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Potato Planting in Pinchbeck

A back breaking task carried out by gangs of half a dozen or so women. The wicker baskets that the potatoes were carried in were fitted with a metal mesh, which helped to prevent mud caking on it when the basket was set down. The photograph was taken by Frank Parkinson, a well known photographer of Fenland life in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

Potato Planting
Potato Planting

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