Thirty years ago there were three off-licence shops in Oswaldtwistle, if you wanted to drink at home, rather than in a pub.
Now there are countless places you can pick up booze, much cheaper than you can buy it in a pub.
One of those three Offies, Renshaws in Commercial Street, the indomitable Monica, would refuse to sell you anything if she thought you might already have had a drink within the previous twenty four hours.
