AN ANGRY resident says travellers camped in a Southampton playing field have made play equipment used by local children impossible to use.
Christine Murray of St Martins Close in Southampton claims that since travellers have been using the fields, toilet paper smeared with human excrement has been stuck to hedges surrounding the field and beneath equipment on the obstacle course at the Lordshill Outdoor Recreation Centre.
She said: "It is absolutely disgusting. That field is in use every day and we can't even get on to it. It stinks."
About 40 caravans have moved on to Lordshill Recreation Ground over the past week.
Southampton City Council, which owns the land, has assessed the site and court proceedings will be issued over the next few days to evict the families.
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