Phantom Soldiers

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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.

Phantom Soldiers

Media Archive for Central England
Penkridge
1982-02-15
Sound
2m

There's an army massing in the Boat Inn at Penkridge in Staffordshire but the landlord's taking aren't up. John Swallow investigates the strange goings on at the pub that is being over-run by toy soldiers. Just who is the mysterious 'phantom' that is bombarding the pub with this pint-sized collection of soldiers, sailors and pirates?

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