Chicken_man 1,651 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Great pics marshman, love the wagon and I tip the hat to your grandfather. Atb 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 12,986 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shepp 2,285 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 I bet an original wagon must be worth a lot of money, any wealthy gypsy would love to own a piece of his heritage. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marshman 7,756 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" Funny when I moved into our house my new neighbour walk past while I was in the front garden and I heard him say under he's breath " dirty scruffy gypsy scum .. I wanted to grip the c**t... But tripped tripped on old mattress and banged my head a disused washing machine ?. Lol I shouldn't really joke about things like that as I've the cleanest house and best garden in the street lol 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,557 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 lol quality marshman 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richie1984 191 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Most of the travellers/gypsies I've come across have been good people and will do you a good turn.my great grandfather was a Irish traveller but he was of dark complexion with dark hair.Ive got brown hair but the sun seams to love me and I'm tanned most of the time same as my dad.I'm not being biaast with my comment as I never met my grt grandfather and we have no traveller traditions in the family or traveller family that we know of. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rodp 316 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 does anyone make a modern version of the horse drawn wagons There's quite a few folk make the bow top wagons, I know because we make the canvas tops for them 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,428 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" Funny when I moved into our house my new neighbour walk past while I was in the front garden and I heard him say under he's breath " dirty scruffy gypsy scum .. I wanted to grip the c**t... But tripped tripped on old mattress and banged my head a disused washing machine ?. Lol I shouldn't really joke about things like that as I've the cleanest house and best garden in the street lol That is one stereotype I never understood, I've never seen any gypsy or traveller home in anything but an immaculate state. They make me feel like a feckin scruff! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rodp 316 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 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. Some of my closest friends are showmen, known them for donkeys years, and a good part of our work is for showmen. I'd trust them with my life 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fordson 33 Posted July 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 looking at the picture of your grandfather makes you think life must of been easier in them days for gypsys,as he looks well fed well dressed and that is not your basic bowtop is it,do any people live in horse drawn wagons now , Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fordson 33 Posted July 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 i allways thought the gypys got called tinker because they fixed your pans and buckets Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,428 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 i allways thought the gypys got called tinker because they fixed your pans and buckets They'd traditionally work tin making and mending things and that's where the name comes from. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marshman 7,756 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 looking at the picture of your grandfather makes you think life must of been easier in them days for gypsys,as he looks well fed well dressed and that is not your basic bowtop is it,do any people live in horse drawn wagons now , I doubt if it really was easier back then mate . I said similar thing to an old relative and he gave me a wry smile and said " yer you try laying with your arse hanging out of a tent in mid winter lol. A high infant mortality rate hunger was always an issue , what I do believe times where simpler but I suppose that goes for everyone back then no matter where you lived . 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brewman 1,192 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Marshman, I wouldn't mind listening to you about the history and stories of your heritage over a few pints. I'd say there is some jewels to be told. Is it true gypsies were a lower caste that had to leave northern India and some ended up in Romania and then some in North Africa mixing with the Moors? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nans pat 2,575 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 a lot or the irish travellers stared at the time of the famine 1847,suppose they just hit the road, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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