" Jim Carroll's insistence they are all in the mould of Ewan McColl's romantic lyrics."
Where did I ever mention MacColl's perception - my opinion of the Travellers comes entirely from thirty years of close contact with them - where did yours come from? (Don't relly expect a reply for this)
Why do people insist on distorting the opinions of others?
"it would appear that police were too afraid to take any action."
You mean they are to spineless to do their job; bit harsh.
More likely they were not being paid enough so they decided to move in!!!
As "Pikey" (the Traveller equivilent of "nigger") seems to be an inseperable part of Bluesman's limited vocabulary, can we look forward to nigger, kikey, sheen, wog, wop, kraut, Paki.... as part of these discussions?
Let's see how long the guardians of this forum will allow this one to go on in this tone, shall we, or those who think this level of racist abuse is not worthy of comment!
Jim Carroll