Opening Times 1976-77

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* Back in 1976, the Branch, and hence Opening Times, covered a much wider area, including what are now the boroughs of Salford, Trafford and even as far as Warrington!

To the right is a press cutting from back in those dim and distant days!

001 - March 1976

First Edition
AGM - Chairman's Report
Sam Smiths in the North West
Remember the Brighton 12
Branch Matters

Campaigns from the beginning
Branch to run beer tent - Is this the first Beer Festival?
SPOM - Society for the Preservation Of Mild - Is this the beginning of Mild Challenge?
New beer from Bass
Letters
Branch Matters

003 - May 1976

CAMRA offered a pub! - Manchester Arms (Manchester)
CAMRA Beer Tent at Glossop Carnival
Salford 100 Club
Real Ale at the Royal Exchange Theatre?
Get on your bike
Opening Times's first apology printed!
The Burton Brewers
Wilsonification - Article about on that Newton Heath brewer
Letters
Back Page - Branch Miscellany [including historic advert from Spong and Co] - Read more about Spong and Co here [Apparently they are world(?) famous for meat/vegetable mincers]

004 - June 1976

Regional Row
Local Beer Festivals - Including Glossop
Kamra-Kazi - Branch trip to Isle of Man
Brewery News
New (Wilsons!) Pub for Altrincham
Early Days of Bass
Crossword
Stagger - Chorlton-on-Medlock and Rusholme - Author unknown

005 - July 1976

Regional Row (2)
Once upon a time {article about pub signs}
Brewery News
Warrington Column
Stagger - Altrincham with Mike Rottenbury

006 - August 1976

Beer Festival at Last
Whitbread speaker at a branch meeting!
Customs and Export
Real Ale in South West Wales
Warrington Column
All our Yesterdays with David K Hall
Back Page - Branch Miscellany
Stagger - Belle View with Graham Cundall and Graham Lister
William Hiccup Column - Middle Leg, Free Youngs!

007 - September 1976

Beer Exhibition (beer festival)
Boddies on the Fylde Coast
Everything in the garden's Lovely especially the ale
I want to go home - Memories of the Boot and Shoe near Nottingham
Beer & Canals - Cheshire Ring pub crawl
Letters
Stagger - Central Stockport with Graham Cundall
William Hiccup Column - Tetley Bittermen rule OK, Fairer Deal For City Centre

008 - October 1976

POLLARDS IN THE CENTRE?
Hand Pumps in Turnpike
Worth passing a few pubs for
The Other Hard Men
UMIST ale
Going for a Burton - Run down on Burton brewers
My pot runneth over
Warrington Column
Crossword
Stagger - Wilmslow with Graham Lister and R Longden
William Hiccup Column

009 - November 1976

Beer Exhibition Special
Report on Beer Festival staged in Wythenshawe Forum
Robbies pub re-opens after fire - Forresters in Openshaw
The Column that Jack Built
That was the pint that was
Mr Trafford's Diary
Letters
Warrington Column
Stagger - Wythenshawe with Alan Kellet
William Hiccup Column

Stockport & South Manchester

Campaign for Real Ale

Opening Times 1976-77

001 - March 1976

002 - April 1976