I'm sorry, but the organiser's explanation still does not wash with me. Does he mean that the pub would close for any big funeral, or for any large sporting event or street carnival etc in the area, for example, or is he specifically singling out gypsy funerals? Would he refer to other groups as "that lot"? If the police had specific information that there would be trouble, then so be it, but "trouble is anticipated" sounds like paranoia to me. It's a big event. So, it's up to the police to manage it, like they would any other big event. Tradsinger
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