Joe The Chainsmith
Broadcast
7th November 1958
© BBC
This BBC documentary follows the day in the life of Joe Mallen, a chainmaker from Cradley Heath near Birmingham. This is a brilliant little timepiece of a bygone era and way of life that doesn’t exist anymore.
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