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Sept 2021
'Mindless idiots' vandalise planters in Harrogate
A number of planters on Beulah Street were vandalised overnight. Harrogate Business Improvement District is to replace them and check CCTV footage.
The planters on Beluah Street which were vandalised overnight. Picture: Bronwen Callow.
A Harrogate business organisation has criticised “mindless idiots” for vandalising planters on the town’s Beulah Street.
Business owners on the street arrived this morning to find the planters had been damaged overnight and they had to clear the mess up themselves.
The planters were put in place last year by Harrogate Business Improvement District in an effort to improve the look of the town centre.
Around 20 businesses were given floral displays as part of the project in October. The BID also installed 120 hanging baskets across the town, including Beulah Street.
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A spokesperson for Harrogate BID told the Stray Ferret that it was now in the process of replacing the planters and working with Harrogate Borough Council to look at CCTV from the street.
They added:
“We are very disappointed by this. This was some mindless idiots who do not care for the town centre. Our remit is to make the town centre good.
“We are not going to be put off by some idiots."
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