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The adults are reminiscing on the past and counting their blessings, they cannot understand why their daughter should want to go out with a young lad from the "Wrong side of the tracks" and try to persuade her to ditch him and go out with another young man whose family have money. She tries to defend her James but in the end bows to their wishes. The father is a caring man whilst the mother is very much a "social climber" who has forgotten her roots.
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Father. That was a lovely tea Brenda: I love Spam fritters and beans.
Mother. I just wish we could afford real meat every day Ernie. I do hate to have to make do.
Father. We don’t exactly have to “make do” as you put it, plenty of people are worse off than us, how many do you know can afford a week at Butlin’s every year?
Mother. Oh I know you’re right, we
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