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Tag: Gypsy and Traveller History
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Because Roseanna Found the File: Why What Was Taken? Matters Now
By Dr Violet Cannon, Proud Gypsy Traveller CIC This report began with history. But somewhere along the way, it became personal. When I first started learning more about the Tinker Experiments, I thought I was trying to understand what had happened to Scottish Gypsy Traveller families. I knew it mattered. I knew it was serious.…
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No Monuments, No Anthem, No Book? Who Gets to Decide What Counts as Gypsy History?
I came across a quote that I haven’t been able to leave alone. its one of those that keeps swirling around in my head It is from Isabel Fonseca, whose Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey was published in the mid-1990s. She writes: “The Gypsies have no heroes. There are no myths of…
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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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Gypsy and Traveller History: Slavery, Persecution and Survival
I am currently working through the Proud Gypsy Traveller website, page by page, reviewing what we have written and deciding what needs updating. When I reached our original timeline, I realised how much has changed—not only in the evidence now available, but in my own ability to research it. I now know how to follow…
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Gypsy Clean Up Week
I often remember being told that we must understand the past to learn from it. So As i read an article on hmd.org.uk that explains “On 13 June 1938 German police began a week of operations against Roma and Sinti people in Germany. Roma and Sinti prisoners © USHMM By 18 June over 1,000 Roma…
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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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TIMELINE!
Time Line Before AD 400. Some Indians become nomadic craftsmen and entertainers. 430-443. The Persian poet Firdawsi reports in the Shah-Nameh (Book of Kings), written c.1000, how the Persian Shah Bahram Gur persuades the Indian King Shangul to send him 10,000 Luri musicians to be distributed to the various parts of the Persian kingdom. 820-834. Zott state established on the banks of the…
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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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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…