NEWS

Our branch was 50 years old in 2024. Back in the day (1980-1989) the branch produced a local newsletter named unsurprisingly enough, Pigs Ear. Here is the Nov/Dec 1981 edition. One from Feb 85. But before that Bas Clarke produced the East London Newsletter. Here is the first volume from December 1976, Volume 3 and Volume 6. Volume 7 , Volume 10, Volume 13 , Volume 14 , Volume 15 , Volume 17, Volume 18 , Volume 19 and Volume 20.

Photograph a pub.

What do the following pub/bars have in common?, Bistrotheque, 23–27 Wadeson Street, E2 9DR, Gantry ,40 Celebration Avenue, E20 1DB, Bourbon, 387 Roman Road E3 5QR, 40ft Brewery Tap Bootyard, Abbott Street E8 3DP, Beer Merchants Tap, 99 Wallis Road E9 5LN. None have a picture on Whatpub. If you can help please send us your photograph. A list of all the pubs is here. A map with all the pubs plotted on them is here. Brewery History Society Website. The latest London Drinker is available here. CAMRA London Pubs Guide. London Beer & Pub Guide.

Beer Barrels and Brewhouses Publication on

forgotten East End breweries. See here. PDF

here.

Do you know of any clubs not on this list?

ABOUT CAMRA

CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale is an independent, voluntary organisation once (Dec 2019) with 192,289 members campaigning for real ale, community pubs and consumer rights. Down (Dec 2023) to a seven-year low of 150,728 possibly due to the pandemic without beer festivals for renewals/new members.. But it could be that now members have been deprived of a monthly What’s Brewing paper and can only view information online that they find it no longer value for money? CAMRA acts as the champion for beer drinkers and pub-goers on issues ranging from protecting pubs from closing down, keeping the lid on the price of a pint and ensuring there is fair competition in the beer and pubs market. CAMRA supports well-run pubs as the centres of community life and believe their continued existence play a critical social role in UK culture.

WELCOME

Branch events

Thursday August 28 8pm Pub Of the Year Presentation, Ye Olde Mitre, 1 Ely Court, Ely Place EC1N 6SJ Wednesday September 3 7:30pm Pigs Ear Planning Meeting, Golden Fleece, 166 Capel Rd, E12 5DB. Wednesday September 9 8pm Branch Meeting, Holly Tree, 141 Dames Road, E7 0DZ Tuesday September 23 7:30pm Pigs Ear Planning Meeting, Olde Rose & Crown. 53 Hoe Street, E17 4SA Roberts Ramble in Winchester. 6 Sept 2025. We will meet outside Winchester Railway Station (town centre exit) by 12.15. We will then take a two-minute walk to our first pub, The Albion, 2 Stockbridge Rd, Winchester SO23 7BZ. This pub is run by Hop Back Brewery and normally has four or five real ales on. Any latecomers will be able to join us there. The next leg will be a 20 minutes walk. We will walk down to Winchester High Street, go past the front of Winchester Cathedral, through Inner Close and its lovely old buildings to arrive at the GBG listed The Wykeham Arms, 75 Kingsgate St, Winchester SO23 9PE. This Grade II listed Fuller’s pub normally has four or five real ales available. The next stage will be a seven minute walk. We walk down Kingsgate Road to The Queen Inn, 28 Kingsgate Rd, Winchester SO23 9PG. This GBG listed pub has its own microbrewery. It normally has around eight real ales available. We will then do a 15 minute walk to the medieval buildings of St Cross Hospital that function as almshouses. The Grade II listed The Bell Inn, 83 St Cross Rd, Winchester SO23 9RE is close by. It serves a selection of real ales from the Greene King range. We will decide as a group on the day whether to visit this pub. The next leg will be around a 25 minute walk. We will walk through the Water Meadows alongside a chalk stream of the River Itchen back into Winchester. We will then visit the Grade II listed The Black Boy, 1 Wharf Hill, Winchester SO23 9NP. This GBG listed pub normally has four real ales available. From here it is a 25 minute walk back to the railway station. There will be an optional visit to another GBG pub a short walk from the station, The Hyde Tavern, 57 Hyde St, Winchester SO23 7DY. This normally has around four real ales available and is also Grade II listed. Apart from the walk between the railway station and the town centre, the ramble will be mainly flat. It is around five miles in length. Please note that the path through the water meadows section can get a little muddy if there has been rain. Winchester is about an hour from London Waterloo on South Western railway. Anyone wishing to make social pub visits or any suggestions or give feedback is welcome to email James Skinner our Social Secretary.

James Watson presenting the ELAC Cider Pub of the Year certificate to Peter from the Chesham Arms.