On March 16 2011 CAMRA UK, the Campaign for Real Ale, turned 40.
To mark this momentous milestone they put together some exciting events, competitions, awards and activities to help members and cask lovers across the UK celebrate with them. Varoius CAMRA Vancouver Executives and members got together and took part in one of these activities, ‘Toast CAMRA’s 40 Years in Pictures’. CAMRA UK requested for everyone to join them in raising a pint of real ale, take a photo of the occasion and then send it in to be posted on their website. We did just that.
CAMRA UK was originally founded in the most Westerly pub in Europe – Kruger’s Bar in Dunquin, Co Kerry, when four young men from the north west of England, Michael Hardman, Graham Lees, Bill Mellor and Jim Makin were on holiday. Fed up the increasing bad quality of beer in Britain that was too fizzy, no character and no taste they decided to form a Campaign for the Revitalisation of Ale.
A year after the founding the first AGM was held at The Rose Inn, Nuneaton; and membership started to grow. Articles by the late Richard Boston in the Guardian (Boston on Beer) boosted membership when Richard happened to mention the fledgling organisation CAMRA.
In 1973 to make the Campaign’s name easier to say it was changed to the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).
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Ontario’s premier beer resource gave CAMRA Vancouver a nice little mention in their article about CAMRA UK’s 40th. Check it out.
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