Last night (Monday 16 December) a licensing officer from West Dorset Council (tel 01305 252214), prevented a mummers play in two pubs in the village of Cerne Abbas.

Claiming these to consist of more than two performers in a public entertainment and illegal without a Public Entetainment Licence.

This performance was advertised in the local paper, the Dorset Evening Echo.
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