Where can i buy the journal from thankyou.

ROMANY ROAD SOCIETY AND JOURNALS
Sadly Journals 19 and 20, which will be distributed to members in the next week or so - will be the last I will be producing. Due to my brain surgery last year and my husband's recent stroke, I find I am unable to continue as Editor and Secretary and all that entails. It has been a hard decision because Romany Road has been such a wonderful experience. Meeting members and so many lovely people at all the events we've attended over the years, has enriched our lives beyond belief. I've collected unique stories, photos and poems that are now recorded for future generations, of clever, resourceful and gifted people, which makes me very proud of them, of my ancestors and of the blood that runs throught my veins. I will forever be endebted to all those Romany people who trusted me with their treasured items and I hope I have done them justice. I thank them every one for their friendship and their love and hope Brian and I will meet up with many of you again the future whether it be at events at Hartlebury Museum, Stow Fair, Appleby or elsewhere.
May God bless you all, kushti bok in all you do. Mary Horner (nee HEARN)

Hello Zoe Darling,
Thank you for your lovely message. I promise faithfully I will get over to Ethel and Owen as soon as I can, tell them I need a good laugh to cheer me up - and they always do that. Tell them for me its been one thing after another here. Brian's not doing so bad now, getting better slowly, thanks be to God!
Hope you are all well, your new little brother must be getting big now. How's Kita? I shall see a difference in you all. Love to Lizzie and Owen and all the family and Bimbo and Helen and their boys. All my love and big hugs to you all, tell Ethel I miss her and hearing all the news and telling her all mine! We'll need a week together to catch up with it all!! God bless Love always Mary xxxxxxxxx

hello,
ant mery me graney had ya card and she was shoked to hear about uncle brian god bless him hope hes alright now tho,
hope to see ya's all soon me grany and granddd is missin ya's and all the laugh's and jokes you all had tellin the stories god bless ya xx

the web site looks cushty, lovew the pitchers on it av me grate graney and granddad an me graney when she ws small ..... and all da stories abo0ut her flowers and them fairys and you know she is always on about the fairys xx

sendin me love xxx

Hi, just had a read through your site and had to say hi. Cant wait to try the recipes.

Message for Leigh
Hello Leigh,
Thank you for contacting me. I'm glad you enjoyed the book of my Dad's story and I would love to hear more from you. My Email is mhorner022@aol.com if you would like to contact me again and I would be glad to help you with any info I can. All best wishes Mary

Dear Mrs Mary Horner ,

My name is Leigh i am Betty Hearn's grandaughter my mum is Helen Nicholson. I would love to hear from you and try if i may to find out more information on my family tree. My mum gave me today John's story which i have read and found fascinating i did not know much about my grandads family and it fills me with great delight to finally learn . I hope this email gets to you in good health .

Kindess Regards

Leigh

Dear Mrs Mary Horner ,

My name is Leigh i am Betty Hearn's grandaughter my mum is Helen Nicholson. I would love to hear from you and try if i may to find out more information on my family tree. My mum gave me today John's story which i have read and found fascinating i did not know much about my grandads family and it fills me with great delight to finally learn . I hope this email gets to you in good health .

Kindess Regards

Leigh

Message for Ian Piper
Hi Ian, Sorry its taken me a while to pick up your message. if you contact me on mhorner022@aol.com, I'll put you in touch with Paul. Mary

hi Tricia,
Sorry I don`t do facebook but it was good of you to get back to me. Hope all is well with you.

does any have a email for paul stevens the man who wrote the when god made me a romany poem???

hi amy,
sorry about my email address. suddenly it just working for some reason. are you on face book? we could perhaps "meet" on there. it would be lovely to talk to you. tricia. x

Tricia,
I have tried your email over and again. Is there some reason why I cannot get through? I am related to you, our mothers were cousins so we would be second cousins. We moved from Chatham when I was very young and we were brought up in the North.
I`ve moved south again. I know the Judy you speak of, she is my cousin and lives in Canada.
I will keep trying to get in tough with you.
All the best, Amy

fao Debbie Swain,thanks for your message Deb,have only just seen it as we have been in Egypt,My Mum and Dad are not too bad and I am glad all is going well with your Mum,look forward to meeting up again soon love to all Beverley xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

FOR LISA
Hello Lisa, thank you for your message. I would love to hear from you - you can contact me on mhorner022@aol.com. Many thanks
Mary

Hello Zoe Darling,
I miss you all too, please tell Owen and Ethel I really will try to get over to them some time NEXT WEEK. I've been back into hospital in Birmingham about my old shero - but feeling better now. We'll have a lot of catching up to do - so much going on here with one thing and another. I did see your Mum a few weeks ago in Asda's and Bimbo and Helen in Hereford, but have missed you all very much. Love and kisses to you all - look forward to seeing you all soon
Mary xxxxx

Hi Beverley, How are you ? Hope mum n dad are doing well ! My mums finished her chemo now and doing really well which is kushti !! just had a look thru the photos of the ash tree lane lot, don't my nan look like her mum polly ! was down plamerston road cemetary last week and finally found great nan and grandads grave (george and polly potter) i never realised nans sister mary got buried in with them. also found uncle otters grave and nans 2 boys. We are having grandads ashes put in with them once we've sorted out with the crem and council paperwork. I know we keep saying that we must get together on a happy occasion soon and what with work, kids an busy lives we must find time to fit it in, i know nans got ur mums number so i'll give your dad a ring an sort out an afternoon we can come round an catch up with a few photo albums, take care sending you lots of love Deb X x x x

hello antie Mary ... hope you are ok we havent seen you for a while ... me graney (ethel) was asking about you she wants you to come over and have a good old chat we missis you so much xxxx
god bless you antie mary x
me granddad missis telling you all his stories xxx
loves you loads x

hello again who will help me plz got a bit more info . polly arnold married a dancer and got a photo of ben smith my mums nan rias brother

Hi Tricia, I tried to contact you but your email address is not working.

yes amy email me. pastykeegans@yahoo.com. look forward to hearing from you soon. x

Hello,
Cant find an email anywhere, could you send me contact details please...am interested in some of the books and could contribute lots of pictures to your website too.

Kushti bok. L

Tricia,
This is Amy. Is there any way of getting contact details to you?

Hi Mary,
Thanks for that! Much appreciated. :)
Love the site!

this is a message for Amy. l would love to speak to you to compare notes. was her married name poutney and did she have a son named buddy?

Tricia

Hi Amy nice to hear from you its Tricia Roseanne (Annie) s grandaughter.

x

Hello everyone can i have some help. My mums nan come from ash tree lane chatham kent .Maria smith and william lookwood her mothers name was polly mary smith her kids benny , josh , fanny , betty . Something about being family to the Lights . garyg18@googlemail.com

Hi Bee,
I've spoken to Paul, he's not doing too bad and have asked him to look in on your message. Best wishes Mary

Hi Robert (Gordon)
Just looked in and found your message. I'll give Chris a ring and pass on your message to him. Best wishes Mary

Hi Bee,
I've only just seen your message, nice to hear from you. I haven't heard from Paul for a while, I'll give them a ring over the weekend and will ask him to look in on the site or I'll leave a message on here for you to let you know how he is. Best wishes Mary

GREAT TO SEE YOUR SITE ONCE AGAIN hello to all my friends and family on the road in England also a big hello to CHRIS BALTROP in Hereford to all for 2011 KUSHTI BACH .

EMMA WILLETT born 1851 was my great grandmother - I have her wedding certificate from her wedding which took place in Brighton in 1878 when she married a Richard Saunders, hawker.
Emma's father was Richard Willett hawker, and from my research, I believe her mother to be named Louisa. There is no birth certificate for Emma Richard and Louisa had several other children, sons Richard, Horiatio (who I think later calls himslf Horace) Joseph, Henry and daughters Elizabeth (who marrried a William deacon) Phoebe who had 4 daughters, Olive who died in her first year, and Lois. I am sure Emma belonged to this family, as the names of her children relate to other family members.
Emma's children were Sarah (my grandmother), Louisa, thomas, Joseph, Elizabeth, John, Amy and Patience.
Does anyone have information or links to the family please? (Emma Saunders nee Willett died on the Isle of Wight in 1925)

Hi Mary and everyone else,
A little while ago I emailed about getting in touch with Paul Stevens but I think at the time he was in hospital. Hopefully he's now on the mend - this is probably getting on for 2 years ago now! - I would love to get in touch with him. I have traced my family tree back to a family of Stevens and would love to know if we are distantly related.
You can contact me at matzaruba@hotmail.com.
Many thanks - I'd also like to say hello to Cathay, we were in contact around the same time, she was very helpful with the whole family tree thing. And yes I know this site is not just for that so I'll not take up any more space ! x
Bee xxx

Does anyone have any info or can tell me anything on the traveller family brinkley or the event that used to take place in the Brinkley village Suffolk. they did travel from Englan to Wales.

Is Tricia still active on the site? I am the granddaughter of your grandmother Roseann`s sister Mary Ann.
I was told that Roseann and her family disappeared during the war on Guernsey island. Best wishes.

I saw this on google. I cannot find it on your site. Who posted this? Thanks, Amy

Guest book25 Jan 2011 ... Henry Hedges was my grandmothers ( Roseann Hedges) father. ... My mum thinks they went to the Channel Islands but heard nothing about them ...
www.romanyroad.co.uk/guestbook/4523868724 - Cached - Similar

good year to all the romanys out there.its been a long time sence i hav visited this site,it is so nice to see all is well with everyone.i am still looking up my family of smalls.i am at my gt gt gt grandad belcher an harry small harry married molly hicks an belcher married sophie small.please let me know if u can help with any info.....thank you so much judy small....

good year to all the romanys out there.its been a long time sence i hav visited this site,it is so nice to see all is well with everyone.i am still looking up my family of smalls.i am at my gt gt gt grandad belcher an harry small harry married molly hicks an belcher married sophie small.please let me know if u can help with any info.....thank you so much judy small....

Hi All,I am hoping that someone on here can help me,I am looking for any info on the Hope family,past and present,I am a descendant of Golden Hope born circa 1821 he was my 3xgreat grandfather,I have been in touch with the lovely Jean Matthews,and we are both looking for the same answers,so if any kind person out there can help it would be really great to hear from you.Kushti Bok,Terry

Dear Mary and all my new found friends at Romany Road
We wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year.
looking forward to hearing from you again in the New Year.
Carole xxxx

Chris, thank you so very much for the Sunday aftrenoon Circus show. It was really amazing, you were great, the clown was something else too, as were all the acts, hope everyone comes to see you ! ! !.
Love from Rita, her sis, daughter and grandson, we really enjoyed every minute ! Rita x x x

Hi Karen,
Lovely to hear from you. Contact me again please on mhorner022@aol.com and we'll have a proper chat. I'm glad you're enjoying the site although I haven't updated it for a very long time now. I've got masses of information on our family that I'd be very happy to share with you, so drop me a line so that I've got your Email address. I was thinking of you all last week and send all my love.
Mary xxxx

hi reet,glad you enjoyed the show you certainly deserve it,and thankyou mary for travelling so far,it was really nice to meet up...........lets hope there will be a few more good times, love you both bev xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Mary, Mum (Lesley Wells daughter of Rose (Bartlett) Hearne gave me the link to your site. I must say that I am so far finding it aboslutley fascinating as Nan's life andRomany history has always fascinated me. I have just read on the site about your recent surgery so I hope that all is well. I know that you wrote a book some time ago however Mum seems to have misplaced this and I wondered if there was any way of getting another copy, could you let me know. Farewell for now and hoe that you and your family are well
Kindest Regards
Karen Wells (another descendant of he Hearne Family)

The pleasure was all ours Reet - you know we love you! Mary xxxx

Dear Mary and Beverley, I cannot thank you both enough for the wonderful evening out you arranged for me. It is something I will never forget, and two lovely ladies I will never forget, love you both Rita x x x

Thank you Mary for trying to contact Selina Turner on my behalf. Much appreciated . Regards carole.

Carole Harris
I Emailed Selina at the two addresses I have for her, but haven't received a reply and I see she hasn't replied on here either, so I'm wondering if she's changed her Email address. I have now Emailed a couple of people who might be able to help, hopefully they'll get back to me or answer you on here. If anyone reads this and is in contact with Selina, would you let her know please that Carole is trying to contact her.
I'll keep trying - best wishes Mary

Thank you very much indeed for passing on the information,with reference to Selina Turners photos. I really do appreciate it.
Regards carole harris

Thank you very much indeed for passing on the information,with reference to Selina Turners photos. I really do appreciate it.
Regards carole harris

Thank you C. Harris very much for taking the time to pass on the information about the photo you mention. I will try to contact Selina and pass on your message. Regards - Mary

in your where are they now page.Selina Turners photos , second row first picture as you look at them, female standing on the left of the picture was my mother , her maiden name was lewis from holsworthy devon uk, I can be sure of this as as i have a similar photo .

hi mary and all.what a wonderful summer journal.really enjoying it.i have tried to ring you a few times mary but youve been out.never mind i will keep trying.all the best everyone love cathayb

Glad to see you back Mary. Looking forward to the new journal Love Tina

Hi Everyone,
I apologise for not updating the site for so long, but as many of you will know, I underwent major brain surgery last year for repair of a brain hernia and unfortunately it has taken me quite a long time to get back on my feet. Just before the operation the hospital discovered that I also had MRSA, which probably was the reason why I felt so awful on top of everything else. However, glad to say I'm now feeling much better, still some problems but I'm hoping to get properly back in the swing of things before too long.

I produced the first journal for 2010, which was distributed to members and am currently working on the summer edition, and I am really thankful for all the contributions of new and wonderful information and photos that have been sent in or I have been given permission to use. Once the new journal is finished and sent to the printer, I will try to concentrate on the website.

The weekend before last we went up to Appleby, the weather was beautiful, met a few friends and we had a great time. This weekend I did our first event at Hartlebury Castle, which was lovely and we had a good turnout despite the rain towards the end of the afternoon. It was really good to meet up with so many old friends, and to meet new. I hope we put on a good show, I took lots of boards and albums of photos, sold some journals and gained some new members.

So my thanks go to every one of you who kept in touch while I was out of action, for your kind words, cards etc., and all the encouragement and love that came my way. It was very appreciated and won't be forgotten!!
Kamlo - Mary

Hi Amy, Is your cousin Rosie still with us if so will you say Hi to her from Vera Rice ,Wally Rices Daughter He had the china stall in the high stThanks a lot V would love to hear from her Vera.

Thanks Rita , would love to see them ,have been thinking things over I wonder if your dad was Georgie Light ,borne somewhere around 1914 just guessing.also the more i think about it Benny Smith begins to ring a bell , and I know for sure in my mind your uncle Alfie fits in we have to remember I was only about 8to 16 yrs old .But this is my e-mail veraforbes@sasktel.netdid I mention I live in Canada,looking forward to more contact.God Bless You Vera.

Hi Vera,
I have some pictures of the family I can send to you if you give me your email address, mine is ritamsjones@ntlworld.com
Thanks again Rita x

Hello Rita, Thankyou for answering so do you know who I am refering to when I speak about Jimmy, Georgie,Wally and Rosie, I realize they must be all passed on by now , but in my old age my thoughts go back to them days,although I am not related to any of them by birth I have nothing but good thoughts agood things to say about them,I think I read you had a passing in your familymy thoughts are with you .My other question did you know the HedgesHenery. Alfie ,Alfie had a stall in the High St, my dad also had a stall there he sold china down by Linden Rd, lon time ago eh The two men in the photos the names dont ring a bell But the faces sure doalso the lady with a braid in her hair in the pub.Did you know BoyO he also had a stall sold plants and stuffhe might of been a Smith only knew him by the name of boyOS.o nice to talk to you Vera

Hi Vera,
I am from the Light family in Higham Hill although I lived in Oatland Rise with my parents George and Betty Light. I picture of the man with the horse is my uncle Alfie and the picture of the boys outside the Higham Hill tavern are my cousins Charlie and Georgie with their dad Benny Smith who was the son of my aunt Leander. Hope this helps Rita x

Hi Rita I was just looking at those photoes Who is the man leading the horse?and standing with the two boys He looks familiar to me around about the 1950s a relation of the young Jimmy Light we used to know .

I have just seen a Rita Light from Walthamstow. could you be a relation to the Light family from Higham Hill?

Hi back again just remembered something else , if anyone k nows of the remaining members of Wally Lights family Doreen Roberts was his wife and they had two sons.GOD BLESS THE GOOD OLD DAYS.

I knew the Light Family and the Hedges family way back in the 50s old Jimmy ,Granny, young Jimmy. Wally, Alfie, Rosie Light Great people,the Hedges i cant remember all their names I went to school with Rene,those were the days.

Hi there anyone ever come across the following surnames Lane,Webb.Archer/Archard,Smith ,Clark(E) all from the cotswolds ,Gloucestershire,North Oxfordshire area maybe even into Worcs,northhamps,Warwickshire area i have info on the Smiths and Clarkes who are linked to my Great Nan but any other info anyone may have to help me research especially the Lane family and the Webbs would be much appreciated All the best Duncan

Hello List- Can any of the HEARN(E) family help me. My Traveller great great grandparents and their family came to Western Australia in 1842 and their names were William ROSER and his wife Dinah nee WILSON. Until today I had not found a reference to the Roser family in England. I was reading Geogre BORROW'S book "Romano Lavo- Lil and to my suprise I read "Thomas ROSSAR -MESCA". The word ROSSAR leapt out at me and when I read further to find that this was the name of "Thomas HEARN(E)". Can anyone throw any light on the use of the name "Thomas ROSSAR-MESCA. Maybe my family belong to this family. If you have information could you email it to me on janjames1@westnet.com.au- Jan JAMES (Western Australia)

Hi Zoe,
Thank you for your lovely message. I hope to get over to see you all soon, I hven't been very well again - but better now. Looking forward to seeing your little brother and you, Kita and Mum, also Owen and Ethel and Lizzie Owen and all. Will give Ethel a ring. Love to everyone Mary & Brian

Rita Light
It gives me great sadness to inform those of you who haven't already heard, that our very dear 'sister' Rita Light's Dave died last Saturday following a brain anurism and stroke. His whole family and all of us who knew and loved Dave are in total shock and all our love and thoughts are with them at such a sad time. Mary

HI MARY I WAS SPEEKING TO LENER AND SHE WAS ASKING ABOUT YOU XXXXXXXXXXXX SEE YOU SOON X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX GOD BLESS

Hi I wonder if anyone can help, my family have romany roots. The family have always been told of Auntie Hetty Wilks who was on her way to Wales to vivit the family and she died. She had a proper traveller funeral. My mum thought she was either her grandfathers sister or his aunt. Her name vould possibly have been Hester/Esther Bath before marriage. Is wilks a traveller name? I can't find any exsistence of her, can anyone please help me!!!

Sarah

Hi Julie,

Lovely to hear from you. Yes, we are related and after researching the Hearns for nearly 20 years, I have a big family tree. If you contact me on mhorner022@aol.com I'll search out some of the information for you and let you know how we link up
All best wishes
Mary

Hi my name is julie toft nee Hearne my grandfather was john Hearne from watford his wife was violet may Johnson my greatgrandfather was john Hearne also ..i dont have much information about them .
it woul d be great if i could find out if we are related to the old romanies i do know that we are related to soloman and mercy Hearne

so pleased chrissie seems to be recovering.do keep us informed how hes going?all the best one and all for new year.cathayb

hi all
found your web site intresting especially beverlys input on ash tree lane, thats were we come from lot of amaxing tales which are true my fathers people named ash tree lane or darlin banks the name was sugar loaf hill they came out of the hills in wales very good

Thank you all for your love and support for my dear 'cuz' Chrissy. I'm glad to say that he is out of the coma and recognised us when we visited him today. We know he is on he mend as when his brother mentioned a 'curry' when he gets home his 'mooie' screwed up in delight. Thank you all Rita x x x x x

A Very Merry Xmas to you all and I hope that 2010 brings you all that you want and to all those who are ill may you have a speedy recovery. Love, luck and Happiness to you all. Diane xxxx

thoughts and prayers fort chrisie and his family.cathayb

dear mary ,thankyou for replying to my message to rita,i am so very sorry to hear this news and hope and pray that all will turn out ok,please give our love and thoughts to rita and also to julie and family ,take care beverley x

Dear Bev and anyone who knows Chrissy Smith who has a page on this site

I am really sad to report that Chrissy went into hospital recently for the removal of a brain tumor. Tragically things didn't go as hoped and Chrissy has been in a coma ever since. Julie and his close and loving family have been at his bedside ever since and we are all praying that he will pull through. At the moment he has been taken back into Intensive Care and our thoughts, love and prayers are with them all. Mary

Hi Zoe darling,
I've tried to ring Ethel but they must be at church. I would love to see them anytime, if you see this will you tell her I'll ring her later. Have just phoned Lizzie and left a message with her. Hope you Mum and Keeta are well. Have a lovely Christmas and now I'm feeling better I'll see you all in the new year. Love Mary xxx

hi mary it is zoe my nan ethel is asking is ist ok to come over on saterday is that ok with you she will call you on saterday to ask.
xxx

message for rita,hi rita hope you and your family are well.do you know if chrissy has made his cd yet please ?,as i would like to get one for my mum,she has been very ill this year and they havent been able to get to gala where they used to have a chat with him,so it would be nice to surprise her with it cos i know she would be very proud,she loves to hear a good traveller chanter....love beverley xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks Beverley for your help and thanks to Leonard speak to you soon. This is a fantastic site, I have never met such kind helpful people. Thank you all
Diane xx

Hi Bev, thanks. Hope mum gets better soon, i can remember going over your mums as a little boy with my brother, coming out the front door bloated!!!!
send my love x

hi len ,hope you are all ok.i was going to get in touch with you to let you know but you beat me to it.sorry i did not manage to reply to your e mail last year ,but as you know my mum has been very ill and i never seem to get enough time to communicate ,give my love to your mum and dad and keep in touch ps hope you find out lots more family history luv beverley x

Hi beverley, i never twigged on this was you, hope you are well xxx

hi diane ,in my previous message i mentioned my cousin leonards son,well the message underneath this one is him ,so i wish you all the best in exchanging your stories etc ,take care beverley

what a good site this is. i am looking for family members esp from the walthamstow area. my grandparents are martha and leonard hedges. my grandfathers mother and father were olive and walter. i have read Diane Davies comments, your husband must be my father first cusion? my email is leonard_hedges@hotmail.com

look forward to hearing from you

len

what a good site this is. i am looking for family members esp from the walthamstow area. my grandparents are martha and leonard hedges. my grandfathers mother and father were olive and walter. i have read Diane Davies comments, your husband must be my father first cusion? my email is leonard_hedges@hotmail.com

look forward to hearing from you

len

Hi Beverly,
yes Billy Hedges is my mums cousin. she is Mary Giddins and is 87 years old. Shhhh though, dont tell everyone. We last saw Billy about ten years ago or thereabouts when he visited us in suffolk. That was the first time l had met him. It was brilliant. l am also now in touch with Joyce his sister. we are doing our family tree. There is so much to learn.

Tricia. x

hi Mary,

Hope all goes well with the surgeon. x .I will send in my contributions now l know how. Hope you like them and will include some of them in your journals. Thanks.

Beverly, Thanks for the info. l visited to my aunt Olive Giddins at the weekend in chatham. She spoke very highly of everyone from ash tree lane she has lots of fond memeories and great laughs she remembers. My nan Rose Hedges in Best street, was always known as Annie.

Cathay, cant wait to read your inclusion in this months journal. sounds fascinating. Thanks.

Dianne. Really glad you have had so much response about your husbands side of the family. Its so exciting for you. Good luck!

This site is getting better and better all the time. Its so interesting seeing all the pictures and reading all the little stories. My mum Mary Giddins was (is) such a good story teller. Felt l was all part of it when l was a girl. she says the best memeories were when she used to snuggle down of a night in the tent listening to the hurdy gurdy of the fair.
cushty bok to all.
Tricia.x

hi tricia,who is your mum?i spoke to my dad and he only saw billy only a couple of weeks ago,apparently he lives in gillingham and has another brother still in medway,billy is about 80 years old and grew up with my dad .take care beverley

hi diane thanks for your reply,yes jack is still around , sorry i took it for granted that you would of seen the picture of them and forgot to include him.it is a shame that your husband did not know his cousins,they are nice people and we have had some lovely memories and laughs growing up together.i remember his uncle henry and aunt pashy they were nice and their son henry and wife brenda and also joycie who moved to australia many years ago,also uncle leonards other brothers were spoken of in stories riley ,ocker ,miah and i remember when his aunt ruby died.i know my cousin leonards son does his family history so i will try and let him know....take care beverley.

Hi Beverley, Just a quick question, on the Kent travellers pics you have one of Martha and son Jack on her knee, is he still with us as you didnt mention him earlier. Also looks like Leonards daughter Ruby was born at the same time as my hubby Alan early 1951, what a shame they never met. Regards Diane

Just want to say a big thanks to Rita for all your help and also to Beverley for the info you have given us on cousins my hubby didnt know he had and not forgetting Mary for putting me in touch with Rita, and the Journals are amazing. Thanks to you all. Kindest Regards Diane

also you might be interested to know that Rose Tarling's sister Mary Anne was married to Charles Evans, a surgical instrument maker who lived in Walthamstow, Essex, which is quite near Chingford. I wonder whether Robeys ever did any work for the Evans's also. got you guessing????cathayb

some of my family the tarlings and the robeys and the evans were from around the same area walhomstow,chingford and epping.i have quite a big tree on them now.i would love to write you the story of how they were known for making medical instruments(they are gypsies)came about but as i have written about it in the next romany road journal to come out ,you will all have to wait with baited breathe!!!!!!!due this month isnt it mary?oh folks i am sorry i am not about much again but as you know i broke my leg back in june and i rebroke it again last week!!!!!!!!some folk never learn do they????love to you all cathayb

hi tricia and diane ,the family of hedges in best street i have heard my dad speak about as he was born in best street chatha m,and i have heard him speak of rose and billy ,i will ask him for any info for you.diane the hedges you are talking of are my uncle leonard (now deceased) family and rita light knows of them in walthamstow as she has told you.uncle leonard was my mothers sister martha s husband ,and they have 4 children my cousin martha aka known as mickey (now deceased),ruby ,leonard and cheryl.we all live in chatham,and many years ago used to meet up and go hop picking all together and children and adults had lovely times together ,the families used to come down from belverdere ,canning town ,walthamstow etc.in fact ritas granny and my granny were very good friends and my mum always speaks highly of aunt lenda and uncle bill.sorry this is all in lower case but i am always in a hurry and i get it done quicker .....will let you know more when i speak to my dad regards beverley ps mary hope you are keeping well will speak to you soon oh and also rita xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Diane,
So glad the picture I sent you was the one of your husband's grandmother Olive Hedges.
It makes this site SO worthwhile. I will see what else I can find from other family members
Kind regards
Rita

To Tricia
Thank you very much for your good wishes. I see the brain surgeon in December and hope he'll give me the all-clear. They told me it might be 12-18 months to be fully well - but I'm an inpatient patient LOL!
Mary