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[Black neck 15,875]

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

[Moocher71 4,049]

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 .

[Moocher71 4,049]

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 

[marshman 7,757]

Moocher71 this me grandfather and grannie working in the hop gardens . My people are dark skinned travellers 

[marshman 7,757]

Good ole pic I come across from a travelling man racing he’s dog 

[marshman 7,757]

Look like the old deerhound cross types 

again not my family but another travelling family 

[walshie 2,804]

Top pics MM. Good to see you back. 

[NEWKID 27,109]

Cracking pics Marshman....they all tell a story without words...I love that!

[samuria 331]

great photos, they all tell a story. thanks for showing us......

[Tyla 3,179]

These old photo threads are some of the best on here. 

[Moocher71 4,049]

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 .

[Moocher71 4,049]

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 .

[Moocher71 4,049]

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 .

[Elchapo 3,166]

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 

[Moocher71 4,049]

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 ,