Strawberry Fair, Cambridge (June 7th)

[Hocus Eye.]

Some pictures of bands at Strawberry Fair from me

 

[William of Walworth]

The new landlord of the Fort St George is a total twat and an arsehole with an attitude problem. He has reduced the former range of five good beers to two very ordinary ones, and he kept the main pub closed to Fair people, who he clearly doesn't like, for the whole weekend, while still profiteering (at ludicrous prices too!) from the outside hatch. I saw him on Friday night, walking around looking at people with hostility and suspicion (OMG! that man has a rollie that might just be a spliff! ) , and I saw him have a right unprovoked go at an innocent owner of an innocent dog. One of his staff told me that the reason the pub was closed was because it had just been refurbished and that there was a lot of valuable stock inside, ie (obvious landlord mindset) stay away you filthy untrustworthy thieving Festival scum (except to be extorted!). I hope he lost a lot of business, the wanker.

strawberry-ozzy posted on efestivals the other day that the landlord of the Fort St George has, since SF, been sacked by Greene King (the owners of the Fort) and has been made to leave the premises

Apparantly all the bad attitude and hostility he gave to Fair goers could have been multiplied several-fold for all the bother and trouble he gave to Fair organisers ahead of the event.

Someone else (local to Cambridge) had posted on efests that ex-employees of his had nothing but (really) bad words for him as an employer too.

Cambridge CAMRA also had him marked down locally in their magazine as a bad'un for reducing the several good beers of previously to just two (Abbott and IPA -- BORING).

The landlord of the Elm Tree hinted to me on pre Fair Friday, after we came from the Fort and told him what had happened there, that even before the event yer Fort St. George twat (my description!) had already been losing business and regulars. I don't think Mr Elm Tree had an axe to grind, the latter is much more of a real ale specialist pub anyway (nine beers!!) and would have had no fear of the 'competition' at the Fort, he was just passing on local gossip .... have any Cambridge Urbs heard anything similar elsewhere than on here?

Good riddance to the arsehole anyway!