Billy lives with his overly macho father and brother, and their increasingly senile grandmother, and so a major mother figure in his life is absent. Billy is seen slightly as the outcast of the family, being the youngest and still at school he isn't involved in the strikes, or the general workings of the family. The relationship that the father has with the two sons is very different, Tony, Billy's older brother works alongside their father everyday and with the strikes, and they both therefore have the same aim. Despite their money problems Jackie, the father, still puts aside money to send Billy to weekly boxing lessons, not realizing in fact that Billy is being slowly distracted by the nearby ballet classes.…
