Gypsy funeral

Quoted from paulgtfc

There is a fair-sized gypsy site on the Leics/Northants border. Many stolen goods ended up there and the cops would not investigate. However, a massive raid uncovered expensive cars, jewellery + laundered money. The people that live nearby would not take Marinette's charitable view of gypsies; neither would people in other parts of the country that have suffered from their disregard for the laws of the land.

Nice to see a plug for the Waterboys - a top band. Saw them (again) at De Mont in Leic on last tour - 2 1/4 hours of great music. Great chill out

I can't remember exactly how much was recovered, but IIRC when the police dug up the tarmac on the site they found at least £1 million in cash on top of all the stolen property.

There has always been a big divide between the "genuine" Romany gypsies and the other travellers but it's sometimes difficult to know which is which.

I've seen one before in Gainsborough.

The casket was made out of something bloody heavy the funeral people couldn't lift it. Next thing you know a load of lads come out lift this thing into the church.

It was moving to watch the service, I was babysitting the vicars children at the time. What was more incredible was the array of BMW and Mercedes 4x4 etc.

There was a police presence due to the recent 'problems' associated with the traveller community. They later went into town for the wake and had a jolly time.

The previous funeral, they wrecked the town.

Quoted from paulgtfc

There is a fair-sized gypsy site on the Leics/Northants border. Many stolen goods ended up there and the cops would not investigate. However, a massive raid uncovered expensive cars, jewellery + laundered money. The people that live nearby would not take Marinette's charitable view of gypsies; neither would people in other parts of the country that have suffered from their disregard for the laws of the land.

Me included. Some years back thieving gypsies conned my pensioner mum out of £500. It worked like this; on the knock they found a pensioner couple and told them their roof needed 'fixing'. For twenty minutes 'work' they charged £500. They then went to my mum's next door neighbour and said they'd been working on Mr and Mrs X's house and noticed that her roof needed work. As they'd worked on a neighbours' house she thought they'd been chosen by the couple and agreed: ker-ching, another £500.

As the property is semi-detatched they knocked on my old dears' door and said work was needed. As she was under the impression her neighbour had contracted them she agreed. Ker-ching, another £500.

In the space of just over one hour these bastards had conned £1,500 from some of the most vulnerable of our society. I asked a builder friend of mine to look at all 3 houses: he said nothing had needed to be done and what is more, nothing had been done. To this day my mum is still embarrassed by the incident.

As far as I am concerned there can never be enough gypsy funerals.

Gippos are freeloading tramps. Shove your pegs up your bottom, get a job and contribute to society.

Never trusted them since when as a 9 year old boy, I was camping up in the Lake District with my parents on holiday. Such was my naivety of youth, but when a beautifully hand painted caravan arrived on the site, my sis and I pleaded with Mum to let us have our fortunes told.

Dad was dead against it, but we parted with 50p each of our holiday savings, only for me to be told I would have 5 kids when I was older  

Talk about being traumatised at a young age by the lying witch!!!

I envy the "genuine" gypsy way of life.  I just feel it has become bastardised by the "new age travellers" and people jumping on the bandwagon.  I guess the vast majority of travellers nowadays are not true gypsys thus leading people not to trust them. We must be a shame for the decent folk  

Quoted from Civvy at last

I envy the "genuine" gypsy way of life.  I just feel it has become bastardised by the "new age travellers" and people jumping on the bandwagon.  I guess the vast majority of travellers nowadays are not true gypsys thus leading people not to trust them. We must be a shame for the decent folk  

Well said. Pretty much sums up my views.