The British love their pubs and history suggests our enjoyment of beer and brewing is longstanding. This talk is a gentle and hopefully amusing ramble through the history of brewing, breweries and pubs from Romans to the present day, with some examples of local pubs and breweries. As well as a look at their ephemera ( sadly no samples!)

Sue Ellis is a local historian in the Thatcham and Newbury area who has taken the idea of hands-on research seriously and  has felt constrained to visit many of the pubs she mentions!