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Pubs sell porn in vending machines
Jun 27 2004
A vending machine selling porn films for £6 could soon be seen in gents' toilets across the Midlands.
The device has already been on trial for a month in three of the regions pubs and has proved so popular that the porn film company behind the venture is considering supplying the vending machines nationally.
The machine contains films called Weapons of Mass Satisfaction, Naughty Nurses and Lessons in Love.
The DVDs are sold in a plain red case without pictures on the outside.
Cheltenhams Midland Hotel is one of the pubs involved in the trial - and it has proved so popular with regulars that manager Russell Coglan has decided to keep it.
The 25 year-old from Gloucester said: People are often embarrassed about buying porn in shops. This machine sells soft porn from the comfort of a pub toilet so our customers feel less inhibited.
There is nothing wrong with it because we are not a family pub - we only allow over-18s in. I think it is a good idea which will catch on.
The two other pubs involved in the trial are in Gloucester.
The move to sell blue movies from pub toilets has sparked the wrath of morality campaigners who say the machine allows children to access porn more easily.
Miranda Suit, from watchdog Mediamarch, said: This is extremely worrying. There is no way with the best will in the world that pubs will be able to stop under-18s from buying the DVDs.
The fact that such films are getting to be in easy circulation is a problem.
But Jasper Duncombe, managing director of Tongue in Cheek - the firm behind the vending machine, said: There are many venues who want to try and see whether the machine is successful. They should have the freedom to do that.
What right do these campaigners have to say that people shouldnt watch these DVDs?
