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The 'Travelling community' often get a bad press but is this the other side of the story?
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My own local foodbank have received over one and a half ton of food from these people in the last week alone, so far.
(and I'm the one having to crate it, mark it, stack it in the van and unload it at the warehouse...)
A couple of days ago I had to pick up 7 trolleys full of food from one of our local drop off points at Asda. (and several more trips since) While loading it in the van another van drew up and asked if I'd got room for another load, it was the travellers with yet another van full. Spent some time talking to them, they seemed so genuine in their desire to help others.
They (understandably at times) get a bad press but how often do they get credit where its due? Bet their recent generosity in my home town wont make the local press.
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My own local foodbank have received over one and a half ton of food from these people in the last week alone, so far.
(and I'm the one having to crate it, mark it, stack it in the van and unload it at the warehouse...)
A couple of days ago I had to pick up 7 trolleys full of food from one of our local drop off points at Asda. (and several more trips since) While loading it in the van another van drew up and asked if I'd got room for another load, it was the travellers with yet another van full. Spent some time talking to them, they seemed so genuine in their desire to help others.
They (understandably at times) get a bad press but how often do they get credit where its due? Bet their recent generosity in my home town wont make the local press.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Will do a trolley full when I get back to the UK for Christmas, but what you say is true Travellers get an almost universal bad press, but I remember them moving heaven and earth trying to get people to sign up the bone marrow register when one of the locals kids needed a bone marrow transplant. It's frustrating there's an almost media blackout of good deeds done by them because they do, given the chance, have a very generous spirit. x
In my 'trade plating' days I had many lifts from Irish travellers. I'd typically be holding my plates out when a Ford Transit would pull up, with four men crammed into the three seats up front. After a quick enquiry from the one nearest to me about where I was heading for, I'd be invited to jump in the back. Upon doing so, I'd then meet their wives and loads of children, who were all sitting on the floor. I'd immediately be offered cakes and sandwiches, together with tea from their flasks. (I always declined the offer of "Are you sure you won't take a drop of the hard stuff?" though).
After a really friendly chat, and plenty of food inside me, I'd suddenly find that I was at my exact destination, with the driver having taken a big detour to get me there.
Travellers were great for offering lifts, as were certain other groups of people, such as taxi drivers and doctors. Many hundreds of drivers wearing clerical collars passed me without stopping though. (I often wondered if they were on their way to preach about the good Samaritan or to tell people that they should love their neighbours!)
After a really friendly chat, and plenty of food inside me, I'd suddenly find that I was at my exact destination, with the driver having taken a big detour to get me there.
Travellers were great for offering lifts, as were certain other groups of people, such as taxi drivers and doctors. Many hundreds of drivers wearing clerical collars passed me without stopping though. (I often wondered if they were on their way to preach about the good Samaritan or to tell people that they should love their neighbours!)
Actually, kvals post reminded me of occasions some years ago when travellers set up shop locally. People used to be scared of walking a short cut, through them but it never bothered my aged mum and she would cut right through them without a thought. She ended up spending several evenings in their carevans having a cup of tea and a chat with them and was welcomed without question.
We had travellers in our pub. They were in N'pton for some reason and one of the kids were in an accident. The child was in the local hospital which we were close by.
Two weeks they came in and they filled the lounge bar everyday....and not a bad word said the whole time. I was sorry to see them go.
Two weeks they came in and they filled the lounge bar everyday....and not a bad word said the whole time. I was sorry to see them go.
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