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About the only time I've drunk alcohol on the tube was St Patrick's night many moons ago.

I was waiting at Harrow on the Hill for my train when I was joined by a crowd of mildly drunk Irishmen also on their way home. To continue their celebration they opened a can of lager, produced a shot glass, and "made" everyone in the group take a drink, filling and passing round the shot glass. A brilliant way to make a couple of cans go round and take time to. Great fun.

Spreading wider though it's the ban on alcohol in parks and the like that I find harder. I quite often would picnic, on my tod or with company, some nice bread, cheese, cold meats and a bottle of vino (with cups). Enjoy dining al-fresco, clean up afterwards, dispose of litter in bin. Blanket bans wipe out this pleasure and seem to do little to stop consumption of HSL judging by bottles left in playgrounds.