Two pubs are turning back the clock this week as they party like it’s 1992.
To celebrate the start of 2012, The Regal, in St Andrew’s Street, and The Tivoli, in Chesterton Road, are both taking a walk down memory lane to relive the prices on offer at many locals a mere 20 years ago.
Pub-goers can expect a few bargains in this January sale as they pick up a pint until Wednesday, January 11.
Bar staff will be selling pints of Greene King Ruddles Best Bitter for £1.29 and Carlsberg lager for £1.99, while a bottle of Beck’s will also be £1.29 and a cup of coffee 79p.
Sarah Hemingway, manager at The Regal, told the News: “I am sure my customers will welcome the reduction in prices, especially at the start of the year when pockets are a little lighter.
“Department stores and shops hold their sales in January and I believe that given the choice of a trip to a sale at the shops or a sale at The Regal, most people would prefer a visit to the pub.
“We are looking forward to going back in time with our prices and welcoming our regulars and new customers along.”
According to the Campaign for Real Ale, the last time an average price of a pint of beer cost £1.29 was in 1992. Paul Ainsworth, from Camra’s Cambridge branch, said the figures “say it all”.
He told the News: “There has been a huge increase in beer prices, in excess of inflation, over the past 20 years and it is in large part due to the rise in tax from the Government.
“For each pint you buy now, at least £1 goes to the Government in duty and that amount has increased by 26 per cent in the last three years – the second highest rate in Europe.
6 Jan 2012
Pubs let sales go to their heads - with 1992 prices
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