03109nam 2200529 a 450 991077842300332120230322172935.01-905313-88-8(CKB)1000000000807199(EBL)795933(OCoLC)609852627(SSID)ssj0000364037(PQKBManifestationID)12132598(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364037(PQKBWorkID)10394997(PQKB)11457958(MiAaPQ)EBC795933(Au-PeEL)EBL795933(CaPaEBR)ebr10509060(CaONFJC)MIL541655(EXLCZ)99100000000080719920111107d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOur forgotten years a Gypsy woman's life on the road /Maggie Smith-BendellHatfield [U.K.] :University Of Hertfordshire Press,2009.1 online resource (249 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.1-306-10404-1 1-902806-91-3 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 FarewellChapter 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 WordsFull 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.RomaniesBiographyRomanies305.8914970092Smith-Bendell Maggie1941-1554913MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778423003321Our forgotten years3816488UNINA