Please enjoy a wonderful post from John Bainbridge at “Country Ways”!
On Sunday morning, we went over to Acorn bank near Temple Sowerby. Most interesting to me because it was the home of the wonderful Dorothy Una Ratcliffe – a quite remarkable woman in so many ways. A great chronicler of Yorkshire and its dialect, a champion of Gypsies – not only a leading member of the Gypsy Lore Society in its greatest days, but an occasional dweller in caravans and a traveller on the roads.
She was a great society beauty and a campaigner for a great many social causes – and a real lover of our countryside.
Her book The Cranesbill Caravan, detailing her time in a caravan in the Yorkshire Dales, is a great favourite of mine and deserves to be read by everyone who loves the outdoors and the Gypsy way of life.
Dorothy was born in…
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That was new, and I learned more. Thank you very much for sharing.
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You are very welcome!
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Thank you both, John.
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You are welcome.
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Definitely will read this book 📖.👍🏻
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