When Jane Bown was first married she lived in the village of Bentley in Hampshire. “During the hop picking season, the gypsies camped at the back of the house. There was wonderful stuff on my doorstep”
Three of her photographs from this set were used on page 14 with the caption: “From September until early October, some people who usually live in caravans, and spend most of their lives peddling and hawking, camp in a field near Bentley, Hants, where special huts are put up for them by the farmer who owns the hopfields.
These families, mainly Romany, are very loyal and like to return to the same fields each year. Most have expressive faces, and the women are often handsome. The children run wild – brown and dirty and very happy.”
