Tibbs tattie picking thread.
 

If you were forced into labour as a child to pick potatoes for local farmers...this is the place for your stories.

When I was in my teens I did a days cucumber picking, I didn't go back the next day, it was Eartha Kitt.

Actually did that
And I can actually say me my dad and brother planted a whole field of Marrows by hand and not a small field either.

I remember rolling out massive bails of straw to cover strawberries up for the winter so they didn’t perish

One year we where cutting curly kale in the winter and my mum got frost bite

You would go into a field and cut out a circle then throw the kale in the centre then pitch fork it on to ton boxes if you cut the kale with frost on it when you when to pick it up it would disintegrate

I've hated the feeling of dried mud on my hands ever since I was forced into this as a kid.

Looking back it was probably cause I couldnt be trusted round the house on my own at 13 when my mum and dad were out working.

So I got kicked out at half five in the morning dressed like paddington ****ing bear, to wait in the cold morning air for a tractor and trailer to come along to pile about 30 kids onto the trailer for the 4 mile journey to the farm.

Five pound each on a friday, 7 if you were one of the basket crew. (The pinnacle of our involvement, but only came when you were 15, due to the more physical aspect to that job) dont mind ma wee 13yr old broken back though Mr Giles.

I did end up on the baskets though before the usual 15yr old norm, but that was due to being super fit as a teen.

Pre child labour days.

https://youtu.be/u-7K8Foe2I8

Swinging 60s???

Only thing swinging would be rotten tatties at some poor sods face.

https://youtu.be/S7gS86UEeuQ

Which one of those is you Parm?

The one still in his dads ballbag Alf

All the fat kids sitting at home the last week playing video games, instead of being out howking tatties.

Lazy buggers.

Get them tatties hoked you lazy gits.