Gypsy Roma Traveller Leeds
The permanent site of the Gypsy Roma Traveller Communities
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Lee Gap Fair
Lee Fair is the oldest chartered fair in the country dating from 1136. Gypsies first went to the fair in the 1540's and have been supporting it ever since.
Culture > Fairs
Appleby Fair in Pictures
The Famous Horse Fair in Pictures
It's not all horses of course!
Checking carefully before a sale or purchase
Racing - something that everyone looks forward to each fair!
Time for a good wash!
The horses seem to enjoy it!
Accommodation old and new
A gentle paddle cools the hooves
People arrive in all sorts of transport
More pictures
Wagon Artwork
The tradition wagon may not be as common as it once was, but like vintage cars and motorcycles many fine examples are maintained and used for showing off as well as for their original purposes.
Traveller Post
Read copies of Traveller Post, the magazine for Travellers Everywhere produced by the Gypsy Roma Traveller Achievement Service in Leeds.
More images to view
Wagon Artwork
Another picture gallery to observe.
Lee Gap Fair
Tom Leadley has written about Lee Fair.
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