Wirral to scrap 90-year-old ban on carpet beating and ‘wanton singing’

Those ‘sounding a noisy trumpet’ or ‘inciting a dog to bark’ along part of the Merseyside coast will no longer risk arrest

Good news, at last, for anyone who fancies beating their carpet, “sounding a noisy trumpet” or “wantonly singing” along a stretch of Merseyside coast: they will no longer face arrest.

A 90-year-old bylaw that banned such activities is set to be scrapped by Wirral council.