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.
Council boss backs glass campaign
 |
| Roger Honey |
A SENIOR council boss
has become the latest
high profile supporter of
moves to call time on
glass in city centre clubs
and bars.
Roger Honey, Southampton City
Council's community safety manager,
pictured right, is backing
the Daily Echo's Last Orders for
Glass campaign.
His support
comes after a
number of popular
nightspots
across Southampton
announced they
would ditch glassware
to make the
city a safer place.
Mr Honey said:
"With police and
health colleagues we
are carefully monitoring
all assaults that
are connected to
licensed premises.
"A key part of this
process is around
taking all necessary
steps to
reduce further
occurrences.
"Where the
police feel
that this
should include the introduction
of polycarbonate glasses by that
establishment then they will be
given the maximum support
from the Southampton Safe City
Partnership to achieve this
goal.
"We also support
the Echo campaign
of trying to persuade
city centre
nightspots to switch
voluntarily to polycarbonate
glasses as
should this campaign
prove successful
then it is to be
very much welcomed."
The Daily Echo's
campaign was
launched after new figures
showed that more
people were being
admitted to
S o u t h a m p t o n
General Hospital
following glass
attacks than ever
before.
Doctors and
nurses treat
about 250 victims of such attacks
every year.
Mr Honey's message of support
comes after police, the emergency
department and a host of popular
city venues decided to back our
campaign.
Earlier this week, Sobar, a popular
haunt for students,
announced it had already made
the switch from glass to plastic -
and followed up the move by urging
others to follow suit.
Owner Neville Virgin said:
"Most people are steeped in the
glass tradition and it can be difficult
to break but it seems to be
working here."
7:04am Saturday 1st March 2008
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CommentPosted by: Pilkington, St. Helens on 1:20pm Sat 1 Mar 08
Looks like he has a vested interest having been glassed on numerous occasions by the look of his face. Why is he driving while using a mobile ?
Looks like he has a vested interest having been glassed on numerous occasions by the look of his face. Why is he driving while using a mobile ?
Posted by: Banker on 4:18pm Sat 1 Mar 08
[quote][bold]Pilkington[/bold] wrote:
Looks like he has a vested interest having been glassed on numerous
occasions by the look of his face. Why is he driving while using a
mobile ?[/quote] Driving?? Where?
Pilkington wrote:
Looks like he has a vested interest having been glassed on numerous
occasions by the look of his face. Why is he driving while using a
mobile ?
Driving?? Where?
Posted by: Bertie, Totton on 4:26pm Sat 1 Mar 08
Is this person 'A SENIOR council boss' a community safety manager would be middle management surely?
Perhaps he has just heard on his mobile that the big bosses at Hampshire County Council wasted £71 K on recruiting somebody from down the corridor? How many plastic glasses can you buy with £71 grand or perhaps use towards employing a police officer?
Is this person 'A SENIOR council boss' a community safety manager would be middle management surely?
Perhaps he has just heard on his mobile that the big bosses at Hampshire County Council wasted £71 K on recruiting somebody from down the corridor? How many plastic glasses can you buy with £71 grand or perhaps use towards employing a police officer?
Posted by: Adrian Smith on 8:19pm Sat 1 Mar 08
[quote][bold]Pilkington[/bold] wrote:
Looks like he has a vested interest having been glassed on numerous occasions by the look of his face. Why is he driving while using a mobile ?[/quote] It is certainly a poor photograph. All senior members of the Council will have stock photos available for the press - I doubt they would ever include the person on a mobile phone - particularly such a poor model. Looks like he is married and got a cheap watch for his wedding present.
Pilkington wrote:
Looks like he has a vested interest having been glassed on numerous occasions by the look of his face. Why is he driving while using a mobile ?
It is certainly a poor photograph. All senior members of the Council will have stock photos available for the press - I doubt they would ever include the person on a mobile phone - particularly such a poor model. Looks like he is married and got a cheap watch for his wedding present.
Posted by: wills, Soton on 5:04am Sun 2 Mar 08
Was there a sale on at Madamme Taussauds ?
Was there a sale on at Madamme Taussauds ?
Posted by: Pro glass, Southampton on 7:10am Sun 2 Mar 08
For decades the humble drinking glass has been part of the social drinking establishment without anyone taking much notice.
Unforunately we now have a drinking culture out of control due to politicians relaxing our licensing laws.
30 years ago the sale of alcohol was much more regulated by opening hours which did much to control peoples drinking habits along with it's strict sale through off licenses.
Now fifteen year olds can pop along to their local newspaper shop & buy cheap booze from ten in the morning to ten at night & their older family members able to drink without a break in a pub for much of the day.
It is this change which has caused the increase in anti social behaviour & until we return to stricter regulation, changing from glass to plastic will not reduce the amount of people ending up in casualty.
For decades the humble drinking glass has been part of the social drinking establishment without anyone taking much notice.
Unforunately we now have a drinking culture out of control due to politicians relaxing our licensing laws.
30 years ago the sale of alcohol was much more regulated by opening hours which did much to control peoples drinking habits along with it's strict sale through off licenses.
Now fifteen year olds can pop along to their local newspaper shop & buy cheap booze from ten in the morning to ten at night & their older family members able to drink without a break in a pub for much of the day.
It is this change which has caused the increase in anti social behaviour & until we return to stricter regulation, changing from glass to plastic will not reduce the amount of people ending up in casualty.
Posted by: truth, on land on 3:43am Mon 3 Mar 08
There are laws and prison terms for people who commit gbh to people. the police could get out of their or rather our cars catch them and put them in prison. For a long time. People would soon learn that bottling people or so called glassing people was not a good thing to do. Get the police to do there job, stop trying to introduce laws that do nothing polycarbonate will still crack, if enough energy is put into it, is difficult to clean. you are running a stupid idea the laws are already there why dont the police enforce them.
There are laws and prison terms for people who commit gbh to people. the police could get out of their or rather our cars catch them and put them in prison. For a long time. People would soon learn that bottling people or so called glassing people was not a good thing to do. Get the police to do there job, stop trying to introduce laws that do nothing polycarbonate will still crack, if enough energy is put into it, is difficult to clean. you are running a stupid idea the laws are already there why dont the police enforce them.
Posted by: Mystery Investor, Freemantle on 8:57pm Mon 3 Mar 08
Can the Echo start a campaign against local newspapers taking advertisements for escorts. This will help with cutting down prostitution and other related crimes. Much better than banning a glass.
Can the Echo start a campaign against local newspapers taking advertisements for escorts. This will help with cutting down prostitution and other related crimes. Much better than banning a glass.
Posted by: Mr P Herbert, Southampton on 4:00pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Referring to the comments of Adrian Smith and Pilkington I would suggest if that is your level of intellect I would be most concerned. People have been seriously disfigured after being 'glassed', it is a serious matter and you should remember this just in case someone you care about gets hurt or even killed in a alcohol fuelled incident.
Referring to the comments of Adrian Smith and Pilkington I would suggest if that is your level of intellect I would be most concerned. People have been seriously disfigured after being 'glassed', it is a serious matter and you should remember this just in case someone you care about gets hurt or even killed in a alcohol fuelled incident.
Posted by: Mike Wilce, North Badesley on 2:37pm Sun 9 Mar 08
As the father of a teenage son who personally experienced a [bold]'glassing'[/bold] incident last Friday evening, I strongly back you campaign. Luckily he escaped really serious physical injury although he will bear both physical & mental scarring for the rest of his life. I just hope that the person who did this spends a very considerable time in prison.
As the father of a teenage son who personally experienced a
'glassing' incident last Friday evening, I strongly back you campaign. Luckily he escaped really serious physical injury although he will bear both physical & mental scarring for the rest of his life. I just hope that the person who did this spends a very considerable time in prison.
Posted by: sotonian, southampton on 8:07pm Tue 11 Mar 08
If these establishment patrons are so inclined to violence then perhaps its the establishments that should be closed down??????
If these establishment patrons are so inclined to violence then perhaps its the establishments that should be closed down??????
Posted by: Mike, Southampton on 4:52pm Mon 17 Mar 08
Cutting back glassing is vital in reducing problems in the night time economy and preventing many lives from being damaged.
Did you know that each facial glassing incident costs the NHS around £180,000 and that takes around 40 NHS professionals to bring the victim back to full health? That is not including the cost to the individual.
Using a plastic glass is a small price to pay for preventing this.
Cutting back glassing is vital in reducing problems in the night time economy and preventing many lives from being damaged.
Did you know that each facial glassing incident costs the NHS around £180,000 and that takes around 40 NHS professionals to bring the victim back to full health? That is not including the cost to the individual.
Using a plastic glass is a small price to pay for preventing this.
Posted by: richie, southampton on 3:08am Tue 18 Mar 08
Its just another witch hunt by the authorities to finally force normal people to stop going out all together. at 36 years old i can go out to a pub or club and drink out of a glass object without the desire to shove it in someones face!! plastic beakers! warm the drinks much quicker and your trusty pint will be as flat as a pancake! lets be honest all it will do is ensure that normal people who dont want to go out and be treated like children who can behave themselves in a civilsed environment to stay at home smoking and drink their cheap supermarket lager in an unsupervised and un-controlled environment at home. so to sum things up all we will be left with is the idiot cavemen/women out on a fri and sat night bashing each other with plasticware and possibly giving each other a nasty papercut with a flyer. Great Britian what a sh** society we have become. possibly its just a suggestion. the courts could dish out proper forms of punishemnt to these idiots instead of feeling sorry for them because they had a crap upbringing and giveing them a telling off!
Its just another witch hunt by the authorities to finally force normal people to stop going out all together. at 36 years old i can go out to a pub or club and drink out of a glass object without the desire to shove it in someones face!! plastic beakers! warm the drinks much quicker and your trusty pint will be as flat as a pancake! lets be honest all it will do is ensure that normal people who dont want to go out and be treated like children who can behave themselves in a civilsed environment to stay at home smoking and drink their cheap supermarket lager in an unsupervised and un-controlled environment at home. so to sum things up all we will be left with is the idiot cavemen/women out on a fri and sat night bashing each other with plasticware and possibly giving each other a nasty papercut with a flyer. Great Britian what a sh** society we have become. possibly its just a suggestion. the courts could dish out proper forms of punishemnt to these idiots instead of feeling sorry for them because they had a crap upbringing and giveing them a telling off!
Posted by: J Gruff, Southampton on 1:00pm Thu 27 Mar 08
[quote][bold]richie[/bold] wrote:
Its just another witch hunt by the authorities to finally force normal people to stop going out all together. at 36 years old i can go out to a pub or club and drink out of a glass object without the desire to shove it in someones face!! plastic beakers! warm the drinks much quicker and your trusty pint will be as flat as a pancake! lets be honest all it will do is ensure that normal people who dont want to go out and be treated like children who can behave themselves in a civilsed environment to stay at home smoking and drink their cheap supermarket lager in an unsupervised and un-controlled environment at home. so to sum things up all we will be left with is the idiot cavemen/women out on a fri and sat night bashing each other with plasticware and possibly giving each other a nasty papercut with a flyer. Great Britian what a sh** society we have become. possibly its just a suggestion. the courts could dish out proper forms of punishemnt to these idiots instead of feeling sorry for them because they had a crap upbringing and giveing them a telling off! [/quote] Is the consumption of alcohol responsible for the fact that you can't form a proper sentence?
richie wrote:
Its just another witch hunt by the authorities to finally force normal people to stop going out all together. at 36 years old i can go out to a pub or club and drink out of a glass object without the desire to shove it in someones face!! plastic beakers! warm the drinks much quicker and your trusty pint will be as flat as a pancake! lets be honest all it will do is ensure that normal people who dont want to go out and be treated like children who can behave themselves in a civilsed environment to stay at home smoking and drink their cheap supermarket lager in an unsupervised and un-controlled environment at home. so to sum things up all we will be left with is the idiot cavemen/women out on a fri and sat night bashing each other with plasticware and possibly giving each other a nasty papercut with a flyer. Great Britian what a sh** society we have become. possibly its just a suggestion. the courts could dish out proper forms of punishemnt to these idiots instead of feeling sorry for them because they had a crap upbringing and giveing them a telling off!
Is the consumption of alcohol responsible for the fact that you can't form a proper sentence?
Posted by: Rob Charkham, Southampton on 7:56am Mon 14 Apr 08
This is not the way forward. Not every bar gets the sort of trouble which warrants this kind of measure. I do agree with the use of plastic when major sports events like football matches are being shown though, as many glasses do get broken. But at the price you pay for a drink these days, the least you can expect is for it to be served in a proper glass at the correct temperature. Plastic affects the taste,temperature and the head formation on a pint of beer. I would campaign for keeping glasses not getting rid of them!
This is not the way forward. Not every bar gets the sort of trouble which warrants this kind of measure. I do agree with the use of plastic when major sports events like football matches are being shown though, as many glasses do get broken. But at the price you pay for a drink these days, the least you can expect is for it to be served in a proper glass at the correct temperature. Plastic affects the taste,temperature and the head formation on a pint of beer. I would campaign for keeping glasses not getting rid of them!
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