late licensing; bourgeois and proleterians

Grauniad: 'the licensing minister, James Purnell, argued that the 11pm "curfew" on drinking - which has existed since the beginning of the 20th century - was inappropriate in a time of changing lifestyles.

"It is time people were treated as grown-ups so they can go for a glass of wine after the cinema or a pint of beer when they come off their work shift," he said.'

Compare the recent decision not to outlaw drinking on trains, as it would deprive commuters of their after-work G&T.
We laugh rather more easily at the Petrograd workers who in the wake of the October Revolution went about attacking anyone wearing glasses...