A step in the right direction?
 

I am not in favour of a return to the old licensing hours, but I am conerned at the easy availaility of alcohol to people who are under age.
Perhaps HBC, the Police and local Trading Standards could do worse than keep an eye on this proposal...

Shops and supermarkets to take strong drink off shelves - Home News, UK - Independent.co.uk

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Your right Bob, it is a step in the right direction, but as you well know anyone who wants these drinks will get their hands on it anyway. During the summer you can regularly see teenagers being dropped of, on a Friday night, at the bottom of Rhyddings Street armed with a six pack of strong ale, its obvious that their parents don't give a damn, so long as their kids are out of their hair when they go out on the razzle, leaving local residents to suffer

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That is quite a bit of the problem with under age drinking
You can't always blame the people that are selling the alcohol
You can only refuse to sell alcohol to a parent that is accompanied by a child that is saying (for example) i want that 1 mum!
Obviously someone on their own buying alcohol, whether it be lager, wine, whisky, strong cider, or alcopops (I am 27 and only drink alcopops) do not make you think of under age drinking
It is what they do with it when they get home that can cause the under age drinking

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Certain shops were happy to sell kids glue to sniff so I don't they'll loose much sleep over selling kids alcohol. However on a general note 4% should be the max for beer IMHO and I notice Stella have dropped the name completely as they are so embarrassed by the bad publicity they get in the courts.

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personally dont think thats the answer, someone said thats a start i think not,theres a big % of the younger folk sup alcopops, which consumed at a great rate can cause havoc to the public, i think the most effective deterant for underage drinking would be to suspend the license of the seller, for a year or summat, then if they do it again,withdraw completely. to me supermarkets offering to take certain drinks off the shelf is just a sop to the powers that be.

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As to the take alcopops off the shelf argument - have a listen to this XD

YouTube - Lancashire Hotpots - Bitter Lager Cider Ale Stout

Can't beat Lancashire Hotpots :p

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dont forget cheecky vimto's

i think thats where the barman serves you a glass of vimto then tells you that you have a fat arse :D

blue wkd and port if you havnt tried it :)

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I don't know cashy but I bet that you were just like me when a teenager, I admit that I had a few sherbets at weekends before I was 18, but I never made a nuisance of myself nor did any of my mates. Middle Bar at Accy Con on Sat and Mon nights, Bay Horse in Ossy on a Friday then home after Mother and Father had gone to bed, a good night had by all and no one else offended or annoyed, but what's happening now is ridicules, yet you never hear of annoy one being done for drinking under age, you did in m day:confused:

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I have heard this during my time in Accy from local residents in the Area I am in :( but if I am honest it was an issue ten years ago when I was a teenager and nothing has changed.

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kids have always been able to get booze, so shops getting rid of strong booze is not gonna do owt IMO:rolleyes:

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It is action against the ones causing trouble we need. Hitting the shops is yet another soft target. I used to drink under age and hand about of the street but I did not cause the trouble we now see.

Deal with the offenders, it is the only way.

Blaming the shop owners would be like blaming the football manufacturers because some kid has just smashed your window with a football.

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Same here, the difference now is Neil is that they only get a slapped wrist, while back then we didnt do anything wrong, probably because we where to scared of the consequences, also we had R E S P E C T !!

which is not seen anymore:(

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