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11TO023_1 Working on the Polhampton watercress beds - from the left - Edward Smith, Walter Dawe and Joe Dawe. This was one of several watercress beds on the Test near Overton and cress used to be delivered daily by train to Covent Garden Market in London. Rising costs and static prices made the crop uneconomic and the beds fell into disuse in about the 1950s From Christine Shaughnessy nee Smith
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Working on the Polhampton watercress beds - from the left - Edward Smith, Walter Dawe and Joe Dawe. This was one of several watercress beds on the Test near Overton and cress used to be delivered daily by train to Covent Garden Market in London. Rising costs and static prices made the crop uneconomic and the beds fell into disuse in about the 1950s

From Christine Shaughnessy nee Smith
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