Which old b&w movie about the oldest, headstrong, (spinster) daughter of a drunkard shoe maker, marries the bungling incompetent apprentice so as not to stay a spinster. Movie is set in a village in England? The drunk father falls down a shaft in the sidewalk? That's all I remember.
Cheers all.

Try Hobson's Choice (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047094/)