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nomadic Approximately 80 families were removed from the site 12 months after a decade long battle, but many are still very close

In a rough road in front of a field of colts, washing shaken by his charge. Based on a platform next to a generator perched on an old office chair, belonged to one of the caravans nestled along the banks of Oak Lane, the road that used to lead Dale Farm.

where one of the biggest - and most damaging - evictions in Britain in recent years played between scenes of chaos on Friday, a year ago. However, 12 months, it is clear that the removal of unauthorized travelers site "near Basildon, Essex, is far from over.

Approximately 80 families were removed from the site after a legal battle for ten years, on October 19 last year, but many have not gone away. About 20 caravans parked on the road without running water or electricity from the grid, and about the same number of tones urged travelers site legal "next.

Only about 10 families have found new fields in the rest of the country, according to the ancient inhabitants. "They have ruined the lives of all and why," said Noreen Sheridan, speaking in their own camper parked illegally. "A few meters? Cost millions of people and has created a website bomb. We did not go anywhere."

The site used to house is now a desert of bad rubbish cut and said eviction: a sofa with their guts torn, broken ping-pong, a series of broken fixtures.

a small amount of asbestos was found and treated, according to the council, and the Environment Agency should report at the end of the month if the expulsion discovered contaminants. Tony Ball, leader of Basildon council, acknowledges that it is far from the virgin land that was promised by the Board and specified by the court order to remove caravans.

"Dale Farm is not much to see, but it was beautiful in the background," said 24-year-old Mary Sheridan, whose son is six months old. "Tony Ball said the expulsion would be peaceful, but it was as if we were in hell. They are completely and utterly ruined the lives of everyone. 'S Life my son was ruined before it starts ".
Aa> Other on site, said prejudice against travelers has worsened since the expulsion. One woman, who declined to be identified, described trying to return faulty buggy at a local store to be told that no refund would be given to anyone who has lived in Oak Lane. He would not let her two year old daughter of the caravan because he feared for his health, he said. "I'm going through this disinfectant to try to keep things clean, but children are always sick here since. Expulsion of the horrible. "