Comments on: The CAMRA beard stereotype

By: A Brief History of CAMRA Bashing | Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog

A Brief History of CAMRA Bashing | Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 06:57:26 +0000

[...] also: the development of the ‘all CAMRA members have beards’ stereotype. And does anyone else note that Richard Boston liked CAMRA before they were cool but really thought [...]

By: Professor Pie-Tin

Professor Pie-Tin — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:12:20 +0000

Talking of Johnny Morris a mate of mine who was a producer at TV-AM recalls the day Johnny arrived at the Camden Lock studios for a live interview at 7am.

He was carrying a bag with four cans of Special Brew inside and cracked one open before he went on air.

Hardcore legend.

By: Barm

Barm — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:46:45 +0000

Not the only 70s stereotype with a beard of course. There’s the bearded, guitar-strumming trendy vicar. And the bearded, guitar-strumming trendy teacher. And the chap from The Joy of Sex.

By: ATJ

ATJ — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:18:21 +0000

I seem to remember beards being common in the late 1970s amongst lefties as well as if they were involved in a sort of X-Factor Karl Marx lookalike contest — some of the climbers I knew had beards as well.

By: Curmudgeon

Curmudgeon — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 11:00:15 +0000

In the 1970s beards were much more common, of course, especially amongst what might be called the typical CAMRA demographic, and so would not have stood out quite so much.