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Inside... The Ship Drops Anchor Morecambe Beer Festival What Pub? A comprehensive guide to pubs plus much more... Lunesdale Country Pubs Part one: Glasson Dock WWW.LUNESDALECAMRA.ORG.UK Issue 00 Issue 20 | October - December 2013 I I Issue 00 FREE please take a copy T H E W I N T E R G A R D E N S M O R E C A M B E HOME OF THE SECOND MORECAMBE BEER FESTIVAL T H E W I N T E R M O R E C A M B E H H H H HO O O O OM M M M O OF OF OF F T THE H S S SEC EC C E MO MO MO MO ORE RE RE REC C C CA CAMB BEER ER F FE ESTIVAL 20 Dec ber ce mb m 2 e N S N S G A G A M M ME E CON ON ND D MB MB MBE E E E AL A A E E D D R R A A A E N S M MB B TI TIV V V D MB MBE E E L L N S E S S SE EC E MO O O OR R M ME E C C EC CA CO O O O AM ON ON O M I N T T E A E R G A 20 | G A 3 be 13 r - 2 2 er 2 c b em m A A A A R D E

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    The Ship Drops AnchorMorecambe Beer Festival

    What Pub?A comprehensive guide to pubs

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    Lunesdale Country PubsPart one: Glasson Dock

    WWW.LUNESDALECAMRA.ORG.UK

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    ChairmanMichael Dillon

    Branch SecretaryMartin Sherlocke: [email protected] 01524 66131

    TreasurerJohn Slinger

    Lunesdale Drinker EditorCliff Lainee: [email protected] 07810 507602 (from where a postal address can be provided)

    Enquiries: [email protected] Editor reserves the right to amend or shorten contributions for publication.All editorial copyright Lunesdale CAMRA 2013.

    Disclaimer: The views expressed in articles are those of individual contributors and are not necessarily the views of the Lunesdale Branch, The Campaign for Real Ale Ltd. Lunesdale CAMRA accepts no liability in relation to the accuracy of advertisements; readers must rely on their own enquiries. It should also be noted that acceptance of an advertisement in this publication should not be deemed an endorsement of quality by Lunesdale CAMRA.

    MMXIII Capital Media Group. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be transmitted, reproduced, recorded, photocopied or otherwise without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

    Branch Contacts

    PUBLISHED BY Capital Media Group

    2 Halifax Court, Fernwood Business Park Cross Lane, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, NG24 3JPt: 01524 220 230 e: [email protected]

    www.thisiscapital.com

    It is an honour and pleasure to take over the Editorship of Lunesdale Drinker. I was surprised when, on an otherwise uneventful evening a few weeks ago, Julian Holt, ther previous editor, called me round to his house and said he wanted to put the organ into my hands. After weighing it up and turning it over for a while, I decided I would be happy to accept the best offer I had had for several minutes. For guiding this journal to the eminence it now enjoys, many thanks Julian.

    Over the past month or so you may have seen certain CAMRA members, particularly in the Morecambe area, looking somewhat harassed and ageing rather quickly. Such exertions paid off superbly in the Second Morecambe Beer Festival, which, amidst the beautiful surroundings of the Winter Gardens, served over 4,300 pints of beer and cider. The many scores of people who gave up their time deserve our thanks. George Palmers report on the event is in this

    quarters magazine, but more reports would be most welcome.

    Forthcoming local pub-based beer festivals include the one at the Woodlands in Silverdale in October followed by the excellent one year-old Snug at Carnforth Station a month later--full details are in the Diary Dates section. Just remember to face away from the Bridget Riley-inspired wallpaper once you order your third pint in the Woodlands. I fi nd that it can start oscillating and speaking to me in a way I last experienced in 1983 when I mixed up my chanterelle mushrooms for something else, and had to stop and stare at a daisy for fi ve hours.

    We always need more contributions and information, and I look forward to hearing from as many of you as possible in the months ahead.

    Cliff LaineEditor

    EDITORS INTRODUCTIONCliff Laine

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    West Pennines CAMRA Real Cider & Perry Pub of the Year 2013

    THE GEORGE

    THE GEORGE & DRAGON HOTEL

    Discounts on Real Ale given upon production of valid CAMRA Membership card.

    Nestling in the heart of Dentdale a few miles from the market town of Sedbergh, Dent is renowned as one of the quaintest and prettiest villages in the Yorkshire Dales and within easy reach of the Lake District.

    e George & Dragon is a Grade 2 listed building situated in the heart of the village and has previously won the prestigious CAMRA Westmorland Pub of the Season Award.

    We are open every day, serving real ales, ciders & perries. Home cooked food served every lunch and evening, plus traditional Sunday Roasts.

    Main Street, Dent, Cumbria, LA10 5QL t: 01539 625256 e: mail@thegeorgeanddragondent.co.ukwww.thegeorgeanddragondent.co.uk www.dentbrewery.co.uk

    Unfortunately Tom Sherlock has had to stand down as chairman and I have been appointed in his place by the branch committee. So thank you Tom and best wishes for your move and new job.

    Having worked behind the bar at the Morecambe Beer Festival at some time during every session I feel well qualified to say what a very successful festival it was this year. Congratulations to George Palmer and everyone who contributed to this event. Attendance was up on last year, some beers sold out, and we had the 2013 Champion Beer of Britain available until it quite rightly sold out. Im looking forward to next year already.

    It was good to learn that twenty one people signed up for Camra membership at the festival. For those of you who are in the Lunesdale branch area, welcome, I would be very pleased to see you at our branch meetings and hope you will think

    of becoming active branch members. There are over 450 members in the Lunesdale branch and we need an active branch membership to attend meetings, become involved with campaigns and to help with the organization and running of the 2014 Morecambe Beer Festival.

    Finally a little about myself. When I moved into the area I had no intention of becoming chairman of the branch. I was happy to serve on the branch committee, but had no real understanding of how Camra worked at branch level although I have been a member for a number of years. So it will be a steep learning curve for me, having become chairman more by accident than design, but I will do everything I can to make sure the Lunesdale branch runs smoothly for the benefit of all the members.

    Michael DillonChairman

    CHAIRMANS NOTEMichael Dillon

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    DIARY DATES For further information about any branch CAMRA events, visitwww.lunesdalecamra.org.uk EVENTS ORGANISED BY THIS BRANCH SEPTEMBER Sunday 22 : Hike & Pint, Garstang countryside Catch 40 bus from Lancaster Bus Station at 12.05 to Brockholes Arms. About 4 miles by lane, fi eld and canal. No hills. Contact Martin (01524 66131, e: [email protected])

    OCTOBER Thursday 3 : 8pm : Branch Meeting with 40th anniversary celebration, Ring OBells (Lancaster) The Ring OBells was where we held our fi rst meeting and many other early ones. There will be a buffet and a cake. Monday 14 : 7.30 : fact-fi nding trip to Lancaster University bars. Meet in County Bar. Contact Lawrence (01524 39447, e: pubs@ lunesdalecamra.org.uk)

    Friday 18th : A mystery trip to a destination about 50 miles away. Loads of good ale, cracking pubs and a chance to dine. Contact John Slinger (01524 32528, e: [email protected])

    NOVEMBER Tuesday 12 : 8.30 : Branch Meeting, Limeburners Arms (Nether Kellet) Catch 51 bus from Lancaster Bus Station at 8.10.

    DECEMBER Wednesday 11 : 8pm : Branch Meeting, Borough (Lancaster). Saturday 21 : 7.30 : Christmas Dinner, Wagon & Horses (Lancaster). Contact John Slinger, as above.

    OTHER EVENTS IN THE REGIONSEPTEMBER Thursday 26Saturday 28 : Beer Festival, Central Hall, Alice Street, Keighley. Friday 27Sunday 29 : Beer Festival, Crofters (Cabus).

    OCTOBER Tuesday 8 : 7 pm : Meet the Brewer, Water Witch (Lancaster) with Black Sheep Brewery. Friday 18Sunday 20 : Beer Festival, Woodlands (Silverdale).

    NOVEMBER Saturday 23Sunday 24 : Beer Festival, Snug (Carnforth) with Brief Encounter and the Heritage Centre.

    DECEMBER Sunday 1 : Trip to Liverpool, organised by the Snug (Carnforth) . We will organise pickups in Torrisholme and Lancaster.

    CAMRA MEMBER DISCOUNTS

    MORECAMBE Kings Arms (LA4 4BJ) - 20% Off Royal (LA4 4BJ) - 40p off a pint York (LA4 5QH) - All cask ales @ 2 a pint

    GARSTANG Wheatsheaf (PR3 1EL) - 20p off a pint

    GALGATE Plough (LA2 0LQ) - 40p off a pint

    Here is a (possibly incomplete) list of pubs in which CAMRA members can enjoy a discount. Please notify any errors or omissions to the Editor, [email protected]

    LANCASTER Bobbin (LA1 1HH) - 10p off a pint The Borough (LA1 1PP) - 1 off a pint Fibber McGees (LA1 1UP) - 30p off a pint Greaves Park (LA1 3AH) - 30p off a pint Lord Ashton (LA1 1NY) - 20% Off Merchants (LA1 1YN) - 10p off a pint Moorlands (LA1 3BY) - 20p off a pint Penny Bank (LA1 1XF) - 10p off a pint Penny Street Bridge (LA1 1XT) - 30p off a pint Robert Gillow (LA1 1HP) - 10% Off Tap House (LA1 1UH) - 10% Off Three Mariners (LA1 1EE) - 10p off a pint Water Witch (LA1 1SU) - 30p Off White Cross (LA1 4XT) - 10p Off

    Members need to be in possession of a valid CAMRA membership card to claim the discount.

    We will attempt to arrange transport to any of our meetings.

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    Glasson Dock is a pleasant five mile walk or cycle along the old railway track from Lancaster, which runs along the banks of the Lune. It can also be reached in twenty minutes on the 89 bus (which continues to Knott End and occasionally Fleetwood).

    The Dalton Arms, in Ten Row, is a Thwaites pub since 1963 dating back to c1780 when Glasson Dock was built. It reopened in May 2013 by Debbie Cann and Mum Sue.

    Its open all day Wednesday to Sunday and Tuesday from 4pm, with home-cooked food available Wednesday-Saturday 12-2 & 5-8 and Sundays 12-8. Theres a quiz on Tuesday evening, and folk music on Wednesdays with a dance night every second Saturday. Dogs--who along with drinkers, may like the real coal fire in winter--are welcome, and there is free wi-fi. Thwaites Original, Bomber, and Wainwright are on the bar.

    The other pub in the village, The Victoria, dates from 1841 and has been a Mitchells pub since 1878. Landlady Jodie Braithwaite, whose parents ran the pub twenty years ago, took over recently and opens the pub all normal hours in summer, with evening opening only on Tuesdays

    and Wednesdays in the winter. Food is available every day except Wednesday, at lunchtimes and evenings until 8pm. Thursdays are quiz nights and a folk music session is held on Mondays. The pub shows Sky Sport and has the usual pub games. This pub also welcomes dogs (and cats!) and has free wifi. Regular beers, are Beacon & Coniston Blue Bird, plus usually two guests, which were Kirkby Lonsdale Tiffin Gold & York El Dorado on my visit on 23rd June.

    Both these pubs are worth a visit. There used to be a third pub in Glasson Dock dating back to c1780. It operated under various names including The Pier, The Grapes, (and various combinations thereof) and finally The Caribou, which Thwaites ran until its closure in 1983.

    As this was one of my Bus, Hike & Pint Expeditions, I continued back along the old railway line towards Conder Green and made a brief stop at the Stork and the Mill, before returning along the Lancaster Canal towards Galgate and the bus to Lancaster (hourly on Sundays and half hourly during the week, day times).

    LUNESDALE COUNTRY PUBSPart One: Glasson Dock by Lawrence Bland

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    We caught the 1205 bus from Lancaster for an easy level walk over farm land. We began at the Brockholes Arms, but

    there was no real ale so we made a quick exit. We then followed the towpath to the Kenlis Arms at Barnacre, adjacent to the old Garstang & Catterall railway station where Dartmoor IPA and OSB Hopscotch were on offer.

    Back on the canal towpath we walked to the Church Inn. The pub has closed, but has been bought - although at the moment the identity of the buyer is unknown. We had a Theakstons Lightfoot, whilst sunbathing in the beer garden.

    Continuing walking to Garstang, Peter & Rob are the new managers at the Eagle & Child. The pub seems the same as ever, but Hobgoblin was the only real ale available.

    There was nothing on at the Kings Arms, so we set off to the The Crown, which

    had Thwaites Original & Wainwright on. Its a tidy pub, but we were surrounded on all sides by TVs.

    At the Wheatsheaf, the new landlady Sandra OBrien is still sorting things out at the pub. The old Scottish and Newcastle range was on offer, so we tried the Caledonian XPA.

    Passing the closed Bell & Bottle (the former Farmers Arms) to the ThOwd Tithebarn, Mole Tap (Moles Brewery) was sampled.

    We finished our Garstang pub crawl with a visit to the Royal Oak, where the usual Robinsons range was available. We tried the seasonal Dizzy Dark Side, which Martin rated as the best beer of the day, before falling onto the 1719 bus to Lancaster.

    Septembers Hike & Pint by Lawrence Bland

    GARSTANG HIKE & PINT

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    A PUB CELLARA guide to what goes on...

    This is a guide to the mechanics of cask ale treatment in the pub.Clearing

    Beer is fined at the brewery, This clears the beer, but those inconsiderate draymen shake it all up so its cloudy when you it get to the cellar. The beer should normally re-settle in 12 to 24 hours.

    However, the beer will only re-settle about five times, after five times you may have problems. Before you get it, it may have re-settled up to three or four times, especially if its come through a chain of agents, so its best not to shake it up unless you have to.

    Carbon Dioxide Content

    There have been many scientific papers written on foam stability in beers, thats head retention to us mere mortals. It depends on a lot of things, ingredients, brewing methods, etc.. One of the things that the cellarman controls is the carbon dioxide content. Too much carbon dioxide in the beer and youll get a good head on your beer, which will collapse and disappear in a short time, too little carbon dioxide and you wont get a good head in the first place.

    Carbon dioxide is soluble in beer. If you increase the pressure, more carbon dioxide will dissolve. If you lower the temperature more carbon dioxide will dissolve. You will get about the right amount of carbon dioxide dissolved if you

    have your beer at atmospheric pressure and at cellar temperature (about 12 to 14 degrees C).

    The Mechanics Of It AllSo the cask, makes its way to the

    cellar and is put on the stillage. It is left for 24 hours or so when it will be at about cellar temperature. This also gives it time to settle.

    Some breweries condition the beer in tanks at the brewery, and it leaves the brewery with the right amount of carbon dioxide in the beer and very little yeast. These beers can be vented, and served after a few hours. Unfortunately breweries dont like advertising that they brewery condition their beers, so you dont know if you can serve them quickly or not.

    Other breweries condition the beer in the cask. This involves leaving a bit of sugar in the beer at the end of fermentation and letting a secondary fermentation happen in the cask. This secondary fermentation is a bit hard to control and you usually end up with too much carbon dioxide in the beer and the casks are under a bit of pressure. What this means is that you have to vent the casks for two or three days to let the excess carbon dioxide escape from the beer, which it does quite slowly.

    Hope that helps explain it.Cheers.

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    The Good Beer Guide 2014 was published on 12 September. Indispensable for all beer-lovers who travel at all within the UK, it can be bought from all the usual booksellers, and also at CAMRA branch meetings at a special members price of 10 (see Dates for your Diary).

    For a number of years, people have been asking why CAMRA as the UKs largest and most infl uential pub-going consumer organisation doesnt have its own online pub guide. Well now it does. September also sees the launch of WhatPub.com. The big difference from the Good Beer Guide is that whereas the GBG lists about 10% of real ale pubs, the intention is for WhatPub to list all of them. WhatPub currently provides details of 35,800 pubs. This is far more than any other online pub guide! For over 21,000 of those pubs, branches have provided full details, including beer details, opening hours, a description of the pub, and features and facilities. Again, this is far more comprehensive than any other online pub guides, many of which provide little more than basic details like address and phone number. Curiously, many websites run by pubs themselves dont give

    opening times, and a surprising number fail to mention beer at all. Based on the current rate of progress, branches will have surveyed and provided full details for 25,000 pubs by the end of the year. This is an unprecedented achievement, all the surveying being done by volunteer effort, as for the Good Beer Guide. We dont even get expenses for this activity.

    This area has been particularly well-surveyed, the only major gap being the Lancaster University bars which we cant survey until term starts. Needless to say, no such large collection of facts is ever without a few errors; also, some details go out of date pretty rapidly. Send any updates or corrections to our pubs offi cer, Lawrence Bland, 27 Cleveleys Avenue, Lancaster, LA1 5HB, or email [email protected].

    Improvements to the website are constantly being added, and new facts gathered. A mobile version of the site should be online by the time you read this. Even if youre not planning on going anywhere new soon, why not give it a look? A very easy url just whatpub.com. Let us know what you think by leaving us some feedback. All feedback, whether positive or negative, is always welcome and very much appreciated, so please do get in touch.

    A comprehensive guide to pubs

    WHAT PUB? A GOOD PUB

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    CAMRAs Good Beer Guide 2014 This edition includes:

    Details of 4,500 real ale pubs around the UK

    The only complete listing of all the UKs real ale breweries available in print

    Easy-to-use listings that make fi nding a great pub and a good pint simple

    A Beer Index that helps you fi nd your very own perfect pint

    ORDER ONLINEwww.camra.org.uk/shop

    Buying the book directly from CAMRA helps us campaign to support and protect real ale, real cider & real perry, and pubs & pub-goers.

    NAME ADDRESS TOWN/VILLAGE POSTCODE

    Bobbin 8 Chapel Street Lancaster LA1 1HH

    Borough 3 Dalton Square Lancaster LA1 1PP

    Bowerham Bowerham Road Lancaster LA1 4DT

    Bull 17 Lines Street Morecambe LA4 5ES

    Castle 49 Main Street Hornby LA2 8JT

    Eric Bartholomew 10 Euston Road Morecambe LA1 5DD

    Fenwick Arms Lancaster Road Claughton LA2 9LA

    Fleece Dolphinholme LA2 9AQ

    Golden Ball Lancaster Road Snatchems LA3 3ER

    Graduate College Bar Graduate College Lancaster University LA1 4ZA

    Highwayman Nether Burrow LA6 2RJ

    Lancaster Brewery Lancaster Leisure Park Lancaster LA1 3LA

    Longlands Tewitfi eld LA6 1JH

    New Inn 59 Main Road Galgate LA2 0JW

    Oscars 9 George Street Lancaster LA1 1XQ

    Palatine The Crescent Morecambe LA4 5BZ

    Park 1 St Oswald Street Lancaster LA1 3AS

    Queens 273 Marine Road Central Morecambe LA4 5BY

    Royal Main Road Bolton-le-Sands LA5 8DQ

    Sir Richard Owen 4 Spring Garden Street Lancaster LA1 1RQ

    Sun 63 Church Street Lancaster LA1 1ET

    Tap House 2 Gage Street Lancaster LA1 1UH

    Three Mariners Bridge Lane Lancaster LA1 1EE

    White Cross Quarry Road Lancaster LA1 4XT

    Whoop Hall Skipton Road Burrow LA6 2GY

    As an example of what we can so with all this newly-gathered information, below is a list of what we believe to be all our real ale pubs with facilities for wheelchair users. Many more lists of this sort can be generated quite easily, if you are interested.

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    BREWERY & PUB NEWS

    Your local update on all things ale

    First my apologies from the last issue: The Bath at Morecambe has no connection with the Pub in Lancaster.

    The Dragons Head (Whittington) has been sold. It is currently closed for refurbishment and improvement. It should re-open in time for Christmas, in the hands of an experienced licensee who has won awards from another CAMRA branch. Definitely one to watch.

    The Masons Arms (Ingleton) has been transformed. The bar has been re-sited and it has a new name: the Old Brewery Inn. Although when I last saw it it still had the old Thwaites signs from years ago, inside it is very different. It is clearly trying to move upmarket. It is currently selling four beers from Settle Brewery, including those under the name of Nine Standards. (The Nine Standards brewery closed in July with production and brewer tranferred to Settle.) All these businesses belong to the same man.

    The Queens (Morecambe) has come through its extensive re-painting. Its being run by the licensee of the Pier down the road. It has three handpumps, but exactly when you could expect to find any cask ale is rather uncertain. (There is a growing number of Morecambe pubs like that).

    Theres only one addition to the list of pubs closed and waiting for something to turn up: the Royal Oak (Hornby). There are two you can definitely write off, however: the Victoria (Morecambe) and the Duke of Lancaster (Lancaster), both of which are being converted to flats.

    The Borough Brewery in Lancaster is still experimenting with various brews,

    which have appeared from time to time on the bar of the Borough. They should have an official launch soon.

    Another brewery in gestation is the Iron Junction brewery in Carnforth. They have also been trying experimental brews, but none so far as I know have yet reached the public.

    e George & Dragon 24 St Georges QuayLancaster, LA1 1RB

    A Lovely Local Riverside Pub, all are welcome...

    Five Cask Ales Food Served Daily

    Enclosed Beer Garden Range of Lagers

    t: 01524 388808

    www.georgeanddragononline.co.uk

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    Westmorland CAMRA POTY 2011

    Traditional Real Ales

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    THE SHIP DROPS ANCHOR

    It must be a surreal yet satisfying occurrence when a ship drops anchor after a long voyage. The joy at the prospect of walking on dry land after months of treading the decks, the endless vista and aroma of the sea soon to be replaced by buildings, hills and fields, each emitting their own sounds and smells. Though Ive never been a sailor, I can have some appreciation of what a voyage ending must feel like.

    Why you ask? The good ship Morecambe Beer Festival has just about completed its second voyage, and I am sure that I can hear the rattle of the chain as its anchor splashes into Morecambe Bay.

    You may think the analogy of a ships voyage and a beer festival is a little strange, yet if you had taken the expedition that the organising committee and myself have made, you would see the relevance. Over the course of a year we have laid down provisions, checked the engines, caulked the hull and loaded the cargo. The crew were assembled - the engineers, quartermasters, crewmen and porters all willing volunteers (no press ganging on this vessel). Finally, after almost a year in the planning and preparing, the sails were hoisted and the anchor weighed as wave after wave of the drinking public rolled through the doors of the Winter Gardens.

    The voyage lasted a mere three days. In that short time the crew welcomed close to a thousand passengers aboard and served them with over three thousand five hundred pints of grog. A feat to be proud of, Im sure youll agree.

    Now, with not a trace of our journey left at the Winter Gardens and with the

    crew resting their sea legs, the charts are being studied and the course set for next years even grander sailing.

    I would like to personally thank every member of the committee, all the volunteers, suppliers and customers who made the journey so satisfying. We were ably assisted by our Lunesdale Brewers, Morecambe Bay Wines, other CAMRA branches, local pubs and...EVERYONE ELSE.

    So until next years sailing, avast me hearties. May the winds fill your sails and the weather be fair.

    by George Palmer, Captain of the Morecambe Beer Festival

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    The Snug Mic

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    Open Tuesday to Saturday 12 noon - 2pm & 5pm - 9pm

    Call: 07927 396861Blog: thesnugmicropub.blogspot.co.ukEmail: [email protected]: www.facebook.com/thesnugmicropub

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    BIIAB LEVEL 2 AWARD FOR PERSONAL LICENCE HOLDERS

    Courses held monthly in Lancasteronly 120+vat

    Including pre-coursework, big orange handbook, lunch & refreshments. Free re-sit if needed.

    www.herrontraining.come: [email protected]

    t: 01524 843263

    The York Hotel

    Quality Beers, Spirits and WinesCask Ales Darts and Pool

    Outside Patio Quality Food Full Sky Sports/ESPN Package

    Free wireless internet

    87 Lancaster RoadMorecambe

    LA4 5QH01524 425353

    www.yorkhotelmorecambe.co.uk

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    This Guarantee is offered by all banks and building societies that accept instructions to pay by Direct Debits.

    If there are any changes to the amount, date or frequency of your Direct Debit The Campaign for Real Ale Ltd. will notify you 10 working days in advance of your account being debited or as otherwise agreed.

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