Village race row over 'politically incorrect' pub whose sign shows white couple washing black child

A village pub may change its name after becoming embroiled in a race row over their sign which shows a black boy being scrubbed in the bath - by a white couple.

The Labour in Vain, in Yarnfield, Staffordshire, was deemed politically incorrect by council equality chiefs who previously asked the traditional boozer to take their sign down.

But now a brewery taking over the 166-year-old pub are considering changing the name as well - over fears that could be considered racist too.

A row has since broken out with residents who believe the historic country pub should keep the title it was first given in the mid-19th century.

Regular Jimmy Cawdell, 56, said: "If it goes ahead, which we're sure it will, it will be political correctness gone mad.

"We are too upset about offending people these days, even if it means sacrificing our pub heritage.

"Everybody is outraged. There is not one person who uses this pub that thinks the name or the sign is racist.

"It should stay as it is because the pub is an integral part of the village's history."

Local John Rogers, 80, added: It has been called the Labour In Vain for more than 100 years.

I hope the people in the village boycott a new name, I really do."

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Village race row over 'politically incorrect' pub whose sign shows white couple washing black child