An illustrated book by Susie Darling about her life on the road.
"These days there's only me and Mic, my husband of fifty-five years.
We've had seven children who are all now grown up and have families of their own. Since we got married in 1965 we've lived our life on the road, travelling mostly with horses and wagons. We've not had an easy life but we've sure had an interesting one".
Softback book 18cm x 12cm, 170 pages.
Gypsy Childhood by Ainlee Ryalla Duffy.
Ryalla describes her life as a young child "on the road" travelling in the family's wagon from place to place, her parents earning a living on farms or by making and selling household items from the hedgerow.
The book bursts with laughter, drama and wonderful characters. Meet Pow Pow, Mangle Tit, Nos Nos, Off and On and his runaway dray - not forgetting Jan Jan the chicken and a host of other Gypsies. This is a book for all lovers of Gypsy literature, the countryside, nostalgia and the unusual.
Softback book A5 format 125 pages.
NEW LOW PRICE - (was &16.95)
Aspects of Romany and Traveller Culture by Ainlee Ryalla Duffy.
Ryalla Duffy's family is one of the few Romany Gypsy families to still travel in waggons.
Here she describes the whys and wherefores of waggon travel from her perspective of considerable experience.
With many illustrations and photos.
Softback book A5 format 28 pages.
This book by Andrew Connell is an extensively revised second edition of Appleby Gypsy Horse Fair (2015), a groundbreaking study of a long-standing, controversial occasion.
Topics covered include - The fair’s legal status and the relevance of a royal charter. The precise process whereby Appleby Fair began in 1775. The changing world of Gypsy, Travellers and their relationship with Appleby.
Softback book large format (Size 245 x 174mm)
136 pages & 31 illustrations
NEW LOW PRICE - (was £19.95)
Andrew Connell traces the fairs evolution in the course of the nineteenth century from a cattle and sheep drovers’ fair to an occasion dominated by horse sales, and links that development to the increasing identification of Appleby Fair with Gypsy/Travellers, for whom it has acquired a spiritual resonance.
He analyses periodic attempts to terminate the Fair and concludes by evaluating the factors that have enabled it to survive and continue to flourish, seemingly against the odds!
Softback book large format (Size 245 x 174mm)
112 pages & 22 illustrations
VERY FEW LEFT IN STOCK
A small book by John Treagood about his life on the road.
In his own words, these are the musings of a well-known Traveller, recognised throughout the Devonshire countryside, the collected thoughts of John Treagood.
Softback book A5 format 10 pages. (Now rear, collectible and no longer available)
"Once Again - in His Own Words".
John's last small book about his life on the road.
These are the musings of a well-known Traveller, recognised throughout the Devonshire countryside, the collected thoughts of John Treagood.
Softback book A5 format 20 pages. (Now rear, collectible and no longer available)
"How I survived the horrors of the forgotten Holocaust".
A Gypsy in Auschwitz" is a haunting memoir by Otto Rosenberg, detailing his experiences as a young Sinti boy during the Holocaust, highlighting the suffering of the Roma and Sinti people.
Softback book, 12.83 x 2.41 x 19.81 cm 240 pages.
"Mikey was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They live in a closeted community, and little is known about their way of life. After centuries of persecution Gypsies are wary of outsiders and if you choose to leave you can never come back. This is something Mikey knows only too well. Growing up, he rarely went to school, and seldom mixed with non-Gypsies".
"It is a revelation, moving, terrifying, funny and brilliant. I shall never forget it! - Stephen Fry.
Not new and some marks but otherwise in good condition.
Softback book, 12.83 x 2.41 x 19.81 cm 278 pages.
"Mikey is a Romany Gypsy and grew up living in a caravan on sites across the UK,
he adored his family and the rich and vibrant Romany culture he'd inherited .
Eventually though he was forced to make a heartbreaking decision - to stay and keep secrets of escape and find somewhere to belong.
But Mikey quickly discovers that life in the outside world isn't all he expected!
"An incredible story of a unique life. So amazing, you'll miss your bus stop"!
Softback book, 12.83 x 2.41 x 19.81 cm 306 pages.
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A life on the road, a journey to freedom.
Imagine being born into a world where communities are constantly on the move, but freedom is not a birthright. Rosie grew up travelling all over England and Ireland in her family's caravan. She had an idyllic childhood roaming fields and meadows with her younger brothers and sisters - free from the trappings of modern life, but restricted by the expectations of her culture.
Not new and some marks but otherwise in good condition.
Hardback book, 23 x 2.8 x 14.3 cm 278 pages.
"Gypsies & Travellers from several generations describe in their own words, their lives from early in this century to the present day".
Published by Leeds City Council Leeds Traveller Education with beautiful and historic photos on most pages.
Pristine, as new condition and very collectible!
Hardback book, 35 x 1.8 x 21.5 cm 254 pages with many photos.
A book by Tony Capstick and compiled by Paul Donoghue.
"A collection of Stories, Poems and Photographs"
Beautiful and historic photos on most pages.
Pristine, as new condition and very collectible.
Softback book, A4 format.
Rabbit Stew and A Penny or Two.
"A Gypsy family's hard and happy times on the road in the 1950s".
Born on a Somerset pea-field in 1941, the second of eight children in a Romani family, Maggie Smith-Bendell has lived through the years of greatest change in the travelling community's long history. As a child, Maggie rode and slept in a horse-drawn wagon, picked hops and flowers, and sat beside her father's campfire on ancient verges, poor but free to roam
Not new and some marks but otherwise in good condition.
Softback book 12.7 x 2.03 x 20.32 cm 320 pages with some black and white photos.
"A splendid collection of enthralling tales built around the theme of stopping places,
a topic of much concern to the present Gypsy Traveller community".
Written by Ray Wills, affectionately known as the Gypsy Poet!
Softback book, 15.00 x 1.41 x 22.4 cm 189 pages, no photos.
