Villagers buys local pub for £400,000

Name: Villagers buys local pub for £400,000
Uploaded: 2013-01-11T19:52:53.000Z
Duration: 1 min 47 s
Description: Nottinghamshire villagers celebrate the purchase of the only pub in Shelford for £400,000.

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Villagers in Shelford in Nottinghamshire have purchased the only pub in the village after it was threatened with closure.

Some villagers invested up to £10,000 in the Earl of Chesterfield.

Government minister Brandon Lewis has visited the village to see the community experiment first hand.

Nottingham

11 January 2013