"Gypsy Wedding"
Description
Copy of a photograph taken in 1910 of the wedding of Sally Penfold to Mr. Orchard at Holsworthy (Devon). The bride and groom, and their guests, stand in a field in the open. The second man from the left of the photograph is Joe Orchard, Mr. Orchard's father. Amongst the other guests in the photograph are two men sitting in a horse-drawn cart, one an with accordion, and a boy with a flat bodhrán-like drum. A traditional Gypsy Traveller caravan can be seen in the background. It was customary for the local Gypsy Traveller communities who gathered at the time of St. Peter's Fair at Holsworthy to marry at St. Peter's Church following the Pretty Maid ceremony. Mounted on Photo File card. With ms. note. Originally held in Photo File: Gypsies.
Metadata
| Identifier | d66d1c2v |
| IRN | 412590 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/PHO/P1640 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/d66d1c2v |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | "Gypsies" [and Travellers]: Photocards |
| Date | [1970s] |
| Size and Medium | 1 mounted photographic print. |