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Welcome to the The East London & City Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)Use the above navigation bars for the items within this page. The nagivation bars on the left take you to other websites or other pages within this website.
 Pete Roberts was a founder member of the East London and city Branch serving in the posts of Treasurer and Secretary. For over 20 years he organised a ramble through the wilds of Essex. It bacame known as the Roberts Ramble. Pete died in May 2004.  Pictures of the 2007 ramble Diary of social eventsParts of this page were updated 23 April 2008 If you have any pub news don't forget to contact Keith as we might entice our branch to hold a social there! All events start at 8p.m. unless stated April Friday 18th Pub Crawl Meet at The Marksman, 254, Hackney Rd, London, E2 7SJ next stop is The Royal Oak, 73 Columbia Rd, London, E2 7RG if time permits we will visit The Owl & the Pussycat, 34 Redchurch St, London, E2 7DP and finish in The Carpenters Arms, 73 Cheshire Street, E2. May Thursday 8th Presentation of The ELAC Pub of the Year 2008 to Ye Old Mitre, 1 Ely Court, EC1N 6SJ meet 8.00pm presentation 9.00pm Tuesday 13th A.G.M. at the Dispensary, Leman Road, E1 some food will be provided. Friday 23rd Join Vincent on a tour of Hackney hostelries start at the Railway Tavern (Opposite Hackney Central station), followed by the Prince Arthur, 95 Forest Road, onto The Spurstoe Arms, 68, Greenwood Road, then The Globe, 20, Morning Lane and ending the evening at the Pembury Tavern, 88 Amhurst Road. This is a list of milds available at Ye old Mitre during May’s mild month. If you want to know when a specific brew will be available Scottie may be able to help. I hope you all get along and support this impressive commitment to mild month. Brewery Brew Acorn Darkness Arundel Sussex mild B & T Black Dragon mild Bank Top dark mild Beartown Black bear Belhaven 60/- Burton Bridge XL mild Cottage Black prince Dark Star Over the Moon mild Elgood’s black dog mild Elland born to be mild Hanby black magic mild Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde mild Milton menelaus Nethergate Mary’s Mild Oakleaf Maypole mild Pheonix black shadow Roosters black mamba Triple fff pressed rat & warthog Wolf woild moild Wickwar penny back Branch mobile 07757772564 will be on all socials. 
THE NEXT LOCAL BEER FESTIVAL FOR May is FarnhamLink to other festival details 19-24 May (Mon-Sat) 35th Cambridge Beer Festival Cambridge Beer Festival Logo Over 170+ ales, 150 Ciders and perrys, wine and meads. Free soft drinks for designated drivers. Also our famous CAMRA Cheese Counter with cheeses from Great Britain. Details: Non-members £3.50 after 5pm. Saturday all day £2. CAMRA members free all sessions. Opening times: Monday 19th May 5.00pm to 10.30pm, Tues to Friday 11.00am to 3.00pm and 5.00pm to 10.30pm, Saturday 11.00am to 10.30pm Friday night is fancy dress night - cavaliers and wenches!! Want to volunteer? Email Debbie at the email address below or visit our website and volunteer online. Starts: May 19 2007 Ends: May 24 2007 Website: www.cambridgebeerfestival.com Contact: Debbie camfest2008@hotmail.com Venue Jesus Green Victoria Avenue Cambridge Colchester27-31 May (Tue-Sat) 23rd Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival 100+ Real Ales incl seasonal specials, 15 Ciders + Perries, local Wines + Belgian Beer bar. Free soft drinks for drivers. Food avail all sessions, incl Hog Roast. Details: Tue 6-11; Weds-Sat 12-11. Admission £1 until 6.30pm, £2.50 thereafter. Free entry to card-carrying CAMRA membs all times. Accompanied children welcome until 7pm. Music Tues/Sat eve only. Staff req'd all sessions-contact Alan Wareham. Starts: May 27 2008 Ends: May 31 2008 Website: www.colchestercamra.org.uk Contact: Alan Wareham 07817 200764 membership@colchestercamra.org Venue Colchester Arts Centre Colchester  Plan your journey now! Here as well Train and Planes! 
List of pubs? Trace a publican? Rather than use the online beer guide you may wish a list of pubs (why?)
See this file for such a list. Pub names in CAPITALS indicate they serve real ale according to our database. Bars in the main have been ignored. Pubs in lower case should have a comment on them. A list of pubs and bars has been compiled by John Adams.
There are three lists:- Central, East and Essex.
News and Ongoing NewsFrom Terry Locke " the steamboat has 3 beers – last night youngs bitter 2.90 and Green king IPA" think he may mean the Steamship in E14? From Martyn Dawe "Bell E17 The lease is for sale, the property contains in excess of 10 flats, see beerinthe evening web site for current state of pub." From stephen Harris:- Beer availability on date of visits in March 2008. E1 Williams Wine & Ale House, 22 & 24 Artillery Lane, E1 Originally Ship. Greene King IPA, Greene King Abbot Ale or guest beer (e.g. Everards Bitter), Greene King seasonal beer (e.g. GK Ruddles County). Beers are often served by gravity dispense at this pub. E7 Galaxy, 342 Romford Road, Forest Gate, E7 Formerly Freemason’s Tavern and Simpsons. Pub closed. E15 Cart & Horses, 1 Maryland Point, Stratford, E15 Keg beers only. Chevy Chase, 11 Leytonstone Road, Stratford, E15 Formerly the Hope. Keg beers only. King Harold, 116 High Road, Leyton, E15 Keg beers only. Windmill Inn, 49 Waddington Road, E15 Keg beers only. E17 (Ye Olde) Rose & Crown, 55 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, E17 Fullers London Pride, Greene King IPA. Reinstatement of real ale. EC1 Kings Head, 49 Chiswell Street, EC1 Pub closed in February 2008 for conversion to hotel. St Paul’s Tavern, 56 Chiswell Street, EC1 Pub closed and boarded-up. Presumed victim of the same development which has closed the Kings Head. EC3 Pitcher & Piano, 9 The Arches, Crutched Friars, EC3 Keg beers only. EC4 Slug & Lettuce, 25 Bucklersbury, EC4 Pub closed, boarded-up and scheduled for demolition. Tempio Bar & Restaurant, 5-9 Temple Avenue, EC4 Keg beers only in this basement bar. Rumour 1 The currently closed Three Blackbirds E10 will reopen as an Indian restaurant. Rumour 2 from Colin Price is that the also closed White Hart E18 that "according to the local press a planning application has been made to turn it into a champagne bar". From Glyn Thomas, Hounsolw "I thought you might like to know that the King's Head, 49 Chiswell Street, Moorgate will be closing forever on Sunday 24th February". The area of EC4 bounded by Bentleys (Forum Bar-TEMPLE TAVERN-SHEEKEYS) and Deacons is closed for redevelopement and both bars closed. These pub updates from Stephen Harris:- E3 New Globe, 359 Mile End Road, E3 Fullers London Pride, Greene King IPA E5 Anchor & Hope, 15 High Hill Ferry, E5 Fullers London Pride, ESB, plus guest beer. Three Sisters, 35 Queensdown Road, E5 Fullers London Pride. E7 Camden Arms, 70 Field Road, E7 Former pub demolished in January 2008. E8 Dolphin, 165 Mare Street, E8 Keg beers only. E10 Bar Europa, 377 High Road, Leyton. Has re-opened as a pub. Now named Diplomat Bar. Keg beers only. Three Blackbirds, 640 High Road, Leyton, E10 Pub closed and boarded up. E14 Brunswick Arms, 78 Blackwall Lane, Poplar, E14 Former pub now demolished. E15 Latin 1/4, 27 Broadway, Stratford, E15 Formerly Two Puddings. Keg beers only. Ye Olde Black Bull, 13 Broadway, Stratford, E15 Pub pleasantly renovated in traditional style. Reintroduction of real ale: Greene King IPA, Wells/Young’s Bombardier, Caledonian Deuchars IPA. Beer range may vary. Queen’s Head, 5 West Ham Lane, Stratford, E15 Keg beers only. E16 Cundy’s Tavern, 2-4 Connaught Road, E16 Formerly Railway Tavern. Pub closed, boarded-up and near-derelict. E17 Lorne Arms, 64 Queen’s Road, Walthamstow, E17 Pub closed, premises empty. EC4 White Swan, 20 Farringdon Street, EC4 Fullers London Pride, Greene King IPA Frankie Colclough (07896208707) is the new Tenant at The Eleanor Arms E3 5JP and says "We have 2 real ales - Kents Best ans a rotation of Spitfire, Bishops Finger, Early Bird and Sheps One Offs of Special Brews".
CAMRA CALLS FOR CONSUMERS TO “TAKE IT TO THE TOP”
For the first time in its 35 year history, CAMRA has taken
out advertisements in national media in order to let consumers know how to
make a stand against this unfair practice.
www.takeittothetop.co.uk, copies of the petition will be at CAMRA beer festivals across the UK. Petition postcards will be sent out to CAMRA’s 85,000 strong membership nationwide to sign. Mike Benner added: “This is not just a problem that affects real ale drinkers. Lager drinkers and cider drinkers are being short changed too. “It is time the Government met its promise and made sure pub goers get the full pint that they pay for every time. I would urge all beer drinkers that are fed up with being ripped off at the bar to sign CAMRA’s ‘Take it to the top’ petition and help us make a difference.”Good Beer Guide 2009Your chanch to to contribute or observe those pubs that will appear in the GBG in 2009. The pubs are on this spreadsheet and how to contribute appears in this doc file. NewsNews from Mick Regan: The Prince Arthur. (formally Lady Di) Forest Rd, E8 reopened this week. It used to be my local until it closed. It had London Pride on and something else. The people who are running it also own The White Swan EC4, The Well EC1, The Gun E14 and The Empress Of India E9.From Ben:- have just been in to the F&A. (Fox & Anchor EC1) Very nice. Interior is refurbed, but not modernised. The booths are intact. The manager says they took everything apart to clean and then put them back together as they were before. It certainly looks that way. Beers: Sharps coaster in excellent nick nethergate old growler nethergate umbel ale also excellent. fullers pride 2 others I can't remember (sorry!). I'll have to make a return visit. Also there is a good selection of bottles. Lots of St Peter, some Fullers, Wye Valley and some other British and foreign ones. The manager says that Nethergate and Pride will be on permanently. Prices are reasonable for the area - £2.80 for the Umbel. Food - lunch and evening meals available now. They start doing breakfasts from 7 am from Monday (with the old licensing hours). Beer is served in pint tankards or half pint cups. Rooms upstairs start at £98 - pretty reasonable for the City, and you may want to make a note of that for people who want to stay in the area. I would say well worth the visit, both because of the pub and because the beer was marvellous. Of particular note, the temperature was spot on - no freezing here. I will be a regular on my trips down here! Same pub from Les King: Have made a couple recent visits to the Fox & Anchor at 115, Charterhouse Street (EC1)—at the Barbican end of Smithfield Market and about 2 minutes walk form the station. It has been closed for a few months but now re-opened with a good selection of well-kept real ales and a decent pub menu including Chips cooked on Goose Fat. They also have background music which is not too loud and actually worth listening to (I generally prefer none at all). Don’t know if they still do the early morning opening but they were open on Saturday night which they never used to be. Slightly pricey at £2.80-£3 a pint but good service and certainly the nicest pub in this immediate area—The very nice Old Mitre being about 15 minutes walk and not open on Saturday. Well worth a visit Tragic!Borough market is London's oldest market. It was established on the south bank of the Thames when the Romans build the first London Bridge and people have been trading on this site for over 2000 years. it's a beautiful undercover food market and a truly wonderful part of London's history Some bright spark has decided to expand the railway line running through the roof of the market, which will also involve knocking down 23 of the beautiful listed and unlisted buildings in the closely surrounding area. They already have planning permission, but are waiting funding and there is a strong local campaign to put a stop to it. If you know and love the market in its present state, please sign the petition to prevent this from happening. The plans, photographs and the petition are on the following site.SIGN THE PETITONUnfortunately not a lot of people are aware of it so please sign it and pass it on to anyone else you know who loves this great bit of London heritage.. SIGN HERE PLEASE PASS THIS ON!!!!
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A new survey by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has revealed that one in four pints in the UK are served less than 95% full
and this is costing beer drinkers a staggering £481 million every year! CAMRA
has launched a nationwide petition calling for the Government to end
short measures as they promised a decade ago.