A new book charts the history and stories behind some of the pubs run by British-Asian landlords.
BBC News, West Midlands
Growing up in a market town in Bedfordshire, he said he suffered racial abuse during his first pub experiences. The author, of Indian and Malay origin, explained he had not been exposed to much Asian culture growing up, "because my dad and mum brought me up to be very British, and I had a feeling that I might not fit in," he explained."Most of the places I went to in the West Midlands were Punjabi, and I found it really, really empowering to see a landlord with a turban who is really proud and community-orientated," he said.
"If it was a big tournament people would sleep in the local gurdwara, but would be mainly based in the pub. They were hard drinking days."
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