Blackburn Quakers behind bars
Imprisoned by new fencing
Anti-social behaviour in their burial ground has forced Blackburn Meeting to put up railings, leaving Friends mulling over the irony of Quakers once more being ‘behind bars’.
The decision was taken following several months of noise and disturbance, which led to the grassy area by the Meeting house being littered with everything from used needles to human excrement. The troublemakers responsible had also harassed groups who rent rooms from the Meeting, driving several of them away.
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