On our walk yesterday we met two Brits who have been coming to the Heads every year for years. They said that they used to own a property here with a batch on it and have since sold it. We swapped news and they asked who we knew at the local club. I hardly ever go there but there were a couple of people we knew in common.
The local club is like a cosmopolitan club with lots of those high tables with stools around or that you can lean on.
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| Like this only our club has lots of windows with nice views over the bay. |
I don't know what the percentage is of Brits who live out at the heads but the percentage of Brits who make up membership of the club is very high. It seems that local pub going is more of a British custom than a New Zealand custom.
The Brits we met on our walk spoke enthusiastically about the club and looked forward to going there on their holidays (they live in Coventry in the UK) - to socialise with other Brits. Go figure.
It reminded me of that great Monty Python sketch about British people on holidays:
Also, I'm reminded of a great British comedy series, Benidorm which lampooned working class Brits on holiday in Spain:
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Ha ha good clips.
You missed a good chance to take them to Mass kiwi style!
Whats "Mass kiwi style!"
One where Lion Red is drunk along with some paua fritters at communion?
BTW Robert, the little church out here where I live is non-denominational - originally Presbyterian.
https://www.whhcpt.co.nz/history.html
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