Derbyshire Pub Sign

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MACE is the strategic lead organisation for screen heritage for the East and West Midlands regions. An independent charity based at University of Lincoln, MACE preserves and makes accessible a collection of more than 100,000 historic moving images representative of the diverse cultures and histories of communities throughout the heart of England from the Lincolnshire coast to the Welsh border.

Derbyshire Pub Sign

Media Archive for Central England
Brassington
1984-06-20
Sound

A different type of miners' dispute in the Derbyshire village with no working mines.

When the brewery Marston's replaced the sign on The Miners Arms pub in the Derbyshire village of Brassington with an image of a coal miner, little did they know it would be seen as erasing an important piece of local history. For, as reporter Nick Franklin finds out, this was never a coal mining area but the heartland of the county's ancient lead mining industry, memories of which were kept alive by some of The Miners Arms' older drinkers.

Controversy at The Miners Arms at Brassington in Derbyshire, where the pub's sign depicts a coal miner in an area that was famed for mining lead.

The Great Midlands Pub Crawl

An opportunity to explore the pub culture of of the Midlands without being tempted to damage your liver.

The Midlands - famed for its hostelries and home to many a brewing giant. The beer industry has been part of life here for hundreds of years: at its height, in the 19th Century, Burton-on-Trent alone boasted over 30 breweries and the town supplied a quarter of all the beer drunk in England. This collection takes us a little closer to the present day with a peek at the pub culture of the 1980s – how might it have felt to sit in a Midlands' pub 40 years ago? Though the physical structure of a public house is important, its atmosphere relies on the characters who drink there – in these films you will meet some of the individuals who make a pub special - a woman who has been drinking in the same bar for 76 years; a landlord who sings to his beer; a duck… The history is rich in these parts - from the masters of malt in Burton and Birmingham, to the top taverns of Nottingham and Mansfield, it’ll be a long time till last orders are called. Anyone fancy a pint?

9 videos in this collection

Cider from Much Marcle

Much Marcle
1982-11-18