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When it's Hop Time

Bandanas and babies at the ready - we're orff to the Kentish hop fields!

Non-Fiction 1928 2 mins Silent

Overview

As this charming early news film of workers in the Kentish hop fields proves, "'opping" was a family affair. Grubby-faced toddlers hang on to their younger siblings while the adults work busily close by. A popular feature of working-class life for London's East End poor, the annual hop-picking season offered a modest income and a communal get-together in the fresh country air.