![A drunken man in a basket. Bars in Turkey employed basket man who's job it was to take patrons home who were too drunk to stand up. Istanbul 1960s. : r/TheWayWeWere A drunken man in a basket. Bars in Turkey employed basket man who's job it was to take patrons home who were too drunk to stand up. Istanbul 1960s. : r/TheWayWeWere](https://i.redd.it/o9vgjs0mxlza1.jpg)
A drunken man in a basket. Bars in Turkey employed basket man who's job it was to take patrons home who were too drunk to stand up. Istanbul 1960s. : r/TheWayWeWere
![A drunken man in a basket. Bars in Turkey employed basket man who's job it was to take patrons home who were too drunk to stand up. Istanbul 1960s. : r/TheWayWeWere A drunken man in a basket. Bars in Turkey employed basket man who's job it was to take patrons home who were too drunk to stand up. Istanbul 1960s. : r/TheWayWeWere](https://i.redd.it/a-photograph-my-great-grandfather-sent-home-to-the-uk-in-v0-ldnydvadelza1.jpg?width=2285&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f18f6a17d279ae02db08384b3dd6109638243144)
A drunken man in a basket. Bars in Turkey employed basket man who's job it was to take patrons home who were too drunk to stand up. Istanbul 1960s. : r/TheWayWeWere
![Captain Mingay with a porter carrying Geordie Cranstoun in his creel. Geordie often sang for his supper and drinks, and when too drunk to walk home, was taken home in a basket Captain Mingay with a porter carrying Geordie Cranstoun in his creel. Geordie often sang for his supper and drinks, and when too drunk to walk home, was taken home in a basket](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/P7DKAE/captain-mingay-with-a-porter-carrying-geordie-cranstoun-in-his-creel-geordie-often-sang-for-his-supper-and-drinks-and-when-too-drunk-to-walk-home-was-taken-home-in-a-basket-by-a-porter-on-one-occasion-when-no-porters-were-available-his-employers-sent-him-home-in-a-package-to-his-mother-copperplate-engraving-by-john-kay-from-a-series-of-original-portraits-and-caricature-etchings-hugh-paton-edinburgh-1842-P7DKAE.jpg)
Captain Mingay with a porter carrying Geordie Cranstoun in his creel. Geordie often sang for his supper and drinks, and when too drunk to walk home, was taken home in a basket
![A drunken man in a basket. Bars in Turkey employed basket man who's job it was to take patrons home who were too drunk to stand up. Istanbul 1960s. : r/TheWayWeWere A drunken man in a basket. Bars in Turkey employed basket man who's job it was to take patrons home who were too drunk to stand up. Istanbul 1960s. : r/TheWayWeWere](https://i.redd.it/5v22bc33txya1.jpg)
A drunken man in a basket. Bars in Turkey employed basket man who's job it was to take patrons home who were too drunk to stand up. Istanbul 1960s. : r/TheWayWeWere
![A drunken man in a basket. Bars in Turkey employed basket man who's job it was to take patrons home who were too drunk to stand up. Istanbul 1960s. : r/TheWayWeWere A drunken man in a basket. Bars in Turkey employed basket man who's job it was to take patrons home who were too drunk to stand up. Istanbul 1960s. : r/TheWayWeWere](https://i.redd.it/3b13c51z2r1b1.jpg)
A drunken man in a basket. Bars in Turkey employed basket man who's job it was to take patrons home who were too drunk to stand up. Istanbul 1960s. : r/TheWayWeWere
![A drunken man in a basket. Bars in Turkey employed basket man who's job it was to take patrons home who were too drunk to stand up. Istanbul 1960s. : r/TheWayWeWere A drunken man in a basket. Bars in Turkey employed basket man who's job it was to take patrons home who were too drunk to stand up. Istanbul 1960s. : r/TheWayWeWere](https://i.redd.it/emily-b-1904-and-ethel-b-1909-were-happy-children-until-v0-vfxmochhwz0b1.jpg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=740251702c254d90d652a1aa320e57c2dd90f9ac)
A drunken man in a basket. Bars in Turkey employed basket man who's job it was to take patrons home who were too drunk to stand up. Istanbul 1960s. : r/TheWayWeWere
![History Cool Kids on Instagram: “A drunken man placed in a basket and carried away, Istanbul, 1960s. Many bars in Turkey would often employ basket men whose sole purpose…” History Cool Kids on Instagram: “A drunken man placed in a basket and carried away, Istanbul, 1960s. Many bars in Turkey would often employ basket men whose sole purpose…”](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/326914917_691885015976916_251893678710042739_n.jpg?stp=c240.0.720.720a_dst-jpg_s640x640&_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=7fCqxIlz8a4AX8Sqrc6&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=00_AfCCM1HizFVs-u_v83RabN2GSDDwUYSAoDFdyudRMrMC4Q&oe=64528EBF)
History Cool Kids on Instagram: “A drunken man placed in a basket and carried away, Istanbul, 1960s. Many bars in Turkey would often employ basket men whose sole purpose…”
History Images - “The Drunk Basket.” In the 1960's, bars in Istanbul would hire someone to carry drunk people back to their homes. | Facebook
![History Photographed on Twitter: "Drunk man carried away in a basket! Taverns in Istanbul would pay for drunk people to be carried back to their homes at night. Picture is from the History Photographed on Twitter: "Drunk man carried away in a basket! Taverns in Istanbul would pay for drunk people to be carried back to their homes at night. Picture is from the](https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video_thumb/FI9Sj2dXMAch5Ac.jpg)