Thursday 23 August 2007

SOMERSET: Bands beaten off by yobs

Bands beaten off by yobs
http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/news/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=news&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED22%20Aug%202007%2017%3A21%3A43%3A900

THE bands who have been playing on Weston's historic bandstand for decades are being forced off stage by aggressive gangs of yobs.

The musicians who traditionally give up their time to entertain crowds on the Grove Park stage say the town is the only place in the world they know where they are threatened by mobs of hostile youngsters while they play.

An elderly cornet player was smashed in the face with a football in the latest violent confrontation on Sunday, badly cutting his lips on his mouthpiece.

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