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Christmas Booze
When it comes to planning the things I want to drink at Christmas, I think about it several months beforehand because I can’t help myself and I find it all rather exciting. I tend to keep a few beers aside, ones I’ve gathered through the late summer, beers I’ve determined need saving as a treat.Continue reading “Christmas Booze”
Back in print – an editors note
I’m not sure I could start this letter without mentioning the thing we have lived through this past 18 months. I was in The Last Crumb, in Caversham, when our last printed issue of Mine’s A Pint came out (MAP 53). It was early February 2020 and things were starting to feel a bit peculiarContinue reading “Back in print – an editors note”
The Village in the Town
People talk about a particular area of Reading, just off Watlington Street, as “The Village”. That might sound a bit curious, but it does have some basis in history, and goes back nearly fifty years. Back in 1972 a small book by one F.C. Padley was published by the Reading Branch Workers’ Association. It wasContinue reading “The Village in the Town”
Mine's A Pint - Reading & Mid-Berks CAMRA 