On Mon, 17 May 2004 22:33:25 +0100, Anne Jackson
wrote:


Only very poor people will tolerate such working conditions; which is
why it was done by London's slum inhabitants (and rural women and
children in Herefordshire, and children in Scotland).

There were so many rules and regulations brought in about employing
youngsters to pick berries that a farmer friend of mine now has
squads of East Europeans pick his crops. They do a far better
job, too, according to him.

There are also rules about employing East Europeans, but these tend to
be ignored.