[Albion Wilde]

Jeweller believes his shop has been targeted by illegal immigrants.
The UK has labeled "travellers" and "gypsies" as ethnic groups protected by "race hate" statutes.

More on the UK problem of "travellers"...

War veterans' clubhouse faces demolition - to make way for travellers' caravans
A group of war veterans face being evicted from their clubhouse after travellers demanded it be torn down to make way for more caravans. The 40-strong group of travellers moved on to a plot of land next to the veterans' clubhouse last week following a council decision to relocate them. Members of the Royal Naval ex-servicemen's club are now in talks with Gravesham Council who will decide if the veterans are to be relocated permanently. The veterans, who have been on the site for more than 30 years, were shocked when the travellers set up home on a disused patch of grass 20 yards away....

ROBIN PAGE: This land theft by 'travellers' sickens me
Will someone please explain why some sections of the gipsy community are called 'travellers'? As far as I can see - and I live on a farm in the heart of the country - the last thing they seem to do is 'travel'. From my experience, they appear far more interested in 'settling' than 'travelling'. For make no mistake, the illegal traveller 'settlements', which can now be found across Britain, have become a national scandal....
Exploiting phoney human rights laws, lame legislation - and the Government's commitment to so-called diversity - a small minority are occupying land wherever they please. Instead of the Government tackling the problem, the ordinary, rural taxpayers, who are so often impacted by these settlements, are left to pick up the pieces....

[Albion Wilde]

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[Albion Wilde]

British Socialism: What Not to Do.

[wideminded]

Will someone please explain why some sections of the gipsy community are called 'travellers'?

Here in the US there is a group called the Irish Travellers, who seem to live and work in a manner similar to Gypsies, although I don't think they are ethnically related. Apparently they are in the UK as well.

They tend to be concentrated in certain towns in the southern states. During the warmer months the men do travel all over the country earning money from various work-for-hire scams.

I have heard that Gypsies used to be in motion with their caravans a lot more before the modern era, so that might also be an origin for the "traveller" name.

[Pilsner]

Will someone please explain why some sections of the gipsy community are called 'travellers'?

Travellers are Irish, or originally of Irish extraction. They are not related by blood or language to the Romani peoples, commonly called Gipsys or Gypsys.

[Myrddin]

Caravan is a English term for a mobile trailer. Think of KOA camp grounds that turn into semi-permanent settlements full of criminally oriented occupants.

[blam]

Do you ever wonder who is buying all the guns and ammo?

Why?

What will they do with it?

[Peter Libra]

One version of the name "Travellers" is that formerly the word "Gypsy" became an epithet. It was not so in the 1940's where I lived. Their brightly coloured caravans came and went. They sold hand made clothes pegs amongst other things. People shrugged and went on with their lives.

When it became a nasty word, travellers was substituted. This also separated the lazy phoney drifters, who are no more gypsy than I am. They cannot speak the lingo. It is estimated 90,000 of the travellers are not real Romany. About 5000 can trace their roots back to George Borrow's time(1880-1881) His works such as "The Romany Rye" Gypsy Putulengro and Lavengro tell of his acceptance by the Gypsies in England and Wales. These have a claim is descended from Borrow's Romanies.

As for the East Europeans, it is possible they do not fit into the category of pretenders. Czechoslovakia's problem is just what has been presented to once peaceful England. When the Human Rights Johnnies are done, there is just one word for many of them.

Parasites.

Regardless of that, surely this kind of thing cannot continue?

[Albion Wilde]

Ping to another “travellers” and “gypsies” thread.