travellers

[john p]

We are currently trying to get planning on our land for two mobile homes, understandably the locals are having kittens about it, watch this space

[Mark J]

21 minutes ago, jose said:

Yeah right up to the point they nest in your back garden that u paid the mortgage for the last 30 yrs and they tip up, screw the rules and laws and end up saving on all the years of hard work and interest paid to the bank.

How many times do they buy  farm land, illegally build sites on it over a weekend and then apply for retrospective planning. 3-5 yrs of cheap living and then repeat.

 

and then the gov protects them calling them a ethnic minority! and protects them.

If joe public did the things they did we would be in court in about 1 hr flat. But they can take over community fields and it takes weeks to move them on, not to mention the mess they leave behind. 

The double standards stinks so bad you almost have to laugh.

 

 

Some of the most profitable work I've ever done was for Travellers. There's bad apples in every walk of life, prejudice helps no-one.

[eggsarascal]

4 minutes ago, john p said:

We are currently trying to get planning on our land for two mobile homes, understandably the locals are having kittens about it, watch this space

Get a few rare breeds in mate, maybe start growing Bonsai that need round the clock attention.......

[john p]

Get a few rare breeds in mate, maybe start growing Bonsai that need round the clock attention.......

Might start an asbestos tip site if we get turned down!

[eggsarascal]

51 minutes ago, john p said:

Might start an asbestos tip site if we get turned down!

All the same you lot.

[westphalian]

My next door neighbour farmer who hates travellers because he gets a shit load of grief from them, tipped asbestos in his old quarry, come tip, where I go rabbit shooting.

We are all bigoted, we all cheat on the law, we all feel aggrieved with our lot but some more than others.

 

Eggs, isn’t it a viscous circle that travellers chose to be separate from main stream society but then have a chip about it?

I would never have started this thread if I wasn’t pissed off with illegal fly tipping (and had a few cans)

[Vespasian]

It  would be nice if the good Gypsy's disowned the bad ones..   shamed em off their sites.  I know a good few who were christians and I'm sure for the most part they would like to see the back of the bad apples..

 

I caught myself wondering today about how different things might be if things were different..  a  gypsy camp turns up on a field, the locals curious about their arrival and begin looking for jobs to be done if they turn up at their door...  respectable community of Gypsy's and everyone admires their hard work and industry..   

 

Pity thats not how it is..   

 

I feel most people would love that to be the case..   

 

 

 

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, Vespasian said:

It  would be nice if the good Gypsy's disowned the bad ones..   shamed em off their sites.  I know a good few who were christians and I'm sure for the most part they would like to see the back of the bad apples..

 

I caught myself wondering today about how different things might be if things were different..  a  gypsy camp turns up on a field, the locals curious about their arrival and begin looking for jobs to be done if they turn up at their door...  respectable community of Gypsy's and everyone admires their hard work and industry..   

 

Pity thats not how it is..   

 

I feel most people would love that to be the case..   

 

 

 

I'm sure things would be different if things were different .....?

[devon TWiG]

I think the facts speak for themselves https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/12/too-many-gypsies-travellers-prison-education

[john p]

I'm sure things would be different if things were different .....[emoji846]

I reckon that’s a good note to finish off this thread!