I had a Travel Shift up here on Monday for the rest of the week working on NetworkRail’s Radio Survey Coach. Arriving with enough time for a walk up to Kelvinhaugh Art Gallery and Museum, I left the hotel and set off along Sauchiehall Street.
As I was nearing Marks and Spencer, I noticed a young lass getting her fiddle ready to do some busking. I paused a while to listen and was delighted to be treated to a lament followed by a reel, all superbly played. After having a chat with her, congratulating her on her skill, for which I was more than happy to drop a couple of quid into her fiddle case, I carried on with my walk.
But it got me thinking. Why is it that the Scots are encouraged to make the most of celebrating their cultural heritage, even to the extent that pubs, wishing to put on live music, can just do without the bother of having to get permission from the licensing authorities? Whilst we in England, not only have to put up with snide comments from our political masters regarding folk singers in a pub near Wells, but should our publicans decide to put on live music events, even unamplified acoustic sessions, they must ask permission from the faceless Twitmarshes of the Local Authorities?
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