A Gypsy Rover | Market Lavington Museum Market Lavington Museum The Museum Blog « The Andover and Radstock Railway Unknown but lovely » A Gypsy Rover At Market Lavington Museum, we have no expertise on Romanies, gypsies or travellers but take an interest in all sorts of varied photos of the village. Here is one showing an unusual vehicle passing along Church Street. There is a touch of romance associated with the travelling life style – somewhat separate from the world that most of us live in. It seems (but probably isn’t) carefree – almost idyllic. Were these people Romany folk, latter day travellers or holidaymakers? We don’t know, but the vehicle they have behind the horse certainly looks modern. The couple give every indication of being in control and contented. People enjoying a travelling lifestyle on Church Street, Market Lavington in the early 1970s This scene was captured on Market Lavington’s Church Street between 1971 and 1976. Many locals will recognise Peter Francis’ photographic shop in the background. Some will remember the Vivo grocery shop. A small number might remember this colourful garden shed on wheels passing through. By 1976 the Vivo shop had become a Spar shop . The prices on the window are in decimal values so we know it was after February 15th 1971. We think a Mr and Mrs Powell ran the Vivo store. Maybe it is Mrs Powell looking out through the window. The caravan has the attention of the shop keeper After Vivo and Spar, Mr Dempsey took over this shop and now it is a private house. As ever, any further information would be gratefully received. Rate this: Share this: Twitter Facebook Like this: Like Loading... Related Tags: 1970s, caravan, gypsy, Shop, traveller, VIVO This entry was posted on July 16, 2016 at 5:05 am and is filed under Museum. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Can you add anything to this or do you want to know more? Cancel reply Enter your comment here... Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public) Name (required) Website You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change ) Cancel Connecting to %s Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Δ Blog at WordPress.com. Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS). Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use. To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy Follow Following Market Lavington Museum Join 369 other followers Sign me up Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now. Market Lavington Museum Customize Follow Following Sign up Log in Copy shortlink Report this content View post in Reader Manage subscriptions Collapse this bar Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website %d bloggers like this: