I have two issues as a late 30s member of society.

Last autumn I requested of a dog owner... why they had not 'cleared-up' after their dog on a Thornton park and had no intention of doing so.

Her poor excuse was she was in her 70s!

This week, I informed a pensioner in a lift in a well-known Blackpool shop that she had, deliberately, dropped litter.

Her pensioner husband asked why was I picking on her using language that I'd rather my eight-year-old (who was with me) had not heard.

Once again, it seems, this woman had no intention of rectifying her action.

What chance do the youth have with this generation as role models?

Sort yourselves out before picking on the youth.

I repeat, I am in my late 30s. Litter and not clearing-up after dogs are no longer permissible.

Ian Gordon, Thornton