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    Oxford University place for Showman Milly Ayers

    There are three main subgroups which come under the Gypsy Romani Traveller umbrella term. These are: - Romani gypsy - Irish traveller - Travelling Showman there is also another type known as boaters, who kind of float around the term, but are not really one of the major three. Most of the...
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    Oxford University place for Showman Milly Ayers

    It’s more that the racism and discrimination is aimed at us more as travellers/gypsies than as Showmen/carnies (though there’s plenty of that too!). I don’t know if you’ve ever seen Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, but that is very much the stereotype over here: backwards and tacky and dirty. And it’s...
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    Oxford University place for Showman Milly Ayers

    Hiya, my name is Milly; I'm the one in the article! Just saw this thread (I was looking for some of the articles for my Linked In) and I just thought I should comment to explain that yes, we are basically the UK/European equivalent of carnies in America. However, it is worth noting that we are...
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