Aged 15/16 2016 In year 11, I got sat next to a boy in maths class. We had been sat next to each other the whole year and had got to know each other well so I saw him as a friend. When we left the classroom one day, I was walking in front of him. We were the last ones to leave so there...
2023 Bystander account A 60 year old man approached a 15 year old girl and exposed himself, making direct eye contact and then began urinating. When approached by myself and a couple others he pretended to pass out on the floor and even threw his wallet to make it look like we mugged him...
Aged 19 I got spiked in a club in Poulton and ended up jumping out of moving car and had a concussion. I reported it to police, the club and the doctors. No help was given by any. Doctors [said they] couldn’t take blood test as I’d waited two days* before going as I was so unwell I...
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...
Beth, aged 29 30th April 2023 I was in a bar enjoying my night with a few friends, we’d all had a few drinks and was dancing. A girl came over to us and told us they’d seen a group of men were seen slipping something into somebody’s drink. This group of men were stood directly behind me...
Aged 25
27th April 2023
We were being interviewed by BBC North West about the Reclaim Blackpool when a man walked past and shouted at all of us “F*** HER RIGHT IN THE P****” which they caught on camera. He was walking with a women at the time and then also shouted at a passing dog.
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...
Aishley 25th April 2023 I was walking down the lower promenade mid morning in daylight. Occasionally stopping to take a photo or a video I noticed a man ahead who kept looking back at me, had slowed his pace down and I found it uncomfortable as my gut told me he was hanging back to talk...
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’.