The Campaign Team

Westendorp Beer Festival

Westendorp Beer Festival

John Westendorp, former landlord of The Jolly Anglers, will be holding a beer festival over the August Bank Holiday weekend (Fri 28th to Mon 31st) at his new pub, The Crispin in Wokingham. Details of what’s on offer will follow as we get them, but it’s sure to be good so please go down and [...]

Join the petition!

The Reading Chronicle is currently putting together a petition to save the Jolly Anglers.
To add your voice to the campaign, print off this petition slip and send it to The Chronicle or email it to Rose Harland at the Chronicle (rharland@berksmedia.co.uk).
I call for The Jolly Anglers to be reopened as a pub for the Newtown [...]

Updates to the website

Things might appear quiet, but the campaign is still ticking away behind the scenes. The website has been updated today to include some new content about The Jolly Anglers, the campaign and links to some of the media coverage we’ve got over the past month or so.

Street party held outside closed Jolly Anglers

Street party held outside closed Jolly Anglers

(press release)
On Sunday 19th July, residents of Newtown and customers of the Jolly Anglers held a street party outside their closed local as part of the Big Lunch celebrations.
They shared food, music and laughter. The pub was suddenly closed down on June 16th. Local residents are furious, and organised the Street Party as part of [...]

Street party on Sunday 19th July

Residents of Newtown and customers of the Jolly Anglers are staging a street party outside their closed local as part of the Big Lunch celebrations.
The food, entertainment and decorations will be grown, cooked, and created by the participants. This will be a day to break bread with friends and neighbours, to make common cause to [...]