I WOULD like to reply to the letter from Mr Jones about the drop-outs in town. Has he ever been subjected to abuse by one of these unfortunate people? I have - when I was with my three-year-old granddaughter - by a man who was banned from the town centre for the same reason. So I agree with Lisa Jenks - have a purge and get rid of these creatures.

Marion Jackson, Pilmuir Road, Blackburn

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