Sir,
Walking my dog down the Parade in Tenby the other evening, I noticed three or four drunken kids.
Many of us have played up as kids, including myself at some time, but I remember years ago, adults who wanted a drink either went into the local pub or to the off-licence, if they wanted to take alcohol home to drink. Prices were set by the breweries - and that was it.
I think it's time to put alcohol back in the pubs and off-licences, where it belongs, and hopefully help our publicans as well.
It is difficult to make parents take responsibility for their children these days, but at least if the booze was harder to get, it would surely help the situation.
Publicans in charge of the off-licences would care about keeping their licences to sell alcohol because this would be their only source of income and so would be careful about who was buying it.
As things stand, the corner shops and supermarkets aren't all that bothered as long as they make sales. I'm not saying this would totally solve the problem, but I think it would be a step towards it.
Bob Lowe,
Tenby.