Eight minutes to witness a dying Britain in pint glass form.
A study into Town End Farm Working Men's Club in Sunderland, England. Like all working men's clubs, Town End Farm has struggled in the past decade to compete with the smoking ban, cheap supermarket alcohol and changing cultural attitudes. The film will be look at the reasons the club is in the position it's in, and how the club has shaped its member's lives.
Direction
Patient observation without manufactured drama.
Production
Authentic access to unguarded working-class voices.
Director
Dan Appleby
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Working men's clubs peaked at 4 million members in 1970s Britain; fewer than 2,000 remain today.
The 2007 UK smoking ban was cited by clubs as existential threat—this film quietly observes the aftermath without editorializing.
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