nans pat 2,575 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 This is one of my lighter skinned great grandfathers, he's what used to be called a London Lee he had a boxing booth on the fairgrounds, also after a bit of research I found out that he had a granddaughter called violet that married a London Gorger man called Charlie anyway tops up they had twin boys that where quit well known around the East end lol nice wagon. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marshman 7,756 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 old film or Romanys in my county dogs don't look to bad as well lol 11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nans pat 2,575 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 bet them lurchers caught their own grub in them days,lol.no fancy dry meal there. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fordson 33 Posted July 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 a romany gypsy must be rarer than rocking horse shit these days Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post marshman 7,756 Posted July 20, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 a romany gypsy must be rarer than rocking horse shit these days your welcome to come and have a day out with me with the dogs and my family if you want , and although a lot of the proper old ways are dying out ( mind you same could be said for society in general) you'll see that there's a tidy few that are not that rare , and then maybe it won't matter wether you call us traveller or Romany and instead call us friend lol ? 30 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
runem 533 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Liked the old footage marshman looked a great way of life i,ll bet a hard one,bet lurchers seen some gear,women pinching potatoes sorry i mean picking potatoes,how times have changed not always for the better. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marshman 7,756 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 bet them lurchers caught their own grub in them days,lol.no fancy dry meal there. yep no slackers in them days everything had a job to do or starvation for men and dogs . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marshman 7,756 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Liked the old footage marshman looked a great way of life i,ll bet a hard one,bet lurchers seen some gear,women pinching potatoes sorry i mean picking potatoes,how times have changed not always for the better. living off the land hard but a good way of life . Imagine the land how clean it must've been ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shepp 2,285 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Are many traveling showmen of gypsey blood? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
runem 533 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Liked the old footage marshman looked a great way of life i,ll bet a hard one,bet lurchers seen some gear,women pinching potatoes sorry i mean picking potatoes,how times have changed not always for the better. living off the land hard but a good way of life . Imagine the land how clean it must've been ! very clean land,in times gone ,nowadays its clean sheds,..!!!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marshman 7,756 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Are many traveling showmen of gypsey blood? there's other on here that could probably answer that better than me , but I'd say they're a mixture of both shepp. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CushtyJook 1,097 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 It's a very confusing matter for gorjer people I don't think anyone I have met understand anything that's why it's very hard for gorjer people go understand and instead just stereotype. Shepp some showman families are both Romany and showman I have a friend who's family are both I used to work on fairgrounds with him. my skin is fair only ever gets brown when I'm in the sun but once it's got colour it hangs about for some time I have a cousin who's skin is so dark he looks he's from the Middle East jet black hair aswell, strange beacuse I had jet black hair when I was a child and now it's light brown 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shepp 2,285 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 (edited) Very interesting. There are a lot traveling showman and settled gypsy's in my town, Ashford Middlesex. My mother lived next door to a yard where the Lee family lived that were showman, my mum and nan talked about them with great affection. Just talked to my mum and she said as a child she was always in there yard, even used to go and help out at the fair with them when local. She said they were lovely people. Edited July 20, 2015 by shepp 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tb25 4,627 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Aye as tomo said..great to look back on them pics 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,557 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 lab your saying was the best/un pc, "nothing wrong with gypo's but you wouldn't want them living next door" Ones I've met have always been a good laugh. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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