Scottish Travellers

A Spotlight on Indigenous Highland Travellers

“Indigenous Highland Travellers are woven into the fabric of Scottish history. As a community, we are tangible remnants of Scotland's history ...

Scottish Gypsies still face 'acceptable racism' - BBC

Scottish Gypsies still face 'acceptable racism' ... Discrimination against Gypsy/Travellers in Scotland has become the last form of "acceptable ...

10 Things You Should Know About Scottish Travellers! - Facebook

We're not invaders. We're not a new people nor are we just people that have taken to a life of travelling. But rather our community is at least ...

Scottish Travellers - BEMIS Scotland

Mistakenly the settled Scottish population may call all travelling and Romani groups tinkers, which is usually regarded as pejorative, and contemptuously as ...

Improving the Lives of Scotland's Gypsy/Travellers 2: action plan ...

We will build on the successes we have had to date and will make further progress in many areas such as accommodation, health, education and combatting ...

The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary

Enter your search term in the search box above. You can also use a simple wildcard search. For example, searching for ab* will return all entries beginning ...

Listening to Scottish Travellers - YouTube

This is a film study of the Scottish Travellers cultural relationship to place and their way of being, which is part of our wider work to ...

Help for Gypsies and Travellers | The Highland Council

This ethnic minority group has strong cultural ties, extended families and clans and consists of sub-groups of English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish Travellers.

About travelling communities - Step Education

Mary Hendry, Scottish Gypsy/Traveller. Showpeople communities. Showpeople or Showmen bring fairgrounds to urban and rural settings all over the UK. Many ...

Traveller Routes | ScotWays

Traveller Routes. Gypsies and Travellers in Scotland. Gypsies and Travellers are a significant although often hidden part of the Scottish population. They ...

Introduction - The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary

Gypsies − not at that time distinguished from other travelling folk − first appear in the written record in Scotland in 1505 as 'tinkers, peddlers, dancers, ...

Families torn apart in experiment seek government apology - YouTube

The Scottish traveller community is demanding an apology from the Scottish government over claims of historical mistreatment dating back to ...

A road less travelled: celebrating Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History ...

Their exact origins are uncertain, but it is thought that they may be descended from the Picts, and/or the scattering of the clans following the ...

SCOTTISH travellers,tinkers,summer walkers , GYPSIES! - Pinterest

Oct 30, 2015 - Explore K Jean Designs's board "SCOTTISH travellers,tinkers,summer walkers , GYPSIES!" on Pinterest. See more ideas about gypsy life, ...

Gypsy/Travellers - rights and responsibilities | Scottish Borders Council

We recognise that Gypsy/Travellers are restricted as to where they can legally encamp in the region. Our rights and responsibilities

The Material Culture of Travellers in the Highlands | The Scottish ...

One area of Traveller material culture that is better known is the repair and manufacture of a variety of goods that Travellers sold and traded to the settled ...

Romani (Gypsy), Roma and Irish Traveller History and Culture

French Manush Gypsies have a similar origin and culture to Romany Gypsies. There are other groups of Travellers who may travel through Britain, such as Scottish ...

The 'cultural genocide' of Scotland's Gypsy Traveller community

Historical discrimination. The Gypsy Traveller community has been discriminated against in Scotland for centuries. The first official record of ...

What's Traveller Genes? - The University of Edinburgh

They were socially isolated from settled populations until recently. Some genetic studies have been carried out, but Scottish Travellers, in ...

Gypsies and Travellers - House of Commons Library - UK Parliament

... Gypsies, Welsh Gypsies, Scottish Gypsy Travellers and Irish Travellers. There are also Traveller groups which are generally regarded as ...