Great Harwood residents are furious over “blatant bullying” as names and penises have been spray painted on the side of Morrisons.

Workers at the shop arrived at the supermarket on Saturday, November 9, to discover graffiti covering the outside walls with red paint.

Names were also written on the walls, and reports state that the people involved did not correspond to the names in the graffiti.

These images were sprayed all over the walls of MorrisonsThese images were sprayed all over the walls of Morrisons (Image: Sarah Nutter)

A father of one of the names graffitied said: “The children named are underage and they are not the children responsible. Their names were written to try and get them in trouble, and it is blatant bullying.”

Supermarket staff had to call in professionals to clean the mess from the walls.

Reports on social media also say that a car was targeted - a white Fiat 500 had another indecent image painted on it.

One employee said: “For anyone who did this I hope you're feeling proud, this is impossible for me to clean off, professionals will have to be called to do it.

“Everyone in the store works hard enough already and certainly doesn't need any of this. And as for cars, I have no words. I'll be hoping CCTV catches you and makes your Christmas less merry.”

An estimate produced by the Anti-Bullying Alliance stated that 40% of young people were bullied in the last 12 months, and 6% of young people experienced it daily.  

The organisation, which coordinates Anti-Bullying Week each year, said teachers need to be better equipped to tackle bullying to lessen the serious impact it has on children.

Martha Evans, director of the Anti-Bullying Alliance said last year that bullying behaviour is a "persistent problem" in schools.

She added: "We know that almost a quarter of children say they are being bullied frequently face-to-face, so it is unacceptable that understanding how to deal with bullying isn’t a mandatory part of initial teacher training.

"There are many examples of school staff who do a great job for the children who rely on them, but we must do more.

"If we get better at equipping staff to root out the problem, take a whole-school approach to tackling bullying, and make sure a senior teacher is leading the way, then the serious implications of being bullied can be lessened."

A Morrisons spokesperson said: "We are aware of the graffiti and are working with our maintenance teams to remove it as soon as possible."