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