Mike Odgers Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Reading the Plymouth Herald -a group of travellers have set up at The Bolitho Park (Plymouth Parkway) car park-The under 18 game for Saturday mornibg has been postponed and The SWPL game v Falmouth Town will be decided tomorrow wether to play or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JENGLE Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Why on earth is this allowed to happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobjfh Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Bolithio Park car park is a 'public' space and as such Travllers can and do avail themselves of the land. Simple fact is that Plymouth City council will serve them with a notice to quit and they will be gone by the weekend - I would suggest news is light at the moment in Plymouth and The Herald need a story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Blewett Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Interesting thing is, will they all get charged entry fee to watch the game. Every little helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Deacon Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 From the SWPL website forum : Home › Forums › Postponement News › Saturday 25th Feb : Parkway v Falmouth : OFF This topic contains 0 replies, has 1 voice, and was last updated by Phil Hiscox 22 minutes ago. Author Posts February 24, 2017 at 12:16 pm#11157 Phil Hiscox Keymaster Topics Started: 740 Replies 1302 Total Posts 2042 Please note that I have sanctioned the early postponement of the Plymouth Parkway v Falmouth Town match which was scheduled for tomorrow – Saturday 25th February. The reason for the match being off is that on Tuesday a group of “travellers” moved onto the car park and despite efforts to have them moved on they are still in situ This has caused concern about dog mess, waste, anti social behaviour and security and as such we cannot allow the game to go ahead Parkway are away next week so hopefully by the time of the next home match this situation will have been resolved Very sad to have to stop peoples enjoyment because of this type of incident ! Regards Phil H Author Posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECPL Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 There is a way to get rid of this scum. Unfortunately it is illegal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midlandlilywhite Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 It took three and a half years in my village to get rid of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppit Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 This must be the first time ever that a match has been postponed for travellers makes a nice change from a waterlogged pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 1 minute ago, hoppit said: This must be the first time ever that a match has been postponed for travellers makes a nice change from a waterlogged pitch. I do believe it's happened before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home Waters Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 18 minutes ago, hoppit said: This must be the first time ever that a match has been postponed for travellers makes a nice change from a waterlogged pitch. An unfortunate choice of wording hoppit, there is nothing nice about it. Just ask the residents that live 50 metres away, the families who are encouraged by PCC to walk their dogs responsibly, the families of the Under 10's & 12's who cannot play football due to dogs mess on their pitch, the thefts from the corner shop by 'children', the break in at properties in the area and people arrested and then return them back again. For all these responsible people of society who go lawfully about their daily business , nothing can be done. Welcome to La La Land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WendronOfficial Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 12 minutes ago, Home Waters said: An unfortunate choice of wording hoppit, there is nothing nice about it. Just ask the residents that live 50 metres away, the families who are encouraged by PCC to walk their dogs responsibly, the families of the Under 10's & 12's who cannot play football due to dogs mess on their pitch, the thefts from the corner shop by 'children', the break in at properties in the area and people arrested and then return them back again. For all these responsible people of society who go lawfully about their daily business , nothing can be done. Welcome to La La Land. So the travellers are right at home then?? Joking aside, terrible to get games postponed for this! Such a lack of respect from a society that is supposedly built on 'respect'. Terrible for the children who miss out on something they spend their week looking forward to, for businesses and residents. Not to mention the club itself, which is impressed a lot of people of late. Miss out on income, the risk of vandalism. I hope that they are able to move them on sooner rather than later; I've nothing against the folk until it starts to have a deprimental effect on the rest of society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivory Toast Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 Rumour has it ( heard it in the petrol station at Carkeel) that a couple of caravans have just turned up on the pitches in saltash next to Kimberly Stadium.. will have a look on way back from Callington ... bloody hope not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Windmill On The Shirt Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 Perhaps they going to Tarmac the carpark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 These people are the biggest pain in the arse you can imagine. Dirty sods, they will be clearing up their mess for sometime. They have no respect for anyone. Typical that this country allows such nonsence. Wheres Donald Trump when you need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Windmill On The Shirt Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 I hope the council get them shifted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midlandlilywhite Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 As the gypsies do not own the land the council has the power to evict them within 24 hours. Seven years ago in my village Meriden near Solihull travellers bought a piece of green belt land for 100k. This land was environmentally and ecologically protected by planning laws and could only be used for agriculture. However on May Day Bank Holiday weekend caravans, bulldozers, earth movers arrived. They put a planning application in on the Friday, five minutes before the Council Offices closed so that it would not be read until the following Tuesday. Meanwhile they would then contravene planning laws and develop the site with 40 pitches each which would include a day home/bungalow, mobile home and caravan placements on each plus parking for lorries etc. Our MP got a block by the Council to stop the digging on the Saturday and us locals stopped 90 lorries of hard core from entering the site. She then got a High Court Order to prevent any future development until planning was approved. Thes gypsies live in 5 bedroom houses in a neighbouring village claiming they had nowhere to live. It was a greed not a need development in whch they were set to make upto £10 million. As a village we pulled together, formed an action group of about 100 people which watched the site 24 hours a day for three and a half years. During that time they cut down protected trees and hedges, ruined protected wildlife sites which were home to great crested newts ,messed up the site and were abusive to us. They had a total disrespect for environment and the local population They lost their applications, appeals to the Council and High courts using legal aid (when they had far more money than us), we won 22/22 cases. We went to the European Parliament and Courts of Human Rights in Strasbourg protesting we had rights too and met with the Givernment minister in Westminster. As a result we were on National TV and press as a group of people fighting for their rights. I am pleased to say that we finally won, the gypsies were forced to give up and then had to sell the land to local people, making a substantial loss. Sorry to bring this up on a football forum but it is related to the Parkway issue and illustrates what devious people they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Nice work. Good to hear. But look at the effort involved to deal with such rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midlandlilywhite Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Yes it took ages but we had a well organised campaign with over 100 members. We raised over £100k in fund raising and donations from all over the world and were able to pay for our own barrister, the gypsies of course got legal aid for theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midlandlilywhite Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 A pile of putrid smelling silage aside a few caravans has worked on farms around our village. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherwontletmegoargyle Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 See Herald online reporting travellers on land at Marjon. This mean Saturdays game may be in doubt.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WendronOfficial Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 8 hours ago, motherwontletmegoargyle said: See Herald online reporting travellers on land at Marjon. This mean Saturdays game may be in doubt.? Maybe they are after a degree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherwontletmegoargyle Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 Bit of a university challenge shifting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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