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8%OFFHilary Heffernan - Hop Pickers of Kent & Sussex - 9780752447773 - V9780752447773
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Hop Pickers of Kent & Sussex

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Description for Hop Pickers of Kent & Sussex Paperback. Describes the annual hop. This title is suitable for those who were involved in hop picking and those who would like to learn more. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 1DBKESX; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
The humble hop cone once offered thousands of underpriviledged Londoners the annual chance to leave the City's smog in August and September, migrate to the healthier countryside and live happily for six or seven weeks in near squalor, whilst sleeping on straw-filled palliasses crawling with mice, earwigs and spiders and cook their dinners on open fires - even in the pouring rain. Apart from this type of escape there was little opportunity of a break for many city dwellers. When mechainisation took over the holidays stopped, and so did the chance to earn extra money for Christmas and clothes for ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752447773
SKU
V9780752447773
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10

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