to that bathroom and you scrub them clean before anyone sees you why because you're 14 years old that's why then how come you're always treating me like i'm a kid virginia you look ridiculous i hate you virginia [Music] oh [Music] hey [Music] what's wrong the usual i expect can i help can you pass me the tool bag try the starter i've got a spark is that good it means i won't have to check the coil of the distributor you really know about this stuff don't you if your father could see me now you'll never believe it try it again there you are and mix that white water in the juice there's water in in the juice e-i-v-i-d-o there's water in the juice there's dirt inside the gas the dirt inside the gas e-i-v inside the gas three months have passed i ask you to join with me in an act of thanks for the defeat of germany we then rejoice that peace had returned to europe but we knew that a relentless enemy still remained to be conquered in asia i can now tell you that japan has surrendered so let us join in thanking almighty god that war has ended throughout the world and tip for me this wall comes along then turns your entire world upside down and then suddenly it's all over you know we'll be going back to gilsa do that of course and roger will be coming home but wait you can always visit i'm not going anywhere oh btf so much to thank you for you've been such a good friend to me oh come now peg just because the war's over i don't want you getting all modelling remember girl you're brittany you're crackers oh absolutely now what say we join the others and get gloriously pie-eyed eh come on [Music] um [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] do we're here [Music] no no big boys don't need to be carried do they this one does is exhausted grandma i'm rusty rusted oh virginia's strong accent the child has acquired mother it has been a long day [Music] i guess we could redecorate i really don't know that your grandmother would be too happy about that for what we are about to receive may the lord make us truly thankful our men oh man hmm well we'll have to start looking for a school for you now we're back somewhere in the sports would be great i think you'll find arrangements have already been made thank you roger and i have exchanged a couple of letters the place he had in mind was benwood my old school isn't that a boarding school it's one of the i'm not best to any boarding school petunia would you bring us in some more water please love good mom the water please virginia mother there is no way i'm packing my daughter off to a boarding school my god i've only just got her back i really don't feel one can be selfish about these things peggy selfish ben wood girls are the creme de la creme i think what a start in life you'll be getting there not that i don't understand your feelings i am a mother myself after all but it's virginia's welfare that must come first i know that's how roger sees it but to send her away again so soon my dear she'll love it there although i do of course appreciate your own feelings not having been to a boarding school yourself virginia it's not as if you'll be away full time you'll be home every weekend chief thanks i don't get it why do we have to do what she says it's what your father and i want what's best for you well in that case you should have left me where i was shouldn't you [Music] now you spend your money say goodbye to your sister i'll see you friday then [Music] welcome back girls [Music] is hi i'm rusty dickinson are you american no but i spent a lot of time out there i've been in connecticut my name is judith pemfold and this is my bed are they your parents no they're the coopers the people i live with in the states fascinating is that your boyfriend ron no he's our son we're just buddies a word to the wise dickinson the use of slang is against the school rules slang buddies hi back in the states we don't really think of them as slang well you're not in the states now you're at fenward you do well to remember that dickinson well thanks for the advice penfold [Music] um [Music] surprise this is roger's mother this is dickinson it's my friend ivy of course the one who married the american and you are a [ __ ] langley it's the honorable beatrice langley piggy never told me when uh you must be exhausted after your journey may i'll feel some tea you may but i'd prefer something stronger i do not keep alcohol in the house we could go out for a drink good idea excellent would you care to join us mrs dickinson well no no you have your convictions and we must of course respect them come on girls coming virginia would you mind explaining what you are doing with these i thought we were allowed family photographs family photographs yes but these are not family are they from what i can gather you describe the boy there as your boyfriend is that right no it isn't he's my friend and as you can see he's certainly a boy kindly do not adopt that tone of voice with me virginia when you return home this weekend you will take these with you or else they will be confiscated that will be all what's the big idea of snitching to the head and telling her wrong is my boyfriend i have no idea what you're talking about liar but what are what did you get up to with them you don't belong here dickinson why don't you just go back where you came from [Music] oh i don't miss you peggy sandbanks isn't the same without you oh you've still got ivy you hardly see her these days i think she's got that mitch tied to the bedpost and how's rusty it's her first week in school she's back on friday you should stay she'd love to see you oh i've got to get back to mitch i told you don't keep your hands off him behave yourself old woman you'll still want your beating well i wonder if we could induce that mother-in-law of yours to stay with a friend for a few days now what friend would that be exactly so what else has been happening oh nothing much this is hodgson at the dairies in bed with her stomach again or frank has repaired the village clock sends his best by the way and uh of course i was expecting a baby never i just found out that oh to the baby [Music] um remember it's a secret [Music] rusty oh i just dropped by to torment your grandmother oh i brought something with me this came for you from america ah captain midnight oh good old ron so how's school okay really i hate the place i hate their teachers and all the other girls are stuck up they look down their nose because they say i'm in there then would girls look down their noses at everybody people from second-rate public schools usually do i can't stand it baby truly i can and of course that's how i felt about mine when i first went there so what did you do well to be honest once i'd settled i had a wizard time honest cross my heart and hope to die to give it a chance eh [Music] you know you could have told me you weren't happy at school i didn't want to worry anyway b says everyone hates it at first it's no big deal but you can't talk to me i am your mother sure i better go bye [Music] uh whatever's the matter what happened is it the baby no i got a telegram from the war office it's bill he's alive good lord he's been stuck in some god-forsaken prison camp he'll be on his way home as soon as he's fit enough to travel have you spoken to mitch come on cup of tea pig i'm so glad you came i don't think i could have coped with this on my own can you tell what's going on you seem calm enough well that's probably a good sign hold on they're on the move he was very understanding but under the circumstances he thought would be better for all concerned if you know we made a clean break of it i wish i was dead but they made the mistake love not you none of this is your fault it's not that peggy i love mitch so much all i ever wanted was for us to be together with our baby what am i gonna do now what am i gonna do i'll get it may i help you what's in here dad mom's upstairs roger darling oh mother roger [Music] hello peggy why didn't you write i had no idea i spoke to money yesterday oh i wanted to surprise you dear charlie this is your daddy i've got something for you little man um charlie look what daddy's bought you say thank you to your father thank you i'll just pop upstairs and get him dressed i shall be a morning perhaps while you're out there you could change into something more suitable dear thanks dad it's gorgeous mom look what dad bought me oh quit smashing charlie loves his tank what put it down smoking peggy someone gave me one after the area don't plymouth said it to calm my nerves did it not really this made me sick as a dog shall i be mother ah excellent [Music] what is it i still don't believe you learned how to drive because i remember you were lethal enough pushing a pram around so spot i'm a damn good driver i'll have you know once i'd learned to avoid the bomb craters how long were you in london for most of it then i got sent down to devon which is where i met beating all the gang i can't wait for you to meet them it's wonderful to have you home roger um come on my dad [Music] [Music] [Music] what are you doing here just looking around are you a yank no i'm english you don't sound english neither do you you go to that particular way yeah or slug so is this your place then no you should belong to george wells he's dead now was he killed in action oh george now you feel under a tractor on the way home from the pub so what's your name then rusty that's a nice name what's yours bob stevens well bob stevens i don't suppose you got anything to eat have you i'm starving do you know how to start a fire of course and i've got something to eat guildford 3782 oh it's for you hello oh ivy oh no now oh peggy i am sorry i need to go to deafen if that's okay don't you worry my dear roger and i shall manage shan't we roger [Music] oh beauty can i get you anything a glass of pork the flag wouldn't come amiss how long has this been going on long enough quite long enough i spoke to rusty she sends her love i have never forgotten you know you never said alice she was the most beautiful little girl you ever saw we lost her to meningitis here you are what you got there then one's pictures come on bedtime for you [Music] so i got a letter from bill i'll be home soon i'm sure it'll work itself out hear these people mother the young woman is ivy and that must be the american she married only to find out that her real husband hadn't been killed by the japanese after all you're most unfortunate especially she's now with child the americans child i must say they didn't waste much time in that department but then a pretty racy crowd from what one can gather i don't know who that is mother of peggy's friends i'd imagine right i'm surprised peggy didn't mention it to you about the ugly woman i mean expect she was going to oh i'm sure she lost her i'm sure [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] um god bless [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] world's an emptier place without the old girl in it yes i miss her very much won't we all how are you anyway frank keep me out of trouble how are you live fine won't belong now right brother i'll meet you over at sandbags we thought we'd stay the night why don't you i'd rather go on thanks peggy this whole place is such a part of the holes in the roof this is for you peggy beatty gave me a while ago in case well you know [Music] mom peter's left me the house [Music] oh wow she told me she was going to she looked only like a daughter you know back does this mean we can move back here mom can we live here again getting very chilly in here like a fire thank you frank arranging the funeral and everything surely you don't intend to keep the place that was bt's specific request she even wrote it in her will speak when you're spoken to virginia mother does have a point beggar cost a fortune to maintain and what purpose we could use it at weekends or we might even consider moving down there and leave guildford it's much prettier down there and the air's healthier it's out of the question guilford is our family home but roger this is such an opportunist and that peggy is my final word on the subject perhaps i get the lawyers to look over the wheel pass the zone please virginia i still can't believe she's gone bt always seems so indestructible i'm sure you never mentioned it by the way about this woman with two husbands i didn't mean to i suppose i was well a bit ashamed for her though i don't know why it wasn't her fault any of it she made this chap at the local american place yes they used to hold these getting to know your dances and you went along to these these things as well did you oh everyone did even beating did you get to know any americans roger what are you insinuating i wasn't aware i was insinuating anything good night then [Music] are these the americans you start with uh-huh what's it like america i love it there there's so much to do so many places to explore in the cars i'm just like the ones in the comics what like the batmobile well kind of i wish i could go to america maybe you will one day come on i've got something i want to show you you should be getting back to school never mind that i'm going to teach you something you won't learn at the benwood school for little maddie's what are you doing my dad taught me this it's how you catch him you tickle a trout it gets drowsy what is it so what do you think it's wonderful roger perfect for a man of your station yes it's very nice you could have told me you were getting rid of the morris oh it was a pile of junk peggy as well you know come along i'll take you all out for a ride come along childhood holiday [Music] this is built for speed [Music] this what uh why don't you give dad a hand your father's perfectly capable of starting the car himself mind if i take a look you're my guest could you give the starter button a push please and again please what was it well the usual water in the [Music] juice [Music] [Music] cause i said [Music] so you know all i dreamed of when i was away was coming back home and everything's different you're different but we all are roger it's only to be expected after everything we've been through it doesn't mean i love you any less perhaps what we need is a fresh start give ourselves some breathing space in devon i suppose oh it doesn't have to be devon just a place of our own somewhere anywhere i think about it oh i didn't need to write back don't worry bill's home how did he take it he didn't say much he just sort of sat there then he got up and left without as much as a word i can't say if i blame him perhaps miss have some time to think things over i don't think so peggy i really don't look ivy some banks are sitting there empty there's plenty of space for you and the baby why don't you move back in that's very candy you peg but it wouldn't be the same not without you i'm beating thank you may i have a word here about virginia i wouldn't bother you dear but you have no idea what i've had to put up with since they moved back she's picked up some terrible habits and she can be extremely insolent oh you never said sir i'm not one to cause trouble roger as you know jenny has been through a lot of change man exactly dear poor thing doesn't know who she is or where she is half of the time rushed off to benwood every monday rush back every friday it would be much better for her if she boarded full time i doubt peggy would like that very much you're the girl's father roger and i believe that putting some distance between peggy and virginia maybe for the best no i won't hear it but virginia is not going away full time i couldn't bear it yes well i do realize of course how guilty you've always felt about sending her to america how guilty i felt it was your idea come on peggy seem to remember you went along with it happily enough at the time i was not happy i was heartbroken i just wanted my little girl to be safe yes well be that as it may i want virginia to board full-time that is my decision yours or your you mother's my mother out of this if you had any idea how many times i've wished i could can't you see what she's up to roger she's a spiteful jealous old woman and she's playing you like a cheap fiddle ugh [Music] he did that to you didn't he i told you i banged my face opening the ladder door you know what a clumsy lumix i am anyway you've got your pocket money for the turn is a letter to the headmistress explaining the situation that my parents don't want me around anymore please virgin you don't make it any harder than it already is dear mom and dad today i went on a cross-country run with my friends judith vanessa and the rest of the girls [Music] it was great fun next week it's cecilia's birthday we're planning a big party [Music] was right things are much better i gave you a letter to miss benbridge and she let me have some my pocket money to spend in the local village last weekend i'm looking forward to seeing you all at half term i hope that you are all well say hello to charlie my love well she seems to have settled in all right didn't i tell you [Music] [Music] hello this is mr robert peggy one of the directors from rogers bank oh of course we've met before i think how are you mr dukenson oh sorry i'm a bit uh well i've and scrub up and get to you ready it's already in handy roger perhaps you'd like to show mr roberts through into the drawing room i didn't know he was coming who did roger not mention it must have slipped his mind sorry about this afternoon there was a bit of a crisis down at the wvs and they even asked if i could help out a couple of afternoons a week they're so short-handed these cufflinks no one's going the other just looks like old so what do you think about me going back to work the young child's raised in a house to look after i would have hardly thought it appropriate but you'll be back at the bank soon and charlie's at nursery and your mother looks after the house peggy you've asked my opinion i've given it to you thank good god wasn't that embarrassing enough today well if you told me it was coming oh so it's my fault is it no please let's not argue again it's just that during the war i got used to working and to tell you the truth i enjoy it and i'm good at it i'm sorry if the war coming to an end has proved an inconvenience but whether you like it or not things are now going to get back to something resembling normality around here do i make myself clear yes roger perfectly rusty what are you doing here on a sunday i thought you were on weekends i haven't got a home so i've been coming here it's nice and peaceful but you can't stay here look at this place you're right what i need to do is get back to america they'll all be missing me you know ron and hannah it's his birthday soon come with me bob they make you really welcome i know they would don't be deaf but you said you wanted to see america i do one day then come with me you'll love it i promise oh yeah what am i supposed to say to my dad just popping over to america for a pic eating my dinner warm doing bad get out go on get out of here [Music] [Laughter] [Music] so mrs dickinson this is miss pembridge at benwood school we are rather concerned about virginia what [Music] he wasn't in any kind of trouble at school no although one does have to say mr dickinson that virginia never really fitted in here at benwood anyway since i rang you a mr stevens has been in touch who's he something of a local character a poacher and he has a son [Music] yes you met there often did you in this cottage a few times yeah and when you met what did you do talked went fishing a couple of times what else roger nothing mister honest what did you talk about bob all sorts really she ever say anything about running away well that's the lady robert she said she wanted to go back to america i've got money and i'd be happy to work for my passage what do you know what would you like to be my sweet a captain or a general what the hell's been going on i'd like to know roger you heard what he said they just talked that's awesome what he said peggy she's out there on her own somewhere maybe we should notify the police i'm sure the police have better things to do look i'm going to ring mother listen how it's happened excuse me so [Music] okay [Music] [Music] excuse me [Music] have you seen this are you sure [Music] what no ted you had some kid in here earlier didn't you it's my little girl she's run away oh that's her wanted to buy a ticket to america you did my shirt luke daft mrs [Music] if you have any idea where she went took off like a dog with fleeby don't worry she'll turn up probably on her way back home already [Music] [Music] so [Music] woof [Music] [Music] so water in the juice [Music] juice wow [Music] [Music] my precious love it's okay yes please right well uh i'll be off are you sure everything's all right thank you frank bye good night i'm sorry mom i was just so miserable no no it's me who should be apologizing [Music] so get yourself out of those things and i'll run you a nice hot bath ah the happy wonder is return at last roger peggy virginia and i have some things we need to discuss mom roger what are you doing i told you to get out no i won't i'll put that down the girl needs to be destined she made me look stupid this isn't going to help put the belt down shut up cat boy what was going on between the two of you i'm all right i warned you just stay out of it yes and now i'm warning you if you ever ever lay so much as a finger on me or my children again i will come after you and as god is my witness i will kill you with my own bare hands do you hear me i will kill you sorry what i should have done a long time ago i'm leaving this godforsaken place and i'm taking my children oh if you were any kind of a husband you'd come with us and if you were any kind of a man i'd want you to now get out of our way what's on earth going on we're leaving not that it's any of your business so off back to devon are we i'd have thought that most of the americans had gone back home by now i never even looked at another man after my alfred was shot down i don't think your alfred was shot down at all i reckon he crashed that plane himself rather than come home to you will be better off with you gone do you really think that he would have married the likes of you if you hadn't managed to get yourself pregnant with her [Music] i don't know and i don't honestly care but i do know one thing mrs dickenson my daughter is a blessing from god and i will love her with all my heart till the day i die you deserve each other do you know that as my mother used to say least ways it saves you small in two homes rusty get your things we'll see ourselves out [Music] hey [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] inside [Music] there's water in the juice there's water in the juice e and the antio there's water [Music] the water in the juice [Music] um [Music] yes [Music] [Music] um [Music] [Music] oh [Music] charlie [Music] gonna take a sentimental journey why did i decide to run gotta baby i'm coming you

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Published: Wed Nov 11 2020