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marinette
July 11, 2009, 1:14pm
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Anyone ever seen a gypsy funeral procession before?  I hadn't until yesterday, in Doncaster.

It was massive, going along a very busy dual carriageway.  Four beautiful white horses with plumes, pulling a similarly beautiful white carriage, which presumably contained the coffin.  Following the carriage was a massive crowd on foot, mostly men, I think, just walking down the middle of the dual carriageway.  Then there was a whole line of black stretch limos.  Following those was a long line of open trucks, each one packed full of flowers.  And bringing up the rear was a single police car.  Wow, it was so spectacular; never seen anything like it before.  

They tell me that Doncaster has probably the largest gypsy population in the country, which surprised me.  






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I wouldn't have been very happy if i'd been in a car stuck behind all that riff raff.


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Anyone ever seen a gypsy funeral procession before?  I hadn't until yesterday, in Doncaster.

It was massive, going along a very busy dual carriageway.  Four beautiful white horses with plumes, pulling a similarly beautiful white carriage, which presumably contained the coffin.  Following the carriage was a massive crowd on foot, mostly men, I think, just walking down the middle of the dual carriageway.  Then there was a whole line of black stretch limos.  Following those was a long line of open trucks, each one packed full of flowers.  And bringing up the rear was a single police car.  Wow, it was so spectacular; never seen anything like it before.  

They tell me that Doncaster has probably the largest gypsy population in the country, which surprised me.  




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They tell me that Doncaster has probably the largest gypsy population in the country, which surprised me.  


When I worked in Donny in the early 90's I was likewise surprised at how many pubs had signs on the doors saying "No Travellers". I couldn't understand why they needed them.


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surely in donnie its difficult to decipher between a traveller and a yorkie, lol.

there was a massive one in lincoln the other year, all from newark n donnie etc and the like...huge


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When I worked in Donny in the early 90's I was likewise surprised at how many pubs had signs on the doors saying "No Travellers". I couldn't understand why they needed them.



So technically then. The only people allowed in were the peple that lived in the pub itself.  


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So technically then. The only people allowed in were the peple that lived in the pub itself.  


That's what I thought! Imagine my surprise when they let in the multitude of 90's chav types (I forget what the term was then) who almost without fail threw up, fought or chucked drinks around.
My wife at the time was refused entry to a pub in Donny centre because she had jeans on. These jeans cost £70 at the time. Perhaps if she'd worn her shell suit...


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Areas surrounding Doncaster have always tradionally had a large Gypsy influence - i'd love to see some of the mouthpieces on here give it some lip about "travellers" etc in, for example, a pub in Armthorpe.


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Armthorpe, yes, I think I drive near that vicinity from the M18 to get into Doncaster, and two or three years back I used to look out for a horse tethered near the roadside - it was there every morning.  I must admit, it never occurred to me that it might be a gypsy horse but now I think about it, I'm sure it must have been.  I'm not a big fan of horses in general, but those gypsy horses really are beautiful.  We also got a bit lost going through Leeds yesterday (satnav went off the rails, for once!) and there were a few similar horses in parts of Leeds (we 'explored' parts of that city I never knew existed).  I understand there's a fairly big travelling community there as well.  Gypsy horse spotting is rapidly becoming my latest obsession.  

[url]http://www.gypsyhorses.co.uk/[/url]

It fascinates me how gypsy culture and communities have survived and adapted over the centuries despite continuous persecution throughout Europe.  Incredible really.






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