Work has begun to restore the stone Balustrades in the Kings Gardens. Vandals destroyed a large section in November 2015.

Since then vandalism has been on the increase in the area.

At the time Sefton issued the following statement.

Cllr Ian Maher, Leader of Sefton Council, said: "Sadly, vandals have caused extensive damage to the balustrades near the play area causing thousands of pounds of unnecessary damage. "Not only is this extremely disappointing for us, but it ruins it for genuine park users and we hope the public feel our frustration over this stupid act of destruction. "King's Gardens is a real gem in Southport following its revamp last year costing millions of pounds from external funding and we want incidents like this to stop. “We are working closely with Merseyside Police to address this and we will be assisting them in their investigations."

why bother?

Work begins? It started a couple of weeks ago.

Originally Posted by Disturbed

why bother?

+1

Originally Posted by Disturbed

why bother?

Because it is worth it! However, what we obviously need is CCTV to prevent the idiots who want to demolish the heritage of Southport. Our town survives through tourism and such attractions are vital to our economy!

Folks we are always going to have to put up with this "vandalism/Scumbag " its part and part of society nowadays it seems, unless......

When they if ever are caught they are really "Hammered" and I don't meant a fine nor suspended sentence etc just something that bloody well hurts. These Muppets are well ingrained into acting like "Tossers" so fine, treat them appropriately and give them "No Mercy", batter them till they get fed up!!!!

Sound savage??? So whats the answer?

Years ago some Ex Pat out in Thailand I believe was "hanged" for a drugs offence 2 young girls, the Public over here was..... "How outrageous, how barbaric etc, etc. etc . Does anybody from immediate "Family" bother now ???....... NO so that's how you should deal with this crap. But you have to catch them first and we don't do that really do we.

I am all for Heritage of the town, but sometimes you really have to take drastic action and we are at that time. "Why bother" what a crap quote if ever I heard one. Whats that quote?? "If a good man does nothing, bad men do......" I don't know the rest, but we have to stamp out these actions. Or it WILL get worse!

Originally Posted by twiggy1

Because it is worth it! However, what we obviously need is CCTV to prevent the idiots who want to demolish the heritage of Southport. Our town survives through tourism and such attractions are vital to our economy!

CCTV is completely useless for this sort of offence. It needs to be monitored 24/7 and if you have ever visited a CCTV operation centre you will see 2or3 officers monitoring 30+ screens and the screens flick between cameras. These thugs operate in an instant and are covered from head to toe. They plan their exit route before committing the offence.
The only way to prevent this is permanent patrols, they are very expensive and no one wants to pay and many security companies won't even do it.
We were involved in the instigation of the Security Patrols, 3 months ago, that everyone was against and although no one will believe it, they have prevented a fair bit of damage and led to some convictions and identifications. Time will tell thou because they are due to end in December and the damage will most likely be back and everyone will be crying 'where is the security' !

Originally Posted by Mr. Brightside

Work begins? It started a couple of weeks ago.

Work started in October during half term holidays - talk about 'finger on the pulse' - Murdoch must be crapping himself!

Originally Posted by gazaprop

Work started in October during half term holidays - talk about 'finger on the pulse' - Murdoch must be crapping himself!

Be fair though - Q Local had to send the film to the chemist to have it developed.

Originally Posted by gazaprop

Work started in October during half term holidays - talk about 'finger on the pulse' - Murdoch must be crapping himself!

The weather must be too cold for our roving reporter to hang round there every day like he does in the summer.

Originally Posted by Ralphy Rylance

The weather must be too cold for our roving reporter to hang round there every day like he does in the summer.

To be fair who would want to hang around there? Full of yobbos apparently....hahaha!

Originally Posted by RentARunner

To be fair who would want to hang around there? Full of yobbos apparently....hahaha!

Oh what a ridiculous comment!

Not at all helpful.