For the true lovers of St. Albans, the cartoon sketch of a beautiful girl who reveals her stocking tops while holding a foaming pint beer was simply the task of promoting their annual festival.
Not only celebrated the centenary of a local stocking factory that employed hundreds of female employees, but by showing a woman with a beer glass, it showed how far the Event-Ruunden had thrown by men's campaign group.
However, more sensitive members of the Real Ale campaign were furious.
They claimed that it was a 'horror' and accused the local branch of 'hypocritical' to show such 'sexualized images'.
One suggested using a photo of Last of the Summer Wine Battleaxe Nora Batty in her wrinkled stockings to promote the link with Ballito Mill in the city of Hertfordshire.
Robin Hall wrote on Facebook: 'I think it is disrespectful for women nowadays. The organizers have not hired themselves when selecting this horror of a logo. '
Furious Sarah Jane said, “It's 2025, not 1975!” There was more criticism of the website of Camra's Discours, where Alexandra Walton wrote: 'This seems to be deliberately provocative by showing stocking tops.
“It seems to be just a development of” selling sex “with a thin cover story. I am sure there are better logos that may have been designed to commemorate the birthday.
The new Festivallogo from St Albans Beer & Cider Festival for 2025 was intended to honor the centenary of a local Hoisery -Molen, but some members of Camra claimed that it was a 'horror' and accused the local branch of 'hypocritical' to show such 'sexualized images'
A woman who felt the chosen logo was 'deliberately provocative' instead jokes for the use of Nora Batty from Last of the Summer Wine (photo), which she called 'one of the most famous stockings'
“One of the most famous stockings was Nora Batty. Why not use a photo of her? '
To make the poster less controversial, the organizers have now added the strapline: “Celebration of the centenary of Ballito Hosiery Mill, 1925-1970.”
Emily Ryans, the sponsor manager of the festival, said: 'For me, this woman finds an empowerment of pose and disputes the stereotype that drinking pints beer is only for men.
“The character is designed to celebrate the important history of a factory that employs hundreds of local women and to make the point that beer festivals, who suffered from a traditional male image, are open to everyone.”
