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At 13th November, 2011
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25th WIGAN BEER FESTIVAL .... 1st-3rd March, 2012

at Robin Park Indoor Sports Centre, Loire Drive, Wigan, WN5 0UH (opposite the DW Stadium).

OPENING TIMES & ADMISSION

Thursday 1st March 2012 17:30 to 23:00
entry £2, CAMRA members FREE
Friday 2nd March 2012 12:00 to 18:00
entry £1, CAMRA members FREE
Friday 2nd March 2012 18:00 to 23:00
entry £3, CAMRA members FREE
Saturday 3rd March 2012 11:30 to 23:00
entry £2, CAMRA members FREE

Glass Hire £2 all sessions (refundable)

ENTERTAINMENT

Thursday 1st March - Billy and The Tempramentals
Friday 2nd March - Lazy River Jazz Band
Saturday 3rd March at 13.00 - Old Hall Brass Band
Saturday 3rd March at 17.00 - Rip Roaring Success
Saturday 3rd March at 20.00 - The Witnesses

80+ real ales, ciders, perries and foreign beers. Games and tombola.
Courtesy bus from Anvil (Dorning Street).

Swiggin in Wiggin - Wigan CAMRA Branch Newsletter

The latest edition of Swiggin in Wiggin (November 2011) is out now. Look out for your copy in our local pubs. Alternatively, click here to view.

Booze News - Wigan CAMRA's Members Bulletin

Click on the links below to view our latest publicaions :-

Booze News 69
Wigan CAMRA Members Newsletter - November, 2011
Booze News 68
Wigan CAMRA Members Newsletter - October, 2011
Booze News 67
Wigan CAMRA Members Newsletter - September, 2011

Click here to view all previous editions of Booze News.

In the local papers .....

Click on links below to view stories in the local newspapers :-

11/11/2011 : Legendary club is on market
08/11/2011 : MPs support pubs
28/10/2011 : Cheers to the British boozer
19/10/2011 : Drink good ales
19/10/2011 : Fury over Tesco’s pub plan
14/10/2011 : One million pints in four years for Patsy
29/09/2011 : Campaigners fight to save historic building
23/09/2011 : Pub saved by region’s youngest landlord
15/09/2011 : Trying hard to protect the ‘local’
15/08/2011 : Double donation
09/08/2011 : MP gets flavour of real ale fight
28/06/2011 : Euro MP backing bid to save pubs
15/10/2010 : Crooke Hall apartments rumour quashed
21/09/2010 : Local inns are praised for top quality real ale
27/07/2010 : MPs in battle to save pubs

Wigan CAMRA T-shirts for sale

Support Wigan CAMRA by purchasing one of our t-shirts which are available for just £10 at either

Cafe Select, 26-28 Hallgate, Wigan, WN1 1LR. Open 7am - 4pm
or
Gallimore's Fine Restaurant, 13 The Wiend, Wigan, WN1 1PF. Open 10am - 12pm. Tel 01942 492100.

Beer is not just for blokes !!

Our female members enjoying a few pints with Hayley Barton, head brewer (far right), on a trip to Cumbrian Legendary Ales in the Lake District.

CAMRA NEWS - updates from www.camra.org.uk

BREWERY NEWS - updates from www.quaffale.org.uk

Branch Diary

LocAle

The list of LocAle breweries (41) and pubs (20) has been revised and updated as of 13th November, 2011.

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LocAle breweries
LocAle pubs

Save our Pubs

With the most recent CGA report highlighting that 29 pubs are closing every week, CAMRA has to do more than ever to support local pubs through these difficult times.

What can you do?

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