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Next month, we're celebrating Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month (#GRTHM).
We will be exploring the contribution of travelling people to rural society, their community, and their heritage. Romany Gypsies, for instance, have been in Britain since at least 1515.
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We will be exploring the contribution of travelling people to rural society, their community, and their heritage. Romany Gypsies, for instance, have been in Britain since at least 1515.
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This photo of a Gypsy family was taken by John Tarlton in Essex, likely in the 1950s.
We don’t know who the family were, and whether they lived in the wagon ('vardo' in the Romani language) or used it occasionally.
We would love to know more about the stories within this image.
We don’t know who the family were, and whether they lived in the wagon ('vardo' in the Romani language) or used it occasionally.
We would love to know more about the stories within this image.
As an organisation, we are just at the start of our work with Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller (GRT) communities. And it is long overdue.
We would particularly like to thank the Romany and Traveller Family History Society for helping us to keep this on our agenda.
We would particularly like to thank the Romany and Traveller Family History Society for helping us to keep this on our agenda.
