I don't believe she told a "gang of lads" to shut up. Maybe it was a few lads a little pissed, just like you Babs, enjoying themselves and singing. Babs in her aggressive drunken state told them to shut it. Nothing more than that. Always has to exaggerate
tit or just make it up.
My mum once did tell a load of drunken lads to shut it on a train, quite shocked me that she did it( I actually thought they were funny) we were with my then 4 year old and there were about 6 blokes merrily swearing away, they weren't being aggressive just enjoying themselves. My mum asked them to stop swearing as there were kids and elderly people about, they were very nice and kept saying
tit sorry, oh
duck yeah we are sorry, we will
bleeping stop swearing. Every second word was a swear word. One would say it and another would say Barry(not the fellas name) stop
bleeping swearing there are
bleeping kids on the train. I thought it was so funny. Then when they got off the train one of them came up to my mum and apologised again for swearing all the while he was swearing