tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post3250410634475122114..comments2024-03-29T03:17:49.172-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Glasgow to have barmaidsRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-37635305933107243392009-06-30T06:03:23.038-07:002009-06-30T06:03:23.038-07:00Certainly has Tandleman, have never seen that at a...Certainly has Tandleman, have never seen that at all.Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-86529716770388916472009-06-21T00:17:42.842-07:002009-06-21T00:17:42.842-07:00When I was a lad in Glasgow it was still seriously...When I was a lad in Glasgow it was still seriously unusual to find a woman behind the bar unless she was the "cashier" sitting in a little booth, doling out the change for money brought to her by the male barstaff. That's a trdation that has died out too I suppose.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-3640922365153537842009-06-20T09:55:10.805-07:002009-06-20T09:55:10.805-07:00Scottish pubs have generally been rather more aust...Scottish pubs have generally been rather more austere and male-dominated than English ones, and I dare say the stereotypical buxom barmaid is less closely associated with the idea of a pub than it is in England. Would such a ban have been politically possible south of the border?<br /><br />Glasgow's licensing authorities are notoriously puritan even today. A year or two back they seriously proposed banning glassware in pubs and forcing the use of plastic glasses. This was ostensibly to reduce the incidence of assaults with glasses.Barmhttp://refreshingbeer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com