In the past few months – the ‘Garden of Rest’ on Station Road, which is very well maintained by FDC and Volunteers from ‘In Bloom’ has be subjected to many instances of mindless vandalism…I stopped by the gardens last week at 20:30 and there were some 15 youths playing football and running over the flower beds!. I asked them ‘politely to stop and explained the significance of the area (religious & ex graveyard) – sorry it would appear said youths did not understand and carried on playing football.
As I have reported there appeared grafitti, antisemitic and sexual graphics on the pathways.
Further damage has been done to the flower beds.
This week ‘someone’ was preparing to steal the memorial bench, it was spotted and action has been taken to make it more secure.
‘Someone had a go within a day at the newly installed ‘Platinum Jubilee Bench’
The Garden of Rest will be locked – it will open for limited hours but certainly closed in the evenings until early mornings. Today it was locked all day.
(The decision made by FDC who own the site)
The main concern is that those responsible (dare I mention who they maybe? – and get forever ‘trolled’ on social media) will move to another area….Someone knows who is responsible – be a concerned resident report them to either the Police or Crime-Stoppers.
