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Derbyshire Times

We meet the team at Chesterfield's Crown and Cushion and what makes the town centre pub so special

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00:00 [Music]

00:08 Pubs have been a cornerstone of our local communities for centuries,

00:11 offering a place for people to meet together and socialise,

00:14 as well as providing thousands of jobs and a cornerstone of the local economy.

00:18 Here we go behind the bar to meet the people who run our pubs

00:21 and say why it's important for you to love your pub.

00:24 Could you introduce yourselves?

00:25 I'm Diane. I'm Jill. We're the manager of the Crown & Cushion.

00:30 How long have you been here?

00:32 We've been in the Crown & Cushion since September last year.

00:37 Have you worked anywhere else? How long have you been in the industry?

00:40 I've been in the industry 30 years.

00:42 And I've been in it about 30 years on and off.

00:45 Any other pubs you've been in locally?

00:47 Not locally. Not locally.

00:49 Last pub we had was a horse and jockey and stuff pub.

00:52 Do you know anything about the pub, any history?

00:55 What, this one?

00:58 This one, it's like, we call it Joplin's before the Crown & Cushion.

01:03 It's a swingers place.

01:06 Two and sixpence on the bottom of the shoe, etc.

01:10 What's the favourite drink at the moment?

01:12 Fosters and John Smith's.

01:16 What other beers do you have, or what drink?

01:19 Cruz Campo, Guinness, Truffle Dark, Beer Meretic.

01:26 Gins, Vodka, Brandy, Southern Comfort.

01:35 Just your normal, what any pub would sell.

01:37 Your Corky's, your Sambuca.

01:40 What do you think makes this pub different?

01:44 I think it's the management, to be fair.

01:46 The humour, that we have a band to ourselves and the customers we get on.

01:54 And they keep coming back because they like it.

01:57 It's a meeting place, it always has been for the regulars.

02:01 Have you got any events planned at the pub?

02:03 We've got live entertainers coming, we do karaoke, we do a lot.

02:09 Loud and Proud night, we do Open Mic night.

02:12 Have there been any fun moments you can remember since you took over?

02:18 It's just been all work, work, work.

02:21 We have a laugh.

02:23 We have a laugh with our workmates, our team.

02:26 It's a good team, good strong team.

02:30 We have a laugh with our punters, our customers.

02:35 And just chatting along, we've got raffles going and we're all mucking in.

02:41 So yeah, it should be a good year this year, right?

Love your local - The Crown and Cushion in Chesterfield

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