The Corn Exchange is an iconic Doncaster building at the very heart of the market. It’s accessible and frequently frequented by Gypsies and Travelles. We have also heard stories from the communities of the parties they attended within this beautiful […]

Images captured by Simon Roe of Dragon Bee Photography and Gardening who kindly volunteered

Images taken by Joe Windas who runs the Facebook Page A Drive Down Memory Lane

John Cunningham VC (28 June 1897 – 21 February 1941) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. […]

Gelem, gelem, lungone dromensa  Maladilem bahktale Romensa  A Romale katar tumen aven,  E tsarensa bahktale dromensa?A Romale, A Chavale Vi man sas ek bari familiya,  Murdadas la e kali legiya* Aven mansa sa lumniake Roma,  Kai putaile e romane droma […]

Time Line Before AD 400. Some Indians become nomadic craftsmen and entertainers. 430-443. The Persian poet Firdawsi reports in the Shah-Nameh (Book of Kings), written c.1000, how the Persian Shah Bahram Gur persuades the Indian King Shangul to send him 10,000 Luri musicians to be distributed […]

The Madness has ended. We have a rare still moment to sit and just ponder on what we have achieved. Sat in a chair, in the quiet museum space, gazing at our images,our history. Our stories,our heritage. It’s a bizarre […]

A project to showcase Twentieth Century Gypsy and Traveller Cultural Heritage in Doncaster is set to present the oral histories, images and artefacts collected from local Gypsy and Traveller communities in an exhibition at Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery.   […]

I feel I need to give you a little back ground to the project and the name. For many years now certain channels have been making mockumentaries about My Community and other “Traveller” groups. Which ever “Traveller” or “Roma” community […]