VILLAGERS staged a "pop-up pub" to protest over the closing of their last remaining hostelry.
Residents of Findern are angry that their only pub has been sold to a funeral directors.
About 50 people marched through the village on Saturday before meeting in a field to have a drink in protest at the closure of the Wheel Inn pub, which has been shut since April.
Murray's Funeral Directors, in Burton, has purchased the building, saying it wants its business to be nearer to its customers.
But it is a move which has been strongly opposed by villagers, who have already seen another of their pubs and a butcher's close.
The protesters met outside the garden centre before making their way to the field and sitting down to enjoy a drink.
Phil Watts was present at the event and was pleased at the way the day turned out.
The 39-year-old teacher, of Findern, said: "It was very positive and there was lots of laughing and joking.
"It was a nice afternoon, everyone brought their own deck chairs, tables and beers and had a nice time.
"It's just a shame that it will be a one-off."
Mr Watts said the pub's closure had been an annoyance for the village's community, as it was the only place left for people to go out and enjoy a drink.
He said: "It is very inconvenient. The nearest pubs are a 40-minute walk away and there are only buses every hour.
"But there are many of us who will keep this going and try to get the pub back."
Fellow villager Phil Mason is also keen to continue to push to get The Wheel Inn reopened as a pub.
He said: "We are still hopeful.
"We are hoping that common sense will prevail and the community can have an effect."
Mr Mason is prepared to do what he can to make his voice heard.
He said: "To change what has happened is impossible.
"But to make life uncomfortable for them [the funeral directors] is possible.
"Our aim is to disrupt their business so that it is more hassle than it is worth for them."
He was also glad to see lots of old friends at the march, even if the numbers were not as high as he had initially hoped.
"It actually brought people together who haven't seen each other for six to eight months," he added.
"We don't see them at all now unless we bump into them at restaurants and pubs in the surrounding villages."
He is hoping to hold a similar event in the future, but possibly without the march to make it more accessible to Findern's older residents.
He added: "We will continue to fight.
"It is about more than just this one pub. They're closing all over Derbyshire and all over the country."
