Still Searching for a Landlord

Still no sign of the landlord but we’re always pleased to have Hannah behind the bar to look after us. She not only brings skill in creating half and half but has such a pleasant disposition that it is always a delight to see her happy face as we enter the Bar. Another of her skills is in the use of language and last week she reintroduced a word that has fallen into disuse – SWISH.

How did this word emerge in our conversation? Well apparently there had been some chat in a previous session about the wearing of waistcoats and only Bill had remembered it and turned up with a very decorative example – it was duly dubbed as SWISH by Hannah. Sartorial elegance is alive and well in the Victoria Gardens.

Happy Hannah

Waistcoat of the Day - How SWISH is that?

This of course rapidly developed into a wide ranging conversation about clothing. One strand of this grew out of the images on Bill's waistcoat and ran to comparisons of the trouser length chosen by Brits as opposed to Americans who seem oblivious to the maxim that trouser must meet shoe. As an example Stan Getz and his style was mentioned, at the other end of the company a request was made as to who had just used an expletive to describe the Americans. Not everyone in the group follows the great music form of Jazz.

Still on the clothing theme, Dave who has always been meticulous in his appearance told a good story about a friend who was visiting the North East and who went clothes shopping with him. On entering one gent’s outfitters he was introduced to an assistant who was working there as a second job. When Dave informed him that the assistant’s main occupation was as a plumber the visitor became convinced that this was a common practice in the North East and spent the rest of the trip enquiring as to the main employment of all gents’ clothes shop assistants.

Hot news, there has been an official sighting of the landlord, albeit too late for inclusion in this bulletin. Interestingly he had returned with a gift for ‘Manager in his absence’, Craig. The gift was clothing and became a spirited part of the discussion. It was one of the popular designer branded garments – the logo reading Hollister. This caused great merriment in the meeting as we were informed by our resident pharmacist that this is the brand name of the biggest suppliers of colostomy bags and incontinence pants in the UK. Interesting choice of product to be advertising!