Photography — 1952
Harvesting the Hops
Hops are an essential ingredient for the production of beer. Many Londoners would travel to Kent in September to work harvesting the hops. Farmers would write to out of work or lowly paid Londoners asking them to come and work on the harvest. Train tickets would be provided and many families went back year after year viewing their time in Kent as a holiday. Once collected the hops were measured into large sacks called ‘pokes’ as can be seen in this photograph, and then they were taken to an Oast house to be dried.
- Category:
- Photography
- Object ID:
- HG1394/8
- Object name:
- Harvesting the Hops
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Grant, Henry
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- Production date:
- 1952
- Material:
cellulose acetate
- Measurements/duration:
- 6x6
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
Purchased with V&A Purchase Grant Fund support.
- Copyright holder:
London Museum
- Image credit:
© Henry Grant Collection/London Museum
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
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