I couldn't help being a little disbelieving when I saw the picture of the Irish travelling mum with seven of her children (Argus, September 7), looking so sweet and innocent and protesting that not all travellers are badly-behaved.
I live in Coldean and several local people have described how their children have been bullied and terrorised by travellers' children.
One child was threatened with a weapon and another had his bicycle stolen.
It's these kinds of incidents, combined with the mess and rubbish travellers usually leave behind them, that give them a bad reputation.
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