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It's kind of a thing now.
Yes, it's a group of holiday camps, similar to Butlins. Those of us of a certain age grew up with Sir Fred "Thumbs Up" Pontin telling us to "book early":
Then a bit after that I saw one of the same guys walking down my drive and inspecting my side porch. When I opened the window and asked what he was doing he said he was interested in seeing if there was any scrap in there he could buy. Baffled I said no and he left.
Turns out they'd been observing our routine for ages. They turned up in a car on a day when my wife should have been at work but by coincidence had swapped shifts and was home.
She watched 2 of them get out and assumed they were gonna ask to do the garden again, but this time they beat on the door really hard and she got scared so hid and started filming them through various net curtained windows.
They looked all round the house then went down to the side porch door and started cracking it out the frame with a crowbar. Middle of the day mid week, our kids in the house. My wife suddenly lifted the net curtains to burst out filming them and they ran off.
Had the police round and showed them the film which was up close of their faces, she described them all for drawings etc which all looked right.
Few days later they called and said the would be intruders were known to police but theres nothing they can do about them. However don't worry cos they probably won't come back now that we've scared them off. Cue weeks of my wife terrified in her own home.
From what a lot of people have said when I tell this story it seems a common response from the police, and thats probably why places like Pontins have to come out with ridiculous sweeping surname rules.
So what’s your opinion on the Pontin’s matter? Sensible pro-freedom that Pontin’s should be regulated to stop them from deplatforming Travellers, or far-left “private company, it’s up to them who the do and don’t let in”?
Pointing at "behavioural patterns" as a defense of this undesireable list is a fascist way to think.
Same as they would do for anyone else.
My memories of trying Pontins and Butlins holidays with my kids is that the only staff you ever saw were local teenagers and the general level of organisation was terrible ( Butlins in Minehead was the most godawful place I have ever paid for a holiday, big shiney attractions, hours of queuing and an 'apartment that had been trashed by previous occupants and not cleaned or fixed ). Good few years ago now but if things haven't changed significantly maybe some hands on managers to deal with problems as they arise, less of a this placed is already f****d atmosphere and less trying to sell you alcohol at every turn might help.
Because that’s what dropping the profiling would mean in the specific case I’m familiar with...
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
If you ever want to see them then they've set up a little village next to Crown Point in Leeds.
Sometimes their donkey wanders around the shops and surrounding street on a morning, but you've to watch out if it's dark because I've stood in its shit before.
Frankly, fuck the gypsies and the travelling community. I have never met a 'decent' traveler, and there are loads around this area. Constant problems from all of them, and their mates when they turn up (and inevitably refuse to leave, costing us a shit load of money to evict them and then the clean-up fees etc.).
Just a shame the police are scared of them and refuse to prosecute in the majority of cases.
I've no doubt many of you will be disgusted by this attitude, but quite frankly, I don't care. They are a blight on society (especially in this area), and it's about time they were cracked down on.