Fascinating historical photos show families picking hops in the English countryside, 1900-1950

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These fascinating black and white pictures show the hop picker families of Kent from the early 1900s. Before mechanization hop-picking was a hugely labor-intensive process. Consequently, farmers needed extra workers. This help came in the form of families, usually women and children from London, who would arrive in Kent for three weeks in September to […]