Old Photographs Of Gypsies In Scotland

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  • @AAMacKenzie
    @AAMacKenzie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    We have NO IDEA what their living experiences must have been like. We talk around becoming minimalists. They totally lived it and worse. Thanks for these amazing pics as reminders, Sandy.

  • @suffer7845
    @suffer7845 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My grandmother was a Scottish Gypsy, She immigrated to Australia, But i have a lot of Photos like this of her and her family, She passed and i never got too meet her, But I'm proud of my heritage

  • @breannelove7442
    @breannelove7442 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Interesting pictures of what must have been a hard life. Thank you so much for sharing.

  • @hazelstewart3295
    @hazelstewart3295 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love this, i watch it often and i cry every time, thankyou

    • @hazelstewart3295
      @hazelstewart3295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @S Lawson i suppose because it reminds me of family long gone, it's not the same life as now, settled in steel trailers in a scrap yard doesn't have the same feeling

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @alwaysinprayer900
      @alwaysinprayer900 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you cry and believe in past lives...you may be in one of these photos....

    • @alwaysinprayer900
      @alwaysinprayer900 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you cry and believe in past lives...you may be in one of these photos....

    • @minarjdoe
      @minarjdoe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is part of my family history. The Stewart's are apart of my family tree y@@hazelstewart3295

  • @blinddavey
    @blinddavey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great photos of my people, proud of my bloodline.

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thank you for your comment David

    • @User3749cvndhkcgk
      @User3749cvndhkcgk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      David, did you notice that some of these photos feature middle eastern faces,donkeys & teepee tents/ Romani waggons/triangular extruded tents... Scottish travellers would have used curved 'bow' tents and flat bed carts, horses & have celtic faces... only some of these photos are Scottish highland & scottish lowland trevellers

  • @georgefoy8468
    @georgefoy8468 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was great to see old photos of way back yrs ago ❤❤❤❤❤ lovely 😍

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @dukadarodear2176
    @dukadarodear2176 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The "Bender Tents" were common in my youth in Ireland during the 60s.
    They say that Irish travellers split from the main population firstly about the year AD 1000 and later during the land confiscation and ethnic cleansing of the Cromwellian period.
    No Romany link detected here in Ireland but very prevalent in Britain.

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for you comment

    • @User3749cvndhkcgk
      @User3749cvndhkcgk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      These photos though: they are of scottish travellers with bagpipes & also photos of romani with donkeys- very confusing slide show that should not be trusted to all be photographed in scotland

    • @McConnachy
      @McConnachy ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No Romany link in Scotland either. They were made destitute during the clearances in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some clan names are common in their communities, like Stewart, MacAllister, MacPhee, Robertson and MacDonald. This is because often they were cleared in land far from coastal areas so had no chance of using fishing as a means of survival and werent shipped out to the 'colonies' as they were the first to be cleared, or ethnically cleansed. Sadly many Scots ostracised them, and they often kept the language and culture of Scotland alive, while the rest of the population were anglicised through education and TV

  • @tomgreene2282
    @tomgreene2282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love the one with the piper! Some Irish travellers were great traditional musicians...the Dorans/Cashes/Furys/ to name some...great photographs and thanks for upload.

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you enjoyed it Tom

  • @joemulholland9714
    @joemulholland9714 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My Grandparents on my fathers side were Travellers from Angus area in Scotland...My middle name is McMillan

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the information and a Merry Christmas to you, Joe

    • @01io
      @01io ปีที่แล้ว

      Aye there still a good few McMillan travelers in Scotland yet don't worry about that 😂

    • @utente1489
      @utente1489 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@01iothat still live the lifestyle?

  • @loveritas
    @loveritas 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brilliant ! Thank you for sharing .

    • @donaldmcpee3741
      @donaldmcpee3741 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      my grandfather was born in a cave in wick. my granny was born in orkny, thay were both of mcphee,s my mammy's daddy was born in a bowcamp in argyle he was Williamsons known as the pitloichery williamsons my granny was a reid from Renfrew .I don't t believe anything that's wrote about my people because history was made up with country hantles lie,s

  • @marypoppins8083
    @marypoppins8083 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    brilliant thanks for sharing

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  6 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @Dusty357
    @Dusty357 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Beautiful photos, the tents you see were known as a bendy made from hazel blankets then tarp, hard hard way of life, it's a bit of a myth that everyone had a stunning bowtop or vardo

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  7 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @hazelstewart3295
      @hazelstewart3295 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      my great grandad was born in a bender in 1890 at New Deer in Aberdeen, there was 11 of the family in 2 benders then

    • @Dusty357
      @Dusty357 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Hazel stewart only just seen your reply my apologies, my surname is also stewart, and price & Hamilton on me mams people. Wonderful to read your story. Take care. Liam

    • @User3749cvndhkcgk
      @User3749cvndhkcgk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did they also call the tents: bow tents in aberdeen? Pronounced bu owh

  • @conniedykes7225
    @conniedykes7225 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic photos 😍

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for your kind comment Connie

  • @masseyfergy68
    @masseyfergy68 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Photo @3.38 is from Betsy Whyte's wonderfull book "Yellow on the Broom" It is her Mother with her brothers Willie and Hendry with his wife and bairnee lovely to see.

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      thank you for your comment Matthew

  • @patriciapaterson8171
    @patriciapaterson8171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Gypsy Palace was in Kirk Yetholm on the Borders. They owned it on land that was given to them. Now a bed and breakfast.

  • @thebrideoffrankenstein2415
    @thebrideoffrankenstein2415 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    kool old photos

  • @MrLeera88
    @MrLeera88 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @boldbhoy67
    @boldbhoy67 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great pictures, but are they all Scottish? Is the view at 1.02 the 'Sma Glen' outside Crieff? Or, maybe Glencoe?

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  6 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @User3749cvndhkcgk
      @User3749cvndhkcgk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I dont think its all scottish photos

  • @jaads7910
    @jaads7910 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great stuff, any names?

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thank you for viewing my video and your comment, no names sadly

  • @afcnumber1247
    @afcnumber1247 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Some Bonnie old pictures

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  • @johnrussell9818
    @johnrussell9818 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    At 4.10 the photo is of Mrs Hannah Lakey a New Forest Hampshire Gypsy who died in 1903 at Furzey Lodge, Boldre, Hampshire so not all the photos are from Scotland

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for your comment, John

    • @marcusplayz1236
      @marcusplayz1236 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      4:10

    • @User3749cvndhkcgk
      @User3749cvndhkcgk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tourscotland why not sort your bloddy confusing incorrect video mate

  • @WilliamHunter
    @WilliamHunter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Heard stories from my grandparent about the Travellers coming through the village. Must have been a hard life being unwelcome and hired to labour on the fields.

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  2 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @theresamclaren3638
    @theresamclaren3638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely brilliant look at the past respect to those who choose such a hard life

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      thanks for your comment, Theresa

  • @manichairdo9265
    @manichairdo9265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A family, or maybe a clan, of gypsies lived in a wooden hut at the edge of a wood very close to my house, in Elgin.The young women wore bright red lipstick.
    I freaked out once seeing one of the men push my wee sister's posh, Silver Cross pram towards their house not knowing my dad had asked if they would like it.
    Years later, the council offered them a house re health and safety. I don't know if they settled. A lady learned she is descended from the clan and has written an historical book about them...according to my mam.

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @User3749cvndhkcgk
      @User3749cvndhkcgk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very vague info from you mr dodgy hairdo

    • @User3749cvndhkcgk
      @User3749cvndhkcgk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hardly worth you replying

    • @johngordon1576
      @johngordon1576 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mind them well, they used to use the prams to wheel batteries into town to get them recharged to run their radio and maybe some 12v lights.

    • @utente1489
      @utente1489 ปีที่แล้ว

      What's the name of this book??

  • @JM-cc4hq
    @JM-cc4hq 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lovely pictures of old fashioned people,some pictures of English gypsy people who are my ancestors, lovely to see them

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      thank you for watching

    • @JOCKMCKAY760
      @JOCKMCKAY760 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Scottish McMillan was my granddad

  • @manuelpinto4809
    @manuelpinto4809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some are Romani people and some are native scots Travellers.
    And in some photos there are some mixed peoples.

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  2 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @McConnachy
    @McConnachy ปีที่แล้ว

    Scotland's travelling population were not of Romany origins, but were made destitute during the clearances in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some clan names are common in their communities, like Stewart, MacAllister, MacPhee, Robertson and MacDonald. This is because often they were cleared in land far from coastal areas so had no chance of using fishing as a means of survival and werent shipped out to the 'colonies' as they were the first to be cleared, or ethnically cleansed. Sadly many Scots ostracised them, and they often kept the language and culture of Scotland alive, while the rest of the population were anglicised through education and TV. Not all the photos are Scottish, and not all the people are travellers

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @zerofull6936
    @zerofull6936 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Children everywhere-great women.

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @Sean-qy1ex
    @Sean-qy1ex 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Proud of my ppl ❤

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Happy New Year

  • @daisym21
    @daisym21 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Proud to be a Mcphee 👍

  • @Indianalady2007
    @Indianalady2007 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Colonsay 500 ad my bloodline goes way back🎄❤️🙏

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  28 วันที่ผ่านมา

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  • @JacobSmith-tt7dm
    @JacobSmith-tt7dm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is family ❤️

  • @weerobot
    @weerobot 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool...

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @АрутАрутюнян-з8м
    @АрутАрутюнян-з8м 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Many of them are not gypsies, but have pure celtic scottish faces.

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      lots of gypsies in Scotland were also Celts

    • @GoldieDawn
      @GoldieDawn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lots of interconnections between Travellers and Romani Gypsies here in Scotland. x

    • @User3749cvndhkcgk
      @User3749cvndhkcgk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tourscotland What are you trying to claim with this montage of photos? There are photos here that are not Cedernan/Scottish Highland travellers... Some are also not lowland travellers.... Some of these photos are either not photographed in Scotland, or at a push, maybe romani camping in Scotland.... WHAT IS YOUR CLAIM ABOUT THESE PHOTOS? DO YOU CLAIM ALL OF THESE PHOTOS ARE INDEGIONOUS CELTIC TRAVELLERS IN SCOTLAND?

    • @JamseyIr
      @JamseyIr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tourscotland could you add music? Really of great interest.

  • @ferimaker9103
    @ferimaker9103 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    👍👍

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  5 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @dai19721
    @dai19721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    me nan was a Scottish Gypsey....shand Kydd she came from.

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      thank you for viewing my video and your comment, David

    • @User3749cvndhkcgk
      @User3749cvndhkcgk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Whats shand kydd?

  • @Alan-io2ew
    @Alan-io2ew ปีที่แล้ว

    We have similar camps of homeless people springing up on the streets here today.

  • @Indianalady2007
    @Indianalady2007 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Macfie 👋

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  28 วันที่ผ่านมา

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  • @romanichalnomad6316
    @romanichalnomad6316 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Scotland has 2 types of Travellers:
    Scottish Highland Travellers who are indigenous and Celtic.
    Romanichal in Lowland Scotland who are Romany Gypsies.

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    • @romanichalnomad6316
      @romanichalnomad6316 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No problem.
      Another thing to know is that Highland Travellers are descended from Scottish Gaelic people. Their surnames are similar to Scottish names. Common Highland Traveller names include MacMillan, MacFie, MacDonald, Cameron, Williamson ETC.
      Romanichal Travellers in the other hand are descended from Romani a Gypsies who migrated to Britain in the 16th century. Common Romanichal surnames include Boswell, Calledine, Loveridge, Johnson Frankham, ETC.

    • @jockstewartredmond1093
      @jockstewartredmond1093 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      NAE ROMANI'S BIDE IN SCOTLAND WELL SOME DAE AT POCHLE SCALDIES CALL KINROSS

    • @Romchav
      @Romchav 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Romanichal Nomad add lee and shaw to roms in Scotland I’ve never met a Johnson who is rom they are travellers

    • @k.stewart007
      @k.stewart007 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Some of these pepole could be my ancestors. Would love to learn more.

  • @janetmackinnon3411
    @janetmackinnon3411 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And the MacPhees.

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @gypsyfreak7934
    @gypsyfreak7934 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    ahhhhhh our kin from the north

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  4 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @eileenhavern77
    @eileenhavern77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Travellers, not Gypsies!

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      good comment

    • @User3749cvndhkcgk
      @User3749cvndhkcgk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @The Richest Man In Babylon some are prices ... they are genetically different to homosapiens- the prices are a very pure bloodline- brown complection & rotton teeth/ small codona shaped heads/no eyebrows- lots of marrage to brothers sisters and first cousins-

    • @User3749cvndhkcgk
      @User3749cvndhkcgk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Price & codona females are very attractive in a wierd way- even when they have no teeth or eyebrows. Codona females are unususl due to the very visual deformities of their physical appearence - its very very noticable that they have unusual shaped skulls.

    • @manuelpinto4809
      @manuelpinto4809 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@User3749cvndhkcgk Ja ja you are mad..

  • @jimmccormack7507
    @jimmccormack7507 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Irish.

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      @tourscotland  ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @iontraistaru6083
    @iontraistaru6083 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Viva los gitanos calos 100%100

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @michelepiteo7179
    @michelepiteo7179 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There were no gypsies in Scotland. There were plenty of tinkers in Ireland who crossed over as the Irish always did. Most of Scotland is half Irish for this reason. There were no tinkers before The Famine. They are people who were dispossessed by The Famine and stayed on the road out of pride and habit.

    • @tourscotland
      @tourscotland  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      thank you for viewing my video

    • @bigyin8833
      @bigyin8833 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are a fool bunch of gorgers from Ireland

    • @sheilacrilly1830
      @sheilacrilly1830 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Celtic Warlord no ,,,,,,,,your right. it’s half Viking,

    • @sheilacrilly1830
      @sheilacrilly1830 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Celtic Warlord your comment or my comment, hahaha

    • @sheilacrilly1830
      @sheilacrilly1830 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Celtic Warlord lol, I vote yours , You crack me up,