"They would also appear to be OK unlicensed in Sheffield......."

Roger, when you write something you know to be patently untrue you do yourself little justice.

The truth is as you well know and have been told repeatedly that ONE pub in Sheffield has had problems not of its own making and the law has been tolerant on this occasion. There have been no other problems locally in Sheffield that I, a local carol singer knows about.

Of course, living close to matters in Sheffield (in Weymouth) you may know a lot more.

Now you may not approve of the law being tolerant to allow a traditional event to go ahead. I do.

Dave