Lifestyle News for 18 February 2010

Down Memory Lane Feb 18 2010

COMPLAINTS were made regarding the prevalence of the playing of street organs in Hamilton. However, it was pointed out that under law any householder – personally or by his servant, or by a police constable – could tell them to move away. Anybody who continued to play an instrument in the street or sing in the street after being asked to depart was liable for a fine of up to 20s. Unless a complaint was made by a householder that a street musician or singer refuses to desist, the authorities were powerless.Read