It was announced last week that the name of The Midget pub in Abingdon would be changed.
Thousands of people have signed a petition to reverse plans to change the name of a pub after it was labelled "offensive".Since the announcement, a counter petition to restore the pub's name has received the support of 2,600.
The pub had originally been called The Magic Midget when it opened in 1974 after a former land speed world record car produced by MG, but dropped the word Magic in 2002. "Changing the name is not going to stop people from calling it The Midget, and it's not going to stop people using the term in a derogatory way."
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