Gipsy Dan Boswell

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 This photo comes from the magazine  called the Sketch, Wednesday 25 of December just a few hours in this time from me writing to you all, in the year 1912, in an article speaking of                   

                                                      Women about town,   
 
 The Gipsy Hand Shake


 "I THE OLDEST- KNOWN PURE -BRED GIPSY
GREETS A DESCENDANT OF THE AUTHOR OF "LAVENGRO."



Photograph by Excelsior Illustrations.

The true-born gipsy is accustomed to use a sort of masonic sign which enables him to distinguish a pure-bred member of his community. This is a particular form of handshake, supposed to bring good luck. If two gipsies have a feud, a nail is placed between the first and second fingers while they shake hands, and if it draws blood the feud is ended. Our photograph shows Jasper Petulengro, the oldest known purebred gipsy, shaking hands with Miss Winefride Borrow, a descendant of George Borrow,


This photo is of a Mother with Her Children sitting and next to their wagon
 it is from the Evening Dispatch Thursday 20 July 1939 page 4

this is the caption

Midland Gipsy Life Happy and content in their gipsy life, this family take a few seconds “off” from the day’s duties. The little boy, however, was not at all pleased at the prospect of having his photograph taken, and when asked to smile please he did just the opposite. But little boys are often contrary in their ways, so we ll excuse him.


This photo is of Plato Buckland's Varda

                                               THE ILLUSTRADED LONDON NEWS

Registered as a Newspaper for Transition in the United Kingdom and to Canada and Newfoundland by Magazine Post

Saturday October 9 1926

                            BURNING THE CARAVAN AND WORLDLY  GOODS OF PLATO BUCKLAND,
                                    A  CENTENARIAN GIPSY WHO DIED AT MARLOW RECENTLY.


  In accordance with old Romany custom, the caravan of Plato Buckland, a gipsy who died the other day at the reputed age of 102, was burned at Marlow, with his other effects.

Photographs by C.N and 1.B.

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This is just a random photo on its own in the middle of a newspaper, sadley the Gipsies are given no name,
 I think the photographer just took a snap as a moment in time


 Falkirk Herald Wednesday 14 August 1935 page 4

LIVING THE LIFE OF A ROMANY 

This picturesque caravan camp, situated near the old Union Canal Road at Camelot, presents a restful scene suggestive of real gipsy life.




These photos are in the Magazine "Shere" April 27 1929 the Empires illustrated weekly page 183

NO GIPSIES ON EPSOM DOWNS.
 Striking Studies of the Romany Folk whose Picturesque Presence is now Forbidden on Epsom Downs even on Derby Day

PLYING THEIR TRADITIONAL CRAFT
 A group of gipsy women and children peg making. 

AFFECTION
A gipsy woman and her horse. The Romany folk are all devoted to animals

 CHILDREN AND A HOME
Although the Romany folk have no  abode they pine for the open road if they are confined to one place their caravans are real homes, and the children love them

 THE SIMPLE MEAL OF SIMPLE FOLK
An impression of the preparations for dinner. The stews simmering in the pots swinging on the tripods is exceedingly savoury both to nose and mouth epsom will miss one of its old time attractions this year, for the gipsies have been forbidden to camp upon the Downs. The old  What is duck without peas might well be paraphrased  what is the Derby without Romany?" The reasons given by the authorities are that the gipsies are insanitary and dishonest, many fences and palings having been torn up in past years. It may be true that these nomads are not the best of citizens, but the great majority will regret the passing of the picturesque caravans.



These photos are from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News Saturday 1 June 1929 page 610

THE ROUT OF THE ROMANIES EPSOM'S GIPSIES, THEN AND NOW. "ALL IN THE DOWNS THE FLEET WAS MOORED": THE MOVING HOMES OF THE GIPSY TRIBES THREATENED BY THE EPSOM AUTHORITIES. THE GIPSIES AS DRAWN BY JOHN LEACH OVER FIFTY YEARS AGO: AN EARLY MORNING SCENE AMONG THE NOMADS ON THE DOWNS. OLD AND NEW AT EPSOM: THE MODERN MOTOR CARAVAN AND, BY ITS SIDE, THE OLDER HORSE-DRAWN TYPE OF VEHICLE.

When it was announced that the gipsies were to be forbidden by the Epsom Grandstand Association to camp on the Downs during Epsom week, owing to the nuisance they caused to the neighbourhood and to the litter they left behind them, a great cry arose, on a note of sentiment, headed by Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson, M.P. A Gipsy Defence League was formed, which included Mr. Augustus John and Lady Eleanor Smith among its members. The first gipsies to defy the ban were recently bound over by the Epsom magistrates.


 

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  These are two good photos of the Romany Gipsy Price Family

Burnley Express and News 8  September 1951 page 3

  'Ah, that's the life for me!' said many a passer-by it was early last September, nigh to Framingam-on-Sea, An' 'twas Fair-day come tomorrow, an' the time was alter tea. An' I met painted caravan adown a country lane," as in Patrick R. Chalmers' poem (writes a staff reporter),

 but In the heart Industrial Burnley, on the Fulledge recreation ground, bringing a fleeting glimpse of Romany life into .the hustle and bustle of town affairs. Although the weather was dismal, anything but ideal for early September, the family who were camping on Fulledge this week were well prepared for any caprices of the weather, with their caravanserai including even the proverbial " kitchen range." It was a combination of a broken shaft on one of their three caravans and the incidence of the local September holidays which brought Mr. Luke Price and his family into town, and kept them here several days until repairs could be effected.

Temporary hitch They are on their way North from Lincolnshire, heading for Yarme, and intended visiting Preston until delayed bv the breakdown. Their future route lies through Nelson. Skipton. and over Blubberhouses to the Yorkshire coast. normally they cover anything up to 40 miles a day when they are on the move. In manv ways it is hard life, and in 1951 even these free spirits have to compromise with authority long enough to collect ration cards and permits for fodder for their horses and fuel for stoves. When the " summer ends the Price family go into winter quarters at Newport. Monmouthshire. for they are good Welsh folk, not of the real Romany, and for dreary winter days they are just as 44 housebound as the rest of us. But next year when the warmer airs of Spring come creeping along, out will come the caravans, and they will be off again to try their luck " around the bend of the road."
Attraction at Preston was the horse fair, for the Prices are horse traders. This week they were enjoying the enforced holiday. for Not everyones cup of tea this nomad existence: there's lots to be said for comfortable home to return in the evening, a settled routine and an ordered life. Yet, like the poet Chalmers, the Prices would probably agree
 . . . It's bread and bacon mostly when the dog don't catch a 'are: But lookin' at it broad, an' while it ain't no merchant king's, What's lost upon the roundabouts pulls up on the swings. —all being well—


this is the caption of the first photo

Horses are becoming almost a rarity in some of our larger industrial towns, but they still occupy big place in the lives of the Price family, who. in addition to trading in horses, use horses to draw their caravans. The grey. Blossom, is especially friendly —particularly when Ruby Price takes him out his " dinner" in a bucket.


this is the caption of the second photo


members of the Price Family gather round for a photograph, from left to right are, Jimmy holding the dog Jes, Mrs Price,  Ruby with N-word ,and Mr Price with Randa, there are two other members of the Family not in the picture, mr Prices Son John, and His Wife Jane


This photo I'm sure as one of Pauline's Relatives in, the Man carrying the Asher's looks like photos Pauline and Her Cousin William put up on Sues web site, 
                                                                 
                     The Magazine is called the "SPEARE"

The Empires Illustrated Weekly November  28 1931 page 346

                                                           A GIPSY CEREMONY
Mr. Augustus John assisted at the scattering of the ashes of Dr. John Sampson, the eminent Romany scholar,

 
below is the record of the Funeral

 Lancashire Evening Post Saturday 21 November 1931

GIPSY REQUIEM ON FIDDLES AND HARPS. LAST HOMAGE TO EMINENT ROMANY SCHOLAR.
Bands of gipsies and members of Romany tribes from all parts of the North of England assembled to-day among the mountains near Corwen when the ashes of Dr. John Sampson, of Liverpool University, were scattered on the top of Foelgoch, North Wales, a mountain over 2,000 Feet high at Llangwym. Motors left Liverpool early to-day with relatives and friends who passed through the Vale of Llangollen to Llangwm village, at the foot of  Foelgoch. These included Mr. Augustus John, K.A., a family friend, who had travelled from London. They were received on the village green by caravans of gipsies, with plaintive music fiddles and harps. The mourners climbed Foclgoch, Dr. Sampson’s favourite Welsh peak, where he often rallied his gipsy friends, and here his ashes were scattered on the hillside. Professor Sampson was held in great esteem by the gipsies. He attended Romany camps in many countries, and many of the gipsies came long distances to pay their last homage. He was one of the most eminent Romany scholar in the world. Oxford University conferred on him the honorary degree of D.Litt., in 1909, in recognition of his work as a gipsy scholar.

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This photo is another of the burning of Plato Bucklands Varda, this picture like many I have come across as just been in a magazine since 1926, some of these photos could be in old journals or later papers but there lost to the People of today, I would tell everyone to think about researching the old editions of magazines and papers  that are evan today being updated, most of you and your Family's will not have the access to old journals and papers that some People hold onto, just do what I do and look yourself, then share everything, help everyone, never let evan the smallest none descript piece of information slip away, save everything, I found that round Nottingham quite a few of the Wilshers Wiltshire's whatever name they went by on  whichever day well sometimes they  used the same solicitor when they went to court, intern I started looking at the solicitor himself this then brought me to more court cases involving more Gipsys who had different names, these sorts of finds could be used to link up different Family's in  the way they may have communicated to each about the solicitor being a good one to use, this now meaning the said Family's new each other, so  this line of research could evolve evan more, do you see what I mean, I will go back later and research those things, but the greatest one is when I will research the Great Gipsy Woman that will be the last serch, I,v worked out the truth lays with the Woman, I was always told that, but I'm learning more day by day and will help everyone

Anyway this is another photo for the Bucklands and all their People the ones who have never seen this photo, its another great one

                                                               THE SPERE

October 9 1926 The Empires Illustrated Weekly Page 51

                                               THE CARAVAN OF A DEAD GIPSY

The last picture produced above shows the burning of a caravan belonging to Gipsy Plato Buckland, who died recently at the age of 102, the caravan was set alight and accordingly burnt to old custom

I was just looking for the record of Plato Buckland, and I came across this one from 1840, I found lots back to the 1700s, it is one of the greatest I have ever read,

Reading Mercury Saturday 22 February 1840

 MARLOW, SATURDAY, February 22. The following distinguished persons are on a visit to Sir W. R. Clayton, Bart., M.P., at ford The Baron Latouche, Sir J. Kirkland, Bart., and Lady, the Hon. Major Henniker, Colonel Fremantle, Tonga, Sir George Baker, Bart,, Miss Cole, Capt. and Mrs. Culpeper, &c, .—Plato Buckland, a well-known gipsy, appeared to prefer a case of assault against Jonathan Hickman, of Little Mallow. It appeared the parties had been playing at " Hussle penny" in a public-house, when a dispute arose, and the defendant tore the plaintiffs hat to pieces and put it in the fire. The plaintiff stated his case with gestures fitting and tongue most voluble The worthy Magistrates, however, very properly dismissed the case as a public-house quarrel., much to the satisfaction of the defendant and his solicitor. Mr. May. Plato was anything but  philosophic under his defeat.—

this below is just an extract of a much larger report with more great information, they must be either closely related to or one of the Old Original Family's , if any of their decendants would like me to find things that they have never seen, just say and I will do my best for you , no trouble at all

Swindon Advertiser and North Wilts Chronicle Saturday 15 November 1890
REMARKABLE FUNERAL SWINDON.

One of the most remarkable funerals ever witnessed probably in Swindon took place at the Parish Church, Old Swindon, on Wednesday afternoon last, the deceased an old gipsy named Timothy Buckland, 70 years of age. In consequence of the extraordinary reports which had been circulated as to the preparations which had been made for the funeral obsequies, and also that deceased held a titular position among the gipsies, well as that he had considerable wealth, led to the assemblage of several thousands of spectators in front of the church gates at the hour appointed, viz.. Three o'clock, and this crowd blocked up the roads leading thereto for some considerable distance, during the whole period of the formal service, which occupied but very little short of an hour. It appears that decease! was born at Hawkesbur Upton, in Somersetshire, in the year 1820, and from the time of his birth till that of his death has been living a predatory life, his practice being travel with vans, in which he and his family resided, he and his sons being generally engaged in horse and donkey dealing, and the female members of the family hawking goods in baskets throughout the country. The old man, having for some little time past been suffering from cancer in the mouth took up his abode in a field near the Wharf, in the Drove-road, Swindon, recently, and his other vans, the number of nine, in due course followed, the forming of a large gipsy encampment of upwards of 50 persons, consisting of deceased and his wife, four brother, their sons and daughters, and their children, living in their respective vans and tents, some of which bore a remarkable resemblance to the wigwams of the Indians, as seen in Canada and North America. The illness from which the old man was suffering threatening to have a fatal termination, the family had remained at Swindon for close upon to a month, awaiting the end

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This is a nice photo of a Gipsy Family next to their Varda, they are cooking on a fire, sadly they are not given a name,

Leeds Mercury Tuesday 10 September 1929 Page 12

                                                             EVE OF ST, LEGER

EVE OF THE CAMP ON THE COURSE. —One of the many parties of gipsies who have taken their pitches in the Town Moor for the St. Leger.—(By a Mercury photographer.)

This below is a large group of Gipsy Children, it is grainy but write to the Leeds Mercury or whoever as their archives and they will produce a fine image, this will show you who they are and the period cloths, so when you research your Family just in the census you will know the much bigger picture of their life, everyone who is learning like me must broaden our search, in their archives they may hold unprinted notes of the picture that they never published when the photo went into print, now that's the way we must research, follow your nose this is the greatest time in the history of the Gipsies to do and find what you seek, you can do it, They would want you to find them, great truths and finds await us all

Leeds Mercury Saturday June 8 1912 Page 10

 Hundreds of gipsy children are to be found at Epson; in Derby week. Our picture shows a typical group. (L.N.A)


there are great things to learn in our research, in 1906 the Leeds Mercury printed three Fantastic photos of and about the German Gipsies, but this time they also wrote of the time, so how I hear you say will this help us here on Roots Chat with our research, well I will not print the article up from 1906 but show you how we can learn from these things, the journalist laments the fact that the Gipsies attacked the writers and photographers if they try and solicit information or take photos of them, they will of course oblige if a sort of tax, a remuneration is given, this tells us much in our search in this day, we now armed with this knowledge must not believe everything the old scholars wrote, just because they claim it was told them , who knows really what is true when you read the thoughts of the old writers, was that really what the Old Gipsies new to be true or were they just saying what brought in the highest tax revenue, this is how we can learn from the old photos and their accompanying stories, much will be true but again an open mind is needed as always, fools gold is gold indeed to all who like to look down, so this line of research on Roots Chat is very relevant, we all must expand our mind if its the truth we seek, the photo was on Wednesday September 26 1906, the paper was then called the Leeds and Yorkshire Mercury, but you will find it under the tittle Leeds Mercury

PS  do you really believe all the stated facts on the census sheets, all the data on the church records, how many of your Family trees that you have clung to through your years of hard research are to be frank, false, lies, that's just the way it is ,like I say D.N.A will no doubt come to play a large part of your research as time goes by, I wander in life how many people evan know truthfully who their own Grand Farther is, merr

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ROMANY FOLK in their best clothes for Topcliffe Fair, near Thirsk, yesterday. The motor on the left, adds a modern note to this gipsy camp, in which the passing of years has made little difference to the lives of these wandering folk. (By a “Mercury" photographer.)

This is just another random photo, Topcliffe Fair I know nothing of, sure I could research this and say of this Fair, but no I know nothing really, it is a nice Family portrait of say 30 Gipsies, you can tell how they pull their vans around how they are Family, who they are only you who are their Family or scholar's type People will know, it would be nice for their Family who have lost touch with the Gipsies photographed for you who may know to tell of the history of this Family,
  the photo I talk about is in the Leeds Mercury Wednesday 19 July 1933

 this is me in the check shirt in Turkey , the Gipsy Man was almost black,
The Sphere Saturday 4 June 1932 Page 377, Gipsies on the Downs
The Sphere Saturday 13 November 1948 Page 213
two great photos of Yarm Fair Yorkshire
The Sphere Saturday 19 1960 Page 432, 433 (Romany Life)
Thursday 25 August 1932 Page 10
Gipsy Family unknown

The Sphere 9 June 1923 Page 274
 Mid-day Meal on the Downs A gipsy preparing her meal of potatoes on the course of Epsom before Derby Day. Note the clay pipe she is smoking with evident relish

AN OLD YORKSHIRE FAIR.—The gipsy encampment at the Lee Gap Fair. It is reported that probably fewer horses were sold than at any time in the 800 years that the fair has been held.
 (By a Mercury photographer.)

Wednesday 25 August 1923 Leeds Mercury

UMBRELLAS SELL BEST. From Our Special Correspondent. LEE GAP, Tuesday. For hundreds of years and  from miles around, crowds have swarmed to Lee Gap Fair. Taking its name, so far as historical records can relate, from Dr. Legh, to whom the site of Nostel Priory was granted In 1540, Lee Fair originated from a charter granted Henry I. to the Nostcl Cannons for two annual fairs. The dates were first fixed for the Feast of the Assumption and The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, August 15th and September 8th respectively. These dates were changed to August 24th and September 17th. Till a few years ago the fair lasted for the whole three weeks and three days between these two dates. Best and Worse, It was noted as by far the biggest horse fair in the country and the second largest in the world. There flocked to it people of quality, other people, and gipsies. Everyone turned out in his best. Everyone to-day seemed to turn out in his worst.

 The smartest men there were descendants of the old gipsy families, such as the Winters, Smiths, Fishers, and Wiltshires. But very few of them were to be seen. Motor-cars have killed the horse, and, consequently, the fairs where horses were sold. There was both good and bad horse- flesh. One animal was going for 25s. but never went. I saw some magnificent draught horses paraded without hope of finding buyers. Five guineas for a useful-looking hack seemed quite a good price in the auctioneers' ring. It has been a common custom with some patrons to buy up animals at the first fair and put them out to grass and get them in good condition for a better bargain at The latter Lee on September 17th.

 Leeds Mercury Monday 7 September 1931 Page 12

EARLY ARRIVALS ON THE TOWN MOOR. —The gipsies have already pitched, their tents  ALL ROADS LEAD TO DONCASTER during St. Leger Week. Romany folk arriving with their tents on the Town Moor and are ready for the opening of the St. Leger meeting  (By a “Mercury’' photographer.)

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This report was wrote by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald , there is several great photos it is in the magazine  called      "SPHERE"     Saturday 24 January 1953 Page 126

A Romany Death Ritual The Funeral of the Gypsy Mother Mrs. Harriet Bowers, and the Ceremonial Burning of Her Possessions Romanies from miles around Oxford and from as far afield as Carmarthenshire and Kent, Dorset and Norfolk, travelled to Oxford last week for the funeral of Mrs. Harriet Bowers. Harriet Bowers has been widely described in the Press as a "Queen of the Gypsies." She was not a queen, but a "mother"-- she was commonly known amongst the Romanies as the "kauli dai," "the black mother," though the "black" here did not refer to her complexion, but to the fact that she was a pure-blooded Romany. She was a Romanes speaker, and a great upholder of the ancient traditions of her people, with a vast knowledge of Romany genealogical trees and a vast fund of Romany folk-tales. It was not surprising that such a one should have asked that the ancient customs of her people should be observed at her funeral. And so, after the funeral ceremony in the little cemetery at Abingdon, where she was buried close to the grave of her eldest daughter, about 120 members of the family, including ninety-two-year-old Amelia Loveridge, the Queen of the tribe, who had travelled up from Dorset, returned to the encampment in a lane at Garsington, about three miles from Oxford. There at least another 150 gypsies Bucklands, Boswells, Lovells, Burtons, Stanleys, Ayres, Coopers, Lees, Smiths, almost all the great Romany tribal names were represented and about 100 curious gajos awaited them. Harriet's vardo (wagon) was pushed a little aside. The money was taken out and divided between the surviving children, and the crockery (some lovely willow-pattern china and one or two good pieces of old Staffordshire) was taken out and laid along the laneside. Then everything else was piled into'r the wagon all the linen, her furniture, some beautifully embroidered tablecloths (Harriet was a true crafts- Ionian at this, and some of her work ought really to have found a resting-place in a museum), the harness of her two horses paraffin poured over it and a match put to it by her eldest son. When the wagon was completely burnt out, her two horses a grey mare and a bay gelding were destroyed with a .humane-killer and all the crockery was smashed by her sons and daughters. Nothing now is left, in the ancient Romany fashion, of Harriet Bowers nothing, save a heavy gold ring, which had been worn by her mother (and which I have heard is at least 300 years old) and which is now worn by a daughter. In the misty dusk this ancient ceremony its connection with Indian funeral customs is obvious was singularly impressive. The more so, perhaps, for the thought that it may well be the last to be held in England. Once, of course, all true Romanies were given this funeral pyre. But in the last eight years there have, to my knowledge, been only three other such funerals, and I attended two of those, one near Alton and the other near Worthing. Economic con ditions the price of a new vardo, the cost of new horses, the price of linen and blankets (and true Romanies are content with only the best), the price of china and so on are killing the old customs. Harriet Bowers's family was well provided for, and so this could be done. (I think it would, in this case, have been done in any case out of respect for a greatly loved lady.) But in the case of Romanies less com fortably situated, it could not be done. So one more link with the great days of Romany life passes. And I, for one, regret it deeply.   A ROMANY FAREWELL-- RELATIVES OF THE LATE MRS. HARRIET BOWERS, THE GYPSY CLAN "MOTHER," PAYING TRIBUTE OUTSIDE HER CARAVAN AT GARSINGTON, OXFORDSHIRE Mrs. Bowers, who was sixty-eight, died in an Oxford hospital, and last week hundreds of gypsies' from many parts of the country, including places as far away as West Wales, gathered for her funeral and watched the subsequent ritual burning of her life-long possessions, including her caravan. THE COFFIN CONTAINING THE BODY OF MRS. BOWERS IS CARRIED PAST HER CARAVAN TO THE HEARSE The funeral took place at Abingdon, Berk shire, where Mrs. Bowers's eldest daughter is buried. On right CARRYING THE COFFIN INTO THE CHURCH AT ABINGDON A lorry was used to carry the wreaths from the many gypsies to whom Mrs. Bowers was mother." She was a pure blooded Romany. GYPSY MOURNERS WALKING IN PROCESSION AT THE FUNERAL After the interment all Mrs. Bowers's possessions were burned, in accordance with Romany tradition. In spite of the intervention of Inspector Maurice Wait of the R.S.P.C.A., the gypsy leader's horses a grey mare and a bay gelding were slaughtered. IBE CEREMONIAL BURNING OF MRS. BOWERS'S CARAVAN Almost everything she had worn and used during her life was placed inside the caravan, liberally sprinkled with paraffin and set alight by a relative.

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Wednesday 5 November 1913 The Sketch Magazine, there is a good photo of this Lady, very nice for the Relatives who may not have seen this

                   A ROMANY ROMANCE THE GIPSY BELLE OF THE HOME COUNTIES,
                             FEZENTA BUCKLAND WHO WAS RECENTLY MARRIED.

Mrs. Buckland, formerly known as Fezenta Fenner, has the reputation of being the most beautiful gipsy in the Home Counties. She was married the other day to William Buckland, also a gipsy, at Datchet. Photograph by Illustrations Bureau.]

In the magazine the SPHERE on Saturday 19 June 1926 there is an article wrote by Percy Bradley  named IN THE PETROL WORLD.
there is a photo taken of a car outside a random church but as a side note the journalist writer makes a small comment about the history of this church, I thought it could be of help to the Decedents of this Gipsy in their research if I put the photo and comments up on Roots Chat
 
"A 14-40=h.p. Sunbeam at Rushbury Church, Staffordshire This church is referred to in George Borrows Romany Rye. Borrow and his Romany friends, the Petulengros, attended a service here, and the benches reserved for the poor at the west end of the church, which were indignantly rejected by Mrs. Petulengro, are still to be seen "


In the magazine Britannia and Eve Sunday 1 August 1948 on Pages 14 15 and 54 is quite an interesting article with several very good photos,  there is one about some one named Stanley Doe, they say He was an ex Soldier and claimed Romany descent, the title of the article is Gipsies of Britain by Garth Christian,


The SPHERE Saturday 14 August 1948
THIS GIPSY CARAVAN HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL BY MR. AND MRS. COURTENAY MASON, OF HAMPSTEAD, FOR PERMANENT DISPLAY AT KEN WOOD The caravan, originally owned by the Buckland’s of Buckinghamshire,

In the Burnley News Wednesday 2 April 1930 Page 6 there is a photo but I can not see it good, it would be worth writing to the Burnley News People for a digital copy of this photo, it could contain your Relatives and who ever you are you should have this photo, good Luck

THE GIPSY ENCAMPMENT AT HAPTON COMMON. Attention has again been attracted to the encampment of gipsies on Hapton Common by a letter from the Hapton Parish Council the Burnlev Rural District Council, and which was read to the meeting of that body on Thursday. Gipsies have for many years made Hapton Common their home for varying periods, and have not alway  —or indeed often—been welcomed by the ratepayers. As there is-not a water supple on the Common the gipsies have had to resort to various devices to obtain water, and this is one of the grounds of complaint, especially as Hapton is notoriously short of water and whilst the ratepayers have to pay for it, the gipsies obtain it free. Complaints are also made of depredations in other directions, though cannot recall any instances when any of them have been brought to Court for any offence of the kind, and possibly not all the damage of which they are accused is caused Our photograph shows a general view of the encampment. . ' Photo.: Burnley News."

In the magazine named the Sphere Saturday 31 May 1952 Page 334 there are a few photos in an article by Brian Vesey Fitzgerald, this is an extract a Family named Coats is mentioned

Gipsy or Fellow Traveller? The Problem of Differentiating Between the True Nomad and the Temporary Residents of Countryside Compounds By BRIAN VESEY-FITZGERALD "GIPSIES" are in the news. Dr. Hugh Dalton, in the House of Commons just before the General Election, in answer to a question by Mr. Norman Dodds, said that he hoped "to arrange for a survey of the whole gipsy problem to be made." The matter arose because Mr. Dodds was very concerned (and rightly so) about living conditions in the big encampment known as Corkes Meadow, at St. Mary Cray, near Dartford. (In fact, I believe this encampment is just within the boundary of a neighbouring con stituency. 

Reported in the Edinburgh Evening News on Friday 3 October 1924 Page 8 was the burning of Mrs Bunces caravan in Reading, I don't know who the Bunces are but just encase they haven't got the photo if any one knows their Relatives tell them where to find it

A Romany Custom observed at Reading of the funeral of Mrs Bunce, a caravan dweller, who died at the age of 73. The caravan in which She had lived was burned on the Fair Ground.
(Alfiei Picture Service)
Aberdeen Press and Journal 2 October 1924 Page 3
GIPSY WOMAN'S PYRE. An ancient Romany rite was carried out on Reading fair ground, after the funeral of Mrs Sarah Bunce, a 73-year-old gipsy. Her caravan, which she died, was soaked in petrol, and then set fire by one of her sons, in accordance with custom. Mrs Bunce's mother once received a £5 note from the Iate King Edward for telling his fortune on Ascot racecourse.
Reading Mercury Saturday 12 March 1859 Page 2 extract
Phoebe Bunce, a gipsy woman, surrendered to take her trial upon a charge of stealing 10/. 9s. 4d., and various other articles, the property of John Prior, at Witney, on the 13th of January, 1859. Mr. R. Sawyer appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Griflits defended the prisoner. The prisoner in this case was gipsy woman, who had succeeded in getting a large amount of property from the wife of the prosecutor, pretending that she possessed supernatural powers,

 

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 I'm sure I have read a post by a Young Lady on here looking for the history of I'm sure of  Canadian Gipsies in England called Evans, this sounds like them to me, something along those lines ,who knows, anyway if this old photo rings any bells try and tell them this could be their old Relatives that came to England, its a real nice photo of the Roots of a Gipsy Family,


The Sphere
 Saturday 10 February 1934 Page 187

Wedding. Joseph Steiro and Lena Evano, two members of a French-Canadian  tribe of gipsies, who were married at sunset at Whitton Park, Middlesex, on the last day of January. The bride and bridegroom (right centre) are seen listening to music near the camp fire after the ceremony