‘I’ve seen more sheriffs than Robin Hood’

Bir There was nothing about it. It was a dump, Jim says Jimmy Stringfellow stands next to Glasgow’s mountain house built near the Clyde River.

The flashy entertainer, who wears the trademark of the trademark brightly, looks around the courtyard where the house, which is built more than half a dozen, is sitting.

“We came here and rented the machine: JCBS and Tippers and God know what happened.”

Jimmy and his family have been living in the garden during the water in Govan for more than 40 years, but now a legal case is going to the highest court of Scotland to evacuate them.

A long 76 -year -old show comes from a demonstration.

He visited the country for decades with a horse’s window exhibited in a hall window, including a horse, with a fairground trips, games and snack vans, whose ruins can be seen around the garden.

Jimmy is now retired and traditional lifestyle.

“This is just an existence, being an entertainer, dedi he said in Scotland, known as” shows “, the tour of the carriage, games and attraction centers.

“We were working with shows and we were getting a living that continued us.”

However, Jimmy’s worsening health has made it harder and now under the pressure of unloading the site to lead a new development.

The times are changing and the Clyde beach is changing. A regeneration plan of millions of pounds, which was once a part of the city’s industrial heart continues.

Glasgow City Council said that the family had no right to occupy the land and that it was legal proceedings as a last resort.

Jimmy said his family had moved to the site in the 1980s, but since then the local authority has threatened him more than 20 times by release.

“I’ve had more sheriffs than Robin Hood,” he said.

“Every case we went, we won.

“They don’t like me because I stand against them and I’m not afraid of their imaginary authorities.”

However, this situation is different. Next week, Stringfellows will fight the evacuation at the session court in Edinburgh, the highest court of Scotland.

Jimmy’s daughter Cnel and the five -year -old grandson’s house, including the house, there are seven -occupied mountain houses.

The case may form a legal precedent in what is believed to be the first test of the UN contract in the UN Civil Court. He was included in the Scots law last year.

The law requires that all public authorities, including the government, to protect the rights of children and young people, and make them into consideration while making decisions.

It is illegal for them to be contrary to UNCRC requirements.

Hakhe Scotland, a law team representing Stringfellows, will argue that the child’s rights are not taken into consideration and that the evacuation will violate the right of a safe home.

46 -year -old Chanel has been living in the garden since he was the same age with his daughter.

“This is my house. This is my memories. This is my grandmother’s apple trees in the garden. I am here all my life, or he says.

“It’s like you’ll be out of your family’s house.”

Chanel says local authority offers alternative sites, but insists that the family does not meet the needs of the family.

“They’re not just suitable, they’re not large enough.”

He says he’s hard to explain what’s going on.

“He doesn’t really understand what’s going on because he’s just young,” he said. “But he knows something. He knows that people are trying to get him out of his house. He was worried, seeing nightmares.”

He is also concerned about his influence on his family Jimmy and Diane.

“My mother is glue, she’s a rock, but she’s crumbling. I’m a little like my father: stubborn, strong, fight.”

Barbara Bolton, the next right Scotland’s partner, said that the legal team would have the same rights as the tenants in social housing when it comes to evacuation.

He said: “In 2001, the Scottish Parliament issued a law to protect their homes against release to renters from local authorities and social hosts.

“In doing so, knowing that the tenants would not be asked to leave any moment, they realized the importance of having a level of stability so that the tenants can leave the roots and invest in their homes.

“This need for stability is in the same way for traveling demonstrations living in chalets and caravans in accordance with cultural heritage.”

Glasgow City Council said in a statement: “The Council filed a lawsuit against the invaders of the site without the right or title to occupy it.

He continued: “These transactions were brought to the agenda as a last resort. The proof of the case begins on Tuesday, September 2, and therefore will not be appropriate to make more comments.”

The case is expected to take about two weeks, even if a decision cannot be made for several months.

Jimmy thinks the result will not only affect his family.

He said: “If they take me out of here – and I do not have any other demonstrators, another person living in the mountain house anywhere, and any caravan site, this will be safe.

“There will be no one who has the courage to take them as I do when I die.”