Hopping in Kent- Hop-picking in Yalding, Kent, England, UK, 1944 D22179

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Hopping in Kent- Hop-picking in Yalding, Kent, England, UK, 1944 D22179

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Hopping in Kent- Hop-picking in Yalding, Kent, England, UK, 1944
'Pockets', or sacks, of dried and compressed hops stand read for transport to the brewer in an oast house on a hop farm in Yalding, Kent. The sacks are stamped with name 'James Day', the date (1944) and the words 'Dried in pure hot air at a low temperature'.

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