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Bender tents

Postby Camp Moose on Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:12 pm

Watching ''Who Do You Think You Are?'' with Tracey Emin the other night reminded me of a type of tent a mate gave me the heads up on while ago.

Here's a few links.

http://www.valleystream.co.uk/romany-bender.htm

http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/learning/ ... r_tent.htm

http://www.enslin.com/rae/gypsy/bender.htm

Huge double-bender here with a chimney. scroll down page a bit.
http://www.utoledo.edu/library/carlson/ ... 20four.htm
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Re: Bender tents

Postby Wayne on Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:58 am

That's interesting, I never knew of the terminology or the skill. I do think there is quite a lot of skill and craftsmanship involved in making one.




Nope, never took it out of the box. But, the salesperson said this tent was super easy to set up; even in windy conditions...
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Re: Bender tents

Postby Camp Moose on Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:06 pm

Glad it was of interest .
Looks a hard way of life though.
I believe they are still used in the travellers community.
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Re: Bender tents

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