Sue Cook, Broadcaster and Writer
"Few of us even try to understand gypsies and their way of life. Our knee-jerk reaction usually goes no further than 'not in my backyard', as I discovered first hand when a family of gypsies arrived in a village near where I live last year. The immediate reaction among the residents was a mixture of alarm and resentment.

In Miriam Wakerly's Gypsies Stop tHere and its sequel No Gypsies Served it's refreshing to see gypsies portrayed as individual people like the rest of us, making their way in life the best way they can. Reading this compelling story brings home the fact that it's perfectly possible for gypsies to be accepted successfully into our communities.

Wakerly's books do a wonderful job in helping to promote understanding where there is ignorance and tolerance where there is bigotry. I recommend them heartily."


Thomas Acton OBE, Professor of Romani Studies, University of Greenwich
No Gypsies Served: "A vivid and imaginative interrogation of human relationships in the context of the relations between Travellers and English country people, and a worthy sequel to Gypsies Stop tHere."


Dr John Coxhead Author of Last Bastion of Racism
"Miriam Wakerly's books Gypsies Stop tHere and No Gypsies Served are a window to the bigotry that a race *(sic) of people in the UK still experience. Textbooks illustrating statistics of what racism is like are all well and good but what Wakerly adds is an accessible and readable 'way in' to the situation for the general reader, and the storytelling approach reinforces we are talking about real people here, not statistics. I would recommend that people read these books as a reflection of the reality of contemporary Britain."
*ethnic group


Basil Burton, Chairman of National Romani Rights Association
No Gypsies Served: "I read most of this book as it was being written and support it 100% - and may it help the Gypsy situation to progress further. What I like is that it is impartial and shows people as individual human beings."


John Hockley, Chair of the Surrey Gypsy Traveller Community Relations Forum and West Surrey Rural Communities Officer
No Gypsies Served:"This sequel is no less gripping than Gypsies Stop tHere. The story has a number of threads as credible characters move in and out of a well paced series of dramas based around Gypsy/Traveller culture and lifestyle.

It is very well researched and does not shy away from tackling thorny issues borne out of prejudice and ignorance that still exist in all our communities"

Circaidy Gregory Review by Kay Green
Gypsies Stop tHere: Book of the Month November 2009:When ... issues are put into a personal story, they suddenly get a whole lot more complicated and endlessly intriguing. Author Miriam Wakerly knows the various sides of this situation very well, and has brought them vividly to life in the fictional setting of Appley Green … Cliche it may be to say it, but Gypsies Stop tHere is a real page-turner – and for anyone who really gets the bug, there's even a glossary of Romany language and publications at the back of the book." See full review on www.booksy.co.uk


Bridie Page, Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group
"Miriam has captured the essence of Romany/Traveller life managing to merge old and new seamlessly. A right riveting read!"


Michael Smith, Romani Journalist, O NEVO DROM
Gypsies Stop tHere: "...should be in every public library, in every school ... I can definitely give this book full marks." See full review on http://onevodrom.blogspot.com
No Gypsies Served: "This is another great book by Miriam Wakerly dealing with the subject of Gypsies and Travellers in Britain and this one may possibly be even better than the previous one entitled Gypsies stop tHere. In fact I would say that it is a brilliant book and one that will have the reader spellbound. http://onevodrom.blogspot.com

The story is extremely well written and the information regarding the Gypsy persecution at home and abroad is well represented. The story has multiple strands that are all extremely believable and real and which will have the reader riveted.

Personally, I can identify with the figure of the Gypsy Dunstan in the story as growing up in a bender was also part of my childhood. Much has changed since and I am now, amongst other things, a journalist and living in a house.

In the end the story turns out well for all concerned and it would be so good if this book would lead to such things in real life too."


Lynn Ede, Freelance Journalist/Photographer
No Gypsies Served: "Miriam Wakerly draws us into the intriguing and sometimes prejudiced world of Gypsies and Travellers. She creates characters we care about, whose life experiences we learn and understand, having been educated in their life's journey, from tents to acquiring more conventional housing, a 'bit of earth' and everything in between. A compelling yarn, with a lifestyle education to boot in this recommended read!"