Sir, I am quite disturbed to hear anguish being spoken about underage drinking in public. As a publican, I have phoned the police after seeing three small boys walking up Bufferland Terrace here in Pembroke Dock with a three-litre bottle of cider. Being hardly able to hold it, they passed it between themselves taking swigs from it. I told the police at their Carmarthen call centre it was happening there and then, and what did they do, nothing! I didn't even get a call from the local station to confirm or ask about the incident. I see in the national papers this week that Asda is to pass names on of all under 18s they catch trying to the police. I hope they have better success in the rest of the UK than what they will probably have here in Pembroke Dock. What the national government has to realise is that youngsters can easily get drink through their homes, older people and peers. Here in Pembroke Dock we have an area where cans which once contained alcohol are to be found, that is around the old Barrack Fort and throughout concealed areas around the golf course. We also have other problems where used cans are left throughout the streets, thrown into our beer garden/grounds and in the chapel grounds opposite. Another problem is early morning drinking when I have found part filled/empty alcohol cans left on the front door of the pub whilst they are waiting for early buses. Perhaps a change of councillors on May 1 can put pressure on the police to achieve their legal obligations and not what their targets are. S. Bale, Caledonia Inn, Pembroke Dock.
