Evolution Without Change
Some traditions have been lost: regular cigar club dinners went with the smoking ban; ‘the penny game’ (a form of bowls, using coins rolled down grooves in the banisters of the grand curving staircase) disappeared with decimalisation; Friday night candlelit dinners in the ballroom for wives and girlfriends were lost to changing attitudes. Others traditions have evolved: the standard dress is still jacket and tie, but the code has been relaxed slightly to allow for the less formal attire often worn in offices today, but only if it does “not offend other members”; mobile phones are generally banned but can be used in the Club’s old telephone area.
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Famous quotes containing the words evolution and/or change:
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