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)
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
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