Travellers

[captain]

Obviously Dale Farm is in the news at the moment, but I've come home to find that our village is now the preferred site for a traveller settlement of 30 caravans.

Irrespective of views of the travelling community, the major concern is the impact this will have on the price of our property. The settlement would be some 800 yards up the road from our estate. We're frantically trying to pay the mortgage off quickly in any case, as it is our only way to move to a bigger house, but this is now a massive concern.

I read an article that stated something about 'private land owners' withdrew their offers of land after too many complaints from local residents - I didn't know that was how the council provisions land for travellers, by renting it?! I thought it would be provided on council land?!

The news in the local public house is that the land 'proposed' in our village - a disused farm, is already owned by a promenant member of the travelling community. If that is the case, objections won't necessarily mean anything?!

[FireStorm]

Leave these guys alone.

The increase in crime and decrease in property value has nothing to do with them......

[tonupkid]

Originally Posted by FireStorm

Leave these guys alone.

The increase in crime and decrease in property value has nothing to do with them......

Disagree. Whenever they grace our locale, things start disappearing, except that is, for the mountain of crud and filth that remains when they depart.

[graynada]

Originally Posted by tonupkid

Disagree. Whenever they grace our locale, things start disappearing, except that is, for the mountain of crud and filth that remains when they depart.

I think he was being sarcastic!

What has always amazed me is why HMRC doesn't seem to pay too much interest in people who don't pay tax but can spend tens or hundreds of thousands of pounds to buy land, not to mention carvans/static homes, cars, weddings....

[tonupkid]

Um. I should have noticed the

[sloss]

Why are the Dale Farm ones still called 'Travellers' - they ain't travelled for 20 years or so.....

[graynada]

And some of their 'caravans' looked more like houses to me.

[tonupkid]

If they just called them people, we'd get all confused, and maybe think that they were people... like us
What happened to calling them tinkers. I thought travellers were more like drop-outs and alternative lifestylers

[Mick]

Got any scrap mate.

Is what I get at least 3 or 4 times a week.

What really gets me is as they are stood in the workshop they are looking round for stuff to take even though you have said no.

There is one that we deal with that gives a good price for batteries and cat's etc but the rest just seem want to steal stuff.

My 2p.

[Dezzy]

I know someone that has gone to a site with a transit tipper and stole thier scrap to see how they liked it