Wales... land of song and land of… drink? In the mid 1980s I was a member of a Student Union railway society. The room we were using for a meeting was required by an other group and we wanted to continue the meeting in a neighbouring pub, but this suggestion was howled down by one of the more vociferous members of our railway society, a student from South Wales. He would not, he shouted, enter ANY place that allowed the consumption of "the Demon Drink!" (Yes, he used those exact words!) There was an awkward silence, when everyone stared at him. "You are serious, aren't you?" I asked him ...
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