{"id":2239,"date":"2021-11-25T10:22:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T10:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2239"},"modified":"2021-11-25T10:22:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T10:22:33","slug":"tribute-colin-riddett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/11\/25\/tribute-colin-riddett\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute &#8211; Colin Riddett"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Colin died in September following a tragic railway accident. He was a CAMRA stalwart from the early days of the campaign, both in London and nationally, serving twice on the National Executive in 1979\/80 and 1981\/83. Originally active in North London and Enfield &amp; Barnet branches, he became the area organiser covering London and helped organise the first national festival at Covent Garden in 1975, going on to work at the early Great British Beer Festivals held at Alexander Palace. He also helped out by covering both the Kent and East Anglia regional organiser posts at times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colin was born and brought up in Portsmouth but moved to London in the early 1970s to further his career in local government. He worked in the housing departments of a number of London borough councils until taking early retirement from Islington council at the age of 50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colin loved travelling in search of new beers, both in the UK and Europe. I accompanied him on many trips to Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. Colin made many friends on these trips, especially in the Netherlands. Bamberg in Germany, famous for its Rauchbier, was one of his favourite venues. Nearer home, in recent years, he became very fond of the Isle of Man and he also enjoyed canal and walking holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"489\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/colin-obit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/colin-obit.jpg 489w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/colin-obit-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The photograph, supplied by Barry Tillbrook, is of Colin at Luton Beer Festival in 2018. Barry explained that the delighted look on Colin\u2019s face came about because he had just been served the beer in front of him as a half pint!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colin was a very amusing and convivial companion with an endless fund of stories and anecdotes. He will be sadly missed but fondly remembered by me and his many friends. His funeral was held on 27 October at the St Marylebone Crematorium in East Finchley and was fittingly very well attended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Stan Tompkin<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colin died in September following a tragic railway accident. 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