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Tag: Family History
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When You Grow Gills: The Fight We Inherit
Community Voices and Stories · Education and Young People · Research, Policy and Systems Change · Rights, Racism and JusticeAt 47, I finally understand why my mam was tired. A personal reflection on the reports, the repeated fights, and what we pass from one generation to the next.
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Running Away, Walking Off and the Marriage the State Could See
Who decided what was the “real” Gypsy way to get married? Many debates happen online about Gypsy and Traveller culture. And when they do, differences of opinion can become very strong, very quickly. I found the whole “if you use a mop to clean your floors, you’re not a real Gypsy or Traveller” debate fascinating.…
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This Was Never Just a Scottish Problem, was it?
I’ve been sitting with this for a while now. Like a lot of us, I was brought up hearing bits of things — never the full story. Things half said. Things you don’t ask too many questions about. Things that sit in families but don’t get written down. I’m Romani Gypsy, with Scottish Gypsy ancestry…
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She Who Holds the Crown
A storytelling session for International Women’s Day This International Women’s Day, audiences were invited into a powerful and deeply personal storytelling experience: “She Who Holds the Crown.” The session explored the strength, humour, resilience and quiet authority of Romany Gypsy women — the women who have carried culture, memory and survival through centuries of change,…
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No Man’s Land” — and the Stories We Were Told
I was told my whole life that I was English. English Gypsy. It wasn’t said harshly. It wasn’t said defensively. It was simply offered as fact, the way families hand down recipes or habits or certain turns of phrase. It was part of who we were. We were English. And yet, there were the trips…
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Proud Gypsy Traveller Book
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 stories from the course of the project and some of the interesting stories we uncovered.…
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The Foyer Corn Exchange
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 building. So it seemed an ideal venue for our next exhibition. We were rewarded with…
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Jack Cunningham VC
John Cunningham VC (28 June 1897 – 21 February 1941) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Cunningham was 19 years old, and a Private in the 12th (Service) Battalion, (the Hull…
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The Legacy of Love Letters: A Journey Through Time at Louie’s
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 very few fairs in the country where Showmen (Fair Ground Travellers) and the ethnic Travellers…
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Support Our Exhibition: The Story of Suitcases and Memories
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, the internal fight families had of letting go of the horse drawn wagons (Vardos) for…