And you wonder why I get jarred off with academics! All I wanted was to give away some recordings! Will you two shut the **** up! Neither of you know what you are going on about! I've lived the life, and I'm married to a Romany Gypsy, been there, done it and bought the bloody T.Shirt. I know about evictions first hand, I know about predjudice first hand. It's not a bloody high brow argument bringing in Thatcher and Tebbit. It's all about survival against the odds, and it always has been. When my Grandchildren were spat at I was there with my fists not a camera, or waving a bit of paper saying 'excuse me you can't do that' Take your fine words and shove them! I've watched rooms full of people like you arguing round in circles about absolutely nothing after Johnny Delaney was kicked to death by anti Gypsy racists in the Liverpool area. I am not a Gypsy and never will be, but my children are part Romany (so hang a title on that why don't you?)and I don't need some idiot talking about my family and telling me 'Life is tough!'
I've just remembered why I quit the Folk Scene! Not enough people like Dick Miles, Liz the Squeak,Rman,and Helen, and too many others like you two.