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Groi ta Vardo
Groi ta Vardo has just published Volume 8 Issue 8 this is the last one as funding has run out, It is edited and produced by Lena Smith and her team, Clara Shepherd, Molly, Lena (senior), Kathy and Dorothy.
It has been produced under the umbrella of Swindon College and the generosity of Swindon Borough Council.
The current issue contains:
Motor or Horse by Eli Frankham
Our Words: Some Romany Word’s and Meaning’s
The final part of Stories Granny Maud told me about her mother. Alice Buckland (1892 – 1969) by Kenny Saunders.
My Life by Dorothy Krupp
Colouring for the young and maybe not so young.
Along with other information, it is 12 pages produced to a high quality and I hope that the Team manage to find further funding for the Newsletter.
A Time Forgotten
A glimpse into the lives, heritage and culture of Romany Gypsies and Travellers from the New Forest by Erica Jane Arnold.
A must for any one with connections with Thorney Hill! This has been produced with Lottery Funding it contains many Photo’s and much information on the life style of the New Forest Travellers.
It has a contribution from at least one of our members!
The book, 128 pages, free issue, so availability will be limited, it is connected to the First Steps Pre-School and Family Group, A Registered Charity.
Some of the Photos can be seen on the web site:
http://www.newforestromanygypsytraveller.co.uk/
Our Forgotten Years
A Gypsy woman’s life on the road by Maggie Smith – Bendell.
This is one that I could not put down till it was finished! It contained references and photos of members of my wife Annie’s extended family. There are many up’s and downs in its 240 pages as it describes the day to day living of her family, The shock of reading that during the War years, Horses and men were taken for military service and the Vardo’s and family left by the road side! The very sad deaths of family members, working in the Pea Fields of Somerset and in the Hop Gardens of Herefordshire, Maggie’s determination to create a home for her and her husband, and her campaign for Gypsy rights.
Published by the University of Hertfordshire Press. ISBN 978-1-902806-91-4
Historical Dictionary of the Gypsies (Romany)
Second Edition by Donald Kenrick.
I have not read this yet as I only found it this morning to read on line or to save to hard disc – give it time to load – use the taskbar save, to save to your computer
Historical Dictionary of the Gypsies
Rabbit Stew and a Penny or Two
A Gypsy family’s hard and happy times on the road in the 1950s, by Maggie Smith - Bendall.
This was first published as “Our Forgotton Years” in 2009 by the University of Hertfordshire Press.
This paperback edition is published in 2010 by Abacus. ISBN 978-0-349-12361-5
Groi ta Vardo
Groi ta Vardo has just published Volume 8 Issue 8 this is the last one as funding has run out, It is edited and produced by Lena Smith and her team, Clara Shepherd, Molly, Lena (senior), Kathy and Dorothy.
It has been produced under the umbrella of Swindon College and the generosity of Swindon Borough Council.
The current issue contains:
Motor or Horse by Eli Frankham
Our Words: Some Romany Word’s and Meaning’s
The final part of Stories Granny Maud told me about her mother. Alice Buckland (1892 – 1969) by Kenny Saunders.
My Life by Dorothy Krupp
Colouring for the young and maybe not so young.
Along with other information, it is 12 pages produced to a high quality and I hope that the Team manage to find further funding for the Newsletter.
A Time Forgotten
A glimpse into the lives, heritage and culture of Romany Gypsies and Travellers from the New Forest by Erica Jane Arnold.
A must for any one with connections with Thorney Hill! This has been produced with Lottery Funding it contains many Photo’s and much information on the life style of the New Forest Travellers.
It has a contribution from at least one of our members!
The book, 128 pages, free issue, so availability will be limited, it is connected to the First Steps Pre-School and Family Group, A Registered Charity.
Some of the Photos can be seen on the web site:
http://www.newforestromanygypsytraveller.co.uk/
Our Forgotten Years
A Gypsy woman’s life on the road by Maggie Smith – Bendell.
This is one that I could not put down till it was finished! It contained references and photos of members of my wife Annie’s extended family. There are many up’s and downs in its 240 pages as it describes the day to day living of her family, The shock of reading that during the War years, Horses and men were taken for military service and the Vardo’s and family left by the road side! The very sad deaths of family members, working in the Pea Fields of Somerset and in the Hop Gardens of Herefordshire, Maggie’s determination to create a home for her and her husband, and her campaign for Gypsy rights.
Published by the University of Hertfordshire Press. ISBN 978-1-902806-91-4
Historical Dictionary of the Gypsies (Romany)
Second Edition by Donald Kenrick.
I have not read this yet as I only found it this morning to read on line or to save to hard disc – give it time to load – use the taskbar save, to save to your computer
Historical Dictionary of the Gypsies
Rabbit Stew and a Penny or Two
A Gypsy family’s hard and happy times on the road in the 1950s, by Maggie Smith - Bendall.
This was first published as “Our Forgotton Years” in 2009 by the University of Hertfordshire Press.
This paperback edition is published in 2010 by Abacus. ISBN 978-0-349-12361-5
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