Gypsies by David Cressy and The Stopping Places by Damian Le Bas review – the truth about life on the road

1:00am PDT - August 22nd, 2018    modern family - The Guardian (AU)

Did Gypsies mend kettles and steal virgins? Old myths and fresh insights in two new studies Elizabeth Canning, a maidservant, was abducted as she walked to her lodgings in the City of London on New Year’s Day 1753. She claimed that two men dragged her away to…