Cwmderi Diary 2015: 5 November 2015

Dol comes face to face with Albie

There is a knock on the door at Maes-y-Deri, and Albie faces Dol; “Morning, love – you don’t look very happy to see me!” he says, “Dol here owes me money.”

Vicky demands how much money, and Albie replies, “About a grand! Do you have it, Dolores?”

"How much?"

She explains that he took everything last time, so then she had to borrow again, and Vicky wonders whether Debbie could help, but Dol replies that she could not even get a pizza out of her, let alone £1,000.

"Some of us have lives to get on with!"

Albie hurries them up; “Some of us have got lives to get on with,” and in desperation, Dol tells Ricky to phone his mum.

Eifion visits Sioned

When Eifion arrives at the Deri flat, Sioned assumes it is to give her the next instalment; “I was going to ask you to pay it by BACS – I shall get the money quicker,” she tells him. He however informs her she is not getting the second instalment,

"We had an agreement!"

and she protests, “We had an agreement!”

Eifion agrees, but adds that the agreement stated what the money was to be used for; “Can you show that every penny went on the business, and was not spent on anything else? Not a holiday for two in a five star hotel on Kefalonia? Angela’s heard it’s a nice place.”

"No cheque, no BACS, nothing!"

Sioned is silent, so he continues, “She’s telling the truth, is she? So there’s no cheque, no BACS, nothing!”

When Ricky can get no reply from his mother, Albie comments, “Oh dear! You know the score, Dolores!” His henchman picks up the television, as Dol protests that she does not live there.

"That's all the proof I need!"

Albie picks up a letter and reads, “Dolores Collins, 39 Maes-y-Deri, Cwmderi! That’s all the proof I need!”

The microwave is taken away

and his accomplice takes away the microwave.

Vicky calls him a loan shark, and he replies that it is a really hurtful thing to say.

Kelly is in a hurry . . .

In the café, Kelly is called to a meeting, but Gemma stops her and asks,

. . . but Gemma asks for advice

“If you were in prison, would you be lonely? Would you want people on the outside to keep in touch? Should I send DJ a letter?”

"Like a love letter?"

Kelly smiles, “Like a love letter?” but Gemma replies that she wants to show she is thinking of him, and asks if she is being too pushy. Kelly rather insensitively tells her, “There are waste paper bins in prison – if he doesn’t want the letter, he can throw it away.

Kelly really has to go . . .

“Sorry, I’ve got to go!”

. . . and Gemma scraps her letter

Gemma screws up the draft letter in her hand.

Ed has found a new customer

Ed jubilantly tells Sioned by the bar in the Deri, “You know the bloke who had a taxi this morning? He is going to a party and wants to take everyone in our new car! If he knew about us before, he would have used it to take a mate and a couple of escorts to Twickenham last week!”

"I haven't bought that car to carry prostitutes!"

Sioned is horrified; “I haven’t bought that car to carry prostitutes! Don’t be so naïve!”

"Escorts are paid for their company"

Diane, who is nearby, comments, “Escorts are paid for their company – not for any whatchamacallit!” Ed is insistent that the man will pay well for the car, but Sioned refers to him as a pig.

"When I was young, and looking for women . . ."

Dai tells Diane, “That business is a bit dodgy – if it’s not, why does a man have to pay? When I was young and looking for women, all I needed was a nod and a wink. If I paid for a meal and a few drinks, I would expect . . .”

Anita and Diane simultaneously shout, “Dai!” in order to shut him up.

"Since when have you worried about morals?"

Ed follows Sioned upstairs and enquires, “How escorts make their money doesn’t really bother you, does it?” When she replies that it is immoral, he asks, “Since when have you worried about morals? If we get a lot of money for car hire, what’s the problem?”

"We may be forced to sell the car!"

It is then that Sioned admits they may be forced to sell the car; “We won’t be getting the second payment! Eifion found out that I haven’t stuck to the agreement – thanks to Angela! It’s obvious she is the one behind this – she’s in control, and I’ll sort it out! But don’t let those escorts near Cair Sir Gar (Carmarthenshire Cars).” Ed remarks that it is pretty clear who is control here, too.

Yes, she is pretty hopeless as a gran

As Dol is grumbling about what a useless gran she is,

"Where's my telly?"

Mark returns unexpectedly, having been tipped off by a text from Ricky. When she tells him how sorry she is, he furiously answers, “Sorry won’t get my stuff back!”

She promises she will get it all back, but he demands,

"Drinking my tea, eating my biscuits?"

“By sitting here, drinking my tea, in front of my fire? Eating my biscuits?” Vicky asks if he cannot see how upset Dol is, but his answer it, “She’s upset? How about me and Ricky? It’s about time I has hard on her!”

Turning to Dol, he emphasises, “I’m going back to finish my round –

"I want you out of here!"

“when I come back, I want you out of here. You’re never going to see Ricky again!”

Action Group meeting

Siôn, Megan Anita and Cadno are sitting around a table at the Deri, discussing their reaction to the proposed housing, with Siôn adamant that the have to stop it from the outset. Kelly is asked by Megan to join them,

"I don't do politics!"

but she replies, “I’m a journalist – I don’t do politics!”

She goes over to Gemma and asks,

"Is DJ getting a letter or not?"

“Is DJ getting a letter or not?”

"I could get hurt!"

Gemma has decided against it and wonders why she should but herself in a situation where she could get hurt. Kelly presents her with a pen and paper and stresses, “I waited for Jinx, and I lost him for ever – if only I could go back in time . . .

Kelly dictates the first line

“Come on – Dear DJ!” Gemma changes her mind and starts writing.

Diane is doing her research

Dai catches Diane looking at a website; surprised, he reads, “High Class Escort Agency!” Diane says she is doing research, and has found there is a gap in the market – Welsh-speaking women. Dai dismisses this with, “For the men who use them, language is the last thing on their minds!”

"Crikey Moses! £99 per hour?"

Then he looks closer at the screen, and exclaims, “Crikey Moses! £99 per hour? That’s more than I get in a day!”

Diane points out that it is not only young women on their books; “There are mature women – and men, too.”

"They'll be queueing to go out with you!"

“They’ll be queueing up to go out with you then!” he comments, but Diane envisages herself as taking calls and arranging the bookings. She predicts it could be a lucrative business, but Dai insists she has nothing to do with it.

"Plasterboard – or Busty Barbara?"

“Imagine if a customer of APD phoned,” he says, “I wouldn’t know if they wanted plasterboard or Busty Barbara! I don’t want my name associated with this – it’s degrading and using women! Now make your husband a cup of tea!”

Gemma posts her letter

As Kelly leaves the Deri, she sees Gemma posting her letter in the pillarbox, and smiles.

Mark returns after his round; “You’re supposed to have left!” he tells Dol, but she says she wants to say sorry properly.

"So long, cheerio, goodbye!"

“Right, you’ve done it now – so long, cheerio, goodbye! In case you don’t understand, adios!”

"I haven't watched any shopping channels today!"

Dol pleads that she can change, indeed she has changed, and not looked at any shopping channels today (presumably because there is no longer a television). “I’m addicted, there are loads hooked like me – it changes the chemicals in your brain,” she wails.

“So you’re in debt because of the rubbish sold on the telly?” asks Mark, “It makes no difference – you’re not welcome in Maes-y-Deri

Ricky takes his gran's side

Ricky takes his gran’s side, arguing, “She’s done something stupid and needs help. I want her here – she’s my family! I’m not a kid any more.”

"I'm going to return all the stuff I bought"

Dol goes on about intending to return all the stuff she bought, as they have a good returns policy. Mark weakens under the onslaught and grants her one more week, “But if you don’t start repaying me, I shall have to send Vicky away!

"Buy your own biscuits!"

“I’m not running a hotel, so stop taking advantage, and from now on buy your own biscuits!”

Siôn's eloquent argument . . .

Dai and Diane enter the Deri to be haragued by Siôn about stopping this development. Despite the arguments against the housing,

. . . does not win over Dai

Dai’s opinion is otherwise; “More houses, more people, more spending in local businesses.”

When Siôn advises him not to think of profit first, he replies,

"Go behind the bar, where you belong!"

“Keep your preaching for Bethania. Go behind the bar, where you belong – people are dying of thirst!”

"You've been opening your big mouth!"

Sioned bursts into Angela’s and accusing her of opening her big mouth, about a bit of Eifion’s money going on her holiday. Angela backs Eifion’s decision, so Sioned continues,

"You hate the fact that I'm successful!"

“You hate the fact that I’m a successful businesswoman, while you clean bedpans! You’re going to destroy our business, which is our livelihood!”

Angela points out, “It’s your fault – no-one else’s!”

Eifion is instructed to write a cheque . . .

Then she tells Eifion to get out his chequebook and write a cheque to Sioned for the next instalment. “You won’t see any Kefalonia sunshine if you want this,” she warns Sioned,