would take place much further downstream. In some modern trailers, a double wall separates the living areas from the toilet and shower. Due to the Caravan Sites Act 1968, which greatly reduced the number of caravans allowed to be pitched on authorised sites, many Romanichals cannot find legal places on sites with the rest of their families. Like most itinerant groups, Romanichals travel around for work, usually following set routes and set stopping places (called atching tans) that have been established for hundreds of years. Many traditional stopping places were established before land ownership changed and any land laws were in place. Many atching tans were established by feudal landowners in the Middle Ages, when Romani would provide agricultural or manual labour services in return for lodgings and food. Today, most Romani travel within the same areas that were established generations ago. Most people can trace their presence in an area back over a hundred or two hundred years. Many traditional stopping places were taken over by local governments or by settled individuals decades ago and have subsequently changed hands numerous times; however, Romani have long historical connections to such places and do not always willingly give them up. Most families are identifiable by their traditional wintering base, where they will stop travelling for the winter, and this place will be technically where a family is 'from'.Gypsies and Travellers | Nottinghamshire County CouncilGYPSY & TRAVELLERS IN BRITAIN – HISTORY TIMELINE See also Gordon Boswell Romany Museum Jumping the broom (Romani people) List of Romanichals List of Romanichal-related depictions and documentaries Gypsy Cob Gypsy Lore Society Groups: Romani people Welsh Kale Finnish Kale Norwegian and Swedish Travellers Scottish Gypsy and Traveller groups Irish Travellers References External links 'Gypsies' in the United States Salo, M., 'Romnichel economic and social organization in urban New England, 1850–1930,' in Salo, M. ed. Urban Gypsies, special issue of Urban Anthropology'', 2.3/4 (1982), 273-313 Romani Cymru Project (Wales UK) - An archival Initiative of Sipsi Cymreig, Welsh Gypsies Romanichal Gypsies (Threatened Cultures) by Thomas Acton Romani groups