Topic ID 1612
your views please on how its going in hertford
Reply ID 19781
I have not experienced any negative problems with the new opening hours. It is nice to be able to stay in the pub until midnight the extra hour really does make all the difference. To be honest though I have really only taken advantage of the opening hours in the Wooly !!
Reply ID 19785
I think longer licencing hours if anything eliviates problems, people won't all decend into the towns Kebab Houses and Taxi Ranks all in one go. Instead a general trickle of people leave the pubs at various stages of the evening thus preventing as many problems with arguments and fights in the town. I could be wrong here but this is my general observation!
Reply ID 19787
lol what new licensing? AFAIKT nothing has changed, the pubs in hertford always had extended hours before anyway... maybe the only slight change is that people stay out marginally longer. I know for me and friends tho it's dictated by train / bus times, not pub times!
Reply ID 19822
Works well in my opinion. We objected at first but this summer so far seems to be calmest we've ever known.
Reply ID 19823
I didn't attend the last late night/taxi forum but the first feelings from all concerned is that the new licensing laws have had an impact on quite a few things. First the drivers are working longer and later but the fares are not so widespread ie people are not coming in large numbers from places they used to such as chelmsford, st albans, watford etc. Secondly becuae there is more of a chance that a pub near you is open later there is less need to come to hertford and then get back to your favourite nightspot - you can now drink in your own town until midnight and then go on to the nightclub. The exit from Hertford is now more orderley certainly as a result of the marhslaling scheme and a lot of trouble has been prevented by having the kebab shops etc close early because these are obvious flash points for trouble. Rarely inside the pub. Some of the town residents I know remark that it is certainly quieter of late and from where I am on Folly Island there does appear to be less noise coming from the town centre. The big statistic being waved about is the huge - 30%+ - reduction in violence and public disorder related incidents in Castle Ward which covers the town centre. I think on balance the new laws have proved all the Jeremiahs wrong. Longer later hours appears to have led to a more relaxed and responsible attitude. However as everyone has remarked we have been fortunate in that PC Rain has been patrolling the streets. A long hot summer may put all that in its proper perspective and on that we shall have to wait and see.
Reply ID 19826
So far from a landlord view the world cup as we all knew would be a huge test of the new rulings and so far things seem to be going to plan with varied hours of opening and responseble staff we are through the first stage without to much hardship im not sure how things went from a policing point of view but will find out and let you all know from what i have been told it was more the after celebrations that streached things out towards the end of the day if you know anything else please do tell