hi im a traveller and im interested in your roma trailer thats for sale its a modern one with double doors on it with black cushions displayed in it how much is it for? also can i come up and se you to see yourlatest roma trailers? also i love the little kelly supreme trailer id love it just to keep is it for sale? or do you know anyone who has one for sale? please get back to me as im very interested in a roma traailer im getting married and i prefer the old 4 miker trailers to the new ones that are out now thanking you look forward to hearing from you soon!!!!

Hello i have just discovered your website. I am wondering if u or any one else reading this has got any photos of my late grandfather and granney. Muggy and betsy stockins . they used to stop and pull all around the country but he was mostly nown as a big gambling man on epsom downs.I would be most grateful if anyone has any photos thank you.

Hello i have just discovered your website. I am wondering if u or any one else reading this has got any photos of my late grandfather and granney. Muggy and betsy stockins . they used to stop and pull all around the country but he was mostly nown as a big gambling man on epsom downs.I would be most grateful if anyone has any photos thank you.

love johnothan harker pics teeside wondering if he knew the merediths mt father was one? Travelling the fairs, showmen in those days. His name was Richard, his mum Lilian Maude

i loved all the trailers and lorrys iv got a carlight 12ft and a morris oxford look forwards to see some of these moters and trailers at cambridge fair is ther eny one that nos wene the northamptonshire bedford show is on please.

ive looked at this site every few months for a while and was just shocked to see my trailer included in modern romas 5. its the tan and cream bunks at the bottom of the page. i cant think exactly when i took these photos but presume it was when it was for sale in 2006. we advertised it in benidorm where we had pulled it 1800 miles from nottinghamshire.we then moved from benidorm to italy 2000 miles towing this 26ft trailer,it took us 4 days ! we sold it and it is now on a residential camp in pisa, italy.ive now got a tabbert and i now realise what a mistake it was to sell it. our roma was built in 2001 and never had a scratch inside or out. cant say the same about our 2 year old tabbert.!

What a great website, have enjoyed looking at all of the pictures and photographs of all of the caravans and lorries.

I was born in Manchester in, England (1955) and immigrated to Canada in 1975 and now reside in Toronto, Ontario, my family purchased a brand new Willerby Majestic Caravan (22'-0") to celebrate my birth. We had the caravan on a caravan site (Ockwells) on Fleetwood Road near Blackpool, over the years we had many many happy holidays there creating many wonderful memories.

I have been facinated by caravans ever since, especially vintage British ones and love to collect as much information, brochures, literature, pictures and photographs that I can get my hands on.

I look forward to many many return visits to your website and to all of the addiwional pictures and information you post.

I must commend you on a job well done in creating such an interesting and fascinating website.

Regards,

Glyn Waterfall

Just discovered site. Fantastic looking at all the trailers, old and new. I especially enjoyed the pictures of the person. I have Romany ancestors. They were the Hearns. Great grandmother married non gypsy, was cast out. Very interested in way of live of Roma. Thanks this site gave me a glimpse. Amanda

hi dean

i was trying to buy your trailer back in 2006 but the email i had for yu was wrong,i was well annoyed as she looked a beauty

you sent me lots of pictures

it was you who told me about riley and VDL trailers,was on a message board somewhere on the net

youre dead right about the roma being a better trailer than the tabbert !

thanks

dan

Hi,

Excellent site! Our Grandad used to sell Vickers, Roma & Buccaneers many years ago & brings back good memories!

It took me years to find a Vickers, and we have had this now for some 10 years with a view to bringing back to it's former glory. Not that it's too bad, but just wish we had the time to do it!

If I want to advertise, what do I do? Haven't quite decided yet but it might be worth someone having the enjoyment. Looks similar to the Vickers on your Home Page but blue inserts. Inside still has plastic on some of the seats.

Await to hear from you, but am also trying to find some adverts & piccies from the 60's & 70's to add for you.

Regards,

Shaun Ennis

Thanks Shaun. Glad you like the site, an interesting posting !! I will email you shortly.

Ken.

Hello there,

I want to first congradulate the creator of the site as he/she has made a most wonderful job!

I was hoping someone would be able to point me in the right direction, i have recently purchased an 1979 Westmorland Star and was wanting to find a bit of back ground info on it. The previous owner could not shed alot of light on the matter. If possible i was wanting to find out who was the first owner of it ? and how much they paid back in 1979.

If anyone could point me in the right direction it would be much apprieciated .....or if anyone knows anything about it again it would be much apprieciated.

The cerial number is 257779 and it was made in 1979

Thank you in advanced

M.Welch

Hi (is it Maria?)........W.Star no: 257 was built in July 1979 for Mr Rodney Smith and it cost £23,500. Rodney sold it on a couple of years later in the 'slump' of 'flash' trailers for a lot less !!!!

Hope this helps.

Ken.

For Susanna Stockings. I havent seen it myself, (you probably have these) but I believe there are good photo's of Muggy and Betsy in the book about their son Jimmy "On the cobbles" . I was told Muggy was famous for being THE gambling man at Epsom, betting non- stop all day, and a great character.

cheers. Ken

Hi Ken

How r things haven't heard from u in ages, did you go to Appleby this year it was great I have lots of new pics for you and I will send them soon.

Daz

Daz. I thought you had emigrated !! No, I was away when Appleby was on. Send me an email and catch up.

Ken.

hello to all the folki out there.

im just writing to let you know that there is a cultural awareness day at the detling showground maidstone kent on the 09 august.

it is organised by the youth division of canterbury gypsy support group. there will be a few vardos to take a look at as well as few lorrys. lots for the children to do for free as well as some meat puddings for sale. this is only the second year but are hoping it gets bigger and better each time. its free entry for all with plenty of parking. We would like to hear from anyone who has a 70,s trailer to show and would be willing to attend, you will be able to pull up the night before and sit around the yog with the rest of us and we could proberly pay some towards you fuel. please email to let me know. thanks. shane.

forgot to ad my email.

shaneandmich1@hotmail.com

Hi

Well at long last i have managed to trace the make of mt old family caravan. It must have been a Vickers Lonsdale.

My Dad bought it around 1959 new and we still had it in perfect condition in 1979. Never any water ingress poplems and the interier was like new.

We towed it with a Rover 90 it was a heavy van i remember.

Dad always commented how it was a gypsy style van with fantastic interior cabnet made with a top beam construction, we all loved it and it has many happy memories of holidays in Devon, Norfolk and Scotland.

When we were all away from home Dad had not used it in a few years and offered it to any one of us but I was then a very poor student ( still am) and could not afford to tow it down to Devon wher I was living Dad gave it away. It had lived on a site in Yorkshire for 15 years in Topcliff by the river nr the Black Bull pub.

It was two tone outside with leaded windows a beautiful van.

I have recently bought a Bailey Senitor and am waiting to head out again on the open road if I can stay ahead of the ballifs.

Would anyone know how much a van like that would have cost I seen to remember Dad saying it was around £600 in 1958/59 not sure what that would be in todays money??

Anyway a great site to see again the style and shape of the graetest caravan ever built!

Peter

What wonderful inspiration and re-energiser for are continous battle to live on the roadside in our cobdale buccaneer (crystal knobs!) and pilot showmans live-in van. Showmans may not be gypsy but its still a great british home! Please take care, be nice to see you in the layby some time. Ethan, North Hants.

hi ethan

your not to far from us ,we are in bedfordshire

we had a cobdale not long ago with crystal knobs - they rule !!!

all the best

dan

I love this site i love looking at all the old motors & trailers the last roma we had was in 1999 the trailer year was a 1996 roma 25ft we swaped it for a 1999 hobby prestige 23ft and i wish we had the roma back today it was a lot stronger than the hobby warmer brighter a lot more room

Thanks for messages, glad youre enjoying the site. Some interesting old stuff coming on soon !!

Ken

Hi this has been a very happy time for me looking at all these pages full of memories i am still on the road and going from place to place.yours Ian R marsden

Hi there,

Great looking through the site, some lovely trailers! We live in 1991 Roma supreme with 1 drop window in bedroom. Unfortunately the window is cracked! Do you know of anyone that might be able to help me locate another one please(window)? Also I know the where abouts of an early Roma 18ft with etched glass windows the owner will be happy for me to send you some pic's if you like?

Hi Ian. Try Dan Sullivan at Roma Caravans, he might be able to help with the window. Yes please, send some pics of the early Roma, new stuff always welcome.

Ken.

hi ian

yes i can supply windows no problem

is the other roma for sale ?

im always looking for them ,we pay finders fees (do i hear a free window ??)

cheers

dan

07977991305

a well earned and huge congratulations to the person/people who run this site. its absolutely fantastic to see these trailers on here and am very encouraged to think that with the advent of the internet will be a major boost to seeing these trailers on the roads once more. these are by far the best trailers ever built in the world and they are unique and are of a style that becomes more classic as time passes. well done to all.

Thanks Will. Your praise is much appreciated, glad you like the site. Its taking over my life, costs a fortune, but I enjoy doing it.

cheers. Ken.

Hi ken how are you mate long time no hear i havent been able to get on line for a while iv just been looking at the site my god its geting bigger & better fella iv just seen the modle that i made for graham swift . dont it look fine in the roma on the kitchen side thats a nice roma well done to dan for restoring that back to its natural glory

cheer ken

Albert. I wondered where you was!! Glad to hear from you. Hope you and yours are well. Yes I noticed the model trailer straight away in Grahams trailer. You might get a call from a man I met at the 'showout' day, he asked for your number as he'd seen the Buccaneer you made for me and the others on the site. All the best.

Ken.

hi albert

i sold that cobdale mate ,sorry

hope your well

i knew youd like that roma ,i spent over 500 hours on that trailer easy,superb as you can see,didnt want to sell it in the end but the vickers needs finishing as do both my westmorland s thats without new romas next month !

be well

dan

ok dan hope you & your family are keeping well that is a very nice roma fella carnt wait to see the new ones your making @ mo i have to come to the yard cheer albert

hello ken,its been a while since i,ve dropped a line,the site is looking good as ever!still havnt got that camera sorted yet,when i do i,ll send the pics of our very chrome interior buccaneer,decided it will probably get put in a barn for along time under wrap till our newborn in october chavvy is old enuff to inherrit it i think,still keepin an eye out for some cap ends for the vickers morcam bands,they are out there somwhere i knows it!will try get photos of that blue banded roma special i found over a fence,the owner says its for sale,but where the burner should be there is awash room hidden behind the mirrored cupboards,but well done and clean,so be in touch,as always good luck to you all contributin and watchin this site.

thanks ken for adding the photos of my carlight thay come out very nice thanks again .

hi ken i sead pictare of my bucccaneer it is a 18 ft and it is a 1979 hope you like the picture from kelly and

Thanks Kelly and Roland for the pictures, I'll put them on. Best of luck.

Ken.

hi ken thanks for putting pics on site for me thay look realy nice .i have all so sent so pic of the inside of the trailer. ill all so send some pics of me mum and dad trailers and motors many thank kelly & roland

CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN STOE IS ON.I AVE GO TWO DIFFERENT DAYS AS I AM COMING FROM DARLINGTON I NEED TO KNOW

Stow Fair is on Thursday 23rd October.

is there plenty of stalls to buy off at stow fair

More than enough Michelle !!

I would like to thank all how have contributaded to this site, I am a long way from home both in miles and in spirit, It is wonderfull to see my past in pictures,

I am a traveling man , I am in america , I get home sick for my family, and friends , theres no reminders of traveling life out here ,

the old trailers , lorries, and wagons, take me home .

What I would give to meet a traveling man out here, So to find this site is a God send.

If I can I would like to upload a oicture of my great grang father and mother in there old wagon .

Again thank

Tom. Im glad you are enjoying the site over there in the US. Keep looking, I add new stuff whenever I can. Best of luck. Ken

hi tom

your a long way from home !

alot of my familly are in nyc and boston after leaving cork in ireland many years ago

my grand father came here with my grandmother and her mother and 5 brothers at the age of 15,they stayed in west ealing in those days

i am away to america for a break before the new production FINALLY starts here in england of the new roma travellers trailer,im going to see my uncle and the guys from aad who have been advising me on modern construction materials ,ill be staying in crockett TX and then westridge area of FL so if you live near by ill gladly come and buy you a beer and bring my laptop with HUNDREDS of pictures of trailers i own and have rebuilt over the years

all the best to you anyway and keep on dreaming !!!

if you ever want a trailer importing we can arrange no problem

thanks

dan sullivan

Dan , thanks for the reply, I hope you have a good and safe trip.

A big thanks to all that how post pictures, this is a link and a lifeline to my past,

The internet is a great way for traveling people to keep in touch with there heritage

I told my brother about the site, so I expect he will be a avid visitor .

LIke me he loves to buy old trailers , it takes us back to the old days ,

As you know most of our folks that owned these old trailers , will be too old to camp now , or sadly dead

Once again thanks for the reply

Fantastic website. I have been glued to this for days. Although not traveller myself, I have fond memories of these eyecatching trailers around sites in the West Midlands as a young kid in the 70's and its good to see them now being finally valued as they should be, restored and bought back on the road. Maybe the last time I saw one of these being used was in showmens circles or dilapidated ones in the hands of new age travellers in the early 90's. I live abroad now, so nothing like this where I am now. Will just have to make do with your great pictures. Please keep them coming.

Incidentally, I remember one spectacular and possibly unique medium sized Roma trailer in particular up for sale in the Midlands with gold plated bandings and fittings. Price then was 16,000, at a time when the 70's Vickers etc could be bought for quite a lot less. I think it was very late 80's or so. Anybody know of its whereabouts?

My thanks go out to all involved in making this a great site.

Thankyou Dave. I hope you become another 'regular' !! regards.

Ken.

nice site mush, thanks for leaving a message with our site http://www.gypsy-romany.com your comments are more than welcome anytime.

some nice early Roma trailers and pictures

all the best

davey

Thank you for this wonderful site; I'm not a born gypsy, or a traveller, but me,my husband and our four terriers became victims of the housing boom when our landlord re-let our house for £150 extra a month which we could't afford and we became homeless.

We squashed into a touring van for two years until we saved up for the van of our dreams, having become aquainted with others like us. We have lived in our Roma GT for nearly 3 years now and love her! I wonder how many others there are like us who aren't gypsy by birth, but have become used to living like we do because of circumstances but wouldn't change it for anything!......Are we called anything, I wonder?!.....

Our lifestyle isn't romantic - Its hard in the winter and we don't (& won't!) have water in the trailer so we have to use the outside wash blocks - but people who know we live in a gypsy caravan think it idyllic and envy us! - we don't envy them with their huge house loans!

I think, because we now have few personal belongings and none of the 'junk' associated with living in a house, it has made our outlook very different ; we treasure our Roma; she has bought us closer together and reinforced the importance of 'people' and not 'things'........a sobering thought for many of the greedy people like our ex-landlord who are now reaping what they sowed in the boom years!......

Where as 6 years ago we would have fought to stay in a house - now I would fight for the right to live in a trailer, and can completely identify with born&bred gypsies fighting for the right to keep their traditions.

....You never know, a new generation of trailer-dwellwers may be forming as we speak!......