Latest Breaking News On - புதியது வாழ்நாள் பயணி - Page 1 : comparemela.com
Peterborough s Roma policeman who survived brutal discrimination to forge a new path for his community
cambridge-news.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cambridge-news.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The 5 Books That Mission-Driven Leaders Should Read In 2021
forbes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from forbes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
What it s like growing up as a New Age Traveller living on the road
cambridge-news.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cambridge-news.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Anne Goode (l) leads an anti-Glastonbury service in 1997
Credit: Karen Davies
Twenty-nine years ago, two Bristol-based documentary makers were casting around for their next project. Steve Poole and Bernard Hall had heard whispers about tension between residents in the small Somerset village of Pilton and Michael Eavis, the local farmer who ran the freewheeling Glastonbury Festival on fields adjoining the village. They decided to gently investigate.
The duo started regularly driving down to Pilton, 25 miles away, where they’d chat to locals in The Crown pub and visit Eavis at his home on Worthy Farm. On an early recce, they noticed that someone had erected a 30-foot white cross in their garden overlooking the festival site. The filmmakers had stumbled across a very English culture clash: the quiet and conservative village with strong Christian values versus the Methodist farmer with the vast Pagan music jamboree at which, two years previously, New Age Travellers had rioted, se
Flashback - A traveller group on land near the Kursaal building in Southend
The Echo has spoken with Chris Smith about his views on challenging the attitudes directed at the travelling community, following news stories about groups pitching up in sites in Southend, Rayleigh and Basildon, and the “Irish Option” making trespassing an illegal act.
Mr Smith is a 59-year-old Romany Gypsy employed in the learning disability care sector for over 30 years, including managing several different care services.
He is an Independent Advisor for Minority Ethnic Groups with the West Mercia Police Service, and is writing his first novel.
Why do you think so much racism is directed at the Traveller community?