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[raleighnut]

That's one way of looking at it.
Equally, the camps could be declared illegal because they didn't have planning permission, as was the case with Dale Farm.

My point still stands, just whereabouts are they supposed to go. It is a long ignored piece of racism that exists against the Travellers whole way of life and one that has never been addressed. There are laws against racism against Muslims, Jews, Blacks etc. but nobody much protests against discrimination towards Gypsy/Romany families.

 

[Reynard]

I has a hungry. Time to go and raid the fridge.

Just returned from a trip to the tip / recycling centre with a carload of tree prunings and a broken upright vacuum cleaner. The latter is very definitely non-repairable as there's a large spiral crack in the metal handle where it fastens into the base. Makes me wonder what the heck my mum was doing with the thing.

Had a poke around the bikes on offer for sale. Mostly junk, but there's a decent late 80s / early 90s Carrera hybrid (thumb shifters, 6 speed cassette, triple up front), a ladies Raleigh hybrid of similar vintage (5 speed, single chain ring) and a tired but fettle-able Pendleton single speed city bike.

 

[Andy in Germany]

That's one way of looking at it.
Equally, the camps could be declared illegal because they didn't have planning permission, as was the case with Dale Farm.

Trouble is, then they are between a rock and a hard place: If they can't get permission, and when they try they're refused, then what?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Had a poke around the bikes on offer for sale. Mostly junk, but there's a decent late 80s / early 90s Carrera hybrid (thumb shifters, 6 speed cassette, triple up front), a ladies Raleigh hybrid of similar vintage (5 speed, single chain ring) and a tired but fettle-able Pendleton single speed city bike.

I wish we had those at our tip. But then again, it'd be a source of much marital discontent as I kept bringing home "bargains"...

 

[Andy in Germany]

Wind behind you?

Must confess, I don't know the meaning of 'sprint'.

Are you speaking of the mythical "tailwind"?

 

[TheDoctor]

Trouble is, then they are between a rock and a hard place: If they can't get permission, and when they try they're refused, then what?

Agreed. I was just putting the other side, that it's not 'just nimbys' getting the illegal sites closed.

 

[Andy in Germany]

My point still stands, just whereabouts are they supposed to go. It is a long ignored piece of racism that exists against the Travellers whole way of life and one that has never been addressed. There are laws against racism against Muslims, Jews, Blacks etc. but nobody much protests against discrimination towards Gypsy/Romany families.

Are travellers and Roma the same group?

When I was researching for a storytelling evening I found that ironically Roma people traditionally got persecuted for being too clean: the culture is concerned with cleanliness so in less hygienic eras than ours they often survived illness that would go through the general population.

Instead of actually stopping and thinking there may be a connection between cleanliness and better health, the locals would then accuse them of witchcraft and cursing the town and chase them away...

Damned if they do, damned if they don't?

 

[Reynard]

I wish we had those at our tip. But then again, it'd be a source of much marital discontent as I kept bringing home "bargains"...

Ooops...

To be fair, they don't often get things like that in. It's mostly BSO or stuff that's beyond knackered.

 

[Illaveago]

Hevening all! I've just come back from across the water to a funeral . It was a sad day but it was good catch up with my cousins .

 

[Illaveago]

Brilliant picture!

Thanks ! It did turn out nice . It was almost ruined as a new Hitachi train just went up on the up line . If it had been a few seconds sooner my view would have been blocked by the new train .

 

[Lullabelle]

My point still stands, just whereabouts are they supposed to go. It is a long ignored piece of racism that exists against the Travellers whole way of life and one that has never been addressed. There are laws against racism against Muslims, Jews, Blacks etc. but nobody much protests against discrimination towards Gypsy/Romany families.

We had some travellers pitch up near us, cut the chain so they could get on the site, when walking past along the pavement you were treated to snarling dogs and aggressive looking grubby people, crime went up, the mess they was appalling. They were on a site of natural beauty by the time they left, the ground had been churned up by their vehicles, trees and fencing were badly damaged and they very kindly left furniture and bags of rubbish strewn everywhere, they also set light to a car which in turn set fire to beautiful old trees, the chicks in the nests had no way of escaping and the poor little things burned to death. The mess and destruction was awful.

I don't have an issue with their way of life but I do have an issue with the mess they leave behind.

 

[Reynard]

Hevening all! I've just come back from across the water to a funeral . It was a sad day but it was good catch up with my cousins .

 

[Reynard]

I am still trying to pretzel a poem. Who'd have thought that a mere eight lines and eighty two syllables would give me such grief...

 

[gbb]

Peace has descended on the house .


DIL was hospitalised with IBD, colitis perhaps, for 6 days. We stepped in and have had the 2 and 5 year old children since last Friday.
It's been a ball, it's been brilliant, it's been noisy, its had its moments of tears,....and tonight, mums home, kiddos have gone . Hot bath, relax and enjoy the quiet

 

[Andy in Germany]

Just finished the transfers for the bike.

If al. goes to plan (hahahaha...) printing will take place tomorrow...