0:00:03 > 0:00:06Milford Haven, on the Pembrokeshire coast.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08And this is the Mount estate.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12For the last year, we've been following the lives of some of the people who live here.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14It's typical of the council estates
0:00:14 > 0:00:16which were built during the '60s and '70s.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20They all followed an American design which meant roads were kept to perimeters
0:00:20 > 0:00:24and homes were facing shared areas with no individual gardens.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34Like similar estates, the Mount became stigmatised by statistics
0:00:34 > 0:00:38of high unemployment and the number of people living on benefits.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41By 2010, the council had tried to improve things.
0:00:41 > 0:00:46We've come here to meet the people behind these statistics.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48This week we meet the Davies family.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51That is my main downside for up here.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Kids will go past and say, "Oh, the police are here again."
0:00:54 > 0:00:57They'll quite often say it because the police are up here all the time.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Long-term resident Jane.
0:01:00 > 0:01:01It's had its moments.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04It was quite good at the start. Most of the neighbours were friendly.
0:01:04 > 0:01:10We used to stand outside having cups of tea and coffee and chatting of an evening. Things like that.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15And Jo, who's decided to seek help for her alcohol addiction.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19The Mount estate is part of Milford Haven,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22but, at the same time, NOT part of Milford Haven.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25It's a community of 400 flats and houses
0:01:25 > 0:01:28that somehow lives at arm's length from the rest of the town.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32This is the family centre, where a Sure Start nursery scheme was based.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35The building was damaged by a fire.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37The family centre now opens occasionally,
0:01:37 > 0:01:39but the nursery is closed for good.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43There's a resource centre but that was closed for four months
0:01:43 > 0:01:46while it was being refurbished.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49The infant school is also closed permanently.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56But one place that is open is the local shop and post office.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59There you go. Cheers.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03£3.88. Thank you.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05The shop has been run by the same family
0:02:05 > 0:02:08since they opened the business back when the estate was built.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13Best selling items are tobacco, sweets, crisps and alcohol.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Around 70% of adults on the Mount are unemployed.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Roger and Stacey Davies stand out because both of them have jobs.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27- I'm going in my submarine. - No, you're not!
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Roger has worked for the last 12 years for a contractor in a nearby oil refinery.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35It's a five-minute drive from home.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48- Anybody want more sauce?- Yes, please. - No, thank you.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51As well as being a mum to two boys,
0:02:51 > 0:02:56Stacey works part time as a child minder for her nieces and nephew.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58She's also a dance teacher in Milford Haven.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00OK, see you later.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03The Davieses are thinking of moving.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08Well, we did pick an application form up to fill in
0:03:08 > 0:03:11and hand in to move off.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Not because we don't like the estate or we want to leave the estate.
0:03:14 > 0:03:21It's because we've been on the estate for such a long time now, my husband feels we deserve a break.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23We're decent people with a nice home and everything.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28We try to do the best that we can. We keep it all tidy, decorated etc.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32So he just wants to go somewhere maybe in nicer houses
0:03:32 > 0:03:35and a decent garden, to be honest.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39What we've got in the garden is only a little shed. It's really small.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42We'd like to grow our own little fruit trees or something,
0:03:42 > 0:03:44or little plant pots.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47He'd be quite happy digging it up and god knows what.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49But...that'll be there.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- He'd like a nice garden. - Mam, can I go out now?- No.
0:03:55 > 0:04:01Some residents have lived on the Mount estate since it was built 35 years ago.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Some have bought their own homes
0:04:03 > 0:04:07but nearly 75% of the properties here are owned by the council.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Some of the newer tenants have less stable lives
0:04:11 > 0:04:15and, for some, unemployment and alcohol are a problem.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Jo had lived on the estate for six months when we met her.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20She used to be a hairdresser.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Her neighbour Sue has had health problems too.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Jo has a problem with alcohol
0:04:24 > 0:04:28and this week she's been to get help from the local drug and alcohol advice service
0:04:28 > 0:04:30which is called Prism.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33She has two children, who don't live with her.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37I've been drinking a year 11 months, flat out every day.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Since the kids have gone. I've always been drinking.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44I was taking a lot of drugs beforehand. I was on probation for...
0:04:46 > 0:04:48..doing drugs.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50I got in trouble and nearly went to prison.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56And they took my children away from me
0:04:56 > 0:04:59cos I've had bad boyfriends and bad experiences.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- I'm not allowed them back legally until they're 18.- Yeah.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06And I can't do this any more.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09It's been a year and 11 months. I can't do it any more.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13I really want them back. I miss them. I'm nothing without them. Nothing.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18Jo's treatment won't start until she cuts down from 250 units a week.
0:05:18 > 0:05:23The safe limit for a woman is 14 units, about two bottles of wine.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25When have you got to go for your bloods?
0:05:25 > 0:05:29On Wednesday, and I want you to come with me.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34And then, after that, they'll refer me back to Prism with my drink diary that I'm keeping,
0:05:34 > 0:05:36and then they'll go from there.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40All they'll do there is, like, liver function test,
0:05:40 > 0:05:43full blood count, kidney function test,
0:05:43 > 0:05:48but your gamma GTs are what they're going to be looking at.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51That shows how much damage the liver has.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Well, I'm keeping this diary to make sure that they know how much I'm drinking
0:05:55 > 0:05:58and how much I've cut down, because I have cut down loads.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- If I want my children, then that's how it's going to work.- Yeah.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08Good girl. Oh!
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Jane lives alone with her dog Tiggy
0:06:13 > 0:06:17and her sister Sian lives around the corner with her four young daughters.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Jane's lived in this flat for 22 years.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22She's unable to work because of ill health.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24I used to work.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30I used to work in kitchens a lot, years ago.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35I had a fall a few years back,
0:06:35 > 0:06:39so with a bad back injury, plus arthritis,
0:06:39 > 0:06:42I don't work so much these days.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46It's a job enough on its own looking after the dog.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54Jane's lived alone since her daughter left home to go to university in Manchester.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Well, generally, I get up and walk Tigs
0:07:01 > 0:07:05and then go down and see if my mother wants anything
0:07:05 > 0:07:08and keep her company for a couple of hours.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Come home and potter round, things like that.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Then I go over the road to see Sian and the girls.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Sian is Jane's younger sister.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21She's lived around the corner for 14 years.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Auntie Jane's been sorting out her photos.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26That's Mummy.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Let's have a look.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31- Is that mummy?- That's mummy.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34And that's Auntie Jane.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39- Mummy has a baby with Auntie Jane. - Yeah. And the baby was Auntie Jane.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- Yeah. It's when Auntie Jane had all her own teeth.- Yeah.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51And Auntie Jane and Tiggy play a big role in the lives of Sian's girls.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- Tiggy wiggy!- Tiggy wiggy woo. - Tiggy wiggy woo woo!
0:07:58 > 0:08:00I'll see you after, Sian, love.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- All right, ta-ra, doll.- Ta-ra. - Ta-ra, folks.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14It's two weeks since we last saw Jo.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Her partner Gary is unemployed.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19He's just walked out of a work placement after two days.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20It's Thursday afternoon.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23That call centre, it wasn't for me.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Nothing against them.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I actually turned round and said to the guy there,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32"Look, I'm struggling."
0:08:32 > 0:08:36It's not me, like. In fact, I think it's a girl's job.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40That's what I thought. Like, a woman would be better.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42It wasn't me.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47I said he should give it another week. Give it at least a week.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- That's what I said to you. - What's the point?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53- It ain't going to make no money for me.- No.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58- I didn't want to do it. - It's for a reference.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Do you know what I mean? I didn't want to.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05I'm more like... a grafter.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10If you know what I mean. I'd rather graft than do that.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Like I said to her ma, what's the point?
0:09:19 > 0:09:24We're surrounded by oil refineries but there's no jobs.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27I was down the job centre the other day, on the computer.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Two jobs.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35I just want a normal life. Not drinking every day.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Do what normal people do. Weekends, then get hammered.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Not through the week.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Jo's still keeping a daily diary of her drinking
0:09:45 > 0:09:48in the hope that her children will be able to live with her again.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Yeah, I've been keeping my diary, like I said last time.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55I've cut down from bottles to pints.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58So, a lot of difference.
0:09:58 > 0:10:025.28 pints in one bottle of cider.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Yeah. So I've gone down from bottles to pints.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09I really have come down a lot, haven't I?
0:10:09 > 0:10:14Three bottles of cider, to two, to one, to half of one.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16I'll happily drink it.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Although Roger and Stacey are considering moving,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Stacey has strong ties to the Mount.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32This is where my nan lives, in this bottom flat, yeah? Hi, Nannie!
0:10:34 > 0:10:37She's been there a while. God bless her, she's lovely.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Stacey has lived here since she was a toddler.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Both she and her husband, Roger, have family living here.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49All right, this is Hawthorn Path, the top flat.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53We moved here when I was around four years old.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58We shared that small window up there. That was the bedroom.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02And at the time, there was no patios and no walls
0:11:02 > 0:11:05and everything here, so it was all grass and banks and stuff.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Leanne, as a toddler, climbed up to that bedroom window,
0:11:09 > 0:11:14and with me inside not very much bigger or stronger,
0:11:14 > 0:11:16couldn't keep hold of her, and she came flying out.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19But she just bounced. No markings or nothing.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22She was so tiny, she just bounced.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25All right, this is our last family home.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29After we left the flat down the bottom, we moved up here.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31I was coming on six.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Spent all the rest of my years there,
0:11:33 > 0:11:37until I was in my early twenties, before I left home. Middle twenties.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42No, I think I was 25 before I left here, when I moved in with Roger.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48This was the Mount School.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52I came here when I was five years old,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55and obviously my children then went to this school
0:11:55 > 0:11:58until it closed, what, two years ago.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00It's a shame, cos it was a good school.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02It's just left there, ready to build on
0:12:02 > 0:12:05when they do decide to build with it or do something with it.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08It closed in January 2009
0:12:08 > 0:12:11because pupil numbers were falling in Milford Haven.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13The nearest school is a mile away.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16We all went here, and everything, all my friends
0:12:16 > 0:12:18went here, so I wanted it to stay open.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Nothing ever lasts. It's one of those things.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36You're not going to do the belly bit? No?
0:12:36 > 0:12:40- You're not going to do the belly bit?- Jane's just had some good news.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42She's a keen photographer and has received £100
0:12:42 > 0:12:45for having a photo she took of her dog
0:12:45 > 0:12:48published in a national magazine.
0:12:48 > 0:12:53Look! Up there, she is. Tiggy-Woo.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56SHE CHUCKLES
0:12:56 > 0:12:59A good day. But they're not always like that.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03No, I did just hit a black spot a couple of years back,
0:13:03 > 0:13:07and I was all just up for moving and leaving everything,
0:13:07 > 0:13:11and I could quite gladly have just walked out,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14left everything in the flat and just walked out and kept going.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17And many's the time on pay day I've thought,
0:13:17 > 0:13:19"Right, just go down the train station, hop on the train
0:13:19 > 0:13:21"and get as far as you can with it."
0:13:21 > 0:13:23So, erm... No, like I say,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26it's better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31Y'know? Although sometimes I do think I'd like a change.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35But it's finding the right place, isn't it, really?
0:13:35 > 0:13:39And private's so expensive, I think, these days. Y'know?
0:13:39 > 0:13:42But no, it's coming along jolly now.
0:13:54 > 0:13:59A few weeks later, and Jo's boyfriend Gary has moved out.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Had an argument. Got steaming drunk.
0:14:06 > 0:14:07Nothing new.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10And today I've had a hell of a lot to drink.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12And, er...
0:14:12 > 0:14:15emotional stuff, and all that.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Jo has spent the morning with her old friend Gemma,
0:14:17 > 0:14:20and they've opened a bottle of vodka.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27She never used to be like this, Jo. She was always on top form.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Her kids being taken away, that's what's caused it.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34That's what's caused most things for most people,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37but everyone's got a different excuse, haven't they, really?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Oh, I've been drinking since I was 13.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45I just go where it is, and people drink. That's how it is round here.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50When a person ain't got nothing and you've got something, you sort that person out.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52But it's not a nice living.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56I went to my mate's today. I wasn't expecting to drink, but I did.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Give me a drop and I was out. Yeah, I was out.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07My last job, I was only 15. I'm 28 now.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Cos I have got three kids.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13So... But that's another issue.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17I'm going to Gloucester on Tuesday, anyway, go and see Mum
0:15:17 > 0:15:20and my girls, which is going to be GREAT.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22She's trying to get me down there.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26If it looks good, I think I might just stay down there,
0:15:26 > 0:15:28cos Wales is crap.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Ten years from now, what would I be doing if I stayed here?
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Exactly what I'm doing now.
0:15:36 > 0:15:43For Jo's ex-partner Gary, alcohol is not a problem. He has moved on.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47That wasn't me, if you know what I mean, drinking every day, like.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Do you know what I mean? I used to run every day,
0:15:50 > 0:15:53then I just went down, went into the habit of drinking all the time,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55and I just woke up and said, "This has got to stop."
0:15:55 > 0:15:59And that's what I done. Because I haven't got a drink problem.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Other people have. I can always walk away from alcohol.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Do you know what I mean?
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Now, smoking, that's a different ball game.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12That night, there's a party at Jo's flat.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16It's Saturday tomorrow, and in the morning she'll be seeing her children again.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19LAUGHTER
0:16:19 > 0:16:22CHATTER
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Nine hours later, Jo's daughters are here for their weekly visit.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38One of them has brought a friend.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46Nannie's picking you up at three, half past. You get Shannon. WORDS ARE SLURRED
0:16:56 > 0:16:58It's all right!
0:17:05 > 0:17:11- So, are they numbers?- Yeah.- Yeah, cos see the numbers there... Yeah.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Roger's job at the oil refinery
0:17:12 > 0:17:15means the family has a regular routine.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20Now, with their two boys at school, Stacey's taken up a part-time job.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25I got to come home and...get down to the school, then,
0:17:25 > 0:17:27and do my lunchtime supervisor.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Good fun.
0:17:30 > 0:17:37- What?- It's nice to have the day off just by myself.- I was, erm...
0:17:37 > 0:17:38I work with the Year Two sandwiches.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41So before the kids went and had their sandwiches, I read them
0:17:41 > 0:17:46a story, and then we went for sandwiches, and then we came back in
0:17:46 > 0:17:50and they played musical statues, and then I finished off reading my story.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53OK, let's go!
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Stacey's off to one of her other jobs,
0:17:58 > 0:18:01teaching dance at the leisure centre in Milford Haven.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03The Mount doesn't have a leisure centre.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07MUSIC
0:18:14 > 0:18:16'I started dancing from a younger age.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21'We done out medal exams, and then we done all our competitions.'
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Forward, forward, forward, scoop!
0:18:24 > 0:18:27'I done the qualifications then to teach.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29'It's a hobby, and I enjoy doing it.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32'It gets me out the house, gives me a couple of hours on my own.
0:18:32 > 0:18:33'And the kids enjoy it.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38'And then the kids get all their trophies, and they can see
0:18:38 > 0:18:42'they've worked hard then to get those trophies and certificates.'
0:18:56 > 0:18:58There's a fast turnover in some homes on the Mount.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03This flat has been vandalised, and the contractors are getting it ready for the next tenant.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06The council are constantly refurbishing properties here.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10I'm going to be renovating the flat, putting in a new kitchen
0:19:10 > 0:19:13and completely redecorate it, replace all the doors, including the front door.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18We're on a rolling programme, so we're here every few weeks.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23We're part of the tenancy changeover package that the council deploy.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26So when the tenants leave, we get called back,
0:19:26 > 0:19:30sometimes multiple times to the same property because it's been destroyed.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34In some cases, when people don't have to pay anything towards it
0:19:34 > 0:19:36and they get a brand-new something,
0:19:36 > 0:19:40it can get not looked after as well as it could be.
0:19:48 > 0:19:54# Dashing through the snow In a one-horse open sleigh
0:19:54 > 0:19:59# O'er the field we go Laughing all the way, ho ho ho! #
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Christmas is something Stacey takes very seriously,
0:20:02 > 0:20:08and she's worked hard to make sure that everything is just right.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12# Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
0:20:12 > 0:20:15# Jingle all the way... #
0:20:15 > 0:20:21Right, so that's Isla's, that's Shannon's. They're yours.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Sellotape...
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Yeah!
0:20:29 > 0:20:31It looks like it's got little eyes!
0:20:33 > 0:20:38I order vouchers from Park and pay through the year,
0:20:38 > 0:20:42and then I gets it paid by, normally, the end of September.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45The vouchers come through, then, by the middle of October,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48and then I can start buying them.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55Roger says to me, "Why don't you just put the money into the bank and save the money?
0:20:55 > 0:20:58"If the money's in the bank, you can go and get it if you're short."
0:20:58 > 0:21:01But if you're having vouchers and you're paying Park,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04you know it's got to be paid, cos otherwise you don't have it.,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06and that way, then, you can't be tempted.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11I orders the vouchers and I orders sweets from there.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13But it's absolutely...
0:21:15 > 0:21:17..jam-packed.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20# Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
0:21:20 > 0:21:22# Jingle all the way... #
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Ten per cent of the tenants on the estate are under 21.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Eighteen-year-old Hannah is getting ready to move into the newly refurbished flat.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38She has a baby son who's six months old.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42I only had the keys yesterday! Yeah! Or the day before, I think.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44The day before, sorry.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47So I've only had them for two days. Yeah.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48Got a lot done in two days, like.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54I don't mind living here as long as...
0:21:54 > 0:21:57there's no trouble at my door all the time, cos I've got a baby.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58As long as it's not happening, I don't care.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- It's a lot bigger than my other kitchen, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06- Which is a good thing.- What did you have over there? Oh, a freezer.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08MALE VOICES
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- What are they talking about in there?- I don't know.- Nor me.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Turn the plugs off.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18In January, Jane was taken ill.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Luckily, her sister Sian lives close by.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Ooh, about two o'clock in the afternoon,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26I suddenly gets what I thought was heartburn.
0:22:26 > 0:22:32So, erm...I try and go and have a kip, an' that. Didn't work.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Went over my sister's about...ooh, must have been about half three
0:22:36 > 0:22:40to watch the kids for her whilst she took one of them to the doctor's.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44And she said when I turned up I didn't look too good.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Popped in the shop, bought some fags and some Rennies
0:22:47 > 0:22:49and even Alison in the shop said,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52"It doesn't sound like heartburn to me, Jane."
0:22:52 > 0:22:56I managed to dose off on the sofa for about an hour and a half.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Oh, must've been about half nine-ish.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03I woke up with a jolt cos now I'm really scared,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06now it's really hurting.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10And, erm, managed to go to my sister's,
0:23:10 > 0:23:12puffing away on a fag...
0:23:12 > 0:23:17and said to her, "Can you call an ambulance out?"
0:23:17 > 0:23:20I said, "Forget the doctor, call an ambulance.
0:23:20 > 0:23:21"It's something serious now."
0:23:23 > 0:23:2647-year-old Jane had a heart attack.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28She was in hospital for several days
0:23:28 > 0:23:30and had an operation to have a stent fitted.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34There's five things...
0:23:34 > 0:23:37High blood pressure does it, high cholesterol,
0:23:37 > 0:23:40diabetes, erm...
0:23:40 > 0:23:42..smoking, and what's the other one?
0:23:42 > 0:23:43Oh, overweight.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Course, I've got all five, haven't I?
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Jane's had to stop smoking and her daughter has worked out
0:23:52 > 0:23:55that as well as saving her life, she'll save a lot of money.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00£1,770 a year just on 20.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04And I'm thinking, I've spent that for nearly the last ten years.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08You know, and I thought, the holidays I could've had on that,
0:24:08 > 0:24:10I could've been on some Caribbean beach by now.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Hannah's nearly finished decorating her flat and she's moved in.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Her family are very close,
0:24:22 > 0:24:25and Michael, the father of baby Mason, is on hand, too.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Mason's room isn't quite finished, we're getting there.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36He's only been in here for a week, bless him,
0:24:36 > 0:24:39and he sleeps all night, so I can't whinge.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41You can't move in here for all the toys!
0:24:41 > 0:24:46She had a loan to move in and every penny of that loan
0:24:46 > 0:24:47she has spent on this house.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50She's gone without loads because she wants it nice for him.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52That's the main thing, you know?
0:24:52 > 0:24:54I think you have to have a nice home, don't you?
0:24:54 > 0:24:59When you've got a baby you can't not have a nice house, you need it to be nice for your kids.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02That's it, Mason really, that's why I needed to have a nice house.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10I have £120 fortnightly myself
0:25:10 > 0:25:13and then I have £50 a week for Mason.
0:25:13 > 0:25:14And that's it.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20Oh, you do love Nanna. Do you love Nanna?
0:25:20 > 0:25:24My mum's helping a lot cos sometimes when I haven't had money
0:25:24 > 0:25:27I've been able to go over to her house and she's given me food
0:25:27 > 0:25:29so I can put money into making sure Mason's got everything.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31His mum's been good, as well.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34And my nan, my nan especially.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37I think Hannah's done really well, I'm really proud of her.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Really proud.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Ooooh! It's starting to rain.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Say, "Hi!"
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Jane's daughter, Simone, has come to see her mum.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56She's a trainee teacher in a comprehensive school in Cheshire.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59It's a long journey when you don't have a car.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02I don't know, I think it was pretty tough going back.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- I remember the day I left you. - Yeah.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08And I was, like, hiding behind the bus screen and I was like,
0:26:08 > 0:26:12"I hope she's not looking." Then I turned round and you were still there
0:26:12 > 0:26:14and it was like, floods and floods of tears.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18I had to keep turning my back so you wouldn't realise I was crying so much.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Well, I kind of figured it out.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23It was like the massive arms wiping away the tears.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27Since giving up smoking, Jane's taken up knitting.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32I don't see the point in you giving up this massive thing with
0:26:32 > 0:26:35the smoking if nothing else is going to change with it.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Obviously, I know it's a massive deal for you cos you've done it for so long,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42but there is other parts that have got to come too.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44It's like what I was on about with the food last night.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47And I'm just like, there's no point doing all this,
0:26:47 > 0:26:50putting yourself through all this torture of doing it
0:26:50 > 0:26:52if you're not going to change everything else with it.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56- Yeah, but it's one step at a time, isn't it, Simone?- True.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Let me get over the heart attack first.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- I'm not saying not getting over the heart attack! - You're trying got kill me!
0:27:01 > 0:27:03I'm not trying to kill you!
0:27:03 > 0:27:06I just felt so angry cos I wasn't there and...
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Yeah, but it's just one of those things, love.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13But it's not, though, is it? At the end of the day, Mum, I chose to be that far away.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Yeah. But you had to go where the work was, didn't you?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18And I mean, where the university was.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22- I think I am... - Let's just be thankful you didn't go up to bloody Scotland.- Oh, yeah!
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Since I was planning on going to St Andrews.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Only cos Prince William was there at the time!
0:27:29 > 0:27:35By the time you'd have got there he was already with Kate Middleton anyway!
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- I fancy a bacon butty. - You can't have a bacon butty.
0:27:38 > 0:27:43- Yes, I can have a bacon butty. - Will you grill it then?- Yeah. - You're not frying it. You're not!
0:27:43 > 0:27:45I fancy a bacon butty with an egg on top.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49- With a side of cholesterol and blocked arteries to go with that? - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53I thought I might, just for a change.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54- You're an idiot.- I know.
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