Aged 36 6th May 2023 Stood outside a bar on Topping Street at 8pm on my own, I was approached by a man who asked me for money. I told him I didn’t have any but he kept speaking to me. He had an accent and I couldn’t make out what he was saying. He walked away after a few...
Aged 36 28th April 2023 Stood outside a bar on Birley Street a man approached me and several other women one after the other asking for money. I didn’t initially map this incident as I thought he potentially was in genuine need although it was quite intimidating as he came right up...
Aged 25 27th April 2023 A friend and I were walking through town with our skateboards talking to each other, a man approached us loudly asking why we weren’t riding our skateboards, asking us to do tricks for him, and if we can ollie, he followed us to church street until he became...
Leah, aged 27 29th April 2023 I was with a hen party on Saturday night. I was sat at a table when a man approached me and was asking me to come back to his hotel. I said no and went to walk away. He grabbed me by the wrist and told me I was coming with him. My partner was outside so...
29th April 2023 I was shocked at some of the Young Farmers t-shirts that I saw as I drove through town. I really don’t know how they are allowed to have things like that on display. As a Father of two girls I am sickened as to how some men behave… Not sure exactly what the...
28th April 2023 I went for a walk on the prom on Friday evening- Bispham to Gynn Square, about 6.30pm. A gang of young men (young farmers) came howling out of one of the hotels near the Clifton Hotel, wearing day-glo t-shirts with the most revolting things written on the back – the...
30th April 2023 Bystander account I had the windows open in my bedroom and can hear pretty much everything on the street and promenade. I was having a coffee and heard some commotion – not unusual. I heard a man’s voice shout really loud ‘got any crack’ and the a group of male...
28th April 2023
Stood outside Scream and Shake Horror bar, a man approached me and several other women asking for money. He was getting very close and being quite intrusive, but he did walk away when everyone refused him.
Friday 28th May 2023
Walking past the train station a group of young farmers were wearing stage and hen style t shirts saying, ‘I’m all for Ukraine, but I’m serious about Putin my fingers inside you’.
H, Aged 16 2012 A male teacher refused me access to the toilet when I was on my period so I grabbed my bag and walked out the classroom to the toilet. The teacher in question gave me a detention which I refused to attend so I got my mum involved and she told the school. The teacher in...
Ali, aged 25 27th April 2023 I parked my car on Queen Street, ironically to go and record an interview with BBC Northwest about the Reclaim Blackpool Map. When I was getting my skateboard out of my car a man approached me asking to ‘have a go’ on my skateboard & asking me what my name...
2021 I was walking past Aldi at the end of Whitegate drive in winter 2021 and I’ll never ever forget it!! The corner of Aldi, behind Greggs, it was about nine at night and I had my earphones in. A man stopped in front of me as I went to pass him. I went to walk past but he stood in my way...
DD, aged 28 2021 I was out with a couple of friends and bumped into another group, we started chatting and laughing, a pretty standard night out in Blackpool, but one guy in the other group kept leaning into me to speak to me. The music wasn’t that loud, he kept grabbing my waist...
Jasmine, aged 19 2020 A guy started following me in his car, he pulled over a few times trying to get my attention, he yelled some pretty gross stuff at me. At the junction on central drive, he got out of his car and started approaching me, he was masturbating under his pants and I...
Helen, late 20s 2014 was walking alone in the afternoon. It was a nice sunny day in early summer, I felt safe at the time. I was ambushed by two men in their late 30s early 40s who ran right up to me asking me my name and shouting sexual harassment type things in my face. They’d blocked...