The Yellow on the Broom (book)

Betsy Whyte's story is a unique description of a largely vanished way of life and the story of a people who have suffered much hardship and intolerance; it is also a thought-provoking account of human beings by someone of great generosity and warmth, even in the harshest of circumstances.

Betsy White was born into a traveller family in 1919 and brought up in the age-old tradition of the 'mist people' - constantly moving around the country and settling down in one place only during the winter..The Yellow on the Broom is the first part of her autobiography. Not only is it a fascinating insight into the life and customs of traveller people in the 1920s and '30s, oit is a thought-provoking account of human strength and weakness, courage and cowarice, understanding and prejudice by a sensitive and entertaing writer.