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| Branch: | BRIGHTON & SOUTH DOWNS CAMRA | |
| Period: | Spring 2012; last updated 3rd February 2012 | |
| Social Sec: |
or Branch President Pete Coppard, 01273 683322 |
Postcodes
are to help locate pubs on
Streetmap uk Google
Maps or Beer
in the Evening website
Nominations now being accepted for our next Pub of the Year -
download the NOMINATION FORM for 2012 Pubs
OUR CAMRA BRANCH EVENTS to which you are invited...
Thursday 9th February at 8pm – Brighton Crawl starting at The Bugle, 24 St. Martins St, Brighton, BN2 3HJ then on to The Reservoir, 1 Howard Road BN2 9TP.
Thursday 16th February at 8pm – Selection Meeting for pubs to go in the 2013 Good Beer Guide, at Elephant & Castle, White Hill, Lewes BN7 2DJ. Also last date for your Nomination Forms for our Branch Pub of the Year.
Thursday 23rd February at 8pm – Branch Meeting at The Stanley Arms, 47 Wolseley Road, Portslade BN41 1SS
Thursday 1st March, 8pm – Trafalgar Street Crawl, starting at The Great Eastern, 103 Trafalgar Street, Brighton BN1 4ER
Thursday 8th March: Sussex CAMRA Branches Beer Festival, where several Members will be working so please come along in the evening. The Hove Centre www.sussexbeerfestival.co.uk
Thursday 15th March, 8pm – Social, in Hove starting at Poet's Corner, 33 Montgomery Street BN2 5BF
Thursday 22nd March, 8pm – Seaford Social, starting at The Wellington Hotel, 33 Steyne Road, Seaford BN25 1HT
Thursday 29th March, 8pm – Branch Meeting at The Swan, Middle Street, Falmer BN1 9PD
(Saturday 14th April at 12 noon – Sussex Branches Liaison Meeting, Elephant & Castle, White Hill, Lewes)
OTHER EVENTS round and about that we know of
Assorted Beer Festivals in 2012
Loz's List may be coming later but here's mine to be going on with. Includes pub ones, CAMRA, charity events etc. Some dates speculative; worth checking. I'll keep adding details so please let us know of any pub or charity ones you would like listing webmaster Adrian Towler
FEBRUARY
Friday 3rd & Saturday 4th February - Third Annual Ropetackle Beer Festival, Shoreham-by-Sea, with live music in the evenings, hosted by Atilla the Stockbroker and 25 beers ciders & perries: details
Fri 10, Sat 11 Stanley Arms, Portslade 01273 430234 www.thestanley.com
MARCH
Thurs 8th to Sat 10th March – 22nd Sussex CAMRA Branches Beer & Cider Festival at Hove Centre (Town Hall), Norton Road, Hove BN3 4AH www.sussexbeerfestival.co.uk
Fri 30, Sat 31 Pub du Vin Brighton? www.hotelduvin.com
APRIL
Fri 6 - Mon 9 (Easter weekend) The Red Lion, Shoreham-by-Sea, 01273 453171
MAY
Fri 4, Sat 5 Bank Hol; there will surely be one somewhere... such as Wheatsheaf, Worthing
Fri 18 to Sun 20 Yapton www.westernsussexcamra.org.uk
Fri 25 Sat 26 Southwick ? www.southwickcommunitycentre.org.uk
JUNE
Fri 1 to Sun 3 Glastonwick www.cask-ale.co.uk
Fri 8, Sat 9 Stanley Arms www.thestanley.com 01273 430234
Fri 15, Sat 16 South Downs, Lewes
Fri 22, Sat 23 Crawley (Hawth)
JULY
AUGUST
GBBF at Olympia www.gbbf.org.uk
Th 30 - Sat 1 Sept 'Ale at Amberley', Amberley Museum www.aleatamberley.co.uk
SEPTEMBER
Fri 7, Sat 8 Stanley Arms 01273 430234
also Horns Lodge, South Chailey? 01273 400422
Sat 15, Sun 16 Horsham, run by Beer Essentials 01403 218890
Fri 21, Sat 22 Burgess Hill Festival of Sussex Tipples
OCTOBER
early Oct Hanover, Brighton
5-6 Pub du Vin Oktoberfest? www.hotelduvin.com
Fri 19 Sat 20 Worthing www.aaa-camra.org.uk
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
Sun 2 Ballards Walk, Nyewood ballards-brewery.co.uk/category/events/ 01730 821362
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CAMRA DISCOUNTS:
The Pub du Vin 7 Ship St, Brighton (BN1 1AD – 01273 718588) offers discount on beer (20% I think) if you show your current CAMRA Membership Card when ordering.
LANCING: The Sussex Hotel (was Three Horseshoes) offers a 10% discount on production of a CAMRA membership card. At the roundabout with 700 bus stops close by. Regular beers are Harvey's Best and Dark Star Hophead plus a Dark Star seasonal, maybe a fourth pump.
The Victory in Brighton also has a discount scheme for CAMRA members. "On my last visit it was £2.95 a pint of any real ale (normally around £3.50). No discount for half pints or cider".
Sussex ‘Bus
to the Pub’ Trips
If you enjoy visiting different pubs with fine ales in friendly convivial company (organisers: Stuart Elms & Mike Jacomb) without the constraints of the car, then this may appeal particularly if you have a free bus pass.
Tuesday 7 February : Mid Sussex Explorer 'BttP' to Whiteman’s Green & Staplefield; 10.35 Countryliner 40 from Churchill Square to Ship then Jolly Tanners (GBG)
Friday 17 February : Mid Sussex Explorer 'BttP' to West Hoathly; Either 11.08 Countryliner 40 x from Old Steine Brighton (Stop D) to PRH for the 12.17 Metrobus 81 to West Hoathly or meet at Perrymount Road stop adj. Hay. Heath Stn. for the 81 at 12.24 to the Intrepid Fox & Cat
Wednesday 22 February : West Sussex Explorer 'BttP' to Broadwater & Sompting; 11.15 Stagecoach 7 from South Street to Cricketers (GBG) then Gardener’s Arms (GBG)
The majority of pubs in our area can be reached by public transport – visit your local library or Tourist Information Centre and pick up copies of the Compass Bus timetable www.compass-travel.co.uk, Metrobus West Sussex timetable www.metrobus.co.uk or individual route timetables for Stagecoach in the South Downs www.stagecoachbus.com/south. For more info & customised BTTP Itineraries e-mail* stuartelms@ntlworld.com or ring 07817 058 928.
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Useful Contacts: Jack Wilkinson who is Social Secretary
or Branch Contact: John Kirkland 01293 519844 John.Kirkland@btinternet.com or Branch President: Pete Coppard, tel. 01273 683322
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