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 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 17 June 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 JUNE Friday 20 th > The Peter Snell pub crawl Meet at The Albion, 94, Goldsmiths Row, E2 8QY, at 7.00pm then by 7.45pm onto The Dove, Broadway Market, E8 4QJ one of the first London pubs to introduce a comprehensive range of Belgium bottled beers. A good place for a meal (Belgian style). Move to The Pub on the Park, 19, Martello St, E8 3PE arriving at 8.30pm - sporty, loud and in your face but still doing a good range of traditional beers. Move to The Chesham, 5 Mehetabel Rd, Hackney, E9 6DU for 9.30 pm - quiet back street local that deserves more customers, a new landlord who would welcome some support. Finishing the evening at The Elderfield, 57, Elderfield Rd, E5 0LF Tuesday 24th P.E. meeting at The Nightingale, Nightingale Lane, E11 JULY Ealing Beer Festival 2nd – 5th Walpole Park, Ealing, London W5 2BY Tuesday 8th GBBF publicity crawl to distribute publicity material, meet at the Coborn Arms, 8 Coborn Rd, E3 2DA Chelmsford Beer Festival 8th – 12th Admirals Park, Rainsford Road, Chelmsford. Saturday 12th Peter Roberts Memorial Ramble Jointly led by Peter Needle and Ron Andrews. Meet at Liverpool Street Station under departures board by 9:40 hrs to enable the purchase of 4 for 2 group save tickets (CDR is £21). Catching the 10:00hrs train arriving at Manningtree Station for 10:58hrs. It is hoped the ramble will be able to take in pubs in East Bergholt, Suffolk and Dedham, Essex returning to Manningtree by the early evening. More information from Ron on 020 8524 4239 Thursday 17th The second GBBF publicity crawl to distribute material, meet The Castle, Furnival St., EC4A 1JS Great British Beer Festival 5th – 9th August at Earls Court Branch mobile 07757772564 will be on all socials. 
THE NEXT LOCAL BEER FESTIVALS FOR JULY ARE EALING, CHELMSFORD, GREENWICH AND KENT2-5 Jul (Wed-Sat) 19th Ealing Beer Festival 5 min walk from Ealing Broadway stn (BR + tube). Buses 65, 83, 207, 297, 607, 112, E1, E2, E7, E8, E9, E10, N23, N207. Free coach/minibus parking-only by prior arrangement with organisers. Coach parties welcome- as long as prebooked. 150+ Real ales, Real Cider + Perry. RAIBs (Bottle conditioned beers), Imported draught + bottled beers. Hot/cold food all sessions. Vegetarians catered for. Families welcome subject to usual requirements. Open 12am-11pm. Non-smoking tents + lots of open spaces. Admission: £3 all sessions (Concession £2 for card-carrying CAMRA membs, OAPs + students with union cards) CAMRA card-carrying membs free before 4pm. New fest glasses for hire/to buy £2 per glass, 100% refunds for undamaged returned glasses at end of sessions. Pub games, membership, products, + other stalls etc. Volunteers always welcome. Starts: July 2 2008 Ends: July 5 2008 Contact: Graham Harrison 07971 547738 grharrison@sky.com Brian Pipe 07736 118448 brp180@yahoo.co.uk Venue Walpole Park Ealing, London W5 2BY  cHELMSFORD Details here Our biggest fest in large marquee. 300+ Real Ales, Cider/Perries, Belgian Beer, local wine, hot/cold food all sessions, inc Real Ale sausages, Leon's vegetarian catering, BBQ / curries. Souvenir glass. Open Noon-11pm every day. Eve live music all days. Family fun day Sat afternoon. Free admission to CAMRA membs all times, non-membs £3 after 6.30pm. For further info, contact Brian Debenham. Starts: July 8 2008 Ends: July 12 2008 Website: www.chelmsfordcamra.org.uk Contact: Brian Debenham 01245 600294 Venue Admirals Park Rainsford Road Chelmsford Directions: 15 mins from Rail/Bus Stns 16-20 Jul (Wed-Sun) 1st Greenwich Beer & Jazz Festival In Assoc with PWR events. Over 70 beers, 25 ciders, many Imported Beer & Country Wines. Live entertainment, including Snake Davis, Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, Gentle Jim McIntosh and the Jazzaholics, Bootleg Blues Brothers, The Conmitments, Boogie Lightening. Quiet area and quality Food. Open : Wed to Sun - 12 noon to 10.30pm. Admission : before 5pm £7.00, Concessions (inc CAMRA members) £6.00. After 5pm £12.50, Concessions (inc CAMRA members) £11.50. Souvenir Glass. This replaces Catford Beer Fest (not taking place this year). Starts: July 16 2008 Ends: July 20 2008 Website: www.greenwichbeerandjazz.com Venue Old Royal Naval College Greenwich SE10 Directions: Short walk from Greenwich Stns 17-19 Jul (Thu-Sat) 34th Kent Beer Festival 130+ Real Beers + Ciders, Foreign Beers. Good food, live music, souvenir glasses, CAMRA shop, family area, parking, pink girlie bar. Basic camping facilities, no booking req'd. Details: Thu 6.30-11 £4; Fri 12-4 free, 6.30-11 £7 (advance tickets essential); Sat 12-9 £4. All sessions (except Fri eve) free entry to card-carrying CAMRA membs. Tickets needed for Fri eve only. Pay on gate for other sess. Free bus shuttle all sessions-starts 15min before each session from Canterbury Bus Stn (nr Canterbury East Rail Stn) + runs about every 15min (30min Thu + Fri lunchtime). Advance tickets (Fri only) avail by post after June 1st from: 42 Orchard St, Canterbury, Kent CT2 8AP. Cheques payable to: CAMRA Kent Beer Festival. Pls send SAE. Tickets also avail from some local pubs (see website). Staff needed, even for few hours, any days from16-20 July. Contact Gill Keay. See website for details of beers/bands/Fri ticket sales. Starts: July 17 2008 Ends: July 19 2008 Website: Kent Details here Contact: Gill Keay 01227 463478 (tel & fax), 07976 431886 gillandgerrykeay@btinternet.com Venue Merton Farm Merton Lane Canterbury CT4 7BA   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. Updated to June 2008.
There are three lists:- Central, East and Essex.
News and Ongoing NewsE17 the Rising Sun, after many months on a refurb has returned as RS Lounge. From Stephen Harris:- Beer availability on date of visits in May 2008. E1 L’Oasis, 237 Mile End Road, E1 Formerly Three Crowns. Timothy Taylor Landlord (served by gravity dispense). La Luna, 436-438 Mile End Road, E1 Formerly Fountain. Most recently trading as La Luna. Pub now re-named 54. Keg beers only. E3 Little Driver, 125 Bow Road, E3 Nicely rejuvenated pub. Adnams Bitter, Broadside. E8 Kings Arms, 18 Kingsland High Street, Dalston, E8 Pub closed and boarded-up. (Pub established before 1636). E11 Sheepwalk, 692 High Road, Leytonstone, E11 Formerly Crown. Keg beers only. Bell, 468 High Road, Leytonstone, E11 Three real ales, selected from: Fullers London Pride, Greene King IPA, Abbot Ale, Adnams Bitter Plough And Harrow, 419 High Road, Leytonstone, E11 Keg beers only. Zulus, 640 High Road, Leytonstone, E11 Formerly Red Lion. Keg beers only. E13 Black Lion, 59 Plaistow High Street, E13 Three or four varying guest beers – favoured breweries include Mighty Oak, Archers and Adnams. Coach & Horses, 100 High Street, Plaistow, E13 Pub closed and boarded-up. (Pub established before 1742). Golden Lion (Bubbles Bar), 343 Barking Road, E13 Keg beers only. Greyhound & Hare, 174 Balaam Street, E13 Now re-named Victoria Island. Now more of a restaurant than a pub. Beer situation unknown. Red House, 299 Barking Road, E13 Formerly Northumberland Arms. Keg beers only. E15 British Lion, 46 West Ham Lane, E15 Pub closed, boarded-up and the site scheduled for redevelopment. (Pub established before 1850). Chevy Chase, 11 Leytonstone Road, Stratford, E15 Formerly the Hope. Keg beers only. King Edward VII, 47 Broadway, Stratford, E15 Formerly King of Prussia. Wells & Young’s Bombardier, Caledonian Deuchars IPA, plus two guest beers (often including Timothy Taylor Landlord and/or Fullers London Pride). Thailander Bar, 7 Leytonstone Road, E15 Formerly Baccus’s Bin. Keg beers only. EC1 Bishop’s Finger, 9-10 West Smithfield, EC1 Formerly Rutland Arms. Smartly refurbished. Shepherd Neame Master Brew, Spitfire, Bishop’s Finger, seasonal beers (currently Early Bird). Crown & Woolpack, 394 St John Street, EC1 Former pub well-restored but now in use as a hairdresser’s salon. (Pub established before 1839). Green Man & Still, 161 White Cross Street, EC1 Also traded as McLoughlins. Former pub nicely restored, but now in use as a coffee bar. (Pub established before 1839). Hand & Shears, 1 Middle Street, EC1 Wells & Young’s Courage Best, Adnams Bitter, Wadworth 6X King of Diamonds, 1 Greville Street, EC1 Timothy Taylor Landlord, Shepherd Neame Spitfire. EC3 Crosse Keys, Gracechurch Street, EC3 In addition to standard Wetherspoon list beers, this pub now promotes a “Brewery of the Week”. Up to six guest beers from a single brewery at any time. Breweries favoured so far include Nethergate, Wooden Hand, Mauldon’s and Welton’s. EC4 Limeburner Bar & Kitchen, 3-4 Limeburner Lane, EC4 Possibly a new pub, I had not come across it before – Limeburner Lane was previously Seacoal Lane. Keg beers only. O’Neil’s, 2-3 New Bridge Street, EC4 Pub acquired by Young’s. Has reverted to the name Albion and undergone an internal refurbishment. Wells & Young’s Bitter, Bombardier, Caledonian Deuchars IPA. from Ben:-All Bar One Charterhouse Street EC1 has closed. I am told that it will be opening as a Gaucho Grill, presumably this lot http://www.gauchorestaurants.co.uk/. I'm not entirely surprised as most of All Bar One's customers left not long after the Fox and Anchor reopened. From 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 April 2008. E1 King’s Stores, 14 Widegate Street, E1 Originally Hoop & Grapes. Greene King IPA, Abbot Ale or Old Speckled Hen, GK seasonal beer E2 Birdcage, 80 Columbia Road, E2 Keg beers only. Carpenters Arms, 73 Cheshire Street, E2 Adnams Bitter, Timothy Taylor Landlord, plus guest beer. Halfway House, 388 Hackney Road, E2 Former pub now in restaurant use. Marksman, 254 Hackney Road, E2 Fullers London Pride, Timothy Taylor Landlord. Owl & Pussycat, 34 Redchurch Street, E2 Formerly Crown. Wadworth 6X, Fullers London Pride, Greene King IPA (plus ocassional guest beers). Royal Oak, 73 Columbia Road, E2 Adnams Bitter, Timothy Taylor Landlord. E11 George, High Street, Wanstead, E11 Marston Pedigree, Wells & Young’s Courage Best, Greene King Abbot Ale, Fullers London Pride, plus guest beers. The core range at this Wetherspoon pub varies from time to time. EC1 Ye Olde Mitre Tavern, Ely Court, E1 Caledonian Deuchars IPA, plus guest beers (usually including Adnams Broadside), plus real cider. EC3 Underwriter, 15 St Mary Axe, EC3 Greene King IPA, Old Speckled Hen, Wells & Young’s Courage Best EC4 Castle, 26 Furnival Street, EC4 House beer (brewed by Nethergate), plus 7 guest beers from small breweries. Coach & Horses, 35 Whitefriars Street, EC4 Formerly Scotch Stores. Greene King Abbot Ale, IPA Crown & Sugarloaf, St Bride’s Lane, EC4 Samuel Smith Old Brewery Bitter Punch Tavern, Fleet Street, EC4 Theakston Best Bitter is the sole beer here these days. St Brides Tavern, 1 Bridewell Place, EC4 Greene King Abbot Ale, IPA 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", see www.mojo-bar.co.uk. 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 2010Your chanch to to contribute or observe those pubs that will appear in the GBG in 2010. The pubs are on this spreadsheet and how to contribute appears in this doc file. Email to contact the co-ordinator. 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.