I think it is quite possible that any useful information regarding the
music and lifestyle of Gypsy folk or Travellers of any persuasion
has been faithfully recorded at Cecil Sharpe House years ago.
The remnants of the true travellers are fading as they are absorbed into the wider society.
In my childhood days, visitations from folk selling clothes pegs and "Lucky White Heather" was the norm.
As farming becomes more technical, the need for mobile workers is now
mainly taken up by people from outside the UK. Most of them return home after a well paid season on various crops.
As the benefit net tightens, many will find the attraction of the
free and airey life on the road less attractive.