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LESSON 1 HISTORY OF GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS. WHO ARE THE TRAVELLERS?. There are several main groups of Travellers in the United Kingdom Anglo-Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers, Welsh Gypsies and Scottish Travellers Fairground or Show people Circus families Boat people New Travellers - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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LESSON 1HISTORY OF GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS
WHO ARE THE TRAVELLERS?There are several main groups of Travellers in theUnited Kingdom
• Anglo-Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers, Welsh Gypsies and Scottish Travellers
• Fairground or Show people
• Circus families
• Boat people
• New Travellers
• Roma
ROMANY GYPSIES, WELSH GYPSIES AND ROMA
IRISH AND SCOTTISH TRAVELLERS
FAIRGROUND FAMILIES
CIRCUS FAMILIES
BOAT FAMILIES
NEW TRAVELLERS
GYPSY FAMILIES TRAVEL FROM INDIA 500 YEARS AGO
1505 - GYPSIES ARRIVED IN ENGLAND
QUEEN MARY
WORLD WAR II - ADOLF HITLER
1968
Lord Avebury helps to pass the newCaravan Sites Act. From 1970 theGovernment has to provide caravan
sites for Travellers
NEW LAWRace Relations Act 1976Gypsies and Irish Travellersare protected under this law
Updated in 2000
NEW TRAVELLERS
1994
Kushti
HollerFrit
Nice, good
ShoutFrightened
Mush ManMokkadi Unclean
Chavvi Boy, Son
Ladged Embarrassed
ROMANY WORDS
Romany Gypsies - RomaniIrish Travellers - Gammon
Scottish Travellers - Cant
Romani contains words from Persian, Greek and many other Eastern and Western European languages. A high proportion is still of Indian origin. Romani derives from ancient Sanskrit.
LANGUAGE
What does this mean today for the children at this school?