If you are unfortunate enough to live, or find yourself out for a drink in the fine Black Country town of Walsall, you will be familiar with the CCZ, or to give it its full title the 'Chav Containment Zone'. Between the top of Bridge Street and the Bottom of Ablewell Street there are two barriers which can be pulled across the road in an effort to keep in the evening revellers and protect the 'normal' people. This zone contains the 3 cultural landmarks of Walsall; The sports bar, Revolution and the fabled WS1. The latter is a 'nightclub' where you will find a wide spectrum of characters, ranging from the proto-futuristic mutant race of the Jeremy Kylealypse to the erm....the other people who go in there. The CCZ can be a scary place, sometimes i have to walk through it to get to to the Wharf Bar or The Hang Up. It can be a vision of Sodom and Gomorrah; the pavements are covered in sick, there are women barely wearing clothes sprawled on the floor, fights break out constantly and there are some serious crimes against fashion committed. The problem is that whilst Walsall has a large number of bars (though not as many as a few years ago) that is all it has. There is no cinema, no theatre and no decent restaurants (balti and curry houses excepted obviously) so unless you wanna get shit faced, there's nothing to do. And believe me the people of Walsall like to get shit faced.
http://www.thesite.org/drinkanddrugs/drinking/responsibledrinking/the24hourdrinkinglaws
http://www.ws1nightclub.co.uk/
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