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3. Beartown in Congleton
Episode 3 of 5
Lemn Sissay visits another pub with the Queen's name to meet her affluent subjects who drink at a pub in Cheshire. From 2006.
Lemn Sissay arrives at The Queen's Head in Congletown, Cheshire.
Here he meets a fellow poet and earns of the town's role in severing a monarch's head!
He also discusses race politics in a town that is 99% white.
Continuing his tangential celebration of the Queen's 80th birthday, poet Lemn Sissay meets more of Her Majesty's subjects in pubs that bear her name.
Producer: Philip Sellars
First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in April 2006.
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