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I am better! I’m better than this. I’m sick of hearin� how selfish I am, when all I am trying to do is make a better life for myself. I am tryin� my best here, but just I want something more. I mean, what is there to stick around ‘ere for? What have you got? Everyday y� get up at the same time, to get on the same bus to do the same borin� job, you get home at the same time, you sit in the same pub, in the same seat, with the same borin� people, drinkin� the same bloody drinks! Everyday! I hated livin� here so much. Knowin� exactly what was waitin� for me as soon as I walked through that door. You ‘n Dad’d be fightin� an� he’d be bladdered, or y’d be moanin� ‘cause I need to get a proper job, or y’d be whingin� about the washin� up or somethin� else that’s completely trivial! (beat) I just... I want to go to new places, and see different people. People who ‘ave no idea who me dad is, an� where I went to school, an� couldn’t care less about either of those things, because all they’ve got to judge me on is my work! An� I’m good at this. (beat) I just want to make things. Things... that I can mould an� create and be proud of! Just � just something that’s mine! But you wouldn’t understand that would y�? You don’t have anything like that.

Ashton, Michelle. Good Hidings, Messy Dress Productions, 2009.