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Travelling People / Re: Are they gypsies?
« on: Monday 21 April 08 17:57 BST (UK)  »
Thank you. Guess that's what I'd concluded, so good to hear someone else express it. I quite understand about not wanting to be house dwellers and am so looking forward to being freed from bricks & mortar. Have hankered it for eons. As you say each to his own. Big hug.

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Travelling People / Re: Are they gypsies?
« on: Monday 21 April 08 14:02 BST (UK)  »
Thanks.
But which side is the Gypsy side? The showmen seem to be such a big melting pot. Whilst my forefathers had rides they were also hawkers. I have wondered if it was the formation of the Showmans Guild or its forerunner (name forgotten), which generally had them distancing themselves. Can see the link with the circus (I think) re horses.
As for being a mongrel, tell me something new, I'm English through & through whatever that might be ;). My sisters and I all have Jewish names, Ruth, Rachel & Rebecca, AKA the three R's! Mum was an infant teacher, but the link was most likely accidental.   
Thanks too for your well wishes. Sad isn't it though (no pleasing some folks), I haven't moved into my trailer yet & already thinking if I might be able to build me something akin to the dwellings used by the Tinkers Bubble Project...... a choice of homes.... utter luxury!!!!!!!!!

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Travelling People / Re: Are they gypsies?
« on: Monday 21 April 08 12:37 BST (UK)  »
Hi Cathayb.
So how to define "one of us"?
The only side of my family I've really ever known (or known about) & am right proud of, is the travelling side (my mum's). Ok, Grandma became a house dweller & set the new standard, but thankfully circumstances have forced me into the process of 'selling up', so I've put a deposit down on a tad nice trailer & look forward to moving in ASAP.
Grandma would get right upperty if anyone called her a Gypsy, although was proud of her roots & we remained a close knit family. She came from circus & showman stock, so why not Gypsy?
I wonder if it was simply because the term was used to be derisory. Any ideas on the matter please? ???

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