Thanks for the sympathetic laughing your tits off. It was horrible mate. I had legal papers and 2 lads in a recovery vehicle ...... but when the threats started the tow truck screamed off and left me there like a plank. I ended up driving the recovered Transit van away to a hail of bricks and Jack Russels
At least you lived to tell the tale mate which im suprised about . Their a strange breed gypsies. They live for fighting.
One of the hardest guys I have ever met in my life and there's been a few was a lad called George Wilkinson from Ferryhill in the 70's, some on here may remember him..
My best effort ever was when I was acting for a construction company in Derby. They'd bought the old greyhound stadium to build a 200 home housing estate and, before they could start, the Gypsies moved in with dozens of 4x4's, etc. They engaged the police, courts, council & bailiffs but no one could shift them. I was engaged to shift them and I asked for £30,000 which I thought was outrageous but they snapped my hands off. I turned up with 4 massive concrete lorries, the lads from the night club and the big lads from the gym, all in high vis & hard hats. We started to tip concrete onto the only entrance thereby blocking them in permanently. When the 'King of the Gypsies' came out to start the argument I nearly messed my pants ...... but I stood my ground because all the lads were watching and taking their line from me. I told Ginger John that we had to close the entrance due to Health & Safety issues and gave him 2 hours to get all the vehicles & caravans out. They were all gone in 25 minutes after months of court battles and fruitless bailiff visits. What they hadn't realised was that the one thing travellers hate more than being asked to move was being told not to. Smug 1 - 0 Gypsies
That's what I thought mate until I started deducting the costs. 4 concrete wagons with drivers, 20 nutcases on nutcase wages, insurance, workwear, hard hats etc. i still kick mesel for not asking for 60K tbh ....... the site was worth 14 million
I did wonder how much the Cement wagons would cost like . Rather you than me getting involved with gypsies. We have families in Teesside and their brutal if you get on the wrong side of them!
It makes me cringe now mate, wtf was I thinking of? I thought I was invincible but I could've been gobbled up like a hedgehog pie Ask me about the Showman's Guild next time you're in the Victory
No mate, he's a bit of a gypsy. Used to do a lot of work for the place I work for. When I first met him about 20 years ago, he used to tell me stories about how he used to be a bare knuckle fighter, never been beaten ,blah blah. I thought he was a right bullshitter. Found out a few years ago it was all true. Absolutely lovely bloke! Retired now like.
