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Tag: Family History
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Capturing Gypsy Heritage Through Family Stories
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 of a life time. Thursday I was invited into the home of Sarann and her…
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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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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…