Barcadia in Norwich offers fun response to case of vandalism

Barcadia, which sits in Prince of Wales Road, is a concept venue which was launched by YouTuber Peter Leigh in May 2023.

Since then, people have flocked from across the country to have a go at its old-school machines and sample its creative cocktail list.

Barcadia was founded in 2023 (Image: Peter Leigh)

Over the weekend, one of Barcadia's front windows was smashed and Mr Leigh took to social media to share his disappointment.

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After sharing his CCTV footage with the police, he decided to incorporate the damage into a new window display.

The smashed window has been decorated with comical characters (Image: Barcadia)

He used markers to draw two characters positioned to look like they had smashed the glass themselves.

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The figures have been fondly named Knock off Ralph and SF2 Ken.

The team wanted to turn a negative incident into something more positive (Image: Barcadia)

"People who cause this kind of damage clearly have their own issues going on but the knock-on effect to independent businesses like ours can be tremendous," Mr Leigh said.

"Rather than wallowing in it, we thought we'd just try to make a negative situation into something much more fun and positive.

"That's much more what Norwich is about."