Butler's Bell - Gaolgate, Stafford.

[proactive]

I can't be the only one who hates seeing a telly screen in a pub? Yes, I'm old,female and hate sports. But I just can't stand a noisy/blaring telly in a pub.
It's like music, too loud, you can't hear what anyone is saying, and if like myself, you have a bit of a hearing imparement to start with, it feels worse when you leave the place.

Can't stand it, but we can't all like the same thing. If it brings in the punters and keeps the place in business then all well and good.

 

[Gramaisc]

I can't be the only one who hates seeing a telly screen in a pub? Yes, I'm old,female and hate sports. But I just can't stand a noisy/blaring telly in a pub.
It's like music, too loud, you can't hear what anyone is saying, and if like myself, you have a bit of a hearing imparement to start with, it feels worse when you leave the place.

I appreciate it when places, like Hogarth's, put clear warnings in the windows, so you don't make the mistake of going in.

 

[tek-monkey]

I appreciate it when places, like Hogarth's, put clear warnings in the windows, so you don't make the mistake of going in.

Yup, agree some people like them and I'm fine with that, but not for me.

 

[Thehooperman]

I appreciate it when places, like Hogarth's, put clear warnings in the windows, so you don't make the mistake of going in.

Not quite as clear as the sign that Cornish Pete used to put outside the Spit though

 

[Thehooperman]

I can't be the only one who hates seeing a telly screen in a pub? Yes, I'm old,female and hate sports. But I just can't stand a noisy/blaring telly in a pub.
It's like music, too loud, you can't hear what anyone is saying, and if like myself, you have a bit of a hearing imparement to start with, it feels worse when you leave the place.

I totally agree but will go into that type of pub if I'm wanting to watch a game or event.

And I can't the changes to the Bellend improving the acoustics in there in any way.

 

[Mudgie]

I can't be the only one who hates seeing a telly screen in a pub? Yes, I'm old,female and hate sports. But I just can't stand a noisy/blaring telly in a pub.
It's like music, too loud, you can't hear what anyone is saying, and if like myself, you have a bit of a hearing imparement to start with, it feels worse when you leave the place.

Glam,
There's plenty of old males as well as old females who hate seeing and hearing a telly screen in a pub.

 

[Noah]

They don't seem to publish their opening hours anywhere, is it turn up & hope for the best?

 

[Theresa Green]

They don't seem to publish their opening hours anywhere, is it turn up & hope for the best?

What time is your flight?

 

[Noah]

What time is your flight?

I use Penkridge International Airport, not Stafford.

 

[Gramaisc]

I use Penkridge International Airport, not Stafford.

The old RAF Wheaton Aston, with it's adjacent slow-speed canal connections direct to Chester and Birmingham.

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[Theresa Green]

Abbots Bromley HornDance International Airport is open for busybodies

 

[Noah]

The old RAF Wheaton Aston

No, the old Otherton Airfield, now used by flying clubs, also with a canal link

 

[Mudgie]

They don't seem to publish their opening hours anywhere, is it turn up & hope for the best?

They advertise food from 8am to 8pm so it must be at least those hours, though I don't know if alcohol is served from 8am or what time they shut, presumably not before 11pm.
I was with others in the Waggon and Horses, Kings Arms, Princess Royal, Greyhound, Railway, Lamb and Vine with others yesterday and questions were asked on your behalf about opening hours and quite a few other things.

 

[basil]

They advertise food from 8am to 8pm so it must be at least those hours, though I don't know if alcohol is served from 8am or what time they shut, presumably not before 11pm.
I was with others in the Waggon and Horses, Kings Arms, Princess Royal, Greyhound, Railway, Lamb and Vine with others yesterday and questions were asked on your behalf about opening hours and quite a few other things.

7 pubs, 7 pints ?
and heaven knows how many packets of crisps.......

 

[Mudgie]

7 pubs, 7 pints ?
and heaven knows how many packets of crisps.......

Seven pubs, seven pints, one very nice pastie in the Kings Arms, one bag of scratchings, only one bag of crisps and five miles walked making it a healthier day than if I'd just sat at home.

 

[The Hawk]

I can't be the only one who hates seeing a telly screen in a pub? Yes, I'm old,female and hate sports. But I just can't stand a noisy/blaring telly in a pub.
It's like music, too loud, you can't hear what anyone is saying, and if like myself, you have a bit of a hearing imparement to start with, it feels worse when you leave the place.

Even though I attend a lot of live football, my pubs of choice are usually quiet ones without TV screens or piped music.

There are a few favourite pubs around the country, that I make a point of visiting, when in that part of the country and they all tend to have a few common factors:
• a friendly welcome;
• a good selection of, well kept, local ales; and
• no distracting noise (TVs, music etc.).

To that end, one of my favourites (when I'm heading down to Swindon or Nailsworth) is the Ale House in Stroud. If there was one pub I could relocate to Stafford, this one would probably sit at the top of my list.

I will pop into the 'new' Butler's Bell at some point, just to give it a try, but I can't see it becoming a pub of choice for myself. But as others have said we need a decent selection of pubs, so that there are options for everyone.

 

[Theresa Green]

Seven pubs, seven pints, one very nice pastie in the Kings Arms, one bag of scratchings, only one bag of crisps and five miles walked making it a healthier day than if I'd just sat at home.

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[Mudgie]

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