In most instances the breweries failed to finance publicans willing to upgrade to sufficient safety standards.
She believed that publicans and the government should each bear some of the responsibility.
For most publicans, the choice to upgrade their premises was not theirs to make as leaseholders of properties owned by the major breweries.
However, the regulatory changes represent a collective encouragement for venues to not immediately rule out music as an option (an increasingly common instinct among publicans).
The professional group included a chartered accountant and a teacher, the unskilled workers included two telephonists, one publican, one milk roundsman and one shop assistant.
It included: employer artisans, such as the carpenters and tailors; skilled workers like blacksmiths; shopkeepers, traders and publicans; and the smaller farmers (of whom there were not many).
The attempts to dissociate women and alcohol made the female presence in the pub unacceptable, but did not prevent publicans employing women to serve male customers.
They were always told to keep down prices in the vain hope of persuading other publicans to reduce the price of beer.
