tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post4376649132636960233..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Sexist and gross alcoholic behaviour in pubs: The Six O'Clock Swill.Helshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-30786194500553621652015-11-08T11:16:24.562+11:002015-11-08T11:16:24.562+11:00Parnassus
the USA was on a hiding to nothing, as ...Parnassus<br /><br />the USA was on a hiding to nothing, as my late father used to say. No non-Islamic nation can ban the sale, production, importation and transportation of alcohol and not expect seismic results. A careful analysis before Prohibition started in 1920 would have seen at least some of the inevitable consequences eg criminals gangs were going to take the supply and distribution of alcohol into their own hands. So why didn't the Feds repeal a bad law as soon as possible? Why wait till 1933?<br /><br />One innovative response to American Prohibition was in the cruise liner industry. As long as they sailed outside the USA's territorial waters, wealthy passengers could have a wonderful holiday and as much alcohol as they wanted.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-56465850311225487092015-11-08T02:00:40.799+11:002015-11-08T02:00:40.799+11:00Hello Hels, The temperance movement in America ha...Hello Hels, The temperance movement in America had similar bad results--it did not lessen the desire for drink; by forcing drinkers and moonshiners alike to evade the law, it diminished respect for the government; and it allowed organized crime to grow and become entrenched.<br /><br />Write P.G. Wodehouse often included barmaids who were respectable, salt-of-the-earth type characters. He possibly was unaware of their inclination to paint.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-84793571948641749442015-11-07T22:15:16.338+11:002015-11-07T22:15:16.338+11:00Joseph
the beer per capita drinking rate by count...Joseph<br /><br />the beer per capita drinking rate by country alters a tad each year, but basically the top nations were always: Germany, Czechoslovakia (as it was), Australia and Ireland. Our proud history as beer drinkers probably started in the early 19th century. The Temperance Movement had zero chance of achieving their goal.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-35638334304679086932015-11-07T22:07:38.785+11:002015-11-07T22:07:38.785+11:00Andrew
since women weren't allowed in the pub...Andrew<br /><br />since women weren't allowed in the public bars, you would have thought barmaids would have been a welcome addition to the pub scene. The drinkers certainly liked them.<br /><br />But look at this. "A barmaid spends her time in serving out intoxicants which weaken people's moral restraints... Can this possibly be fit business for any pure minded girl? Again, a pretty girl is frequently engaged to attract soft young men, and keep them hanging about the bar, and when nature’s bloom has left her cheek, paint is often used. May the day soon arrive when no fair Australian girl shall be allowed, or even be willing, to help gild the wine cup or beer glass with her attractive, and, alas! her most dangerous presence." (Archdeacon Francis Boyce: The Drink Problem in Australia: 1893). <br /><br />Oh for goodness sake! "Weaken people's moral restraints"???Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-24570121594890321752015-11-07T22:02:43.909+11:002015-11-07T22:02:43.909+11:00Student
the smells must have been horrible. A lon...Student<br /><br />the smells must have been horrible. A long day's work, often physical, followed by an hour of intensive smoking and boozing :(<br /><br />I know a lot of women used to get their husbands directly into the shower at home, after the pubs emptied.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-27031374560785693192015-11-07T16:34:13.550+11:002015-11-07T16:34:13.550+11:00My father did not drink beer himself, but thought ...My father did not drink beer himself, but thought the temperance movement would never be victorious in Australia. This has always been a hard drinking nation.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07701188167981018244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-63704203564918921022015-11-07T16:33:12.510+11:002015-11-07T16:33:12.510+11:00Pubs were pretty disgusting places to be outside a...Pubs were pretty disgusting places to be outside at 6pm. Barmaids were usually brilliant people and paid far less than their true worth. They could prevent or stop fights without being physical, they were everyone's friend and often a confident to many men whose wives just 'did not understand them'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-48298993377414553172015-11-07T11:05:43.763+11:002015-11-07T11:05:43.763+11:00My father came home smelling of spilled beer and c...My father came home smelling of spilled beer and cigarettes. He looked like rubbish.Student of Historynoreply@blogger.com