Letter: Drink problems were bad then, too

Letter: W F Kerswell wrote about drunkenness in the past and I agree with him.

I lived next door to the old Royal George in Shifnal between 1933 and 1949.

The pubs opened for two hours about midday and in the evening until 10.30pm.

At the weekends the George was full and so were all the other 19 pubs in Shifnal.

At midday and evenings they where waiting outside the George for it to open.

I witnessed many drunken men fighting outside the George and falling over as they tried to walk.

And in a morning we would discover that drunks had urinated up our back door.

A number of the men had large families. I went to school with their children. They were very poor but they still got drunk. Perhaps that is why I am not a big drinker.

Tom Brazier

Trench