WORLD HISTORY AND FACTS

The Harvest stops for a bit of bread, and cheese ...world history and facts. Taken 132 years ago in August 1890, this beautiful, and peaceful image was captured by George Woods on his walks around Hastings. When handling sheaves, the men usually tied string around their trousers, just below the knee to prevent the rats, which were very prevalent at harvest time, from running up inside their trouser legs.  A rat up the trousers could have rather nasty consequences. Every year a local story would be retold of the day old Ernie Fellows forgot to tie string around his trousers and ended up in hospital, and nearly died, although what happened to the rat, which had helped itself to the delicacies it found, was never mentioned. Many studio photographers who recorded daily life in artistic compositions, and are now, well known, and celebrated for their talent, Francis Meadow (Frank) Sutcliffe springs to mind. There are also many small collections by enthusiastic, and talented amateurs li