This is now stored on the Pigs
Ear Website. Visit all the pubs
(with updates to July 2008),
see top bar above for links to
updates.
Old Beer Guides....
Check out this site for the
1983 beer guide.
Check out this site for the
1986 beer guide.
Check out this site for the
1991 beer guide.
The Online and Old Beer
Guides
Always follow your local team.
There are too many armchair
supporters. A supporter is
someone who gives their club
money, everyone else is a fan.
My ‘blog’ for 2010 is here.
2011 here. Here is my history
of the club during the 1960's
and 70's. Colin Worrell one of
our players from the 1960's is
featured here. Bobby Moss
scrapbook here.
Leyton Orient
Darts
Darts has been my sport. My grandfather played so that may be
where my love of it comes from. I started with the East London &
City CAMRA team know as the Spratts. Originally they played in
the Bricklayers Arms EC2 before finding a home in the Fish & Ring
in E1 which has sadly been converted to flats. For five years I
played for British Coal where I managed to be team champion for
three years but I was by no means their best player. I returned to
play for the Spratts until they disbanded around 2000. By this time
I was playing twice a week. Wednesday nights I turned out for the
Albany playing in the Wenlock Arms N1. If you want to know how
to set up a dartboard then this is the place to look. Throwing a
dart is more difficult! This site tells you how it should be done.
Practice makes perfect. Who was it that said "the more I practice
the luckier I become". The way I do it? Have ten throws at the
board, add up each throw and jot down. After ten throws add them
all up dropping the last of the three figures to give you your
average. Do it 12 times then work out your average and try to
improve every time. Finally as Bobby George more than once said
"Scores for show, double for dough" It does not matter how many
tons you hit if you cannot finish. My double practice comes from
the darts501.com site (above). Starting
with 170 throw a maximum of 15 darts
finishing on a double. Best is three my
best is four. If none of this makes sense
then download this spreadsheet which is
designed for six throws at 19 x ten and
six at twenties x ten. I've added a version
that you can use as you throw! Darts go
all over the place? Use this site to see
what triple you should be aiming for. If you have a computer near
your dartboard and playing with a friend you can use this
spreadsheet that I found on the web and gives you a three dart
out. If you want to follow our progress in the Trafalgar League then
try their site or the Albany site where you will find out how I am
playing! The Albany team is struggling to
come to terms with the loss of team member
Joe Belka who was found dead at his home
on 23rd December 2010 at the age of 48.
Joe was a lovely man and we always
chatted football, he was a season ticket
holder at Reading. He was also our
secretary and statistics man for many years.
A pleasure to have known him.
The object
of this web site is to keep the East
London drinker up-to-date with the
ale scene since the publication of the
guide in 1991. Updates appear in
London Drinker but this can prove time consuming. If you still want a copy of
the guide,or more importantly want to update the guide then email keith.
In the beginning....
Initially the data was stored on an Amstrad PCW8256 using Datastar to
store the data. An extra disc drive and more memory were purchased but
updating became more time intensive.
The current data for the guide is stored in Lotus Approach
Thank you....
This web site would not be possible without the surveying work carried out
by the branch members of East London CAMRA back in 1991. The photos
were also supplied by the budding David Bailey's of the branch. My thanks
to them all. The site was launched in April 2000.
My cousin Raymond has been
researching the family tree
and here it is. Also in .RTF
format or even PDF though
there is 18 pages of it. If you
know any of the missing dates
don't hesitate to let me know.
This page was last updated 30
September 2011.
Emmerson Family Tree.