1968: Gypsies given space
In 1968, the Caravan Sites Act, proposed by Liberal Democrat MP Eric Lubbock, forced local authorities in the UK to provide sites for Gypsies and Travellers. That statutory duty was overturned in 1994 by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act.
Ahead of next year’s 40 anniversary, TopFoto takes a look at Gypsy life in England before the 1968 laws came into effect – plus a few wider images of Gypsies, from Austria to Iraq.
0984244 - Gypsies on the Epsom Downs for the Derby 3 June 1919
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