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7 unusual facts about Campaign for Real Ale


Andwells Brewery

Andwell's supplied the first Hampshire Oktoberfest, run by CAMRA in October 2009.

Banningham

The pub has a good selection of real ale and is listed by CAMRA.

Ben Lewitt

Ben also now works in the family brewing business The Warwickshire Beer Company, where some of their beers hold awards from Campaign for Real Ale.

Chute, Wiltshire

A 'Save Our Pub' campaign was mounted by locals with the support of the Campaign for Real Ale, and in March 2006 the Cross Keys Inn reopened under new ownership.

Crudgington

In Bill Tidy's long-running cartoon published in the monthly Campaign for Real Ale newsletter, a fictional Crudgington Brewery is a regular feature, as the beer of choice ("Crudgington's") of the strip's main character.

Highbridge, Somerset

The Cooper's Arms, once recognised by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) as one of the best pubs in the region has declined in popularity in recent times.

Pitney

Pitney is home to St John the Baptist Church, the Pitney Farm Shop, and the Halfway House, selected as England's Pub of the Year in 1996 by CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale).


Slartibartfast

In Life, the Universe and Everything Slartibartfast has joined the Campaign for Real Time (or CamTim as the volunteers casually refer to it, a reference to CAMRA) which tries to preserve events as they happened before time travelling was invented.


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