Posted on 06/30/2015 12:23:05 PM PDT by pabianice
Rough-sleeping Eastern Europeans have been pictured camping at a memorial to victims of the 7/7 London bombings – eating dinner off the plaque and even using the site as a makeshift toilet – on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
The homeless group were branded 'deeply disrespectful' by survivors after being caught on camera cluttering the Hyde Park memorial with their sleeping bags and suitcases, seemingly oblivious to what it represents.
One witness told how a mourner had gone to pay their respects early one morning only to be confronted by a 'rubbish heap' at the memorial Prime Minister David Cameron is due to visit next week.
Anniversary events are being held to remember the victims of the 2005 suicide bomb attacks on three Tube trains and a bus in Tavistock Square.
The photographs have sparked outrage among survivors and families of the victims.
Jacqui Putnam, who was on a train at Edgware Road that killed six people, told the Evening Standard: 'This is shocking behaviour and deeply offensive to the families of those who died and the survivors. It does not matter where these people are from, this is obviously a memorial and they are being deeply disrespectful. More needs to be done to protect the memorial.'
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They appear to be Amish.......................
Those are not homeless.
They are gypsies.
How narrow-minded of them. They need to embrace the diversity. /s
Prezactly. Had to deal with them in Poland when I visited there.
“Eastern European” is dog whistle/code word for gypsies.
They are Gypsies,or Travelers.
Sinbad the global corporate boss calls the shots now.
They don't have wagons anymore?...................;^)
Who let the gypsies in the country? this is what they do. Kick them out.
OMG,I forgot about them. I remember my mother-in-law talking about the Tinkers’ wagons in Ireland.
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Why do they call the ‘Irish Travelers’ when they are not from Ireland?.........
I thought they originated in Ireland as the gang of them that flourishes in North Carolina do.
Who really knows ?
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To go all the way back, they began in India................
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people
There’s not a shortage of reasons gypsies are loathed in Europe. A Romanian I knew once told of one of their traditions back home: putting gypsies in a garbage can and rolling them down a hill!
Those are the tinkers, or “Irish gypsies”. Completely different origin, but similar lifestyles.
No, the tinkers in Ireland were not really gypsies. They were descendants of people who had been displaced from their land by the English, but they were of Irish blood.
The Irish Travelers in the US are of Irish blood, it appears.
There are Hungarian gypsies, too. Although many didn’t make it past Hitler.
Thanks for all of the info.
I worked for a phone company and we were all aware of the gypsies. They all had the same two surnames in our area (MA). They mailed cash or used money orders. Strange.
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