They shall not pass: At former RAF base, locals form a human shield to halt an invasion of travellers
All through the night they stood at the gates, ready to repel the invasion.
The old RAF camp had never seen an army like this, not in all its years of proud service.
There was a nurse, a lorry driver, a shopkeeper and ambulanceman, several young mothers with children at their side – and a Staffordshire bull terrier called Kandie.
No way through: Women, their children and their pet dogs guard the main entrance to the estate
Blockade: Jason Bickley, left, and Simon Evans with one of the piles of hardcorel bought in to block an access road
It might not have looked like a task force assembling for action. But yesterday, in the drenching rain of a West Country morning, it became the front line in a war against a formidable new enemy – the traveller.
In a landmark action to stop the blight that has hit so many communities, residents of a housing estate that now occupies the former RAF Locking have barricaded themselves into the 100-acre site and mounted a 24-hour guard. Every car coming in or out of the estate near Weston-super-Mare was checked.
Anyone lingering outside the perimeter fence was stopped and politely questioned. At random intervals, the unlikely figure of an elderly man in a high-visibility jacket patrolled the grounds in a four-wheel-drive vehicle, checking for breaches of security.
To anyone who has never experienced a traveller invasion, all this may seem a little over the top.
But last weekend, after 15 or 20 caravans were evicted from a nearby field, some of the ‘gipsies’ drove around the Locking site and took photographs.
One of them let it be known they had targeted the privately-owned estate and intended to set up camp on some of the open, grassy landscape where children play and people walk their dogs. He reportedly warned residents not to resist, adding: ‘We’ve got guns.’
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They shall not pass: At former RAF base, locals form a human shield to halt an invasion of travellers
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What awesome people!!! There really are courageous Brits left!!! I support them wholeheartedly. They actually brought tears to my eyes. I’m so proud of these folks. Now, you’ve got to start working on getting your right to bear arms back.
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