When I was queuing to get into the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) in London last August my mate (not a CAMRA Member) remarked "you can tell who the CAMRA guys are - going bald, grey beards, paunches and beer related T Shirts" Spot on.
On the subject of T shirts, the other week I was volunteer at the Sunderland Beer Festival and acquired another festival T shirt, well actually a Polo Shirt. That's 7 now. However they are not the first.
I got mortal drunk at the Munich Octoberfest in 2002 and came back with a T shirt, although don't recall buying it ! ( see top left of picture) . It now has holes in the armpits and so only wear it for scruffy jobs such as festival setup and take down.
I am pleased that they are all XL and have therefore not increased much in size and they all fit ; although the light blue one ( 2013 ) has shrunk a bit and so reveals too much overhang when I raise my arms.
However the ultimate T shirt was one I wore, along with several others at GBBF in 2009. This T shirt was sold in Asda ; the group I was with were from all over the UK and so this took some coordinating, but everyone got into the spirit of the occasion. I'm the one with my fly open.
I submitted it for a CAMRA photo competition soon after the festival ; Came back the reply - "well its not what we are looking for!"
No sense of humour !
