STWs favourite pub chain in the news again
It has been a crime since 1902 to be drunk in charge of a child under the age of seven in a public place. The offence can be punished by a fine or up to a month in jail.
I never knew that was a specific offence.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51233861
Gin Lane, not alley.
What most people don’t realise, Gin Lane is about the evils of alcohol per se, rather Gin, a “foreign” drink. It was published alongside a picture of the wholesome, happy (and English) Beer Street.
My great grandmother was a midget and lived in the tower of London - genuinely!
She had a lot of righteous anger and this was particularly triggered by mothers who left their babies in prams outside east end pubs while they drank inside. So she'd go in and tell them about how angry this made her.
She often had a black eye.