Pontins guilty of racism.
04-03-2021, 19:44
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Re: Pontins guilty of racism.
It's most unusual for traveller families to make a booking to stay somewhere....
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04-03-2021, 19:51
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Re: Pontins guilty of racism.
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It's most unusual for traveller families to make a booking to stay somewhere....
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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.
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04-03-2021, 21:47
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Re: Pontins guilty of racism.
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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  |
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I personally haven't heard one for decades now.
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Well . . . err . . .
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04-03-2021, 22:47
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Well . . . err . . .
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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
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05-03-2021, 09:17
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Re: Pontins guilty of racism.
Follow me Sir, I'm right behind you.
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05-03-2021, 15:24
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Re: Pontins guilty of racism.
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".
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05-03-2021, 15:32
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Re: Pontins guilty of racism.
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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".
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Probably got them off the national cowboy drive contractors register.
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05-03-2021, 17:35
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Probably got them off the national cowboy drive contractors register.
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05-03-2021, 21:14
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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.
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You sound like a regular ! 
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05-03-2021, 21:19
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Re: Pontins guilty of racism.
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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.
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05-03-2021, 21:59
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Re: Pontins guilty of racism.
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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.
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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  , it was more like £200!
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05-03-2021, 21:59
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Re: Pontins guilty of racism.
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.
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05-03-2021, 22:21
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Re: Pontins guilty of racism.
To be fair, some of the 'hotels' I've been pre booked into while contracting would make Pontins look great
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06-03-2021, 02:09
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Re: Pontins guilty of racism.
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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.
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A camp photographer 
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To be fair, some of the 'hotels' I've been pre booked into while contracting would make Pontins look great |
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.
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06-03-2021, 08:35
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Re: Pontins guilty of racism.
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A camp photographer
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... Assistant.
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