Mike Hunt, a pub landlord in Penistone, has called time on swearing in his bar.
Regulars at the Cock and Duck on Slutshole Lane in Penistone, Derbyshire, have been informed of the new policy and called it a jolly good idea. The Cock and Duck is the only pub in the village, with the next nearest pub in Bell End a few miles down the road, so villagers are keen not to annoy the landlord.
A board on entry to the pub indicates that the Cock and Duck will not accept any swearing inside, and informs potential customers that they will not be served if they continue to swear after being asked not to. Penistone is a popular tourist spot popular with walkers who tread the paths around the Hoare and Phuckey reservoirs, as well as with young people out to sample country life.
"Most people are quite happy to not cuss," said Hunt. "One or two have used epithets in a jokey way, but quickly realise it is not a joke. We have a lot of children come through here with their parents, and we want everybody to enjoy themselves."
Regulars have dubbed the smoking area outside the pub as Curser's Corner, and will pop out when they need a good swear. Hunt has even trained his two dogs, shitsus, to bark whenever they hear a swear word, resulting a cry of "the shitsu barks!"
