tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post1145061482207305759..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Bribes by brewersRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-28160818980436618392012-05-08T04:36:53.674-07:002012-05-08T04:36:53.674-07:00My grandmother grew up in a Threlfall's pub in...My grandmother grew up in a Threlfall's pub in Wigan run by her uncle (her parents had died in the 1918 influenza epidemic). I once worked with an ex-member of the Wigan poilce force who knew it well when I mentioned it - apparently, beat bobbies were taken out of sight down into the cellar by the landlord and treated to free pints there.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310220100267028274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-55208042256787496152012-05-08T01:25:06.396-07:002012-05-08T01:25:06.396-07:00Marquis, that's very similar to an argument ma...Marquis, that's very similar to an argument made in a speech opposing the Scottish Local Veto bill in the 1890's: how can something be legal in one street but illegal in the next?Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-6252565758397831592012-05-06T05:39:32.892-07:002012-05-06T05:39:32.892-07:00For 14 hours read 14 years, the time during which ...For 14 hours read 14 years, the time during which the landlord was incumbent.In fact he did say he'd called "Time" twice during his spell!<br />24 hour drinking is nothing new, if you knew your way around a drink was normally to be found.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-74486125748469277712012-05-06T02:34:54.778-07:002012-05-06T02:34:54.778-07:00I remember when the Police had a generally more re...I remember when the Police had a generally more relaxed view of things.Drinking when we were under age was ignored as long as we behaved.We covered our glasses with hats.And many officers had no interest in enforcing closing time-as one said "How can something be perfectly legal one minute,become illegal then legal again in a few hours?"<br />The Red Lion never closed on time for 14 hours.I was in at midnight when someone asked the landlord what the Police thought of his being open."Ask them, they are in the best room" was his reply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com