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Hunters' moon "

1910

See 96.98 for another mention of poaching.

 

HUNTERS' MOON

 

Strikes and lock-outs in the early part of the last century produced desolate poverty and starvation. Workers poached food from desperation, as the "masters" invariably owned the game. Discovery could result in no employment at all and ostracism at the works.

The two gamekeepers are alert under the hunters' moon but the hunters are even better skilled! Just as well, as, crouching beneath an "adlan", the three men are petrified as two gamekeepers pause and discuss the possible whereabouts of any poachers.

Adlan - hedgerow surrounding fields.

 

OLD BUCKLEY DAYS AND WAYS

 

PICTURE NUMBER 29

 

see entry number 1.51

Author: Bentley, James

Tags

Year = 1910

Gender = Male

Landscape = Cultivated

People = Group

Extra = Visual Arts

Extra = 1910s

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