Tonight...my big fat gypsy wedding
19 February 2010, 02:53 PM
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It's hard to be objective about travellers when you have so many negative experiences. We used to get groups of them parking up on the village playing fields and other areas and completely wrecking the place. They arrived in the village like a hurricane - fighting and stealing in the pubs, nicking stuff from peoples gardens , they even tried to nick the local pub's dog (until the police retrieved him, with a bunch of other stuff).
This happened year after year with all different traveller groups - it's hard not to prejudge when you live in fear of the buggers returning!
Ps my great grandmother was a Roma gypsey - all a bit different in those tomes though
This happened year after year with all different traveller groups - it's hard not to prejudge when you live in fear of the buggers returning!
Ps my great grandmother was a Roma gypsey - all a bit different in those tomes though
19 February 2010, 03:36 PM
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I don't understand that. Most of them haven't had their births registered, pay no tax or NI, yet they are allowed to claim benefits - taking money from people who need it, when they don't even contribute a penny into the system??
As far as them all being bad, they are not. There are good and bad in all, and I have come across some evil people from within my own sector of society.
It's a cycle of deprivation and the girls mainly are very oppressed. They lead far from normal lives, and that doesn't seem like they choose to live that way. They seem to be living in fear.
To me that program made it seem more like a cult than a culture. Stopping the younger generations having a taste for 'country' life where they might stray.
I have been in a situation where I was in the company of several gypsy girls, and no, it was not nice. Far from it in fact.
However, I have also been in a relationship with someone who was of gypsy heritage and their family were all nice people.
I am not defending them, however I don't feel that they are all the same.
As far as them all being bad, they are not. There are good and bad in all, and I have come across some evil people from within my own sector of society.
It's a cycle of deprivation and the girls mainly are very oppressed. They lead far from normal lives, and that doesn't seem like they choose to live that way. They seem to be living in fear.
To me that program made it seem more like a cult than a culture. Stopping the younger generations having a taste for 'country' life where they might stray.
I have been in a situation where I was in the company of several gypsy girls, and no, it was not nice. Far from it in fact.
However, I have also been in a relationship with someone who was of gypsy heritage and their family were all nice people.
I am not defending them, however I don't feel that they are all the same.
Not sure if they were travellers or Gypsies as they say there is a difference
I'm afraid that has made me very, very intolerant of them. Even when they get to our neck of the woods once or twice a year, everyone has extra locks on the doors, windows etc and the cars are always garaged
20 February 2010, 10:06 AM
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I have no idea how it works. To be honest I don't have a lot of time for them. When I was expecting my Son, I went to the local hospital for a scan. Opposite the hospital was "the Town Moor" and once a year a massive travelling fair is there for one week. We came out from the scan to notice all and I mean all the cars in that particular hospital car park had been broken into and contents/steroes etc taken. I had to do the journey home, sitting in a load of glass from the broken window. Coincidence, I think not.
Not sure if they were travellers or Gypsies as they say there is a difference
I'm afraid that has made me very, very intolerant of them. Even when they get to our neck of the woods once or twice a year, everyone has extra locks on the doors, windows etc and the cars are always garaged
Not sure if they were travellers or Gypsies as they say there is a difference
I'm afraid that has made me very, very intolerant of them. Even when they get to our neck of the woods once or twice a year, everyone has extra locks on the doors, windows etc and the cars are always garaged
Again, the city I now live in has several permanent camps set up, but to be fair the residents there, are no different to some of the complete and utter wasters living elsewhere in the local area.
I do not judge them all 'just because'. I will give them their time, like I will everyone else. If you turn out to be a **** or a thieving gypsy then fair enough. But you would not believe how far respect goes in their culture.
Its a bit of a twisted form of mafia, where 'keeping it in the family' definatly seems to be the key.
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20 February 2010, 10:31 AM
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We have a few of the older ones in our town at the minute selling heather and offering palm readings. Offer them a quid and they will tell you to cross their palm with paper money, tell them you don't have any notes and they go off on one
Although they are no more annoying than the Romanians trying to sell bloody great fake sovereign gold rings..
I remember the days when you could go in town without being harrased by anyone, sixpence would get you into the cinema, a bag of fish and chips after and a gob stopper
Although they are no more annoying than the Romanians trying to sell bloody great fake sovereign gold rings..
I remember the days when you could go in town without being harrased by anyone, sixpence would get you into the cinema, a bag of fish and chips after and a gob stopper
20 February 2010, 01:36 PM
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We have a few of the older ones in our town at the minute selling heather and offering palm readings. Offer them a quid and they will tell you to cross their palm with paper money, tell them you don't have any notes and they go off on one
Although they are no more annoying than the Romanians trying to sell bloody great fake sovereign gold rings..
I remember the days when you could go in town without being harrased by anyone, sixpence would get you into the cinema, a bag of fish and chips after and a gob stopper
Although they are no more annoying than the Romanians trying to sell bloody great fake sovereign gold rings..
I remember the days when you could go in town without being harrased by anyone, sixpence would get you into the cinema, a bag of fish and chips after and a gob stopper
It's true, I agree totally! I went into Telford yesterday and I felt more harassed by people wanting me to set up as an avon lady, somene wanting me toget my eye brows shaped my some elderly woman using dental floss and the umpteen idiots asking me if I have every had an injury, or that sky tv is better than virgin media.
20 February 2010, 03:12 PM
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