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CAMRA Stewards
Is it worth talking about the stewarding staff at the beer festivals? Sorry for the small message. Lemon Demon (talk) 23:47, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
Grottneys
One of the most successfull CAMRA campaigns in the early days was the reference to Watneys Red Barrel as Grottneys by Bill Tidy. CAMRA is mentioned in Bill Tidy but Bill is not mentioned here. The general use of the term Grottneys probably, more than anything, lead to the end of Watneys Red Barrel. I have discussed this at Talk:Watney Combe & Reid also. --Bduke (Discussion) 22:32, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
Redirect
Campaign for Real Ale has global significance, and a worldwide membership, and is largely known under the name CAMRA. Per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, CAMRA should redirect to Campaign for Real Ale. See this, this and this. SilkTork ✔Tea time 09:53, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry but I disagree. Please discuss on talk page at Talk:CAMRA rather than here so other contributor to that disambiguation page can discuss. --Bob Re-born (talk) 10:09, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
CAMRA's own pub chain (sic)
I wonder if there is any interest in the following?
"CAMRA (Real Ale) Investments Limited" an investment trust, using CAMRA’s name, and with restricted membership to CAMRA members was set up to acquire pubs.
Set up in 1978, it owned five pubs; the Old Fox in Bristol, the Salisbury Arms in Cambridge, the Nag’s Head in Hampstead, the White Gates in Manchester and the Eagle in Leeds etc. Later there were others; The Duke of Wellington in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, one in Woolwich, and some others.
Many mistook this enterprise as a set up to run CAMRA’s own pubs. Its last mention in the good Beer Guide was 1980. In 1983 CAMRA Investments changed name to Midsummer Inns, and then in 1985 Swithland Leisure took over. The official CAMRA body distanced themselves from this short lived enterprise.
BeckenhamBear (talk) 09:08, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
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Campaign for the Revitalisation? or Revitalization? of Ale
Was the original name spelled with an s or a z? Both forms are common in English (I know a lot of British people mistakenly think that only the s is correct, but the Oxford English Dictionary uses z for example): however, when I look up this old name for CAMRA, I find it spelled both ways, across numerous sources. How did they actually spell it? Equinox ◑ 15:52, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
Membership
I am a long time member of the Campaign but now live in Australia and at the age of 85 have not travelled back to UK for some while. My membership information goes to my daughter. When I have travelled back I have of course spent some time in pubs that serve real ale. Now to the point - it seems that membership is declining. Could this be discussed in more detail? Have any members done proper research of why the membership is declining? Is the sale of real ale declining? Are the number of pubs that serve real ale declining? Is the sale of beer declining? It would be nice to have some facts in the article. Bduke (talk) 04:03, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
This text "Its membership peaked at just over 192,000 in October 2019. At the end of December 2024 the membership total was 146,430." has been deleted. Quite rightly, but it should be returned to the article if a decent reference can be found. I can not do that from Australia. Bduke (talk) 07:48, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- There is a mention of membership numbers in the 2021 financial reports that could be cited. As to why, that mainly blames COVID, but the decline has continued since albeit more slowly. It would be WP:OR to report it as having peaked at some figure though unless someone's specifically reported that. SmartSE (talk) 12:08, 3 January 2025 (UTC)