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Lest We Forget
27th January 2021

I woke up this morning and checked my social media feeds. I always find it fascinating to scroll through the local area pages to find out what atrocities we Gypsy and Traveller people may have committed. “Gypsies pulled on playing […]

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Ringlets Of Red
5th June 2020

Ringlets of red, Eyes open wide. Headteacher usher’s child inside.The room goes quite 48 eyes on me Be nice to Violet she’s a Gypsy you see.Confused and lost a bewildered child, dying with shame and pain inside. Was my culture […]

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Gypsy Clean Up Week
14th June 2019

I often remember being told that we must understand the past to learn from it. So As i read an article on hmd.org.uk that explains “On 13 June 1938 German police began a week of operations against Roma and Sinti […]

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Open Letter to anyone who will help affect change
5th June 2019

I remember my first day back at school all too well, we were living roadside, it was the norm for my family back then. We had gone away for a few months and were back for the winter, the memory […]

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Free Community Journalism
27th October 2018

Free Community Journalism training for Gypsies and Travellers We’re looking for Gypsies and Travellers in the Yorkshire/North East Lincolnshire region to collect stories from their families and friends on the topic of health. We are running some free training sessions […]

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Negotiated Stopping is a step back
23rd October 2018

I was born in a trailer (caravan), I spent most of my childhood living on a few different bits of camps. We just moved from one place to half a mile down the road. It was just how we lived […]

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Proud Gypsy Traveller Book
18th August 2018

During the course of the project we explored the heritage of Gypsies and Travellers 1900-2000. The book includes some much beloved family stories and photos. As well as long forgotten information found in archives. This book brings together images and […]

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Please let’s stand together
11th April 2018

Heads up people, The Government is looking to change the law! They are looking to be able to move encampments immediately. This includes roadside and private sites without planning permission!! Don’t get all annoyed and write on here how unfair everything is […]

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Proud Gypsy Traveller Newspaper Front Page
24th January 2017

Copies are freely available from the Corn Exchange

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The Foyer Corn Exchange
15th December 2016

The Corn Exchange is an iconic Doncaster building at the very heart of the market. It’s accessible and frequently frequented by Gypsies and Travelles. We have also heard stories from the communities of the parties they attended within this beautiful […]

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