To want to proper string these vandalising bastards up

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Growlithe · 22/05/2013 22:29

New Brighton on the Wirral has been blessed recently. A local artist made a pirate ship on the beach out of driftwood and other recycled materials.

It really was the most marvellous thing. Proper deck, massive captain's wheel, plank to walk, big sails. It was called the Black Pearl of course.

Kids were on it all the time. All for free. What a guy to create this.

Tonight it was burnt down...

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gordyslovesheep · 22/05/2013 22:32

I have been very saddened by this tonight - I am a New Brighton girl and my mum recently moved back there - my children LOVE the Black Pearl when we visit - it's just awful :(

Ledkr · 22/05/2013 22:42

Fucking idiots what's wrong with some people.

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Growlithe · 22/05/2013 22:43

We were only there a couple of weeks ago. It really was amazing. New Brighton is undergoing regeneration at the moment and this was a real tourist attraction.

The more there is there, the more people will come - and spend = more jobs in the area you stupid fucking tossers.

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gordyslovesheep · 22/05/2013 22:43

they are xxx

quoteunquote · 22/05/2013 23:01

this one?

Get down on the tide line, help collect drift wood and help build another.

Sad but inevitable, if you involve the vandals in the rebuild, they will feel connected to it, so put a call out for all the local youth to come and help find wood.

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Growlithe · 22/05/2013 23:53

That's the one. The call is already being answered for the rebuild.

Sadly, I'm sure the vandals won't want to be involved.

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quoteunquote · 23/05/2013 09:13

Sadly, I'm sure the vandals won't want to be involved.

When the local green space was being abused, I bought several sacks of bulbs, and other stuff, we did wood sculpture as well, and sound sculpture.

I had every teen and child involved in planting, I even suggested they try planting out words(their choices) , even the too cool reluctant one got on the bandwagon in the end,

We put the whole lot of them to work, took on their ideas, they are all fiercely protective of the space now, and no one has to monitor it.

If you get them involved they will 'own' it and it will have long term protection.

so even if you cannot identify the miscreants, get every single teen(pre and young adult) you can find, bribe them with sausage barbecues and cherryaid, make their contribution feel valued,

and you will find the project grows, and remains.

Flip