Well I for one would welcome the removal of televisions from pubs... the whole point of going to the pub for me, is to talk to my friends, not shout at them over the noise of whatever sporting event is happening on the big screen TV placed where the stage used to be.

And I welcome the 100th post!

I've worked in several pubs over the years, the most relaxing ones were those that had no juke box (or at least, no disco/heavy metal/rap or funk on it), no piped music other than 'classical ' (although there is now a 'Classical' Bar in London, which has a DJ, who plays 'classical hits' all evening -it's pretty good actually!), and those which had no TV in the main bar. As posted somewhere above, if I want to watch a TV, I'll do it at home.

LTS