Traveller in Two Worlds
Traveller in Two Worlds Duncan Williamson came from a large Scottish Traveller family. He attended Furnace Public School, although the Travellers were often subject to prejudice in the local area.…
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Traveller in Two Worlds
Duncan Williamson came from a large Scottish Traveller family. He attended Furnace Public School, although the Travellers were often subject to prejudice in the local area. Born in a tent by Loch Fyne in 1928, with his Grandmother as the midwife, Williamson grew up surrounded by storytellers, ballad singers and musicians.
He eloped and married his cousin Jeannie Townsley with whom he had seven children. He left home at 13 working at everything from farm work to coaching boxing. Following her death he met and later married Linda Headlee who instigated the publication of his stories and encouraged him to take his reputed repertoire of three thousand tales from the tent to the world.
David Campbell's desire to broadcast one of Duncan's stories on BBC Radio Scotland brought about their eventful meeting. Williamson died in 2007 aged 79. This first volume of A Traveller in Two Worlds follows