There is a major vandalism problem in Gamlingay and it is costing the people in the village
a lot of money.
Examples of problems that have occurred in only a few days follow:
- the fence enclosing the children’s play area at the Butts has been smashed in five places.
- four steps to the slide have been destroyed
- fires have been lit on the safety tiles and also on the safety surfacing under the roundabout.
- the safety surface under the roundabout has been torn up.
- the football goal posts have been torn up and damaged.
- the brick built electrical box adjacent to the football pitch has been smashed.
- a garden table and attached seats which ended up in the area, have been smashed and burned.
- the cemetery was recently extended to provide a formal cremated remains area. Part of the turfed area has been killed.
- the concrete posted road name sign at St. Mary’s has been taken up.
- one very substantial grave stone has been smashed.
- the walls of the Community Centre are covered with graffiti
- wooden cladding has been removed from the Community Centre and smashed.
The young people causing these problems are generally the children of people living in
Gamlingay. Are you sure that is not your child that is causing such wanton destruction?
The Parish Council has the names of some of the young people involved and the Police will be contacting their families but it would save a great deal of expense, heartache and time if the families involved took responsibility for providing firm boundaries in which their children can develop instead of condoning such totally unacceptable behaviour.
