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| Friday 18 Jun 2010: Pub closing times |
| The Defence of the Realm Act 1914 (DORA), which was passed in the UK during the early weeks of World War I, introduced a wide range of provisions, including the ban on buying binoculars and forcing pubs to be closed for some hours in the afternoon (the latter lasted until the Licensing Act 1988 was brought into force. |