ATV Today: 16.09.1968: Travellers

Summary

Gwyn Richards interview with a group of Irish travellers who have been moved on by the police from a site near to Dudley in the West Midlands.

Year:

1968

Duration:

0:03:40

Film type:

Black & White / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

We see a group of travellers (including children) who have parked in a layby. Gwyn Richards talks to the travellers about the poor weather and their plans now they are being moved on. Some people are reluctant to talk to the reporter.


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

In 1968 the government passed the Caravan Sites Act, part of which made it a duty for local authorities to provide permanent sites for travelling people in an effort to curtail their continually being moved on. This was repealed in 1994.