Remember the "British Hotel " Lyttelton

[Des Jenkins]

When I was on the coast in NZ they had a party at the British that run for Two years, ended up they had to get trucks to take the empties away.
Duckies in Dunedin was another great drinking hole, but Auckland was the best.
In Sydney the Bunch of C was in Sussex street could always get a good fight there. and Melbourne had the Cleo with that big painting of the nude behind the bar.
Cheers Des

[happy daze john in oz]

'Cleo' in Young and Jacksons , Melbourne is now kept under glass and on the upper level.

Got us into strife way back when Scouce full as a boot asked the barman for a razor, to give her a shave!!

Montys in Sydney and one very well known but now sadly boarded up, the 'J B" in Southampton.

There was a 'Doris' bar in Las Palmas where the ladies were so accommodating they often gave some of the lads 'presents' to take back with them.

Think some parts of NZ then has 6 o'Clock closing same as Melbourne.

[Jim McNaughton]

Hi Brian, I was on the MV Cornwall in 1965 and my first trip at sea when I had a beer at the British. In those days it was 6 pm closing and I asked the barman what did the police think about "sly grogging" and he suggested I ask the man at the bar who was in civies. The barman then elaborated by saying he was the sergeant in charge of the local station !
A whole new world for a 21 year old junior engineer.)

[Alan Briggs]

Remember the British when I was with Shaw Savill, close and handy.

[michael hooper]

i remember the british hotel well.i was a GP1 on the british loyalty in april 1974 was on the kiwi coast for a couple of months.lyttelton was our main port of call.remember it well.

[happy daze john in oz]

Any one in contact with any in NZ.
Wonder if the pub still standing after the big earthquake of 2010

[Ralph Knowles]

I remember back in '78, on Star Bay (ex Clarkspey) with a part cargo of Edmonton Sulfur discharging into trucks, long job, came out of the British Hotel to find a squad of 'heavies' had just lifted a police patrol car including the 'boys in blue', over onto its side. Exit street left and back to the ship sharpish!

[David Ponton]

We almost lived there for months while on strike in 81 I think it was.

[happy daze john in oz]

Obviously NZ then was as good as Oz was back in the 60's when it came to strikes

[John Woodings]

1975 - First Kiwi trip, first port, first pub. Remember it well & sad to hear if it’s demise.