Our friends from Timothy Taylor looked after us royally once again on Tuesday night thanks to the kind hospitality of Landlady Nikki Firth of the Nottingham House.

Congratulations to Mick who won the bottle pack in the raffle.

Thanks once again to Nikki for hosting a perfect night and the kind gesture of sandwiches too.

Tonight a small party of our Branch members presented the Rose and Crown with our Winter Pub of the Season award.

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Our Magazine ITD was voted 5th in the CAMRA magazine awards in it's category, which is a very credible achievement according to our Chair Kevin Donovan, so a big thank you to our Magazine team headed by Katie Marks.

Our website was also voted 5th, with the judge's comments that it was easy to navigate and a bit light in content. Our Chair was not so impressed with the judges feedback, Kevin was somewhat disappointed as our website is updated 2-3 times a week and is packed with information, and as previously advised is by far the most up to date in the EMR.

If you have any comments on either our Magazine or Website, please email these to: ku.gro.armac.ybsmirg@riahC

Our POTS for Winter 2024, is the Rose & Crown

We will hold a presentation award this coming Saturday at 7pm, all members and guests are welcome to attend.

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Special Volunteer Bulletin – New CAMRA Branding

As you will have seen from Friday’s Volunteer Bulletin, we are launching our new branding today!

This is an exciting time as we look to grow the Campaign, by working with our current members while encouraging new people to join us.

The change follows 18-months of in-depth research and development. This work revealed an untapped group of people who want to explore different beer styles and see the pub as a place to spend quality time with friends, while enjoying the experience with like-minded people.

Everything you need is in the Members’ Area of the website (login required). You will also find Frequently Asked Questions which will help guide you through any changes you need to make. We will update this regularly.

The Brand Hub features:

Branch guidelines and toolkit Full brand guidelines Frequently Asked Questions Branch logos Regional logos* Templates and letterheads ‘Print friendly’ versions templates (these are designed with fewer colour blocks for at-home printing) Certificates portal (updated templates available from late afternoon on 13 January)

*Logos for devolved nations and in different languages to follow.

Brand Hub Page As we said in Friday’s bulletin, the new branding and branch toolkit will be easier for you to use, with a fresher and smaller colour palette and simpler ways to use the logo. It also aims to encourage more people to get involved with CAMRA, while celebrating how the organisation changed the beer landscape, and continues to campaign for cask beer, cider and perry, pubs and clubs.

Any questions, please email ku.gro.armac@dnarb

New CAMRA Brand template communication for branches Campaigning for pubs, pints and people since 1971

On Behalf of the Committee, we would like to wish all our members a happy Christmas and a prosperous new year.

Thank you too for all your support this year, in attending Branch Meetings and the numerous Meet the Brewer events we have held, more to follow next year.

Best Wishes once again, and remember:

Kevin

Our Branch will host the East Midlands Regional Meeting tomorrow at the Yarborough Hotel Grimsby, the start time is 1pm and afterwards we will be doing a mini pub crawl in Cleethorpes for those that are interested.

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Last night, our Branch POTY Landlord Terry of the Clickem Inn was presented with a presentation pack and a copy of the GBG2025 by our Branch members, Dave Maddison [aka and Dave] together with Richard and Rachel Wallwork.

A group, including of some of our Branch members spent the last couple of days in Liverpool celebrating an 80th Birthday, congratulations Trevor, a couple of groups photos are below:

The change to our Branch constitution was ratified by our members at last night's Branch constitution with 26 votes for and 1 abstention, with no votes against.

Camra Branch Constitution

Dear Colleagues,

Our next Branch meeting will be tomorrow at Willy's in Cleethorpes with an earlier start time of usual at 7,30, this is due to voting on our new Branch constitution, which is the CAMRA Model version together with our own bye laws on POTY, GBG etc, [please see proposed constitution below}

Also below is a copy of our Branch October minutes [thank you Brian}

During tomorrow's meeting we will present owner Bill with not only his pub's presentation pack for being in the GBG 2025 together with a copy of the guide itself, but a special award for 40 consecutive years in the guide itself, something that no other local pub has achieved.

We look forward to seeing as many as you as possible tomorrow, many thanks, Kevin.

Camra Branch Constitution

October Minutes

Branch: Grimsby & North East Lincs

Tonight we presented more local pubs with presentation packs and copies of the GBG2025, photos as below:

Today we will be presenting pubs around Cleethorpes with the CAMRA presentation pack and Branch copy of the Good Beer Guide, to find out who is in the guide, you can purchase copies from our Branch at a reduced price of £12.50 each.

Photos from the day below:

This afternoon we presented our Autumn pub of the season to the Coliseum Picture Theatre at Cleethoepes. Photo as below;

Tonight at the end of our Branch meeting we presented The Landlady of the Farmhouse in New Waltham with a presentation pack and copy of the Good Beer Guide for 2025.

If you'd like to know what our 12 pubs are in this area, our Branch does have a few copies left, contact ku.gro.armac.ybsmirg@riahc

Photo below shows our Vice chair Brian presenting the pack and GBG.

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Today is the day the press embargo on CAMRA's Good Beer Guide for 2025 is lifted.

Our Branch has 12 entries, 8 Town pubs and 4 Country pubs, but just who are they?

You can find out by purchasing a limited copy we have for just £12 which is a good saving on the RRP. Email ku.gro.armac.ybsmirg@riahc to order your copy.

The informative guide details all of the UK CAMRA Branches top real ale pubs.

Look out for our Branch presentation photos in the coming weeks, including a special presentation award to a local pub!

As in last year, there are 2 covers you can choose from, this year it is either: Coronation Street's Rovers Return or Emmerdale's Woolpack. [See photo below]

[Photos courtesy of CAMRA's official website.]

Our host Michael of the Yarborough Hotel has organised a Meet the Brewer Night on Wednesday evening, 25th from 5pm [ish], With RUDGATE!

We send Micheal and Chelsey our sincere congratulations on the birth of their baby son last week, [We can excuse Michael if he doesn't make tonight] I understand Elisha maybe looking after us!

All members and their guests are welcome to attend. Below is the current listing's from the Yarborough Hotel, and at less than £2 per pint, what more could you ask for? :

Today our Branch has run a coach trip to York whereby our members have the chance to attend the CAMRA Festival or the many wonderful pubs in York.

Photos of the day will appear below:

Meanwhile in York

Last night our Branch voted on the following resolutions, regarding the above. The resolutions and results of each voting are below:

GBG ENTRIES

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All members will have the opportunity to vote on 4 country pubs and 8 Town pubs, it is noted that votes should be according to the CAMRA guidelines, votes to be submitted must include member’s name and membership number.

NBSS scores will be looked at to check on the pubs listed/voted for, This will then form our GBG pubs for 2026.

Voting result: Carried Unanimously

POTY

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From 2025 we will go back to nominating a Town pub, Country pub and overall winners, town and country will also have 2nd and 3rd places.

8 Country pubs and 12 Town pubs will be voted on, this should give us at least the 3 plus 3 places for Town and Country as a minimum to go forward to the judging stage.

Judging will be as per CAMRA guidelines, all pubs must be judged thus giving the Branch 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each category and the overall winner.

Voting result: Carried Unanimously

POTS

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To avoid some recent confusion, Any pub in the Branch area can be voted for [Including our GBG pubs} from voting for our Spring POTS 2025 onwards. The rule regarding having once won an award the Pub cannot be selected for the remainder of the year still stands.

Voting result: Carried by a Majority Decision 21 for , 7 against.

Thank you for all those attended and voted.

The CAMRA GBG edition is officially released on the 27th September and on Saturday 28th our Branch will be presenting a local pub with a very special award.

Stand by for further details, when the press embargo is lifted.