portslade seagull
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Maybe they could stay in his ancient garden
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[Humour] Travellers have ancient right to land
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Kalimantan Gull
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I keep reading the thread title as space travelers and wondering where they have the right to land their spaceships.
sorry. as you were.
sorry. as you were.
sydney
tinky ****in winky
knighthood material .....nailed on
rocker959
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Likewise
el punal
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Recently I travelled on the Virgin East Coast train from Edinburgh to Kings Cross. Just after Berwick I noticed a permanent travellers camp. All was pristine within the perimeter fence, outside there was enough crap and rubbish to overload a land fill site. 
sams dad
I hate Palarse
The man is a ****ing idiot. He seems to think these “travellers” are romantic Romanies traversing the land in their horse-drawn vardos, eking out a living from selling hand whittled wooden pegs. In reality they are happy to live outside the law, overcharging elderly citizens for shoddy building or landscaping work, and using threats and intimidation against anyone who challenges them,
The Large One
Who's Next?
Oddly enough, they already do. Even though it's in a neighbouring council area.
https://bhcc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=81afe7d6c1ab4d7d8d8b2f621b81541d
We have had numerous didicoy incidents near where I live and every summer it's the same. What I would like to know is where do they all go in the winter?
Birdie Boy
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Spain
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
What "ancient right" is he referring to? I'm not aware of any.
alfredmizen
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Gary Leeds
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Well my ancestors used to roam the Downs and the fields of Brighton long before they were called the Downs and Brighton so does that mean I have the right to go and sit in his front room as it used to be open land?
Cotton Socks
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- Feb 20, 2017
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I've only come across 2 types of travellers. They are what i would call 'new age' travellers and 'shed loads of money' travellers (although that is not what i actually call them).
The new age travellers are generally found in car parks and hidden away spaces with absolutely crap vehicles & caravans. I have absolutely no worries when i walk past them with my dog and they even say hello. There are no quad bikes, no mess around them or the area and they generally seem quite nice.
The 'shed loads of money' travellers are generally found in the middle of public spaces with new cars and caravans, loads of quad bikes & a load of rubbish around them. There is no way that i would walk my dog through the middle of their 'camp', I've tried it once before when my dog legged it over to their 'camp' in the middle of Stanmer park. The quad bikers tried to run over me and my dog while they let their dogs start to attack mine. It was only luck that my dog is very fast and that a police car arrived with the Traveller liason officer as it was starting to get really nasty.
I won't go anywhere near the 'shed loads of money' travellers now and resent the fact that i don't feel safe when they are around the area and I can't walk my dog where i usually go.
I've heard that the 'proper' Romany travellers don't generally cause mayhem in the way that the 'shed loads of money' ones do and they try to distance themselves as much as they can from them. It would be an interesting experiment to get together loads of people and pitch our tents and caravans in the middle of Wild Park, to save on pitch fees & see how long it takes us all to be shifted from there, I would bet fifty quid we wouldn't be there 3 days later.
They have no more right to ancient land than I do & I'm sick of my council tax money being spent to clear up after the lazy ********.
The new age travellers are generally found in car parks and hidden away spaces with absolutely crap vehicles & caravans. I have absolutely no worries when i walk past them with my dog and they even say hello. There are no quad bikes, no mess around them or the area and they generally seem quite nice.
The 'shed loads of money' travellers are generally found in the middle of public spaces with new cars and caravans, loads of quad bikes & a load of rubbish around them. There is no way that i would walk my dog through the middle of their 'camp', I've tried it once before when my dog legged it over to their 'camp' in the middle of Stanmer park. The quad bikers tried to run over me and my dog while they let their dogs start to attack mine. It was only luck that my dog is very fast and that a police car arrived with the Traveller liason officer as it was starting to get really nasty.
I won't go anywhere near the 'shed loads of money' travellers now and resent the fact that i don't feel safe when they are around the area and I can't walk my dog where i usually go.
I've heard that the 'proper' Romany travellers don't generally cause mayhem in the way that the 'shed loads of money' ones do and they try to distance themselves as much as they can from them. It would be an interesting experiment to get together loads of people and pitch our tents and caravans in the middle of Wild Park, to save on pitch fees & see how long it takes us all to be shifted from there, I would bet fifty quid we wouldn't be there 3 days later.
They have no more right to ancient land than I do & I'm sick of my council tax money being spent to clear up after the lazy ********.
Good post.
Thanks for mentioning Stanmer Park, I will avoid if I see any ' shed loads' if I'm dog walking. I'm annoyed just reading what happened to you.
I had a discussion with a friend last weekend about these scoundrels that he used to have to deal with when he worked for a council.
We noted that we had both done plenty of travelling in our lives and had wild camped in many places. I have even pitched up in front of the church in Alfriston and was cooked a lovely breakfast by one of the residents!
The difference is that our ethos was always “leave no trace”, whereas - as others have said - the types that turn up in our city every year in their caravans leave a multi-thousand pound clear up behind them every time. Apparently, they also often enter into “discussions” with enforcement officers carrying knives and making personal threats. It’s no wonder they’re not welcome.
We noted that we had both done plenty of travelling in our lives and had wild camped in many places. I have even pitched up in front of the church in Alfriston and was cooked a lovely breakfast by one of the residents!
The difference is that our ethos was always “leave no trace”, whereas - as others have said - the types that turn up in our city every year in their caravans leave a multi-thousand pound clear up behind them every time. Apparently, they also often enter into “discussions” with enforcement officers carrying knives and making personal threats. It’s no wonder they’re not welcome.
Sirnormangall
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- Sep 21, 2017
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I hear that similar views about travellers were made by a member of the public on a BBC Midlands radio show last week,describing them as parasites. The leader of Walsall council agreed with the caller, but was then later placed under pressure to apologise through the BBC - why? It seems to me that the vast majority of law abiding / tax paying people agree that tougher action needs to be taken against the anti social and illegal activity of certain types of traveller community. Far from being forced to apologise, the leader of Walsall council ought to be to be praised but too many people are too scared to speak out.