Wirral to scrap 90-year-old ban on carpet beating and ‘wanton singing’
by Josh Halliday North of England editor from World news | The Guardian on (#70127)
Those sounding a noisy trumpet' or inciting a dog to bark' along part of the Merseyside coast will no longer risk arrest
Good news, at last, for anyone who fancies beating their carpet, sounding a noisy trumpet" or wantonly singing" along a stretch of Merseyside coast: they will no longer face arrest.
A 90-year-old bylaw that banned such activities is set to be scrapped by Wirral council.
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