Travellers

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Bet you dont live near Mildenhall, Q
"Man Arrested Over Travellers' Site Shootings
A man has been arrested in connection with a double shooting on a travellers' site near Mildenhall in Suffolk.
Police at the scene in Willow Park where two men were shot dead.


The 38-year-old attended a police station outside Suffolk on Wednesday night, where he was being held on suspicion of murder.
His arrest came around 24 hours after police were called to Willow Park on Beck Row on Tuesday after reports of gunfire.
When they arrived following the call at 10.15pm, they found the body of one man on the ground.
A second was found inside a burning car 20 metres away. Both had been shot. Neither has yet been identified."


Well, THEY seem like a nice bunch!

Originally Posted by Quedos

Yes it can make it like a ghetto or no mans land but there are very rarely any problems with them and they sort out their own problems

Sorry Q, dunno what the travellers you've come across are like, but this is not the same world everybody else lives in, as I'm sure this thread will testament. With travellers, gypsys, pikeys, whatever the differences are and whatever you want to call them I don't care, the only experiences I have ever seen or heard about involve a mini crime wave and a hell of a mess left behind if they do move on (taking with them a few of the local caravans, and leaving their own behind as burnt out shells).

The only travellers I like are the ones down here that travel alone as a single family unit and make their money by selling art and crafts at the roadside. They tend to be quite quiet, honest, and hard working people of high morals.

[Bri w]

One of the large building companies, Persimmon I think, bought an old school near us and demolished it a couple of years back. Then, as the recession bit, and they decided not to build. Every few months we end up with a site over the road. Typically they arrive a couple of days before a Bank holiday, giving themselves a couple of extra days before they're moved on. Sadly they've arrived early for Easter and have been there just over a week.

During their time here shoplifting in the local Sainbury's goes through the roof, Barb works there. There's agro in the pub next to Sainbury's, kicked off big style last Friday. And various other traders suffer, e.g. a mother daughter went into the hairdressers and had the full treatment then refused to pay. The hairdresser now takes payment before starting any work.

Staffing in the supermarket is doubled on an evening, Barb's getting loads of O/T. The pub has bouncers on the door... and for the umpteenth time I don't want the block paving lifting and tarmac putting down, and I'm not selling the f~@%&ing dog!

Now P!$$ OFF!

[Littlepeahead]

I'm sure it's just a coincidence that as soon at the pikeys set up near the stables where we kept our horses that the food and tack started going missing.

[punyXpress]

Morning travel report - delays due to signalling problems.
Why don't they just say the pikeys have nicked the cables?

[pookie]

well someone is going around drilling out petrol tanks , its 5 in the last 2 weeks.

Also a few people were removing the metal work from an old boat down the boat club..shameful really.

[yorkie_chris]

Anyone got a mortar? That would give them the hint.

[punyXpress]

. . . or what you used on the wasps?