Travellers moved on from New Forest

Title

Travellers moved on from New Forest

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

9 Jun 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:03:04

Description

Report from the New Forest, Hampshire, where police have moved on a group of so-called hippies. An unidentified Traveller woman gives her reaction; all her belongings have been impounded, along with her living vehicle. A man claims that his legal vehicle was confiscated on the grounds of allegedly having a faulty handbrake. The Travellers were offered seats on a social services bus, but many opted to walk away from the site, some of them with young children. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Crime; Police; Vehicle tax; Policing practice; Hampshire; Vehicles; Travellers; New Age Travellers; New Travellers; Nomads; New Forest; Countercultures; Eviction (land)

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