They Steal Children, Don't They? (1980)  

Sounds ace.

when I was in France years ago. I used to run along the river in mornings and often stop to draw in my sketchbook. i met some people there who had many cars and caravans. We began to say "bonjour" on a regular basis. A young fellow Invited me into their camp to have a drink. They were really nice people. I gave them some drawings from my book and drew a sketch of a little girl which i gave to her father. The drink we had (a few of) was what we U.S.A people call "White lightning"

Me too. I met a man who broke his wife’s nose, arm and ribs in separate incidents, she fed a neighbours small dog as the neighbour didn’t look after it, her husband took the dog and she never saw it again. I encouraged her to leave him and get a divorce, she did, then got a council place and was much happier. The husband married a woman he had been “friendly” with, but he kept threatening to take their only child from my friend. He lived on a gypsy owned caravan park. She was one of the pretties girls I had ever seen, she could have been a catwalk model, but all she wanted was a home and family. My only beef with gypsies is the mess they leave when they move on and how they treat their animals especially dogs and chickens! These animals were often 49:46 given into young children’s care to teach them how to make money with breeding but of course children “play” with them and rough handle them and forget to feed them etc so they are in a sorry state much of the time!

@@munchkinheaven7877 I agree with all u said !

@@wonderrob3225 it depends on how they are brought up and if kind inside or not. Just like everyone on earth really. That's a lovely story!

@@somethingbright4268 Thats true there are good and bad people all over the world. I want to believe that most are good. though sometimes i get downhearted

She was fabulous wasn’t she. That smile too.

@@natscat4752yes … lovely teeth.

I hear you. It reminds me of my youth too.

Fascinating, thank you for taking the time to comment

They were never roma . Only roms and romni.

I've read that too. Not all travelers are Romany. From the little I know the Romany language has it's roots in India & is classed as Indo-European, see - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_language .I read an account of Romany's in the army in WW2 stationed in India talking to Indian railway workers and being able to understand each other to a point. There is a lot of myth & false rumor around the name Gypsy: not all travelers are Romany. The chap at the beginning mentions a curse on Ally Pally by " Petulengro Lee", Petulengro was a name given to a Gypsy in George Borrow's book - Romany Rye. It's a made up name, a pseudonym. In the Romany language or lav, it means "blacksmith" , petul = horseshoe, engro = master of. If you see fortune tellers etc calling themselves petulengro it's more a stage name. Lee is an old traveling name though, it's entomology means meadow or forest clearing, bit like Smith, meaning one who mends. It's interested to see the family at the beginning of the film living in a "tent" or bender, so called because hazel, ash or willow poles are bent forming an igloo shaped frame, a canvas tilt on top. I've lived in several benders, it's a great way to live, but hard. Most traveling family's lived in benders, prior to the horse drawn wagon, bowtop or vardo, or they used both. After that the caravan or trailer pulled by lorry's replaced them in turn.. I've lived on the road, but am not a Romani. I've met good travelers and bad. This film is an excellent record of traveling folk, thanks for posting.

​​​@@majordolbyscatgypsy wedding ceremony tradition: in the book the hunchback of notre dame, (notre dame de paris) the white non gypsy (he is a blonde -blue eyed Christian frenchman) poet Pierre Gringoire marries the green eyed dark haired gypsy girl esmeralda (he loves her , but she only does it to save him from the gallows because he trespassed on the high out of the court of miracles) and to make the marriage official the couple has to both drink from a jug and then break it.

when I was in France years ago. I used to run along the river in mornings and often stop to draw in my sketchbook. i met some people there who had many cars and caravans. We began to say "bonjour" on a regular basis. A young fellow Invited me into their camp to have a drink. They were really nice people. I gave them some drawings from my book and drew a sketch of a little girl which i gave to her father. The drink we had (a few of) was what we U.S.A people call "White lightning"

when I was in France years ago. I used to run along the river in mornings and often stop to draw in my sketchbook. i met some people there who had many cars and caravans. We began to say "bonjour" on a regular basis. A young fellow Invited me into their camp to have a drink. They were really nice people. I gave them some drawings from my book and drew a sketch of a little girl which i gave to her father. The drink we had (a few of) was what we U.S.A people call "White lightning" I am no one from nowhere and i am always so happy when people accept me

@@wonderrob3225 that's a really lovely comment.

@HalideHelix Some do, some don't. No different than gorgers. Are you trying to say that non Gypsies never steal?

Even though the commentator said 'I wouldn't want them living by me ' 😅..he slipped up there!

I got burgled by some of your clan last year, we have also had to endure fly tipping, shooting animals, violence, and now personal abuse, all whilst they claim to be victims. I'm sick to death of it now

Some do, some don't. No different than gorgers.

Which site do you live near, if you don’t mind me asking

roma being kicke dout of india is justa theory as not even roma people knew where they came from un til 1760 but in past people believed they was from eygpt .so them being kicked out of india is not fact as alot of indians left india over millenias to china ,south east asia , europe,middle east ,north africa ,east africa .

indian sub continet has the largest population in world ,now . but this is not new because of fertile lands from fresh water from melting himmilayan mountains ice that irrigate the farms and so more population

my people traded with the romans so we sailed from bengal to eygpt then to constinaple ,so this been going on for thousand sof years

Many of us do. But 1: land is expensive. 2: we still have the government breathing down our neck, so we aren’t much better off. 3: what if I buy land in Sheffield, and fancy having a shift down to London?

@@ModestPigeone I guess you do what building dwellers have to ; sell up and buy somewhere else...

@@crystalawen not really reasonable with our way of life is it mate?

@@ModestPigeone well, mate - I would Love the gov to give me land ; half an acre would do fine... but if they won’t give it to me or others why should they give it to you ?

@@crystalawen we aren’t asking them to give us land

Also some of the young married gypsy girls put up with domestic abuse

She was 35 , he was 38

True, now we say posh ratt!

Wasn’t there a kids program, in the 70’s about a gypsy girl, and they used to call her a Diddy coy, can’t remember what the name of it was.

And your free to come and go at your hearts content, and I'm not going to stop you.

@@majordolbyscat - I know that but I was hoping that you might have some more interesting docus??

@@christopherd.winnan8701 its a documentary on the gypsies..if i'm not mistaken.Very interesting,I grew up playing football with them by the canal in Walsall,happy days

@@christopherd.winnan8701I found this very interesting.

And your kind's days are numbered.

Expect Norwegian / Danish ancestry to prominently feature the further you go back 😉 Either way if I wasn’t ever so slightly concerned about what these companies do with my DNA I’d be more than interested in finding out myself. Go with your gut instinct, Best of luck on your quest

It has nothing to do with your soul and everything to do with your DNA!

If you weren’t brought up by gypsy parents, you aren’t a gypsy. Nothing more we hate than people saying there a gypsy because they have 3.8% DNA of Romani

Literally. Most of us live on sites owned by the government nowadays, or our own land

A beautiful gypsy wagon. In rolling hills sorounded by a pretty meadow,, sleeping beneath a blanket of stars ,and as free as the wind ❤️❤️❤️✨✨✨✨💯