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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778423003321

Autore

Smith-Bendell Maggie <1941->

Titolo

Our forgotten years : a Gypsy woman's life on the road / / Maggie Smith-Bendell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hatfield [U.K.] : , : University Of Hertfordshire Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-905313-88-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

305.8914970092

Soggetti

Romanies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Chapter One: My Family; Chapter Two: A Fearful Winter; Chapter Three: The War Years; Chapter Four: Snowdrop Woods; Chapter Five: Wild Daffodils; Chapter Six: The Old Granny; Chapter Seven: The Swine's Jump Road; Chapter Eight: Pea-Picking Time; Chapter Nine: The Prince Lane; Chapter Ten: Dad's Magic Flowers; Chapter Eleven: The Hop Gardens; Chapter Twelve: Lenard's Dilemma; Chapter Thirteen: School Days; Chapter Fourteen: The Squatters' Hut; Chapter Fifteen: On the Road Again; Chapter Sixteen: Death in the Family; Chapter Seventeen: Saying Farewell

Chapter Eighteen: Little Jess Chapter Nineteen: On to Devonshire; Chapter Twenty: A Family Reunion; Chapter Twenty-one: Village Life; Chapter Twenty-two: Planning Permission; Chapter Twenty-three: Growing Up; Chapter Twenty-four: A New Life; Chapter Twenty-five: Romani Rights; Chapter Twenty-six: The 'Land Grab'; Chapter Twenty-seven: Organising Change; Chapter Twenty-eight: The Work Goes On; Chapter Twenty-nine: Our Forgotten Years; Photo Album; Culture, Customs and Traditions; Romani Cooking; Traditional Romani Crafts; Wagon Songs; Common Romani Words

Sommario/riassunto

Full of the language and lore of the Gypsies, this remarkable memoir offers insight into the Romani way of life from an insider's perspective. Maggie Smith-Bendell shares stories from her traditional Gypsy childhood in the rural South of England, from traveling the countryside and facing hardships, such as the death of a family member, to catching wild animals and earning a living from the woods, hedgerows,



and fieldwork in the area.