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Furnace Inn DERBY CAMRA PUBS OF THE Pattenmakers Arms YEAR 2014

Details inside plus National Winter Ales Festival Report… DERBY CAMRA Pubs of the Year 2014

Furnace Smelts Gold as it takes CAMRA’s Top Award

The Derby Branch of CAMRA has selected its Pubs of the Year for 2014:- The City Pub of the Year is the Furnace Inn on Duke Street in Derby with the runner-up being the Little Chester Ale House on Chester Green. The Country Pub of the Year is the Pattenmakers Arms in Duffield with the runner-up being the Royal Oak in Ockbrook. And by virtue of having the highest overall mark the Furnace Inn has also been crowned Derby CAMRA Pub of the Year 2014.

eing crowned Pub of the Year will now go forward into the Bis a remarkable achievement Derbyshire Pub of the Year for the Furnace as just under 2 competition with the result of that years ago the pub was on its last announced later in the year. legs and its future looked bleak Runner-up in the City was the Little when owner Greene King put it up Chester Ale House which has come for auction. Several of the a long way in a short space of time interested parties had no being Derby’s 1st Micro Pub and it intention of running the pub as a has added something new to the going concern but thankfully the City’s real ale scene with its warm winning bidder, Pedro Menon had and friendly atmosphere and great other ideas. prices. Having just been made redundant Back out in the Country the from Egg on Pride Park, Pedro Pattenmakers Arms in Duffield has thought he would try his hand at also turned a runner-up award last brewing with his redundancy year into first place this time serving money but when the Furnace came great real ale in great surroundings. up his ideas quickly changed and he The pub is right at the heart of jumped at the chance to run a pub community life in the area and is first with a brewery to follow. always worth a visit but sadly this Together with Manager, Luke Elston Good Beer Guide regular is now they set about transforming the pub under threat due to a huge rent hike into a Real Ale haven with beers by owners Enterprise Inns which The Shiny Golden Man, Pedro Menon celebrates winning Pub of the from all over the Country and within might force the current licensees to Year with Manager Luke Elston 9 months its growing reputation leave. This would be a real shame as saw it finish runner up in the Derby the pub has been built up over a CAMRA City Pub of the Year 2013 number of years into a friendly competition. Not one to rest on community pub with a range of their laurels though, a brewery was quality ales. We hope things get built at the rear of the pub, the resolved soon and wish them well in range of ales/ciders was increased, their fight to stay at the helm. cheese/open mic/comedy & poker nights were all introduced along Last year’s Country winner the Royal with regular Beer Festivals. All this Oak in Ockbrook finished second and much more has seen its stature this time after 3 successive wins rise among Real Ale enthusiasts who proving how consistently good this regularly flock to the pub to see pub is after over 35 years in the what unusual and different guest Good Beer Guide. beers are on each week at more All of the winners will be presented than reasonable prices. So it is with their awards during March and perhaps fitting that the Furnace has Derby Drinker will be there to followed up its runner-up award last capture the presentations for future year with the top award this and it issues. 2 DerbyDRINKER March/April 2014 Record breaking attendance as CAMRA’s National Winter Ales Festival find a new home.

rom Wednesday 19th to Saturday 22nd February The Roundhouse Fin Derby played host to the Campaign for Real Ale’s National Winter Ales Festival. Over 250 volunteers served real ale, cider, perry, foreign beer and mead to a record breaking 13,500 thirsty customers – with 4884 through the door on Friday alone!

Over 4 days they supped 47,500 pints of British enough. We did have 10 different beers on sale During the Festival CAMRA’s National Winter beer, emptied 112 polycasks of real cider and when time was called. Next year we want to be Beer of Britain was judged as Dunham Massey, perry, scoffed lots of mead and over 1,400 pints clearer about the number of different beers on sale Dunham Porter which is a 5.2% classic old-style of beer from 10 different countries. throughout our last day, we will be looking at English porter, creamy, full bodied and packed Gillian Hough Organiser said: “It was a pleasure to systems to achieve this.” with flavour. be involved in such an impressive Festival and an 170 customers took the plunge and became For Results see page 5. honour to Chair such a hard working team in such CAMRA Members, which is testament to the a beautiful and historic venue. My target now is to hard work of the Membership Team of ensure that next years event will be even better.” Volunteers. On Saturday 22nd February the Festival still had Overall NWAF has proved to have bedded in 129 different beers on sale at 6pm and 110 well to Derby. Many many thanks to everyone different beers on sale at 7pm. The decision was for their support of the Festival especially The taken to close the doors at 8pm to ensure the Derby Telegraph, BBC Radio Derby and Visit customers inside had beer available right up to Derby. the end. Roll forward a year and the dates for the 2015 Dave Clark Cellar Manager said: “We restocked National Winter Ales Festival are 11th – 14th with an additional 9520 pints, which dropped February. Guess what we’ll be at The clear overnight, but even that was not quite Roundhouse again – so see you there!!

3 www.derbycamra.org.uk 4 DerbyDRINKER March/April 2014 Roundhouse Rocked

Thursday night followed with a local band the billing. Old Skool Punk Rockers, Verbal showcase, a new concept for the Beer Warning, no strangers to the event, got the Festival giving emerging local bands the night off to a lively start playing well chance to showcase their burgeoning known punk covers as well as some of their talents and this was well received by an own excellent material. This warmed up the appreciative audience. The opening act night nicely for the main event, tribute Lucille played a mixture of Roots & band Kins of Leon who played a career Rockabilly & old fashioned Rock & Roll spanning set from their heroes. The crowd which got the crowd going and geared up all went home happy after a most for the rest of the night. Enter Parasight a enjoyable evening and left us looking young upcoming Rock band (the drummer forward to the next. Saturday night ith the National Winter Ales was only 12) who gave such a professional promised much and support band the WFestival (NWAF) in town all eyes and polished set of their own and classic Alma Boobies certainly delivered. Fronted were turned on Derby to see whether it rock covers that they went down a storm by an energetic girl duo their high energy could deliver and this it certainly did with the crowd. A hard act to follow but performance of rock/indie covers got the (see page 3 article) and in terms of the Thieving Names certainly did their best to crown in the mood for much more. It was music the Roundhouse Rocked. entertain closing the evening with some all geared for the Antarctic Monkeys to covers of well-known sing-along songs as close the Festival in style but with the beer It was the first NWAF to have such a wide well as their own material. A great night running out fast organisers took the variety of Entertainment on and then and organisers have promised to decision to close early depriving many of undoubtedly this contributed to the record expand on the event next year by holding a the chance to see a great set from the crowd that attended the event. Held in the battle of the bands type heat in a local pub premier Arctic Monkeys tribute. A great adjoining marquee it all kicked off on the with the reward being a place on stage at way to close the Festival then and finish off Wednesday which saw a bigger and better the NWAF. a cracking 4 days of entertainment. Open-Mic night with over 20 artists playing Entertainment Manager, Gareth Stead has Friday as always is a big night at the Beer throughout the evening which seemed to promised another brilliant line-up next Festival and the entertainment lived up to go down well with the assembled crowd. year and I personally can’t wait.

National Winter Ales Festival 2014 National Winter Ales Festival 2014 East Midlands Regional beer judging Champion Winter Beer of Britain

Old Ale / Strong Mild Old Ale / Strong Mild

1st Castle Rock, Midnight Owl 1st Exe Valley, Winter Glow 2nd Muirhouse, Magnum Mild 2nd Beowulf, Dark Raven 3rd Brampton, Impy Dark 3rd Grainstore, Rutland Beast Porter Porter

1st Welbeck Abbey, Portland Black 1st Dunham Massey, Dunham Porter 2nd Batemans, Salem Porter 2nd Ayr, Rabbie's Porter 3rd Brewsters, Stilton Porter 3rd Batemans, Salem Porter Stout Stout

1st Dancing Duck, Dark Drake 1st Cairngorm, Black Gold 2nd Grainstore, Ratcliffe Stout 2nd Ascot Ales, Anastasia's Exile Stout 3rd Blue Monkey, Guerilla 3rd Marble, Stouter Stout Barley Wine / Strong Old Ale Barley Wine / Strong Old Ale

1st Parish, Baz's Bonce Blower 1st Kinver, Over the Edge 2nd Barlow, Full Monty 2nd Moor, Old Freddy Walker 3rd Nobbys, Tow'd Navigation 3rd= Green Jack, Ripper Triple 3rd= Highland, Orkney Porter Final Final 1st Welbeck Abbey, Portland Black 1st Dunham Massey, Dunham Porter 2nd Castle Rock, Midnight Owl 2nd Cairngorm, Black Gold 3rd Dancing Duck, Dark Drake 3rd Exe Valley, Winter Glow 4th Parish, Baz's Bonce Blower 4th Kinver, Over the Edge

Winner of the East Midlands competition goes forward to the national finals at the 2015 festival. 5 www.derbycamra.org.uk Derbyshire Ale 24 Years On

AMRA’s WhatPub website brewery. The multi roomed takeover of the Firkin chain. The Rutherford family who superbly Chas revolutionized the way interior of the Mafeking (Bass) redoubtable Robert Peel near restored the Queen’s Head, we review pubs, but before the on Porter Road, made it one of the railway station was still Marlpool, and General advent of on-line technology our more characterful inns. open when the guide was Havelock, Ilkeston, were local beer/pub guides in hard Three generations of the Morris published, having hitherto rumoured to be interested in copy format were essential. In family ran the “Maf” in the balked at Allied Breweries’ turning the place into a brew- 1983 and 1990 this county’s second half of the 20thC, and it relentless transition to keg beer pub. This appears not to have and neighbouring CAMRA was here that a young Nigel in the early 1970s. Boaters Bar gained traction however, and a branches collaborated to Barker “cut his teeth” in the in Friar Gate flourished briefly a once vibrant venue stands produce Derbyshire Ale, licensed trade. Nigel would quarter of a century ago but the forlorn and unloved just like the expertly edited by Derby's Reg later revive the crescent shaped cosy hostelry has, together with nearby Hippodrome. Newcombe. The 1990 edition Baseball Hotel named after the the distinctive South Yorkshire listed 800 pubs serving 100 football ground opposite which beers it served, been consigned A survivor, Strutts (now Royal unique real ales, a figure which, originally hosted the American to history. Darley Thorne Best Telegraph) opposite Westfield today, can be nearly doubled sport. Enterprising Nigel kept a Bitter and Ward’s Sheffield Best was a significant entry in the for Derby alone. The city has, good cellar, and the long, Bitter are much lamented by sense that it marked the return however, lost a quarter of the curved public bar, with parquet beer aficionados. The Victoria of Mansfield brewery to the 72 pubs featured back in 1990. floor and magnificent, off Kedleston Road has been real ale fold after a decade in a The most striking statistic mahogany back fitting, was a another casualty and, given the fizz filled wilderness. The though lies in the guide’s joy to behold. The Bass pub on number of chimney pots in the creamy Old Baily was a vicinity, I firmly believe that the brewery section, where two Shaftesbury Crescent was particular favourite and the Bass house could have been a thirds of 46 mainly regional and demolished prematurely in bow fronted corner house, viable concern. One of the more national breweries have closed. 1995 when it was mooted that appropriately refurbished in Art unusual late 20thC pub The sole Derbyshire survivor is the Baseball Ground would be Deco style, featured regularly in openings was the Thomas A the John Thompson at Ingleby, re-built. However, Pride Park the CAMRA Good Beer Guide. Becket, on Green Lane, an but thanks to the micro- was destined to be the Rams’ imaginative conversion of a Wolverhampton and Dudley brewery explosion there are new home and it’s regrettable Baptist chapel. The then Derby acquired Mansfield in 2000 but now some 43 breweries in that these and many more New County manager, Colin draught Marston’s can be England’s midmost county. Normanton pubs exist in Addison, opened the new pub sampled today. Paul Gibson reflects on some of memory only. in 1979 as Watney’s Fined Ale those lost pubs and in DD 155 DD 155 will reflect on the debuted in the city. By the time he will look at the fluctuating Elsewhere in the city, David fluctuating fortunes of some of Derbyshire Ale’s publication, fortunes of a number of our Bruce of London, the man Derbyshire Ale pubs in ownership had transferred to pubs in outlying locations. behind a chain of “Firkin” home Devenish and outlying areas. DD156 will see the three part brew pubs, revived Derby’s rich newly named as brewing heritage in 1988 when series conclude on a positive the Steam he opened the Flamingo and note by reviewing some Café/Old Ale Firkin on Becket Street which, Derbyshire Ale city pubs that House, but bar on occasion, brewed some high fell on hard times and then and brewery quality beer. The cavernous pub revived in startling style. were destined and on-site brewery ceased for oblivion. The Pub building was at its zenith trading in the 90s following a when Derby’s suburb of New Normanton rose in the late Victorian era. It was a great area in which to drink real ale, however, population change and the relocation of Derby County away from the Baseball Ground have decimated the pub scene. Rams’ fans would congregate on match days in taverns such as the Sun Inn (Hardy and Hanson), Middleton Street, and the Vine (Bass), Whittaker Street, which was the Sun Inn original home of Offiler’s 6 DerbyDRINKER March/April 2014 Mafeking

Thomas A Becket

Baseball Hotel

Strutts 7 www.derbycamra.org.uk 8 DerbyDRINKER March/April 2014 Micro Pub Good Beer Guide Revolution 2014 – Out Now The 2014 edition of CAMRA’s popular Good Beer Guide is now out and is fully revised and updated and features pubs across the United Kingdom that serve the best real ale. Now in its Continues 41st edition, this pub guide is completely independent with listings based entirely on nomination and evaluation by CAMRA members. This means you can be sure that every one Since we reported on the first shoots of the Derbyshire of the 4,500 pubs deserves their place, plus they all come Micropub revolution in Issue 151 we’ve heard of several new recommended by people who know projects in the pipeline… a thing or two about good beer. The unique 'Breweries Section' lists over In Alfreton planning permission has been granted on a shop on 1000 breweries - micro, regional Prospect Street to turn it into a Micropub with the beer focus and national - that produce real ale being on local microbreweries. Back in Derby the owners of the in the UK, and the beers that they Little Chester Ale House which has just been named Derby brew. Tasting notes for the beers, CAMRA City Pub of the Year Runner-Up are planning a new compiled by CAMRA-trained venture just off Ashbourne Road on Uttoxeter Old Road. Set in tasting teams, are also included. The Good Beer Guide 2014 is a former Post Office the pub will have a postal theme for its the complete book for beer name and hopes to be open in the next few months. Over in lovers and a must-have for Willington there are rumours that the people behind the anyone wanting to experience cracking Cask & Pottle Micropub in Tutbury are looking to start the UK's finest pubs. It is a new one in the village. Not quite in Derbyshire but with a available online from Derby postcode, Castle Donington should soon be seeing its CAMRA.org.uk or local book first Micropub on Borough St as planning permission has now shops and some pubs around the area including been granted. We have also heard of one or two others that are the Alexandra Hotel & mooted and we await developments with interest and will Furnace Inn in Derby. report on progress of them all in future issues. BEER TRAVELS Ruined Garden Pubs of Budapest

f you ever travel to the and tourists. It has a surreal, Iwonderfully Scenic town of happy ambiance and is a Budapest, I recommend fascinating experience. An old seeking out the ruined bath becomes a sofa and a garden pubs. The biggest and battery of old TV’s light up a most iconic of these is dark corner with kaleidoscopic Szimpla Kert in the town patterns and a junk robot sits centre. Based on a simple idea by an old telephone box. There of converting a ruined city are numerous bars to serve the site such as a an old garage, crowds that seem to come car park, or a demolished every night. To visit the place is apartment block into a pub to become entranced. with a large central outdoor It seems a wonderful simple area. It seems to work a treat. idea, recycling an untidy piece Otkert and Koloves Kert are of waste land, into an eccentric, other fascinating versions of spacious bar that appeals to a ruined Garden pubs. Szimpla diversity of people. Perhaps is the biggest of these on two Tim Martin should think about stories with nooks and this concept, turning away crannies galore and a vast from converting banks, shops outdoor seating area, and cinemas to creating the including a couple of first Ruined Garden decapitated old Trabant cars Wetherspoons. It would cost a to drink in. lot less than the normal It has extended the ruined Wetherspoon conversion. notion and filled the pub with However the combined weight junk furniture, junk sculptures of building regulations and and pictures. They brew their health and safety policies may own beer as well as serving well defeat him in this country. lagers and spirits and supply shisha pipes for trendy locals LTB 2014 9 www.derbycamra.org.uk LAST ORDERS

Des Hargreaves

It is with deep sadness that I have to report the death of Des Hargreaves shortly before Christmas. Des was part of the cellar “dream team” that worked at many Derby Beer Festivals at the Assembly Rooms in the 1980’s & 90’s with his good CAMRA has launched its first ever national friend Bill Dudley & Fletch. He online pub guide – whatpub.com loved his Real Ale and spent - dedicated to helping the public find the many a happy hour in the best pubs to suit their needs across Britain. Brunswick & Alex close to where he lived. After moving ollowing an extensive two year Fproject by thousands of CAMRA to Doncaster for work Des volunteers, whatpub.com features 47,000 pubs, around 36,000 of which got involved with the local serve real ale - making the site the most definitive online guide to real ale in the CAMRA Branch but still found UK. Whatpub.com offers over thirty different search fields ranging from dog time to visit his beloved friendly pubs to those that offer newspapers or live music, making the Derby to watch Derbyshire results customizable to each person's individual preferences. Another key County Cricket Club and of feature is that of the 35,800 real ale pubs featured, around 22,000 have course sample a pint or two details of the real ales being served - taking the guess work out of a visit for which laterally was in the real ale lovers. A full entry offers a description and pictures of the pub, the Furnace where I caught up address, opening hours, who owns it, lists the regular real ales they stock, with him on many an Eve. Big states whether the pub offers Guest Beers, highlights the pubs main Des will be sadly missed by features e.g. availability of food, gives a map of where the pub can be located, friends and family alike. sat nav reference, OS reference and highlights the local transport available. Gareth Stead Why not give it a try.

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10 DerbyDRINKER March/April 2014 AmberValley CAMRABranch By Trevor Spencer [email protected] AMBER VALLEY NEWS Diary Black Bulls Head, Club of the Year – Strutt been closed and facing an uncertain future Club. The candidates were: the Beehive, Black before reopening as pubs. All six pubs sell Beer Festival Meetings: Monday March 10th Red Bulls Head, Hunters Arms, Old Oak, Thorn Tree Real Ale in one form or another, although the Lion, Riddings, Monday 7th April, Cross Keys, - Waingroves, Holly Bush - Makeney, Moulders Swanwick both starting at 8pm Queens Head currently sells bottles only, so Arms and Talbot Taphouse, with the Clubs Branch Meetings: Thursday March 27th Branch being the Milford Social Club, South Riddings itself is a pretty good place to plan a & Committee Meeting, Queens Head, Belper, Wingfield Social Club and the Strutt Club. pub crawl, especially as all six pubs are Thursday May 1st, Greenhill Tavern, Riddings, situated close together! both meetings 8pm start Congratulations to the winners and presentations will be arranged in due course. Saturday March 15th; Saturday April 12th, When the Moulders Arms, or Thack as it is Survey Trips, routes TBA, pick up at Ripley locally known due to its thatched roof, was Market Place at 7:30pm and various other points Winter Ales Trail sold into the free trade, licensees Craig and Jo as arranged. Contact Jane Wallis on 01773 Apologies to anyone who was looking set about establishing it in an area with a lot 745966 to book. forward to this event, we were unable to of competition – in addition to the other 5 East Midlands CAMRA Regional Meeting: Amber organise it this year, but hope to do Riddings pubs there are several within a short Valley CAMRA is hosting this event for the first something similar later, probably time on Saturday March 1st, starting at 12 distance in Swanwick, Leabrooks and noon. The venue will be the Strutt Club, which is November/December. Somercotes. Nowadays, four Real ales – situated on Campbell Street, just a few minutes Doom Bar plus 3 guests are regularly on offer. walk from both the bus and railway stations. Recession – what Skittles, darts, dominoes, quizzes and Entrance to the Club is gained by pressing the recession? entertainment are all on offer at this button on the door on Campbell Street and welcoming, characterful two-roomed local, stating who you are. The Meeting will be held Since the recession began a few years ago, which has been rewarded with a first-time upstairs. There will also be an opportunity to many pubs throughout the UK have closed appearance in Amber Valley CAMRA’s Pub of visit the recently-opened Arkwright Bar, situated their doors forever, and some are no longer below the Club and offering 6 Real Ales plus the Year final in 2014. The opening hours are Cider in addition to the 4 plus Cider regularly on recognisable as former licensed premises, 12noon – 11pm daily, and fresh pork pies are offer at the Club. having been converted into houses, offices available every Friday. The Thack can be Pub of the Year/Club of and the like. However, in the village of reached via public transport from Derby up Riddings, pub life seems to be continuing as to 5:05 pm on the H1 service to Alfreton, the the Year 2014 it did pre-recession, with all 6 pubs there – R1 from Nottingham and the 90 from Ripley, The 8 Pubs and 3 Clubs nominated for these the New Inn, Seven Stars, Moulders Arms, which runs later in the evening than the other awards have now been judged and the Queens Head, Greenhill Tavern and Red Lion two, with a few minutes’ walk once leaving results are as follows:- Pub of the Year – continuing to trade, the latter two having the bus.

Moulders Arms 11 www.derbycamra.org.uk 12 DerbyDRINKER March/April 2014 ’m sure that unless you are as much access to the media as Pregnant women get none at with the power to enter private Iliving like a hermit you know they want). It’s obvious that a all. There are also some homes and to enforce the safe about units of alcohol. Just to large section of the population unexpected consequences. drinking limits there, but even recap, 1 unit of alcohol just “haven’t got the message” Because 1 voucher gets you a in this nightmare scenario the equates to ½ pint of 3.7% about safe drinking. The cry half of 3.7% beer, for beers of government sees this as a step beer, so a half of 5.5% beer is goes up that “they”, i.e. the more than 3.7% fractions of a too far. Nevertheless vigilante 1.5 units and, shock horror, a government, must “do voucher are required. This anti-alcohol patrols are allowed half of 7.4% cider is 2 units. something about it”. The results in most brewers to operate with impunity, The maximum safe drinking government are convinced. The reducing the A.B.Vs of all beers pouring away alcohol wherever limits are supposed to be 4 consider a massive price to 3.7%. It’s even worse for they find it and beating up units per day for a man and 3 increase, but that would hit the cider makers; you can’t sensibly anyone who gets in their way. for a woman (3 units and 2 poorest very hard and do sell real cider at 3.7%, and a Now I have no time for anyone units respectively if you nothing to curb the drinking 7.4% standard means 2 who drinks so much that they believe some sources), but it habits of bankers and the like, vouchers; many just give up. cause a nuisance to others or doesn’t matter which you take so the “fairest” way to tackle the Foreign tourists are totally gets involved with the police since the figures are plucked “problem” is by a rationing bemused, and tourist industry (and by the way, we already from the air anyway. Given system. Everyone over 18 can collapses. Naturally, a black have perfectly adequate laws that most real cider is in the 6- apply for alcohol unit vouchers market for both vouchers and for dealing with anti-social and 7% range, even on the higher (4 per day for a man, 3 per day alcohol springs up overnight, criminal behaviour resulting figure this means just over 1 for a woman) and the run by criminal gangs. A big from excessive drinking). Ditto pint of real cider per day for a appropriate number of selling point for the voucher anyone who requires medical man and just under a pint for vouchers must be handed over scheme was that it ought to attention (here I would go a woman, not exactly a skin- whenever alcohol is purchased make it very difficult for under further than the current full. Another feature which in a pub, restaurant, 18’s to obtain alcohol. This position and allow A&E seems a bit unfair is that there supermarket or anywhere else doesn’t happen, in Lincolnshire departments to charge those is no carry-over, so if you are for that matter. the illicit vodka factories go whose admission is solely the good and have no alcohol at into overdrive, targeting the Of course, problems result of drink). However, the all for one or more days you teenage market and resulting immediately appear. The vast majority of those of us still have just the same limit in a number of teenagers going government have been advised who like a drink bother neither when you restart! blind. the police nor A&E; we should that the allowance for over 65’s be left alone to decide for Now fast forward a few years. should be half the standard This system doesn’t deal ourselves what constitutes for The anti-alcohol lobby have rate, so men and women adequately with home brewing us a reasonable level of become even more powerful pensioners get 2 and 1.5 and drinking at home. The drinking. and vociferous than they are vouchers respectively per day, government are urged to set today. (They also seem to have leading to a pensioners revolt. up an anti-alcohol police force Wassail Farewell to the “Livo” Built in the mid 19thC by the trustees of the Liversage Trust, the Liversage Arms on Nottingham Road, came within a hair’s breadth of demolition when the inner ring road was constructed. In the 1970s, when run by Scotsman, Andy Morrow, there was no finer place than this gabled corner house in which to enjoy a pint of Marston’s Pedigree. The “Livo” held many a Derby CAMRA branch meeting upstairs and, on occasion, Andy also served Marston’s Merrie Monk (no. 5 mild) which was then the nation’s strongest mild, positively bursting with flavour. In the 80s it became part of the area known as the “Marston’s triangle” in conjunction with the neighbouring Peacock and Exeter. The 21stC has seen various reincarnations fail, therefore it was perhaps inevitable that an application for de-licensing would be made and we understand it will be converted to flats. Paul Gibson 13 www.derbycamra.org.uk Ashbourne & District CAMRA Branch

by Mark Grist [email protected]

The George & Dragon in Ashbourne Pub News has also recently seen a change in management as Ray and Marcel Our sub-branch Pub of The Year for 2014 for the second year running is now head for well-earned the Smith’s Tavern in Ashbourne, retirement. We all wish them well. with the runner-up being the Ben & Christina at the Horns in Sycamore at Parwich. An award for Ashbourne have turned part of the the Most Improved pub went to the bar area over to a mini-tribute to Red Lion at Kniveton. the former Green Man sitting across The pubs shortlisted for overall the road. After a recent fixtures and POTY were: The Black Cow at fittings sale, Ben has bought up a Dalbury Lees, The Black Horse at small portion of the furniture from Hulland Ward, The Bowling Green in the Green Man and has installed it Ashbourne, The Red Lion at in a back room area with a Kniveton, The Shoulder of Mutton at dedication chalked up on the board Osmaston, The Smith’s Tavern in above the bar. Regulars in the Horn Ashbourne and the Sycamore at are always chatting about the Green Parwich. Man halcyon days and Ben decided The Sycamore, Parwich The shortlist for Most Improved Pub to try to recreate a little piece of it in of The Year was The Ketch at his pub. A nice touch. Kniveton, The Okeover Arms at Talking of the Green Man, the next Mapleton and The Red Lion at phase of development is ongoing Kniveton. now and any firm news of interest After an 18 year stint running the to beer drinkers will be circulated as Black Horse at Hulland Ward, soon as we hear of it, but we are landlady Muriel Edwin is calling given to understand that those time and retiring back to her native plans will include some interesting County Durham. The pub has and exciting news for us all. already been sold after just three weeks on the market. Early Beer Festival indications are that the new owners are looking to continue the Plans for our next beer festival, to business as normal with little or no be held over the August Bank change. No date for leaving has Holiday, are about to get into full been set yet, but the sub-branch swing and we will advertise will be marking the occasion with a preliminary details as soon as we small presentation to Muriel. are able to confirm them. The Red Lion, Kniveton

Diary Dates

BRANCH MEETINGS Tuesday 25th March The Black Cow, Dalbury Lees Tuesday 29th April Up to 9 Real Ales The Ostrich, Longford Plus Tuesday 27th May - AGM Real Ciders & Perries The Cock, Clifton (tbc)

14 DerbyDRINKER March/April 2014 EREWASH VALLEY by Mick & Carole Golds CAMRA BRANCH [email protected]

photographed Crown Inn beneath the viaduct Pub News where we were met in the pub by Dave from the Good news for a change, the Three Horseshoes on Stockport Branch who was our guide for most of Derby Road, Ilkeston once a Greene King outlet is the day. A short walk along the A6 took us to the Future Meetings now a free house with 1 traditional cider on hand Magnet and then to the very good Hope Inn All meetings start 8.00pm, contact pump and 5 changing quest beers including a which also brews the very excellent Foolhardy regular house beer from Castle Rock. The new beers. We then set off back into town to sample the Secretary, Jayne 0115 8548722 tenants are Scott & Lisa Ryder, Scott is the licensee the mainly very busy Robinsons and Sam Smith Tuesday 11th March who in the past worked for Hardy & Hansons and houses finally finishing at the Arden Arms. - Presentation to the Dewdrop for pub of Greene King and is now head of sales for Castle Stockport is a very interesting town and well the winter season award. Rock brewery. Lisa’s parents, Colin and Iris Duro worth another visit. Wednesday 2nd April once ran the Miners Arms on the opposite corner Our next social outing on Saturday 8th Feb was - Coach & Horses, Draycott. which is now a private house. The front bar has round the Canning Circus area of Nottingham had a modern face lift and is welcoming and the Wednesday 7th May which turned out to be our largest gathering ever, - Three Horseshoes, Derby Road, Ilkeston. rear bar/snug is more or less the same as it was 36 camra members and friends met in the Organ with the addition of a new fireplace, a pub that’s Grinder. When we left to go to the Portland Arms worth a visit if in Ilkeston being very close to the pub was nearly empty, the other 2 pubs other real ale bars. Opening hours are 12-12 visited were the Falcon and Hand & Heart. Pub Discounts everyday, food available will be cobs and pork Unfortunately the Sir John Borlase Warren was pies. closed for refurbishment but this Everards pub Please remember to show your camra The boarded up Royal Oak on Tamworth Road, will open in partnership with Brown Ales very membership card Long Eaton is rumoured for demolition with a soon. An excellent selection of beers in all the The Bridge Inn, Cotmanhay - 20p off a pint retirement home to be built in its place. This is pubs visited and 12 of us finished the night off in The Bridge, Sandiacre - 15p off a pint well built building, once a Bass house which has the Plough Nottingham. Blue Bell, Sandiacre - 10p off a pint, 5p gone through many changes but has now sadly A trip off Half includes cider come to its end. planned for The Barge on Tamworth Road, Long Eaton no Coach & Horses, Draycoot - All cask ales later in the £2.90 longer does Camra discount. year is round Navigation, Breaston - 10p off a pint The Rose & Crown, Draycott has been partly West Hallam demolished but by the time you read this it will finishing at Observatory, Ilkeston - 10p off a pint be gone. This was noticed by one off our the Nutbrook when vouchers not being used members who stated that the only way he found Brewery for a Poacher, Ilkeston - 15p off a pint anything out about the planning application was BBQ, details Queens Head, Marlpool by going on the council website. to be - 20p off a pint, 10p off half includes cider The Stumble Inn, Long Eaton recently brewed its finalised and first pint from its new Song Bird Brewery called will be on the Rutland Cottage, Ilkeston - 15p off a pint Mon – Thurs only Song Bird and apparently it was very nice. website. Steamboat, Trent Lock - 20p off a pint, Trips and Socials 10p off half includes cider Our Christmas trip 2013 was to Stockport and it Sign - The Hope Twitchell Inn, Long Eaton - 20p off a pint was well attended, starting at the popular well

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17 www.derbycamra.org.uk DearToper...

Consider! Dear Toper, a recent Friday evening, whereon, accompanied by a friend, I ventured into a certain city centre hostelry. The place was uncharacteristically crowded, due to Bars, Bras and the an influx of once a month, payday drinkers. Being predominantly male (presumably they had left their other Ozone Layer halves at home watching some vapid televised dross, such as, “Britain’s got Talentless Idiots”) the raucous, foulmouthed recent well-publicised assertion of someone who claimed that the conversation of the influx revolved around football, cars and winter floods were the result of gay marriage, which in itself was T.V. in ever decreasing circles of intellectual input and ever marginally more credible increasing circles of volume. than the theory that they had Viewing our boorish and been caused by manmade unwanted company, as they climate change! jostled at the counter, Setting aside the weird and making ill-mannered wonderful intrigues of green demands of the over- politics and moving on to stretched bar staff, my matters infinitely more companion was stung to pleasurable, I for one am comment, “Christ! It’s like relieved that bras are back in being in a men only bar!” fashion (particularly the black which was someway from lacy ones) and I am sure that the truth. the majority of women are I, unlike my young too, especially the older ones, companion, do actually for whom defying gravity is remember men only bars in no longer an option – if pubs, and on the whole found indeed it ever was! them to be peaceful and As for men only bars, respectable places, usually personally I prefer to drink in overseen by a solitary mixed company and as I have barmaid, who ruled her stated before in this august domain with an unspoken journal, I find a pint much and understated air of more enjoyable when it’s authority. These quiet oases of accompanied by a pretty civilisation, were, in my view, face. Nevertheless, Dear needlessly swept away in the 1970’s by the craven political stooges Toper, there are times, when, having found myself in some noisy of the militant feminist harridans. The shrill cheerleaders of the pub, full of crass, foulmouthed (some of the women are worse than latter were at that time seldom away from the airwaves, and the men) idiots, I find myself hankering back to those halcyon days according to an old acquaintance of mine, “invited environmental of yore, when I had the option of avoiding the louts and loutesses disaster by their insane insistence on the mass burning of bras!” He by retreating to the relative peace and quiet of a men only bar. still maintains to this day, that all of that elastic and nylon going up Consider the, Dear Toper! in smoke is what caused the hole in the ozone layer. D.T. You may chuckle, Dear Toper, but it is a lot less fanciful than the

18 DerbyDRINKER March/April 2014 DerbyCAMRA BranchDiary

MARCH APRIL Thu 6th - Social & City ‘Pub of The Year’ Presentations - 8pm

at Little Chester Ale House & 9pm Furnace Inn.

Thu 13th - Branch Meeting – Bell & Castle, Derby - 8pm.

Tue 18th - Social & Country ‘Pub of The Year’ Presentation - 9pm at Pattenmakers Arms, Duffield - Catch the 8.05 or MAY 8.35pm sixes bus from Derby Bus Station. JUNE Thu 27th – Ockbrook Survey & Country ‘Pub of The Year’ Runner-Up Presentation - 9.30pm at Royal Oak. Free mini bus leaves Cathedral Green at 7.30pm. APRIL Wed 9th – Branch AGM – Flowerpot, Derby – 8pm.

NB. All trips Depart/Return from Cathedral Green, Derby.

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