PARENTS are being asked if they know where their youngsters are at night after an illicit party at Hawcoat Park in Barrow led to bottles and drug paraphernalia being strewn around and criminal damage caused.

Hawcoat Park Sports Club put out an appeal to parents in Barrow after they said a party was staged on the park’s grounds last Saturday – just three days after the second national lockdown restrictions kicked in.

As a result, a host of litter, including empty bottles of vodka, was left behind.

The sports club has said there was also criminal damage.

They have now asked for help from parents.

In a statement on Facebook the club said: “These pictures show the aftermath of what can only be described as a large-scale party, which took place in our grounds last Saturday night (third day of the current lockdown).

“Evidence of alcohol consumption including empty bottles of vodka, rum and wine, substance misuse (nitrous oxide canisters) and criminal damage.

“Our hard-working volunteers have enough to do without this added clearing up.

“Do you allow your teenage offspring out? Do they know they are only allowed to meet one other person?

“I heard some parents have even dropped their teens off at the club.

“Police are stepping up their patrols in the area, but we would ask for support from parents too.”

Alan Pemberton, borough councillor for Hawcoat, said: “I think it is terrible – there is so much vandalism going on in the town at the moment.

“There was vandalism at Furness Golf Club not too long ago as well.

“We have got to do something about it, really.

“However, this is a minority of the teenagers we have in the area. We have so many great young people in this town who do charity work and other brilliant things.

“They all seem to get tarred with the same brush.

“The good work that has been done is being destroyed by those doing this vandalism and littering.

“We have just got to get a grip of this and make sure that they do not do it again.”

At the end of last month police were investigating criminal damage at Furness Golf Club on Walney between October 20 and 21.

“It came so close to Armistice Day, thinking about all the young men who went to war and lost their lives, so these children had freedom.

“People have given their lives for these youngsters, so they need to respect that and start behaving.”