The Midget pub in Abingdon is set to reopen on Friday, December 13th, 2024, under a new name: The Roaring Raindrop. The new name pays tribute to the last record-breaking MG car made in Abingdon.
The old name honoured the record-breaking 750cc MG ‘Magic’ Midget cars of the 1930s, produced in Abingdon. It was a clever name as MG appears in both Magic and Midget.
The pub has been closed for a revamp and rebranding following an online petition signed by over 1,000 people who objected to the name ‘The Midget’ which when applied to small people is insulting. The name was changed from ‘The Magic Midget’ to ‘The Midget’ in about 2002.
The address of the pub is The Roaring Raindrop, Midget Close, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
I understand the sensitivities about small people, I really do.
But the pub was named after a car made in Abingdon, not a small person. How about Fat Face shops? What about pubs called the Turk’s Head?
Oh, and by the way, what happens about Midget Close?
Nothing unless someone starts lobbying Vale council.
What about the 5000 signature counter petition?
They should have just added ‘Magic’ back to the name or called it the MG Midget to clarify
they really need to call it ‘ the vehicle of indeterminate size and sexual persuasion ‘
This world is really going pc, the midget on midget close is about a car.
Come on people stop being so god dam sensitive, grow a back bone
“Raindrop” has a modern slang connotation for someone always gloomy and depressed, fed up with life and most likely to stab you.
“I’m offended”.