The Oldham Advertiser described how Ed Kelly, youth services officer, argued against it at the licensing hearing.
The youth centre is a meeting point for young people, including young women, he said. "We are going to have drunk men watching young women, becoming sexually aroused, leaving the bar and coming into contact with girls and young women. There will be harassment, violence and, even worse, rape. We are putting young people at risk if we allow this."
Powerful stuff. But no surprises. The lap dancing club won.
"Rowdy youths still a problem", said the headline in the Coventry Evening Telegraph. Foul language, drinking, vandalism, complaints, dispersal orders, Positive Activities for Young People ... the usual suspects.
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