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What's Happening within the branch area? We would appreciate your feedback on any news that would be of interest, especially changes to pubs in the area.
At the February branch meeting at the Admiral Nelson, Whitton, a final selection of pubs to go forward for the 2011 Good Beer Guide was decided. The pubs were selected in accordance with the motion agreed at the last branch AGM that all main districts in the area must be represented if they have a pub with beer consistently up to standard. These pubs are currently being surveyed.
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| 28th Feb 10 |
The focus is on local breweries so the likes of Twickenham, Ascot, Hogs Back, Sambrook's, Surrey Hills etc, and obviously all their spring ale offerings. They will have two casks beers, and real cider on the bar plus festival food such as pies and scotch eggs and the like. |
| 20th Feb 10 |
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| 1st Feb 10 |
The Shakespeare, Lower Richmond Road, Richmond, TW9 4PL. Add your Comment/Objection The World's End, 88 Station Road, Hampton, TW12 2AX is holding a February Ale Sale, with up to 20% off until the end of the month. |
| 29th Jan 10 |
The lease is up for sale on The Royal Oak, Ham Street, Ham, TW10 7HN by Enterprise Inns. |
| 19th Jan 10 |
Good news! - The Railway Tavern, 91 High St, Hampton Wick, has a new tenant. Shay Tierney who took over the pub from the 14th Jan has London Pride on sale (in excellent condition when sampled today), and is considering adding another beer in due course. The pub has been up for sale by Enterprise for sometime and has only been kept open by a caretaker landlord until now. The 'for sale' board is expected to be removed soon. |
| 14th Jan 10 |
The new holding manager (Phil Oliver) of the Magpie and Crown, in Brentford, has said that the foreign draught beers are staying, and the only changes he expects in the beer ranges are that Wellington is going to replace Fosters with Fosters Extra Cold (!), and also a John Smiths Smooth on tap (!!), he was sceptical about the likelihood of the latter selling:) Also, Courage Best to be added to the ale range. The price of the beer has gone up, and there's no real cider or perry. The bar billiards table has gone, to be replaced by another pool table. The GBG stickers are still up in the window. The Red Lion, 166 Heath Rd, Twickenham is now closed and up for sale on the open market. Enterprise Inns have denied that it has been sold to Tesco. The current pub licence holders have now moved to the Twickenham Tup, in 13 Richmond Rd, taking the McNasties live music nights with them. It is anticipated the Twickenham Tup may be renamed the Red Lion. See Richmond & Twickenham Times. The Bear, 26/28 York St, Twickenham is under new management. There are reports that The Fox, 39 Church St, Twickenham is likely to change hands again soon too. Six Bells, 318 High St. Brentford, TW8 8EW, closed on 30th Oct 2009 when the landlady retired. The pub is currently being refurbished by Fullers and will hopefully opening soon with a new tenant. |
| 8th Jan 10 |
The tenant of the Magpie and Crown, in Brentford, Steve Bolton, has said that negotiations over the lease have broken down irretrievably. Apparently the last offer was rejected by the freeholders. He expects his last day to be January 11th, which is doubly sad as the 4th was the 14th anniversary of his taking the pub over. The Property Manager acting for The Wellington Pub Company confirmed that the Magpie will close for 'a few hours' and an interim management company will take over with assurances that the Magpie will continue to serve the regularly changing real ale for which it is renowned. See Brentford TW8.com - Magpie & Crown To Get New Landlord. |
| Updated: 28th Feb 2010 |
The Teddington Arms are planning a Spring Beer Festival on April 15-18th.
Six Bells, 148 High Street, Brentford. This Fullers pub has been closed for refurbishment recently, and reopened on Friday 19th February 2010. David & Rachel Cameron are the new licenses'.
We start the year with sad news.