David Kendall-Smith, former landlord of Huddersfield’s Rat and Ratchet (renowned for its support of real ciders) has been making cider and perry for four years.

David’s real cider is made from locally-sourced apples, and perry from pears, but without an orchard of his own, David is appealing for householders to donate their unwanted apples from trees on their land.  David said “many people have apple, or indeed pear trees on their land and often can only use a fraction of the fruit, I am asking for the excess”, he will collect the apples himself and offers in return a bottle of the finished product.  Apples and pears will ripen over the next few months.

With the help of The Huddersfield Examiner, Huddersfield CAMRA and the generosity of Huddersfield people, David managed to produce 70 gallons of cider and perry last year and some of his cider will be available at Huddersfield CAMRA’s Oktoberfest in October.

David is planning to purchase land to plant an orchard but in the meantime he hopes to harvest enough apples from the town’s gardens and hedgerows to make 100 gallons of real cider this year, and to double that next year.

Anyone who would like to offer some apples or pears can contact David on 07817 367752, by email at dave@uddersorchard.co.uk or visit www.uddersorchard.co.uk

We hope to see you there.

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Catch the 19:40 314 First Bus from Huddersfield Bus Station

We hope to see you there.

It will be held in the upstairs room at the Rat & Ratchet, Huddersfield, HD1 3EB (map) at 8pm on Tuesday 17th August.

All welcome. Bring any articles that you have for inclusion along with you.

(P.S. Sorry about the stray email about an old social at the Sair sent yesterday. No idea why that happened – please ignore.)

Once again, it will be at the Sikh Leisure Centre (APNA Venue), Spring Grove Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2NX (map).

We hope to see you there – either helping, drinking or both. More details can be found on our website here.

Or, you can download a poster here.

Want to help? Download a staffing form (in Word format) here. Just complete it, and return it to us by email or post.

We will be starting at 8pm at the Junction One, HD7 4AN (map).

NOTE – there will be also be a short meeting at the Junction for those interested in the future of AleTalk

At 8:30pm, we will be moving on to the Rose & Crown, HD7 4AN (map).

At 9pm, we will finish up at Golcar Liberal Club, HD7 4AH (map).

Catch the 19:45 302 First bus from Huddersfield Bus Station.

We hope to see you there.

We hope to see you there.

On Saturday 17th July there is the  Bobtown Beer Bash at Robberttown Community Centre, WF15 7LS . The festival runs from 12 noon – 10pm , with 20 Real Ales, Festival Specials, Perry & Cider. More info here .

Finally, on Thursday 15th July at 8pm we will be holding a Beer Festival Sub Committee Meeting at the Sportsman, Huddersfield, HD1 5AY (map).  We need more people on the Sub Committee this year, so if you are a CAMRA member and feel that you could help us out, then please come along and make yourself known to us.

• Huddersfield dep 1131
• Batley arr 1149 Cellar Bar
• Batley dep 1257
• Dewsbury arr 1301 West Riding
• Dewsbury dep 1406
• Huddersfield arr 1416
• Huddersfield dep 1430
• Slaithwate arr 1437 Commercial
• Slaithwaite dep 1537
• Marsden arr 1545 Riverhead
• Marsden dep 1645
• Greenfield arr 1651 Railway
• Greenfeld dep 1751
• Stalybridge arr 1800 Station Buffet
• On return, Kings Head and/or Head of Steam, Huddersfield
• Download the full itinerary here

We hope that you will join us for all or part of the day.

We hope to see you there.

Catch the 19:10 313 First bus from Huddersfield bus station.

We hope to see you there.

There is a Beer Festival at the Navigation, Mirfield starting on Thursday 17th June and running until Sunday 20th June.

Also, from Friday 25th June to Sat 26th June, there will be a Beer Festival at Marsh Liberal Club, Marsh, Huddersfield, HD3 4AL (map). Opening hours are Fri 25^th June 4:30–11;  Sat 26^th June 12-11. Admission is free, there will be 15 real ales and there is a free half for CAMRA members!

On Mon 7th Jun at 8pm, there will be  Social at Rose & Crown, Thurstonland, HD4 6XU (map). Hopefully the usual range of Brass Monkey & guest beers will be available. Catch the 19:55 341 (Huddersfield Bus Company) from Huddersfield Bus Station. The return journey involves walking back down into Brockholes and catching bus from there.

The 2nd World Sup Beer Festival at the West Riding, Dewsbury, WF13 1HF (map) has already started. It runs from Thu 3rd – Sun 6th Jun. More details here.

We hope to see you there.

Tickets for all festival sessions can be reserved in advance:

Thu 20 May 4-6 (CAMRA members only); 6-10:30;

Fri 21 May 12-5; 5-10:30;

Sat 22 May 11-12 (Girls Guide to Beer session); 12-5; 5-10:30;

There will be a Photo and Archive Exhibition from the 1975 Festival and a reunion of people who attended the original Beer Exhibition. The reunion will be on Friday 21st May between 6:00 and 8:00. They are keen to hear from anyone in touch with original members for a reunion at the festival. Please email Rosalind Arden on info@dewsburybeerfestival.co.uk if you can help.

More info here. Please try to go along and support Heavy Woollen CAMRA.

We hope to see you there.

We hope to see you at the presentation.

This coincides with the Annual Mild & Cider Festival at Rat & Ratchet on Sat 1^st – Sun 2^nd May. Beer & Cider list is available here.

Also, from Fri 30th Apr to Mon 3rd May, the Old Bridge Hotel, Holmfirth, HD9 7DA (map) will be holding their Ale Festival. Starts midday Friday. More info here.

Catch the 19:20 328 First bus from Market Street or 19:30 229 Arriva bus from Huddersfield Bus Station.

We hope to see you there.