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Category: Heritage, History and Culture
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A Traveller Soldier’s Story: Family, Service and Survival
My Name is Jim Foster, I class myself as a Traveller and a Yorkshire one, born and bred. When we were young ,we didn’t use the term Gypsy, it just wasn’t who we are. but i guess today our family would be classed as English Gypsies. Summer months as a very young lad spent in…
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Gold Gilding a Rare Jowet Wagon: A Family Tradition
We have been privileged enough to be allowed to document the full painting process of a brand new rare “Jowet” Living Wagon or Vardo. Once the wagon is completed we will be showing images of the full process. This is something we are really excited about as Gypsy people begin to reclaim their heritage they…
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Gypsies (and Travellers) We Have a Problem!
OK, so now i have your attention. let me tell you about our issue. its quite simple really. Our Project is funded to look at Doncaster G&T Heritage 1900-2000. the Problem? The Community members we have interviewed in Doncaster, they have stories about else where. The stories about Doncaster?Some come from as far away as…
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Exploring the Doncaster Archive: A Hidden Gem
We set up an appointment to go look through the Doncaster Archive. We were a little surprised to find and old school with some signage. The experience was one i would recommend, although strange, it was fun. I expected a computer and some “whizzy” process to find Gypsies and Travellers in Doncaster history. That is…
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From Shack to Sanctuary: Askern’s Church Transformation By W.Varey
Gypsy & Travellers hold faith in God dear to them, and some of us value our relationship with God above anything else in our lives. I want to tell you about the big building in Askern, Doncaster. Why we love it, why we value it and how it came to be. Back when we were…
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Tales from the Past: Preserving Memories for Future Generations
A Hand that could tell a thousand tales Sat in my aunties little front room, I watch the smoke rise in wispy tendrils and pass her laughing lips. She talks in a croaky low voice, the voice of 100,000 cigarettes and a million lifetimes. She regales us with tales of long ago, of stories almost…
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Documenting Gypsy and Traveller Heritage: Get Involved!
Negative stereo types based on myths and say so have continued to raise and influence. This influences not only the way other communities see Gypsies and Travellers, but sadly how they are beginning to see themselves. We want to create a lasting archive of REAL Gypsy and Traveller history, we want the Gypsy and Traveller communities…