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To celebrate #grthm2020 we’re sharing photos of some of the Traveller communities in 1980s Hackney from the @riocinema Tape/Slide project.
Playing cards in London Fields, 1986.
Playing cards in London Fields, 1986.
Horse and cart in Hackney Wick, 1984
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities have lived in London for the past 500 years and have a rich history and culture #grthm2020
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities have lived in London for the past 500 years and have a rich history and culture #grthm2020
Today, 800 people in Hackney belong to the Gypsy, Roma & Traveller communities - 400 of them children. #grthm2020
A Traveller family at home in Hackney Wick, 1980s.
“Travellers never settle because it is in their blood. Our fathers and mothers and fathers and mothers before them for hundreds of years was always travellers.” -Josie Riley http://museum.hackney.gov.uk/object11383
“Travellers never settle because it is in their blood. Our fathers and mothers and fathers and mothers before them for hundreds of years was always travellers.” -Josie Riley http://museum.hackney.gov.uk/object11383
Discrimination of Traveller communities is widespread.
In 1988, following a Hackney pub displaying a ‘No Travellers’ sign, a landmark legal decision saw Gypsies and Travellers officially recognised as a distinct racial group, and protected by the Race Relations Act. #grthm2020
In 1988, following a Hackney pub displaying a ‘No Travellers’ sign, a landmark legal decision saw Gypsies and Travellers officially recognised as a distinct racial group, and protected by the Race Relations Act. #grthm2020
At home in Hackney Wick, 1980s #grthm2020
