EBENEEZER Scrooge is alive and well in the form of multi-millionaire Humphrey Smith, the brewery owner who has banned music and television (although not one-armed bandits) from his Sam Smith public houses (December 3).

With these savings he may be able to put two Yule logs on his fire at Christmas instead of only one.

G R Bushell,

Bull Lane, York.

Updated: 10:13 Tuesday, December 07, 2004