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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	14 Apr 2018 17:12
	They did all come from the same root and it is possible to see them diversify through the 19C censuses.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	14 Apr 2018 16:20
	Yes, they're different groups of people - but they do intermarry, especially when settled. Even on a New Forest Gypsy site - set up by a Gypsy - they refer to their own people as Gypsies/Travellers. They are also known as Roma /Romani.
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 23,596 Send Message	JoyBoroAngel	Report	14 Apr 2018 15:48
	Showmen Gypsies Tinkers and Travellers are not the same they are totally different groups of people
	Researching: The birth of Middlesbrough
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	14 Apr 2018 15:01
	The father of a friend of mine, a showman, died on Boxing Day in the eighties. Her husband was telling me that, because the weather had been so bad, there had been a very poor attendance at the funeral. Barely more than two hundred!
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 87,799 Send Message	Dermot	Report	14 Apr 2018 14:57
	Gypsy/Traveller funerals tend to be colourful & have large attendance with many coming miles to pay respects to the deceased. A 'good send-off' is the usual thing. On the other hand, 'settled' funerals are frequently miserly attended because few want to 'waste' a day's holiday unnecessarily or, worse still, a day unpaid. A total contrast. When we were being educated at school about 'death' during our RE classes, the teachers often tended to speak in distant terms, focusing on ritual, tradition & even administration after the event. What was not mentioned very much included how it feels to experience the death of a loved one or how to handle the inevitable sadness. Family death is deeply personal.
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	14 Apr 2018 14:53
	They will find the money. You can be sure of that.
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9,114 Send Message	Caroline	Report	14 Apr 2018 14:35
	There was talk of the taxpayers but obviously not for that much...or would they...
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 40,306 Send Message	LaGooner	Report	14 Apr 2018 14:09
	Wondering where they will get the money from :-\|
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9,114 Send Message	Caroline	Report	14 Apr 2018 11:51
	As if........
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	14 Apr 2018 11:38
	One of the papers has said that there will be an enormous funeral costing £100,000 pounds and that it will pass the house. Now, I expect that every gypsy and traveller for miles around will make a point of attending, especially the men. This will mean that there will be only old and disabled people, women and children on their sites. What a marvellous opportunity to give them a taste! Just thinking.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	14 Apr 2018 01:33
	Same here!
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9,114 Send Message	Caroline	Report	14 Apr 2018 01:22
	Glad I'm not too good to walk on this Earth if that's their benchmark!
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	14 Apr 2018 01:14
	Yes, I saw that, too. Interviewer: ...and what is your family trade or craft? 'We trade on the elderly, a craft that goes back at least 2 generations'
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9,114 Send Message	Caroline	Report	14 Apr 2018 00:14
	Seems the whole extended family have made a career out of picking on seniors.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	14 Apr 2018 00:11
	Wow, he looks a right 'charmer'!
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 23,596 Send Message	JoyBoroAngel	Report	13 Apr 2018 18:22
	I would report seeing him No problem
	Researching: The birth of Middlesbrough
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9,114 Send Message	Caroline	Report	13 Apr 2018 15:59
	Good point Sharron.
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9,114 Send Message	Caroline	Report	13 Apr 2018 15:58
	I would but will they ever find him??
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	13 Apr 2018 15:55
	I wouldn't let him see me doing it though.
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 9,249 Send Message	Sue In Yorkshire.	Report	13 Apr 2018 15:49
	https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/09/first-image-on-the-run-burglar-billy-jeeves-wanted-connection/ If you see this guy would you report seeing him. I know I would.

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