Member

Those of us old enough to remember it know that this was faintly ridiculous. I well recall that quite a lot of stations had a flower seller who sat in front of the station, and everybody knew that he actually made most of his money by taking bets on horses from people coming in. My recollection is that the Blair Government went in for a dramatic reform, repealing this ridiculous legislation and legalising what had become betting shops. Overnight, the whole thing was transformed.