Branch Diary - North Manchester CAMRA

As you can see, most (but not all) of our activities take place on a Wednesday evening.

Apart from regular branch meetings and socials, we also organise other ways of having fun and drinking beer. Recent events have included pub crawls, visits to breweries, Treasure Hunts (actually that's just a pub crawl by another name), working at or visiting beer festivals, surveying pubs for the Good Beer Guide, a bowling match, a Beer and Curry night, a ramble (yes, another name for a pub crawl) and even a lecture on Old Pubs and Taverns of Salford (a sort of virtual pub crawl really).

Non-members are welcome at most of our events and meetings. Come along, enjoy a few drinks with us, and tell us what you think of the pubs in your part of the world! But get in touch with us first, so we'll know who to look out for. (Contrary to popular opinion, it's not that easy to spot CAMRA members in a pub, although it's fair to say we're unlikely to be the ones drinking Miller Lite from the bottle.)

For up-to-date details and other information (like which bus to catch), just send us an e-mail.

This page was last updated on 10th November 2008

Please note that we are now holding many of our branch business meetings at the New Oxford, Bexley Square, Salford.

November 2008
Wednesday	5th	A Bonfire R.O.C.K.E.T. Crawl - 7.30 p.m. at the Rising Sun, Queen Street, Manchester; 8 p.m. at the Ox on Liverpool Road; 8.30 p.m. at Cask; 9 p.m. at the Knott on Deansgate; 9.45 p.m. at the English Lounge on High Street; 10.15 p.m. at the Town Hall Tavern on Tib Lane. (An E.T.C.K.O.R. crawl would probably be quicker but, well, you've got to work off the calories somehow.)
*Saturday*	8th	Heritage Pub Minibus Crawl - Starts at the Marble Arch, Rochdale Road and visits the Nursery Inn, Heaton Norris; the Arden Arms, Stockport; Stalybridge Buffet Bar; and the Plough in Gorton; returning to the Marble Arch at roughly 7 p.m. The price for the minibus is £5 per person. Please book in advance through Dave Hallows, or telephone him on +44 (0) 7983 944992.
Wednesday	12th	Social - 8 p.m. at the Crescent on The Crescent, Salford.
Wednesday	19th	Branch Meeting and Annual General Meeting - 8.00 p.m. prompt at the Unicorn (upstairs room) on Church Street, Manchester. (CAMRA members should bring their membership cards with them if they want to vote on any of the motions at the AGM.)
Wednesday	26th	Social - 8 p.m. at the Morning Star, Manchester Road, Wardley.
December 2008
Wednesday	3rd	Heritage Pub Crawl - 7.30 p.m. at the Grapes Hotel on Liverpool Road, Peel Green; 8.15 p.m. at the Stanley Arms, a bit further along Liverpool Road in Patricroft; 9 p.m. at the Royal Oak, Barton Lane, Eccles; 9.45 p.m. at the Lamb Hotel, Regent Street, Eccles (near the tram stop).
Wednesday	10th	An indeterminate kind of a Social around Monton - 7.30 p.m. at the Queens Arms on Green Lane; 8.30 p.m. at the Drop Inn on Monton Road; 9.30 p.m. at the Park in Monton.
Wednesday	17th	Branch Meeting - 8.00 p.m. prompt at the New Oxford, Bexley Square, Salford.
Wednesday	24th	Nowt On - just have a night in while it's Christmas Eve and there are next to no buses running. Merry Christmas everybody!
January 2009
Wednesday	7th	Grand Presentation of the Neil Richardson Trophy 2009 for a traditional unspoilt pub - Winner and further details to be announced nearer the time.
Wednesday	14th	Good Beer Guide 2010 short listing meeting - 8.00 p.m. at the Kings Arms, Bloom Street, Salford. (Sorry, CAMRA members only at this meeting! Please bring your membership card!)
Wednesday	21st	No branch meeting tonight but instead a Working Party at the National Winter Ales Festival - Yes, we will be back again at the Co-operative's New Century Hall on Corporation Street in Manchester. All CAMRA members are invited to join us, either as volunteer workers or as fellow drinkers. Cheers!
Wednesday	28th	Belated Branch Meeting - 8.00 p.m. prompt at the Unicorn (upstairs room) on Church Street, Manchester.
February 2009
Wednesday	4th	Irlams o'th'Height Social - 8 p.m. at the Wagon and Horses, Bolton Road; 9 p.m. in the Wellington; 9.30 p.m. in the Red Lion.

Some of the pubs we visit can be difficult to find, so the street names include a link to the very wonderful This links to an external site over which we have no control Streetmap.co.uk.

You can also use the This links to an external site over which we have no control North West Journey Planner for bus, train and tram times. The GMPTE site also has a Bus Timetable Library where you can download individual route timetables.

And while you're on the Internet, you can even check if your train is on time. The This links to an external site over which we have no control National Rail website gives details of any problems on the national network. And the Northern Rail website can tell you how trains are running from your local station.