Sheep Washing: Apedale Beck
Description
Copy of a photograph taken in 1901 of sheep washing in Apedale Beck ( Apedale). A farmer stands in the beck to wash the sheep, whilst another drops the sheep to him from an opening in the stone fold. A third man uses a pole to guide the sheep into deep water. It was necessary to give the sheep a good wash at this time, as they would have been salved with a grease and tar mixture which had to be removed before shearing. Shearing would take place a week to ten days after the washing. Originally held in Photo File: Sheep Washing.
Metadata
| Identifier | v38f1441 |
| IRN | 411570 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/PHO/P0633 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/v38f1441 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Sheep Washing: Photocards |
| Date | [1960s] |
| Size and Medium | 1 mounted photographic print. |