Harleyman Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Buck, Harley, I have a question for you. In all my years in the US I have met plenty of Ex Pats. Mostly from Manchester & Liverpool with a few Cockney's thrown in. Number of Yorkshiremen = 1 Number of Sheffielders = 0 How about you guy's ?? I've met many people from Britain in the 45 years I'v been here but as far as I can remember only one Yorkshirman and he was from Redcar I think. I was a member of the Mayflower Club in North Hollywoood for a few years. They sometimes held dances on Saturday nights and served bangers and mash, fish and chips and of course English ale. We took our kids to a couple of their Chritsmas Pantos they put on. It used to make me feel a little homesick but they had great fun. Many of the members were people who came to California to work in the aerospace industry in the 60s and by the time I joined they were mostly older than me. I heard a while back that they're nearly all gone now and the present membership isn't what could even be called British anymore Santa Monica and environs has quite a British population and the Kings Head on Santa Monica Boulevard is a popular expat watering hole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USUK Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I've met many people from Britain in the 45 years I'v been here but as far as I can remember only one Yorkshirman and he was from Redcar I think. I was a member of the Mayflower Club in North Hollywoood for a few years. They sometimes held dances on Saturday nights and served bangers and mash, fish and chips and of course English ale. We took our kids to a couple of their Chritsmas Pantos they put on. It used to make me feel a little homesick but they had great fun. Many of the members were people who came to California to work in the aerospace industry in the 60s and by the time I joined they were mostly older than me. I heard a while back that they're nearly all gone now and the present membership isn't what could even be called British anymore Santa Monica and environs has quite a British population and the Kings Head on Santa Monica Boulevard is a popular expat watering hole Been in the Kings Head many times :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USUK Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Can't wait to see what buck has to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Been in the Kings Head many times :-) I used to do quite a bit of construction work in Pasadena and there was a pub there called the **** and Bull owned by a Sheffield couple (forgot to mention that in my last post) We used to down a couple of brews there during lunch breaks. Eventually they sold the place and moved back to England. Now it's a Mexican restaurant and a really nice one also Gotta go and take a dip in the pool for awhile. Talk to you later bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USUK Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I used to do quite a bit of construction work in Pasadena and there was a pub there called the **** and Bull owned by a Sheffield couple (forgot to mention that in my last post) We used to down a couple of brews there during lunch breaks. Eventually they sold the place and moved back to England. Now it's a Mexican restaurant and a really nice one also Gotta go and take a dip in the pool for awhile. Talk to you later bud Wasn't John Bull in Pasadena also ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Buck, Harley, I have a question for you. In all my years in the US I have met plenty of Ex Pats. Mostly from Manchester & Liverpool with a few Cockney's thrown in. Number of Yorkshiremen = 1 Number of Sheffielders = 0 How about you guy's ?? Its now two Sheffielders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USUK Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Interesting So we have over 100 years between the 3 of us and we can only account for 3 Sheffielders and not many more Yorkshiremen. Again for the forum I am not being derogatory in any way but I wonder why that is ? Sheffield's just too good to leave behind or what ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USUK Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 100 years in the US that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Been in the Kings Head many times :-)I did some time in California, up in the bay area, where the fairies fly. I was training in Cupertino where there is a pub called the Britannia Arms.It has Britannia herself above the door wearing a 49ers helmet. When I first went in, I quickly found that most of the patrons were illegals who had come on work permits in the silicon valley, and had been laid off. They asked me if I had a green card, and I said no. So they said you must be illegal like us then. No I said I'm a citizen. Some of my classmates and I went in there after a party at the plant wearing business suits and emptied the place, they thought we were FBI agents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USUK Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I did some time in California, up in the bay area, where the fairies fly. I was training in Cupertino where there is a pub called the Britannia Arms.It has Briannia herself above the door wearing a 49ers helmet. When I first went in, I quickly found that most of the patrons were illegals who had come on work permits in the silicon valley, and had been laid off. They asked me if I had a green card, and I said no. So they said you must be illegal like us then. No I said I'm a citizen. Some of my classmates and I went in there after a party at the plant wearing business suits and emptied the place, they thought we were FBI agents. :-) We walked into a pub/restaurant in Stockton a few years ago and the barman was wearing a YCCC tie :-) Talk about Gobsmacked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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