A film by Phoebe and Roger Wagner. https://vimeo.com/925880528

Pubs across Croydon have been boarded up, abandoned and left to be empty. Phoebe remembers growing up in them. Roger (her Dad) (CAMRA member and member of the 'Save the Glamorgan' campaign) remembers playing music in them since the early 90s. Together they go on a pub crawl across Croydon asking 3 questions: “What happened in these pubs, what are they now and what could they become?”

The film was compiled through interviews and workshops, see their exploration of the music, stories and sounds that populate(d) these pubs.

This film premiered at a screening and manifesto workshop. With beer and chats after, we created a manifesto zine to establish our hopes for our local to hold the council accountable. This will be sent to council members, landlords and key influencers in the legacy of these buildings, with hopes to make them (pub)lic houses again.

‘(Pub)lic House’ was one of the artist projects within Turf Projects’ latest commission series Desire Paths, as part of This Is Croydon, London Borough of Culture 2023.