This is now stored on the Pigs
Ear Website. Visit all the pubs
(with updates to July 2008),
see top bar above for links to
updates.
Old Beer Guides....
Check out this site for the
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Check out this site for the
Check out this site for the
The Online and Old Beer
Guides
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Always follow your local team.
There are too many armchair
supporters. A supporter is someone
who gives their club money,
everyone else is a fan. My blog
started in 2010 and the 2019 blog is
here. The history of the club 1965-
1974 are here. This forms part of
my Leyton Orient Diary which can
be found here.
My cousin Raymond has
been researching the family
tree and here it is. Also in txt
format or even PDF though
there is 18 pages of it. If you
know off any missing dates
don't hesitate to let me know.
This is the latest version.
This site was last updated
21 April 2019.
The object
of this web site is to keep the East London drinker up-to-date with the ale scene
since the publication of the guide in 1991. Updates appear in London Drinker but
this can prove time consuming. If you still want a copy of the guide,or more
importantly want to update the guide then email Keith.
In the beginning....
Initially the data was stored on an Amstrad PCW8256 using Datastar to store the
data. An extra disc drive and more memory were purchased but updating
became more time intensive.
The current data for the guide is stored in a Open Office database.
Thank you....
This web site would not be possible without the surveying work carried out by the
branch members of East London CAMRA back in 1991. The photos were also
supplied by the budding David Bailey's of the branch. My thanks to them all.
This site was launched in April 2000.
Darts
Darts has been my sport. My grandfather played so that
may be where my love of it comes from. I started with the
East London & City CAMRA team know as the Spratts.
Originally they played in the Bricklayers Arms EC2 before
finding a home in the Fish & Ring in E1 which has sadly
been converted to flats. For five years I played for British
Coal where I managed to be team champion for three years
but I was by no means their best player. I returned to play
for the Spratts until they disbanded around 2000. By this
time I was playing twice a week. Wednesday nights I turned
out for the Albany playing in the Wenlock Arms N1. If you
want to know how to set up a dartboard then this is the
place to look. Throwing a dart is more difficult! This site tells
you how it should be done. Practice makes perfect. Who
was it that said "the more I practice the luckier I become".
The way I do it? Have ten throws at the board, add up each
throw and jot down. After ten throws add them all up
dropping the last of the three figures to give you your
average. Do it 12 times then work out your average and try
to improve every time. Finally as Bobby George more than
once said "Scores for show, double for dough" It does not
matter how many tons you hit if you cannot finish. If you can
finish in three darts at a double you are going to win a lot of
matches. My double practice
comes from the darts501.com
site (above). Starting with 170
throw a maximum of 15 darts
finishing on a double. Best is
three my best is four. If none of
this makes sense then download
this spreadsheet which is
designed for six throws at 19 x
ten and six at twenties x ten. I've
added a version that you can use as you throw! Darts go all
over the place? Use this site to see what triple you should
be aiming for. If you have a computer near your dartboard
and playing with a friend you can use this spreadsheet that
I found on the web and gives you a three dart out. If you
want to follow our progress try the Trafalgar League site.
The Albany team lost team member
Joe Belka who was found dead at
his home on 23rd December 2010
at the age of 48. Joe was a lovely
man and we always chatted
football, he was a season ticket
holder at Reading FC. He was also
our secretary and statistics man for
many years. A pleasure to have
known him.