My hatred of these scum started when I was 14.
I lived on the border of Sidcup and Chislehurst and a mate of mine lived in Footscray. In Footscray there’s a big travellers site at Crittalls Corner, and at the time they were known for stealing dogs.
My mate’s dog went missing and we made the mistake of going to the entrance of the site and we could see his dog roped-up outside a caravan, and we said to the bloke at the entrance, who was acting like a sentry, that my mate wanted his dog back. The dog was going nuts seeing my mate. We, two 14 years olds, were pinned up against a wall and threatened with knives.
The police weren’t interested, it was a no-go area for them (so nigh on 40 years later nothing’s changed with the police not doing anything), and that was the last my mate saw of his dog.
He still talks about that nasty episode.
I hate these people with a passion.