William JOHNS (c. 1841 - 1937) 'King of the Gipsies' (General)

by laurajj84 , Blakeney, Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 11:18 (4634 days ago) @ ijriddell

Thank you for the link, I found a picture of him in the Pathe records, he looked like quite a flamboyant man! I find it all very interesting, I knew I had Gypsy ancestors but couldn't quite find the link,and today I have!

There is a film clip of "Viney Hill, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Funeral service of Romany Gypsy Royalty - Petulengro" at the British Pathe site:

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/funeral-of-gypsy-petulengro/query/forest+of+dean

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