Gypsy, traveller, circus, fairground etc. Im researching the encampment that was for many years on the hill over looking luton in kent. His wife had a mother called eliza lee, which i thought may also have some gypsy lineage as i also know.
Tinman/tinsmith is quite a common gypsy occupation.
Tin man/tin plate workerhi denise i would suggest that you do indeed possibly have evidence of travelling ancestry. His name was george hardy, and i have heard that this was a common gypsy name. Gypsy families of portsmouthcan you provide christian names & a timescale please there is a 1932 marriage between ernest f lush & queenie a carter in portsmouth. Pancras collins & catlin of benington / ardeley herts, collins,.
It was known as sugar loaf hill and ran along ash tree lane and also down into beacon.
