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In 1955 a hill shepherd lived out on the ground for six weeks at lambing, gathered a whole hill with two dogs and a whistle, carried everything up…
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In 1955 a chimney sweep arrived on foot or by bicycle with a bundle of cane rods over his shoulder, pinned a sheet across the fireplace, and pushed…
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In 1955 the remnants of a trade were still being worked in brick sheds behind houses - a hearth, an anvil, bellows, and a family making chain and…
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In 1955 the hop harvest was brought in by families who came out from the cities every autumn, lived for a month in one-room huts with a fire…
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In 1955 the gas in the pipes was made in the town, out of coal, by men shovelling it into furnaces and raking out the coke by hand.…
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In 1955 the great terminal stockyards were among the biggest industrial operations anywhere - hundreds of acres of timber pens inside a city, with their own railway sidings,…