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justabob

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Well it is all kicking off here, they have arrived. It is dreadful. We have been taken over by the absolute dregs of society.
 
We've just had Wickham Fair. Dread it every year. This year there was a huge fight and someone was shot in the head with some sort of catapult!! Yet this is accepted and continues. If it had not been a member of that society I am sure they would be sent down for years!!! It is just accepted from them for some reason... Beyond belief!
 
galaxy said:
This year there was a huge fight and someone was shot in the head with some sort of catapult!!
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sorry this just made me laugh! it can ONLY happen between those sorts that travel to these things (do hope the 'victim' is ok?)......

id love to go to one of these things, just once, as it is a real experience.....but some just ruin it for the rest and i dont think id be very safe turning up there by my self!!!!
 
justabob said:
Murder,shootings, rape, human castrations, lots of human poo.Horses thrashed to death, then left to die at the side of the road. It is a tourist attraction apparently.
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I sincerely hope none of them know where you live! :eek:

It's a big gathering of certain folk who take all manner of things there to buy, sell and generally rag about.
 
It must be really distressing to live near. I think I have read somewhere about horse charities being their to try and pick up pieces.
How awful that people use as a tourist attraction, I can not understand why the appealing treatment of the animals is allowed to continue, and I guess that it is the local residents who have to foot the bill for the cleanup through their council tax.
 
It must be really distressing to live near. I think I have read somewhere about horse charities being their to try and pick up pieces.
How awful that people use as a tourist attraction, I can not understand why the appalling treatment of the animals is allowed to continue, and I guess that it is the local residents who have to foot the bill for the cleanup through their council tax.
 
A wonderful part of the world to live in, idyllic, picturesque and peaceful

...for 51 weeks of the year

If you run in to Rileyboy tell him we miss him :p
 
WelshD said:
A wonderful part of the world to live in, idyllic, picturesque and peaceful

...for 51 weeks of the year

If you run in to Rileyboy tell him we miss him :p
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He is here as we speak, but in short trousers..................he is only 12. Well that is my take on him.
 
I can never quite figure out why 'horse lovers' go there. People I know always ask if you are going as if it is expected.... Hell on earth? No thanks
 
TandD said:
sorry this just made me laugh! it can ONLY happen between those sorts that travel to these things (do hope the 'victim' is ok?)......

id love to go to one of these things, just once, as it is a real experience.....but some just ruin it for the rest and i dont think id be very safe turning up there by my self!!!!
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Not true that it's always between themselves, my old YO was shot right next to her eye with one of those by a youth from the local traveller site, completely unprovoked. That's when she wasn't having to deal with the dead foals they would dump at the yard gates or trying to calm the horses when they threw fireworks into the yard. Police wouldn't go onto the site without armed support by which time John Smith was long gone (this was a small local official site...) so they did whatever they wanted knowing no consequences.

Nice...:-(((
 
Where do you live justabob? We are going on holiday on Saturday morning, travelling from Cockermouth to Liverpool airport...we've allowed an extra hour to get through Penrith and on to the m6, do you think that's enough? I don't think I've ever travelled through when it's been on :eek:
 
DabDab said:
I sincerely hope none of them know where you live! :eek:

It's a big gathering of certain folk who take all manner of things there to buy, sell and generally rag about.
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When I went I went with a few real gypsy folk who were dealing in harness. As far as I am aware none of them go anymore. To them they struggle too find the heart of it all. They went up that way to meet friends on the way up but apparantly many didn't go into the fair and made their own gathering else where knowing the guys I know, probably putting the world to rights. Two sold there wagons/ caravans at Appleby and said they won't be returning there wry sad.

It's a changing world I think for the real gypsys. And I think many are struggling.
 
lachlanandmarcus said:
Not true that it's always between themselves, my old YO was shot right next to her eye with one of those by a youth from the local traveller site, completely unprovoked. That's when she wasn't having to deal with the dead foals they would dump at the yard gates or trying to calm the horses when they threw fireworks into the yard. Police wouldn't go onto the site without armed support by which time John Smith was long gone (this was a small local official site...) so they did whatever they wanted knowing no consequences.

Nice...:-(((
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Lovely :( Maybe all the 'traveller lovers' here on HHO should attend Appelby and stay localy for a week :rolleyes:
 
justabob said:
Murder,shootings, rape, human castrations, lots of human poo.Horses thrashed to death, then left to die at the side of the road. It is a tourist attraction apparently.
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You missed out stealing! Lots of stealing and criminal damage, then there's the mess left behind.

Basically a festival for the lawless. :(

Don't know about castrations, but the fighting is another part of the fun!
 
An elderly friend of ours lives at Appleby, his house backs onto the river. He phones up in tears every year, he is terrified and cannot leave his house, yet can't move out for the week either or he won't have a house to move back to.
We wondered why he moved there but when he bought the house - 30 years ago - it was apparently not as bad and now he is stuck. Tragic that it is allowed to continue and I feel for anyone in the area.
 
Clodagh said:
An elderly friend of ours lives at Appleby, his house backs onto the river. He phones up in tears every year, he is terrified and cannot leave his house, yet can't move out for the week either or he won't have a house to move back to.
We wondered why he moved there but when he bought the house - 30 years ago - it was apparently not as bad and now he is stuck. Tragic that it is allowed to continue and I feel for anyone in the area.
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What an awful situation to be in :(
 
YasandCrystal said:
Lovely :( Maybe all the 'traveller lovers' here on HHO should attend Appelby and stay localy for a week :rolleyes:
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If Appleby is too far, they are always welcome to Moulsecoomb in Brighton, where certain types seem to think it's a holiday park and despite the installation of giant Biffa bins, the council still has to go on after them and clear up the almighty mess. They move between three areas, all of them sports grounds. Currently they're on a cricket pitch. I feel for you Appleby locals. Being close to Epsom is bad enough!
 
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