The Littlest Horse Thieves

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Old Flash Was The Best

Of The Ponies

In The Emsdale Colliery

Never Saw The Light

From Morn Till Night

But A Grand Little Pony

Was He

He Knew Every Inch

Of The Coalface

In The Emsdale Colliery

And He Knew That

Once His Shift Was Done

He Could Rest

Till The Morning Free

[Happy Music]

[Bell Dings]

[Indistinct Chatter]

[Indistinct Yelling]

Luke, Quick --

Come Out Of There.

It'll Like Come Down On Us

As It Will On Thee.

All Right, Then.

Pitch In Some More Pit Props

And We'll Shore It Up.

Whoa!

Get!

Hey, You, Flash.

What Are You Doing

With My Baitbox, Eh?

Do You Think There's

Something There For You?

Go On With You.

It's All Right.

Here Now.

Ahh...

Go On.

Go On With Ya.

Come On.

Come Here, Flash.

Beg Your Pardon, Sir.

Well, They Can't Pull More

Than Two Tubs At A Time.

Nay, Sir, Each One Of Them

Things Weighs Nearly Half A Ton.

Come Here, Flash.

Come On.

Come Here.

Come On.

Have You Ever Seen

A Mane And Tail Hauler?

No, Sir, I Never Have.

I've Heard Of Them,

But I've Not Seen One.

It's A Machine

That Can Handle,

Oh, Up To

100 Tubs At A Time.

Brings The Empty Ones In

And Takes The Full Ones Out.

Oh, Aye.

Why Are Those Men Idle?

Oh, They're Just Waiting

For Empty Tubs To Arrive, Sir.

They've Got A New Pony.

He's A Bit Slow.

Not Like Old Flash Here.

You Won't Find His Kept Waiting.

He's Making You Sweat,

Ginger.

Mind Your Leg,

Mr. Amiss.

You'll Have My Leg Off

One Of These Days.

Good Boy.

Come On. Come On.

Come On.

There.

Easy, Flash.

Come On.

[Neighs]

[Mumbles]

Come On. Come On.

Why, You Obstinate,

Mule-Headed --

Hey, Ginger,

None Of That!

He Tried To Kick Me!

Aye, And So He Will

If You Try To Turn Him Around.

It's The End Of His Shift.

I Thought I'd Get Some Empty

Tubs Up For The Morning.

Not With Old Flash,

You Won't.

You May As Well

Turn Him Loose.

He Knows When His Shift's Over,

And He Knows Where He's Going.

Nosey.

[Neighs]

Here Comes Flash.

[Knickers]

Hello, Flash.

Look What I've Brought Ya.

There...

Eh, Flash,

You're A Beauty.

The Best Of All,

You Are.

He's No Better Than Lion,

Is He Bert?

Nay, Lion's A Good 'Un,

But He's Only A Young 'Un.

He's Not As Knowing

As Flash Is,

But He'll Learn.

Tommy...

Dave...

Don't Be Too Long.

Your Mother Will Have

Your Tea Ready.

Bert.

Aye?

Best Get The Boys

Out Of Sight--

The Gaffer's Coming.

Oh.

Dave:

Who's The Gaffer?

The New Manager.

Hey, Now, Come On,

Let's Have You Out Of Here.

Get In Behind This Board.

Do As Your Father Says.

He's Not Our Father.

Your Stepfather, Then.

He's Not Our Father.

Get Behind There

And Argue After.

Go On, Now.

Keep Yourself Hidden

Down There.

Man:
Bert!

Aye.

Just A Minute.

Coming, Sir.

Now Then, Sir,

This Is Bert Cawsden.

He Looks After The Ponies.

Bert, Mr. Sandman.

Afternoon, Cawsden.

Afternoon, Sir.

Ah, Yes...

How Long's This One

Been Down Here?

14 Years, Sir.

Mm-Hmm.

And He'd Be, What,

3 Or 4 Years Old

When He Came Down?

Aye.

Must Be Past

His Best Now, Then.

Flash?

He's The Best Worker

Of Them All.

Mm-Hmm.

All Right.

Thank You.

All Right, Mr. Carter.

Carry On, Bert.

Time's Money.

Right, Sir.

Mr. Sandman:

Which Way Now, Carter?

Carter:

We're Going West.

Flash--

Past His Time?

He's No But A London Fella.

He Doesn't Know Much.

I'll, Uh,

I'll Just Get Some Tobacco.

Right.

Cheerio, Amos.

See You Tomorrow.

Hello, Love.

Hello, Lass.

Have You Seen The Boys?

Aye, They're Just Giving Bert

A Hand With The Ponies.

Oh, No, Not Again.

Will They Be Home

For Their Tea?

How Should I Know?

They Never Speak To Me.

One For You...

And One For You.

Go On, Lads,

Off With You.

Thanks, Bert.

Thanks, Bert.

Carter!

Sir?

Who Were Those Boys?

Boys, Sir?

Yes, There Were Two Boys.

They Came Out Of The Pit.

Oh, Them Boys.

It's Dave

And Tommy Sadler.

They Help The Horsekeeper

With The Ponies.

They're Too Young

To Be On The Payroll.

Well, They Just...

Bert Gives Them A Penny

Now And Then.

They Like To Do It.

Apart From Anything Else,

There's Safety Regulations

To Be Considered.

They Have No Business

To Be Going Down.

No Business?

Their Father

Died Down There.

Dave!

That's Good Food

You've Got There.

Be Thankful For It,

And Don't Gobble It Up

As If It Was Nothing.

And Where Do You Think

You're Going?

I'm Gonna Take Danny

Out For A Run.

A Bit Late,

Isn't It?

We Always Used To Take

Danny Out Last Thing.

Yes, But Your --

Not Alone.

Can We Go?

Oh, Go!

Go, Why Don't Ya?!

Come On, Tom.

Danny, Come On.

I'll Have Some More Tea.

He's Back!

He's Back!

Is He, Dear?

That's Nice.

Man:
Hello, My Dear.

Oh, Father, I Thought

You'd Never Get Back.

[Chuckling]

Clara And I Have Unpacked

All The Pictures.

We've Done Well,

Haven't We?

Very Well. I See

You Put The Curtains Up.

Mother And Clara

Did That.

Oh, Well Done, Clara.

Thank You, Sir.

Mother's Putting

The Best China Away.

She Wouldn't Let Me Help.

She Said I Might Drop It.

Did She?

Hello, Dear.

Hello.

You're Back.

Yes.

Clara, You Can

Serve Dinner Now.

The Master's Home.

All Right, Mum.

That Girl...

I Wish She'd Call Me "Madam."

"Mum" Is So Vulgar.

Well, I've Been Brought Here

By Lord Harrogate

To Make His Colliery Pay,

And I'm Going To Do It.

And If I Don't,

He'll Close Down The Pit,

And Then I Shall Lose

My Job...

As Well As

The Miners' Livelihood.

What Exactly

Is The Problem, Dear?

Alice, Do Drink

Your Soup Quietly.

The Real Problem Is That

We Can't Get The Coal Out

In Sufficient Quantities.

And Therefore,

It's Too Expensive.

At That Price,

We Can't Sell It.

That's Why They Had To Stop

The Night Shift.

What Will You

Have To Do, Father?

Well, For A Start,

I Shall Try And Get Rid

Of Those Pit Ponies.

[Steam Whistle Blows]

[Barking]

Come On, Tom,

I'll Race You To The Top!

That's Not Fair --

You Started Off First!

Don't Worry--

I'll Wait For You

When I Get There.

Oh, No, You Won't!

I'll Beat You Yet!

See If I Don't.

Bye, Daddy.

Goodbye, My Dear.

Have A Nice Day.

Alice!

Alice,

Where Are You Going?

Just Going To

Fly My Kite, Mother!

Don't Go Too Far.

I Don't Like Her

Going Up In The Moors Alone.

Well, It's A Bit Lonely

For Her Here.

I Don't Want Her Playing

With Any Of Those

Rough Miners' Children.

I Shall Be Glad

When The Governess Arrives

To Keep Her

Out Of Mischief.

Well, Goodbye, Dear.

Hmm.

I Do Hope His Lordship

Is Agreeable.

Yes, So Do I.

Uh, Mr. Sandman

To See Lord Harrogate.

His Lordship

Is Expecting You, Sir.

Now, Then, Sandman,

What Do You Propose To Do

About This Colliery

Of Mine?

Well, Lord, One

Of The Problems Is That--

Uh, No, Thank You--

Is That Emsdale

Is A Small Colliery,

And The Seam Is A Long Way

From The Surface.

Yes, Yes.

I Know All About That.

But The Point Is That

It Doesn't Make A Profit.

Now, Kirkdale's Colliery

Makes A Profit,

But My Colliery

Does Not Make A Profit.

In Fact, My Colliery

Keeps Losing Money.

Now You, As My New

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