The Madness has ended. We have a rare still moment to sit and just ponder on what we have achieved. Sat in a chair, in the quiet museum space, gazing at our images,our history. Our stories,our heritage. It’s a bizarre […]
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PGT Project
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Exploring Doncaster Museum’s Community Space
06/05/2016
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 […]
Gypsies (and Travellers) We Have a Problem!
19/04/2016
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 […]