I was forced to point out that almost all couples I knew of had been married, albeit some weren't admitted to a church, due to the unwelcoming reception in some quarters...

Getting to the stage where I really couldn't care less what these people think...

Just received a letter from a clan chief - typical hysterical ramblings of self-denial - to the effect that people of my surname were not classed as 'Tinkers'. Odd, then, to say the least, that I should have been born into a 'Tinker Experiment'. Another one to deal with...

Dr Lynne Tammi-Connelly🦬🦬🦬🦬

Reminded me of the aboriginal Scots tirade from a school of hysterical studies...

These people need to get a grip!

He needs to check out the section on 'tribal surnames' in every area in Scotland, based on the earliest Census results, contained in the appendices of 'The Scottish Traveller Report, 1895', published by Robert Dawson, Blackwell Press, Derbyshire, 2005. Honestly!

"If the parents refuse to settle, and persist in wandering with their children, the children to be committed to an industrial school, or placed under the care of a suitable guardian." (Administrative Machinery, s.24, Report of the Departmental Committee on Tinkers, 1918)

Luckily, I have so much evidence to the contrary, that his gas will soon be at a peep...

Where does that say anything about being unmarried, I ask you?