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Bill Lee's Traveller Tales
Bill Lee.Canterbury storyteller Bill Lee presents a series of tales based on his experiences of life travelling the roads of East Kent.
Author Bill Lee

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Watch a video clip of Bill Lee's original wagon, which he keeps next to his house
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Audio.Part 1 - Bill recalls the annual round of work that Travellers undertook on the county’s farms... (5min 20sec)


Audio.Part 2 - Bill tells of life on the road for him and his family back in the days when they travelled the county’s roads in a traditional horse drawn Gypsy caravan… (6min 30sec)


Audio.Part 3 - Sometimes life on the road was a relentless trudge. Hear the mixed reception that Romany Gypsies experienced in their day-to-day lives... (5min 20sec)


Audio.Part 4 - Bill explains how things started to change for the Romany when the horse drawn days inevitably came to an end… (5min 30sec)


Audio.Part 5 - Bill's final Traveller’s Tale recalls how life started to change when the old horse drawn caravan had gone and his family had entered the age of motorised transport and modern trailers... (5min 30sec)

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