Intruders dug up plants and shrubs at Central Drive recreation ground and laid them out on the bowling greens as if in readiness for planting. This was May 1979Intruders dug up plants and shrubs at Central Drive recreation ground and laid them out on the bowling greens as if in readiness for planting. This was May 1979
Intruders dug up plants and shrubs at Central Drive recreation ground and laid them out on the bowling greens as if in readiness for planting. This was May 1979

10 scenes of wrecked Blackpool parks after vandals caused damage down the decades

By Claire Lark
Published 22nd Feb 2023, 04:55 BST
This clutch of photos sadly paint a grim picture of how our parks have suffered at the hands of mindless vandals.

Vandalism and graffiti news stories are as old as time and these go right back to the 1970s. They show damaged play equipment, pulled up flowers and shrubs, graffiti and a shelter which had to be pulled down in the end. And Blackpool’s beautiful Stanley Park didn’t escape either.

The decaded of the 1980s and 90s seemed to be plagued by vandals, costing thousands and thousands of pounds worth of damage to repair.

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In case you missed them: 11 scenes of a wrecked Blackpool North Shore Boating Pool when it fell into disrepair in the 1980s

Vandalised statues at the Italian Gardens in the early noughties

7. When they wrecked our parks...

Vandalised statues at the Italian Gardens in the early noughties Photo: Bill Johnson

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Chairman of Blackpool Borough Council Tourism and Leisure Cllr Roy Lewis surveys thousands of pounds-worth of damage caused by vandals at Anchorsholme Park in 1998

8. When they wrecked our parks...

Chairman of Blackpool Borough Council Tourism and Leisure Cllr Roy Lewis surveys thousands of pounds-worth of damage caused by vandals at Anchorsholme Park in 1998 Photo: Rob Lock

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Vandals targeted the Revoe all-weather pitch in Blackpool by setting fire to the surface in 2001

9. When they wrecked our parks...

Vandals targeted the Revoe all-weather pitch in Blackpool by setting fire to the surface in 2001 Photo: Robert Charles Norton Lock

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Tyre swings wound high at Collingwood Avenue Playground in 1975. Others had been dismantled and torn down

10. When they wrecked our parks...

Tyre swings wound high at Collingwood Avenue Playground in 1975. Others had been dismantled and torn down Photo: National World

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