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| Newcastle latest city to open 'dry bar' | Newcastle latest city to open 'dry bar' |
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| Newcastle-upon-Tyne looks like becoming the latest northern city to have a 'dry bar' where all the delights of a pub can be enjoyed, except alcohol. | Newcastle-upon-Tyne looks like becoming the latest northern city to have a 'dry bar' where all the delights of a pub can be enjoyed, except alcohol. |
| Liverpool's first venture in this direction was the subject of a post in the Northerner last year by Declan McSweeney which attracted a lot of attention and was shared more than a thousand times on Facebook. | Liverpool's first venture in this direction was the subject of a post in the Northerner last year by Declan McSweeney which attracted a lot of attention and was shared more than a thousand times on Facebook. |
| It was claimed to be the first in the UK, which is something which almost always unearths counter bids, and indeed there is a long history of such places if you go back far enough. The British Workmen's Public Houses did trojan work in the 1870s, offering such products as Winterine, Anti-Burton (a boldly aggressive thrust at the Midlands' brewing town) and aerated milk as alternatives to wine, beer and champagne. | It was claimed to be the first in the UK, which is something which almost always unearths counter bids, and indeed there is a long history of such places if you go back far enough. The British Workmen's Public Houses did trojan work in the 1870s, offering such products as Winterine, Anti-Burton (a boldly aggressive thrust at the Midlands' brewing town) and aerated milk as alternatives to wine, beer and champagne. |
| An example was the White Swan at Chapel Allerton here in Leeds which lost its licence after repeated violence and became a British Workmen's complete with a poetic sign reading: | An example was the White Swan at Chapel Allerton here in Leeds which lost its licence after repeated violence and became a British Workmen's complete with a poetic sign reading: |
A Public House without a drink Where men may read and smoke and think Then sober home return. A stepping stone this house you'll find Come leave your rum and beer behind And truer pleasures learn. | A Public House without a drink Where men may read and smoke and think Then sober home return. A stepping stone this house you'll find Come leave your rum and beer behind And truer pleasures learn. |
| Sound stuff. And I've stayed in a couple of temperance hotels myself, both looking exactly like pubs but with no alcohol, at Alston in Cumbria and in Oxford (the latter a former British Workmen's). | Sound stuff. And I've stayed in a couple of temperance hotels myself, both looking exactly like pubs but with no alcohol, at Alston in Cumbria and in Oxford (the latter a former British Workmen's). |
| But the dry bars are certainly a new form of this long-standing movement, like the growing number of Asian restaurants which will not serve alcohol and, increasingly, not permit customers to bring their own. | But the dry bars are certainly a new form of this long-standing movement, like the growing number of Asian restaurants which will not serve alcohol and, increasingly, not permit customers to bring their own. |
| Newcastle's venture is the idea of the charity The Road to Recovery which is based in Newcastle and plans to open its dry bar, modelled on Liverpool's, in Cross Street in the city centre. It will operate from eight 'til late below two upper floors which the charity will use for meetings and work to get recovering alcoholics or others with a drink problem back to a better way of life. | Newcastle's venture is the idea of the charity The Road to Recovery which is based in Newcastle and plans to open its dry bar, modelled on Liverpool's, in Cross Street in the city centre. It will operate from eight 'til late below two upper floors which the charity will use for meetings and work to get recovering alcoholics or others with a drink problem back to a better way of life. |
| Figures published last week suggested that misuse of alcohol is costing Tyneside's economy up to £1.1 billion annually, whatever the counter-effect of the drinks industry in terms of jobs. They also brought the figure home by calculating that spread between the population, this meant a bill of £512 a head, man, woman and child. | Figures published last week suggested that misuse of alcohol is costing Tyneside's economy up to £1.1 billion annually, whatever the counter-effect of the drinks industry in terms of jobs. They also brought the figure home by calculating that spread between the population, this meant a bill of £512 a head, man, woman and child. |
| Peter Mitchell from The Road to Recovery says: | Peter Mitchell from The Road to Recovery says: |
| We believe it's much needed. Newcastle is known as a party city but not everywhere offers good food and entertainment in an alcohol-free area. | We believe it's much needed. Newcastle is known as a party city but not everywhere offers good food and entertainment in an alcohol-free area. |
Newcastle's partying culture has historically been less affected by street violence than in other cities, but the city suffers in common with others from the toll of drink at home and the pressure on hospital casualty departments. | Newcastle's partying culture has historically been less affected by street violence than in other cities, but the city suffers in common with others from the toll of drink at home and the pressure on hospital casualty departments. |
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