Backstreets , wasteland , little chippies .", grotty social clubs with 'turns' and coal pit wheels set the scene of this brilliant Alan Bleasdale play.
The story is a very simple one , a young women played by a very young Alison Steadman has an affair with a young neighbour when her husband goes to work.
The husband is a typical slob who works down the pit and says to his wife lines such as " get mi some breakfust " before sliding off to work.
Shot on a low budget around the Wigan area it provides a very good time capsule of a period long gone and the performances of the cast are excellent.
The husband played by Johnny Meadows gives the best performance of all combining a rough edge with genuine charm .
Great low budget classic of the type we never see now , mores the pity .