Open/Close Toolbox
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 New Zealand License
Format: Photograph
Linked To
Location (city or town)
Comments
AddBy: Laura Mills2nd Sep 2021 6:39PMIt was my fathers house I was only 5yo the flea “gypsy” was living at the house in exchange for doing the renovations. We lost the house and land without compensation. Oh
By: Laura Mills2nd Sep 2021 6:39PMI know the full story.
The guys nickname was Gypsy. He shot the outline of a pig's head into the police car.
The house was rigged with explosives the next night, the guys were running the wire to the plunger down the hill when a security guard came into the street, so they abandoned the idea, and took off. Council workers found the explosives next day, and council torched it that night.
A guy was about to buy the house, so he wasn't happy. He kept a letter for years that Gypsy wrote him from jail, saying he was going to kill him when he got out. I think Gypsy died, so the letter was possibly thrown out.
I'll not name any other names, I was working for the council at the time, and remember well, walking from Cobden to work in the morning, listening to the rifle shots. Gypsy surrendered to Police about 9.30.
The guys nickname was Gypsy. He shot the outline of a pig's head into the police car.
The house was rigged with explosives the next night, the guys were running the wire to the plunger down the hill when a security guard came into the street, so they abandoned the idea, and took off. Council workers found the explosives next day, and council torched it that night.
A guy was about to buy the house, so he wasn't happy. He kept a letter for years that Gypsy wrote him from jail, saying he was going to kill him when he got out. I think Gypsy died, so the letter was possibly thrown out.
I'll not name any other names, I was working for the council at the time, and remember well, walking from Cobden to work in the morning, listening to the rifle shots. Gypsy surrendered to Police about 9.30.
Copyright
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 New Zealand LicenseThis licence lets you remix, tweak, and build upon our work noncommercially and although your new works must also acknowledge us and be noncommercial, you do not have to license the derivative works on the same terms.
Menu
Click on the image to add
a tag or press ESC to cancel
a tag or press ESC to cancel
loading google map....
West Coast New Zealand History (4th Sep 2021). Threadneedle Street Seige.12th August 1986 *PHOTO ALBUM*. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 8th Apr 2026 23:45, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/29958