Teh One Who Knocks
12-17-2012, 12:02 PM
By Daily Mail Reporter
A young woman dressed in next to nothing lies prostrate on a soaking pavement, one of thousands of binge-drinking revellers who caused chaos on Britain's streets on 'Black Friday'.
With just nine days until Christmas, hordes of party-goers ignored the driving rain and freezing conditions to pack out pubs, bars and clubs on festive parties, and many were so drunk they could barely stand.
In scenes of carnage repeated across the country, women stumbled in the middle of the road and yobs fought in and outside bars, while some thugs hurled rubbish at each other.
http://i.imgur.com/CmAHN.png
To prepare for what is traditionally one of the biggest weekends of the year, police and paramedics set up army-style field hospitals to treat the wounded and intoxicated.
In London, a centre for drunks in Soho was set up at a cost of £500,000. All beds were taken by 11.30pm on Friday.
Paramedics in the major cities were stretched to the limit, with Newcastle's ambulance service taking up to 1,200 calls on Friday alone.
In Cardiff, emergency nurse Wayne Parsons, 44, treated scores of people at a special mobile triage unit, some of whom had injured themselves by simply falling over blind drunk.
He said many people had been on all-day binge sessions which started at lunchtime and finished in the early hours of the morning.
http://i.imgur.com/ef9UI.png
'The patients' ailments range from various states of intoxication to head injuries and recreational drug use,' he said.
'Many patients, who are mostly aged between 18 and 25, are found covered in vomit.
'Most people we see, their consciousness level is unconscious really.'
http://i.imgur.com/ClgkW.png
Call-centre worker Callum Davies, 22, summed up the attitude of many revelers, saying: 'We're out to get hammered and have a great night out - that's what this time of year is all about.
'Once you've got five or six pints down you, you don't really feel the cold, you're just interested in having a big one.
'Sometimes things go bad, people get into fights or end up being sick but that's just part of the fun.'
http://i.imgur.com/iBFSe.png
Much of the carnage was fueled by cheap drinks deals, with dozens of bars offering discounted alcohol.
In Newcastle, some men threw bin bags at passing traffic, while women stumbled around in bare feet.
Police made scores of arrests in an attempt to bring the thuggery under control.
In Birmingham, hundreds of officers were drafted in to maintain order.
One man was so drunk, he narrowly avoided being hit by a car when he stumbled into the road and collapsed in the gutter.
http://i.imgur.com/gJRCI.jpg
Another man admitted having a 'scrap with a bloke' but brushed off the incident, saying: 'I've had six beers and 15 Sambucca shots. There's no harm done.'
Sniffer dogs mingled with drinkers in Liverpool, with one man caught by one of the animals before being handcuffed and bundled into a van.
Other men were seen openly drug-dealing.
http://i.imgur.com/yK2eL.png
A young woman dressed in next to nothing lies prostrate on a soaking pavement, one of thousands of binge-drinking revellers who caused chaos on Britain's streets on 'Black Friday'.
With just nine days until Christmas, hordes of party-goers ignored the driving rain and freezing conditions to pack out pubs, bars and clubs on festive parties, and many were so drunk they could barely stand.
In scenes of carnage repeated across the country, women stumbled in the middle of the road and yobs fought in and outside bars, while some thugs hurled rubbish at each other.
http://i.imgur.com/CmAHN.png
To prepare for what is traditionally one of the biggest weekends of the year, police and paramedics set up army-style field hospitals to treat the wounded and intoxicated.
In London, a centre for drunks in Soho was set up at a cost of £500,000. All beds were taken by 11.30pm on Friday.
Paramedics in the major cities were stretched to the limit, with Newcastle's ambulance service taking up to 1,200 calls on Friday alone.
In Cardiff, emergency nurse Wayne Parsons, 44, treated scores of people at a special mobile triage unit, some of whom had injured themselves by simply falling over blind drunk.
He said many people had been on all-day binge sessions which started at lunchtime and finished in the early hours of the morning.
http://i.imgur.com/ef9UI.png
'The patients' ailments range from various states of intoxication to head injuries and recreational drug use,' he said.
'Many patients, who are mostly aged between 18 and 25, are found covered in vomit.
'Most people we see, their consciousness level is unconscious really.'
http://i.imgur.com/ClgkW.png
Call-centre worker Callum Davies, 22, summed up the attitude of many revelers, saying: 'We're out to get hammered and have a great night out - that's what this time of year is all about.
'Once you've got five or six pints down you, you don't really feel the cold, you're just interested in having a big one.
'Sometimes things go bad, people get into fights or end up being sick but that's just part of the fun.'
http://i.imgur.com/iBFSe.png
Much of the carnage was fueled by cheap drinks deals, with dozens of bars offering discounted alcohol.
In Newcastle, some men threw bin bags at passing traffic, while women stumbled around in bare feet.
Police made scores of arrests in an attempt to bring the thuggery under control.
In Birmingham, hundreds of officers were drafted in to maintain order.
One man was so drunk, he narrowly avoided being hit by a car when he stumbled into the road and collapsed in the gutter.
http://i.imgur.com/gJRCI.jpg
Another man admitted having a 'scrap with a bloke' but brushed off the incident, saying: 'I've had six beers and 15 Sambucca shots. There's no harm done.'
Sniffer dogs mingled with drinkers in Liverpool, with one man caught by one of the animals before being handcuffed and bundled into a van.
Other men were seen openly drug-dealing.
http://i.imgur.com/yK2eL.png