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Jack Campin BS: Folklore: The Six-o-Clock Swill (5) BS: Folklore: The Six-o-Clock Swill 11 Oct 17


Another piece of Kiwiana. Non-Kiwis, and New Zealanders even just a few years younger than me, will find this pretty bizarre.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/97221204/paul-christoffel-calling-time-on-the-6-oclock-swill

I was once watching out of an upper floor window in Auckland and saw somebody stagger out of a pub at 6pm and make his way to his car. He was so sloshed he couldn't manage to find and get a grip on the doorhandle for a few minutes, but finally got in and drove off.


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