My father and grandfather told me (being as young as I am!) of a time when there was no drinking up time in law. You could be served a beer at
10.59pm and not have time to legally drink it. No idea when this was, though.Paul
The notion of "drinking-up time" was brought in by the Licensing Act
1961, and subsequently consolidated by the 1964 Act. In those far-off days, DUT was just 10 minutes.Those 10 minutes were subsequently extended to 20, but I can't remember when - sometime in the 1980s?
The notion of "permitted hours" only came into being in 1921.
BTW, much useful information on the licensing law is provided in the
2000 White Paper, "Time for Reform: Proposals for the modernisation of our licensing laws": .
There was still no drinking up time in Scotland when I first visited in the mid 70s - Scots law is of course different.
Best regards, Paul
-- Paul Sherwin Consulting
Your mum sounds a wise woman. That's been my policy since I started drinking in pubs and I've yet to find a reason to change it.
Summerisle
Thanks - I didn't realise that.
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