This publication has been out-of-print for 10 years and has been made available again so that today’s family historians can get a real sense of what their Romany ancestors experienced in the hop-gardens of Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and Herefordshire.
The book contains people’s memories and photos of when they or their older family members used to go hop-picking plus articles about the history of the craft.
Surnames of individual Travellers mentioned in the book: Ayres, Bassett, Beaney, Black, Brazil, Bridges, Carey, Cooper, Doe, Frankham, Gray, Gregory, Hawkins, Hearn, Hiscox, Hunt, Johnson, Lee, Loveday, Loveridge, Macklin, Mitchell, Moore, Othen, Pickett, Price, Ray, Smith, Stevens.
See
https://rtfhs.org.uk/publications/history/ for details.
