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Welcome to Fylde Ale WE COME

2012 has been a huge year for CAMRA, nationally and locally. The organisation celebrates 40 years since its formation in 1972. In that 40 years we have become the largest and most successful, independent consumer organisation in the world. Almost 150,000 individuals currently care enough about ensuring the availability of cask conditioned beer to bother to join an organisation whose aim is to protect that product. No other type of food or drink is supported and promoted with such passion and enthusiasm. guidance of our branch Chairman Ian Ward have sourced for you some very special beers Locally we have recently recruited our 1,500th from all over the world. Try them and enjoy member, a number that has grown three-fold them, but beware, some of them are very over the last four years. J D Wetherspoon has powerful. played a huge part nationally and locally by giving members £20 of beer tokens/vouchers We apologise, as usual, for the fact that we have every year. Many of our local pubs have only a very basic British beer and cider list joined our beer-discount scheme whereby card with few tasting notes inside the magazine. carrying members receive a discount, usually These ciders and beers are ordered at the very of 20p per pint, when they buy real ale. A list last minute and are dependent upon what of the pubs offering these discounts is printed the manufacturers are producing at that time. elsewhere in the magazine. If you are aware of However, you should be able to find printed any local establishments not on our list that lists of the beer inside the festival these will offer a discount let me know and they will be include 20 or so "One-off, ticker beers." added next time. Currently our best value is at Lytham’s Station Tavern in Station Square, A date for your diary; the next Fleetwood who is offering a 20% discount, that’s a huge Beer Festival will be held at the Marine Hall, 60p off a £3 pint of beer! Fleetwood on the 7th, 8th and 9th of February 2013 - see you there! The coming of Autumn means means Lytham Beer Festival comes around again. If you are Can we be the first to wish you a very Merry reading this at the festival can we, on behalf of Christmas and a happy, healthy and peaceful our committee and branch welcome you? Have 2012? a great time, and please drink responsibly. We have some wonderful beers available for you to try. Marian and I, under the leadership and MARIAN & ALAN DOGGART

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Chairmans Welcome & Contacts CONTACT US CHAIRMANS CONTACT Fylde Ale welcomes letters, photographs, news, views and articles for possible publication. Please keep it brief WELCOME and to the point. Please supply your name and address (this will only be published with your permission). The editors retain the right to edit any submissions. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the writers and not necessarily those of the editors, would like to Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre Branch of CAMRA or CAMRA welcome you on itself. behalf of Blackpool I Contact the editors at: Fylde and Wyre branch 7, CARISBROKE CLOSE, POULTON-LE-FYLDE. FY6 7UA: th of CAMRA to the 6 01253 894778: [email protected] Lytham Beer and Cider Branch Website:www.blackpoolcamra.org.uk festival. At this years festival we will again be YOUR RIGHTS rd Complaints about short measure should be addressed serving beer in 1/3 of initially to the landlord. If you are still not satisfied you a pint, ½ a pint or a full should contact your local Trading Standards Officer: one pint, so those that like to sample more LANCASHIRE: County Hall, Preston. 01772 254868. of the beers can do so. I would like to thank BLACKPOOL: Enforcement & Quality Standards, the organising committee without whose Progress House, Clifton Road, Blackpool.FY4 4US. 01253 478359 help this festival would not take place. Please remember that all the staff are unpaid Listed below are the current Blackpool Fylde & volunteers. You will be able to sample upto Wyre branch of CAMRA committee members and their contact details –: 90 British beers at this festival as well as various British ciders and perries and bottled CHAIRMAN Ian Ward beer from all over the world. I would [email protected] also thank our sponsors Forbes solicitors VICE-CHAIR Dave Stirzaker Windmill Homes ,Thwaites Brewery and [email protected] Lytham Brewery. SO thank you for attending BRANCH CONTACT/SECRETARY Maggie Hodgkiss the festival and enjoy yourselves. I would [email protected] advise those attending a festival for the first MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Ian Shergold time to start with the lower gravity beers first [email protected] and not with the high gravity ones otherwise TREASURER John Hodgkiss you will not be able to taste the flavours [email protected] in the lower gravity ones. Also please drink IT OFFICER Gary Walkey responsibly. [email protected] PUBS & SOCIAL OFFICER Ray Jackson [email protected] NEWSLETTER EDITORS Marian & Alan Doggart Gary Levin [email protected] (Chairman of organising committee) PUBLICITY OFFICER Russ Cobb [email protected] F’WOOD BEER FESTIVAL CHAIR Paul Smith [email protected] LYTHAM BEER FESTIVAL CHAIR Gary Levin [email protected]

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Sponsors & Beer List

CASTLE ROCK 12 Harvest Pale 3.8% FESTIVAL A Pale ale, Champion beer of Britain 2010. COACH HOUSE SPONSORS 13 Gingernut Premium 5.0% Lytham Beer Festival has been kindly A light, refreshing beer with ginger. sponsored by the following companies. COPPER DRAGON CAMRA is very grateful for the generosity of 14 Golden Pippin 3.9% our sponsors. A light refreshing blond ale CULLERCOATS 15 Rocket Brigade IPA 5.5% CUMBRIAN 16 Lowswater Gold 4.3% A golden ale. DARK STAR 17 American Pale 4.7% DUNSCAR BRIDGE 18 Wicketkeeper 4.0% BEER LIST Golden session beer ELGOODS LYTHAM 2012 19 Black Dog 3.6% 4TS Dryish, complex dark mild. 1 Hopsteiner 5.9% FUZZY DUCK ACORN 20 Cunning Stunt 4.3% 2 Single Hop Ipa 5.0% Golden-coloured single-hop ale 21 Ruby Duck 5.3% ALLGATES Ruby coloured beer 3 All Black Mild 3.6% A dark mild. FYNE 22 Avalanche 4.5% ATLAS 4 Latitude 3.6% GREEN JACK A refreshing straw-coloured ale 23 Ripper 8.5% Rich amber Barley Wine BANK TOP 5 Dark Mild 4.0% HARVIESTOUN A full-bodied dark mild 24 Schiehallion 4.8% The original cask conditioned lager BARNGATES 6 Westmorland Gold 4.2% HAWKSHEAD Sun-golden ale 25 Lakeland Gold 4.4% Golden Ale.. BEARTOWN 26 Windermere Pale 3.5% 7 Ginger Bear 4.0% Crisp and fruity yellow beer Flavours from root ginger.. HOLDENS BINGHAMS 27 Golden Glow 4.4% 8 Hot Dog Chilli Stout 5.0% A golden ale.. 9 Vanilla Stout 5.0% dark stout. HOPBACK 28 Summer Lightning 5.0% BLUE BUZZARD Straw coloured beer 10 Supernova 4.0% HOPSTAR BOWLAND 29 Preston Blonde 4.0% 11 Bowland Dragon 4.2% 30 Smokey Joe 4.0% A full bodied golden premium bitter Award winning black beer

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Beer List

JUBILEE TOWER RUDGATE 31 Stout ? 50 Rudgate Ruby Mild 4.4% KELHAM ISLAND 51 Viking 3.8% 32 Riders On The Storm 4.5% An easy drinking amber session bitter.. On the dark side of pale SA LTA IRE KIRKBY LONSDALE 52 Blackberry Cascade 4.8% 33 Monumental 4.5% A pale ale, with a hint of blackberries. A golden coloured ale 53 Rasberry Blonde 4.0% Refreshing blonde ale with raspberries. LEYDEN 34 Nanny Flyer 3.8% SARAH HUGHES A light session beer 54 Ruby Mild 6.0% LIVERPOOL CRAFT SOUTHPORT 35 American Red 5.0% 55 Golden Sands 4.0% A golden coloured bitter LYTHAM 36 Berry Blonde 4.1% ST GEORGES 37 Epic 4.4% 56 Dragons Blood 4.8% 38 Stout 4.6% STEWART Velvety stout 57 Edinburgh Gold 4.8% MARBLE A gold beer. 39 Ginger Marble 4.5% THORNBRIDGE A refreshing and light ginger beer 58 Jaipur 5.9% MILESTONE Light golden coloured beer. 40 Black Pearl 4.3% THWAITES MORDUE 59 Crafty Devil 4.3% 41 Radgie Gadgie 4.8% A spicy beer cinnamon and cloves. A strong, easy-drinking, Northern ale 60 Golden Wunder 5.0% A pale straw coloured premium ale ORKNEY 61 Wainwright 4.1% 42 Dark Island 4.6% A very dark beer. TIRRIL 62 My Bloody Pint 4.4% OSSETT A blood red ale. 43 Three Ridings Bitter 3.8% Traditional Golden Bitter. TITANIC 63 Iceberg 4.1% PHOENIX A wheat beer 44 Wobbly Bob 6.0% An amber beer. TSA 64 Double Espresso Stout 4.8% PICTISH 45 Alchemist 4.3% WILLIAMS BROS A refreshing, straw coloured ale 65 Fraoch Heather Ale 4.1% Heather flowers in this speciality beer. PROSPECT 46 Whatever 3.8% YATES 66 Yates Bitter 3.7% RED WILLOW 47 Wreckless 4.8% YORK A pale ale. 67 Centurions Ghost 5.4%

REEDLEY HALLOW THE LIST PRINTED ON PAGES 5 AND 7 IS THE 48 Monkholme Premium 4.2% PROVISIONAL LIST OF THE BRITISH BEERS THAT ROOSTERS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THIS FESTIVAL. THERE 49 Yankee 4.3% WILL BE A FURTHER LIST OF “ONE-OFF” BEERS AS Light and easy drinking. WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF CHANGES TO THIS LIST. UP TO DATE NOTICES OF THE BEERS ON SALE ARE AVAILABLE IN THE HALL.

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Cider & World Beer List Cider & Perry list AMERICAN Anchor Steam 35.5cl 4.9% An American icon; a well-rounded beer, crisp, caramel Lytham Festival flavours Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout 35.5cl 10.0% 4,5,6 October 2012 Pitch Black, one of the world’s great stout’s. Taste dark fruits port and bitter chocolate CIDER Goose Island IPA 35.5c 5.9% Foxwhelp Gwatkin Full of hop flavour, how an IPA should taste – a classic. Sierra Nevada Pale 35.5cl 5.6% Old Kirton Sandford Cascade hops combine with malt to give a dry fruitiness. Hang Down Hecks Home Orchard Special Ben Crossman Farmhouse Scrumpy Gwnt y Ddraig BELGIAN Janet’s Jungle Juice Westcroft La Chouffe 33cl 8.0% Rubie Suzie Woodthorpe Hall A bitterish, spicy, very classy, bottle conditioned beer. Game Cock Gwatkin Vedett Blonde 33cl 5.2% A well-above-the-average, lager. Lots of flavour. Karmeliet Tripel 33cl 8.4% PERRY Slightly smoked & spicy, unusual for a blond beer Rock SV Perry Oliver’s 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze 37.5cl 6.0% Pear Light Perry Mr Whitehead’s A top geuze, the Belgian Chablis? Blakeney Red Gwatkin Bruges Tripel 33cl 8.7% Premium Perry Broadoak A style that originated in Bruges, alcohol and caramel notes. Delirium Tremens 33cl 8.5% Fruity nose, quite sweet, but a real alcohol kick. Duchesse de Bourgogne 33cl 6.2% Slightly sour, cherries, but a real winner. WORLD Leffe 9 33cl 9.0% Distinctive, golden abbey-style beer – strong and robust BEER LIST Piraat 33cl 9.0% A robust, strong and very flavoursome pale ale. Pannepot 33cl 10.0% LYTHAM 2012 Recently voted the world’s best beer on the Ratebeer website and one of only two beers to score 100 out of 100! Very rare, most goes to the USA. Spicy, rich, complex, in This list is liable to change should the beers be my opinion the best beer at this festival by a country unavailable from our wholesaler at the time of mile. Its complexity amazes everyone. the festival. We will endeavour to replace them Quintine Hercule 33cl 9.0% with beers of a similar quality. There may also Belgian Imperial stout, with the Brooklyn, two of the finest. be additional beers available should we be Rodenbach Gran Cru 33cl 6.0% able to source something out of the ordinary. Aged, severe and dry, one for the connoisseur. You should note that we have two MUNICH Saison Dupont 33cl 6.5% OKTOBERFEST beers and the stunning, A classic dry, fresh “saison” beer. “world’s best beer”, PANNEPOT on sale in very Witcap Tripel 33cl 7.5% limited quantities: Like a dry white wine, very drinkable.

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World Beer List BELGIAN AUSTRIAN FRUIT & CHOCOLATE Hopfenkonig 33cl 5.1% Liefmans Cuvee Brut 37.5cl 6.0% An excellent pilsner, dry and fresh Stylish brown ale blended with cherries. Timmermans Framboise 33cl 4.0% FRENCH Lambic based, big, fruity raspberry beer. Trois Monts 75cl 8.5% Timmermans Kriek 33cl 4.0% So popular, a blond stunner with a blast of fruit, one to As above but a fruity, tart-cherry flavour and aroma. share Timmermans Peche 33cl 4.0% Vivat Blonde 33cl 6.5% As expected, peaches dominate. A pure malt “Bière de Garde” Timmermans Strawberry 33cl 4.0% Bellerose 33cl 6.5% Subtle strawberry fruit beer. Brewed by Gerard Depardue, IPA, using hops from three continents Boon Kriek 37.5cl 4.0% Fully unsweetened lambic, a real treat for the tongue. Floris Chocolate 33cl 4.2% AUSTRALIAN Like it says on the tin, full of chocolate & vanilla, a Coopers Sparkling 37.5cl 5.8% wheat beer Cloudy, a fruity, well-rounded beer. Floris Fraise 33cl 3.6% Little Creatures Pale 33cl 5.2% Strawberry fruit beer, excellent sweet & sour balance. Lots of floral hops, aromatic, superb! Floris Framboise 33cl 3.6% Raspberry fruit beer, sweet yet refreshing. ITALIAN Fruli – strawberry 25cl 4.1% Peroni Red 33cl 4.7% Hugely popular, even has its own fan-club. A clean tasting pilsner, not usually exported Mongozo Banana 33cl 4.5% Fair trade beers, sweet yet refreshing Mongozo Coconut 33cl 3.5% Mild coconut flavour Morte Subite Kriek 37.5cl 4.5% Belgian quality cherry fruit beer GERMAN Flensburger Gold 33cl 4.8% Mild, tasty, elegant beer. Jever Pilsner 50cl 4.9% A small brewery producing a great tasting pilsner. Berliner Kindl Weisse 33cl 3.0% A true Berliner-style, pleasantly sour, Weiss beer Kuppers Kolsch 50cl 4.8% Pale gold, the traditional Cologne Kolsch Schlosser Alt 50cl 4.8% A nutty, dry, copper-coloured ale Spaten Oktoberfest 50cl 5.9% Lowenbräu Oktoberfest 50cl 6.0% These are two genuine Munich Oktoberfest beers that you would be buying for a small fortune in Germany. We have very limited quantities.

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Ian Rigg IAN RIGG CHAMPION OF REAL ALE

fter a lifetime of The family then moved into one of the north of service to working England’s most renowned public houses. Awith, promoting and Tommy Duck’s in Manchester, by this time Ian selling real ale (as well as was in his early 20’s. The pub had started life drinking a little of the stuff), as the Princess Tavern. When it changed its Ian Rigg recently retired name to the Tommy Duckworth (named after from being a landlord. an earlier landlord) a sign-writer was hired However, fear not, I am to paint a new pub sign. Legend has it that aware Ian has plans to half-way through the task a dispute broke out eventually return to the between painter and publican about payment, business in a different role, but more of that the licensee wanted payment to be made after he has taken some time out to recharge in beer, the sign-writer wanted cash. They his batteries. couldn’t agree, so the job was abandoned with only the first few letters of each word painted Known all over the real ale world as “Riggy”, and the sign read TOM DUCK and thus was most locals know Ian from his stewardship of forever known as TOMMY DUCKS. Tommy the multi-award-winning public house The Ducks was a Groves and Whitnall house – a Taps on Henry Street in Lytham. However, his life in the trade goes back many more years than he spent building that iconic pub into the nationally-known establishment that it became. So regularly was it named our local Pub of the Year that for a short time the branch changed the rules to say a pub wasn’t allowed to win the trophy in consecutive years. The idea was to give some of the others a chance – we soon realised the error of our ways and abolished the rule, after all it’s only right the pub we consider best should win, let the others try harder.

Ian was born in Manchester, his father, at that time was a market trader and Ian was expected to follow in his footsteps, but, before that could happen dad moved on to bar work in various golf clubs in the Manchester area. Father eventually moved on from the stewardship of golf clubs and took over the licences of a series of city pubs and clubs. The first pub was the Concert Inn, (on Lower Moseley Street and now demolished) the smallest pub in Manchester. That was followed by the stewardship of the Clayton Conservative Club...... Continued on page 13

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Station Tavern ON TRACK WITH THE STATIO

f enthusiasm was all it took to make a pub successful, then Lytham’s Station Tavern Ion Station Square (not unexpectedly next door to Lytham Railway Station), would be our national pub of the year. The young couple, Joanne and Chris, who recently took over management of this splendid pub, have bags of enthusiasm, but backed up with a background in the pub trade, tempered with realistic expectations and an appetite for hard work that makes their confidence well founded.

The couple were running the Hansom Cab in the town and making great improvements with both the quality and choice of beer. Unbeknown to them their pub group was in month, that’s a choice of almost 200 guest beers discussions with the Wetherspoon property every year.” Asked how he chooses which ones people. The pair first learned about the deal to sell he said, “We have a good number of real when they were told they had to be out of the ale drinkers who are looking for something new, place in two weeks – how fair is that? Being they go through the list with me. I listen to what “sandgrownuns” from Blackpool and Lytham they say and try to provide what they want.” they had no great desire to move too far away He added, “Joanne is my chief taster, she has a from home and the vacancy at the Station was good palate and is able to describe the beers.” As a very timely. service to his customers who want to sample all his beers, the beer can be bought in one third Up until 1985 the pub was the local railway of a pint tasters. station. At that time Chris was a builder and actually worked on the conversion from The pub is about to undergo a major refurbishment station to pub in the mid 80’s. It is an attractive, from the 5th of January 2013. This is a sign that brick-faced building in a quiet square with quite S&N are putting their faith in the way Chris and a large outdoor area for eating and drinking. Joanne are trading and believe the pub has a bright future. Looking at the pub from the Currently the pub, which is owned by Scottish outside it is easy to imagine this long, narrow & Newcastle, is limited to selling beers from the Victorian building as a Railway Station. Trains S&N portfolio. At the moment they have six still pass, as the “new” station relocated right hand pulls and the large bar would allow them next to the original building and is a stop on to extend that number should there be the the Preston/Kirkham to Blackpool South line. demand. Chris said, “S&N have a solid range of The station and the pub were amazingly always available beers, we have Theakston’s Best, busy during the week of the Open Golf Old Peculier, and our best seller which is Deuchars Championship this summer. IPA. In addition they offer us 16 guest ales each

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Ian Rigg & Reduced Price ...... Continued from page 11 Salford brewery(subsequently taken over by ATION TAVERN Greenall Whitley in 1972). It was eventually illegally demolished in February 1992, despite The restaurant part of the pub opens at 8am being a listed building, with the guilty company and serves a bargain £2.99 full English only being given a small fine! There was a breakfast, popular with commuters and priceless collection of Victorian theatre and shoppers. Beer sales commence at 11 am, soon music hall posters, a skeleton within a glass to be 10am and last orders are at midnight, lidded coffin, and the ‘piece de resistance’, a again a late licence has been applied for. Food ceiling covered with a fine collection of ladies is served all day from 8am to 8pm. The pub is knickers. One landlord kept a tame fox in the both dog and child friendly, children can stay alleyway beside the pub. The pub was on East until 9pm, well-behaved dogs a little later. Street opposite the Midland hotel and is now, I believe a car-park. Music plays a big part in the pubs popularity. Shortage of space in this edition of FYLDE ALE Open mic on a Thursday with live music on means that this article will be concluded in the Friday, Saturday and Sunday, plus other nights next edition of the magazine. if someone wants to entertain. There is a short selection of bottled lagers including one that ALAN DOGGART © 2012 caught my attention, a very well-respected Czech lager from a small brewery Krusovice REDUCED PRICE or Krusovicich (either spelling seems to be acceptable) – they have the motto which BEER FOR CAMRA translates as “Here to make a living not a huge profit!” Those words seem to sum up the MEMBERS! ambitions of Joanne and Chris. Extremely hard Being a CAMRA member carries many work – 8 am to midnight, seven days a week. advantages, one of them being that a number Such dedication deserves our support. And of pubs will discount your pint of real ale on another terrific reason why you CAMRA production of a current CAMRA membership members should support the Station, CAMRA card. Of course Wetherspoon send you each members are offered a 20% discount on their year forty tokens that take a huge 50p per pint real ale on production of a current CAMRA off their already well- priced real ales. membership card. In most pubs it is a 20p Our local pubs that offer a further discount are reduction on a pint – here it is 20%, that is an listed below, if you know of any others that amazing 60p off a pint of beer retailing at £3. offer such discounts or if you are landlord of a pub that wishes to offer a discount to CAMRA We wish this young couple every success, and members, please send me details: please give them your support. OLD ENGLAND BISPHAM DUTTONS ARMS BLACKPOOL ALAN DOGGART GILLESPIES BLACKPOOL PUMP AND TRUNCHEON BLACKPOOL STRAWBERRY GARDENS FLEETWOOD THE STATION TAVERN LYTHAM *20% Discount to CAMRA members. SHIP & ROYAL LYTHAM THATCHED HOUSE POULTON GOLDEN BALL POULTON

ALAN DOGGART

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Forty Years Of CAMRA FORTY YEARS OF CAMRA

hat we now know as THE of Good Beer Guide published in 1972, it cost CAMPAIGN FOR REAL ALE back in 25p and was just sheets of paper stapled W1972 was known as THE CAMPAIGN together with pubs listed by town alphabetically. FOR THE REVITALISATION OF ALE. This Only ten entries were for Lancashire pubs, they fledgling organisation had just a handful of were: BAY HORSE Pleasington), BONNY INN branches and a thousand or so members. Our (Salesbury) and the FLEECE, LORD NELSON, grateful thanks go to the four founding fathers, SIR CHARLES NAPIER, WATERLOO (all in for without them where would we be today? Blackburn). Blackpool had just two entries, We salute you, Michael Hardman, Graham GRAPES (now Scruffy Murphy’s) and MITRE Lees Jim Makin and Bill Mellor. Current (no longer sells real ale). Listed under membership of CAMRA in the UK is over Kirkham, but actually in the picturesque 140,000 in 210 branches and 16 regions. This village of Wrea Green was THE GRAPES. number does not include the many overseas Chorley boasted THE MARKET TAVERN (an members. old Peter Walkers pub). Last, but not least was Preston with the MYERSCOUGH at Salmsbury Our branch has recruited new members at an (a Robinson’s pub and until recently a regular amazing rate, much of this is due to the “perks” GBG entry). of belonging to CAMRA; all our members receive £20 worth of J D Wetherspoon Ah!! Those were the days! Here’s to the next 40 vouchers. Members receive a discount on real years! ale in a number of pubs, locally and nationally. If you aren’t already a member why not join us, there is a membership application form printed RAY JACKSON in this magazine? REGIONAL DIRECTOR CAMRA WEST PENNINES As recently as May 2008 we had less than 500 local members, currently we have just passed 1,500! We have more members than any other branch in the West Pennines Region and are in the top 20 in the country. Over the last few years our branch has gone from strength to strength, just like the GOOD BEER GUIDE.

In the first guide from 1974, our branch had only eight entries, four in Blackpool, including the demolished King’s Arms on Talbot Road, also included was the Victoria Hotel in St Annes which has recently won a reprieve on a demolition order thanks to a vigorous fight by the Victoria Hotel Community Association with the support of this branch.

Not a lot of people know that there was a sort

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Facts About CAMRA GBG SOME FACTS ABOUT THE FIRST F OF CAMRAS GOOD BEER G

CAMRA published its 40th (2013) edition of For the record, we in the Blackpool, Fylde and the GOOD BEER GUIDE in September 2012, Wyre branch have submitted 113 different pubs yes 40 editions 1974 to 2013. In its 40 years of since 1974 when our branch was formed. publication it has had seven editors, one Included in those were three clubs and one off- woman editor – Andrea Gillies 1989/90. The licence; that was the Tap House in Cleveleys, first editor was John Hanscomb, who only happy memories. Some pubs have come and edited the first edition. The man who has gone while others have appeared regularly over edited most editions (19 to date) is Roger Protz, the years. The pub with most entries is The well supported by a team of excellent staff in Saddle on Whitegate Drive with its glory years CAMRA HQ in St Albans. in the hands of Pam and Don Ashton. This was originally a Catterall and Swarbrick pub, this From its inception in 1974, a rather odd looking Blackpool brewery had 18 pubs in the area. The shape for a book was born. Through its 40 years brewery was taken over by Bass Charrington it has gained an excellent reputation amongst in the 1960’s, then closed and demolished in beer-lovers and pub-goers alike. The first guide the 1980’s. Its site in Layton is now a modern had just 96 pages, listed 104 breweries and cost housing development re-named Coopers Way. 75 pence. Some of the “Big Six” breweries The Saddle was in the guide for 33 years, not had more than one brewery listed because of consecutively, its longest run was 1974 to various takeovers and buy-outs. The biggest 1992, 19 years. The Saddle was only one of culprit was Whitbread, do you remember their eight listed in 1974, the other were Dog and “Tour of Destruction”? Also listed were the four Partridge (Lytham Road, Blackpool), Black “Home Brew Pubs”. Does anyone remember Horse (Kirkham), Thatched House (Poulton- who they were? A clue: Mrs Lewis, Mrs Pardoe, le-Fylde),Victoria (St Annes) Grapes (Wrea Geoffrey Richards and John Roberts). Green) – all of these were great Boddington houses, and it was a well- respected brewery, Lancashire was then a much larger county; it sadly the beer no longer exists. The other two had Liverpool, Manchester and Salford within that make up the eight were the Empress its boundaries, as well as the Furness area of (Blackpool) – Thwaites and the Kings Arms, a Cumbria and the Warrington, Widnes region. fine former Higson’s house on Talbot Road All were part of that great County Palatine – the where the branch was formed. 15 pubs have allocation for the county was then 134 pubs, been seen in only one guide and never again. what a difference now. Today’s much smaller The branch is only allowed to nominate 22 county means that 119 entries are allocated. pubs every year, so a number of pubs narrowly The new edition bears no resemblance to the miss out. 22 of the pubs have either been earlier book, its 900+ pages and interesting demolished, closed, converted to another use features makes it one of the best-selling or stopped selling cask beer. From 1977 until books of its kind on the market. It also boasts 2004the guide also contained “Try Also”, or “In close on 1,000 breweries listed together with Brief” pubs that HQ described as “pubs not descriptions of the beers brewed by them. Not worthy of a full entry” and contained a brief forgetting the description of 4,000 plus of the description. Over their 17 years of existence pubs recommended by CAMRA members. our branch only listed 16 pubs in this category. In 2004 the guide was beginning to get too big

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Rate Our Beer RST FORTY YEARS RATE OUR BEER As a CAMRA member one very important task you can be involved in is voting for local public EER GUIDE houses to be put forward for inclusion into the annual Good Beer Guide. This can be done and the 5,000 entries were reduced to 4,000. on the members area of the local CAMRA website www.blackpoolcamra.org.uk, or In 1988 the 25th edition of the Good Beer Guide by attending branch meetings to vote. We was celebrated by the production of a limited currently use the 6-point CAMRA NBSS edition “silver hardback copy”, edited by Geoff (National Beer Scoring Scheme). Our points Evans and contained a feature on the 22 pubs are given simply on beer quality and no other that had appeared in every edition since 1974. criteria at this point. A pub serving one or two The Empress in Blackpool was one of these. beers at a high standard (very good) should Members who managed to visit all 22 pubs score higher than a pub with a dozen or so which had achieved this milestone received a hand pulls but with beer of only an average to certificate to mark the achievement; I proudly good standard, and this simple fact seems to own one of these certificates. Today only seven confuse some people. So many of our pubs pubs can claim to have been in all 40 editions. receive a score of 3, and marks either side of that score are so rarely used. Some people vote for their favourite pubs for whatever reason RAY JACKSON and whatever the quality of the beer sold there. If you can devise a fairer way let us know and it will certainly be considered. To assist there is a list below of what the scores mean: 0 - UNDRINKABLE No cask ale available or so poor you have to take it back or can’t finish it. 1 – POOR Beer that isn’t anything from barely drinkable to drinkable with considerable resentment. 2 – AVERAGE Competently kept, drinkable pint but doesn’t inspire in any way, not worth moving to another pub but you drink the beer without really noticing. 3 – GOOD Good beer in good form. You may cancel plans to move to the next pub. You want to stay for another pint and may seek out the beer again. 4 – VERY GOOD Excellent beer in excellent condition 5 – EXCELLENT Probably the best beer you are ever likely to find. A seasoned drinker will award this score very rarely.

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Railway Hotel MAKE TRACKS FOR THE RAILWAY HOTEL No pub group is The Railway is Gemma’s second management more supportive of position with Wetherspoon, her first was CAMRA than J D in Chorlton, the Sedgeling. Chorlton, near Wetherspoon. Most Manchester, has gained a reputation for the of their pubs offer quality and quantity of its real ale pubs and a wide range of real Gemma is proud that the Sedgeling was one of ales. The biggest the stops on the real ale circuit. advantage to CAMRA members is the £20 worth of 50p vouchers that they receive every year Gemma said, “Wetherspoon are a superb to use against the cost of their cask beer. company to work for, I studied for a university Wetherspoon give this branch and its 1,500 degree in Hospitality and after graduating they members, £30,000 worth of free beer every took me on and continued and assisted in my year, an investment that obviously pays training and experience. Even after ten years I am dividends for them, so why aren’t other pub learning something new every day. The company groups, who rely on real ale drinkers to boost consider quality real ales as a huge part of their their profits, making any effort to attract such business profile, so it will be a very important part a committed group of discerning imbibers. of the Station Hotel. We are looking forward a lot of your CAMRA members during the Lytham beer So, the good news is we can celebrate the festival. Then, of course, there is our own festival opening of another local branch, The Railway from the 24th October to the 11th November.” Hotel on Station Road, Lytham. The premises were previously the Hansom Cab. This is the seventh Wetherspoon on the Fylde coast, the companies ambition is to have 12 to 15 pubs in the area by 2015, so look out for more openings.

Manager of the new property is 30 year old, Essex girl, Gemma Camp. Although born in Essex she has lived all over the world due to her father’s international business interests. When we asked Gemma to choose her favourite place We were really impressed with Gemma’s in the world, unhesitatingly she said, “Hong excellent selection of beers. Some of our local Kong, not least because my father still lives out Wetherspoon outlets seem to become a little there and I try to visit him as often as possible. bogged down concentrating on only two or Hong Kong is such a vibrant, exciting place, a 24 three breweries. Gemma does seem to have hour city; you could never be bored there.” We spread the net and on the occasions we have suggested sleepy Lytham must be quite a visited found a wide and varied choice of really contrast, “It is different, but far from sleepy and well kept and presented beers. Gemma said, “I boring, it was the centre of the world’s attention know many real ale drinkers like a good choice of when the Open was taking place. We were crazily beers from different breweries and that is what I busy, quite a baptism after only opening a few hope our customers will find when they visit the days before it all started. However, now it has all Railway Hotel.” settled down we have a relaxed pub, with lots of very friendly locals and visitors.” The pub itself is an old Catterall and Swarbrick

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pub. Purpose-built as a two-storey public house has an outside drinking area to the front and HE in 1847, next to Lytham’s first railway station side. and was named the Railway Hotel. One of the pubs rooms is dedicated to the towns Another star in the galaxy of the Fyldes association with the Open golf tournament at Wetherspoon pubs. We wish Gemma and the the famous Royal Lytham & St Annes course. Railway Hotel a long and very successful future The stylish pub, has a seaside and railway and look forward to spending many happy theme with many interesting artefacts and hours with them. pictures including an unusual clock. The pub MARIAN & ALAN DOGGART Across The (Tram) Tracks - Part 2

.... continuing the journey on the recently Moving on past the Cliffs Hotel, a shabby- opened £100 million eleven mile Blackpool looking Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Admiral Point light tram system, visiting selected pubs within (a luxury housing development in the former a few minutes walk of the tram tracks along the miners’ convalescent home), leave the tram at way. the Bispham stop at the top of Red Bank Rd. The Highlands on Queens Promenade may be In part 1 we reached Blackpool, leaving the worth a look for some more Thwaites beers, but tram to visit the Layton Rakes on Market St note that it only seems to open at lunchtime at (nearest tram stop North Pier). Back on the the weekend. A safer bet is to walk a couple tracks and heading towards Fleetwood the of hundred yards down Red Bank Rd to the tram glides past the Metropole and follows the Bispham. Only one cask beer, Sam Smiths promenade past many other hotels, notably the OBB, but this will undoubtedly be the cheapest, Imperial and the Hilton (on the Derby baths and arguably the best, pint on the whole trip. site!), before dropping down to the Gynn Square stop. Back on the tram, note how much quicker and smoother the journey is compared to the The Gynn is in a prominent position on the trundling heritage trams and that every stop roundabout, across from the Savoy Hotel. It’s has a new shelter and raised platforms to help a large pub and looks a little worn, but the with getting on and off. Passing the Norbreck Thwaites beers (Wainwrights, Lancaster Castle Hotel, glimpse the hoardings across Bomber and seasonal choice) are worth Norbreck Rd hiding the space once occupied by stopping off for. the Mariners Bar, a regular haunt of my youth but now a just a pile of rubble following a fire five years ago

Getting off the tram at the Cleveleys stop, Wetherspoon’s Jolly Tar is a brief stroll away from the sea along Victoria Rd West. Expect 10 handpulls (remember the CAMRA members vouchers) and the usual Wetherspoon’s menu. More unusually, you can relax looking at a couple of specially commissioned artworks – “The Sea” (a metal sculpture by Jean Paterson) and “Floating Forms” (a glass sculpture by John

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Ditchfield).

The tramline now moves inland, with the coast well off to the left, as Fleetwood gets closer. The From the Fisherman’s Walk stop on the edge of the town centre, head along Lofthouse Way and Elm St and in through the front door of the Strawberry Gardens. Up to 12 beers plus 4 ciders plus food till early evening and more CAMRA discounts!

The tram heads up Lord St and North Albert St to stop at the Fleetwood Ferry terminus (for the ferry to Over Wyre), close to the Pharos None of what follows has got anything to do lighthouse and the North Euston, but alight at with my shorts, news which will come as a the London St stop to visit Fleetwood’s only blessing and a relief to you all. A wacky GBG 2012 entry, the Thomas Drummond. heading is always a good start though, and Another Wetherspoons pub to finish off this this indeed is the start of what I hope will be a little trip. regular feature of Fylde Ale wherein I will share with you brief bits, as opposed to bits of Blackpool Transport operates the tram service briefs, about anything vaguely connected to and offers integrated saver tickets to allow real ale. So here goes. unlimited use of the tramway (excluding heritage trams) and the bus network. For You’ll be used to seeing that strange breed of example, an adult day saver ticket costs £3.50 beer collectors, aka tickers, at beer festivals when purchased from travel centres or huddled in groups comparing their lists kept PayPoint Outlets or £4.50 when purchased in small dog-eared notebooks, but the sight of on board a tram or bus. Holders of English a railway platform full of them, such as I National Concessionary Travel Scheme passes saw at Blackburn a month or so back, all can travel free of charge at certain times. Enjoy waiting for the train to Darwen for the Black the trams and the pubs along the way! Horse Beer Festival, was something to behold, especially as they all know each other and so it’s like listening in on a non-stop chatterthon. The Black Horse, with its reputation for sourcing obscure and/or new beers, was on top form, with beers from Blue Buzzard, Complete Pig, Gun Dog, Old Pie Factory, Trickys and Two Cocks to name just a few. Just down the road is 39s, the brewery tap for Barry Tyson’s Hopstar Brewery, which is well worth a long visit too.

I had a jolly overnight stay in Southport recently and can confirm that current Good Beer Guide pubs the Lakeside, Guest House and Baron’s Bar at the Scarisbrick Hotel were all on good form. However the star of the

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Chairmans Shorts The Chairman’s Shorts

show, for both me and my wife Diane, was hosting the latest meeting of all our Lancashire undoubtedly the cosy Inn Beer Shop right branches back in July. As well as generous at the northern end of Lord Street. It sells a samplings of their beers, we were treated to a terrific range of bottled beers, notably from the look at the new Crafty Dan craft brewery, and UK, Belgium and Germany, along with a cask given an insight in to the brewery’s plans for ale on the counter, and has tables and chairs for relocation. The existing site has a brewing inside and outside drinking. It’s open until capacity of about 330,000 barrels per year and 10.30pm and is well worth a visit. while the new plant is unlikely to have such a high capacity, Richard said the aim is for it to Anybody who labours under the delusion that be a place where Thwaites will continue “to be politics has and should have nothing to do with proud of the beers we brew and where we’ll be CAMRA or real ale should have been at the in control of our own destiny”. There was also public inquiry into the planning appeal about talk of an informal idea to do a re-brew of the the Victoria in St Annes. Central government’s old Yates and Jackson beers using the old National Planning Policy Framework and recipes. the Localism Act, dreamt up and enacted by politicians, were central to the arguments. I’ll say more about my recent jaunt to beer And why does anyone think CAMRA spends heaven, aka Belgium, in the next Fylde Ale, but so much time, effort and money lobbying just in case any of you are heading to Ghent politicians? Because politics effects everything in the near future, be sure to visit the city’s and is key to the future of our pubs, clubs and only brewery, Gruut, (www.gruut.be) on the beer industry. canalside smack in the heart of this wonderful place. A landmark event in our Branch’s history occurred recently with the signing up of a Cheers couple of friends of mine as CAMRA members. Pat and Sean O’Reilly have for years resisted Wardy the encouragements of ours truly and drinking buddy and fellow branch member Bob Fletcher, but the persistence paid off during a visit to Burnley’s Boot Inn and wonderful current Lancashire Pub of the Year Bridge Bier Huis. Being of the accountancy religion, getting Pat to part with any money is a challenge but the increasing range of discounts available to CAMRA members, along with the prospect of me not endlessly going on at him about joining, finally did the trick.

A big thank you to Thwaites Brewery, and in particular Richard Bailey and Ian Bearpark, for

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Notice Board NOTICE BOARD SOCIAL EVENTS For further details see Ray Jackson or contact AUTUMN/WINTER 2012/13 the branch website. To make your own reservation or check that your seat has been reserved please view the Trip Bookings page on the branch website. BRANCH MEETINGS 2012/13 Please note that Branch Meetings commence The coach pickup points are: promptly at 8pm, unless otherwise stated. Fleetwood: Queens, Beach Road. Thornton: Four Lane Ends. 2012 Poulton: Teanlowe Centre, Blackpool Old 27th September, Thursday, Road. Queens Hotel, Central Beach, Lytham Blackpool: Bus Station, Cookson St. 18th October, Thursday, St. Annes: B & M Bargains (formerly Dutton Arms, Blackpool Woolworths), St Annes Rd West 29th November, Thursday, [email protected] Old Town Hall, Poulton-le-Fylde There is no branch meeting in December. Details can be found on our website: www.blackpoolcamra.org.uk 2013 th 24 January, Thursday, 10th November 2012 VENUE TO BE ANNOUNCED Hebden Bridge and Sowerby st 31 January, Thursday, A brand new trip! £15 Blackpool Cricket Club, West Park Drive, Blackpool 15th December 2012 Shrewsbury Merry Christmas Everyone! It is that time of year we throw caution to the wind and don LANCASHIRE & WEST our best Santa hats and enjoy a trip to Shrewsbury to sample their finest beers. PENNINE REGION Ho Ho Ho! - £15

th 17th November, Saturday, 9 March 2013 YORK West Pennine Regional Meeting, Coronation York with its medieval architecture and great Hall, Ulverston. pubs 19th Jan Lancashire Branches Meeting: n.b. The consumption of alcohol on the coach during Black Horse, Friargate, Preston trips is not allowed. No hot food is to be taken on to the coach. The coach companies will not allow any food to be consumed on board. Please leave the coach in the same condition as when it arrived.

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A Postcard From...

aving a free bus pass isn’t the only Hadvantage of old- age. Retirement from work with a decent pension and reasonable health gives one the freedom to travel and see something of the world, however small your world be. A long-haul flight is no longer the adventure or comfortable pleasure it used to be, so we, like many others, are taking more short breaks nearer home.

A favourite trip we take at least a couple of times a year is a bit of channel-hopping to northern France and Belgium. We try to mix the familiar favourites with something new. Risking missing our scorching British summer we Brasseurs which is a franchise/ last set off in late July (we did chain which sells reasonable food and beer return in time to catch summer which was on brewed on the premises. The town has some the first Monday in August if I remember good restaurants, especially sea-food – fabulous correctly). The down part of such a trip is the moules, much cheaper than over the border in long, boring drive to the Channel Ports and Belgium! A favourite restaurant is on the same back – however, you need a car to bring back street as Milord, Le Grand Morien, if fish isn’t the goodies you buy. your choice they do a very generous and succulent plate of côte d’Agneau (lamb chops). Our plans don’t seem too exciting, two days However, the other reason for frequenting the each in the channel ports of Dunkirk, Calais place is because they sell draught Tripel and Boulogne. These are towns most travellers Karmelite, a superb Belgian beer. pass through when exploring further into Europe. Day two we drove a few miles east into Belgium for our fix of Westvletteren at In de Vrede, our Arriving in Dunkirk late Sunday afternoon and favourite bar which only offers a choice of after checking into our harbour-side hotel, we three beers – not a place for tickers. This part went to a favourite little café where we shared of Belgium has the great beer towns of a 75cl bottle of Trios Monts and at last felt we Poperinge and Watou. Places to visit include were on holiday. The café is called Milord and Noel Cuvellier’s wonderful farm shop at Abele is at 34 Place Jean Bart. Believe it or not a 75cl on the A38 on the way into “Pop”. His range of bottle of Trios Mont's in a café in Europe will around 300 beers is phenomenal, don’t miss his cost you considerably more than we charge at own label stout and tripel beers in 75cl bottles. our Lytham festival. There are other decent Four breweries within a few miles of each beer bars in the town, particularly on Quai other, Westvletteren, Bernardus, (their new de la Citadelle on the seaward side of the set-up is well worth seeing), Het Kapitel and yacht harbour. The town also has a Trois the new boys on the block, De Struis. They

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brew in the village of Oostvletteren and have a large list of absolutely stunning beers. It is open house only weekend afternoons and in the last couple of years their beers have become much sought-after-rarities. Arguably now the best beer in Europe, but, more of this in a future article.

On to Calais, not the greatest beer town, a few bars have a small range of bottled Belgian beer, other have the local beers from the region, and are worth seeking out. However, within a few miles of the town are two fairly new breweries, worth a visit, so far as I’m aware they are open most days for visits without needing to make an appointment. The 2Caps brewery opened in 2003 by Chris and Alex Noyon in Tardinghen, between Calais and Boulogne is in a beautiful location producing quality beers. A little south of this is the charming village of Esquelbecq, and the Brasserie Thiriez which was founded in 1996 by Daniel Thiriez. His bottle conditioned beers are very traditional and of exceptional quality.

Finally on to Boulogne, a fascinating town, probably the most interesting of the three. Our favourite place for a beer is the tiny Vole Hole, situated up the hill in the old town , in the oldest building in Boulogne and nestled under the town walls. It only holds a dozen people, but they have a very special beer on draught, L,Angelus, brewed in Annœullin in northern France, near Lille. Not a typical Biere de Gard, but a very special beer.

A great area for a short break or adding a few days onto a trip further into Europe.

MARIAN & ALAN DOGGART

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