I feel I need to give you a little back ground to the project and the name. For many years now certain channels have been making mockumentaries about My Community and other “Traveller” groups. Which ever “Traveller” or “Roma” community […]
As we sit in the Home of Louie, We are told stories of when the Market Place was a night club and when Gypsies were no longer allowed to pull onto the Leger Fair. The Leger was one of the […]
Have you ever stepped inside a time machine? Been transported to another era? We do every time we interview for this project, it’s an amazing experience we are truly greatful for. We hear about the struggles of living in wagons, […]
I want to let you know how privileged we feel. We walk into a room with a relative stranger and over the course of our time there, we capture the smiles and Laughter and also the hurts and the pride […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]