Gypsies Tramps and Thieves

Gypsies Tramps and Thieves Gypsies tramps and thieves We’d hear it from the people of the town They’d call us gypsies tramps and thieves But every night all the men would come around And lay their money down ~Gypsies Tramps and Thieves by Cher 1971 Gypsy and Romani Travellers A unique people, the Romani do not have the tradition of […] Barbara J Starmans 3 responses 7 min read November 21, 2015
Tryals of Seven Witches Mention the subject of ‘Witch Trials’ to an historian and almost inevitably the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 comes to their mind. Between February 1692 and May 1693, fourteen women and five men were tried for practicing witchcraft, found guilty and were subsequently executed by hanging in Salem, Massachusetts. But although the Salem Trials are perhaps the […] Barbara J Starmans No responses 15 min read October 31, 2015
Visitation of the Plague, London 1665 It was in early December 1664 when two men died at the upper end of Drury Lane in St. Giles parish in London. Although the family made an attempt to conceal the manner of death, it became rumoured in the neighbourhood that they had died of the plague. The Secretaries of State dispatched two physicians […] Barbara J Starmans 4 responses 13 min read October 3, 2015