{"id":3552,"date":"2017-07-28T22:56:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T21:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=3552"},"modified":"2017-07-28T22:56:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T21:56:57","slug":"walston-castle-real-ale-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=3552","title":{"rendered":"Walston Castle &#8211; Real Ale Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>WALSTON<\/strong><strong> CASTLE<\/strong><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>2nd and 3rd of September <\/strong><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px\">We will be hosting a <strong>Real Ale festival<\/strong>. This is the 2nd one that we&#39;ve hosted. Last year&#39;s proved to be a wonderful success, where the site raised over &pound;700 for Great Ormond Street children&#39;s hospital.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px\">The festival this year will be held over two days this time and it is a pleasure to see the high level of community spirit the event ignites in the staff, the regulars and our Wenvoe neighbours. There will be a bouncy castle and face painting for the kids, and traditional pub games, pub skittles, live music and a great selection of local and established Real Ales.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px\">The event has encouraged other Beefeaters to try similar events throughout the South West and Wales as they attempt to mirror our success and word has spread. CAMRA has now recognised our festival and it will appear in their magazine as an event of importance.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px\">On the same date, we are hosting a car boot sale between 10am and 5pm on the 2nd and 3rd of September (the same day as the festival) and the car space is &pound;5 per car per day and the proceeds will also go to Great Ormond Street.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; WALSTON CASTLE 2nd and 3rd of September We will be hosting a Real Ale festival. This is the 2nd one that we&#39;ve hosted. Last year&#39;s proved to be a wonderful success, where the site raised over &pound;700 for Great Ormond Street children&#39;s hospital. The festival this year will be held over two days this time and it is a [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7,237],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-Vi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12734,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=12734","url_meta":{"origin":3552,"position":0},"title":"Russell Godfrey Column &#8211; Jan 2023","author":"Alan Williams","date":"4th January 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"WARD COUNCILLOR RUSSELL GODFREY COLUMN Firstly can I wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. 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