Issue 96 August - September 2016 FREEFREEFREE please take one the Oxford Drinker The free newsletter of the Oxford and White Horse Branches of CAMRA www.oxford.camra.org.uk www.whitehorsecamra.org.uk August - September 2016 96 2 the Oxford Drinker 96 August - September 2016 Contents Welcome Branch Diary 5 Pubs closing and pubs 15 What’s going on in Oxford opening branch Prost! 16 Oxford CAMRA’s trip to Bavaria The OOxfordxford Drinker is the newsletter of the Oxford and White Horse Volunteers needed branches of CAMRA, the Campaign 17 Do you want to vote for for Real Ale. our Pub of the Year? 5000 copies are distributed free of charge to pubs across the two Tony’s Travels branches’ area, including Oxford, Abingdon, Witney, Faringdon, 18 Mr Goulding looks at the Eynsham, Kidlington, Bampton, pubs of Kidlington Wheatley and Wantage and most of Eynsham the villages in between. 6 A crawl around the pubs Brewery News We have recently relaunched our of Eynsham 20 New beers and new website and pdf downloads are now breweries available there once again. Memory Lane 8 Angels, greyhounds and From the Stars Editorial team: meadows 22 Matt reports on another Editor: Dave Richardson successful festival
[email protected]@oxfordcamra.org.uk Pub News Advertising: Tony Goulding or Matt 10 A round-up of all the White Horse Bullock latest news locally 24 White Horse branch news
[email protected] [email protected]@oxfordcamra.org.uk and diary Tony: 07588 181313 Matt: 07977 517514 CAMRA’s Future 12 CAMRA’s revitalisation Festival Diary Layout/Design: Matt Bullock 27 project A selection of summer Valuable contributions have been festivals to enjoy received for this issue from Richard Save your pub Queralt, Matt Ford, Chris Bamford, 14 Abingdon visited Dick Bosley, Matt Bullock, Tony Explaining Assets of Goulding, Pete Flynn, and Michael Community Value 30 Pete’s guide to Abingdon Sibbald.