June 18, 2017

RIP Irish Steve

Ian writes; 


We have lost a star here. Steve lived hereabouts for over 30 years in a small caravan, arriving with the so-called new age travellers driven out of Britain in the mid-80s by the Major government, before which he was a stalwart in the Teepee valley in Wales. He was a qualified structural engineer. He was seldom out of work, sending money every year to his 7 (seven) children, and never drew on the RSA for income nor wanted to, saying "It makes you lazy." He was rarely disheartened, never depressed, ever cheerful. An angel at the Resto recently enabled him to entitlement to some land in Montazels. He would have been 60 in December and had everything to live for...


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