Welcome to the SOLWAY Branch of CAMRA - The Campaign for Real Ale
Our branch area extends from the Scottish border in the north, east to the Cumbria/Northumberland border near Nenthead, down to Penrith, along the A66 to Mungrisedale, before going north through the northern fells to Ireby and out to the Solway coast at Silloth.
If you live within our area and have an appreciation for Real Ale then you will be more than welcome at any of your meetings or socials. Branch Diary
Existing CAMRA members can access Branch Meeting minutes in the Members' Area, using their CAMRA membership number and the same password that they use to log onto the National CAMRA website.
Congratulations to Mike Vose and all at the Kings Head, Carlisle, for winning our 2012 Pub of the Year award - see our Awards page for more details.
Geltsdale Brewery in Brampton, Cumbria, has brewed a beer to mark a new BBC Radio Cumbria sitcom - click on the following link to download more details: Drizzlewort Beer.
Look out for new brews from our local breweries in the during the next couple of months.
National CAMRA News
- London Mayoral Candidate Ken Livingstone's letter of support to CAMRA
Ahead of next week's London Mayoral Elections CAMRA today received a letter from Labour candidate Ken Livingstone: Dear CAMRA, Thank you for your letter about CAMRA’s campaigns, London pubs and - Community Pub Ownership: A Case Study
If one of your local pubs is under threat, one option for saving it is for the community to get together and buy it. This is exactly what local people - CAMRA launch beer tax e-petition site.
IT'S TIME TO SAVE YOUR PINT... CAMRA has launched a new microsite as part of a year long campaign to gain 100,000 signatures on the e-petition calling for the beer - London Mayor Boris Johnson’s Message to CAMRA
Boris Johnson, the current Mayor of London and the Conservative Party London Mayoral candidate has today sent a message to CAMRA on the importance of pubs to London. Boris has
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- Friday, 16:39 : Win @OldDairyBrewery beer this weekend. tweet #CAMRA a Mild you've tried for the first time in May and #newmild http://t.co/RRbdPvgu
- Wednesday, 12:20 : 250+ #saveyourpint promotional packs have been ordered online, nearly half way to 100K signatures, have you signed? http://t.co/3Kc7KTIA #RT
- Wednesday, 12:07 : The deadline for the Pomona Award Nominations is approaching (1st June). http://t.co/RsUIPvzB
- Wednesday, 09:35 : Are pasties better than beer? http://t.co/7CVZHXoH #saveyourpint
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