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Got a local business?
Advertise with the Peakland Post and tell the people of the Peak District National park about yourselves.
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DUMMY IDEA
Visitors to the Peak will be forgiven for thinking they've had one over the eight when they discover that most of the locals down in the village pub are papier-mache dummies!
If you look about it won't be long before you bump into curious bodies sat vacantly staring whilst catching flies on beer garden benches and bar stools." No, this is not a pickled prank, its a plan drafted by Cyril Farley, chair of Peaklander Pubs, to draw in the punters and sober-up the sales of the district's flagging pints.
"Its that damned smoking ban! That's what's done it", said Mr Farley, 59, who has a vintage experience of the brewing industry. "Pubs are dropping like ninepins all over the country, more so in the Peak District. Well, we like to think so, anyway. So I came up with this idea. Everyone's attracted to a crowd, right? Its human nature. We're social animals. So, I thought, why not make one. ...
