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Offline Romany Knaves

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Romany-Booth and Music Hall Performers
« on: Sunday 14 July 13 18:18 BST (UK) »
Persecuted but still time to KIL and GIL........not all but a few noted performers.

Fiddler's Bill Shaw of Oxfordshire,Adam Lee of London,Lewis Boswell,Tommy Boswell of Berkshire,Cornelius and Adolphus of Wales,Tommy Lewis,Oscar and Esau Boswell,Fiddle
and Harp John Roberts of Wales,Fiddle and Pipe Charlie Wood of Wales, Piper's James-
Allan Northumberland and Europe,Edward Wood of Wales and the Tambourine Constance-
Lewis and the Grays and Shaws of East Anglia great Booth Artist's of their day and not to
forget the Dancers Oliver and Dookey Cooper,Liberty and Noah Shaw,Elvaira Gray,Charlie
Junnix of London with some of the best Music Hall Artist such as George and Bertie Heron.
a sadness that we can not see them today as they could Rokra Romany and play the Bosh-
but can you Jal Adrey the Staripen or chin the Cost!
ESSEX, KENT, LONDON, SUFFOLK, SUSSEX.
Bachelor, Baker, Beeny, Boswell, Brazil, Burgess, Carter, Clements, Cooper, Cornelius, Collins, Day, Dobson, Eastwood, Ellis, Farr, Fairbeard, Harris, Holland/s, Jenkins, Jones, Kennett, K/nave/s, Lyon, Lee, Penfold, Ransley, Robert/s, Reeve/s, Smith, Stone, Thompsett, Tomsit, Wood/s.

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Re: Romany-Booth and Music Hall Performers
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 15 September 15 23:13 BST (UK) »
Keen to know more about fiddler Harry Lee who was recorded by my friend Ken Stubbs (sadly departed) at Borough Green in 1962 when he (Harry) was "about 60". May be the Harry Lee who was Ambrose Cooper's grandfather and/or the Harry Lee who the gypsiologist Shaw took a photo (with fiddle) of on Epsom Downs on or about Derby Day in 1930; or they may be three different fiddlers of the same name (a far-from-rare occurrence) : there's no real way of searching the records without more details of his immediate ancestry. Can you or anyone else help?

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Re: Romany-Booth and Music Hall Performers
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 19 September 15 10:33 BST (UK) »
Hi,
have you tried Robert Dawson's site he has a lot of book's on different subjects of Romany/Gypsy Life and people.
ESSEX, KENT, LONDON, SUFFOLK, SUSSEX.
Bachelor, Baker, Beeny, Boswell, Brazil, Burgess, Carter, Clements, Cooper, Cornelius, Collins, Day, Dobson, Eastwood, Ellis, Farr, Fairbeard, Harris, Holland/s, Jenkins, Jones, Kennett, K/nave/s, Lyon, Lee, Penfold, Ransley, Robert/s, Reeve/s, Smith, Stone, Thompsett, Tomsit, Wood/s.

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Re: Romany-Booth and Music Hall Performers
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 23 September 15 11:28 BST (UK) »
Thank you: I was aware of that site, but hadn't thought of looking for Harry Lee there. One of the pictures on the site might actually provide a clue, and I shall track down some of the books - no stone left unturned!