tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post5378098049372075630..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: A Kentish Hopyard (part two)Ron Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-47120954698740013542011-03-13T09:06:17.358-07:002011-03-13T09:06:17.358-07:00And Borough is the home of the Hop Exchange - a ho...And Borough is the home of the <a href="http://www.hopexchange.co.uk/gallery.html" rel="nofollow">Hop Exchange</a> - a homage to the hop bine in steel.Duncan from Folkestonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-72690279629467744632011-02-19T14:15:31.949-08:002011-02-19T14:15:31.949-08:00"Thimming" could be either Trimming or T..."Thimming" could be either Trimming or Thinning as a typo or some other extraction of the word , just a thought.Arctic Alchemyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17595519000704103690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-81739085148600687642011-02-19T07:19:06.946-08:002011-02-19T07:19:06.946-08:00Don't know about "thimming" but the ...Don't know about "thimming" but the Oxford English Dictionary says a nidget is "a triangular horse-hoe, used to clear the ground between rows of hops or beans." Not sure how that fits in with the context …<br /><br /><i>Sussex has no brand</i> - later, at least, Sussex hop-growers used the "six martlets" from the Sussex county arms on their hop pockets.Martyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-52576219336424622862011-02-19T06:32:05.987-08:002011-02-19T06:32:05.987-08:00Ron, Project Gutenberg has an issue of The Economi...Ron, Project Gutenberg has an issue of The Economist from 1843. There are some interesting bits about the Borough Hop Market as well as the Corn Exchange (includes all grains).<br /><br />http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27647/27647-h/27647-h.htmTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10751047204234528085noreply@blogger.com