Last year, some travellers appeared on the Adur Recreation ground.
I help to run the model car club there.
We were a little nervous, but invited them over, let them have a go with the radio control models, talked about the technicalities of racing and controling a 10th scale car.
Generally treated them as good neighbors.
That night, our storage container at the track was jemmied open, windows smashed, fence cut down, and over two grands worth of equipment stolen, including the generator, model car spares, all the choccie and drinks which we stock for our club members.
We dipped into our own pockets to replace the genny, but the rest of it, the club has just had to write off.
You'll probably reply now that there is no evidence that it was the travellers, and it's all a huge coincidence.
The fact is, they are scum, with no respect for others hard work and endeavour, treating the world as if it owes them stuff they don't want to work for.
All the while we let them get away with it, they will carry on.
This isn't racist, and to suggest it is, is really disingenuous. A way of closing down a hard conversation which you don't want to have.
