SLATE INFORMATION: Winter Harvesting

ENGLAND: Norfolk: Wood Bastwick:
Reeds swaying in wind: Reed worker amongst reeds: worker with sickle over his shoulder: line of workers cutting reeds with scythes: workers gathering reeds into bundles, dragging the bundles away and loading them up on river bank: bundles being transported along river:

SLATE: From watery beds, the reeds, after drying, make wonderful waterproof thatching, often lasting 100 years

Men thatching roof of house: house with thatched roof:
Background: Winter reed harvest in Norfolk: With scythe and sickle, oblivious to cold and wet, the reed harvesters are now busy at Wood Bastwick, Norfolk.