LEADER 03109nam 2200529 a 450 001 9910778423003321 005 20230322172935.0 010 $a1-905313-88-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000807199 035 $a(EBL)795933 035 $a(OCoLC)609852627 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000364037 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12132598 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364037 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10394997 035 $a(PQKB)11457958 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC795933 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL795933 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10509060 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL541655 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000807199 100 $a20111107d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOur forgotten years $ea Gypsy woman's life on the road /$fMaggie Smith-Bendell 210 1$aHatfield [U.K.] :$cUniversity Of Hertfordshire Press,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (249 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-306-10404-1 311 0 $a1-902806-91-3 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aChapter 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 330 $aFull 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. 606 $aRomanies$vBiography 615 0$aRomanies 676 $a305.8914970092 700 $aSmith-Bendell$b Maggie$f1941-$01554913 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778423003321 996 $aOur forgotten years$93816488 997 $aUNINA