So.... Travellers have ended up in our carpark!
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Why not just get a truck and tow them out?
: Duuu yaa likee dag's?
: do i like what?
: DUUUUU YAAAA LIKKKEE DAG's
: ohh you mean dog's
haha brilliant film i love snatch, Turkish had it right when he said "I ******* hate ****** me" hehe
but in all seriousness i wouldnt confront them youll most likely be the one losing as you have to abide by laws whereas they obviously dont give a flying ****, freeloading ****holes
: do i like what?
: DUUUUU YAAAA LIKKKEE DAG's
: ohh you mean dog's
haha brilliant film i love snatch, Turkish had it right when he said "I ******* hate ****** me" hehe
but in all seriousness i wouldnt confront them youll most likely be the one losing as you have to abide by laws whereas they obviously dont give a flying ****, freeloading ****holes
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quite often they will own the land perfectly legally though, in fact they will often be able to outbid everyone else at auction for greenfield sites
though this is more down to everyone else only bidding for greenfield sites for say agricultural use - the travelers will simply pay a premium for it then develop on the land regardless - councils can then try to get them evicted but then all the hippies get involved and various travelers groups and it all generally gets political
IIRC in this instance the land was owned (or at least looked after) by a farmer. It was his fields they originally camped in, in order to get them to move he resorted to selling them this land as at least then they didn't halt his livelihood.
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Persuade them to leave by throwing a petrol bomb at a different caravan every few nights.
Gypo's once made the mistake of setting up camp in West Bank, a "less salubrious" part of Widnes. They'd parked their caravans underneath a Victorian railway bridge over the Mersey, the span of which must have been approximately 80 ft off the ground at the point they'd chose to camp. Thus, all the local kids were climbing up on the bridge, then pounding them with bricks.They didn't stay long funnily enough.
On a similar note, some ****** set up camp across the road from the College I work at (which also happens to have a pretty rough school next-door).
After a couple of hundred chavs spent lunchtime pelting them with rocks they soon up and left.
Gypo's once made the mistake of setting up camp in West Bank, a "less salubrious" part of Widnes. They'd parked their caravans underneath a Victorian railway bridge over the Mersey, the span of which must have been approximately 80 ft off the ground at the point they'd chose to camp. Thus, all the local kids were climbing up on the bridge, then pounding them with bricks.
Think they moved to Runcorn. We got them in all the time when I worked at Cineworld
Runcorn can keep them. Matches the scenery anyway
Think they moved to Runcorn. We got them in all the time when I worked at Cineworld
Runcorn can keep them. Matches the scenery anyway
I don't think even Gypsies would bother with Runcorn
Is it just me or are more and more things are a civil matter these days?
kinda, it depends if the council has an official site or not, if there is an official site, then there is no legal reason for them not to be moved on,
I'd get the legal stuff started asap, the horns blowing is good, but it turned the cars responsible into a bit of a target, the only other thing to do is prove criminal damage,
As already said, make LOTS of noise, they will soon move on.
Ask a local friendly haulier to abandon an old battered trailer in the access to where they are, ensure it has a 5th wheel pin lock on it.
They will soon want to get out....
True enough.
I believe a common tactic is to get reefer trailers to park near them, the noise drives them mad (assuming they don't drain all of the red diesel from the fridge units first!!!!
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Ask a local friendly haulier to abandon an old battered trailer in the access to where they are, ensure it has a 5th wheel pin lock on it.
They will soon want to get out....
You want to try living in Shropshire!
The Gypos.. or 'Travellers' as you call them, often appear up at the Midway Truckstop near Prees Heath. They will stay on the carpark for weeks until the council somehow manage to move them on, they usualy leave behind all manner of carp which then has to be cleaned up
True enough.
I believe a common tactic is to get reefer trailers to park near them, the noise drives them mad (assuming they don't drain all of the red diesel from the fridge units first!!!!
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As already said, make LOTS of noise, they will soon move on.
Ask a local friendly haulier to abandon an old battered trailer in the access to where they are, ensure it has a 5th wheel pin lock on it.
They will soon want to get out....
You're going to give them a source of income doing that by giving them three or four tons of steel to weigh in. Brilliant.
You're going to give them a source of income doing that by giving them three or four tons of steel to weigh in. Brilliant.
A similar tactic worked when I was working at Creswell the other year..... Curtainsiders are about 7 tons btw....
Your right, they would probably try....
There is a gypsy camp outside Cambridge, that Fen Ditton residents complain about a lot, but they don't come into the centre. A few of the longer running routes round Cambridge go past it, such a dump. One does have to wonder how people live like that.
If any of their vehicles are untaxed they can be seized, just report them to the police or local council. Laws came into force last year meaning that vehicles don't have to just be on a public road for them to be taken away.
PK!