Sheep shearing, near Tamworth

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Date:July 1911

Description:A gang of sheep shearers outside a farmhouse or mill building, somewhere near Tamworth. Men are shearing with hand-cranked shearing machines or hand shears, while boys roll the fleeces. The card is postmarked Tamworth, 26 May 1911 and the sender writes about the photograph 'I had it taken yesterday'. If you recognise the building please contact us.

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Livestock Farming Farmers And Farm Workers Farm Houses & Farm Yards Agriculture & Countryside Agricultural Outbuildings

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Image courtesy of: The Roy Lewis Postcard Collection

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