Tinman/tinsmith is quite a common gypsy occupation. It was known as sugar loaf hill and ran along ash tree lane and also down into beacon. His wife had a mother called eliza lee, which i thought may also have some gypsy lineage as i also know.
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Gypsy families of portsmouthcan you provide christian names & a timescale please there is a 1932 marriage between ernest f lush & queenie a carter in portsmouth.
His name was george hardy, and i have heard that this was a common gypsy name.
Gypsy, traveller, circus, fairground etc. Tin man/tin plate workerhi denise i would suggest that you do indeed possibly have evidence of travelling ancestry.