“It happens every year, it’s been like it for the last three years. “It’s often graffitied on the shelter near the cafe. “When it happens on the shelter I make sure it’s taken down straight away. It’s written in black felt tip pen, so when taking it off you’ve got to be careful you don’t take the paint off the shelter. “The council has a team for it but they always have so much to do. “We get a lot of Polish people in the cafe, and they’re really lovely people, always so polite.”
Matt Dent, councillor of the Kursaal ward, said: “It’s frightening and really quite intimating. “It’s got worse as we have come out of lockdown. It’s happening every summer, and has been for years. It’s a major issue at the moment. “A ban on alcohol could be the way forward and make all the difference.” Mr Dent told the Echo that groups of people drink alcohol all day on the mound, before “getting rowdy.” At a council meeting last week, Martin Terry, councillor in charge of community safety, agreed to investigate. Councillor Terry said: “I’ve agreed to have a look at it. It’s an ongoing problem.
“It happens every year, it’s been like it for the last three years. “It’s often graffitied on the shelter near the cafe. “When it happens on the shelter I make sure it’s taken down straight away. It’s written in black felt tip pen, so when taking it off you’ve got to be careful you don’t take the paint off the shelter. “The council has a team for it but they always have so much to do. “We get a lot of Polish people in the cafe, and they’re really lovely people, always so polite.”
“It happens every year, it’s been like it for the last three years. “It’s often graffitied on the shelter near the cafe. “When it happens on the shelter I make sure it’s taken down straight away. It’s written in black felt tip pen, so when taking it off you’ve got to be careful you don’t take the paint off the shelter. “The council has a team for it but they always have so much to do. “We get a lot of Polish people in the cafe, and they’re really lovely people, always so polite.”
“It happens every year, it’s been like it for the last three years. “It’s often graffitied on the shelter near the cafe. “When it happens on the shelter I make sure it’s taken down straight away. It’s written in black felt tip pen, so when taking it off you’ve got to be careful you don’t take the paint off the shelter. “The council has a team for it but they always have so much to do. “We get a lot of Polish people in the cafe, and they’re really lovely people, always so polite.”