I didn't tell the full story tbh Mike,,, some pusher was trying to get my niece into the drug culture, I was having a stern word with the scumbag, (better me telling him than my brother 'cos my brother would have knocked the living daylights out of him), but apparently the bouncer was also "in" on the racket so decided to eject me asap, oh and this wasn't the first run in I'd had with scumbag pusher, I gave him and some of his mates a pasting a coupe of years previous when they tried mugging me on way home from a night out, luckily I'd not had any liquor that night and my shotokan training came to the fore
that was starting to go on when I stopped doing the doors
we were moved around several venues through the week , most were pubs and a couple of nightclubs, part of our mission was to eject pushers asap as it could cost the owners their licence to sell alcohol, we were constantly being offered backhanders to turn a blind eye, I always refused as my guvnor made it clear that we would we have him to deal with
I left the firm just as licensing came in, my guvnor couldnt get licenced so couldnt get any more contracts and I didnt fancy working anywhere else, it was all gettting silly with bomber jackets , radios and skinhead haircuts
I wore a suit or dinner jacket and short hair
I had an air of authority not a threatening look, I never injured anyone, hit them or threw anyone down steps, nine times out of ten they would put their hands and say ok im going, ill walk out I dont need carrying
it all changed when licencing came in, they recruited from the gyms as they werent allowed to use anyone with a criminal record for serious assualt, the old school doorman who would give you a slap if you didnt behave and could back up the threat was gone to be replaced by licenced thugs with something to prove , we didnt have to look hard as we were hard and they knew it
the bouncers that went after Gs son were probably licenced as licencing has been in for a good few years now