Newburgh, Fife

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
19 Oct 1958
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Newburgh, Fife. Potato Lifters at work. View of Tay & beyond Carse of Gowrie'. Tattie howkin.View of a line of people lifting potatoes from a drill. A tractor is parked at the bottom of the field. There is a group of haystacks to the right. Beyond is the east side of Newburgh showing a school and council housing. In the distance is the Firth of Tay and Carse of Gowrie.
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Department
Photo
Collection
Munn Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
19 Oct 1958
Subject place
Newburgh/Fife
Subject notes
Drill-ploughs opened the drills for the pickers. In the 19th century, the spinner type was used and in the 1920s the elevator lifter. It was difficult to mechanically separate potatoes, stones and hard lumps of earth so tattie pickers were still required and during the War children were given a tattie holiday to ensure the crop was brought in.
Accession number
P40195

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