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Travelling People / Re: Gypsies/ Travellers in houses
« on: Monday 11 July 22 15:14 BST (UK) »
Yes, Rena, you are quite right and in the area in which I live this still happens, but the distances are easier to cover now. So a 20 mile journey by car is a no more than half an hour.
The period in time my reply refers to is the from the 1700's to mid 1900's, so as there were no cars and agricultural workers would not have had horses, it would have made sense to move around with the job. A much harder life than we can possibly imagine today.
From the mid 1920's to the late 1950's my Mother and later my sisters all worked for local farmers through the seasons. picking potatoes/peas/carrots or whatever was ready at the time. Being 20 odd years younger than my sisters I mostly avoided this back breaking work. In the beginning they had to make their own way to whichever fields they were working in, by bicycle usually, but after WW2 the farmers would collect them with tractor and trailer or sometimes a horse/animal box. In both they would be seated on hay bales (if they were lucky). I remember as a child being taken along during school holidays and the days seemed really long. My Mum was the Ganger for most of this time and organised the women as and when needed. I presume this occupation was followed because of Mum's agricultural ancestry background and her knowledge of the local farmers.
The period in time my reply refers to is the from the 1700's to mid 1900's, so as there were no cars and agricultural workers would not have had horses, it would have made sense to move around with the job. A much harder life than we can possibly imagine today.
From the mid 1920's to the late 1950's my Mother and later my sisters all worked for local farmers through the seasons. picking potatoes/peas/carrots or whatever was ready at the time. Being 20 odd years younger than my sisters I mostly avoided this back breaking work. In the beginning they had to make their own way to whichever fields they were working in, by bicycle usually, but after WW2 the farmers would collect them with tractor and trailer or sometimes a horse/animal box. In both they would be seated on hay bales (if they were lucky). I remember as a child being taken along during school holidays and the days seemed really long. My Mum was the Ganger for most of this time and organised the women as and when needed. I presume this occupation was followed because of Mum's agricultural ancestry background and her knowledge of the local farmers.