Good morning all,
I was wondering whether anyone has any stories or memories of Traveller families, specific people or stopping places that they would like to contribute to a research project I am currently involved in. There are a number of documents and old photographs which show that Romany Gypsy and Irish Travellers travelled across the Staffordshire Moorlands area. I am collecting these together on a new website that will hopefully help others who, like me, are researching their Traveller families. The research is funded by a group called Support Staffordshire and it's a way of celebrating the Traveller heritage of the area. I have the task of gathering stories or memories to display alongside the photographs and memories. So if any of your family were travelling in or through this area and you have a story, or 2 or 3, to tell, please let me know. You can have your name displayed on the website if you choose or it can go on there anonymously if you prefer. I am finding a lot of Boswells, but there are other surnames such as Sheriff, Locke, Cooper, Gregory, Blewit, Sayles, Bailey, Smith and Holland to name just a few.
Many thanks in advance
