Police responded to a holiday park in Sandown yesterday evening (Tuesday) following reports that a man had been seen in possession of a firearm.
Armed Response Officers were joined by colleagues at The Fairway Holiday Park off Perowne Way at around 18:00.
Thankfully, the situation was not as serious as first feared and the incident was quickly scaled back.
Hampshire Constabulary has confirmed that a BB gun was seized from a private residence.
No further police action is being taken in the circumstances.
What a shit hole that park has become
Your title says scum hater, I think that’s you, you sound like scum so should hate yourself as it clearly says it was a toy!!
Mr Webby, it would seem you have a Webb of ignorance that is in need of some education, having said that, I suppose you can’t educate Pork….
You wouldn’t be of the same opinion if the idiot who was waving the BB gun about was shot by the Police would you know?
This just gives you an incite into the type of people that reside there. Why would you want a BB gun in the first place?
Fairly newish owner. Gone down hill since in his ownership. I know someone who stayed there, waiting for her house to complete. Not a nice place. Loud music coming out of the owners mates caravans well into the early hours of the morning. Shouting and screaming all night. Imagine staying there for your holiday and it’s not cheap.
Yeah, I have friends and family nearby. They hate living near it, absolutely shocking how badly *some* of the residents behave.
Why not post my comment IE ?
Only stating facts.
LoL at all the people hating on the holiday park. The island is a holiday destination, get over it. We tried to build more sustainable businesses but the NIMBY lot stopped it. So we’re left with just the hospitality business. Chickens coming home to roost as they say. Grind all growth into the grown buy constantly objecting to anything that will bring jobs to the island and this is what you get along with drugs and unemployment. The haters are the ones that cause this.
Totally agree
Hired a caravan for a few days on this site whilst having some decorating done, never never again. pity i was only warned about this sight after i had booked. It is a tip
To be honest, it’s like a ‘pikey’ site.
Yes, that is because it is them that own and run it.
They sell caravans under false pretences and once that they have got your CASH, and you complain, they then give you 28 days notice to leave. I know of many victims that have lost thousands.
No contracts etc. Just empty promises.
The site is not a tip
The club is a lovely place make you feel welcome great food
Remind me why I would want to “holiday’ in a park like that?
Is this still a holiday park,or overspill housing for the council?
The Fairway Holiday Park is used by the Council and the agencies who work for it to house people who have been evicted from their homes. The families I’ve known through school who have been relocated there were previously in subsidised rental accommodation. I’m not saying it’s 100 per cent these people on the site but I certainly wouldn’t regard it as a holiday destination. Rightly or wrongly, the site has a certain reputation.
It’s a lovely site to live on
Half the streets on the iow are a lot worse to live on
It’s people like you that give it a bad reputation
Once again island echo blowing up wayyyy out of proportion. So the keybord Warriors can have there five minute rant
Not the first time trying to ruin this park? There’s alot of people who enjoy it!
Let’s hear from them then. Nice people, I mean.
Very good point BMX
Do you mean people such as the Wight fibre guys who live there ?
To be fair, they do seem to enjoy it.
Work hard, play hard. INNIT tho.
Plus the nice people of Downsview,
whom have made the club house there new local, since the Stag closed down. It is that bad, that even I don’t go down there.
Prefere drinking down the sea front with the street drinkers.
Much better class of people.
Thanks Dr, appreciate your reply. I guess some people have a great time there but as often happens, at the “expense” of others. I wouldn’t say all the residents of Downsview are fans. There are people there who work really hard to put a roof over their heads, including a number of friends and colleagues. And quite a few who work very hard at not doing any work.
I’m embarrassed to drink in somewhere like The Old Comical say, which can be super noisy sometimes. That’s why I don’t live near a pub or caravan site, although at least I have that choice. Recent reviews of the site generally tend to be less favourable, from what I’ve seen today. It doesn’t look horrible though, they’ve defo thrown some money at it lately.
Lovely place to drink and live
YOU ARE NOT AN ISLANDER !
YOU ARE THE OWNERS !
Hedge Hopper’s f off back to the mainland ! The IW won’t tolerate your BS.