Ainlee Ryalla Duffy was "born on the straw" a Gypsy custom, on the 11th April 1959 to proud parents of Tony & Audrey. In this programme we filmed Ainlee and her family over several weeks, still living the life of a Gypsy, in harmony with mother nature. It shows a life very different to most. DVD By Ainlee Ryalla Duffy
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Ryalla Duffy is one of the few Romany Gypsy Families to still travel in wagons. Here she descibes the whys and wherefores of wagon travel from her perspective of considerable experience.
A series of photgraphs and sound scapes reflecting aspects of Gypsy & Traveller life in rural Lincolnshire. A treat for eyes and ears. The projects was aimed at encouraging Gypsies & Travellersto capture a snapshot in time ofr travelling life in the millenium.
In this unusual book - unusual because unlike so many it's seen from the inside - Ryalla descibes her life as a young child 'on the road', travelling in the family's wagon from place to place, her parents earning a living on farms or by making and selling household items from the hedgerow.
Our follow up to "born on the straw", Ainlee takes a nostalgic look back at the past, her childhood, her family and how things have changed for Romany-Gypsy Folk. We look at how the land can provide all your nutritional, medicinal and living needs.
Ryalla, herself a Gypsy was born near the Vale of Eversham in Worcestershire in 1959. Her childhood was spent on the road in waggons. A mother of seven and grandmother of two (so far!), she and her family still travel with horse-drawn waggons today.