Sheep Washing: Apedale Beck

Description

Copy of a photograph taken in 1901 of sheep washing in Apedale Beck ( Apedale). A farmer stands in the stream 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 green slide cabinet, reference B25.

Metadata

Identifier zg3y9w56
IRN 413635
Class Mark LAVC/PHO/S520
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/zg3y9w56
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Slides
Date 1960s
Size and Medium 1 glass slide.

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