PARENTS are being asked if they know their children's whereabouts after 'drinking parties' were found to be reportedly taking place near a rural beach. Askam residents said they are 'extremely concerned' about the dangers caused by parties taking place around the Blacks Pond area. Over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, food packaging, drink bottles, glass and remnants of a camp fire were left discarded three nights in a row near the beach. A spokesman for the Askam & Ireleth Information Page is calling on parents to intervene if their child is partaking in 'irresponsible' behaviour. They said: "If your teenagers or young adults came home over the weekend smelling of campfire smoke, please have a word about where they were.