ROMANY GYPSY TRAILERS

  "OLD WAYS, NEW DAYS"

  ROSIE SMITH

  &

  LINDSEY MARSH

OLD WAYS AND NEW DAYS IS A BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND REMINISCENCES OF GYPSY LIFE IN SOUTH LONDON AND KENT BY ROSIE SMITH WHO STILL LIVES A TRADITIONAL GYPSY LIFESTYLE, AND HER SECOND COUSIN LINDSEY MARSH WHO HAS BEEN RESEARCHING HER ROMANY ROOTS. IT IS AN INSIGHT INTO THE LANGUAGE, WORKING LIVES, MUSIC, POETRY AND SONG OF GYPSIES AND A RECORD OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THEIR WAY OF LIFE IN RECENT YEARS, WITH CHAPTERS ON PRIZE-FIGHTING, CHERRY PICKING AND HOP PICKING, THE BOOK ALSO EXPOSES THE HOSTILITY THAT THE GYPSIES HAVE ENDURED AT THE HANDS OF GAVVERS AND LOCAL COUNCILS OVER THE YEARS. A SOCIAL HISTORY AND THE SELDOM HEARD VOICE OF GYPSY LIFE FROM 'INSIDE'..................................AVAILABLE IN JUNE £12.99