Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    SS/HW6/GT/1/2/1
  • Title
    Series of newspaper cuttings including the following:
  • Date free text
    1968-1971
  • Production date
    From: 1968 To: 1971
  • Scope and Content
    -front page report on eviction by County Council of Gipsies at temporary caravan site, Caddington (Dunstable Borough Gazette 5 Apr 1968); -article on proposed Gipsy sites at Pepperstock and Stanbridgeford (The Luton News 14 Nov 1968); -protest at plans to establish a permanent Gipsy site at Stanbridgeford Station (Dunstable Gazette 22 Nov 1968); -article on new mobile school at Luton Road, Caddington (Photograph of teacher and class) - (Luton News 18 Sep 1969); -demonstration regarding incident at Dunstable, when concrete pillars were erected at the entrance to a camp site where caravans were parked (Bedford Recored 25 Nov 1969); -article on two day inquiry regarding objections to proposed Stanbridgeford and Pepperstock sites (Bedfordshire Times 12 Dec 1969); -report on proposed caravan site at Sundon Park, Luton (Romano Drom , newspaper of the National Gypsy Council Jul 1970); -protests over proposed permanent Gipsy camps at Hockliffe and Eaton Bray (Dunstable Gazette 1 Aug 1970); -anger over plans to site a Gipsy camp in Hexton Road, Barton-le-Clay (18 Aug 1970); -article regarding caravan/schoolroom trailer given to the Gipsy Council by John Lennon and wife for a Gipsy school near Luton (Luton News 19 Nov 1970); -plea for Gipsy hatred campaign to end, by George Marriott,local fighter for equal rights for Gipsies (Luton News 19 Nov 1970); -report regarding the cost to develop Pepperstock Gipsy site (Luton News 3 Dec 1970); -article on unauthorised Gipsy camp at Hockliffe (Dunstable Gazette 16 Jan 1971); -report of public meeting where Arlesey residents strongly opposed plans for a permanent Gipsy site (Biggleswade Chronicle 22 Jan 1971); -article on rights for Gipsy children in Bedfordshire (Photographs of various children) - (Bedford Record 26 Jan 1971); -report on harrassment of Gipsies by police (Luton News 10 Apr 1971); -article regarding County alarm at the cost of Gipsy sites (Biggleswade Chronicle 23 Apr 1971); -report on debris left behind at Sheep Lane, Heath and Reach as Gipsies move on, including over 200 scrapped remains of cars vans and lorries (Photograph of site) - (Beds and Bucks Observer 13 Jul 1971).
  • Level of description
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