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23 Sep 08 - 06:31 AM (#2447961) Subject: Council Jobsworths anti music again From: Roger the Skiffler This story without further details or name of the Council appears on today's AOL News: A circus said that its clowns had been silenced by licensing regulations which banned them from playing their trumpets. Zippos Circus said it was told by council officials that the show could not go on unless the clowns dropped the musical part of their act. Sad, crazy, if true. RtS |
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23 Sep 08 - 06:36 AM (#2447964) Subject: RE: Council Jobsworths anti music again From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work Singing in the wrong choir here mate.. I think all clowns should be banned under the Geneva Convention... Today's 'Metro' free paper (UK, London, Manchester, Birmingham) had a larger article. LTS |
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23 Sep 08 - 06:46 AM (#2447972) Subject: RE: Council Jobsworths anti music again From: Bryn Pugh If all clowns were banned, what would we do for a government ? |
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23 Sep 08 - 06:58 AM (#2447981) Subject: RE: Council Jobsworths anti music again From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work Can't lay my hands on a copy of the paper but I do remember it said they only play for about 3 minutes... and it might have been Birmingham area that complained. LTS |
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23 Sep 08 - 08:16 AM (#2448028) Subject: RE: Council Jobsworths anti music again From: pavane What if they played a hymn instead? |
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23 Sep 08 - 08:17 AM (#2448029) Subject: RE: Council Jobsworths anti music again From: pavane Or a Morris dance tune |
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23 Sep 08 - 08:31 AM (#2448041) Subject: RE: Council Jobsworths anti music again From: Snuffy Press Assoc. - Tuesday, September 23 12:02 am. A circus said that its clowns had been silenced by licensing regulations which banned them from playing their trumpets. Zippos Circus said it was told by council officials that the show could not go on unless the clowns dropped the musical part of their act. The circus, which is performing in Birmingham, fell foul of the Licensing Act 2003 which forbids the playing of live music without a licence. I would have thought that the music would be exempt from licensing requirements, as it is merely incidental to the main activity. Anyway, I bet they're not real clowns, just men dressed up in clown outfits. |
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23 Sep 08 - 08:54 AM (#2448067) Subject: RE: Council Jobsworths anti music again From: nickp Birmingham - from the BBC news pages |
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23 Sep 08 - 09:01 AM (#2448074) Subject: RE: Council Jobsworths anti music again From: Leadfingers The Clowns are on the Council !! |
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23 Sep 08 - 09:46 AM (#2448104) Subject: RE: Council Jobsworths anti music again From: theleveller They probably think this is funny. |
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23 Sep 08 - 09:53 AM (#2448107) Subject: RE: Council Jobsworths anti music again From: bubblyrat All they have to do is be like the French,and totally IGNORE anything the council says.-----I would !! |
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23 Sep 08 - 09:59 AM (#2448110) Subject: RE: Council Jobsworths anti music again From: GUEST,Spleen Cringe Anyone fancy a mass, unregulated, unlicensed session outside Birmingham Town Hall? A spot of musical mayhem and acoustic anarchy? I'm serious. It's decisions like this that make council functionaries look like utter arseholes... |
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23 Sep 08 - 12:25 PM (#2448228) Subject: RE: Council Jobsworths anti music again From: Harmonium Hero Suggested instruments: Highland bagpipes, bombardes, biniou, Chinese shawms, any sort of shawms, Tibetan trumpets, lots and lots of drums. And everyone dressed as clowns. Slightly digressing, Snuffy's comment about men dresed as clowns reminded me of my son, as a small boy, saying "I don't really believe in the tooth fairy - I think it's just someone who can fly, dressed up". John Kelly. |
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24 Sep 08 - 11:23 AM (#2448987) Subject: RE: Council Jobsworths anti music again From: romany man OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH i love councils, burn the bloody lot of em i say, then see if the government thinks again about what we can and cant do, ooppss on me soap box again, |
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24 Sep 08 - 11:42 AM (#2449002) Subject: RE: Council Jobsworths anti music again From: Jayto "Anyway, I bet they're not real clowns, just men dressed up in clown outfits. " I liked that Snuffy. I was about to click back to the index but read the rest of the threads after reading that. I got a good laugh on a morning I needed it. Thanks cya |