Black neck 15,820 Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 12 hours ago, low plains drifter said: Dog looked like he earned his keep, what decade would that have been Marshman ? Here's a canny one, just out of a book, 1930's I think Why aye man Quote Link to post
Moocher71 4,049 Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 11 hours ago, peterhunter86 said: I remember early 90s an old traveller woman sitting at the edge of a back road in a tent made out of branches with a bit of canvas thrown over, Bender tent ,we slept in one when we was kids and the gals had a wagon of there own ,hard life but a good life . 2 Quote Link to post
Moocher71 4,049 Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 21 hours ago, marshman said: A cousins grandfather What sir name they have ,I remember the old trailers like this yrs ago . its strange how a lot of old gypsy folk had really dark skin ,still get dark travelers today but mostly that blood gone to the wall over the yrs , any more pics ,b good to see them atb cushty bock 1 Quote Link to post
marshman 7,757 Posted February 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 Moocher71 this me grandfather and grannie working in the hop gardens . My people are dark skinned travellers 12 Quote Link to post
marshman 7,757 Posted February 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 Good ole pic I come across from a travelling man racing he’s dog 19 Quote Link to post
marshman 7,757 Posted February 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 Look like the old deerhound cross types again not my family but another travelling family 18 Quote Link to post
walshie 2,804 Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 Top pics MM. Good to see you back. Quote Link to post
NEWKID 27,042 Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 Cracking pics Marshman....they all tell a story without words...I love that! 1 Quote Link to post
samuria 331 Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 great photos, they all tell a story. thanks for showing us...... 1 Quote Link to post
Tyla 3,179 Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 These old photo threads are some of the best on here. 1 Quote Link to post
Moocher71 4,049 Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 7 hours ago, marshman said: Moocher71 this me grandfather and grannie working in the hop gardens . My people are dark skinned travellers I was born in a hop yard in hereford , a pic of my dad and his wife on the aby rd to wales in 1960s I think . 7 Quote Link to post
Moocher71 4,049 Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 7 hours ago, marshman said: Look like the old deerhound cross types again not my family but another travelling family I remember my grandfather had a big square canvas tent just like that ,it had a wooden floor of old planks and a stove ,they slept in the vardo and lived in the tent in bad weather . 1 Quote Link to post
Moocher71 4,049 Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 7 hours ago, marshman said: Moocher71 this me grandfather and grannie working in the hop gardens . My people are dark skinned travellers Yes they very dark ,I'd say most gypsy family's started off dark skinned . Quote Link to post
Elchapo 3,164 Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 I like looking at old pictures , especially the really old ones ,always like this one ,no fancy waggon but a roof over your head all the same 9 Quote Link to post
Moocher71 4,049 Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 10 hours ago, Elchapo said: I like looking at old pictures , especially the really old ones ,always like this one ,no fancy waggon but a roof over your head all the same Back then nothing stayed fancy ,wagon life looks all cosy and romantic but far from it ! in bad weather the mud,dirt would get every were and cover everything ,yes the wagons might look all bright when new but they didn't stay like it . today no one lives day to day in vardo unless you a new age traveler or on a site , the ones you see at fairs etc are show peaces and never lived in apart from few days a yr . the wagon in this pic is unusual as door on the side , 2 1 Quote Link to post
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