Sussex – On The Road Again
January 28th, 2012
Back in the summer of 1992 I was on the road with the journalist Jan Moir for The Weekend Guardian, covering a photo story about New Age Travellers. I had spent the best part of the summer travelling around the south west of England, going to music festivals, trying to capture the essence of New Age traveller culture. The police had started to move in and raid some of the free festivals and raves set up by travellers, so it became a big news story at the time-which is why Jan and I were driving around the sussex countryside in August of 1992 in search of field full of New Age Travellers for a Weekend Guardian cover story. After negotiating our way past a police cordon, we managed to negotiate our way into the field. I decided it would be best to stay the night in a travellers van, in order to capture a true reflection of life on the road as a New Age Traveller. I remember it poured with rain all day and night and things were pretty miserable and I started to regret not staying in a nice warm hotel with Jan. But in the boring the the rain had stopped and I was able to take some great shots, including this one of the lady in the colour block overalls blending chameleon-like into her bus.
Tags: England, New Age traveller Woman; Alternative Life Style; Colourful Bus: Newage Life Style: Rainbow Culture; England; UK; Mobile Home; Hippy Life Style; Woman Wearing Colour Block Overalls, UK, Wayne Tippetts, Woman Wearing
Related Posts
January 28th, 2012 at 3:09 pm
Great shot – love it!
February 4th, 2012 at 12:13 am
Hi Wayne! What a cool story. I would so love to see the rest of those photos and read the piece. Where can I get my hands on it?
February 4th, 2012 at 7:59 am
Hi Dana, thanks for your interest. I guess the Guardian and Observer archive would be your best bet to see the rest of the photos and read the story.
March 20th, 2013 at 6:08 pm
Hi Wayne , could I add this photo to my Traveller Homes website ? (crediting it to you of course )
regards Dave
March 21st, 2013 at 12:11 pm
Hi Dave, sure thing no problem.
February 6th, 2014 at 7:30 pm
Hi Wayne, I was living on the site in W. Sussex where the pic was taken. Any chance of any copies? Ta
February 6th, 2014 at 11:07 pm
Hi Pauly thanks for getting in touch and well remembered. You are welcome to re-post on social media using the buttons provided below each post.
February 6th, 2014 at 7:32 pm
You stayed in Sue’s freshly painted van if I remember rightly. Myself & Julie had bus next door.