thanks…
thats a clear example of how what one crew (or just a few people from a crew) do affects many others.
Lots of locals and even councillors disagreed with the concept of TENS right from the start as they felt it was not hard enough and didn’t protect the locals enough from noise/anti-social behaviour. The Tory press claimed it was “opening the floodgates to 3 day raves”.
it was only comparatively recently (1992 or so) that large clubs were allowed to open later than 12 midnight, and even in the areas where I live 2am is seen as “late night” and every extension is fiercely opposed by some locals.
The concept of late licensing is an experiment, not a permanent change in society. It can easily be rolled back either by this government or the next one if there is a backlash against this – already many of the 6am licenses once given to legal dance music venues in the 90s seem to have disappeared, even in more “tolerant” areas.
