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British Columbia: Last call for serving alcohol is generally 2:00 a.m. provincially. Municipalities may change last call to as early as 12 a.m. or as late as 4 a.m. if they so choose. Downtown Vancouver's last call was moved to 4:00 a.m. but was subsequently lowered to 3 a.m.
Licensing notice displayed above the entrance of a pub (no longer required since November 2005) The alcohol licensing laws of the United Kingdom regulate the sale and consumption of alcohol, with separate legislation for England and Wales, [a] Northern Ireland and Scotland being passed, as necessary, by the UK Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the Scottish Parliament respectively.
The local: A history of the English pub (The History Press, 2021). Jennings, Paul. "Liquor Licensing and the Local Historian: The Victorian Public House." Local Historian 41 (2011): 121–137. Martin, John (1993). Stanley Chew's Pub Signs: a celebration of the art and heritage of British pub signs. Worcester: John Martin. ISBN 1-85421-225-7.
Some pubs bear the name of "hotel" because they are in countries where stringent anti-drinking laws were once in force. In Scotland until 1976, [5] only hotels could serve alcohol on Sundays. In Wales, an 1881 Act applied the same law until 1961 when local polls could lift such a ban in a district and in 1996 the last ban was lifted in Dwyfor ...
Last order, used in the UK instead of Last call, an announcement made in a pub or bar before serving drinks is stopped; Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, the follow-up series to the Battle Angel Alita manga; Last Order: Final Fantasy VII, a 2005 animated feature based on the video game Final Fantasy VII; Last Order, a character in the A Certain ...
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Six o'clock closing often fuelled an hour-long speed-drinking session as men raced to get as drunk as possible in the limited time available. An unintended consequence was that patrons would save their glasses during the hour before closing time until the last call came for drinks, where the glasses would be refilled and patrons attempted to drink them all in the time left.
General Order No. 99 was a directive issued by the United States Navy on June 1, 1914, prohibiting the consumption of alcoholic beverages aboard naval vessels and within Navy facilities. [ 1 ] The order was a precursor to the nationwide Prohibition movement and represented an early attempt by the military to address concerns over discipline and ...