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Potato riddling, Marshland St James, Norfolk, May 1940 (b/w photo)

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EHT699684
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Potato riddling, Marshland St James, Norfolk, May 1940 (b/w photo)
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Ashley, Hallam (20th Century) / British
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black and white photograph
Date
1940 AD (C20th AD)
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After harvest, potatoes were stored in clamps in the fields. As they were needed, the clamp would be opened and potatoes dug out with a special potato shovel and riddled through a series of sieves for size, inspected for damage or disease and bagged.

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© Historic England / Bridgeman Images
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agriculture / 1940s / 20th century / farm / United Kingdom / Europe / food / Norfolk / England / farmer / harvests / potatoes / farm / landscape / crop / working / rural / potato / 40s / harvesting / sifting / work / england / farmers / seiving / fields / britain / countryside / british / traditional / farming / riddling / forties / field / english / crops / marshland st james / copyspace / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto
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