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tjj Jul 8, 2010 07:25:31
Replying to thesweetcheat

thesweetcheat wrote:
faerygirl wrote:
...what appeared to be a coachfull of council estate scum and their biscuit-scented green-nosed children. Didn't really sell it for me as I was constantly guarding my bag incase they were light-fingered too!!
Blimey - a bit harsh! Not everyone who lives on council estates are scum or thieves (and there's scum at all levels of our society).
I find it hard to believe faerygirl really meant that. Congratulations to whoever organised that daytrip anyway, sounds like a good case of broadening horizons to me.

The other day just as we were leaving the Great Circle at Stanton Drew having had it all to ourselves for an hour, a group of seemingly disfunctional adolescent boys turned up with their teachers - comments abounded like "F*cking shit everywhere" "Close the gate sir, I want to walk along the top".
We both just smiled inwardly and headed for the pub.

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faerygirl Jul 8, 2010 15:24:52
Replying to tjj

tjj wrote:
thesweetcheat wrote:
faerygirl wrote:
...what appeared to be a coachfull of council estate scum and their biscuit-scented green-nosed children. Didn't really sell it for me as I was constantly guarding my bag incase they were light-fingered too!!
Blimey - a bit harsh! Not everyone who lives on council estates are scum or thieves (and there's scum at all levels of our society).
I find it hard to believe faerygirl really meant that. Congratulations to whoever organised that daytrip anyway, sounds like a good case of broadening horizons to me.

The other day just as we were leaving the Great Circle at Stanton Drew having had it all to ourselves for an hour, a group of seemingly disfunctional adolescent boys turned up with their teachers - comments abounded like "F*cking shit everywhere" "Close the gate sir, I want to walk along the top".
We both just smiled inwardly and headed for the pub.

I live on a council estate and have done all my life (apart from when I escaped to other countries for 18months) SO I wasn't saying they all are at all (cuz that would include me!) BUT these were an interesting selection of people. When I worked for Social Services there was a team that used to take underprivileged families on day trip to seaside resorts or shopping trips to London free of charge. I figured this was a similar kind of thing but they had NO idea what they had signed up for! Mostly teenaged boys who were pissed off at missing the football match. There was obviously a few carers in there too so some of the kids were from care homes of some kind. The afternoon was called short when two kids did a runner and the police were called. We decided it was time to leave too! Lovely...