Families living near Festival Park marina say their lives are being made a misery by boy racers. Residents have told The Sentinel how cars frequently congregate on the car park behind the Ten Pin bowling centre, revving their cars and playing loud music into the early hours of the morning.Pensioner Jennifer Boulton, aged 80, of Pebble Mill, said: “It is a bloody nuisance. They leave a mess as well. They open their windows and just drop out a McDonald’s or whatever. They meet at the Ten Pin car park. We get them on our private car park, eating their food, making their noise until all hours and leaving their rubbish. They are a nuisance. There was an injunction order for a couple of years. It expired and it all started again.”Neighbour Melanie Hulson, aged 62, said: “I have not seen them but I have heard them, the boom, boom, boom. I realise it is coming from that direction.”Linda Nelson, aged 69, of Lakewood Grove, added: “They are a nuisance. It is between 10pm and 11pm. They congregate and do the figure of eight. It is a car park for the Ten Pin bowling. I have rang the police a few times. They told me to keep calling. You can’t sleep. It has kept us awake at night. That is with the windows closed. During the summer, when you open windows, it is going to be worse. It is as if your floor vibrates to their music. It is a nuisance.”Staffordshire Police have been cracking down on the Festival Park boy racers for a number of weeks. They have had disperal orders – covering Festival Way, Marina Way, Etruria Road and Cobridge Road – for a number of weekends.PC Paul Seddon, of Stoke-on-Trent North local policing team, said: “We have already issued numerous warning letters to registered keepers of cars which have been seen driving anti-socially in the area and arrested one man on suspicion of driving offences. We are determined to tackle issues affecting our communities and will do all we can to protect the public from harm.”Anyone with any issues regarding boy racers should call the police on 101 or call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.StokeonTrent Live has approached Stoke-on-Trent City Council for a comment.Ensure our latest headlines always appear at the top of your Google SearchGet daily headlines and breaking news emailed to you – it’s FREE
Police wage war on Festival Park boy racers as residents hear ‘boom, boom, boom’
