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'''New Age Travellers''' (synonymous with and otherwise known as '''New Travellers'''<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.cairn-int.info/article-E_ESP_171_0073--on-the-road-new-travellers-and-their.htm | title=On the road: New Travellers and their radical need for space | journal=Espaces et Sociétés | date=18 December 2017 | volume=171 | issue=4 | pages=73–89 | last1=Frediani | first1=Marcelo | doi=10.3917/esp.171.0073 | doi-access=free }}</ref>) are people located primarily in the ] generally espousing ] beliefs with ] or ] culture of the 1960s. New Age Travellers used to travel between free ]s and fairs prior to crackdown in the 1990s. ''New Traveller'' also refers to those who are not traditionally of an ethnic nomadic group but who have chosen to pursue a nomadic lifestyle.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.scot/publications/local-development-plans-defining-gypsies-travellers-consultation/pages/6/ | title=Example Definitions of Gypsies and Travellers in the UK }}</ref>
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NeW AgE TrAvEllErA or '''Peace Convoy''' are a peculiarly ] social phenomenon consisting of a group of people who often espouse ] and ] beliefs, and who travel between music festivals and fairs in order to live in a community with others who hold similar beliefs. Their transport and homes consist of vans, lorries, buses and caravans, often painted in bright colours with slogans and often driven in convoys. They also make use of improvised tents, ]s and ]s. The movement originated in the ]s of the ] such as the ], the early ]s, and the ]s.amy littler is a new age traveller and is thicj beacuse of this. she wants to be a police MAN but cant because she is a girl.-


There are a variety of New Traveller subcultures which include New Nomads<ref>{{Cite book |last=Marquardt |first=Felix |title=The New Nomads |publisher=Simon&Schuster |year=2021 |isbn=9781471177378 |edition=1st |location=UK |language=English}}</ref> and ]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bearne |first=Suzanne |date=2023-11-04 |title=Digital nomads: rising number of people choose to work remotely |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/nov/04/digital-nomads-work-remotely-tech-visas |access-date=2023-11-04 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> facilitated by the digital age, globalisation and worldwide travel.
The movement has suffered persecution by the British government since the mid eighties, beginning with the authorities' attempts to prevent camps at ] at ] and the ] in ] -- the largest mass civil arrest in English history. The persecution culminated in the ] of ] making ] a criminal act, largely aimed at this group, and also traditional traveller groups like the ]. Members still congregate, but are forced to keep a low profile.


A New Traveller's transport and home may consist of ], ], lorry, bus, car or caravan converted into a ] while also making use of an improvised ], ] or ]. Some New Travellers and New Nomads may stay in guest bedrooms of hosts, or pay for inexpensive affordable lodgings while living in different locations around the world as part of their New Traveller lifestyle.
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"New Age" travellers largely originated in 1980s and early 1990s Britain,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://subcultureslist.com/new-age-travellers/|title = New Age Travellers - a traveller lifestyle and subculture in Britain}}</ref> when they were briefly known pejoratively as '''crusties''' because of the association with "encrusted dirt, dirt as a deliberate embrace of grotesquerie, a statement of resistance against society, proof of nomadic hardship."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fox |first1=Dan |title=24-Hour Party People: How Britain's New Age Traveler movement defined a zeitgeist |journal=World Policy Journal |date=3 April 2018 |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=3–9 |doi=10.1215/07402775-6894684 |s2cid=158322983 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/689308/summary |language=en |issn=1936-0924}}</ref> However, New Travellers can come from all walks of life and socio-economic backgrounds.
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==History==
===Origins===
The movement originated in the ]s of the 1960s and 1970s<ref name=newold>{{cite web|title=New Travellers, Old Story|url=http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/tcs/research_docs/Heritage%20pack_v5.pdf|publisher=The Children's Society|access-date=1 November 2014|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924055027/https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/tcs/research_docs/Heritage%20pack_v5.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> such as the ], the early ]s, ]s, and the huge ]s in ]. However, there were longstanding precedents for travelling cultures in Great Britain, including travelling ], itinerant ] and traders, as well as ], ] groups and others.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ivakhiv|first1=Adrian|title=Claiming Sacred Ground: Pilgrims and Politics at Glastonbury and Sedona|date=2001|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-33899-9|page=89|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QNHTOvnZ3poC&q=romany+%22peace+convoy%22&pg=PA89}}</ref>


===Peace convoy===
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⚫ {{See also|Battle of the Beanfield}}
In the UK during the 1980s the travellers' mobile homes—generally old vans, trucks and buses (including double-deckers)—moved in convoys. One group of travellers came to be known as the Peace Convoy after visits to ] associated with the ] (CND).<ref name=newold /> The movement had faced significant opposition from the British government and from mainstream media, epitomised by the authorities' attempts to prevent the ], and the resultant ] in 1985—resulting in what was, according to '']'', one of the largest mass arrests of civilians since at least the ],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-02-22 |title=What happened next? |url=http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2004/feb/22/features.magazine27 |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> possibly one of the biggest in English legal history.<ref name="Maconie2014">{{cite book|author=Stuart Maconie|title=The People's Songs: The Story of Modern Britain in 50 Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_q4rAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA356|year=2014|publisher=Ebury Press|isbn=978-0-09-193380-7|pages=356–}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading and external links==

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* O'Brien, Mark and Ashford, Chris. "'Tribal Groups' in Modern Britain: Legal Theory, Legal Practice and Human Rights" ''Contemporary Issues in Law'' Vol 6, Issue 2 180-206
* Gardner, Peter. "Medieval Brigands, Pictures in a Year of the Hippy Convoy" Published 1987 by Redcliffe, Bristol. {{ISBN|0-948265-02-7}}
⚫ * Colville, Fergus. '''' ], August 2005
* ], Retrieved 2008-11-04
* '''', "Many of these images come courtesy of Chris Fay, previous editor and publisher of Roadhome NZ, a now-ceased publication for road folk."
* Staff, , ], BBC, 20 January 2003, "After being forced to camp illegally for years, Brighton Council are the first to introduce a legal site for New Age Travellers".
* Worthington, Andy (Jun 2005) ''The Battle of the Beanfield'', Enabler Publications and Training Services, {{ISBN|0-9523316-6-7}}, {{ISBN|978-0-9523316-6-7}}
* Worthington, Andy (June 2004). ''Stonehenge: Celebration and Subversion'', Alternative Albion, {{ISBN|1-872883-76-1}}, {{ISBN|978-1-872883-76-2}}
* UK Hippy and Tribal Living counter-culture community websites.
* Youthful travelers in contemporary America: An interview
* {{cite journal | last=Zwissler | first=Laurel | title=Pagan Pilgrimage: New Religious Movements Research on Sacred Travel within Pagan and New Age Communities | journal=Religion Compass | publisher=Wiley | volume=5 | issue=7 | year=2011 | issn=1749-8171 | doi=10.1111/j.1749-8171.2011.00282.x | pages=326–342 |url=https://www.academia.edu/34541493}}

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Latest revision as of 14:01, 6 September 2024

Category of people in the UK living alternative lifestyles See also: crust punks and gutter punks
New Age travellers
Vehicles used by New Age travellers
Regions with significant populations
United Kingdom
Religions
New Age

New Age Travellers (synonymous with and otherwise known as New Travellers) are people located primarily in the United Kingdom generally espousing New Age beliefs with hippie or Bohemian culture of the 1960s. New Age Travellers used to travel between free music festivals and fairs prior to crackdown in the 1990s. New Traveller also refers to those who are not traditionally of an ethnic nomadic group but who have chosen to pursue a nomadic lifestyle.

There are a variety of New Traveller subcultures which include New Nomads and Digital Nomads facilitated by the digital age, globalisation and worldwide travel.

A New Traveller's transport and home may consist of living in a van, vardo, lorry, bus, car or caravan converted into a mobile home while also making use of an improvised bender tent, tipi or yurt. Some New Travellers and New Nomads may stay in guest bedrooms of hosts, or pay for inexpensive affordable lodgings while living in different locations around the world as part of their New Traveller lifestyle.

"New Age" travellers largely originated in 1980s and early 1990s Britain, when they were briefly known pejoratively as crusties because of the association with "encrusted dirt, dirt as a deliberate embrace of grotesquerie, a statement of resistance against society, proof of nomadic hardship." However, New Travellers can come from all walks of life and socio-economic backgrounds.

History

Origins

The movement originated in the free festivals of the 1960s and 1970s such as the Windsor Free Festival, the early Glastonbury Festivals, Elephant Fayres, and the huge Stonehenge Free Festivals in Great Britain. However, there were longstanding precedents for travelling cultures in Great Britain, including travelling pilgrims, itinerant journeymen and traders, as well as Irish Travellers, Romani groups and others.

Peace convoy

See also: Battle of the Beanfield

In the UK during the 1980s the travellers' mobile homes—generally old vans, trucks and buses (including double-deckers)—moved in convoys. One group of travellers came to be known as the Peace Convoy after visits to Peace camps associated with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). The movement had faced significant opposition from the British government and from mainstream media, epitomised by the authorities' attempts to prevent the Stonehenge Free Festival, and the resultant Battle of the Beanfield in 1985—resulting in what was, according to The Guardian, one of the largest mass arrests of civilians since at least the Second World War, possibly one of the biggest in English legal history.

References

  1. Frediani, Marcelo (18 December 2017). "On the road: New Travellers and their radical need for space". Espaces et Sociétés. 171 (4): 73–89. doi:10.3917/esp.171.0073.
  2. "Example Definitions of Gypsies and Travellers in the UK".
  3. Marquardt, Felix (2021). The New Nomads (1st ed.). UK: Simon&Schuster. ISBN 9781471177378.
  4. Bearne, Suzanne (2023-11-04). "Digital nomads: rising number of people choose to work remotely". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  5. "New Age Travellers - a traveller lifestyle and subculture in Britain".
  6. Fox, Dan (3 April 2018). "24-Hour Party People: How Britain's New Age Traveler movement defined a zeitgeist". World Policy Journal. 35 (1): 3–9. doi:10.1215/07402775-6894684. ISSN 1936-0924. S2CID 158322983.
  7. ^ "New Travellers, Old Story" (PDF). The Children's Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. Ivakhiv, Adrian (2001). Claiming Sacred Ground: Pilgrims and Politics at Glastonbury and Sedona. Indiana University Press. p. 89. ISBN 0-253-33899-9.
  9. "What happened next?". the Guardian. 2004-02-22. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  10. Stuart Maconie (2014). The People's Songs: The Story of Modern Britain in 50 Records. Ebury Press. pp. 356–. ISBN 978-0-09-193380-7.

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