taguchi 0 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 A British friend of mine over the weekend was talking about some pubs back in his country and mentioned something about a "lock in" but I couldn't understand situation well. Is a "lock in" legal or not? Sounded like way for pub to open longer than official hour. Link to post Share on other sites
lin 0 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 "A lock-in is when the owner of a public house allows a number of patrons to continue staying in the pub after the legal closing time." I remember when I was studying in the UK the local pub had a regular lock in - no-one in no-one out. Fun place that, I miss that pub. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Yeah a friend of mine told me about those. I think it is legal, in that it uses the loop-hole that the doors only have to be locked after certain hours, but there are no specifics about whether customers can still be there. Link to post Share on other sites
lin 0 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 I think that is it, though I never asked. I just went along with it and got some more beers in Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 When I was a student I used to live quite close to a lockin pub. I'm sure the people were having fun but for people living closeby it was noisy and annoying, especially when I was studying for exams. Link to post Share on other sites
number9 0 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 So, for how many hours does a typical pub lock in for? Link to post Share on other sites
Weegeoff 0 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 It is not legal.It is just a way of drinking longer and it is usually with regular customers the landlord knows. Link to post Share on other sites
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