Maybe I missed it before, but is this the first time we’ve seen a television in Jack’s? That’s a shame, I think, because it’s changed the social nature of the pubs.
CBS 60 Minutes was airing an interview with the woman who owns what is perhaps the oldest old country pub in Britain. She was born in the pub and now is the last of multiple generations who have owned it. While discussing the traditional nature of British pubs the interviewer asked if she would ever put in a television. “No, never” she replied, “I don’t even own a mobile [phone]!”
Maybe I missed it before, but is this the first time we’ve seen a television in Jack’s? That’s a shame, I think, because it’s changed the social nature of the pubs.
CBS 60 Minutes was airing an interview with the woman who owns what is perhaps the oldest old country pub in Britain. She was born in the pub and now is the last of multiple generations who have owned it. While discussing the traditional nature of British pubs the interviewer asked if she would ever put in a television. “No, never” she replied, “I don’t even own a mobile [phone]!”