Quote Originally Posted by Shetland Don View Post
They appear to be predominantly of Roma extraction. I gave one of them a Tesco sandwich on Saturday evening and he looked very unimpressed. I wonder why?
During the day I see the homeless or early mornings.
You can always tell a real homeless person from a fake beggar.

I think I know the 'roma' folk you refer too. They used to stay in a block of flats in Menzies Road. My Son used to go to school with one of the little kids when he was in P1and they used to take him begging on Union Street, this is when it all started around 10 years ago and there were lots of them. They were shocked when social services got involved as people had reported the kid being used. He stopped going to School not long after that. Goodness knows what happened to to the poor wee thing.

I mind the Roma used to break open the lids of the outdoor dispensers for donations outside the PDSA shop in Torry and put the kids in to take the stuff out.