Events Coming Up
Branch: BRIGHTON & SOUTH DOWNS CAMRA
Period: Summer 2009; last updated 3rd July 2009
Social Sec:

John Kirkland, 01293 519844 home
John Kirkland@btinternet.com

(or Branch President Pete Coppard, 01273 683322)

Postcodes are so that you can locate (and read about?) the pubs on
Google Maps or Beer in the Evening website or Royal Mail site

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THESE ARE OUR BRANCH EVENTS...

Thursday 9th July, 8.00pm, Presentation of Branch Pub of the Year Award to The Stanley Arms, Portslade BN41 1SS. Congratulations once again!

Thursday 16th July, 8.00pm, Social at The Dorset, 22 Malling Street, Lewes BN7 2RD

Thursday 23rd July, 8.00pm, Social, at The Evening Star, Surrey St, Brighton BN1 3PB

Saturday 25th July, picking up from Shoreham at 9am and all points beyond... Presentations Bus Trip to Middle Farm, Dark Star Brewery & JB Cider. Cost £10.00 per person, including a B.B.Q at the White Horse, Maplehurst (vegetarians to contact steve.pardoe1@ntlworld.com so we can provide suitable options). Similarly for information contact Steve Pardoe.Now fully booked

Thursday 30th July, 8.00pm, Branch Meeting, Duke of Wellington, Upper Gloucester Rd. Brighton

Saturday 1st August, Sussex Beer Festival Cider Presentation Bus Trip to Gwynt Y Ddraig, now fully booked

(August 4–8 Great British Beer Festival at Earl's Court, London – see you there)

Thursday 13th August, 8.00pm, Social, at West Quay (Lloyds No 1), Brighton Marina

Thursday 20th August, 8.00pm, Social, at The Neptune, 10 Victoria Terrace, Kingsway, Hove

Thursday 27th August, 8.00pm, Branch Meeting, The Lewes Arms, 1 Mount Place, Lewes

Thursday 10th September, 8.00pm, Social at Lewes Constitutional Club, Lewes. NEW! This Club is now admitting card-carrying CAMRA members so if you are in the area, check it out. You will need to sign in and you must all be CAMRA members.

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OTHER EVENTS in the area...

Arun & Adur Branch ‘Bus to the Pub’ Social Trips
As part of CAMRA’s core objective to ‘support the pub as a focus of community life’, we will be organising a programme of regular monthly ‘Bus to the Pub’ (BTTP) daytime socials. Based loosely around use of Stagecoach, Metrobus and connecting Compass services, initially they will take place on Fridays and bi-monthly Mondays : -
Friday 31 July West Sussex Explorer 'BTTP' to White Lion Thakeham, then poss Red Lion, Ashington; & Frankland Arms, Washington or Findon
Metrobus 23 from Worthing Pier
Monday 17 August West Sussex Explorer 'BTTP' to Halfway Bridge Inn & Hollist Arms, Lodsworth
11.00 Stagecoach 1 from South Street, Worthing
Friday 4 September West Sussex Explorer 'BTTP' to Five Bells & Queens Head, West Chiltington with the option to eralso visit the Selsey Arms at Coolham
11.00 Stagecoach 1 from South Street, Worthing
Friday 2 October West Sussex Explorer 'BTTP' to Wellington, Shoreham; Neptune, Hove & others by request
11.37 Stagecoach 700 from Worthing Pier
Monday 19 October West Sussex Explorer 'BTTP tbc but probably a combined ‘Group Save’ train & bus trip via Chichester to the Coach & Horses, Compton & Horse & Groom, East Ashling (both GBG). Either Stagecoach 700 arriving Chichester 1050 or train to meet & catch 11.10 Countryliner 54 to Compton
Friday 6 November West Sussex Explorer 'BTTP'to Black Horse & Sportsman, Amberley
Friday 4 Dec Sussex Explorer 'BTTP'to Royal Oak, Friday Street
Travel details tbc
Remember the vast majority of pubs in our branch area can be reached by public transport – check out www.aaa-camra.org.uk Pubs Guide, then take the bus, or train, to the pub. Pop into 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.com
More info & custom BTTP Itineraries by request Email stuartelms@ntlworld.com or ring 07817 058 928

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Useful Contacts: Branch Contact John Kirkland (who is Social Secretary)

01293 519844 (home) or e-mail: John Kirkland

or Branch President Pete Coppard, tel. 01273 683322

A newsgroup for real ale news in the Brighton area: BrightonBeer. To join, send an e-mail to:
brightonbeer-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

And for a link to the Guide Book 'Brighton's Best Pubs', go to www.pubjury.co.uk.
This is not endorsed by CAMRA, nor particularly about real ale, but is quite a good guide to read.

 

 


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