FYCY Turkish Branch ceased to function as a branch in July 2017 due to the death of one of the 2 members, David Brightwell. See ‘Pint In Hand’ Issue 143 – August 2017 page 4 for further details.

SPBW LAPSED BRANCHES

The table below lists all SPBW branches known to exist since about 1970. Since records before about 1976 are very scant, and because branch affiliation fees were not introduced until about then, details in many cases are very vague. Some of these branches might not even have existed in any meaningful form!

NAME	AREA	FOUNDED	WOUND UP	OTHER INFO
Acton	West London	Early 1997	Autumn 2003
Beer and Thirst	Bow, East London		May 2024	Formerly Old Ford Pilgrims, based around the Eleanor Arms, 460 Old  Ford Road, Bow, mostly visiting beer festivals.
Bishops Cannings	Wiltshire	1960s	c1978(?)	Based at the Crown, near Devizes.
Boot	Berwick St James, near Salisbury	April 1980	n/k	Probably never affiliated
Brighton		September 2001	2003(?)	Never actually affiliated; supposedly based at Evening Star
Britannia	Barking, Essex	1973(?)	Defunct by 1978	Originally East End branch; some overlap with early Wantz branch
Cambridge		n/k	n/k – defunct pre-1976
Canterbury		n/k	n/k – defunct pre-1976
Casablanca	St Albans	May 1991	Autumn 1994	Founder members worked at CAMRA HQ
Coate	Wiltshire	November 1975	2011	Based at New Inn, near Devizes, Wadworth beer direct from the wood
De Montfort	Leicester	1977(?)	Summer 1980
Dearne Valley	South Yorkshire	April 1989	January 1992
Faithful City	Worcester	September 1992	Autumn 1994	Connected to Jolly Roger brewery (also now defunt)
Firkin	Epsom area	August 1977	Defunct by 1980	Originally met at Rising Sun, Epsom. They used to meet 2nd Monday of the Month in Esher High Street, the Albert Arms
Grimsdyke	NW London	April 1993	Autumn 2003	Mostly based at Seven Balls in Stanmore
Lancashire	Lancaster University	n/k	n/k – defunct pre-1976
Mayday	Hastings	September 2001	2008	Based at First In Last Out brewpub
Middle England	Nottingham	August 1993	Late 2003	Officially ‘SPBW in Middle England’
Newton Ferrers	South Devon	Late 1960s	Defunct by 1976
North Devon		September 1982	1985	Founding Chairman, John Riddington-Young, was Ear, Nose and Throat consultant for North Devon area
North Riding	Scarborough	July 1991	2004
Norvic Nippers	Norwich	May 1995	2000(?)	Forerunner of current Norfolksoaks branch
Pagoda	Kew area	c1982(?)	Defunct by 1990	Mostly dedicated to restoring old vehicles. Once winners of Tony Littler Trophy even though none of their members took part.
Peripatetic	Stoke on Trent	c1977(?)	Early 1980
Ponds	Carshalton area	Autumn 1993	Early 2007
Poulshot	Wiltshire	1960s	c1978	Based at the Raven, Wadworth beers direct from the wood
Pretty Bricks	Walsall	n/k	n/k – defunct pre-1976	Based at New Inn, took name from decorative tiling on pub exterior
St George	City of London area	July 1972	July 1993	Founded by members of British Engine Insurance; held annual St George’s Day dinners at the George, Southwark
Sahara	Algeria	January 1973	1976	Members were engineers on a gas pipeline; new members expected to contribute home brewing ingredients!
Salopia	Shrewsbury	n/k	n/k	Active around 1977
Smithfield	Central London	n/k	n/k – defunct pre-1976
Suffolk	Stowmarket	February 1987	Early 1993	Also known as DHSS (Drink Heartily, Sink Slowly)
Titley	Herefordshire	n/k	May 1986	Run by Frank Bingham, landlord of Stagg Inn. He was possibly the only member.
Topsham	South Devon	n/k	n/k – defunct pre-1976
Westminster		n/k	n/k – defunct pre-1976	Met at Buckingham Arms
West Riding	Yorkshire	September 1966 (?)	Defunct by late 1970s	No connection with current branch of same name
Wingfield	Wiltshire	Mid-1960s	Summer 1984	Based at the Poplars pub near Trowbridge; Wadworths direct from wooden casks. Objected to SPBW Founders ‘beer from metal casks is acceptable’ edict in 1968.
Woolwich	SE London	October 1971	January 2015	Held mock funerals in early days when local pubs went over to keg beer.
Worthing	Sussex	September 1987	Summer 1990