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Travelling People / Re: Mitcham Redskin village/ Phipps Bridge
« on: Thursday 14 October 10 21:31 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: daveymart on Tuesday 23 October 07 15:26 BST (UK)
Hi all, I've recently joined the site 'cos I'm looking for anything anybody knows about Redskin village in Mitcham. I grew up on Phipps Bridge in Mitcham in the 1960s/70s, plenty of travelling folk still about then and some of the families I've seen here on this site too. My old nan lived in a house in New Close used to talk a lot about it which apparently was on the site of the Phipps Bridge Estate. The stories used to fascinate me as a kid, and now I'm trying to find a bit out about the area but keep drawing a blank. Anyone with any information or links/ sources would be very gratefully recived. Cheers!
alot of original families still in new close.

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Travelling People / Re: Mitcham Redskin village/ Phipps Bridge
« on: Thursday 14 October 10 21:29 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: jaytoot on Saturday 21 February 09 12:26 GMT (UK)
A lot of my family were from mitcham (Jameses) and my brother heard a story that it was called redskin village because when an american wild west show came to england they camped there or even that some stayed living there. nice story but probably not true.

Jim
private message me. ur nan vertina james is my great nan.

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Travelling People / Re: Mitcham Redskin village/ Phipps Bridge
« on: Thursday 14 October 10 21:25 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: jaytoot on Saturday 21 February 09 12:26 GMT (UK)
A lot of my family were from mitcham (Jameses) and my brother heard a story that it was called redskin village because when an american wild west show came to england they camped there or even that some stayed living there. nice story but probably not true.

Jim
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was given it's name as it was all travelling families that settled. phipps bridge was the dump. rocky/ redskin village was new close.
also a james.

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