Gypsy caravans in Tame Street, Portwood

Tame Street gave motorized access to the 'Cut' and here the caravans of travelling folk were parked several times a year, usually until the police 'moved them on'. The men collected and sold scrap metal, the women sold clothes pegs and told fortunes from door to door. Many of the local people treated them with suspicion and some local pubs would not admit them. Building work on Lancashire Hill can be seen in the background.

• Image ID: 3553
• Class number: S/25 C73 More like this
• Photographer: H. Lees
• Date of image: 1968:June 1968
• Area: Portwood
• In copyright?: No

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