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<blockquote data-quote="Buggerallbandwidth" data-source="post: 7499725" data-attributes="member: 129896"><p>Back in the day we used to 'snag' turnips (they were actually swedes) - top and tail and put four rows into one so we could come by with a trailer and pitch them in, two at a time, to take in to the yard for the cattle. Hard, back-breaking work in the cold and often wet. We had one traveller who would come and help year after year. He lived in his caravan at the back of the farm, with his wife and small child. Salt of the earth. This law would not stop this kind of existence ie traditional hard working (honest mostly) travelling families. </p><p>More recently, on an early morning dog walk round a local path network, was a mini bus type vehicle stopped in the middle of the gravel road next to a stable block, with the engine running. As I walked past I said 'good morning' through the open window at the female driver. She simply looked away and dipped her head so I could not see her face, so I carried on walking. Just then I noticed round the stables two youngish (10 to 12) children looking in everywhere. They saw me and scuttled back to the vehicle and got in. I took a photo of it and the number plate as it drove off. I suspect they 'teach' the kids what to retrieve, as they can not be arrested as they are under age. They know from a very young age what the law is, how to get around it and use every trick in the book to get what they want at everyone else's expense, for as little effort as they can muster.</p><p>Just an illustration of a traditional (now very rare) good hard working travelling family, versus what is now generally the norm for the 'mob' encampments. Their way of life does not need protection.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buggerallbandwidth, post: 7499725, member: 129896"] Back in the day we used to 'snag' turnips (they were actually swedes) - top and tail and put four rows into one so we could come by with a trailer and pitch them in, two at a time, to take in to the yard for the cattle. Hard, back-breaking work in the cold and often wet. We had one traveller who would come and help year after year. He lived in his caravan at the back of the farm, with his wife and small child. Salt of the earth. This law would not stop this kind of existence ie traditional hard working (honest mostly) travelling families. More recently, on an early morning dog walk round a local path network, was a mini bus type vehicle stopped in the middle of the gravel road next to a stable block, with the engine running. As I walked past I said 'good morning' through the open window at the female driver. She simply looked away and dipped her head so I could not see her face, so I carried on walking. Just then I noticed round the stables two youngish (10 to 12) children looking in everywhere. They saw me and scuttled back to the vehicle and got in. I took a photo of it and the number plate as it drove off. I suspect they 'teach' the kids what to retrieve, as they can not be arrested as they are under age. They know from a very young age what the law is, how to get around it and use every trick in the book to get what they want at everyone else's expense, for as little effort as they can muster. Just an illustration of a traditional (now very rare) good hard working travelling family, versus what is now generally the norm for the 'mob' encampments. Their way of life does not need protection. [/QUOTE]
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