Children with their family on a canal boat

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Date:1911

Description:There have been Romany travellers or ‘gypsies’ in Britain since the 1500s, and from the beginning they were suspected and persecuted.

Other children lived in barges. Their families made a living transporting goods like coal along the canal network. Canals were first constructed in the 18th century.

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Children and Childhood 1901-2000 (20th century)

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Image courtesy of: Birmingham Archives & Heritage

Donor ref:BA&H: WK/B11/5434 (110/2400)

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