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Old Swinford, The Labour In Vain c.1955
Photo ref: O51013
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Red Hill is one of the pleasantest streets in Stourbridge, created centuries ago by cutting through the red sandstone which outcrops locally. At the bottom of the hill stands this fine pub, still looking much as it did in 1955. One thing has changed - the unpleasant sign which depicted two white women scrubbing a black man has been removed.

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Memories of Old Swinford, The Labour in Vain c1955

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Old Swinford, The Labour In Vain c.1955

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Many years ago, I promised to buy Dad a drink in the "Labour In Vain" public house in Oldswinford, a hostelry that the family has talked about for generations. I had driven past it once before in the 1980s but at that time it was being refurbished and was not open. Our ancestors had left Oldswinford in the 1890s to settle in the South Wales valleys. In 1994 I had the opportunity to fulfil my promise. Dad and ...see more