by Andrew Gill | Aug 3, 2021 | A Golden Age, Gallery
This lovely photograph, taken in the 1890s, shows part of the haymaking process. The grass has been cut by hand with a scythe and is being gathered into haycocks, which are easier to load onto a cart than loose hay. This photograph was posed (the young ladies are... 
by Andrew Gill | Aug 3, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
We use peat today as a fertiliser in our gardens but for centuries, in rural communities in Scotland and Ireland, peat was used as fuel for warmth and cooking. By its nature, it’s full of moisture and heavy and digging it out of the ground was back-breaking... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 29, 2021 | A Golden Age, Gallery, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
Britain in the 19th century was an industrial nation but also had a rural economy employing vast numbers of men, women and children in labour-intensive, physically-demanding work. At harvest time, whole families shared the task of cutting, gathering, transporting and... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 29, 2021 | A Golden Age, Gallery
The Hay Wain is probably John Constable’s most famous painting. It captures a rural scene in southern England in a pre-industrial era. Victorians were nostalgic for such peace and tranquility and this photograph, taken by a professional photographer in the 1890s... 