New EC directive to keep us quiet
Carnival time in the past has been happy (if a little noisy) in South Shields, I can remember carnivals as long ago as the old Sports Week parades, and we always enjoyed the sound of marching bands and jazz bands, and military bands. Sadly our annual parades have already become subdued affairs lacking any real decorated floats and reduced to a walking show to satisfy the edicts of the “Elf ‘n’ Safety” mandarins.
Things can only get better in our little island state operating under the strictures of our masters in the EC, as a new directive is likely to make our annual spectacle an even bigger shambles. We only have one major pipe band to shout about these days, the South Tyneside Pipes and Drums will be told to “pipe down” and to get below 85 db to meet the requirements of the Brussells bureaucrats, the same rules will apply no doubt to Boys Brigade bands, rock bands and performers at the Customs House, South Shields and various other venues in the borough.
I dread to think how this will be received in Scotland.
Sometimes you just wish you could turn around and tell the EC to pipe up!
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