Saturday 14 October 2023 was a unique day in CAMRA Kernow’s history, as members from all over Cornwall gathered at the Seven Stars in Falmouth to celebrate its 50 years in the Good Beer Guide.

During the pub’s second annual beer festival, branch chairman Vince Curtis presented licensee Amy Bennetts with a certificate to mark its half century in the guide – a feat only matched by four other pubs in the UK.

The pub was first mentioned in the second edition of the guide in 1975.

“Having missed out on a listing in the very first Good Beer Guide, there wasn’t even a Cornwall branch at the time, it is now 50 in a row for the Seven Stars,” said the branch.

The pub has seen seven generations of the same family running it since 1853. For 50 years until his death in 2011, it was run by Amy Bennetts’ grandfather, ordained Anglican clergyman Barrington Bennetts.

“This pub has been in the same family for five generations. Let’s hope that Amy’s children will want to continue this tradition when the time comes,” said Vince.

Pictured: Amy Bennetts and Vince Curtis.