Crafty - I suppose that I had the advantage of running their 'local': "If we don't get on, I can get another job and your pub will be shut"
(a very handy angle if you don't have the ability to claim your territory with fisty cuffs).
I still have occasional contact with one of the people I met there.
And don't forget, Mam, to partake of a portion of that unique dish that they concoct known as "Welsh Rabbit', at least in North America; however, I do know the correct term since I have had the odd RARE opportunity to visit Wales: Cardiff, Rhyll, and Llandudo (sp).