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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.48,0:00:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BRIGGS] Now, well,\NWe’re old friends, Jack and myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.20,0:00:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We met on a street corner.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.76,0:00:22.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should warn you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.68,0:00:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he’ll deny this account.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.27,0:00:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His story will be different.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.50,0:00:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there I was, and\NI was standing at a street corner.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.54,0:00:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this car drew up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.21,0:00:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.27,0:00:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he asked me the way \Nto Bolsover street.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.26,0:00:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I said to him,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.54,0:01:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Bolsover street, it's in the middle \Nof an intricate one-way system.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.50,0:01:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, it's a one-way system \Neasy enough to get into.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.48,0:01:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only trouble was that, once in, \Nyou couldn’t get out.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.54,0:01:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I told him
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.00,0:01:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the best thing that he could do,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.02,0:01:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to take the first left, \Nand then the first right,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.50,0:01:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the second right, \Nand then the third on the left,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.73,0:01:35.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to keep his eye open \Nfor a hardware shop,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.43,0:01:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then go right round the square, \Nkeeping to the inside lane,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.67,0:01:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take the second Mews on the right \Nand then stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.80,0:01:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'll find himself \Nfacing a very tall office block,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.60,0:01:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a crescent courtyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.95,0:01:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now he can take advantage \Nof this tower block.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.47,0:01:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because he can go round the crescent,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.48,0:01:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,following the arrows, \Ngo through two sets of traffic lights
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.28,0:02:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take the next left indicated by \Nthe first green filter he comes across.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.02,0:02:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He’s got the Post Office Tower \Nin his vision the whole time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.52,0:02:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All he’s got to do is to reverse \Ninto the underground car park,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.93,0:02:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,change gear, go straight on,\Nand he’ll find himself in Bolsover street:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.23,0:02:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no trouble at all
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.96,0:02:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did warn him,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.67,0:02:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he will still be faced with the problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.28,0:02:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of having found Bolsover street, \Nof losing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.42,0:02:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told him I knew one or two people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.67,0:02:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who’d been wandering up and down \NBolsover street for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.04,0:02:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wasted their fucking youth there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.72,0:02:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the people of Bolsover street,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their faces are grey,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.26,0:02:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they’re in a state of despair, but nobody pays any attention, you see.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All people are worried about is their ill-gotten gains.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote to The Times about it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life At A Dead End, l called it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Went for nothing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, I told him that probably the best thing he could do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to forget the whole idea of getting to Bolsover street.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember saying to him:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This trip you’ve got in mind, drop it, it could prove fatal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he said he had to deliver a parcel.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, I took all this trouble with him because he had a nice open face.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He looked like a man who would always do good to others himself.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Normally I wouldn’t give a fuck.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should tell you he’ll deny this account.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His story will be different.