"Scotts Yard, Lincoln."1929
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Type of record: Archive
Title: "Scotts Yard, Lincoln."1929
Classmark: BC MS ROM 1/5/19/10/6
Original reference: BC MS Rom 1161
Creator(s): Frederick Lawson
Date(s): 11/May/1929
Size and medium: 1 sketch
Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/ctvyghlc
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/506437
Collection group(s): Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections
Description
Charcoal drawing of a caravan [wagon] alongside vehicles in a large outhouse.
Written in pencil, "Scott's Yard, Lincoln, May 11th 1929. Used in the winter quarter by Gypsys."
Signed, "Fred Lawson."
Additional description
"It was common then for families to find a yard for winter – to keep the snow/rain off of them. Lots of people used to rent or buy their own (farm) yards with buildings so that they could do this. For Gypsies and Travellers that worked seasonally on farms – the farmer might also let them stay the winter there if they knew them well. This one shows they were probably well off because there are expensive looking cars, (especially for the period 1929) and caravans. They were probably dealers of some type (scrap metal/horses) because Lincoln was then also a major trading town for many Gypsies and Travellers."
"You can tell how well off they were by the wagons, - and how they are decorated. Farmers probably made themselves look wealthier by having wealthy looking Gypsies and Travellers on their land too. "
"This picture helps to breaks stereotype of poverty – the caravans and cars show they were probably quite wealthy."
"This might be a fair/Showman's caravan because it's May (Spring rather than winter) and it’s a square sided caravan (although some Gypsies and Travellers would buy these too). It could be an old caravan left behind. There are places for fairs to stop, there is a place in Castleford for the fair to pull in."
Comments are a summary of discussions with members from Gypsy and Traveller communities based in Yorkshire including members of the Cunningham, Hanrahan, Mulvanny, Rennard and Taylor families. (Re-visiting Collections Workshop Oct 2016).
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