http://www.theferalscribe.com/featured/where-have-daytons-gypsies-gone.html Chronicles of a Wayfaring Journalist Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:07:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.theferalscribe.com/featured/where-have-daytons-gypsies-gone.html/comment-page-1#comment-296 Steve Flaum Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:57:19 +0000 http://www.theferalscribe.com/?p=533#comment-296 My grandfather owned a welding shop just off s. main St.  He was fascinated by the gypsies and befrinded them, much to the consternation of my grandmother, who feared they would steal from him.  They never did; he allowed them to park their wagons in the parking lot next to his shop; he occasionally welded broken axles for them during the 1920s-30s.  My mother and aunt have good memories of them. My grandfather owned a welding shop just off s. main St.  He was fascinated by the gypsies and befrinded them, much to the consternation of my grandmother, who feared they would steal from him.  They never did; he allowed them to park their wagons in the parking lot next to his shop; he occasionally welded broken axles for them during the 1920s-30s.  My mother and aunt have good memories of them.

]]> http://www.theferalscribe.com/featured/where-have-daytons-gypsies-gone.html/comment-page-1#comment-131 Cathy Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:36:24 +0000 http://www.theferalscribe.com/?p=533#comment-131 Stanley Avenue is named after the Stanley gypsy tribe as it is the route they traveled from their campsite along the river north of dayton, to where they 'tinkered'.More info on the Stanley tribe may be found in books/writings by Roz Young, a columnist from the ?mid 1950's-70's. Stanley Avenue is named after the Stanley gypsy tribe as it is the route they traveled from their campsite along the river north of dayton, to where they ‘tinkered’.More info on the Stanley tribe may be found in books/writings by Roz Young, a columnist from the ?mid 1950′s-70′s.

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