:38:00
Marie didn't tell me much about you.
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No past, present or future.
That's what you said you wanted.
:38:15
Frankie's letters to his dad.
:38:17
He's been writing them for a few years now.
:38:19
He's a lovely wee writer.
:38:21
Well, you'll see that for yourself.
:38:24
He sends them to a post office box
here in Glasgow,
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and I collect them twice a month
and then I write back.
:38:34
Um, this is one of mine.
:38:39
That's a Scottish postmark.
:38:41
Yeah, I've told him there's a central mail depot,
:38:44
and that all the letters from the ship go there.
:38:46
He doesnae question it.
:38:59
I make it all up. I've been making it up for years.
:39:03
I made up the boat.
:39:04
I saw the name on a stamp.
:39:06
How was I to know
the bloody boat actually existed?
:39:24
That's Frankie,
:39:25
a couple of months before his dad left.
:39:29
And this is him now.
:39:34
Frankie's deaf, but he's a champion lip-reader.
:39:40
How old is he?
:39:42
Nine.
:39:43
And a half.
:39:46
Does he remember what his dad looks like?
:39:48
I don't remember what he looks like.
It's been a while.
:39:53
Does Frankie have any photographs
of his dad?
:39:56
No.
:39:58
You sure?
:39:59
Yes, I'm sure.