https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/14/hop-picking-photographs-iii/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 14 Aug 2025 08:58:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/14/hop-picking-photographs-iii/#comment-1775274 Thu, 14 Aug 2025 08:58:45 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204083#comment-1775274 Presumably hops are still grown — somewhere — but how are they picked?

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/14/hop-picking-photographs-iii/#comment-1775273 Thu, 14 Aug 2025 08:56:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204083#comment-1775273 These delightful photos remind me of the pea pickers we used to see being driven in tractor driven trailers to the pea harvest in Stisted, north east Essex. We assumed they came from London’s east end. They were always cheerful and wore brightly coloured clothes.

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