The culture of Britain's Romany Gypsies is "at risk of being lost", according to the founder of a community group. Charmaine Abdul-Karim started Pride of Romany in Nantwich, Cheshire, in 2022 as ...

Romany Gypsies started to live in caravans, which they call vardoes, in the 1850s. Before this they travelled by horse or foot and camped in tents made from hazel rods covered with tarpaulin.