Keeping beer local as well as real is important; witness the glorious battle when Greene King (Suffolk) thought they could throw Harveys (Lewes) out of the Lewes Arms. The campaign to restore Harveys got national and international press coverage including a full-page article in Der Spiegel and two features on Radio 4's 'You and Yours' programme. It is also the subject of two academic theses.

Two years after their defeat, Greene King very quietly sold the pub to Fullers. The Harveys is still there (but not the Lewes Saturday Folk Club , unfortunately, as the new management wanted to charge us a ludicrous rent for the use of the small club-room).

Valmai (Lewes)