A farewell to a bygone era, and a welcome to a new one

I’m getting behind with my posts again, although I shan’t bore you with what’s been keeping me from blogging. I’m part way through a write up of last Fridays’ day at the seaside, aka a day out in Hastings with West Kent CAMRA , but with six pubs involved, there’s a fair amount of detail to plod through. Instead, I want to reflect briefly on the passing at the age of 81, of Humphrey Smith, the…