Travellers leave mess despite reassurances (From Bucks Free Press)
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Travellers leave mess despite reassurances
5:40pm Thursday 4th September 2008 in
RUBBISH has been dumped in a field occupied illegally by travellers - despite their reassurances it would be cleaned up.
Half-a-dozen caravans were parked on the land near the junction of Hughenden Valley Road and Cryers Hill Lane in Hughenden last Thursday.
Residents were anxious for the travellers to leave after another group left rubbish, including human faeces, in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beatuty in May.
The visitors have now packed-up and gone but left mounds of rubbish.
A TV, settee and fridge were among the items left behind.
Just this week one of the travellers said: “We don’t leave mess, we only bring back firewood. We black bag rubbish and leave it by the gate for the council to pick up.
“I came from Glasgow yesterday and there were no sites along the way at all. Other parts of the country drop off a skip and portable loos as some caravans don’t have toilets so they use the hedge.
“Down here they don’t seem to do it. For three years we have been trying to get on to a site. I’ve tried from the bottom of the country to Scotland. I’ve got my name on 30 waiting lists. One particular site has a 15-year-waiting list.”
The land is made up of strips owned by around 60 landowners.
Comments(10)
Melanie1
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6:54pm Thu 4 Sep 08
ivor
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8:19pm Thu 4 Sep 08
Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “Your Say” link at the top of the page then click on the “Blogs” link.
Blaze Falconburger
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10:04pm Thu 4 Sep 08
SDJones
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6:13am Fri 5 Sep 08
Regular Poster
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7:35am Fri 5 Sep 08
deckard
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8:01am Fri 5 Sep 08
Nothing will happen, always go for the easy targets
Tharus Bond
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8:20am Fri 5 Sep 08
A few years ago there was a story of a farmer who had these "travellers" break into one of his fields. He got onto the police about it and they said they couldn't do anything. A few weeks later the police are knocking on the door saying he has an illegal campsite on his land.
Kadoogan
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9:33am Fri 5 Sep 08
john_b
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9:37am Fri 5 Sep 08
Red Fred
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11:04am Fri 5 Sep 08
I wonder if all the coppers are happy that the job they signed up to do...
Catching criminals
Making society safer
Looking after the vulnerable
...has instead, turned into sneaking around in speed vans, and leaving the poor powerless PCSOs to walk the beat.
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