South Yorkshire Times June 14, 1958

Keeping Watch
After Vandalism at Denaby

Officials of Conisbrough Urban Council and the police are keeping a weather eye on the Northcliffe children’s swing park at Denaby, following acts of vandalism on property in the park.

The side of a shed was taken off and carried away, another large wooden building was completely broken and a children’s spinning wheel and the ‘ocean wave’ have been badly damaged.

Mr. Cyril Rich, Baths and Parks Superintendent, told a “South Yorkshire Times” reporter on Monday that the shed, which was used as a first aid post and for the park, attendant (there is no attendant now) had to be removed, as it w so badly damaged.

He said the side measured about six feet square. A sweets and ice cream kiosk weak, measuring about 12 feet across had been completely pulled down and wrecked.

Mr. Rich said it was not, apparently the work of schoolchildren but of youths.