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How cricket and Victorian gin palaces combine to drive Nicholson's beer festivals
William Nicholson, a 19th-century gin distiller in London, was also a keen cricketer who helped fund Lord's ground. His company bought Victorian "gin palaces" that form the bedrock of modern Nicholson's pubs, which stages a major beer festival until the middle of November. Some of the pubs, such as the Coal Hole in London's Strand, have more humble origins
Added: Monday, October 21st 2013
Time to stand up for the Great British Pub
The Good Pub Guide says between 2,500 and 4,000 pubs should close. This would rip the heart out of many local communities. People need pubs -- and not just the upmarket, food-led pubs featured in the guide. Pubs can be saved -- as in the case of the Bull in Great Milton, Oxfordshire,rescued by locals, including celebrity chef Raymond Blanc, seen in the foreground
Added: Sunday, September 1st 2013
Battlefield award for historic St Albans pub
The Boot Inn in St Albans market place dates from the early 15th century and soldiers fighting in the Wars of the Roses drank there. Now the pub has been given special recognition from the Battlefields Trust. Photo -- courtesy of Herts Advertiser -- shows Harvey Watson (left) from the trust presenting landlord Will Hughes with his presentation panel
Added: Thursday, August 1st 2013
Duke brings life back to Cumbrian village
Carol and Ian Elliott bought and restored the Duke's Head in Bridgefoot, Cumbria, to give their village a focus. Renamed the Duke of Cumberland Inn, it will sell Jenning's cask beers
Added: Saturday, July 20th 2013
Ring the chimes for a pub with history and prize-winning beers with that local touch
The Six Bells in St Michaels Village, St Albans, has won several awards from CAMRA for the quality of its cask ales. Jo and Patrick Remmington have history, from as far back as Roman times, all around them but they have to live in a real world of intense competition in the pub trade
Added: Monday, June 17th 2013
Campaigners converge on Westminster to stop the loss of Britain's community pubs
Publicans from all over Britain rallied in Westminster on 5 June to urge the government to bring in legislation that will offer pubco licensees a fairer deal and stop the closure of pubs -- now running at 26 a week
Added: Thursday, June 6th 2013
Clinging to the Ivy: how locals united to save pub that hosted top name rock stars
When a pub in South London was threatened with closure to be turned into private housing, loyal customers banded together to raise the funds to buy it. Now the Ivy House, once a major 'pub rock' venue, will reopen later this year
Added: Wednesday, May 8th 2013
Tenant facing eviction in David Cameron's constituency proves 'need for pubco reform'
Simon Moore, landlord of the Chequers in Witney, Oxfordshire -- the prime minister's constituency -- faces losing his job and his home as a result of the crippling rents imposed by his landlord, Enterprise Inns. According to Greg Mulholland MP and the GMB trade union, the case proves the need for reform of the giant pubcos
Added: Tuesday, May 7th 2013
Major union backs big pubs campaign
Unite, Britain's biggest trade union, has joined the campaign to stop pubs closing and communities withering
Added: Tuesday, May 7th 2013
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Pubcos drinking in Last Chance Saloon
A damning report by Fair Deal for Your Local shows that the giant national pubcos are closing locals at a frightening pace in order to pay off their horrendous debts. As Business Secretary Vince Cable ponders the role of the pubcos, Fair Deal says the case for a statutory code of practice must be top of his agenda
Added: Saturday, September 28th 2013