Comments on: Travellers’ Children In London Fields

By: achim

achim — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 22:52:55 +0000

Colin O’Brien’s book is a most beautiful one. — The children look very confident. They seem positively aware that their way of life is an exceptional one.

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 18:58:46 +0000

I admire their bravery.

By: Barry Smith

Barry Smith — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 14:06:14 +0000

I remember the Travelling families around Hackney Grove and the bottom of Wilton Way at this time. Terrific photographs. One memory is of carpets hanging on the wire fences and constantly washed.

By: robin

robin — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 13:57:10 +0000

What beautiful children. They seem so comfortable in themselves, even if sometimes a bit wary of the camera. Thank you for sharing these striking photographs.

By: Nita Heaton - Harris

Nita Heaton - Harris — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 12:17:04 +0000

Wonderful pictures and subjects In the late 1940s I was fortunate to be taken by a friend to a travellers site near Brentford Underpass There were also Circus travellers there complete with animals in cages. A wake was also being held so I suppose they may have been Irish. I was welcomed an evening I wil never forget

By: Jill Eljadi

Jill Eljadi — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 10:31:24 +0000

Beautiful children. A different life;
though

Can’t help noticing their deep, sombre brows.