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NEW hours welcome: Landlady Jane Owen.
NEW hours welcome: Landlady Jane Owen.

‘Late drinking could help to reduce crime’

Sue Carr
16/11/2005

TWENTY-FOUR hour drinking could reduce crime in Glossop, say licensees.

The new licensing laws come into force next week and mean pubs and clubs will be able to stay open later.

But although residents fear extended drinking hours will increase trouble, pub staff say the move could be a good thing by staggering the times customers leave.

Harley's Bar, The Blues Club and the Old Gloveworks will be licensed to stay open until 3am on certain nights and pubs such as the Norfolk Arms and Last Orders until 2am.

Jane Owen, manager of the Last Orders Inn on Victoria Street, said: "I don't think a lot of people realise what the new laws mean.

"We have a 1am licence for Monday to Wednesday, but it doesn't mean we are going to use it. A lot of places won't use their full opening hours because they'll have to pay for staff and security and it won't be worth it.

"Most places will open later at the weekends but I don't think that will increase trouble. It should stagnate it because you are not going to get all the problem customers piling out onto the street at the same time.

"I also think it might make people more relaxed about drinking on a night out because they will have more time."

John Palmer, landlord of the George Hotel on nearby Norfolk Street, added: "It's obviously good news from a licensee's point of view, but I agree it could also improve the town centre, especially on a Friday and Saturday night.

"People will have more choice about where they want to stay and drink and there will not be great crowds of people disappearing onto the street at 11pm."


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   I have read Ben's comments with astonishement, this just proves that as a society we have no self control.

If the landlords cannot control themselves, then what chance their clientele, who pile into their local hostelery drinking super strong lagers such as Carling.

I predict that the advent of 24hr drinking will lead to the ruin of the licensed trade, how long before American style prohibition? As always the debauched minority ruin it for the rest of society.
Giles Brown, Heaton Moor
29/11/2005 at 17:33
   I believe that one of the aims of the governments reforms was to introduce a more 'European' approach to drinking. As a Glossop man born and bred, I am not sure there would be less crime. In my local, the French way of sitting at the same table nursing a tiny cup of coffee for two hours would aggravate my landlord into a violent frenzy. This would only occur if they managed to survive after they asked him to bring their non-alcoholic drinks to their table. I think the licensees of Glossop should take a long hard look at themselves before they make such bold statements about crime.
Ben, Glossop
29/11/2005 at 14:23
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