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Lunesdale Country PubsPart Four: Overton & Snatchems

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ChairmanMichael Dillon

Branch SecretaryMartin Sherlocke: secretary@lunesdalecamra.org.ukTel 01524 66131

TreasurerJohn Slinger

Lunesdale Drinker EditorCliff Lainee: editor@lunesdalecamra.org.ukTel 07810 507602 (from where a postal address can be provided)

Enquiries: drinker@lunesdalecamra.org.ukThe Editor reserves the right to amend or shorten contributions for publication.All editorial copyright © Lunesdale CAMRA 2014.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in articles are those of individual contributors and are not necessarily the views of the Lunesdale Branch, The Campaign for Real Ale Ltd. Lunesdale CAMRA accepts no liability in relation to the accuracy of advertisements; readers must rely on their own enquiries. It should also be noted that acceptance of an advertisement in this publication should not be deemed an endorsement of quality by Lunesdale CAMRA.

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For some time before I took the job over, this magazine had been edited by

Julian Holt. Julian passed away on 13th May and since that time the many ways in which people knew and loved Julian have become apparent. At the Borough on Saturday 31st May, his friends and members of his family read from his own work – he was a widely published writer – and some of that which he enjoyed, before all present were invited to share short memories or reminiscences of Julian.

The room was adorned with photographs, certifi cates and other items, from all stages of his life, the most touching of which, for me, were letters from former primary school pupils of Julian thanking him for the inspiring way in which he taught literature and nutured the natural curiosity and intelligence of young people.

Throughout his adult life Julian was a committed socialist, and put a great deal of effort in the struggles with which he particularly identifi ed – even to the extent of spending a short time in prison after

being arrested during an event to support the people of Palestine.

Julian had an energy and optimism far in excess of most people, which he combined with a charismatic joie de vivre which energised our branch of CAMRA for many years. Indefatigably herding us together for all manner of brewery and pub trips, social events, fi lm nights, Christmas dinners, get-togethers with neighbouring branches, and his famous mystery tours, he was never anything than the perfect host, hiding from us the hours of organisational effort, the cajoling and persuasion and negotiation, that lay behind our night’s enjoyment. On top of this he managed to contribute a large number number of interviews and reviews for this magazine, which he was central to reviving after a period in which it strugged for viability and was instrumental in negotiating the current arrangementwith our publishers. The Branch owes him an enormous debt.

EDITOR’S COLUMNCliff Laine

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T h i n k i n g of what a n e c d o t e to take to the informal ce lebrat ion of his life at the Borough, I remembered when Julian was involved in inciting my then

girlfriend to a criminal act. My birthday approached, and I had been chunnering on for months about the lack of straight pint glasses in the house. We all have our favoured style of glass, and to me, beer’s beautiful appearance is best appreciated in the clean lines of a straight glass. Unknown to me, Joanna asked Julian where he got his straight glasses from. “Oh I just steal them from time to time from a pub that uses them,” was Julian’s somewhat surprising response. I learnt later that Joanna, whose wildest idea of reckless anti-authoritarian behaviour is to pinch a sachet of horseradish sauce from the cafe in M&S, did indeed divert a couple of glasses into her handbag, thus ensuring that for many months we were both handling stolen goods with each pint we drank.

The last email I received from Julian was characteristically self-deprecating, making light of his health problems with

his usual unshakeable humour, and not a trace of a moan or complaint. He will be greatly missed by all of us, and our thoughts and condolences are with Sue and the family. But Julian, I am sure, would be impatient with any sadness in our recollections, and would much rather see us raising a glass of ale to his memory, in one of the institutions he loved best, one that he spent decades supporting and defending – by drinking in it mainly – the great British pub.

This is the last Lunesdale Drinker before our sandgrown’un Beer Festival in Morecambe which runs this year from Thursday 14th – Saturday 16th August in the Winter Gardens. There are more details elsewhere in this issue but I can’t stress enough how much offers of help – even a few hours – would be appreciated by the organisers. George Palmer on georgepalmer@talktalk.net or Anne Stewardson on lunesdalecamra@gmail.com can point you in any direction your talents lie.

I would also be most grateful to receive your reports of the festival for the next edition of the Drinker. I’ll be in France at that time, making a well-intentioned pig’s ear of talking to Breton cidermakers in pursuit of my fantasy of setting up a Wales and West v Brittany and Normandy home and return cider play-off.

Cliff LaineEditor, editor@lunesdalecamra.org.uk

JULY• Tuesday 8 : 7.15pm : Branch Meeting, George & Dragon (Wray). • Sunday 27 : Hike & Pint to Yorkshire. Catch bus 832 at 0915 from Lancaster Bus Station

AUGUST• Thursday 14 - Saturday 16 : Morecambe Beer Festival, Winter Gardens, Marine Road Central (Promenade) LA4 4BU.

• Thursday 21 : 8pm : Branch Meeting, Wagon & Horses (Lancaster)

FUTURE EVENTS

For further information visitwww.lunesdalecamra.org.uk

Former Editor Julian Holt was committed to the success of this magazine, and with his keen eye for detail, a passion for perfection and sincere probity, he has left a valued publication that the Lunesdale Branch, the Campaign for Real Ale and all involved can be immensely proud of.

Julian’s clear vision for the Lunesdale Drinker and his willingness to adapt were two of the many reasons why the new magazine was so well received.

His personal support to Capital Media will never be forgotten, nor will his wit, intelligence and kindness at every stage we worked with him.

Stuart Graham - Director, Capital Media

PUBLISHER’S NOTE

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As anticipated in the last issue not all of the branch committee posts have

been filled with the result I have taken on the position of Membership Secretary on hopefully a temporary basis. So again can I ask all CAMRA members to consider if they can spare a few hours a month and become more active in the branch. If you can please email me direct at lunesdalecamra@gmail.com.

By the time you read this the Morecambe Beer Festival on 14-16 August will be fast approaching and helpers will be needed if it is going to be a success. If you have any time to spare and would like to help make this a success please email me as above. It was a great pleasure to present the 2014 Lunesdale CAMRA Pub Of The Year award to Hannah of The Borough in a small ceremony at the

Borough in May. A well deserved award for one of our consistently good pubs. Finally a reminder to keep up scoring beers and recording on What Pub. From the latest figures more of our members are scoring the beers they drink and it is important to do this as the information provided on the beer quality in our pubs will be used to help determine entries in the 2016 Good Beer Guide. If you haven’t done it yet log into the CAMRA website, go to My CAMRA and What Pub. And a final finally! I hope to see you, members and non-members at the Morecambe Beer Festival in August.

Happy Drinking

Michael DillonChairman

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Overton has an hourly Stagecoach bus service 5 from Carnforth, which runs

through Morecambe and Heysham. The village of Overton has an olde-worlde air and consists largely of stone-built whitewashed cottages of 18th century date, but some are much older. There are some interesting walks, one of which is to walk over the fi elds to Middleton, although sadly the Roof Tree is closed and looking very neglected .

Another walk passes St.Helens church, which dates back to the 12th century, although rebuilt in 1771 and 1830, continuing to Bazil Point and back along the shoreline. Another walk or drive is to

Sunderland Point, but beware the road is tidal. Sunderland was an ancient port, which went into decline when Glasson Dock was built in 1787. A visit to Sambo’s grave is a highlight of a visit. Sunderland later became a popular sea-bathing resort, served by the Ship Inn and a Temperance Hotel, both long closed.

Overton has two pubs, both of which used to be Yates & Jackson pubs. The Globe Hotel, now a Mitchell’s pub, is run by Lorraine McCulloch and dates back to the 1600s. It opens 12-2.30 and 5-11 (Saturday and Sunday 12-12), and there are plenty of tables in the conservatory serving food 12-2.30 & 5-8 (weekends 12-

8.30). York Guzzler is the regular beer.

The Ship Hotel, now a Thwaites house, is open 12-12, and is a cosy family pub. It almost feels as though it’s stuck in a time warp, and one still expects to see old “Ma Maclusklie” sat in a corner, ‘Ma’ ran the pub for 43 years until her death in 1977. The Ship dates back to the 17th century, starting off as two cottages, but developed as a public house in Victorian

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days. The Ship still has its famous collection of birds eggs. Cynthia and Geoff have run the pub since 1994. The regular beer is Thwaites Original.

Early 19th century directories record a further pub in Overton, the Wheat Sheaf.

Continuing back along the old road to Lancaster, you come to the Golden Ball at Snatchems. There has been an inn on this site since 1650, maybe serving a ferry over the River Lune, but the present building dates from c1710, with an extension in 1790. It was a Mitchells pub from 1910 until it closed in 2010, but it was purchased and reopened by Stephen Hunt in 2011, with a dining room extension opened in March 2012. Open 10-11.30 (Sundays 10-10.30), food is available from 10-8. The regular beer is Black Sheep with guest beers. Worth a visit, but beware, some high tides cover the road. You can continue your walk by the path along the river to Morecambe Road from where buses may be had back to Lancaster.

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The Lunesdale branch of CAMRA recently presented its Quality Pub Award

for 2014 to the Borough in Lancaster. This award is made just once a year

to a pub which has scored highly, after careful inspections by local members, in a number of categories, of which beer is the most important, of course.

Branch chairman Michael Dillon presented the award to owner Hannah Horner in front of CAMRA members and pub staff. He said, “This is a well-deserved award. This pub has always been popular with CAMRA members. The most important feature by which it is judged, the beer, has travelled all of about 100 yards to the pump, and is very popular with locals and visitors alike. A busy programme of entertainment, a constantly changing food menu, and deals with local theatres, mean that the pub is not a one-trick pony and is constantly looking for ways to bring in new audiences. This can only be of benefi t all round and encourage people to try real ale.”

Hannah Horner thanked Michael and referred to the pub’s brewery, opened in 2013, which she said “enhanced the pub”; paid tribute to James Holden, bar manager for the past year, who looks after the beer; and talked about the imminent opening of letting bedrooms following the conversion of the adjoining property and renovation of the buildings to the rear of

the main pub.CAMRA members enjoy a whopping

whole pound off every pint of real ale in the Borough, making it one of the keenest discount schemes in the branch area.

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I wrote last issue that an increasing number of pubs are being sold. This trend

has continued: it is getting increasingly diffi cult to keep up with all the changes. Apologies for any omissions. Let us know and it will get into the next issue.

Mitchells our local company (for now) are not holding back in this area. Curiously, it’s a different story depending on where the pub is. Urban pubs are being turned into housing in short order, while ones in the country are sold as going concerns. The latest victim in the former category is the Greaves (Lancaster). Next for the chop (according to my information) is the Bowerham up the hill, although it’s still trading normally as I write. Meanwhile the Fleece (Dolphinholme) has been sold to former licensees Kim and John, who have come back to this pub for the second time. They say “Beer will be back to standard and feature many micro-breweries”.

Other pubs sold recently include the Farmers Arms (Garstang), which traded last year as the Bell & Bottle. This has for many years been keg-only or a pure restaurant, but it has now been acquired by the former licensee of the nearby King’s Arms, who has quite rationally escaped the clutches of a pubco, and he has installed four cask ales. Defi nitely worth a look if you’re in the area.

Thwaites (who should now be counted as a pubco as all their beer is being b r e w e d by other b r e w e r s ) are joining the selling wave too with the Punch Bowl (Burton-in-Lonsdale). The local parish council have had it declared an Asset of Community Value. Villagers are reportedly trying to buy it. Guide price £275 000.

The Nag’s Head (Lancaster) has not been sold, but it has been re-vamped and renamed the Study Room and according to the new licensee, two of the four cask ales now on sale are free of tie. There is also a CAMRA discount.

In Morecambe, the Broadway has closed for the last time, while the Morecambe is being extensively refurbished. The idea apparently is to move it upmarket.

Finally, a rumour has reached my ears that Lancaster may soon join the growing list of railway stations where an old station building has been converted into a bar, selling real ale of course.

Compiled by Martin Sherlock

BREWERY & PUB NEWS

PUBS WITH CAMRA DISCOUNT

MORECAMBE• Kings Arms (LA4 4BJ) - 20% Off• York (LA4 5QH) - All cask ales @ £2 a pintGARSTANG• Wheatsheaf (PR3 1EL) - 20p off a pintGALGATE• Plough (LA2 0LQ) - 40p off a pint

This list is believed to be accurate, but may of course change without notice. Some pubs don’t give discount on half pints. Email any errors or omissions to editor@lunesdalecamra.org.uk

LANCASTER• Bobbin (LA1 1HH) - 10p off a pint• The Borough (LA1 1PP) - £1 off a pint• Fibber McGee’s (LA1 1UP) - 30p off a pint• Greaves Park (LA1 3AH) - 30p off a pint• Lord Ashton (LA1 1NY) - 20% Off• Merchants (LA1 1YN) - 10p off a pint• Penny Bank (LA1 1XF) - 10p off a pint• Penny Street Bridge (LA1 1XT) - 30p off a pint• Robert Gillow (LA1 1HP) - 10% Off• Study Room (LA1 1LH) - 10% Off• Tap House (LA1 1UH) - 10% Off• Three Mariners (LA1 1EE) - 10p off a pint

LANCASTER Continued• Water Witch (LA1 1SU) - 30p Off• White Cross (LA1 4XT) - 10p Off

Members need to be in possession of a current valid CAMRA membership card to claim the discount.

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So it’s the manic time of year again, when the preparation for the

forthcoming Beer Festival is full steam ahead.

The Winter Gardens is booked (thankfully... didn’t fancy hosting the beer fest on the beach outside!) We are currently finalising advertising and sponsorship (anyone who has money to throw at us... Please feel free!) The beer and cider selection has been finalised (lucky you, you’ll have something to drink!).

The main job left is to find and recruit our wonderful volunteers. Without them, everybody would be sharing warm beer, straight from the cask through a straw, most likely on the beach, in the rain... smelling traffic fumes... (how thick can I lay it on?).

We have a wonderful group of volunteers that have helped set up and run the festival for the last 2 years, however, as we are growing year on year, we need to add to our team. If you feel you have a few hours of your time that you can donate to us, please come along and join the fun! We are looking for people who can help with the set-up and take-down, as well as serving beer and front of house. Training will be given for all jobs so don’t worry if you have never pulled a pint before, we’ll soon get you pouring like a pro!

Admission is a bargain £2 for CAMRA members and for non-members it’s £4. There’ll also be a refundable glass and tokens to exchange over the bar.

If you are interested in helping at any time between Monday 11th August to Sunday 17th August please contact us on lunesdalecamra@gmail.com. The festival itself will be open from 5pm Thursday 14th August to Saturday 16th at 11pm.

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A rainy day on the Fylde coast with a busty wench from North Wales. What

more could a boy want?

LYTHAM We couldn’t fi nd the museum where

the exhibition was supposed to be, so gave up on it, and instead, I annoyed the owner of the town’s chippy by questioning his method of cooking chips. They parboil them, then fry them. Result: claggy, pale, limp chips that all stick together and have the consistency of baby food.

Then a few pints in The Taps -- what a superb pub that is, made a great deal better by Kitty turning up for a couple of creme de menthe’s. I had top notch Butter Bump from Acorn in Barnsley at 2.65.

Lytham is a place where the people walk around with the air of those convinced that they are more stylish than they are: men in pink shirts and plum-coloured jumpers with small, high V-necks; posh jeans and those beige shoes that seem always to curl up slightly towards the toes; fortysomething women in very tight white trousers and black high heels.

As the conversation drifted around to the customary topics – useless boyfriends and unsatifactory congress – we allowed the table next to us a bit of discreet eavesdropping. The man next to us, tilting his head slightly to hear a beautiful girl like Kitty talking about sex, is probably going to have the shakes this evening when he’s pouring a G&T for the Brigadier and his wife at the Bridge Club.

At Preston station I successfully bored the girl serving by telling her that this used to be our railway mess room and that there used to be Bass on tap, because girls in their early twenties are fascinated by the history of the room in which they being paid the minimum wage, and in old beers formerly available in railway stations.

SCARISBRICK I spent a few hours with

The Welsh Rarebit delivering Labour Party election leafl ets, jumping out of her car and haring up pathways and drives, in villages without a centre in the uPvC’d fl atlands of rural West Lancashire. When possible, I fi lched the Conservative party’s

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Tadeusz Szczepanski continues his efforts to evade his creditors by holing up in distant pubs with dishevelled women of unknown provenance

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leaflets out of the letterboxes and threw them away. The leaflet I was delivering contained an article, illustrated with a picture of Ed Miliband in his anonymising suit, pointing upwards somewhere, to make him look authoritative I suppose, about how Labour will “make work pay”. What about making idleness pay? When you read the detail, it amounts to some trivial change in tax relief. And to think, this is a party which, in living memory, advocated the common ownership of the means of production.

It was hot and tiring work, for a party I don’t support, but our task done, we repaired somewhat against hope, at 3pm on a weekday afternoon, to the Heaton’s Bridge. It had a still, contented, dust-calmed air. We were greeted with schwas and slight nods.

At the bar, the talk is of drainage and potatoes. I ordered a pint of Black Cat. “That’s mild,” you know, I was warned. I told them that I gather that Moorhouses decided to remove the word “mild” from the label, because it was hindering sales. I wish I hadn’t. Mid-sentence, I couldn’t recall my words. I heard myself, a clever dick bringing enlightenment to the locals.

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Julian joined Lunesdale CAMRA in 1995. He was obviously fond of his real ale

and appreciated all styles, though he always had a soft spot for the wares of Shepherd Neame, with whose beers he served his apprenticeship.

He became social secretary and organised a lot of events including many successful brewery trips, planned to the smallest detail and delivered with the precision of a teacher on a class day out. He was heavily involved in the Lunesdale drinker contributing to most, if not all issues and acting as editor for most of its existence. He also, single handed, set up our annual Dark and Winter Ales festival.

He was the Brewery Liaison Officer for Brysons during its existence, and latterly

for Cross Bay. His passion for brewing high quality beers at home enabled him to converse with the brewers on an equal basis.

He truly added to CAMRA and the Lunesdale branch in particular.

Julian was a big man, physically, intellectually and in personality. He was an accomplished and prize winning author, a musician, a lifelong communist, devoted family man and a loyal and dear friend to so many. In later years he was plagued by ill health, a consequence of his Marfan’s Syndrome, which finally claimed his life.

Julian death leaves so many of us with a hole in our lives, lives which were made richer by his friendship.

Julian first came into the Lunesdale CAMRA orbit in 1995. He was running trips visiting breweries with people he knew, mainly his pupils in adult education classes. Seeing the success he made of this we invited him to become our social secretary which he did with great panache. But he soon identified various gaps in what we did and proceeded to fill them as well.

For a decade, Julian was somewhere at the heart of all the attempts we made to engage the public. He didn’t start Lunesdale Drinker, but contributed to all its issues (I think), and was its editor for most of its existence so far, taking it from

a rather shaky start to one of our reliable mainstays.

His greatest single achievement was perhaps our annual Dark & Winter Ales Festival, which he devised, set up and ran for three years, if not single-handedly, then certainly taking the lion’s share of the organisational burden.

An obituary & appreciation George Palmer

Martin Sherlock writes

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looking for a home.

If anyone is interested please contact George on 01524 852150. Help and advice given if required.

Proceeds of the sale will be donated to the Marfan Association.

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Your Name: Membership No.:

Date Pub Name Place Name Brewery Beer Score Comment

0: no cask ale; 1: Poor; 2: Average; 3: Good; 4: Very Good; 5: Perfect Half-scores may be submitted if desired.

If you can never make our BRANCH Meetings, there are still plenty of things

you can do for CAMRA. Here are two:

SCORE BEERS The main problem here is remembering

to do it Log in to CAMRA’s online pub guide, WhatPub (www.whatpub.com), using your membership number and the same password that you use to enter the CAMRA national website. Search for the pub and enter a score for each beer that you drank. If you can’t get online, use the form below to score (or any piece of paper with the same information) and send it to the address above.

One score per pub per member per month is adequate. Please submit scores for every kind of premises, not just ‘good’ pubs.

DELIVER THIS MAGAZINE This particularly applies to members

living in remoter rural areas. Just go to the White Cross in Lancaster and ask for some Lunesdale Drinkers. Then leave them in a pub, club, shop or anywhere the public can pick them up. No special authority or permission from us is required to do this, but if you want to do it regularly, contact secretary@lunesdalecamra.org.uk (or 22 Cumberland View, LA1 4AB) and you will be told when the new issues come out. About two dozen copies is a reasonable number for the average pub. If you don’t get to the White Cross often (or at all), we will try to arrange a convenient pick-up point for you.

BEER SCORING FORM

Contact secretary@lunesdalecamra.org.uk

THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP CAMRA

Call 01524 220 230or visit www.lunesdaledrinker.com

Reach 6000+ real ale drinkersand pubgoersThe Lunesdale Drinker is the only local magazine to reach more than 6000 discerning real ale drinkers and pubgoers in North Lancashire. Best of all, advertising costs as little as £3.45 per week.

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• This Guarantee is offered by all banks and building societies that accept instructions to pay by Direct Debits.

• If there are any changes to the amount, date or frequency of your Direct Debit The Campaign for Real Ale Ltd. will notify you 10 working days in advance of your account being debited or as otherwise agreed.

• If you request The Campaign for Real Ale Ltd. to collect a payment, confirmation of the amount and date will be given to you at the time of the request.

• If an error is made in the payment of your Direct Debit by The Campaign for Real Ale Ltd. or your bank or building society, you are entitled to a full and immediate refund of the amount paid from your bank or building society.

- If you receive a refund you are not entitled to, you must pay it back when The Campaign For Real Ale Ltd. asks you to.

• You can cancel a Direct Debit at any time by simply contacting your bank or building society. Written confirmation may be required. Please also notify us.

Join CAMRA TodayComplete the Direct Debit form and you will receive 15 months membership for the price of 12 and a fantastic discount on your membership subscription.Alternatively you can send a cheque payable to CAMRA Ltd. with your completed form, visit www.camra.org.uk/joinus or call 01727 867201. All forms should be addressed to Membership Department, CAMRA, 230 Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 4LW.

Instructions to your Bank or Building Society

Please pay Campaign For Real Ale Limited Direct Debits from the account detailed on this instruction subject to the safeguards assured by the Direct Debit Guarantee. I understand that this instruction may remain with Campaign For Real Ale Limited and, if so will be passed electronically to my Bank/Building Society.

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Banks and Building Societies may not accept Direct Debit Instructions for some types of account.

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FOR CAMPAIGN FOR REAL ALES LTD. OFFICIAL USE ONLYThis is not part of the instruction to your Bank or Building Society.

This Guarantee should be detached and retained by the payer.

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Bank or Building Society Account Number

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To the Manager Bank or Building Society

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Name and full postal address of your Bank or Building Society

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Your Details

Title ____________ Surname ___________________________________

Forename(s) _________________________________________________

Date of Birth (dd/mm/yyyy) ____________________________________

Address ____________________________________________________

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Email address _______________________________________________

Tel No(s) ____________________________________________________

Partner’s Details (if Joint Membership)

Title ____________ Surname ___________________________________

Forename(s) _________________________________________________

Date of Birth (dd/mm/yyyy) ____________________________________

Single Membership £23 £25(UK & EU)

Joint Membership £28 £30(Partner at the same address)

For Young Member and concessionary rates please visit www.camra.org.uk or call 01727 867201.

Direct Debit Non DD

I wish to join the Campaign for Real Ale, and agree to abide by the Memorandum and Articles of Association.

I enclose a cheque for _________________

Signed ______________________________

Date ________________________________

Applications will be processed within 21 days

Campaigning for Pub Goers& Beer Drinkers

Enjoying Real Ale& Pubs

Instruction to your Bank or Building Society to pay by Direct Debit

Please fill in the whole form using a ball point pen and send to:Campaign for Real Ale Ltd., 230 Hatfield Road, St.Albans, Herts, AL1 4LW

Join CAMRA today – www.camra.org.uk/joinus