Gypsies ????????
Sep 10th 2006, 8:10 pm
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Gypsies ????????
This might be a silly question but i needed to ask 
We've just had a load of Gypsies arrive on our local football fields, they were here about 6 months ago and what a mess they left behind. Does Australia have Gypsies?
Stacey xx
We've just had a load of Gypsies arrive on our local football fields, they were here about 6 months ago and what a mess they left behind. Does Australia have Gypsies?Stacey xx
Sep 10th 2006, 8:15 pm
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Re: Gypsies ????????
Originally Posted by stacey and jordan
This might be a silly question but i needed to ask We've just had a load of Gypsies arrive on our local football fields, they were here about 6 months ago and what a mess they left behind. Does Australia have Gypsies?
Stacey xx
We've just had a load of Gypsies arrive on our local football fields, they were here about 6 months ago and what a mess they left behind. Does Australia have Gypsies?Stacey xx
Years ago, we had what was called swaggies(swagman).
Sep 10th 2006, 8:21 pm
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Re: Gypsies ????????
Originally Posted by The Bloke
Years ago, we had what was called swaggies(swagman).
Jolly ones?
Sep 10th 2006, 8:22 pm
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Re: Gypsies ????????
Originally Posted by stacey and jordan
This might be a silly question but i needed to ask We've just had a load of Gypsies arrive on our local football fields, they were here about 6 months ago and what a mess they left behind. Does Australia have Gypsies?
Stacey xx
We've just had a load of Gypsies arrive on our local football fields, they were here about 6 months ago and what a mess they left behind. Does Australia have Gypsies?Stacey xx
Sep 10th 2006, 8:27 pm
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Re: Gypsies ????????
Originally Posted by rugbymatt
Jolly ones?
http://members.optushome.com.au/rena...es/swagman.htm
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Sep 10th 2006, 8:30 pm
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Re: Gypsies ????????
Originally Posted by The Bloke
Nah, mainly just out of work. They were very prevelent during the Depression era, moving from town to town looking for work but generally never causing trouble.
So completely different to Pikies then!!! Ours go from town to town stealing, causing trouble and never bloody working!!!!
Sep 10th 2006, 8:32 pm
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Re: Gypsies ????????
Originally Posted by rugbymatt
So completely different to Pikies then!!! Ours go from town to town stealing, causing trouble and never bloody working!!!!
Sep 10th 2006, 8:35 pm
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Re: Gypsies ????????
Originally Posted by The Bloke
What gypsies or politicians?
Both! Where my mum lives David Essex is their representative. He petitioned for a block of land for them where a swimming pool once stood, then wrangled some alloy railings to go round their enclosure because they felt threatened, 6 weeks after the fence went up they had ripped it all down, sold it for scrap and moved on! Glad i pay my taxes i am!!!!
Sep 10th 2006, 8:46 pm
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Re: Gypsies ????????
Originally Posted by Clippies
Lol, oh god Stacey, whereabouts is that in Brum?
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Sep 10th 2006, 8:48 pm
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Re: Gypsies ????????
Originally Posted by stacey and jordan
Redditch, they seem to like us for some reason. We had some Tinkers that used to come every Christmas they were lovely. The kids loved the horses and they use to sell beautiful hand made christmas decorations, and they always cleared up after themselves.
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Sep 10th 2006, 9:11 pm
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Originally Posted by Clippies
T'other side from me then - phew
Come on Visa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Stacey xx
Sep 10th 2006, 9:12 pm
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Re: Gypsies ????????
Originally Posted by stacey and jordan
This might be a silly question but i needed to ask We've just had a load of Gypsies arrive on our local football fields, they were here about 6 months ago and what a mess they left behind. Does Australia have Gypsies?
Stacey xx
We've just had a load of Gypsies arrive on our local football fields, they were here about 6 months ago and what a mess they left behind. Does Australia have Gypsies?Stacey xx
Sep 10th 2006, 9:32 pm
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Re: Gypsies ????????
Originally Posted by stacey and jordan
This might be a silly question but i needed to ask We've just had a load of Gypsies arrive on our local football fields, they were here about 6 months ago and what a mess they left behind. Does Australia have Gypsies?
Stacey xx
We've just had a load of Gypsies arrive on our local football fields, they were here about 6 months ago and what a mess they left behind. Does Australia have Gypsies?Stacey xx
http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/200...s/gypsys_house
Last year there was a fatal stabbing on a gypsy site in NSW.
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Sep 10th 2006, 9:34 pm
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Re: Gypsies ????????
Friend of ours who's a farmer had some travelling folk on his land. He asked them to move on after a couple of weeks, they refused. Asked again, refused. So he proceeded to dump cow manure around the circumference of the camp, bar a couple of metres. He then told them that tomorrow he will fill in the final gap with cow shit. Lo and behold they left that night.
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Re: Gypsies ????????
Originally Posted by matt-and-jenny
Friend of ours who's a farmer had some travelling folk on his land. He asked them to move on after a couple of weeks, they refused. Asked again, refused. So he proceeded to dump cow manure around the circumference of the camp, bar a couple of metres. He then told them that tomorrow he will fill in the final gap with cow shit. Lo and behold they left that night.