Representatives from the Romany Society have appealed to the Town Council to help protect Romany's caravan when it returns to Wilmslow.
Alastair King and Olive Ambrose attended this week's Wilmslow Town Council meeting to express their concerns about the caravan, which normally lives in Wilmslow, and has done for 70 years.
The caravan belonged to Romany of the BBC, who was a famous wild life broadcaster and author of many popular books on English wild life.
In the later years of his life Reverend George Bramwell Evens lived in Wilmslow and when he died, in 1943, his widow Eunice brought their beloved caravan, in which he used to write and which features many of his books, to Wilmslow. In 1950 it was placed in the newly created Romany Memorial Garden in South Drive.
Following an appeal to members of the Society and the people of Wilmslow to help raise funds, the vardo (to give it its gypsy name) was removed from its site, opposite Wilmslow library, in December.
It is currently in North Wales where it is being restored The UK Vardo Heritage Project, and is expected to be returned in about six months.
Alastair King, Treasurer of the Romany Society, explained "It has disappeared from its normal place because we persuaded Cheshire East Council that it needed repairing and we were prepared to pay for it."
Romany's caravan was in need of urgent restoration and the Society managed to raise £5,600 from members but only £83 from the people of Wilmslow, which was sufficient to carry out the repairs needed.
Alastair told councillors "The caravan has been removed at our expense, to be repaired at our expense and we are interested to know what will happen to it upon its return. It really should be better protected than it is in its present site.
"We are very anxious that when the caravan comes back it is better protected from vandalism and the weather."
He added "We are anxious that future plans for Wilmslow include sensible plans for the location of the caravan. Our view will be that the caravan should not be brought back to the existing place and should be in a more secure place and be better protected."
Cllr Jim Crockett responded, saying "I do know all about the caravan, I've been involved with it for many years.
"Thanks for letting us know about the current situation, we'll take what you've said on board and look to the future."
