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Papers of Jenny Smith, (Gypsy and Traveller Rights Campaigner)
Smith, Jenny
c.1985 - c.2017
Papers created and reference material collected in the course of Jenny Smith's work campaigning on behalf of Gypsies and Travellers in Bristol area and nationally (UK). Concerns various UK laws, (...
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 ...
Yates (Dora Esther), Letter to Mr A.C. Phillips.
29/01/1951
1) Cardboard notice/sign, stencilled: “no gipsies served here”. 2) On headed notepaper of the Gypsy Lore Society letter to AC Phillips regarding his account of the notice and where it was found/...
Phillips (Alfred Cowles) "Exmoor Gypsy Note"
Vowles, Alfred Charles
9/Jul/1949
Handwritten account of a place known as 'Gypsy Corner,' Winsford, (Somerset) as told to the author by a member of the Williams Family. Written in Kinnarstadir, Iceland, 9 July 1949, holograph manusc...
"Romany Tradition in Somerset."
26/Nov/1960
Photograph of people gathered at a Gypsy/Traveller wagon on fire. On the reverse is the following: Typed transcript: " Romany Tradition in Somerset. The ceremonial burning, in true Romany traditio...