Locals ‘intimidated’ by Traveller camp in Forfar - Angus

From the Courier

Forfar residents say they are feeling increasingly “threatened” by an illegal Travellers’ encampment in their midst.

The convoy pitched up on open ground just off the Montrose Road a week past Sunday and locals said they were concerned that the number of vehicles continues to swell, in defiance of an order that Angus Council said it made last week telling the Travellers to quit the site by Friday lunchtime.

The open ground, bordered by housing at Lilybank, Gowanbank and the McCulloch Drive area, is held by the Strang’s trust and residents say the area is now virtually a no-go zone for children and dog walkers.

“Yet more caravans and trailers moved in earlier this week and it is very unsettling to see the sheer volume of people now on the encampment and roaming around at dusk,” said one mum, who lives nearby.

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