First published in the UK in 2019
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Extract from Under Milk Wood © Dylan Thomas, 1952. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp and The Dylan Thomas Trust
Author note:
In 2018, a House of Commons briefing paper stated:
‘The term “Gypsies and Travellers” is difficult to define as it does not constitute a single, homogenous group, but encompasses a range of groups with different histories, cultures and beliefs including: Romany Gypsies, Irish Travellers, and Scottish Gypsy Travellers. There are also Traveller groups which are generally regarded as “cultural” rather than “ethnic” Travellers. These include “New” (Age) Travellers and occupational travellers, such as showmen and waterway travellers.’
While respectfully acknowledging the various definitions of the term ‘Travellers’, in the context of this book ‘Traveller(s)’ refers to the community colloquially known as New Age Travellers throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
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