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Carol:
Isn't it horrible, eh, Miss?

Mrs. Kay:
Mm?

Carol:
Y'know, all the thingy like; the dirt an' that.

[pause]

Carol:
I like them nice places.

Mrs. Kay:
Which places?

Carol:
Know them places on the telly with gardens, an' trees outside an' that.

Mrs. Kay:
You've got trees in Pilot Street haven't you?

Carol:
They planted some after the riots. But the kids chopped them down an' burnt them on bonfire night.

[pause]

Carol:
Miss... Miss, y'know when I grow up, Miss, y'know if I work hard an' learn to read and write, would you think I'd be able to live in one of them nice places?

Mrs. Kay:
[putting her arm around her] Well, you could try love, couldn't you eh?

Carol:
Yeh!