Mikey Doran
(aged 12)
(aged 12)
Gypsy & Traveller S.E. England Network
Gypsy’s & Traveller’s Working Together
To make things better
Residents were shocked after a caravan with effigies of Gypsies was
burnt at a village bonfire party in Firle, East Sussex..
Patricia Knight, who was at the bonfire with her seven-year-old
daughter, said: "A caravan was wheeled down the street which
portrayed women and children inside, with 'pikey' written on the back and the image
of a scantily-clad woman standing in the door.
Villagers, who have asked not to be named, have said the effigy
was chosen after the recent eviction of travellers from a nearby
field.
burnt at a village bonfire party in Firle, East Sussex..
Patricia Knight, who was at the bonfire with her seven-
daughter, said: "A caravan was wheeled down the street which
portrayed women and children inside, with 'pikey' written on the back and the image
of a scantily-
Villagers, who have asked not to be named, have said the effigy
was chosen after the recent eviction of travellers from a nearby
field.
' Racial hatred'
Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality
(CRE), said the organisers of the bonfire should be prosecuted.
Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality
(CRE), said the organisers of the bonfire should be prosecuted.
"This is clearly an example of incitement to racial hatred.
You couldn't really get more provocative than this.
You couldn't really get more provocative than this.
Gypsy effigies burnt on bonfire October 2003
