Drinking in the ‘Dale

I’ve just heard that there is to be a ban on alcohol being sold to under 21’s in Scotland’s capital city, Armadale. (It’s also my home town :))

The organisers stressed that Armadale “had not been chosen because its alcohol-related problems were particularly bad“. (Must have just been a fortunate coincidence).

In unrelated news, Buckfast Abbey have announced the redundancy of fourteen staff and early retirement for all monks over 75…

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One Response to Drinking in the ‘Dale

  1. neil says:

    Note with interest that if you follow your link to Buckfast Abbey on wikipedia they proffer:

    “Buckfast has achieved a surprising level of popularity within working class and bohemian communities in certain parts of Scotland”

    “Bohemian”…Airdrie….Armadale….Shotts et al. Not the word I would have chosen!

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