Wokingham

Hard-hitting posters have been given out to pubs and clubs in the Wokingham borough to help people stay safe on a night out.

The Wokingham posters come in two styles, one set comes under the headline Fancy a Cocktail and feature a nasty mix that nobody would wish for when hitting the town. These include the Harvey Headbanger: take eight lagers, mix with three shots, one dodgy look and a fight outside the pub. Price: broken nose, night in the cell and possible charge of GBH. Other unappetising cocktails detailed are the Between the Hospital Sheets and The Screwed Driver.

The other series of Wokingham posters come under the heading Weekend Checklist and again highlight some of the less appealing options on a night out. One such checklist, warning of the danger of unsafe sex, reads: New dress, Killer heels, Lip gloss…. Chlamydia? Other checklists warn of the danger of getting caught up in violence, of falling victim to accidents - 40 per cent of accident and emergency admissions are alcohol related and the risk of having a drink spiked.

Wokingham Borough Council executive member for community safety Cllr Barrie Patman said: “These posters are a bit hard-hitting for the Wokingham borough, but we feel they need to be to get some strong, important messages across. The people we are trying to reach with these posters may not respond to a more conventional local authority approach. Getting these eye-catching posters into pubs and clubs will get to those people who are most at risk from these serious problems.”

The posters have been distributed and will be appearing around the Wokingham borough in the run up to Christmas.

Wokingham Borough Council