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-->''If you want to come and see me, take a dauner doon the steamie.''

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-->''If ->''If you want to come and see me, take a dauner doon the steamie.''
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-->--''If you want to come and see me, take a dauner doon the steamie.''

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-->--''If -->''If you want to come and see me, take a dauner doon the steamie.''
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-->--'If you want to come and see me, take a dauner doon the steamie.''

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-->--'If -->--''If you want to come and see me, take a dauner doon the steamie.''

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[[quoteright:350:''If you want to come and see me, take a dauner doon the steamie.'']]

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[[quoteright:350:''If
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* RaisedCatholic: Magrit is the only Catholic in the group, and answers Dolly and Doreen's questions about holidays of obligation and confession.
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[[quoteright:350:''If you want to come and see me, take

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[[quoteright:350:''If you want to come and see me, take
take a dauner doon the steamie.'']]

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* BusbyBerkeleyNumber: In the TV production, "Pals" has a few shots of the cast from above in the middle of the song.



* FriendshipSong: ''Pals'' is a song all about the benefits of friendship.

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* FriendshipSong: ''Pals'' "Pals" is a song all about the benefits of friendship.
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* FriendshipSong: ''Pals'' is a song all about the benefits of female friendship.

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* FriendshipSong: ''Pals'' is a song all about the benefits of female friendship.

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1987 play by Tony Roper set in the Carnegie Street steamie somewhere in Glasgow on a [[UsefulNotes/ScottishEnglish Hogmanay]] evening sometime in the early 1950s.

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1987 play by Tony Roper set in the Carnegie Street steamie somewhere in Glasgow on a [[UsefulNotes/ScottishEnglish Hogmanay]] evening sometime in the early 1950s.
1950s. STV [[TheFilmOfThePlay adapted the play for television]] in 1988, and it has since become a staple of festive season.



* TheFilmOfThePlay: STV adapted the play for television in 1988, and it has since become a staple of festive season.
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* [[RamblingOldManMonologue Rambling Auld Wummin Monologue]]: Mrs Culfeathers delivers a couple of these, which partly act as historical anecedotes intended to be of interest to the audience.
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* SomewhereSong: ''A House in Drumchapel'', where Doreen sings about her hopes for a new life in a brand new council house in Drumchapel, part of comedy of the song being derived from the 1980s audience being aware of the area's [[WretchedHive reputation and general state of repair]] as having deteriorated since UsefulNotes/TheFifties.

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* SomewhereSong: ''A "A House in Drumchapel'', Drumchapel", where Doreen sings about her hopes for a new life in a brand new council house in Drumchapel, part of comedy of the song being derived from the 1980s audience being aware of the area's [[WretchedHive reputation and general state of repair]] as having deteriorated since UsefulNotes/TheFifties.



** The ending of ''A House in Drumchapel'' includes the opening notes of "[[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} When You Wish Upon a Star]]"

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** The ending of ''A "A House in Drumchapel'' Drumchapel" includes the opening notes of "[[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} When You Wish Upon a Star]]"
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* HatesBaths: Magrit claims that it's "a fight tae the death" to get her sons to wash themselves, and the effect shows.

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* HatesBaths: Magrit claims that it's "a fight tae the death" to get her sons to wash themselves, and the effect shows.themselves.
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-->"Four apartments and a view, and an inside toilet too."

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-->"Four -->''Four apartments and a view, and an inside toilet too."''
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1987 play by Tony Roper set in a Glasgow steamie on a [[UsefulNotes/ScottishEnglish Hogmanay]] evening sometime in the early 1950s.

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1987 play by Tony Roper set in a the Carnegie Street steamie somewhere in Glasgow steamie on a [[UsefulNotes/ScottishEnglish Hogmanay]] evening sometime in the early 1950s.
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** Doreen's idea of what life in Drumchapel will be like is apparently based on "a picture called ''[[Film/OnMoonlightBay Moonlight Bay]]''." Presumably this is a reference to the 1951 film, ''Film/OnMoonlightBay''.

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** Doreen's idea of what life in Drumchapel will be like is apparently based on "a picture called ''[[Film/OnMoonlightBay Moonlight Bay]]''." Presumably this is a reference to the 1951 film, ''Film/OnMoonlightBay''."
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** Doreen's idea of what life in Drumchapel will be like is apparently based on "a picture called ''[[Film/OnMoonlightBay Moonlight Bay]]''." Presumably this is a reference to the 1951 film, ''Film/OnMoonlightBay''.

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** Doreen's idea of what life in Drumchapel will be like is apparently based on "a picture called ''[[Film/OnMoonlightBay Moonlight Bay]]''." Presumably this is a reference to the 1951 film, ''Film/OnMoonlightBay''.''Film/OnMoonlightBay''.
** The ending of ''A House in Drumchapel'' includes the opening notes of "[[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} When You Wish Upon a Star]]"
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* CreepyPhysical: Doreen mentions that she thinks that Dr [[=McCann=]] is creepy and that she doesn't like going to see him.

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* CreepyPhysical: Doreen mentions that she thinks that Dr [[=McCann=]] [=McCann=] is creepy and that she doesn't like going to see him.
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** Doreen's idea of what life in Drumchapel will be like is apparently based on "a picture called ''[[Film/OnMoonlightBay Moonlight Bay]]''." Presumably this is a reference to the film, ''Film/OnMoonlightBay'', which actually came out [[ArtisticLicenseHistory a year later than when the play is set.]]

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** Doreen's idea of what life in Drumchapel will be like is apparently based on "a picture called ''[[Film/OnMoonlightBay Moonlight Bay]]''." Presumably this is a reference to the 1951 film, ''Film/OnMoonlightBay'', which actually came out [[ArtisticLicenseHistory a year later than when the play is set.]]''Film/OnMoonlightBay''.
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* CutSong: ''The Big Picture'' and ''Cry'' don't appear in the TV production. ''Isn't Wonderful to Be a Woman'' is replaced with a monologue with all the same beats, but the melody gets used as the music for advert buffers in



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** Doreen's idea of what life in Drumchapel will be like is apparently based on "a picture called ''[[Film/OnMoonlightBay Moonlight Bay]]''." Presumably this is a reference to the film, ''Film/OnMoonlightBay'', which actually came out [[[[ArtisticLicenseHistory a year later than when the play is set.]]

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** Doreen's idea of what life in Drumchapel will be like is apparently based on "a picture called ''[[Film/OnMoonlightBay Moonlight Bay]]''." Presumably this is a reference to the film, ''Film/OnMoonlightBay'', which actually came out [[[[ArtisticLicenseHistory [[ArtisticLicenseHistory a year later than when the play is set.]]

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* CutSong: ''The Big Picture'' and ''Cry'' don't appear in the TV production. ''Isn't Wonderful to Be a Woman'' is replaced with a monologue with all the same beats, but the melody gets used as the music for advert buffers in
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: A major theme of the play is the demise of the slum neighbourhoods of Glasgow and their gradual replacement by council estates. The others tease Doreen for wanting a house with a garden and a telephone and other things that had become standard even in low-income housing by the 1980s:
-->"Four apartments and a view, and an inside toilet too."



* HatesBaths: Magrit claims that it's "a fight tae the death" to get her sons to wash themselves.

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* HatesBaths: Magrit claims that it's "a fight tae the death" to get her sons to wash themselves. themselves, and the effect shows.



* SomewhereSong: ''A House in Drumchapel'', where Doreen sings about her hopes for a new life in a brand new council house in Drumchapel.

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* SomewhereSong: ''A House in Drumchapel'', where Doreen sings about her hopes for a new life in a brand new council house in Drumchapel. Drumchapel, part of comedy of the song being derived from the 1980s audience being aware of the area's [[WretchedHive reputation and general state of repair]] as having deteriorated since UsefulNotes/TheFifties.
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* HatesBaths: Magrit claims that it's "a fight tae the death" to get her sons to wash themselves.

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1987 play by Tony Roper set in a Glasgow steamie on [[UsefulNotes/ScottishEnglish Hogmanay]] 1950.

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1987 play by Tony Roper set in a Glasgow steamie on a [[UsefulNotes/ScottishEnglish Hogmanay]] 1950.
evening sometime in the early 1950s.


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* TheAlcoholic: Magrit's husband, Peter. They aren't going out to celebrate because he's already drank himself into a stupor. Andy the boilerman is implied to be headed down this road as well.


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* HiddenDepths: Dolly was quite a keen ballroom dancer as a younger woman. She was particularly good at at the tango because her "bowley leg" made it easier to do the dips.
* SeinfeldianConversation: Magrit and Doreen chat about differences between fight scenes in British and American films.


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** Doreen finds herself getting a bit hot under the collar watching Tony Curtis in ''Flesh and Fury''
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* CreepyPhysical: Doreen mentions that she thinks that Dr [[=McCann=]] is creepy and that she doesn't like going to see him.

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* ACupAngst: Apparently this has been a source of concern for Magrit's daughter, Teresa. Magrit ends up getting Teresa her first bra as a Christmas present and Teresa is absolutely delighted.
* TheFilmOfThePlay: STV adapted the play for television in 1988, and it has since become a staple of festive season.
* FiftiesHair: Doreen has a bubble cut - part of her Christmas present from her husband, John - but she and the rest of cast all wear their in hair up in Rosie-the-Riveter-style headscarves while they're at the Steamie.



* ShoutOut: The TV adaptation opens with Look at That Girl by Guy Mitchell on the soundtrack.

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* ShoutOut: The TV adaptation opens with Look ''Look at That Girl Girl'' by Guy Mitchell on the soundtrack.
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** Doreen's idea of what life in Drumchapel will be like is apparently based on "a picture called ''[[Film/OnMoonlightBay Moonlight Bay]]''." Presumably this is a reference to the film, Film/OnMoonlightBay, [[ArtisticLicenseHistory which actually came out a year after the play is set.]]

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** Doreen's idea of what life in Drumchapel will be like is apparently based on "a picture called ''[[Film/OnMoonlightBay Moonlight Bay]]''." Presumably this is a reference to the film, Film/OnMoonlightBay, [[ArtisticLicenseHistory ''Film/OnMoonlightBay'', which actually came out [[[[ArtisticLicenseHistory a year after later than when the play is set.]]
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* FriendshipSong: ''Pals'' is a song all about the benefits of female friendship.

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* FriendshipSong: ''Pals'' is a song all about the benefits of female friendship.friendship.
* SomewhereSong: ''A House in Drumchapel'', where Doreen sings about her hopes for a new life in a brand new council house in Drumchapel.
* ShoutOut: The TV adaptation opens with Look at That Girl by Guy Mitchell on the soundtrack.
** Doreen's idea of what life in Drumchapel will be like is apparently based on "a picture called ''[[Film/OnMoonlightBay Moonlight Bay]]''." Presumably this is a reference to the film, Film/OnMoonlightBay, [[ArtisticLicenseHistory which actually came out a year after the play is set.]]
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1987 play by Tony Roper set in a Glasgow steamie on [[UsefulNotes/ScottishEnglish/Hogmanay]] 1950.

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1987 play by Tony Roper set in a Glasgow steamie on [[UsefulNotes/ScottishEnglish/Hogmanay]] [[UsefulNotes/ScottishEnglish Hogmanay]] 1950.
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1987 play by Tony Roper set in a Glasgow steamie on [[UsefulNotes/ScottishEnglish/Hogmanay]] 1950.

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* FriendshipSong: ''Pals'' is a song all about the benefits of female friendship.

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