Tugmutton Common


Book Description

Tugmutton Common is the story of William Pateman and his family. William, born in 1857 at Rochester, Kent, was a Gypsy who travelled around West Kent, making beehives and hawking goods. In 1881 he settled at the Gyspy camp at Tugmutton Common, Locks Bottom, Farnborough, Kent. This was also the home of Levi and Urania Boswell, the 'King and Queen' of the Kent Gyspies. William died at Orpington in 1921.




Seven Steps to Glory: Private Pateman Goes to War


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This is the story of Walter Pateman, a Gypsy who was born at Leg of Mutton Common, Farnborough, Kent in 1886 and who died in action during the Great War near Leg of Mutton Wood, Bouchavesnes, France in 1917.




Two Tribes


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The brilliant new novel in the hooligan cop series by the acclaimed author of HORSE’S ARSE




Making Sense in Sign


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Language which develops 'against all the odds' is very precious. Words were not enough for Tom; it was signs that made sense of a world silenced by meningitis. Confidence came via joyful and positive steps to communication from babyhood; a brush with epilepsy, a cochlear implant in his teens and life as an independent young adult followed.




Around Orpington Through Time


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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Orpington has changed and developed over the last century.




Strewing the Pateran


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This is the story of the Gypsy community which lived at Thorney Hill in the New Forest.




Saint Mary Cray Cemetery


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This is the story of St Mary Cray Cemetery in Kent where many victims of the German air raids on RAF Biggin Hill during the Battle of Britain are buried.




Lincolnshire Asylums


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This is the story of Asylums in Lincolnshire including The Lawn (1820),St Johns (1852), Rauceby (1902) and Harmston Hall (1930).




Orpington to Ontario 2019


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This is a record of my life in Thunder Bay during 2019, the places I visited including Ketchum, Idaho and Washington DC, and the conferences I attended.




T.E. Lawrence in Lincolnshire


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This is the story of T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) as Aircraftman T.E. Shaw at RAF College Cranwell in Lincolnshire from August 1925 - December 1926.