Friday, March 26, 2010

Birmingham Pub Blacklist from 1904

Even back then, in 1904 the Birmingham Pub Blacklisted customers for being drunk and disorderly.
Although this is a small collection, the Black pictures some of Birmingham’s most debauched characters from the turn of the last century.
The Black List provided licensed liquor sellers with photos and descriptions of ‘habitual drunkards’ who were not to be sold alcohol due to their reputation and past delinquencies.
let's take a little look, shall we?
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