Shirley Anne Field: Doreen
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Quotes
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[last lines - Arthur throws a stone at the builder's shed on a new housing estate]
Doreen : What did you do that for?
Arthur Seaton : I don't know, just felt like it I suppose.
Doreen : Maybe one of those houses will be for us.
Arthur Seaton : I know.
Doreen : You shouldn't throw things like that.
Arthur Seaton : It won't be the last one I'll throw. C'mon duck, let's go down!
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Doreen : Sharp, ain't he.
Arthur Seaton : Is it somebody's birthday?
Doreen : It's Mum's anniversary if you want to know.
Arthur Seaton : I can't see your dad.
Doreen : That's because he's not there.
Arthur Seaton : Well, is he coming?
Doreen : I shouldn't think so, he left her 15 years ago today and she's just having a drink on it.
Arthur Seaton : [laughs]
Doreen : Well I'm glad someone thinks it's funny.
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Arthur Seaton : What do you do in the week Doreen, do you ever go to pictures?
Doreen : Only on Wednesday, why?
Arthur Seaton : That's funny, I go on Wednesday n'all. Which one you go to?
Doreen : The Granby, as a rule
Arthur Seaton : I'll see you next Wednesday then at 7.
Doreen : Fast worker aren't you. All right, but not on the back row.
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Arthur Seaton : What's your name then duck?
Doreen : Doreen, rotten name ain't it.
Arthur Seaton : What's wrong with it? Mine's Arthur, neither of them's up to much but it's not our fault, is it.
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Doreen : What's that black stuff you're drinking, it looks like treacle.
Arthur Seaton : Beer and stout, try a drop.
Doreen : No thanks, I think I tasted it once but it was horrible.
Arthur Seaton : Well, I'm not a boozer either but I'm going fishing this afternoon and I like a drop beforehand.
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Arthur Seaton : Where do you work then Doreen?
Doreen : Me? Harrison's, the hairnet factory, I've been there ever since I left school.
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Doreen's Mother : Since when's he been your young man?
Doreen : Not long.
Doreen's Mother : He looks a bit rough if you ask me.
Betty : Oh he's all right.
Doreen : Well you don't know him yet, do you?
Doreen's Mother : Not like you know him I don't suppose.
Doreen : Well, anyway, I like him.
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Doreen : You know the girl at our firm?
Arthur Seaton : Which one?
Doreen : You know, Tina, the one in the photo.
Arthur Seaton : What about her?
Doreen : She got married yesterday, she looked ever so nice.
Arthur Seaton : What was the bloke like, could you smell the drink? They must've been drunk to get married.
Doreen : You're in a rotten mood today.
Arthur Seaton : I lost 5 quid at the races.
Doreen : Serves you right, you shouldn't waste your money.
Arthur Seaton : It's not wasted, I enjoy betting.
Doreen : I don't care what you do with your money, its naught to do with me.
Arthur Seaton : Well, stop telling me off then.
Doreen : I'm not telling you off, you don't think I'm bothered about you like that do you?
Arthur Seaton : That's not what you said in the pictures just now.
Doreen : You're a pig, bringing it up like that.
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Doreen : Why don't you ever take me where it's lively and there's plenty of people?
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Doreen : This is a nice room, are all them clothes 'yorn.
Arthur Seaton : Ah, just a few rags.
Doreen : They must have cost you a pretty penny.
Arthur Seaton : I get good wages.
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Arthur Seaton : What's it like outside?
Doreen : It's a bit cold.
Arthur Seaton : Not in bed it 'int, it's warm under all these blankets - come and try.
Doreen : What do you take me for?
Arthur Seaton : Well we're courting aren't we?
Doreen : You might call it courting.
Arthur Seaton : You're a nice girl, Doreen. I like you a lot. I reckon you oughta stay with me for good so's that I don't get knocked down by any more horses. Trouble with me is I'm always bumping into things, it's not much of a paying game.
Doreen : You'll have to watch where you're going then won't you.
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Arthur Seaton : Your mam takes all night to read the paper, does she read slow or is she looking a the adverts?
Doreen : She reads every word. She loves her newspaper more than a book.
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Doreen : You won't tell anybody anything, will you?
Arthur Seaton : Why should I? It pays to keep your trap shut. Sit down.
Doreen : No it don't.
Arthur Seaton : I've just told you, haven't I? I told you - I got run over with a horse and cart.
Doreen : You are a liar.
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Doreen : I asked mam if we could live at home, she said it'd be alright.
Arthur Seaton : Till we get a new house, I wouldn't mind an old one me'self.
Doreen : I would, I want a new one with a bathroom and everything.
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Arthur Seaton : I got beat up with 2 soldiers.
Doreen : What for?
Arthur Seaton : Well I've been knocking around with a married woman and her husband set them onto me, 2 onto 1, so they beat me. I'dve flattened them if they'd been one at a time.
