Pub life and punters from two very different Yorkshire pubs, one small and local, the other part of a town centre chain.

This film was made by One to One Productions, and like most from the collection, documents contemporary life in the Wakefield area. Filmmaker Judi Alston compares the project with the Mass Observation books started by John Harrison in 1938, "Both recorded the speech and customs of the industrial northern class as if they were studying a lifestyle of some exotic and enchanted tribe." The filmmakers took a deliberate hands-off approach, simply allowing people to speak for themselves without being pushed in any particular direction. Set against the backdrop of the 2000 World Cup, the result is a real feel for pub life in two quite different settings: the Masons Arms in Ackworth, an old village pub built in 1682, and in contrast, the Forehorse and Firkin pub on Wakefield's famous (or notorious) Westgate Run.

Part of the Yorkshire Media Consortium project, this film explores pub life and punters from two very different Yorkshire pubs, one small and local, the other part of a town centre chain.