Dartford residents say chocolate-themed vandalism is taking the quality out of their streets

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5 postboxes around Dartford have been redecorated a chocolate treats, but the fresh wave of graffiti has left some residents feeling anything but sweet.   Oliver Leader de Saxe reports.

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00:00When some say life is like a box of chocolates, they probably weren't referring to post boxes.

00:07On the residential streets around Dartford, letter boxes have been given a new lick of

00:12paint.

00:14One being repackaged as a whisper wrapper and others decorated like Mars bars and stenciled

00:20with the Twirl logo.

00:22One of those five post boxes which has been vandalised is here at Temple Hill Square.

00:28It's been painted like a Mars bar and the business behind me, Zaza Barbers, is concerned

00:36that residents could be confused by the different colours.

00:40I think you should go back to normal red colour.

00:44They think it's not working anymore and they walk away.

00:47Because I'm a barbershop here and I see them, they're coming up there, close and after they

00:53just walk away.

00:55This is not the first time that Dartford's post boxes have been vandalised.

00:59I'm standing next to a golden post box on East Hilt that was one of more than 20 post

01:05boxes vandalised earlier this year in a separate spray painting spree.

01:12It's not yet known who is behind the latest spate of post box repaintings or the cost

01:18of the recent illegal wrapper revamps.

01:22But residents are divided about whether this vandalism is cause for celebrations.

01:29It's just, it's giving a bad name for it and, you know, not be fair, you don't see it anywhere

01:35else.

01:36It just makes for more of a fun day, if you know what I mean, it brightens your day up.

01:44It's not too bad, as long as it ain't really vandalising it, you can't really see what's

01:49going on in there, but I think it shouldn't be done anyway, but then I think people like

01:54banks shouldn't be allowed to do things on walls.

01:57Royal Mail say that they are aware of the vandalism and have carried out initial inquiries

02:02to understand its scale.

02:05They say they'll be carrying out further investigation and have been in contact with the police.

02:11But Kent Police say that Royal Mail has not formally reported these incidents and therefore

02:17can't provide any further details.

02:20Regardless of who's behind the recent vandalism, it's clear that the new chocolate look to

02:26Temple Hills post boxes has left a bad taste in the mouths of those who live here.

02:33Oliver Lewis, The Sats for KMTV, in Dartford.

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