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Shocked today to hear about Davaar Island then couldn't believe my eyes when I was going home tonight and seen Campbeltown Boys AFC's changing rooms on Kinloch Green vandalised yet again!



Two years ago the Task Force very generously painted all of the changing rooms inside and out - the inside of the changing rooms are in very good condition now thanks to the boys at the Task Force. Unfortnately the outside has been the target of repeated attempts to break in, vandalism and even two fires! Peter McCallum recently painted the outside of these changing rooms and windows etc were fixed just for some wee ned to come along and vandalise.

For every good thing we see about the town and surrounding area some idiot has to go and spoil it!

Unfortunately its a sign of the society we live in. Two of the nearby primary schools to where I stay are surrounded by high, spike-topped fences and locked gates as it was cheaper to erect these (even tho it makes the schools look like prisons) than continually replace windows and remove grafiti from the buildings and playgrounds! However, the cost of a coat of white-wash against what could potentially be lost with the destruction of an historic artefact... it doesn't look good either way! Whats the alternative? Fence everything off? It may yet come to that...

This is more like the work of kids. Some might have noticed the spray painted signs the "parliban" that appear about.

It is mindless vandalism and wasting the efforts of people who like to do good in the community.

Let the little blighters clean it up and then bill the parents. I bet most of them don't even know what their kids get up to when they go out at night.

Well, every cloud has a silver lining...

Went along to the changing rooms tonight and had a moan at a group of young ones who were sitting there and they offered to paint it! 30 minutes later and the graffiti was gone and there was more paint on the youngsters!

So thanks to them! Ranald has a photo of them on his phone so hope we can post it soon.

Funnily enough I was going to post tonight to say the vandalism at the changing rooms does not mirror across town so please don't get the wrong impression of the town!

the p wrote:Well, every cloud has a silver lining...

Went along to the changing rooms tonight and had a moan at a group of young ones who were sitting there and they offered to paint it! 30 minutes later and the graffiti was gone and there was more paint on the youngsters!

So thanks to them! Ranald has a photo of them on his phone so hope we can post it soon.

Funnily enough I was going to post tonight to say the vandalism at the changing rooms does not mirror across town so please don't get the wrong impression of the town!

Rather, getting a good impression Davie! Good for those kids! That is very commendable.

good on the lads who cleaned-up the grafiti. theyre a great advert for the young people of the toon.

trouble is, the ones who did the vandalism will most as like just do it again. their parents probably couldnt care less so long as theyve still got their booze and fags and worse.

Here they are again, in the right thread this time

Well done to the lads who painted the changing rooms.


It is only a small minority of kids who spoil it for all kids.

I notice there are 2 good Drumlemble boys there - wel done to them all for a job well done

Yes so there are jillibabes, and they were never scared of a little work those 2, aye whats in the dog, comes out in the pup as the saying goes. Well done to all concerned, you'se done good.

You could pretty much guess who did that this town is getting as bad as Sitehill for neds.... sort it out cops !!!

In my day to day life I pass by or through "Sitehill" and I can reassure you that there is far, far, far more police per head of population in Campbeltown than there is in Sighthill.