Essential Feature
Charity money raised
by the barrel load
CHARITY money has come pouring in
following Lymm and District Round
Table’s fourth annual beer festival after
another great turnout from the ale-loving
public.
running low, but we still had a few beers
available. I’d like to thank everyone who
contributed to the event, especially our
main sponsors, Urban, our cask sponsors,
those who sampled the ales, pulled the
pints, entertained the crowd or provided
the food.
“They all helped to ensure we raised as
much money as we did – we now need
to focus on making some donations and
planning next year’s event…not before
our Big Lymm Bonfire that is!”
If you would like to nominate a charity
or community group that you would like
the Round Table to consider donating
to, please email info@lymmroundtable.
co.uk with more information.
Pic: Beer Fest organisers Duncan Selkirk
and James Williams hold a banner aloft
with some special visitors!
Over £5,000 was raised in total, a
record for the event, as hundreds
attended the two-day festival sponsored
by Warrington-based Urban Building
Projects Ltd, specialists in domestic and
commercial building. The 37 cask ales,
ciders and perries on offer at Lymm
Village Hall, along with hearty grub
served up by Lymm Ladies Circle - who
also raised over £450 for good causes –
ensured the public went away well fed
and watered.
James Williams, who helped to organise
the festival, said: “We had more ales and
ciders on offer than ever before which
proved to be a good move as at the
end of Saturday night the stocks were
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We’d like to say a massive thank you
to all our readers, advertisers
and contributors for helping to
make the last 10 years
a great success.
Here’s to the next 10 years!
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