"If a large group of drunken (well ..tipsy) teenagers invaded your local and proceeded to regale you with the type of song you had no appreciation for YOU WOULD EXPECT THE LANDLORD TO TAKE ACTION."

Indeed, nutty- but what exactly is the relevance of your comment to this thread? The group involved here were members of the Shellback Chorus accompanied by friends, family and children, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon... (Kipling may say he was intoxicated but that was certainly not the general condition, and we were not in the least rowdy- not that you would be objectionable in the slightest if you were intoxicated, Chris!)

The landlord just didn't want us to sing and quoted the law at us- though the locals present claim that they have carol singing in the bar there at Christmas.

Never mind, we moved en masse to another pub who welcomed us warmly, and the weekend was wonderful.

Noreen