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Romany Roots: book reviews

Simon Evans has been reviewing books by local Romany authors. He has compiled the following list.

For a review of each book click on the cover. This is by no means exhaustive so if you know a good book and you'd like to review it, let us know at kent@bbc.co.uk

	Dark Blood by William Lee A Gypsy love story set in Kent in the post war horse drawn years of his own childhood. The Lees are a well known Romany family in East Kent, Bill now lives on a site in Canterbury. Review»

	On the Cobbles By Jimmy Stockin An autobiography by this famous fighter. It gives a real insight into Gypsy life in Kent, Essex and South London during the harsh years of the sixties and seventies. Review»

	Memories of the Marsh by Betsy Stanley Belvedere Marsh was home for a tight knit Traveller community until the floods of 1953. Betsy tells the story of life in this little 'Gypsy Village'. Review»

	Seven Steps to Glory by John Pateman Walter Pateman was born in a wagon on Tugmutton Common in Farnborough, Kent, he was conscripted in 1916 and was killed in action a year later. Review»

	Gypsy Jib by James Hayward A Romany dictionary complied from various sources by James Hayward who grew up in Dover and whose ancestors include the famous Gilderoy Scamp of Folkestone. Review»

	Charles Dickens And Travellers by John Pateman Dickens acute social observations also extended to the Gypsies and Travellers who passed along the roads near his Gravesend home at Gads Hill. Review»



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