One man; 63 breweries
THIRTY years ago one of the unsung heroes of British brewing began criss-crossing the country with sacks of malt. Brian Wood started carrying malt for Hugh Baird and Sons at Station Maltings in Witham in Essex in the Autumn of 1981. When Baird’s got taken over in the mid-1990s, he set up on his own. [...]
“Precious little ‘democracy’” at West Dorset District Council
“Much that I’d been warned about in relation to the way in which West Dorset District Council conducts its affairs appears to be true. There is precious little “democracy” as evidenced by the fact that there’s virtually no debate on major issues.” So argues independent councillor Alistair Chisholm, who was elected in May 2011.