...and her boyfriend said "I'd prefer a Scotch on the Rocks dear"

From the look on these faces, you'd need a pint of moon-shine before a snog.

Prohibition in the United States was the period from 1919 to 1933 during which the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol for consumption were banned nationally.

The illegal production and distribution of alcohol or bootlegging was rampant and the Government found it almost impossible to enforce the law. People were smuggling through borders, lakes and rivers and the prohibition saw the birth of the Speakeasy.

By 1925, in New York City, there were anywhere from 30,000 to 100,000 speakeasy clubs where alcohol was consumed "behind closed doors".

In 1933, prohibition came to a cautious end when President Franklin Roosevelt signed an amendment allowing the manufacture and sale of low alcohol beer and light wines.

"Cheers!"