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Julian 04-03-2021 20:44
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It's most unusual for traveller families to make a booking to stay somewhere....

papa smurf 04-03-2021 20:51
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Originally Posted by Julian (Post 36073052)
It's most unusual for traveller families to make a booking to stay somewhere....
That's true they usually cut off locks or remove fencing to gain illegal entry before they start living like pigs and fly tipping rubbish all over the place.

Carth 04-03-2021 22:47
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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36073030)
Irish (in fact any) jokes haven't died out, they're simply now only told among those who still retain a sense of humour amongst all this madness :D
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36073043)
I personally haven't heard one for decades now.
Well . . . err . . .

RichardCoulter 04-03-2021 23:47
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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36073084)
Well . . . err . . .
Well I haven't. In the 70's & part of the 80's there were jokes going around that started 'there was an Englishman, an Irishman & a Scotsmsn' and jokes going round about how unintelligant Irish men were.

Like I said earlier though, stereotypes do exist. Last time I was in NI, I was told that an unemployed man had been caught without a TV licence and was told that if he bought one immediately, it wouldn't go any further. Problem was, he had no money but didn't want to end up in court.

He eventually raised the money and bought a licence. When asked how he'd raised the money, he replied "I sold the television"! I was told that this was factual & not a joke, but i'm not so sure :D

Sephiroth 05-03-2021 10:17
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Follow me Sir, I'm right behind you.

Paul 05-03-2021 16:24
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Some of the names on that list are strange given the accusation of "racism".

I know three people with the surname "Ward" and none of them are even remotely Irish.

Seems like a case of "Surnameism".

papa smurf 05-03-2021 16:32
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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36073195)
Some of the names on that list are strange given the accusation of "racism".

I know three people with the surname "Ward" and none of them are even remotely Irish.

Seems like a case of "Surnameism".
Probably got them off the national cowboy drive contractors register.

Mad Max 05-03-2021 18:35
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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36073199)
Probably got them off the national cowboy drive contractors register.

:D:D

Mr K 05-03-2021 22:14
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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36072909)
I still can’t get over the idea that Pontins thinks there are people too rough to stay in one of their mould-stained, greasy, pube-strewn chalets.
You sound like a regular ! ;)

Chris 05-03-2021 22:19
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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36073280)
You sound like a regular ! ;)
:D

I’m a regular at Angry People in Local Newspapers on Facebook ... local news stories about people having a “holiday from hell” at Pontins are a regular feature.

RichardCoulter 05-03-2021 22:59
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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36073281)
:D

I’m a regular at Angry People in Local Newspapers on Facebook ... local news stories about people having a “holiday from hell” at Pontins are a regular feature.
Don't the Sun offer holidays there for £9 or something? One of the Trip Advisor reviews said that, by the time they had factored in things like bedding rental :shocked:, it was more like £200!

Sephiroth 05-03-2021 22:59
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I once was that kitchen porter at Pontins. Loved every minute of it. Evenings I was the assistant camp photographer and the following year the full time photographer. Paul McCartney visited his uncle at the camp which meant a field day.
That's how I got to meet the Beatles later that day.

There were other benefits, of course.

Carth 05-03-2021 23:21
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To be fair, some of the 'hotels' I've been pre booked into while contracting would make Pontins look great :D

RichardCoulter 06-03-2021 03:09
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36073290)
I once was that kitchen porter at Pontins. Loved every minute of it. Evenings I was the assistant camp photographer and the following year the full time photographer. Paul McCartney visited his uncle at the camp which meant a field day.
That's how I got to meet the Beatles later that day.

There were other benefits, of course.
A camp photographer :erm: :D

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36073294)
To be fair, some of the 'hotels' I've been pre booked into while contracting would make Pontins look great :D
Bet they weren't as bad as this place:

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_...e_England.html

https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUser...e_England.html

I've been pretty lucky in that all hotels i've ever stayed in have at least been reasonable & clean.

Sephiroth 06-03-2021 09:35
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36073313)
A camp photographer :erm:
<SNIP>
... Assistant.


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