Last Orders for Glass
The Daily Echo campaign, supported by the police, is to encourage late-night bars and clubs in Hampshire to switch from glass to plastic.
Pub boss backs Echo calls to end glass use
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THE boss of a Southampton music venue where a singer was hit in the face with a bottle has thrown his weight behind the Daily Echo's campaign to call time on glass in city pubs and bars.
The co-owner of The Joiners said he had witnessed the "horrific consequences" of glass-related injuries and attacks during his career.
As part of our Last Orders for Glass campaign, he has called on city centre landlords to consider serving all their drinks in plastic cups.
Former doorman Pat Muldowney said: "I am 110 per cent behind this campaign. Over the years I have seen some horrific injuries as a result of glassings.
"The worst thing is when stupid drunk people start throwing them around."
The St Mary Street pub already serves drinks in plastic glasses during many of its busy nights.
Mr Muldowney said he and co-owner Glenn Lovell had reviewed their bar policy and would avoid handing out glass altogether during selected music shows.
He added: "At the moment we use glass bottles because the breweries make it so expensive to buy plastic ones. If it was the same price we would jump at the chance and change them all tomorrow.
"But we will be pouring bottled drink in to plastic glasses on certain nights - it depends on what crowd we get in."
Todd Marriot, lead singer with the band I Was A Cub Scout, was left with a split lip, cut face and gashed gums after a bottle was thrown from the audience at The Joiners on Saturday night, as reported in yesterday's Daily Echo.
Southampton General Hospital treats around 250 glassing victims a year with many left permanently scarred.
The city's Licensing Sergeant Stewart Chandler was one of the first to back the campaign when it was launched.
10:17am Wednesday 27th February 2008
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CommentPosted by: Hants, Ocean Village on 11:18am Thu 28 Feb 08
The co-owner of The Joiners said he had witnessed the "horrific consequences" of glass-related injuries and attacks during his career.
A good pub owner would not allow these thugs to drink on there premises in the first place. It all comes down to management. You let the thugs in and you're going to get trouble.
Fine, serve plastic glasses to your customers, the only people you will attract by doing this is thugs anyway. I can't imagine a genuine respectable person drinking from a beaker, whereas a thug would drink out of an ashtray.
The co-owner of The Joiners said he had witnessed the "horrific consequences" of glass-related injuries and attacks during his career.
A good pub owner would not allow these thugs to drink on there premises in the first place. It all comes down to management. You let the thugs in and you're going to get trouble.
Fine, serve plastic glasses to your customers, the only people you will attract by doing this is thugs anyway. I can't imagine a genuine respectable person drinking from a beaker, whereas a thug would drink out of an ashtray.
Posted by: sean, mabush on 10:59pm Fri 29 Feb 08
He is a good pub owner and if u had a pub all u would want is money so u can keap ur pub going and get more people to come. And yes genuine people would drink out of plastic glasses because they do ont go to the joiners to admier the glass thet they are drinking out of they go to hear live music
He is a good pub owner and if u had a pub all u would want is money so u can keap ur pub going and get more people to come. And yes genuine people would drink out of plastic glasses because they do ont go to the joiners to admier the glass thet they are drinking out of they go to hear live music
Posted by: bekki, Southampton on 12:07pm Mon 7 Apr 08
[quote][bold]Hants[/bold] wrote:
The co-owner of The Joiners said he had witnessed the "horrific consequences" of glass-related injuries and attacks during his career. A good pub owner would not allow these thugs to drink on there premises in the first place. It all comes down to management. You let the thugs in and you're going to get trouble. Fine, serve plastic glasses to your customers, the only people you will attract by doing this is thugs anyway. I can't imagine a genuine respectable person drinking from a beaker, whereas a thug would drink out of an ashtray.[/quote] At no point does he say it was in his pub.... i have witnessed horrific attacks in very nice bars, by people i wouldn't have particularly labelled as thugs beforehand...
i'm behind the campaign!!!
Hants wrote:
The co-owner of The Joiners said he had witnessed the "horrific consequences" of glass-related injuries and attacks during his career. A good pub owner would not allow these thugs to drink on there premises in the first place. It all comes down to management. You let the thugs in and you're going to get trouble. Fine, serve plastic glasses to your customers, the only people you will attract by doing this is thugs anyway. I can't imagine a genuine respectable person drinking from a beaker, whereas a thug would drink out of an ashtray.
At no point does he say it was in his pub.... i have witnessed horrific attacks in very nice bars, by people i wouldn't have particularly labelled as thugs beforehand...
i'm behind the campaign!!!
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