Hedger at work, Shropshire
An informal portrait of a hedger at work, probably in the Bridgnorth area of Shropshire, showing him bending a partially-cut hazel sapling down towards the hedge in order to weave it through the stakes set in the ground.
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An informal portrait of a hedger at work, probably in the Bridgnorth area of Shropshire, showing him bending a partially-cut hazel sapling down towards the hedge in order to weave it through the stakes set in the ground.
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