Earlier today I walked along the Prom from Bath Street to the Pumping Station. At the Bath Street end a large group of young Italians were playing football on the beach, barefoot and with some skill. The girls were lined up on the touchline cheering them on and it was a nice, happy Summer scene. At the other end a bunch of local kids were also playing football. They had chosen the entrance to the public toilets as their goals and were blasting the ball off a plastic panel, to the annoyance of other people. I politely asked them if they would like to take their ball on to the beach instead and received nothing but insolence and abuse in return. The matter was reported to the police, who currently have a caravan stationed at the west end of the Prom.
Cue Epykat I guess.
compare and contrast
I don't condone kids vandalising things and being rude - whether they're Italian or Scottish! 
I remember being struck last summer by a group of young foreign students happily playing volleyball on the beach. Later they sang songs round a bonfire. Meanwhile local young people sat in a group a safe distance away looking rather disgruntled at the fun they were having.
I remember thinking - Wouldn't it be nice if they could approach them and all join in together? And the next day peace would spread all around the world.
I remember thinking - Wouldn't it be nice if they could approach them and all join in together? And the next day peace would spread all around the world.
Our lot were probably scared to have fun in case they got a row! I'm beginning to think Portobello's been invaded by alien adults who were born aged 25 (see previous thread!)Gedge wrote:Meanwhile local young people sat in a group a safe distance away looking rather disgruntled at the fun they were having.
