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[vetran]

There is an area in my borough.

It is just not near me.

They are quite inventive you know. There was a small area by an A3 Roundabout in Guildford about a third of a football field , they moved in for months (25 years ago before express eviction).

The council resolved to fix it (after sending 4 lorries in to clear the rubbish) so they dug a trench round it, we pointed out that wasn't going to be effective with their normal profession in mind. 3 days later the Pikeys were back with a nice new tarmac driveway across the ditch.

There was a nice site down in Dunsfold but they had to pay tax there.

[greenlake]

Oooh I'm going to ask for some in my area

I think I'd prefer some of these....

[NickFitz]

I imagine being that close to Slough it's very un-white, but extending the council's Equal Opportunities Policy to cover the ethnic diversity of street furniture just goes to show that there are some people in the council who have nothing useful to do.

As you can see from the identical bollkids installed in Leicester in 2009, they're the ones the factory makes. I don't think the council had any control over what a manufacturer decided to do eight years ago

[Mordac]

Why not?

Iver isn't completely white you know.

I imagine being that close to Slough it's very un-white, but extending the council's Equal Opportunities Policy to cover the ethnic diversity of street furniture just goes to show that there are some people in the council who have nothing useful to do.

[barrydidit]

There is an area in my borough.

It is just not near me.

The councils Pikey Protection Policy in action there.

[MarillionFan]

Irish travellers?

Nah there isn't anywhere for them to camp.

They're not fussy.Any car park or amenity area will be fine.

[MarillionFan]

The white one is an Irish traveller.

Shortly to be found being offered takeaways and lifts in a local Pakistani's businessmans car.

[SueEllen]

IIRC, the council are obliged to provide a suitable site.

There is an area in my borough.

It is just not near me.

[barrydidit]

Nah there isn't anywhere for them to camp.

IIRC, the council are obliged to provide a suitable site.

[SueEllen]

Irish travellers?

Nah there isn't anywhere for them to camp.

[barrydidit]

Oooh I'm going to ask for some in my area

Irish travellers?

[SueEllen]

Oooh I'm going to ask for some in my area

[barrydidit]

Not that new - we've had them for years by one Leicester school. Here's a couple of them captured on Street View in 2009: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.61...7i13312!8i6656

And some more a bit further down: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.61...7i13312!8i6656

For the record, here's the minutes of the community meeting where their installation was approved: Agenda for Castle Community Meeting on Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 6:30 pm – Leicester City Council

And the Daily Mail did a story about them (acting like they were a new thing, though in reality it was just that somebody had posted a pic of them on Reddit) in 2013, when they presumably had as slow a news day as the Telegraph and the Beeb obviously had

So, in summary, it's just a load of bollards?

[northernladyuk]

Naturally they had to make one of the bollards "ethnically diverse". You couldn't make this tulip up!

The white one is an Irish traveller.

[NickFitz]

Not that new - we've had them for years by one Leicester school. Here's a couple of them captured on Street View in 2009: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.61...7i13312!8i6656

And some more a bit further down: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.61...7i13312!8i6656

For the record, here's the minutes of the community meeting where their installation was approved: Agenda for Castle Community Meeting on Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 6:30 pm – Leicester City Council

And the Daily Mail did a story about them (acting like they were a new thing, though in reality it was just that somebody had posted a pic of them on Reddit) in 2013, when they presumably had as slow a news day as the Telegraph and the Beeb obviously had