InnQuirer CAMRA Branch Magazine Issue 53 - Autumn 2014

Inside: Chairman’s Report Branch Awards Midland Hotel, Appleby CAMRA Discounts Good Beer in Spain CAMRA Campaign Win Black Sheep is Hartley’s Hero A Good News Story A Few ‘Mynah’ Adjustments Furness CAMRA Diary

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InnQuirer Welcome to the InnQuirer The Brown Cow Inn CAMRA Furness Branch

10 The Green, Dalton-in-Furness, Cum- Chairman/Branch Contact Press Officer & Public Welcome to the 53rd edition Spain), Libby Norton (Black bria, LA15 8LQ Affairs of the award winning Furness Sheep is Hartley’s Hero), Tel 01229 462553 Dave Stubbins 07807 836591 InnQuirer. At a recent Jonathan Powell (A Good [email protected] presentation, at the Prince of News Story), GA Purcell (A 1500AD historic building set in the an- Wales, Foxfield, the magazine Few ‘Mynah’ Adjustments) Deputy Chairman/Beer received the Magazine of and last, but not least, PeeWee cient town of Furness, run by Festival Organiser the Year award for the West for his 11th Crossword. father and son, Charlie and Paul, Steve Lewis 01229 581000 Pennines region. Many thanks [email protected] The next event of note is the for over 22 years to Ray Jackson and Dave Christmas social on Saturday Secretary/Social Secretary Stubbins who also presented 13th December at the Prince Dave Latham 01229 467238 the West Pennines Pub of the [email protected] of Wales Foxfield from 1PM. Year to the Prince of Wales Treasurer itself. Finally, as ever, all articles, Diane Simpson 07879 646593 comments, letters and We pride ourselves on keeping a [email protected] Additional thanks must go to our advertisers and to this photographs most gratefully good cellar and serving Membership Secretary editions contributors - Dave received. traditional home cooked food. Malc Armstrong 07896 589159 Stubbins (From the Chair and [email protected] Cheers, Branch Awards), Dave Wilson We have a crackling open fire to Gary Thompson GBG Co-ordinator (Midland Hotel, Appleby), Editor warm you in winter and an Ken Parr Ken Parr (Good Beer in exceptional front located beer gar- via [email protected] den with canopy & heaters Webmaster for summer days and nights Dave Stubbins Charming 100 cover restaurant [email protected] (plus car parking) upstairs, plus cosy downstairs Editor eating areas in the bar, serving Gary Thompson 01229 230795 [email protected] home cooked food 9, Well Street, , 7 days a week 12 - 9pm LA12 9EG CAMRA recommended traditional Inn, open for drink 7 days a week from noon - 11.30pm In 2015 CAMRA’s flagship National Winter Ales Festival will serving 5 ever changing Real Ales return to Derby for the second year running. With over 400 beers available the Festival will showcase some of the very best ales, ciders, perries, bottled world beers and mead in 3 separate areas. plus a wide range of lagers, wines Located beside the Pride Park exit of Derby Railway Station Several times winner of Dalton ale and soft drinks. (just 93 minutes from London) Derby’s historic Roundhouse tasters award and Dalton in Bloom could not be in a more convenient location. Cover photograph: Accommodation on site - Self contained maisonette and holiday cottage Scafell Pike from Wastwater. The National Winter Ales Festival is home to CAMRA’s Close to local attractions such as The South Lakes Wild Animal Park, Taken by Gary Thompson prestigious Champion Winter Beer of Britain Competition which sees the 4 winter styles of beer (porters, stouts, old ales/ Furness Abbey & Local walk ways. The opinions expressed in InnQuirer are not nesessarily those strong milds and barley wine/strong old ales) being gathered of the Editor, Furness Branch of from across the UK to be judged and a winner declared. CAMRA or CAMRA itself 2 3

From the Chair by Dave Stubbins - Furness Branch Chairman

I make no apology this quarter quality drinking environment in this area. Also encouraging is the reopening of the Old Kings for spending the bulk of my Head in Broughton itself and the purchase by report talking about the exciting a local person of the Punch Bowl at the Green, developments in our area on the which seems to have a secure future at long last. One of our members has written an interesting real ale front. article on the Punch Bowl in this issue. Our annual Ulverston Beer Festival took place Slightly further afield it is pleasing to see the at the beginning of September and was a refurbished Railway at Ireleth open again, and tremendous success. We had 83 different beers the Britannia at Penny Bridge after 8 years! We and 24 different ciders on offer and over 2,000 also have the completion of the purchase from people visited over the three days of the Festival. Robinsons of the Red Lion at Lowick Bridge Almost 90% of the beer we had available and and the Old Friends in Ulverston, all of which almost all the cider was consumed, which is will hopefully provide further outlets for the about our target because it means that we still excellent local brewers we have in Furness. On have a decent range to offer all the way through. that note, it was good to meet up with David You voted and Healey’s Golden won Beer of Taylor of Beckstones recently and see that he the Festival closely followed by Bad Medicine is brewing again. from Ulverston Brewing Company. In order to allow our members to visit the The annual Broughton Festival of Beer took new hostelries in our area, we have scheduled place in October with more pubs participating a branch meeting in February next year on than in previous years. I started in Millom a Saturday lunchtime. The date is the 7th this year at the new outlet on Millom Railway February and we will organise a coach to take Station called Hardknott On Track. This is a us to the Red Lion at Lowick Bridge for the pub started by David Bailey of Hardknott meeting followed by a visit to the Millom area Brewery and, as well as being a tap for his own returning via Penny Bridge. Further details will beers, a couple of interesting foreign beers were be posted on our web site www.furness.camra. available. Most of the beers are keg with one org.uk which also contains details of all our served in cask conditioned form. On the day branch activities. Please get in touch if you are of my visit this was the excellent Continuum interested in joining us. beer. I then called in at the Bear on the Square and spent a very pleasurable couple of hours As we were about to go to press we heard of the chatting to Adam Coulson whilst trying several historic defeat of the government over the beer of his excellent range of beers. He explained tie for which CAMRA has been campaigning to me how he was changing the drinking taste for years. We have accordingly revamped this of lots of people in the town of Millom. It’s magazine to report on this development. We really encouraging to see the development of a watch with interest to see what happens next.

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Branch Awards

On Saturday 15th November CAMRA members from our own branch, West branch and further afield met at the Prince of Wales, Foxfield to make two presentations. The first was to Lynda and Stuart Johnson of the Prince of Wales itself in recognition of it becoming West Pennines Pub of the Year. The second was to Gary Thompson, editor of this magazine, in recognition of the InnQuirer being voted West Pennines Magazine of the Year. Photos here show the presentations being made. Lynda had prepared some wonderful snacks for us to enjoy and a great time was had by all. Both the pub and the magazine now go forward to the Super Regional stage of their respective competitions and we wish them well in that stage.

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Midland Hotel, Appleby by Dave Wilson

Beer Festival, 15 – 17th August available. The beers I believe had been selected by Clive, a local CAMRA man. Also in Keg are The lure of a few pints in Westmorland Branch’s Punk IPA, Brooklyn Lager and Fruli Strawberry Pub of the Year proved too great when they Beer, as well as several “craft beers” in bottles, arranged a beer festival. So four of us set off on mainly from Eden brewery. Saturday morning to travel to Appleby to visit the Midland Hotel. I went straight for one I knew and loved, CLA’s American Dry Hopped Pale Ale and it did not disappoint. We then worked our way through most of the beers which were generally very pleasant. Hawkshead’s Great White Wheat Beer did not taste like any wheat beer I have had before!! The nicest of the rest was Marie Jaune from Ilkley a 4.5% pale ale made with French hops to commemorate Le Tour starting in Yorkshire.

We decided to call somewhere en route so chose The Butchers Arms at Crosby Ravensworth which is a Co-operative pub owned by the locals. A pint of Yates’s and a nice sausage sustained us for the journey. We got to Appleby and checked into our pub, (we won’t dwell on it) then straight up the hill to the Midland Hotel, across the road from the Railway station which is on the Settle to Carlisle route. The pub has The festival was small and friendly and not been done out in a clean but plain style which too crowded with a patio out front and a beer I found relaxing. They had 3 ales on hand garden out back and a nice mix of good beers. A pump on the bar and about 16 on stills in the good afternoon was had by all, and the Midland side room. There were also Ciders and Perrys Hotel is highly recommended.

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CAMRA Discounts by Dave Stubbins - Furness Branch Chairman

Those of you who are CAMRA members will already be aware of the Current Discounts extensive range of benefits available on The Kings Arms, Cartmel membership. Of these, probably the most widely used are the 50p off a pint vouchers The Royal Oak, Cartmel issued by Wetherspoons. However, we are aware that a number of The Engine Inn, Cark pubs in our area offer discounts on beer and accommodation so have put together a list of The Yewdale Hotel, Coniston such establishments. Details will also be on our web site - www.furness.camra.org.uk. The Tower Bank Arms, Near Sawrey

Discounts are available to CAMRA members This is of course in addition to the on production of their membership card. in Barrow-in-Furness Please accept our apologies if we have missed which, being a Wetherspoons pub, you off our list and let us have the details which offers the discount of 50 pence off a we will publish in the next issue and record on pint available in all Wetherspoons outlets. our WhatPub database. The Prince of Wales at Foxfield offers In order for this list to be as complete as possible discounted accommodation to we are asking all pubs that offer discounts to get CAMRA members. in touch and let us know the discount offered, whether or not you think we already know. The information we are seeking is- Please respond to us at [email protected] or • The discount on a pint of real ale, whether to the Furness web site at % or in pence [email protected]. • The period during which this discount is available (if not at all times) I look forward to hearing from you. Many thanks, Dave Stubbins

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Good Beer in Spain by Ken Parr

The idea of a forthcoming menus to accompany the food. holiday to Spain had many plus Their idea to open a beer store was to supply good points but as a real ale drinker beers and real ales to an area where you could never find good beer. They started in November the prospect of what lies ahead 2011 offering a range of 350 different beers for imbibing is not one of them. from all over the world: Spain, Italy, Belgium, , Ireland, USA, Australia, Holland, We had enjoyed a previous holiday in the region, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland, where we had some excellent meals but the Czech republic... choice of good beer was few and far between. This year,2014, we were going to a small They always offer beers from Microbreweries picturesque village and support Spanish craft beer. From October called Frigiliana in 2012 they started to Andalucia, about produce their own an hour’s drive east beer, La Axarca, a from Malaga, so it tropical Pale Ale: a was a real surprise fruity and hoppy beer to find that in the with mango aromas. village near to where With a 5% ABV it we were staying is made to drink in there was a homage this area where the to good beer. It is temperature is high more of a beer shop most of the time. than bar but you can Today in Frigiliana, sit and drink a glass in the beer garage of beer there while you can taste a few you survey the large beers on draft, their selection of bottle own La Axarca and beers available for a guest beer from purchase. different Spanish It is called La domadora y el león, located on breweries plus you can taste more than 200 Calle de San Sebastián in the centre of the types available in bottle. village and owned by husband and wife team We visited a few times during our stay and were Javier Leon and Charo Barco. made to feel very welcome by Charo and Javier. Charo is a sociologist and marketing researcher Javier being very knowledgeable on all aspects and her husband says the brains behind the of brewing and beers in general. project. Javier who is the face of the business It was nice to see an old copy of the Camra has a bachelor in Art and History, and also a Good Beer Guide among the literature available photographer and beer lover for the last 20 to peruse and apparently one of the days they years. They both plan to develop the business, had a visit from our local Barngates brewery through steps and strategy for the next 5 years. in Cumbria, I hope they enjoyed it as much as They hope to persuade a number of restaurants Bryan and I did. in the village to have their bottle beers on the

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Campaign Win.... CAMRA web site

Thanks to the support of over 8,000 CAMRA members and campaigners who About the Campaign lobbied their MP in the last week alone, CAMRA members and branches have MPs recenty voted to introduce a market distributed half a million beer mats rent only option for licensees tied to the and posters promoting the campaign large pub companies – as part of the Small in pubs and sent 8,000 letters to MPs on this issue in the last year Business, Enterprise & Employment Bill alone! And the most recent activity saw a petition reach nearly 45,000 signatures which was handed to the Business Department. In total 212 MPs signed up to support our campaign and debates with MPs such as Toby Perkins, Greg Mulholland and Heather Wheeler were held to promote reforms at the main Party Conferences. Over the last decade many thousands of pubs have been lost as big pub companies have squeezed them out of existence with sky-high rents and The Government was defeated by 284 votes to beer prices. With 31 pubs closing 259 with MPs from all parties voting in favour a week it is vital that publicans, of a new clause to the Small Business Bill who are on the frontline of keeping that will empower pubco licensees to choose our valued community pubs open, between a tied agreement and a market rent are given protection from heavy only agreement; allowing them to buy beer on handed business practices from the open market. This will help deliver more the big pubcos. The Government’s investment in your local pubs, better choice and introduction of a Pubs Adjudicator is ultimately fewer pub closures. another line of defence in protecting The new amendment follows the Government’s the nation’s pubs. decision to introduce a Pubs Adjudicator The Adjudicator will ensure that and Statutory Code to protect thousands of publicans are treated fairly and will licensees from unfair business practices in the crack down on cases of inflated rents pubs industry earlier this year. and excessive beer prices charged to publicans. There will be more power This extraordinary win would not have been to the licensee to ensure they are possible without the support of CAMRA no worse off than their free-of-tie members and campaigners who have backed counterparts. this campaign for over ten years. So thank you for all your support. At present the reforms only apply to England and Wales but we continue CAMRA will now urge the Government to to campaign for it to be introduced accept the outcome of the vote and introduce across the UK. these reforms as soon as possible. 14 15

The Black Sheep is Hartley’s Hero By Libby Norton

An evening at Ripon Races days. Fortunately we found space on the 11 am deck while the remainder settles out in the body name suggests, is a blonde beer, and at 3.9% guided tour and Bron, our guide, was a delight. of the fermenter. is certainly quaffable. Again is has a citrus inspired a journey into Yorkshire. Her well informed spiel left her audience in no kick with beautifully balanced sweet and bitter The visit to the Old Brew House was the Never one to shy away from an excuse for doubt as to the pride she feels for this company. flavours. Next was Monty Python’s Holy Grail, highlight of the tour for me as Bron announced a mini break we headed to the Royal Oak in For the uninitiated, like myself, there was the first brewed in 1999 to commemorate Python’s that all the brewing equipment was formerly Ripon. This Timothy Taylor house is situated opportunity to learn a great deal about the 30th Anniversary, this full flavoured, fruity, used by Hartley’s of Ulverston. When Paul in the centre of the quiet market city of Ripon. brewing process. The tour started with the golden ale’s sleep inducing 4.7% perhaps owes Theakston was setting up his brewery he was There is parking on site and the pub boasts six obligatory sales pitch as we were introduced much to being ‘tempered over burning witches’. given the nod and told he could have it all if en-suite letting rooms of a very high standard. to the ales this independent brewery has to Usually available in a bottle, a limited brew for he cleared the sight within three days. Eager to It is difficult to decide which element of our offer, including the supermarket own label draught was produced to celebrate the Python’s own the kit, including the impressive copper stay was the best. The large room was clean brands they brew. This was also an opportunity recent reunion tour. Luckily for us a few casks kettle, he set forth across the country with and quiet with a large, very comfortable bed. to examine the basic ingredients of the beer. were kept by the brewery so we got to sample three low loaders and duly cleared the site. It However, this paled into significance on tasting We smelled the fresh hops, carefully as they it freshly pulled. Last, but certainly not least, was a delight to see the equipment that brewed the food and drink on offer. a relative of the marijuana plant! The variety came Riggwelter, a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ the pints I used to pull of different flavours in the malted barley was indeed at 5.9%! You could taste the strength in After swift unpacking in the 80s still going fascinating, bitter marmite, smooth coffee this ruby brown beer but it was delicious with and freshening up we strong, it’s just a shame and sweet caramel. However there was no undertones of coffee. It was scarily easy to made our way to the tap it had to be pulled from opportunity to taste the most important drink and would no doubt live up to its name, room. As one would its roots to do so. ingredient of Black Sheep’s brews, the water expect of a Cask Marque Riggwelter being the local Yorkshire word for from the River Ure. This re-use of pub, the ale on offer was a sheep being found on its back with all four traditional equipment diverse and interesting. I An informative DVD, featuring Paul Theakston, legs in the air (kessen being the Cumbrian and the founding site sampled a very nice pint descendent of the famous brewing family and equivalent)! in the buildings of the of Moorhouse’s White founder of the brewery, explained the process No visit is complete without exiting through old Lightfoot’s Brewery Witch, an apt choice some of brewing and Black Sheep’s use of Yorkshire the gift shop and Black Sheep Brewery offer are typical of Black may say, while we studied Square fermentation tanks. While the brewery a plethora of goods to spend your pocket Sheep’s desire to keep the menu. I was persuaded does still use two traditional slate squares their money on. Clothing, beer, sheep ornaments, everything British. This to try another and decided main brewing is done in new, round Yorkshire beer, sheep and sheep related cuddly toys, aspiration benefits the to copy my companion and try the house Squares!! These stainless steel vessels are beer, marmalade, beer and pickles, oh and of local community too. Aside from the direct classic Landlord. It is easy to see why this easier to clean but are given the name Square course beer. I can personally recommend the employment opportunities, Black Sheep ale has been named the Champion Beer of because their two storey construction allows marmalade and Riggwelter pickle. Our visit Brewery has commissioned many local farmers Britain four times. It was simply beautiful to the traditional ‘rousing’ process to take place. was excellent. From the sweet smell of the brew to grow their barley for malting. The majority look at and sublime to taste, an indication of Rousing is the purpose of the Square and is on our arrival, through the steam of the brew of the hops used are British and, ensuring an excellent cellar. The Chef’s signature dishes significant to this method of brewing. house and the clank of the industrialised cask that the brewery is wholly independent, they on the menu proved irresistible. The food was cleaning site, all accompanied by Bron’s witty Bron explained that the two-storey system propagate their own yeast on site. innovative, inventive and delicious and we were consists of a lower chamber, approximately banter, to the refreshments at the end, Black not disappointed with our decision to eat there. At the end of our tour we were rewarded with two metres high, above which is a walled deck. Sheep Brewery is well worth a visit. If you are planning a visit to this delightful part refreshments as we were invited to spend our Cooled wort, the liquid extracted from malted of the country, I highly recommend you try this beer tokens at the Brewery’s bar. We sampled, barley, ferments in the lower chamber and the excellent pub. as driver I sipped, a fine selection of ale, each yeasty head settles on the upper deck. The with its own distinct flavour. The light and On our journey home we decide to stop off at fermenting wort is roused, sprayed over the refreshing Velo, a fresh pale ale with citrus the Black Sheep Brewery in nearby Masham yeast on the upper deck, for six minutes every undertones, brewed to commemorate the Tour (pronounced Ma-ss-am). On arrival we were three hours during active fermentation. When de France stages that ran in Yorkshire earlier greeted by the evocative smell of brewing, I the yeast has converted the sugar into alcohol, in the year, easy to drink but take care at 4.2% was instantly whisked back to Ulverston in this process stops and the vessel is put on cool your chain may come off! Golden Sheep, as the the late 1980s, remembering Hartley’s brewing to allow most of the yeast to dry out on top 16 17

A Good News Story... By Jonathan Powell

appeal. While beer drinkers may visit a cold The Punch Bowl, tired pub just for the beer, families, couples on a night out, quiz and ladies’ darts teams enjoy The Green, Millom a brighter, welcoming venue. Good wines by the glass, changing cocktails and Friday special A village pub in the best tradition. Wood widen the appeal. The Punch Bowl refurbished fires, six real ales, Beckstones’ Freddy and Rev and re-furnished is a venue the village is proud Rob and filled with the village and visitors. of and where villagers bring their friends. Diners enjoy the atmosphere and antiques as they wait for the first serving of pheasant pie Nick knows the restaurant trade and wondered with pheasant breast; the setting for a great how the successful model of the typical French evening. How different from the failing pubs family-run inn serving its community could be and closures happening every week. And how transferred from rural France to rural Cumbria. different from a year ago. The pub was up Nick is in the kitchen two nights of the week for sale, on the brink of closure. The Parish preparing robust food from scratch. Three Council was refused designation of the pub a choices of main courses at around £10 offer an “community asset” and groups of concerned affordable treat. locals were doubtfully discussing some sort of co-op to save it. All was set for the pub to be the With a small team of dedicated staff, the next closure statistic. business has to be efficient. The couple’s plan is, “to do simple things well, good beer, good Then Nick and Kath Gamble, beer enthusiasts food, in comfortable, welcoming surroundings. and a village couple bought the barely- Don’t be afraid to take chances but take things functioning pub. How did a couple with their slowly and try to build the business within your first pub buck the national trend? means”. A strong following are raising their Beer is important and has to be right. We glasses to that. are lucky to be surrounded by award winning pubs and people know their beer. As well as The Punch Bowl can be found on Facebook Beckstones, brewed in the village, there must and on 01229 774457. Winter hours are: be an interesting range as an attraction. But 5-30 – close, Tuesday – Sunday, it is not just about beer. In a village away Dinner Wednesdays and Friday. from the central Lakes, there must be a wider

Photo by Derek Dixon

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A Few ‘Mynah’ Adjustments by GA Purcell - Furness Branch President

The setting for this little that there was to be no teaching Mikey any naughty words. It was never made clear by anecdote lies in rural her exactly what constituted ‘naughty’, but the Leicestershire, and I picked no-nonsense landlady remained vigilant from the very first day of his appearance in public. it up as I passed through that Mikey came with a couple of words in his county on one of my U.K. repertoire, and would immediately call out, wanderings some years ago. “Ooziss?” the moment a punter entered the bar, and someone would give the bird the new arrival’s name. Then there was the one they all I include it because the recollection of it can waited for, which was Mikey’s shout of ‘Here’s still set me off on an involuntary bout of the Mrs Davies,” as soon as she descended from chuckles. You know the kind of memory her upstairs eyrie. However, nobody but the fragment, the one that seems to spring back landlady was ever treated to a surname, and all to mind out of nowhere and sets you off with efforts in this direction seemed to be ignored laughter, often in the least private of places by Mikey. Bar girl, Carol, quickly got him to and times. To this day, the tale I’m recounting use her forename, and as soon as she made remains a source of almost child-like pleasure her entrance someone was sure to ask the bird, for me, and is an excellent pick-me-up. “Who’s this, Mikey?”, and he would oblige with, “Ooziss…It’s Carol”. I also consider it to be a sample of the warp and weft of pub craic from an era that feels as though it is fast fading as we advance ever- onward into the electronic age. As those of you who know me have come to expect, I have modified the original tale in order to give it shape and form, while not losing any of the essential core material. Embellishment might be the most polite term for this kind of structural embroidery. As a consequence, the names of all the people mentioned in this tale are fictitious, and any connection with persons living or dead is purely co-incidental. Some bright spark tried to teach Mikey to The name above the pub door read: Monica call her Carol Singer, instead of Sinclair, but Leticia Davies. Mrs Davies, only ever referred as usual Mikey was having no truck with to as Monica by a select few and never Leticia, surnames of any kind. had been in the ‘Grey Horse’ but a brace of months when she brought ‘Mikey’ downstairs All very innocuous stuff that soon lost its and introduced him to the bar. From his first novelty value around the room, and it was only public appearance the Mynah bird, with ever going to be a matter of time before some the usual capacity for human mimicry and joker tried pushing at the ill-defined boundaries learning in general, rapidly became a central of Mikey’s on-going tap room education. The figure in the room. Everyone wanted to try first hint of this arrived when Carol came in to their hand at teaching Mikey something, start her shift and was greeted with, “Ooziss… but from the off Mrs D made it very clear 20 21

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it’s Carol…caw, give us a twirl.” It soon became Soon he learned to say, “Pint o’ Beacon, a regular feature, and if inclined, she would Tommy,” and pre-empting Carol, as soon as he duly oblige, and the pirouette would delight the came in, or “Pint o’ Tiger, Tommy,” as he went bar, and receive an appreciative “Caw,” from for his last one of the night. Mikey. On the one occasion when old Tommy Not serious stuff and only a source of mild opted for Everards much stronger ‘Original’ concern to Mrs D. who nevertheless, kept her Mikey squawked out. “Bad Boy, Tommy,” to eyes on the prime suspects for this bit of what everyone’s amazement, whereupon Tommy she called ‘Tom Foolery’. It was a warning turned to face back into the bar and say, “He’s shot across the bows to both young Tommy beginning to sound like my missus.” Mikey Bassett, who had a slight stammer and a talent squawked back, “Missus Tommy,” in a tone for the unintentional scrambling of sentences that sounded very much like a scolding to with embarrassing results, and his cohort, long- Tommy’s ears. standing pub regular, Tommy Cornell, a retired miner in his late seventies, with a track record Naturally, he was the prime suspect when Mrs of wind-ups and pub mischief in general. D. descended from her eyrie on a Tuesday evening as the away darts team started filing in It was inevitable that one day Tommy Cornell and filling up the bar space, to be greeted with, would get to work on Mikey, because right “Ooziss…It’s Leticia”. Unable to prove who from his earliest days in residence Mikey and the culprit was, but addressing her response old Tommy struck up a special rapport, with directly to old Tommy, she issued a stern Mikey listening intently, his head cocked on warning that if the person responsible were one side as Tommy C patiently chatted away found there would be “Consequences” as she to him when Mrs D. wasn’t around to do what put it. Tommy gave her a Gallic shrug before he called her ‘Monica Monitor.’ The bird and turning and calling across the bar to say, “Bad his owner had come to the ‘Grey Horse’ from Boy, Mikey” The bird cocked his head to one Ashby, just a few miles down the road, and side, shuffled sideways and appeared to wink at early on Mrs D encouraged the punters to ask him. “Yes, Bad boy, Mikey,” she said, wagging him, “Where do you come from, Mikey?” and a finger at him, as Mikey shuffled sideways he would quickly reply “Ashby”. Old Tommy again and repeated, “Yes, bad boy, Mikey.” originally hailed from there and soon taught the bird to ask, “Where’s Tommy from?” and Although the bird didn’t do surnames both get the response of “Ashby,” from somewhere Tommy Cornell and Tommy Bassett continued around the room. to give him their efforts, Tommy C with dogged persistence and Tommy B. likewise but with his The novelty of this soon wore off, and one day hesitant stammer. Success, when it came, came old Tommy turned to young Tommy at the bar spectacularly, bringing with it Mrs Davies’s and said, “I’d like to get him saying Ashby de worst case scenario. She hadn’t been in the bar la Zouch,” to which his young pal stammered, more than a few minutes, when in walked old “I have trouble with that one myself, Tommy, Tommy to be greeted with, “K’nell… Ooziss… never mind Mikey.” it’s Tommy,” as Mikey tried to mimic Tommy’s surname. The next step in Mikey’s education came with him learning what old Tommy drank. Convinced that Mikey had been taught the

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regarded as “local” if they are brewed within what the A Few ‘Mynah’ Adjustments branch has decided as being Cont. the local area. The Furness Branch Definition is as follows: dreaded ‘F’ word, all that she felt able to do was Mrs D was definitely not amused, and the bark out “Very bad boy, Mikey!”, since no-one brewery man was just confused, although later, “All beers brewed within in the bar could meet her eye as the outbreak having had the incident explained, he told the Cumbria, plus those in North of spontaneous laughter began. Young Tommy bar that it was definitely an anecdote for the Promoting pubs that hundreds of pubs as LocAle as far south as Bassett managed to say, “And a muffled titter next boardroom meeting, and no mistake. sell locally brewed pubs which regularly sell at Lancaster and Morecambe” least one locally brewed real ran round the room,” which with its manner of This definition more real ale, reducing ale. delivery managed to sound like a rude response The post script to this tale is the rumour that, the number of ‘beer accurately reflects our low to Mrs D. when old Tommy passed away three years Definition of Local density population. In late, and Tommy Bassett asked Mrs D where miles’, and supporting reality, the vast majority of Mikey’s coup de grace came one afternoon the funeral was, she told him, “Somewhere local breweries. The Sustainable Communities our LocAle pubs serve beers when a senior person from the brewery arrived in Ashby….I’ll find out for you.” Tommy B. Act, which CAMRA which are brewed very close at the “Grey Horse”. Mrs D. was expecting swore he heard Mikey say something that CAMRA LocAle is an strongly supports, provides to home – especially from our him, but not the greeting from Mikey, as in sounded very close to, “De la Zouch”, as he initiative that promotes pubs a definition of local as up to own 12 branch breweries! walked Tommy Cornell and Tommy Bassett cocked his head on one side, winked, and did stocking locally brewed real 30 miles from the point of Do you know of any other together, closely followed by the brewery man. his little shuffle. ale. The scheme builds on a sale. CAMRA recommends The bird turned to face the incomers and growing consumer demand for that the distance is calculated pubs or clubs in Furness squawked out, “K’nell Tommy…Ooziss Cheers, quality local produce and an from the pub to the brewery Branch area which always Bassett,” and the afternoon punters fell about increased awareness of ‘green’ and should be based on the sell LocAle? laughing. GA Purcell issues. There are currently shortest driving distance. If so, please let us know so over 125 CAMRA branches Real ales from regional and that we can sign them up and participating in the LocAle national breweries as well as give them a mention. scheme which have accredited from microbreweries can be Thank you , Gary Allithwaite - Pheasant Dalton - Brown Cow Near Sawrey - Tower Bank Askam - London House Dalton - Red Lion Arms Bardsea - Ship Far Sawrey - Cuckoo Brow Newton - Village Inn Barngates - Drunken Duck Foxfield - Prince of Wales Rusland - Rusland Pool Barrow - Ambrose Hotel Grange - Commodore Seathwaite - Newfield Inn Barrow - Duke of Edinburgh Greenodd - Ship Silecroft - Miners Arms Barrow - Furness Railway Grizebeck - Greyhound Stainton - Stagger Inn Barrow - Kings Arms, Hawkshead - Kings Arms Strawberry Bank - Masons Hawcoat Hawkshead - Red Lion Arms - White Hart Hawkshead - Sun The Green - Punchbowl Broughton - Black Cock High Newton - The Crown Torver - Wilson Arms Broughton - High Cross Holmes Green - Black Dog Ulverston - Devonshire Broughton - Manor Arms Ireleth - Railway Ulverston - Farmers Arms Broughton - Old Kings Head Kirkby - Burlington Ulverston - King’s Head Cark - Engine Kirksanton - King William Ulverston - Lancastrian Cartmel - Kings Arms Lindal - Railway Ulverston - Mill Cartmel - Royal Oak Loppergarth -Wellington Ulverston - Old Farmhouse Cartmel - Unsworth’s Yard Lowick Bridge - Red Lion Ulverston - Old Friends Coniston - Black Bull Millom - Devonshire Ulverston - Stan Laurel Coniston - Sun Millom - Bear in the Square Ulverston - Sun Coniston - Sailing Club Millom - Harknott on Track Ulverston - Swan Coniston -Yewdale Walney - Queens, Biggar

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Crossword No. 11 by PeeGee - Furness Branch Member

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1 Singular odds, long and short, may provide 1 Bubbly map change (9) areas of sanctuary (8) 2 Put to use, the special download program 5 Cringes in cab as escape vehicle (6) told porky pies (7) 10 White barked tree in Colorado ski resort (5) 3 In charge after being opposed, this section can 11 Display tube emerges from disturbed lone be circular, eliptical, parabolic or hyperbolic (5) night (4,5) 4 Askham pub. Sounds at home after capital 12 Foxfield hosts heir to the throne (6,2,5) dwelling (6,5,3) 13 Mafia supremo. Deity with that obese 6 Stringed instrument from Russian dog under woman (9) Welsh lake (9) 15 The Queen follows Austrian river to ring 7 Zodiac symbol boy commits himself (5,2) round the bull (5) 8 Editor did sit before being fed up (5) 17 Former knack returns as crowd scene actor 9 Prescient for custody with WC monarch (5) (7,7) 19 Ignorant of lane under reconstruction (9) 14 Each naval crash leads to sudden fall of rock 22 Software graph composes Steinbeck novel (9) (6,2,5) 16 Wader birds’ ruddy legs (9) 24 Mixing scenic red results in increases in 18 Big cat reportedly twinned with Euphrates? volume (9) (7) 25 Inexperienced eco-warrior (5) 20 Most proximate listener in snuggery (7) 26 Movable feast is listed in movable feast 21 Parent’s brother is dirty without article (5) errata (6) 23 Island said to be colour of its needles (5) 27 Shakes during “Drag it at escape velocity” (8)

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Crossword Answers

27 Agitates – Hidden word (’during’) word Hidden – Agitates 27

23 Wight – Homophone (‘said to be’) of white of be’) to (‘said Homophone – Wight 23 (‘in’) word Hidden – Easter 26

21 Uncle – unclean, take away an (‘article’) an away take unclean, – Uncle 21 Green 25

20 Nearest – Ear (‘listener’) in nest (‘snuggery’) nest in (‘listener’) Ear – Nearest 20 red scenic of (‘Mixing’) Anag – Crescendi 24

18 Tigress – Homophone (‘reportedly’) of Tigris of (‘reportedly’) Homophone – Tigress 18 graph

16 Redshanks 16 software of (‘composes’) Anag – Wrath of Grapes 22

14 Avalanche – Anag (‘crash’) of ‘Each naval’ ‘Each of (‘crash’) Anag – Avalanche 14 under lane of (‘reconstruction’) Anag – Unlearned 19

9 Forward looking – For + ward + loo + king + loo + ward + For – looking Forward 9 ex. after (‘returns’) reverses Art – Extra 17

8 Sated – Sat precedes Editor precedes Sat – Sated 8 Inn. river

7 Signs on – Sign + son + Sign – on Signs 7 after ER bullseye. surrounds that Ring – Inner 15

6 Balalaika – First dog in space below Lake Bala Lake below space in dog First – Balalaika 6 her + fat + God – Godfather 13

home after capital dwelling capital after home Wales of Prince 12

4 London House Inn – Homophone (‘Sounds’) of at at of (‘Sounds’) Homophone – Inn House London 4 night lone of (‘disturbed’) Anag – light Neon 11

3 Conic –ic follows Con. Conic sections (maths) sections Conic Con. follows –ic Conic 3 Aspen 10

2 Applied – App + lied + App – Applied 2 (‘in’) word Hidden – Abases 5

1 Champagne – Anag (‘Bubbly’) (‘Bubbly’) Anag – Champagne 1 s + l + Chance – Chancels 1

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