Rowdy teenagers hold all night parties in South Down National Park (From The Argus)
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Rowdy teenagers hold all night parties in South Down National Park
6:10pm Monday 23rd May 2011 in News By Tim Ridgway
Teenager are holding “rowdy” all-night parties while illegally camping on land within a national park.
Youngsters have been seen walking up Southwick Hill in Portslade with camping gear on Friday evenings for a weekend of celebration.
Residents have reported hearing music into the early hours with dozens of abandoned cans and bottles littered across the countryside.
Police and National Trust officers are now conducting searches of the area to track down the culprits.
Reports of the late-night parties were first made a couple of weeks ago.
However, neighbours have said the music gets louder and rubbish increases every weekend.
A National Trust spokeswoman confirmed it was aware of the situation and had been in touch with police.
Teams are now clearing the area of rubbish while officers from both bodies are also conducting patrols to track down those responsible.
The land, which falls within the South Downs National Park, belongs to the National Trust.
It should be designated as public land but a by-law makes camping illegal in the area.A spokeswoman for South Downs National Park authority said it would work with the landowner to ensure it could limit the damage.
Comments(15)
feline1
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7:17pm Mon 23 May 11
dcsussex
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7:21pm Mon 23 May 11
Okay, the 'teens' may leave a bit of mess which would take perhaps a morning to clear up, slightly unnacceptable, but the gyps leave mess which is totally disgusting and totally unacceptable and usually cost thousands to the tax payer.
If I was a householder living near there I know which 'set' of people id rather have.
what standards do we set these 'teens' when gyps can do it for weeks but they cant do it for 1 night?
TheInsider
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7:31pm Mon 23 May 11
When the first three caravans arrived a lone police car parked up on the road and the officers watched as a few blokes got the jack out and started putting down the legs on the caravans.
The grown ups are giving kids a mixed message.
bug eye
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7:34pm Mon 23 May 11
John Steed
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7:39pm Mon 23 May 11
give the teenagers a bit of advice by all means suggest the rubbish is dealt with responsibly but a few kids in tents minding there own, reminds me of my scouting days, when the local landowner was helpfull and beer couldnt be obtained by 14 year olds unless it was ginger beer, yes in those days a few 14 year olds could safely camp out with out worrying about old bill, kiddy fidlers or boy racers stoned off their heads torching cars, yes society has come along way since then
dcsussex
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8:11pm Mon 23 May 11
No-one should be making a mess just to clarify that for you.
The point is why do the police clamp down on these 'teens and not the disgusting gypsys that camp up. I want to know why this can be ok for one type of person and not another.
jarmonesque
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8:19pm Mon 23 May 11
dcsussex
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8:44pm Mon 23 May 11
No doubt the new wild park human rats will get their bins soon.
RapMC
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12:00am Tue 24 May 11
If their scum-mums were more pre-occupied with contraception as opposed to cheap ciggies, bottles of Hooch and casual sex, then these hooligans would not have been born at all.
Mindless, drunken yobs who frankly deserve to be publically whipped.
Masterchav
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9:55am Tue 24 May 11
Censorship is alive and well in 2011
jaj
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1:15pm Tue 24 May 11
Mr_Tom
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1:25pm Tue 24 May 11
RapMC wrote:clearly sir.. you are a tw*t! I am from a reasonably well off background as are plenty of my friends and we used to enjoy nothing more than camping out and getting drunk on a weekend in the countryside! (because of course, 'rowdy teenagers' are clearly a new breed! teenagers have always been rowdy in my experience! it's half the fun!) and yes, I'd rather have kids having a party than gyppo's 'circling the wagons' up there..
These kids are absolute scum. Don't blame the parents because 87.3 percent of them only have one, so the plural is superfluous.
If their scum-mums were more pre-occupied with contraception as opposed to cheap ciggies, bottles of Hooch and casual sex, then these hooligans would not have been born at all.
Mindless, drunken yobs who frankly deserve to be publically whipped.
Mr_Tom
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1:37pm Tue 24 May 11
jarmonesque wrote:hear hear! hey, they aren't nicking anything, or in town fighting, or really causing too much bother at all.. tell them to bin the crap they leave behind and possibly turn it down a bit if it gets out of hand and there you go! seeing as there's bugger all for teens to do in the evening in Portslade anyway at least this keeps them off the streets! crikey.. is this the middle ages?? it seems that people have forgotten what it's like to be young! and it's hardly a rave going on up there is it (if it was I might start attending!)
Teens actually setting up camp shows they are pretty together, leave 'em alone. If the musics too loud ask them to turn it down, jesus. Has anyone even talked to them?
boblat
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3:23pm Tue 24 May 11
All you whingers should whine about this one, eh??
leobrighton says...
6:50pm Mon 23 May 11