When London families spent their summers picking hops in the countryside

June 3, 2017 Posted By: Leave a comment
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Hop pickers use stilts on a farm at Wateringbury in Kent.

Image: Crouch/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

The flowers of the hop plant have been used in the brewing of beer for centuries. First introduced to the UK from continental Europe in the 16th century...

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