The Years Between (1946)

Flora Robson: Nanny

Quotes 

• Nanny : Well, you see, food is harder to come by than it was before you went away. She's gone to beg for a chicken.

  Michael Wentworth : Beg for a chicken? Can't we pay for one?

  Nanny : Nowadays it isn't a matter of whether you can pay for a thing or not - It's a matter of whether you're a friend of the butcher's or not, and if you aren't, heaven help you.

• Venning : She's a peach!

  Nanny : Who?

  Venning : Mrs Wentworth.

  Nanny : I suppose you could call her that, yes.

  Venning : I'll say you could. She's a proper eyeful and no mistake. I bet the boys came buzzing around when they thought the guv'nor was gone for good, eh?

• Nanny : There is peace in the world again - starting today. And if you two are any sample of what's going to happen then we might as well have the war again right away. Because we've lost the peace - lost it before its ever started.