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Brotherton Collection2
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2

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England2
Somerset1
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Dunkery Hill1
Dunkery Beacon1

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Vowles, Alfred Charles1
Alfred C Phillips1

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Phillips (Alfred Charles). “Fern Picking Gypsies." “Fern-picking Gypsies”

Vowles, Alfred Charles

31/Mar/1955

Typescript (6 page) account of “Fern-picking Gypsies” -an account of events in mid 1940s of some Gypsy/Travellers picking ferns from National Trust land at Dunkery, Exmoor for sale to fishmongers ...

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Diaries

c.1912 - c.1917

Mainly loose typescript notes (many fragments) as diary accounts of travels (many visits to horse fairs) and meeting with Gypsies and Travellers. Many have annotations/corrections. Includes some hand...

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