I WOULD like to draw the attention of your readers to something that was discovered in St James' Churchyard last week. Someone had smeared human excreta over the lock to the church doors.

Somewhere, in our area, we have a person who, not only is completely without any form decent upbringing, but who is also very sick.

To the person who did this, I would like to ask a couple of questions. Did your parents actually teach you to behave like this and would they be proud of you for doing it?

Were you on your own when you did, it or did you have friends daring you to do it? Either way, no one with an ounce of decency feels anything but disgust and revulsion.

M J ROGERS, Holden Fold, Darwen.

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