Carol Birkett, 13, 1978
I was 13 years old, walking home (in daylight) through the park when a man called out to me. I looked toward him and he was masturbating and asking me to go to him. I ran home so fast, I was terrified. I didn’t tell anyone for ages and never told my mum cos she wouldn’t have let me out again! I can still picture his face, his clothes and his actions. I was lucky that I wasn’t attacked, but what he did has stayed with me.