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  • Schoolboy facing ban on bagpipes

    01/08/2006 6:30:17 PM PST · by sionnsar · 24 replies · 390+ views
    CBBC Newsround ^ | 12/09/2005
    A teenager has been told to pipe down by his local council - literally! Andrew Caulfield, 13, from Paisley in Scotland, was told to keep quiet after his neighbours complained about him playing the bagpipes in his garden. The council decided to take action after everyone in his street signed a petition to get him to stop. But his mum, Elaine, is angry, because Andrew is taking part in a scheme run by the same council to encourage kids to take up the traditional instrument. She accused the council of being "two-faced" because they also wanted him to take...