 Early membership consisted of the four founders and their friends.Interest in CAMRA and its objectives spread rapidly, with 5,000 members signed up by 1973.Other early influential members included Christopher Hutt, author of "Death of the English Pub", who succeeded Hardman as chairman, Frank Baillie, author of "The Beer Drinker's Companion", and later the many times "Good Beer Guide" editor, Roger Protz.