Travellers don’t deserve the bad reputation they’re given (From The Argus)

Travellers don’t deserve the bad reputation they’re given

3:34pm Monday 15th March 2010 in

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After reading Rebecca Evans’ article (The Argus, March 11) on travellers, I actually thought how nice it was for someone to say positive things about them instead of the constant negative comments they receive.

I live fairly near their site at Black Rock and in between them when they are at the Race Hill. Over the years, because of my place of work and some of them being customers of mine, I am on friendly terms with them.

I see the same people year in, year out and have watched their children get older (who, may I add, are always pleasant and don’t grunt like some kids).

We exchange pleasantries and when I bump into them outside my workplace, a smile and a hello is always passed both ways.

In all walks of life there are good and bad, friendly and moody, big houses and small, so don’t judge people on their accents, where or how they live.

Sharon Daye, The Cliff, Roedean

I love to see the travellers at Brighton Marina with their horses and dogs. I got talking to some of them and they are really nice people.

I wish people would leave them alone. They take over the car park but that then houses 25 families, instead of a few cars in the car park.

I am a pensioner stuck in a nasty, noisy flat in a high-rise block. I envy their way of life and I would rather have them as my neighbours any day. God bless them.

Anna Monaghan, Essex Place, Brighton