Cropton playing fields graffiti

John Fareham and John Abbott have succeeded in having inappropriate graffiti removed from the facilities at Cropton playing fields. We have no intention of shocking anybody by quoting any of the scatological terminology used in some of this material; suffice it to say that when local residents assured us that these words and others were there, we reported the matter to the officers at once and then went to check the extent of the problem. Foul language has been deleted from the slides and arrangements are in hand to take a large, professional-sized graffiti-removing machine to the walls. Given that the appearance of such graffiti is not a regularly scheduled event, we will remain ready to pass on any further reports we receive from local residents as to problems like this in the future.