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Caroline Roope

Caroline Roope

Caroline Roope is a social history writer

Recent articles by Caroline Roope

Colourised photograph from the 19th century of a group of labourers picking hops

The ‘hop-picking holidays’ that let poor city dwellers experience the countryside

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, poor families in Britain enjoyed travelling to Kent for 'hop picking holidays' where they picked hops

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