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Working on the Clyde was hugely
intimidating to a boy. And when you're 16,
you might have hairs on your chin, you might get drunk, you might even
get somebody pregnant, but you're still a boy. That is the first thing that strikes
you when you join the shipyards. It's the deafening sound
of caulkers. Almost makes you want to quit. They had a pneumatic gun
with a chisel at the front. Da-da-da-da-da! It was deafeningly loud. And as far as noise is concerned,
it doesnae annoy you when
you're working the machine. Does it not make you deaf, though?
Deaf? The only time I'm deaf is when anybody asks me to buy a drink,
that's the only time I'm deaf. Especially when you're a apprentice
and you've just started, you think you're never going
to survive this deafening noise. And of course, you do,
by becoming deaf
intimidating to a boy. And when you're 16,
you might have hairs on your chin, you might get drunk, you might even
get somebody pregnant, but you're still a boy. That is the first thing that strikes
you when you join the shipyards. It's the deafening sound
of caulkers. Almost makes you want to quit. They had a pneumatic gun
with a chisel at the front. Da-da-da-da-da! It was deafeningly loud. And as far as noise is concerned,
it doesnae annoy you when
you're working the machine. Does it not make you deaf, though?
Deaf? The only time I'm deaf is when anybody asks me to buy a drink,
that's the only time I'm deaf. Especially when you're a apprentice
and you've just started, you think you're never going
to survive this deafening noise. And of course, you do,
by becoming deaf
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Working on the Clyde was hugely
intimidating to a boy.
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And when you're 16,
you might have hairs on your chin,
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you might get drunk, you might even
get somebody pregnant,
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but you're still a boy.
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That is the first thing that strikes
you when you join the shipyards.
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It's the deafening sound
of caulkers.
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Almost makes you want to quit.
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They had a pneumatic gun
with a chisel at the front.
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Da-da-da-da-da!
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It was deafeningly loud.
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And as far as noise is concerned,
it doesnae annoy you when
you're working the machine.
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Does it not make you deaf, though?
Deaf? The only time I'm deaf is when
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anybody asks me to buy a drink,
that's the only time I'm deaf.
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Especially when you're a apprentice
and you've just started,
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you think you're never going
to survive this deafening noise.
00:00:51.024 --> 00:00:53.024
And of course, you do,
by becoming deaf.
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Movie Summary
A uniquely 'Billy' approach to biography - part shaggy dog tale, part self-portrait, with a lot of jokes, personal archive and a few famous faces thrown in between.
