The chess table which was on Turbo Island has been removed under pressure from the Police and from some residents, but certainly not all…  The existence of the table on Turbo Island acted as a focal point for street drinkers, as Turbo Island has always done…
The table highlighted a problem central to all those who know and love Stokes Croft… There is always a hardcore of drinkers in the Croft… who congregate here, because all the services are local. we believe it  to be obvious that if we wish to curb street drinking , and help people with this illness, then we must have provision in the form of a wet centre, where drinkers can go and drink legally, and get help at the same time. It is no longer acceptable simply to move them on… Check out footage of our walk to Riverside Park… One suggestion from the powers that be…  http://www.youtube.com/user/PRSCdotORGdotUK

The street drinkers have simply found other places to sit…

The effect of attempting to stop people sitting around in Stokes Croft has an extremely negative effect on our public spaces…
See below, the bottom of Stokes Croft…

On City Road, near the wild Goose…

It is time for more enlightened thinking…