Guild member Alastair Gilmour shares news from a pub local to him in Byker, Newcastle.
The Free Trade Inn lost its much-loved pub cat Craig David a few months ago. In his memory, various fundraising events have contributed enormously to local animal charities, the latest being a food bin where cat food and treats can be deposited throughout December.
The Geordie sense of humour demands that there’s got to be a local angle to initiatives like this, hence the poster on the pub wall.