Unwittingly I was at the first ever meeting of CAMRA. In 1970 I was on a training course at the Post Office Training College, Stone, Staffs, it was a two week course and the trains back to Scarborough were a nightmare so I stayed in Stone for the weekend. On the Saturday I went into the town to be met by hoards of people and public speakers all trying to stop the closure of Joules Brewery, the town brewery, I curiously tasted the brew, I thought it was vile and perhaps didn't need saving, however I did become a member for several years in the teeth of the war on the kegs, the war seems, for the most part, won.
Keep drinking the real stuff!