"Douglas" wrote:

the hop-pickers
families including the women and children from the London slums used to
gather at harvest time, lived in tents and made some much needed wages.

Schoharie County, U.S. was likewise a center of hop farming some years ago.
The schools closed for a week or so in the fall for the harvest.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods
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