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Propositioned

Verbal harassment

Aged 17, 2025 Me (17) and a friend (15) were sat near [a bar] in Blackpool, when a much older man (about 50) came up and sat opposite us. He insisted that he should have a drink out of our cups, despite having a drink himself. He proceeded to make many comments about us being beautiful...

Followed, propositioned, catcalled

Jennifer, aged 21 2019 I was walking home alone after a night out. It must’ve been about 6am in the morning – I remember as it was December time and near Christmas. A group of men in a black BMW started following me down Central Drive near the Castle pub, all the way down to the gymnasium...

Watched getting undressed

J, aged 13 2018 I went swimming with my dad and my little brother to spend some time with them. My little brother made friends with another young girl in the pool who was with her dad. Her dad kept looking at me and smiling. Me being 13, I just assumed it was him being nice and friendly...

Verbally harassed/groped

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...

Verbal proposition

2008 Waiting at the bus stop to to go to work when approached by a man aged around 60s. He started making small talk before telling me he was supposed to be meeting a woman. He then asked me if I would perform a sexual act on him for money which I politely declined as I was scared, he...

Propositioned

Aged 14 2000 I was in town with friends and my boyfriend at the time was also in town with his. I think we must have arranged to meet briefly. We were stood in the middle of the street chatting as a group and I felt him going into my backpack. He said he had put a present in there for me...

Approached/harassed

2022 A, aged 27 I was approached by man saying I was attractive asking for my number, when I declined he offered me ketamine, he then went into the unlicesend bar with what looked like underage girls that were clearly intoxicated somehow and on drugs, I can’t remember what the sign...

Followed/harassed

3 November 2022Aged 18 I met a man who introduced himself to me as Adam (although this might be a fake name), at a Halloween themed event in Blackpool. We exchanged phone numbers and I gave him my name, and after that I thought I’d seen the last of him. I was quite confident that I...

Solicited for sex

2008 Aged 26 I was making the short walk to my car after my night shift working behind a bar. There were very few people still around and it was a very cold winter night so I was wrapped up in my winter coat, scarf and woolly hat and walking very briskly towards where I was parked. An...

Harassed

2021 Sophie, aged 23 I was riding my bike down Dickson Road and a man on a bike followed me about 100 metres on his bike. I tried to speed up but not make it obvious but he did speed up and slowed slightly riding in front of me so I couldnt go any faster and started the questions…...

Physical assault

2006 Aged 25 Leaving a night club two men harassed us to go home with them. We said no and jumped into a taxi. Then one man got in the front and the other tried to open the back door. We told the taxi driver we don’t know them. So he asked them to get out. The taxi driver unlocked the...