CAMRA’s East London & City branch have recently found out that former branch chairman Adrian Hall passed away on 13 December 2021. Adrian, together with Maxine Cooper, produced a typewritten beer guide for branch members and, in 1983, this was developed into the first East London & City beer guide. If readers would like to see what pioneering guides looked like 40 years ago, go here. Adrian was also a member of ELAC darts team before moving to the Isle of Wight. He worked at the London School of Economics and they described him thus, ‘Adrian worked at LSE for 40 years, completing his career as the Head of Administration. Described as a force of nature, his range of experience, his phenomenal capacity for hard work, his innovative approach and sense of humour in difficult situations were all very much valued and made him a dedicated LSE servant’. The photo shows Adrian and Maxine at CAMRA’s 1984 AGM in Edinburgh.
Keith Emmerson