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W. I. Gypsy Encampment - Haswell (hasw0212)

Mrs Vera Howie, Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs Morrow
Old Age Pensioners (Thomas H Errington)

Photograph of seven women dressed as gypsies sitting on branches and leaves round a tripod, made of twigs, from which a cooking pot is suspended; one of the women is holding a doll and feeding it with a bottle; another is holding an accordion; at the right of the picture the front of a gypsy caravan can be seen; the photograph has been described as Haswell Women's Institute Gypsy Encampment

W. I. Gypsy Encampment - Haswell

Photograph of seven women dressed as gypsies sitting on branches and leaves round a tripod, made of twigs, from which a cooking pot is suspended; one of the women is holding a doll and feeding it with a bottle; another is holding an accordion; at the right of the picture the front of a gypsy caravan can be seen; the photograph has been described as Haswell Women's Institute Gypsy Encampment

Date: 1950 - 1959


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