Alford Manor House & Museum of Rural Life 2024
Lincolnshire
The largest collection of Romany wagons and carts in the UK that is open to the public.
Address: Clay Lake Spalding Lincolnshire PE12 6BL
18 Apr-Sep Fri-Sun & BHol Mon 1100-1600. Visit website for more details.
The earliest wagon is from 1875 by Wicks of Wisbech, also an early Bill Wrights wagon made before 1909, the other wagons all date between 1900 to the 1930s. There are a 1927 and 1930s Eccles caravans, a 1970s Vickers and Westmorland Star trailers, as well as a rod tent which is a tent that was used before the wagon and was used alongside a wagon, and a cottage tent which was used beside a caravan.
This museum is also a testament to Gordon's foresight by not allowing the culture and heritage of the Romany people to be forgotten.