Residents living near Gatty Park, Church, sent a petition to Hynburn Council appealing for help against teenage yobs running riot in the park. Gangs of boys and girls, aged between 15 and 18, had been congregating in the park and their insolent antics, bad language, and general anti-social behaviour was so unbearable that councillors attempting to remonstrate with them were threatened with physical violence.
This was taken from the Observer's 50 years ago this week column. Though I think they are wrong about which council the residents wrote to, as Hyndburn Council wasn't formed until 1974.
It just shows you though, that all the bad press some young people get nowadays, is nothing new.
I wonder if these children grew up to be good, upstanding members of society? Perhaps some of them are members on here, and will perhaps tell us.
