The struggles of the Traveller/ Romani People in 1990’s in the UK. Matter of Fact / Out of Sight

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A “Matter of Fact” documentary from the late 1990’s following myself (Graham Jones) in my work as a Traveller/Romani Liaison Officer for a Country Council. This video highlights the struggles of the Traveller/ Romani People in 1990’s in the UK.

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@emilyparker862 3 жыл бұрын

Rosie is my granny I remember her telling me about this it's nice seeing it and seeing me granny again miss her everyday

@christinestubbings3819 3 жыл бұрын

I do have this on dvd...when I get time I will be selling a few x

@lisamariesmith1413 Жыл бұрын

We was stopping there when this was filmed, can just make our place out on the right side of the road in opening scene x

@samanthastockdale1015 10 ай бұрын

What was her surname?

@rabbitskinner Ай бұрын

Rosie was a proper character, a legend. She put a curse on the gangmaster/foreman when we was chucked off apple picking 😂

@rabbitskinner Күн бұрын

@lisamariesmith1413 are you Willie Smith's daughter?

@silaswild6233 Жыл бұрын

The 1990's now seem like the 'olden days', it's strange to think it was only 30 years ago..

@Sudip_Sarkar_Charles_Edwards 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking care of these ancient people, lots of love..

@mpat100 8 ай бұрын

Blessings and good luck for all traveller/romani people

@danielleyoutubz9447 3 жыл бұрын

Great granny rose was my great nan and I miss her everyday she is gone it is nice knowing she will be in a safe place and my mum will warm my muffins up in the microwave 😭🎀🌹💓💞💗🥺from now on love u rose 🌹

@MichaelHogarth8481 3 жыл бұрын

It is very sad to think that we used to treat certain members society like this and we still do.

@jonathansmith882 3 жыл бұрын

Rosie was right about the site it floods

@rabbitskinner Ай бұрын

I stopped there back then we had sod all but we was happy... Rosie and Sylvie were legends..

@paulhorton5612 2 ай бұрын

"There's a bylaw to say you must be on your way, and another to say you can’t wander." - Ewan MacColl

@lordsofafan372 Жыл бұрын

I remember as a kid in the Welsh valleys during the 80s every now and then we'd get a visit from some of these folk in caravans. and some still in the wooden one with horses. Haven't seen them for years and years now tho. Us kids used to love it when they showed up in the summer . The traveler kids were just like us back then . Wild and free and always fighting lol . And even though there were sometimes trouble happening between the adults us kids never let it bother us and just played together. But there's been travellers in Wales for a long time and still quite large communities to this day . I'll tell you something when you become a good friend to a traveller you'll always be friends. Well unless you try to rip him off in any type of way 😄👍.

@allcounties7059 10 ай бұрын

The life on the road was the happiest times of my life .were ever we pulled during summer months the local community would welcome us most of the time .in winter we would move back to our local area .To be honest i would swap it all back to those days .

@afanniecraddock9033 Жыл бұрын

I'm Romany and gypsy is a insult we have been penalised persecuted all we want to do is live.

@vincentpage6872 Жыл бұрын

Romina travelers are lovely 🌹 people clean respectful its sad things have never changed from non traveling community

@haroldream3270 3 жыл бұрын

I was born in a vardo wagon, and spent lot of my childhood living this way. My parents got tired of the racism and the harassment from the gorges. They sold our Vardo which gave us enough to get to America and we have prospered ever since. GOD BLESS AMERICA! African Americans you have suffered very little compared to us. What we Romani have gone through and still go through is real racism. Plus here in America no one chases us away from land to land. I wish all the BLM and all the activists could see this and know what real racism is.

@gitana7249 2 жыл бұрын

so true sastipen 💙❤💚🙏🏽

@gitana7249 2 жыл бұрын

@@romanochavo829 a little my a grandmother did and do you?

@gitana7249 2 жыл бұрын

@@romanochavo829 amazing yes my father was Roma my mother is Scottish I am from Scotland were are you from Artur?

@gitana7249 2 жыл бұрын

@@romanochavo829 no not many Roma in Scotland artur oh Russia wow that's amazing I've been to Bulgaria on holidays I would love to a visit Russia my name is Karin nice to meet you 😊

@gitana7249 2 жыл бұрын

@@romanochavo829 I'm just going out just now I have errands to run food shopping supermarket 😂 we can chat later yea? 😊🙏🏽

@johnniethepom7545 Жыл бұрын

What became of Trevor Loveridge ?

@maureendrennan9328 2 ай бұрын

❤

@deeppurple883 Жыл бұрын

They need to play the game of politics. Get onto their local and national politicians put the pressure on them in the right way. Educate yourself on the bylaws this will give you the courage and confidence to approach them in their department's. This is wrong the pressure on minorities to (CONFORM). I'm a Irish Gorga who has live beside travellers all my life. They are people who have a culture that is similar tp ours but different also. All the stuff people accused them of settled people do the same but because we're settled people our shit is more accepted than their shit, that's the decriminalisation right there. The heightened targeting of them helps the government to justify their decriminalisation and blame . ✌️☘️

@hikurangirangihuna3220 2 ай бұрын

Giving them land to live on should come with laws they will need to abide by such as all the men to be employed.So that they can maintain their camps,electricity,rubbish,sewage and everyone sticking to the laws of the camp.Elect leaders of the camp that everyone respects and will obey.And if rules not followed evict unruly elements.

@coryparni3620 3 жыл бұрын

Not in my back yard

@elizabethannegrey6285 Жыл бұрын

The ultimate irony in 2023 is that due to economic collapse, thousands of “non Romany” are now living on the streets all over Britain. Many of these people would be only too grateful for a caravan at the roadside, as opposed to dossing under a bridge or a sheltering shop front. I wonder how much attention is currently paid to regulations regarding housing of Romany families. Probably none; too busy putting new arrivals in hotels, with full medical services available, three meals a day, internet, and spending money.

@rnw2739 4 ай бұрын

Major difference to your 'irony' being that those people did not choose to be homeless unlike the gypsies.

@madoak5597 2 жыл бұрын

So sad.

@stacileharve7084 3 жыл бұрын

The Romani people are nice it's the Irish travellers that give them all a bad name

@miriams76 3 жыл бұрын

That's not very nice.

@stacileharve7084 3 жыл бұрын

@@miriams76 true though

@oman9492 3 жыл бұрын

Ask any hungarian or romanian or Bulgarian what they think of roma. Im sure nice would be on the bottom of the list lol

@ferencfarkas2729 10 ай бұрын

I’m a Roma and let me tell you something this is the funniest sh.t I ever heard ! So we have our bad names because of Irish travellers ?? 😂😂😂😂 .. you should be a comedian 😂😂😂😂 … for Roma people the stealing and robbing and scheming goes back to 4000 years ! Not for every single one of us tho but literally they found writings thousands and thousands of years ago before Islam or Christianity existed Egyptians write down when the ghawazee gypsy tribe arrive in Egypt and it goes like this these dark skined indians who calls them selfs ghawazee that’s our oldest gypsy tribe when arrived they stolen all the horses robbed entire villages cheated many Egyptians out of their money so they were scheming robbing killing !! .. this was before Christianity existed ! Um don’t forget during these times Irish travellers didn’t call them selfs gypsies and Roma didn’t had any idea about any Europeans ! It is what it is ! We Roma cannot blame no body for our a criminality ! It’s either in you or not ! Not saying every single one of us born as criminals but hey there are many who does ! And this is the truth ! It’s our own kind whose been giving us all bad names since more than thousands of years now ! 🙄 😂

@markkirmancarter4651 6 ай бұрын

I am Proud, If I Had The Land...I would give...Get Back to me, Anytime...currently rent and Living in a House, But proud to be a Romani, King...Smith, Mobbs, Boswell, Newbury, Buckland and More, Love It, Me Babi, Hull - Yorkshire...

@rnw2739 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, course you would.

@gb5584 18 күн бұрын

@@rnw2739You are missing something😅

@LarzGustafsson Жыл бұрын

So why are some of you calling themselves Gypsy then?

@JimmyHandtrixx 10 ай бұрын

Because they're not bothered. People need to get a thicker skin. It's worse today with lawsuits over name calling from decades back! Not talking about gypsies here though

@maxasaurus3008 Жыл бұрын

Take away their wagons and give them canal boats, tada! ❤

@roxyroxii1152 3 ай бұрын

Take away your house and give you a kennel.

@SamEdwards-ds6de 2 ай бұрын

Wow, this is incredible hostory, they even mention about travellers and gypsys having higher percentage deaths than jews did during the war

@neil5173 Жыл бұрын

Most Romani very nice mainly settled people now I got great traveller friends they show a lot of love and respect for there family’s and friends and most are very successful and can survive anywhere in any conditions it’s bred into them you show them respect you get respect back..it’s mainly the Irish Scottish leave there crap everywhere you won’t find a dirty Romani camp anywhere good luck to em