Stopping Places - A Gypsy History of South London and Kent (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)

Kent, the "Garden of England", was also the market garden for its giant neighbour, London. The regular round of seasonal work training and picking hops, gathering fruit from the orchards and picking peas, beans and other arable crops attracted families of Gypsies who returned to the same encampments and worked on the same farms from one generation to the next. "Stopping places" tells the story in words and pictures of the traditional life of the Gypsies when they lived in "bender" tents and wooden horse drawn wagons until the post war winds of change swept away these ancient ways as mechanisation reduced the need for casual labour leading to the Gypsies being forcibly evicted from their traditional encampments and forced to live "on the verge". The stunning period photographs and the vivid words of the Gypsies themselves recall a lost world and the often violent transition from a semi nomadic life style to the concrete ghettos of officially designated council sites ushered in by the Caravan Sites Act (1968). It also evokes some of the isolation and loss of identity which followed a reluctant move "into the brick" and the replacement of the open sky by brick walls and tiled roofs.

General

Imprint:	Hertfordshire Publications
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2005
First published:	October 2004
Authors:	Simon Evans
Dimensions:	248 x 170 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-902806-30-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	1-902806-30-1
Barcode:	9781902806303

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