A project to showcase Twentieth Century Gypsy and Traveller Cultural Heritage in Doncaster is set to present the oral histories, images and artefacts collected from local Gypsy and Traveller communities in an exhibition at Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery. […]
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 […]
Well, I am back blogging again, had a nice day today we, Thats Me and Violet had a nice stroll over to the Doncaster Museum, We wanted to see and get a feel for the exhibition Space. We have an […]
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 […]
Hi welcome to my first blog have never written a blog of any kind and I have certainly never published one, so here we go. I am the Cultural Heritage Project Assistant, Anything technical I tend to leave to […]
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 […]
I understand peoples trepidation at the idea of this project. I get it, no really I do. We have been laughed at, ridiculed, exposed and basically shown up by the media. Yes we tried to get involved, We tried to […]
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 […]