Hop Picking at Cold Green Farm
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Hop Picking at Cold Green Farm
Image: © Bikeboy Taken: 15 Sep 1986
The two cutters in the "crows nest" cut the hop bines at the top by the wires.(The bottoms have been cut at ground level beforehand) There are two people standing in the trailer (just about visible) who load the bines as they fall.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.080044
Longitude
-2.461213