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<blockquote data-quote="Cowcorn" data-source="post: 7498042" data-attributes="member: 107020"><p>Back in the day when many farms grew a few acres of spuds and the johnson chain digger and hand picking were the norm travellers were much in demand .</p><p>Later on when the Grimme cavalier single row became the machine of choice where did one go for a picking of crew only to the local travellers </p><p>One or two traveller families had a steady round of farms around here nearly all year round. Working at planting harvesting and riddling through the winter . </p><p></p><p>We had them when i was a boy and the were great workers and never gave us any bother .</p><p>The older generation of travellers and farmers could get on the needed each other </p><p>But with potato and veg now concentrated in bigger and fewer hands and the coming of the unmanned harvester and automation the old ways died out </p><p>Travellers are rarely seen working on farms nowadays . The younger members of the " picker " families now earn a crust at shed painting scrap and dealing in " dud " fivers . Depends on who you listen to<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> The arent the only section of society who have started to dabble in crime when their traditional role gets abolished.</p><p>Every community has its bad apples .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cowcorn, post: 7498042, member: 107020"] Back in the day when many farms grew a few acres of spuds and the johnson chain digger and hand picking were the norm travellers were much in demand . Later on when the Grimme cavalier single row became the machine of choice where did one go for a picking of crew only to the local travellers One or two traveller families had a steady round of farms around here nearly all year round. Working at planting harvesting and riddling through the winter . We had them when i was a boy and the were great workers and never gave us any bother . The older generation of travellers and farmers could get on the needed each other But with potato and veg now concentrated in bigger and fewer hands and the coming of the unmanned harvester and automation the old ways died out Travellers are rarely seen working on farms nowadays . The younger members of the " picker " families now earn a crust at shed painting scrap and dealing in " dud " fivers . Depends on who you listen to:);) The arent the only section of society who have started to dabble in crime when their traditional role gets abolished. Every community has its bad apples . [/QUOTE]
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