Crooked House

From the collection of

Media Archive for Central England
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.

Crooked House (ATV Today)


The Staffordshire pub where the beer bottles roll uphill and the landlord claims, "You come in drunk and go out sober".

It's pretty obvious looking at the Glynne Arms at Himley why it became known as the Crooked House. Mining subsidence under this seventeenth century pub has left it so wonky that it barely looks like it will stand up. A 'pretty rum place' is the reaction from reporter Peter Green. Landlord Arthur Love has a more down to earth problem: how is he going to hang the wallpaper straight?

It's pretty obvious looking at the Glynne Arms at Himley why it became known as the Crooked House. Mining subsidence under this seventeenth century pub has left it so wonky that it barely looks like it will stand up. A 'pretty rum place' is the reaction from reporter Peter Green. Landlord Arthur Love has a more down to earth problem: how is he going to hang the wallpaper straight?


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