Aged 34
2023
A man in his 60/70s said “wow you’re beautiful” as he walked past. I was not looking at him or giving any indication that I wanted to be spoken to.
Aged 34
2023
A man in his 60/70s said “wow you’re beautiful” as he walked past. I was not looking at him or giving any indication that I wanted to be spoken to.
Jade, aged 26 2023 I was walking up to Tesco with my mum when a van with two older men slowed down as they approached us, one of them began beeping his horn and I could hear him shouting “Oi blondey” and pointing at me, as I looked up towards him he then did a ‘blowjob’ type gesture...
Nat Aged 23 I was walking through the town centre with a friend wearing a skirt and tights a man and his friends walked past me, staring at me and my friend saying stuff about my legs and skirt. They said they’d love to sleep with a girl with dyed hair and tattoos like mine and...
Aged 24 2023 A group of men were walking past me at the bottom of the street and one of them stopped to watch me until I reached him. I carried on walking and they all started laughing as he made jokes about just wanting to watch the nice view and liking the view etc. They all watched me...
Emily, Aged 24
2022
I was catcalled by a much older man on Church Street (near the Brew Room) whilst walking with my partner. He was smirking and making comments about my body which made me feel very uncomfortable; had I been alone, I probably would have been terrified.
2023 Jen, aged 37 Whilst out running along Moor Park Avenue man in a van catcalled to me as I was running. When I got around to Bristol Avenue the same man slowed down his van to shout (what he thought were helpful) tips to me about how to lose weight, how to run better blah blah blah. He...
Bystander account by Paul Maynard MP 9/12/2022 I attended the Reclaim the Night march as I believe it is important that everyone can enjoy a night out without fear of intimidation and harassment. The second instance of catcalling I witnessed was on passing Ma Kelly’s where an older...
Bystander account by Paul Maynard MP 9/12/2022 I attended the Reclaim the Night march as I believe it is important that everyone can enjoy a night out without fear of intimidation and harassment. Because I was coming to join a bit late from another event, I had almost caught up the march...
2022 C, aged 41 I was walking into town yesterday morning (Wednesday 30th November) for a meeting, when a man aged about 30 started shouting after me. I kept walking as I didn’t know him and I just felt something was ‘off’. He got closer and he was calling “Hello...
2022 Aged 17 I was walking home with dinner in my hand. When I was crossing the road a man walked passed me and said I had ‘beautiful knockers on my chest’. I continued home concerned and then I noticed 3 separate men in different cars looking at me up and down and whistling. I was only...
2001 Aged 13
Waiting for the bus with friends and a man starting shouting things at us, asking if we wanted it. He was wearing a kilt and just got everything out and shook it at us. He walked away laughing.
1992, C, aged 14 A fire engine went past as I was walking past Bispham Police Station, and the firemen were hanging out of the windows shouting things like ‘Nice tits!’ and ‘You in the black dress, want a shag?’. They drove around the roundabout twice to make sure...
2010 Sam, age 20 I was walking from the train station to near where Wilkinson’s was as a man drove around the one way system at the time, catcalling out of his van window, as he wasn’t paying attention he then drove into the railings and took his bumper off his van and hit the...
2021 Elizabeth Wilkinson, aged 42
I walked along the street at 12 noon on a Monday, and a car pulled up alongside me and a man leaned out and shouted “Give us a blowie!”