Essex Home owners VS Travellers | At War With Next Door | FULL episode | S1E2 

The other side of the fence next to the site was absolutely covered in trash! They may keep their caravans clean and tidy but they don’t have the same respect for the land outside their sites.. and that rubbish clearly left by them proves it!

10 caravans illegally stayed on our local park for a week. They left trash, broken down trees and human faces with toilet paper all over. No wonder people don't like them. It was disgusting

Kathleen is just not having it, so closed minded. She knows exactly its their shit thats been dumped, doesnt take any resonsibility for anything.

If people are honest, no one would want to live next to this site

See the small children giving the middle finger to the camera - - - great parenting

Kathleen didn't take any responsibility, just denied everything in spite of it being pointed out in front of her face, made personal insults, refused to admit anything. the whole site was surrounded by crap theyd thrown over the fence

"why can't we just be settled and have a bit of comfort in life" Perhaps if instead of stealing land and utilities you paid your way like everyone else is expected to, buy/rent a house, pay taxes, pay water rates and contribute to the system that you're using... until you do, you have no right whatsoever to complain.

"now your in a gypsys house do ya still tink we are scum and filt?!" camera pans to all the rubbish and scrap thrown outside their trailers that surrounds this mans property.... Yes Kathleen, i do still think that.

Working up in North Wales a few years ago, a load of them moved onto farmers field, the farmer asked them to leave, usual response from them, about hour later farmer turned up with a slurry tanker, sprayed the lot of them, caravans and trucks,moved within 5 mins.

I have seen first hand the absolute abhorrent state these people leave in their wake. Squatting anywhere and calling it a toilet. Kids under 10 " offering" to protect your vehicles which were in no danger until they got there. How do they afford these caravans when they don't work?

I worked for a local council, the travellers had a plot of land with a funded building with hot and cold water.. no surprise they stole all the copper pipes & hot water tanks weekly. 😂

The simple solution is to move Bob into Lens house for 6 months - once his jeep has been stolen and he has been abused every day by the youths he will have a more rounded view to help with his negotiations

Goes up in a helicopter,sees a shit load of dumped crap and says "What rubbish?" Cognitive dissonance alive and well.

how could she not at least accept there was rubbish dumped all over the place

My experience with travellers: 1. 3 years ago they smashed the fence to private land (green field) at opposite side of the street, parked there 11 caravans, doing parties till early hours in the morning (involving alcohol, teenagers and even littlem kids). Council managed to get ride of them after about 3 weeks, they left majority of that area covered in all sort of rubbish (dirrty nappies, broken glass, cans, food waste). 2. Few months ago 3 caravans parked at car park belonging to local train station just behind my child's nursery, when I was walking through car park I was attacked by 2 aggressive dogs "protecting" them. My feelings to travellers are obvious.

The trouble with "travelers" is they don't so much travel as settle and too often they they settle where it isn't allowed. Travelers try to have it both ways they want the freedom from responsibility of a free wheeling traveling lifestyle but also enjoy the benefits of a more settled lifestyle . They need to make their minds up because they can't have both.

As an engineer for Highways England on one long term site has in one year fifteen machines stole from the site. All on CCTV. All vans that arrive to steal are unregistered. Night security are unsafe. One security put in hospital. It is appalling.

Is this woman for real? The laws apply to them too. I have seen plenty of empty vandalised houses where the residents were encircled and forced out of their homes. That’s not fair. If they want campsites they should be away from houses. The ignorance is astounding.

I'm definitely on the side of the home owners, those who are illegally on the site should be removed no matter how much they play up to the media. How many of these travellers actually pay council tax, I would suggest very few. They are not romany gypsies they are Irish tinkers nothing more nothing less

So in conclusion, that guy had to give up some of his land, still gets the sewerage problem, noise and and fly tipping. Great job lol.

They’re full of righteous indignation but totally ignore the fact that they are there illegally. Don’t pay anything towards the upkeep or infrastructure. And good old Kathleen throwing out the Hitler insult.

Len shouldnt have to put up a fence within his own property, the travellers should respect the boundary thats already there

Can't believe he had to essentially give up half of his garden that are part of his property! What a ridiculous peace agreement.

Her ignorance and denial is everything thats wrong with them

i know of a house in cardiff that the council allowed a gippo camp to be put right next to. the owner ended up taking the council to court as his house was worth nothing. Council forced to pay his asking price and demolish the house. taxpayers money at work.

As soon as you get Travellers anywhere there is trouble, crime and legal battles which cost everyone except the Travellers. They use violence and intimidation as a way of life. And even before they leave they create piles of crap and rubbish. And no one asks them how they get their money for these huge caravans, vans and big cars.

We lived in a small town in Essex and the council created a Traveller site just outside. The wooden seat (not cheap) in our front garden was taken during the night, as was our neighbour’s. The Police told us that they steal to order so that whoever had taken them would have moved them on and without proof they couldn’t do anything about it. However, they did say not to put expensive items on show as there had been Traveller companies carrying out roofing etc in the area. BtW, we were burgled a few weeks later

Several years ago a group of travellers made the mistake of pulling on to a piece of land adjacent to one of my local areas more 'savoury' council estates,a local gangsta type chappie informed them that they weren't welcome because of situations involving their ilk and local residents in other parts of the city and that there may be 'negative' consequences for staying more than a night within the vicinity of the estate,they took note,left the following day and the message must have travelled through their community as this situation hasn't arisen since.

Can only comment what I know. 3 times they left thousands of pounds worth of clean up. It was disgusting. The estate has bollards everywhere to stop them returning now. I've no doubt they mess everywhere else too. They have too many protections within the law. Needs reformed quick. Pure chancers!

she is blind to everything on the travellers side. she sees the rubbish and is angry that it has been pointed out to her. I thought TRAVELLERS are supposed to TRAVEL.

Kathleen's wig is something else!

Why is there even any dispute here? It's crystal clear who's causing the problems.

3rd time in last few yrs. Gypsies have gone on the only little bit of land l own. This time they were using it for their horses. Also the hedge was cut down one side. My son had to threaten poisoning the field before they would move them. We got sick of asking them. They were buying or stealing horses and selling them and using my field as a home for them. They've got cheek for anything. And police are scared.

The dude with the beret still thinks he’s still negotiating in a war zone in Kosovo lmao

In my town there was a situation only last year where travellers set up on a popular piece of land with a public outdoor swimming pool and adjacent to a leisure centre. They were using the public pool to not only bathe in but also proven they we’re using the same pool as a toilet. It cost a small fortune to clean up the area after they left ( of their own accord ) . They don’t seem to understand that WITHOUT the filth, the intimidation, the rise in crime when they’re present , the damage to public property and the fear they cause locals to feel people wouldn’t mind their presence.

I think the negotiator needs a refresher course if he thinks this has been successful, kathleen refused to take an ounce of responsibility even when given a birds eye view of the fly tipping or sewage , it seems as long as their filth isnt on their perceived land, it's no longer their problem and sod everyone else. The 4 point plan , 1 being that Len has to fence of part of his own land so he doesnt have to look at the travellers , just means he wont get to see the influx of fly tipping thats going to happen behind it . Ridiculous solution. Love to see a follow up 6 mths from now.

Had a load of them turn up where I live. In a Field 12 top range caravans. Loads of nasty dogs horses. Quad bikes raced round the field day and night loud music. WHEN THEY LEFT. 6 burned out cars Effluent thrown in the hedge. Piles of garden rubbish Our council left to clean it up

What a shame. It’s not their land. They have wrecked the land. Don’t pay tax or anything. I can’t watch anymore. The neighbours lives are wrecked.

A few years ago I was leaving an estate, after I got into my car a small traveller child kept running around my car, he was about 7 or 8 ..... I repeatedly asked him to be careful. He said, if you hit me with your car, il get money. I was shocked, because it was like he was trying to run into the car. I had to just sit there and not move, this went on, for about an hour.

A few years ago an illegal camp left one of the residents in my area, disabled from a traveller running him down then reversing back over him. The travellers knew they had gone too far so set 1 of their caravans on fire. They then professed him being run down was an accident, provoked by a small group of residents trying to get stolen bikes back, who fire bombed the caravan with the family inside...it was lucky they got out 🤥 What was lucky was that they were not believed, but only 1 traveller was jailed, the rest vanished into the ether when the camp moved on. 🙏🕊️

Such a shame they have not learnt how to use dust bins, I worked for the local council years ago and every 6 months we had to go and clear all the surrounding area from all the filth they throw out their caravan windows dirty nappy's food containers it was disgusting. See 1.07 min these people will continue to make all in the local community's lives a misery and will never accept responsibility for their deeds or mis deeds they will dump rubbish out side your door and then say it is your problem not theirs.The inside of their vans are normally very clean and tidy but over the fence and all the surrounding area is littered with filth and rubbish.

Well, I ask. Why are people and communities so against? Hese travellers. And I will answer. Eason is the cause these problems and/or bring on these problems by themselves.. Here where I live. They moved into a beautiful wooded landscape. Beach Park area made a total dump site, how of it and then left?. Crimes went up, they even start it abducting small dogs.. The numbers speak for themselves and their actions speak for themselves....

I used to live in the Hampshire countryside, there was a small lake a used to fish just off the main road, great to fish and have a walk round, i would say in was a hidden gem, until the travelers illegally moved on to a farmers field next to it, filled the lake with fridges ,freezers and there own rubbish. No respect for anyone, and they wonder why there hated

I've got no time for them. Nothing but trouble here in Ireland. Entitled AF and rob you blind.

Years ago I was a miner. I will now wear my old work helmet on a daily basis for no reason.

There is a travellers site in Leicestershire that was raided by the police as it was thought some of the residents were involved in criminal activities. Quite a few items were recovered from local home burglaries. Some from muggings such as handbags and watches. Stolen and cloned cars were discovered and a number that weren’t taxed or insured. Often police are afraid to go into these sites. Kids are encouraged to throw bricks at police because they won’t be taken to court.

A number of years ago now , a local garage not far from me had major problems with travellers invading their land . The garage was based down a country lane , with fields attached to it . The travellers had been asked to stay out of there fields which the garage had use of , but of course , they refused to listen ,& pretty much told the owner and his dad's to f&ck off . However the owners dad was a man who had gone through world wars , hard times of struggling to build a business , and numerous family problems to overcome . He strolled back into his house , came back out a short while later armed with an old shotgun that he legally held , and blew the ariel and other bits off the roof of the main culprits caravan . The result was , the travellers , who had illegally invaded his land , called the police . They turned up very quickly , and said to the garage owners dad , this is a serious allegation ..To which he replied , I'm an old man who hasn't got time for playing . If I get put in prison I won't last long , so what would you have done . I believe at that point the police cautioned him , took away the old shotgun . And left it at that .the travellers never returned to the field . Sadly , the garage has been closed down now , due to corrupt project known as HS2. And much off the area , inc lovely field and farmlands , have been swallowed up by this carbuncle in the UK countryside, But it took billions and billions off pounds of investment , and lots of corrupt politicians to finally take over the garage . Certainly not some parasite in a caravan , who had no respect for a hard working man who fought for his country .

When i lived in Derby in the late 90s, travellers set up camp in a disused petrol station. I used to have tk walk past it lost days for my commute to and from work. Crime increased in the area. (I was in a relationship with a special constable at the time and he was aware of their shenanigans. They stole a care and dumped itnon the pavement. They entered out garden and stole one of his motobikes. One was a Ducati that was cery wrll secured but they managed to rake the other one. All this occured while we were in the home watching tv. We both went outside for a ciggy and noticed his bike was gone. He knew the areas to look. We took a walk and found his bike dumped in a a secluded are off road. Travellers stuck together therebis no reasoning with them. They caused havoc locally. Funny how things settled down when they left the area. The state they left that disused garage was disgusting. Dirty nappies strewn, gas cylinders (not sure if they were full or not) bags of rubbish and damage done to th3 fencing. Dirty filthy scum. I was glad when the effed off and i k ow may of the locals were too. They lived worse than pigs so why do theu expect respect to live like that and make decent people's lives a misery. Funny how less crime occured and there were less car frome and garden break ins when the scum effed off. Good riddance to the theiving gits. Another example of travellers' disgusting behaviour is when i worked at at a product supplier company not long ago. I won't name the company or product. The wiole street was full of travellers and on multiple occasions drovers were threstened with physical abuse and were swore at. Due to keeping the drivers safez this particular road was banned from having any of the company's product delivered. Some residents phoned and complained. Some were actually apologetic and were diagusted by those who abused the drivers. Them others called and were also verybabusive over the phone. Travellers who are ok are affected by those who are violent gobby idiots. That's why I am not keen on travellers. I experienced a pattern of behaviour and I do not like them. Their own fault. They are abusive and defensive.

If the rubbish is on your road you put it there - what sort of defence is that?

Travellers have no respect for anyone. How they ambush land and then play the victim. This man works hard they have no right to bully him. They are awful people

Splendid work old boy!.. absolutely splendid!

I live in the US. I live in a Homeowners Association. It has rules and regulations. These mobile homes are just not allowed. You can get evicted from your home if you have one of these in your driveway or street.

that lot were born with sticky fingers.

Discrimination, If i left rubbish laying about like that the council/local government would make me move it where as here they are allowed to flytip with government approval and judicial backing, we need a change of lib,lab,con governance and the total removal of the judicial hierarchy. You know the ones who allowed jimmy savile to prevail, keir stamer, the royal family, the police, judges.

When “Travellers” camped close to our factory, we had three vans stolen in two months. One of our sign-written vans (so no doubts) was seen in the camp. We told the police. They said they could do nothing and to call our insurance company. No wonder the Irish travellers feel free to do as they like.

Colonel looks a right tart mincing around with that badgeless beret and civvies.

Travellers think they can behave however they want..ignoring law and order and offending the public,,there are ressons that theyre not wanted..pub owners close their premises,resteraunts close down while teavellers are around..so there has to be reasons for disliking them,we want to accept everyone,but there are limits,i want to know how they cry " poverty" but the money they spend on wedddings and the outrageous dresses they wear,must cost thousands!

Yep, I’ve had the same problem in past, they took over our village! 🤬

I’ve lived in the area all my life. There are 2 camps 1 illegal & one legal provided by the council. The legal one i’ve never heard anyone say a word about. The ilegal one has got progressively worse over the last 30-40yrs. What have i seen with my own eyes? Kids used for any type of crime mainly theft. Animal abuse & rubbish dumped in the countryside, including human waste. Threats, intimidation & jus downright horrible behaviour in general. I’ve watched them go into restaurants & order & eat their meal. Then when the bill arrives claim they had nothing on it. Stealing industrial equipment from building sites. Conning old folks out of their savings, through various means for non existant gardening work. The only way to decribe them is an Irish Mafia. There’s good & bad in all communities, but as the travellers go these ain’t their best.

Clearly, Kathleen, AND her lovely wig, is in no mood to compromise, or admit that there are problems, primarily caused by the traveller site. Len is just one man, fighting against a thousand strong traveller community. So of course Len is going to be extremely defensive. But as far as the travellers are concerned, THEY are the newcomers, encroaching on an established, cohesive community, some of them living there illegally. So of course the locals feel justified in their criticism. Not least because of the extra pressure on the local infrastructure, sewerage etc, that had still not been addressed. So it is clear that the measures in place to deal with the sewerage, amount of people on the traveller site is not adequate. If they need another septic tank then the travellers need to address it, or have the current septic tank emptied more often, to prevent the problems of sewage overflowing onto the land, because that is disgusting and uncivilised, and it is no wonder that the locals are so peed off about it, as it IS a preventable problem. Add to that the attitude of the travellers towards THEIR waste, junk, and rubbish blighting the area, that was probably unaffected before the travellers arrived. It just shows a distinct lack of consideration towards the local community. It is a similar story wherever travellers settle. Add the increase in crime in areas where there are traveller settlements, and obviously, locals are going to point the finger, especially when a rise in criminal activity, coincides with the establishment of settlements. The unsocial noise,rubbish, sewerage, and criminality sways me in favour of the locals.

Evidently Benny Hill has taken on a new persona and career since he was reincarnated, lmao. The man is a spitting image. 😂

That mediator is so deluded , he is not living in the real world , as if they are going to listen to him .he is looking for his 5 minutes of fame .😮

they came here to Salford and settled on an old school field. We set fire to their camp and they left. They couldn't handle the youths in the area. We ran them out of town. We had to, they were stealing from houses and breaking in.

Everythings fun and games until a convoy of caravans park outside Colonel Bobs gaff.

Dont forget to watch Part Two, when they camp out near Colonel Bob,s house !.

Do they pay council tax and are they paying income tax. I very much doubt it.

I've sent this to all my friends - they owe me big time for this gem!

Why hasn’t she been charged with that death threat she should have been charged for threatening this man

What a hoot if Colonel Bob returned home to whatever leafy lane he lives in to find twenty caravans bunging up his road with all the crap that goes with them.

I met real Gypsys in Eastern Europe decades ago. Just like me ,they were best described as swarthy, because of their distant ancestors being from the Indian sub continent. These people are simply Irish who have adopted a life style and faux culture to live outside the law.A law which is afraid to make them obey it as everyone else is. On some of the UK police and a tracker site, the police are seen to be avoiding conflict with travellers ,even if they are caught with chopped up transit vans and stolen earth moving gear worth many thousands.

They get defensive when they are called filth and dirt when they act like it. My partner used to work at the legal site twice a week and it was filled with rubbish, it was disgusting and kids are little shits. Their behaviour is disrespectful and repulsive

I am not going to comment on either party, I literally just want to say, that if everyone was as nice and polite, and resourceful, and articulate as the old Conolel, the world we live in would be such a nice place to live in, I absolutely adore that man, not just because what he's just done there, but because of the person that he is, and not forgetting to mention what he done in Bosnia.... I Salute you Colonel, what a Legend.....

The opening comments by the traveller woman asking why they should not allowed to live the sanas as the settled communities, one answer, pay tax and local rates, which fund the amenities that we all rely upon, not avoid all expense to oneself and attach yourself like a parasite and live off the productive benefits of civilised society.

Worst negotiations i've ever seen, no wonder we suffer so much war and conflict around the world.

We've just had travellers on a local field. They used it as a toilet, it was completely disgusting and the poor council guys had to clean it up.

someone builds just a garden fence 2 inches over the limit the council get them to tear it down immediately. I agree the Gypsies always do have a nice clean inside home, because all of their rubbish is thrown on the road side. The men who behave like rouges give them their bad reputation. Not all Gypsies are bad ,but for those that give themselves a bad name will never change.

They play the victim all the time but they’re one of a very few groups who CAN be tarred with the same brush!

They want running water, constant electricity and to educate their kids and live with the luxuries that “everyone else gets” yet they want to contribute ZERO towards it.

If only they kept the outside of the house as nice as the inside

Carmarthen council build a area for Travellers with showers fenced of safety for the kids hard ground for there caravans. One weekend the council came back and everything was gone brick work toilets taps fencing doors gates and piles of rubbish left tyres human waste etc.

33:20 "Do you still think that we're filth and scum?" "I''d never support calling any Gypsy filth or scum" "Then why did you say we were?" "I never said that.. to your face" 🤣🤣🤣

We have had it many times, the fields used as a toilet not just for there horses or dogs but adults as well, then there's the bags of rubbish and the stealing from the local shops and garages, plus stealing from our gardens, caught one with half of his body trying to steal my new puppy, good job my gate was locked and I was by the kitchen door and saw him. They have no regard for us or our property or surrounding land and fields used for football clubs and players, then come the clean up bill, we get charged if we flytip but taxpayers cash pays their clean up bill .

Len should not have to fence off his back property so it can be used as a trash dump🤷‍♀️

Why doesn't the colonel live there for a few months, or even better next door to them and see how he likes the value depreciation of his property. The dumping of human waste. The theft and anti social behaviour. Kathleen will never admit any faults. She thunks they are perfect, unfortunately the majority of them are very far from perfect. Why arent these people in jail ???? And take stupid bob with them

most of these people have home in Northern Ireland, also pay very little in tax. i live in the NW UK nr ,Liverpool, they come here very year take over a parking lot, and cause mayhem, the police wont do anything

I lost a lot of sympathy for Travellers when those lads dragged that young policeman to his death - then laughed about it.

Brilliant work👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I'm a traveller. Stop leaving your shit around, litter and so forth. Giving us all a bad name.

Had to laugh when the guy in the helicopter was showing her the rubbish on the sites, and she said, where is it, then tried to turn it around by saying take me to a council estate and i'll show you dirt. I think Kathleen has her blinkers on. Lol.

The problem is why the council don't use their powers to get rid of those who are in the area illegally. Why doesn't the council deal with the fly tipping issues and rubbish left and degradation caused!! If the law is not adequate then the law needs to be changed. Things need to be dealt with legally.

Why don't they ever set up camp on one of King Chucky of Jug Ears estates?

Whats all that filthy rubbish they've thrown over the fence?

We had traveller's camp on the B&Q car park in Canterbury back in the 90's when I covered their security...very polite and came in to purchase bins ect...left the site in no mess and even said thank you for not removing them.

WHEN travellers pay rates,they can have a campsite, and pay as and when they use it.

Last summer we had travellers right up against our fence in the field next to us, I went round and said hello, got invited in for a brew and had a good old chat for an hour theory being I'd rather be on side than against them, they were there for 4 weeks,couldnt be moved for a health issue, when they left they walked the field with bags and cleaned up all their shite,. Still felt a bit on edge but they were a decent mob of 9 caravans.

The real problem is they are not allowed to be on that land, not paying taxes

The truth is that The Travellers could take all the arguments against them away. If they followed the laws that everyone else is subject to nobody would be able to say anything against them! To say “the rubbish is on your road not ours” well yes, that’s why the local people are so fed up!

There is no one so blind as those that don’t want to see

Bob Stewart, what an absolute waste of space. As for the so called Captain, he isn't, or ever has been. No way.

Just had my sheep trailer stolen, Us farmers hate them