Huntingdonshire CAMRA, Opening Times 130

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Issue 130 Spring 2007 Download a copy of Opening Times 130 as a PDF file - 1.0 MB
Hunts CAMRA Pub of the Year Most Improved Pub of the Year Community Pubs Week Champion Winter Beer of Britain Cyclops - Beer descriptions Greene King - Sign of the Times	25/10 years ago Half Pints Local pub and brewery news Cider Competition Cut Price Lager Greene King - Guest Beer Policy
SIGN OF THE TIMES
We sadly live in an age where the blandly corporate increasingly triumphs over the individualistic. A small but significant example of this can be found outside an increasing number of Greene King pubs, where the original pub sign, usually a picture related to the name of the pub, and often of significance to local history, has been replaced by the deeply boring standardised GK sign comprising just the brewery logo and the pub name.	CAMRA will be taking this up with the local planning authorities. For listed buildings, consent is required to change signs and we’ll be checking that this has been obtained. With other buildings, the controls are less stringent but action using the Advertisement Consent Regulations may be possible, especially if the local council is sympathetic. Something we can all do, if we hate these signs, is write to Greene King and tell them, so we urge our readers to do so. Please share your views with Rooney Anand, Chief Executive, Greene King plc, Westgate Brewery, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1QT.

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