39, 1/8/26 Waiting at the bus stop with my two daughters (age 12) at 3.30pm and a man playing loud music and clearly off his head came past battering the door and windows of the community centre next to us clearly angry it wasn’t open. I knew not to watch him and keep my head down but my...
Tina, 65, Summer 2024 I was in town with my son. I use a mobility scooter. I confronted a man who was hurling racist abuse at a group of young men of colour. He said I should be taken out and that I was a traitor. I gave him verbally some of his own medicine and did not back down. My son...
Aishley, Aged 37, 20/06/2025 It’s taken me a while to get to telling this story- and I think thats’s probably because I find it a bit staggering myself and have not really processed it. All of the incidences I will explain happened within a 24 hour period. It was mid June this...
Sarah, aged 37, Friday 15th August 2025 I was walking home alone from a friend’s house when a car pulled up beside me on East Park Drive. The driver honked the horn, but when I didn’t respond, they quickly sped off. This isn’t the first time something like this has happened to me —...
Aged 26, 2025 I was approached by an older gentleman and his wife. At the time I was heavily pregnant. At this time I was extremely self conscious and my body had grown to support my baby. This older couple decided to shout at me that I looked huge and I should stop eating as I was huge...
Aged 18, 2025 I was stood on the corner of a street near the train station for my taxi on farmer’s weekend, and I heard commotion in the car park so I looked over and a girl was walking to her car being followed by a man in a red farmers top (the ones with the horrible writing on the...
Charlie
Aged 22, 2025
Working a shift at the theme park, asked a man to not spin a ride and in response was verbally assaulted, insulted my appearance and insinuated i wasn’t doing my job correctly whilst getting off the ride with his young daughter.
Suzie M. Aged 27, 1979 I was standing outside the store with a loft ladder purchase waiting for my husband to drive around to pick me up. Up to half a dozen Scottish men (the prom was really busy and it was very hot – I believe it was known as Scots week) came up to me and began...
Aged 23 & 39, 8th February 2025 went to the bar, my boyfriend was inside I went outside for a cigarette & the door supervisor refused to let me in to get my boyfriend, I felt vulnerable outside this bar alone & needed my boyfriend, the doorman became verbally aggressive &...
Aged 20 I asked a group of men next to me to move up as they were blocking my view. One of the group started verbally abusing me shouting, saying that I should stand up so I could see. He stood over me using his physical presence in a threatening way. A few of the group joined in and it...
Aged 48 2024 I was standing downstairs on the bus waiting to get off at the stop when a male turned round and said hello sweet heart, I smiled at him and carried on looking straight ahead, he wasn’t happy that I hadn’t carried on talking to him. He then started to ask what was...
Under 30 2023 I am the daughter of a farmer and was brought up in the culture. You don’t know what it’s like until you’re in it and believe me, it’s gotten worse but how much of that is due to the industry we are in? My world is farming and I hate it – I suffered catcalling and...
E Ellis, Aged 52-53 2023-24 The incidents involved a male neighbour who has also been reported to the authorities for noise nuisance. There has been more than one occurrence. The first that I recall was some time before Christmas. My husband and I sometimes shout to each other from one...
Aged 30
2013
I was working at an establishment in Lytham square. A male customer was leering/staring at me for a while. He came up to me and said “You look like you’ve just been impregnated.” I still see this man about. He gives me the creeps.
2019
Aged 36
I was walking down Queen Street, and passed two men standing in a doorway. One said to the other loudly “I’d rape HER.”