Legend Claws Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 From BBC web Edinburgh buskers 'to pipe down' Authorised pipers will be allowed to play in Castlehill and Lawnmarket Bagpipers on Edinburgh's historic Royal Mile have been told they will be arrested if they continue to play. Lothian and Borders Police said they receive up to 100 calls a day about the bagpipe noise and have to commit too many resources to dealing with it. About 20 regular buskers have been asked to sign "acceptable behaviour contracts" banning them from performing in Castlehill and Lawnmarket. If they do, officers said they could be arrested for a breach of the peace. The police have said they are responding to a very real problem which has been troubling people living close by. City centre Insp Bruce Johnston told the BBC Scotland news website: "Some days it was from eight in the morning through to 10pm at night. They were disturbing a lot of elderly people and students studying for exams. "It is more important for the residents to have a normal, healthy life. "We explained that we would take their pipes away and they would not want that. "We really don't want to go down that road, but we told them that if we have to we will". The contract also informs the buskers that if the playing continues after warnings are issued, anti-social behaviour orders would be issued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 You live in a city, a beautiful, vibrant, festival city. You don't like it, live somewhere else. I am sick of people who want to come to Edinburgh because of it's amazing atmosphere and culture and then moan as soon as a part of that upsets their lie in. As for students complaining about it disturbing their revision, maybe if they spent less time dossing about for the other 11 months of the year the exam month wouldn't be quite so stressful for them. Wasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brow Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 If i were a local and there was a bagpiper outside my house i'd want to shoe him to death. Cant stand them! I'm all for this one. I would ban busking with bagpipes entirely outwith the festival/xmas time and rugby matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.