Police stop Wild Hunt Morris

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: GUEST,Big Al Whittle
Date: 09 Nov 12 - 09:08 PM

Sod the law Richard. If a few old codgers can't do a morris dance outside a pub, what kind of a country are we living in?

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 09 Nov 12 - 09:11 PM

My point, Al, is that it seems probably likely that those who stopped them had no lawful power to do so. That to my mind opens a whole lot of questions.

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 10 Nov 12 - 01:16 PM

And if it was a local "steel band" playing, no way would they have been stopped (subjunctive!!).

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Nov 12 - 01:25 PM

Well for a start, from a distance a steel band sounds more like an organised urban music event,
whereas morris can sound more like a rowdy hooligan gang punch up !!!

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 10 Nov 12 - 01:47 PM

Apparantley Sharp (CJ) came across women dancing the morris but didn't take much notice. Was this threason?

"morris can sound more like a rowdy hooligan gang punch up !!!"

Best wishes
L in C#
Who may regret this statement

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 10 Nov 12 - 02:36 PM

"Well for a start, from a distance a steel band sounds more like an organised urban music event"

The police or PCSOs wouldn't dare stop a steel band, especially if the players were black! That's funny, Wild Hunt Morris were wearing black masks!!!!!

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: Harmonium Hero
Date: 10 Nov 12 - 03:46 PM

Ah, yes - babes sleeping soundly in that sleepy backwater where, no doubt, there's no such thing as a Disco. In my experience as a father of two, they will go to sleep when it's time, and you can't wake the little buggers. And I would add to Gozz's list (9th Nov) the person who buys a house next door to a junior school, and spends his time growling at parents parking their cars outside the school. Although I'm not excusing the behaviour of some parents, but it's what you can expect if you buy a house next door yo a school. Innit? We have some neighbours along the road who built a house opposite a garage, and with a railway embankment at the back, and then complained about both. It seems to be an English disease.
Anyway, I don't like people who disagree with me, so can we have them removed from this forum? Or should I get sense and keep off it myself?
JK

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: GUEST,Big Al Whittle
Date: 10 Nov 12 - 04:18 PM

Bonzo - I lived and worked in Brum for many years and saw many steel bands - but none outside a pub. Whereas morris teams - thats where they tend to be seen quite a lot.

Stop muddying the water with stuff about racism.

Morris teams should have their status of playing outside pubs actually protected - not persecuted. That is the natural place for them to be. Anyway most of them are shagged out after twenty minutes. It doesn't seem much for them to put up with.

I was talking to Steve Matthews (local melodeon player) - he was saying he was cheesed off with turning up for Morris night practices when they only got two dances done, before knocking off and going to the pub.

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 11 Nov 12 - 10:09 AM

The election of Police & Crime Commissioners takes place on Thursday.

The role of the PCC is to be the voice of the people and hold the police to account. Have any candidates come out in favour of Morris dancing?

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: Morris-ey
Date: 11 Nov 12 - 10:29 AM

Anything that stops crap border sides (i.e. most border sides) dancing is to be welcomed.

Wearing ragged clothes, blacking your face and whooping and wailing can disguise a complete lack of talent but at least no one can recognise you.

Kirkpatrick has a shedload to answer for.

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: GUEST,Big Al Whittle
Date: 11 Nov 12 - 10:31 AM

Is there a forum where we can ask their views on this matter?

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 11 Nov 12 - 12:20 PM

Come on Morris-ey, don't hide your light, don't sit on fences, you wont upset anyone here - say what you really think

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: John P
Date: 11 Nov 12 - 01:52 PM

If there's a law about how late at night one can make noise, it should be enforced as written or stricken from the books. If there's no law, no one should get shut down for making noise.

Does anyone actually know if there is existing law in this locale about when and how much noise can be made?

It seems clear that trying to make this about culture or Morris dancing is misdirection, on the parts of both the newspaper and some of the people on this thread. We had a party house in our neighborhood shut down some years ago because they made too much noise too late at night. It had nothing to do with whether or not we liked their taste in music.

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: GUEST,Big Al Whittle
Date: 11 Nov 12 - 02:27 PM

I suspect it was an attempted witticism Les. You can never be traddy enough for the traddy taliban.

John P - of course theres a law about how much noise you can make. Otherwise every anti social git would be making our lives impossible.

The point is, it was never meant to be aimed at the once a year visit of a few morris dancers outside a pub, on the only non freezing, non rainy night that year in England.

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 12 Nov 12 - 05:19 AM

The Tradiban? Hey I like that a lot Al........

L in C#
Armed wing of The Tradiban - a break-away group from The Folk Police?

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: John P
Date: 12 Nov 12 - 09:39 AM

I'm almost always armed with a bouzouki . . . .

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 12 Nov 12 - 10:19 AM

Could be very useful in a tight corner John

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: Rog Peek
Date: 12 Nov 12 - 10:51 AM

Got them a mention on Have I Got News For You
26mins 56secs in.

Rog

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 12 Nov 12 - 11:05 AM

Xlnt - and introducing the Tazer into the living tradition that is The Morris?

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 12 Nov 12 - 12:33 PM

Should there also be a Continuity NW1 7AY, and a Real NW1 7AY too? And an NW1 7AY Defence Force, and an NW1 7AY Defence Regiment?

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 12 Nov 12 - 12:40 PM

How about The Surreal NW1 7AY?

Subject: RE: Police stop Wild Hunt Morris
From: Girl Friday
Date: 14 Nov 12 - 01:27 PM

Has the pub where they were dancing had the same licencing restrictions as the Liberal Club now has ? I suspect so.
Drinks shall not be consumed at any time on the forecourt of the building, or after 9pm to the rear of the building. When live or amplified music is being played in the hall after 9pm (excluding background music) all external doors and windows will be closed. Members and guests using the smoking area after 9pm will keep noise to a minimum and return to the inside of the building as soon as possible.