Fisher Row, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Photograph taken 1900 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: CC72/02190

Osier peeling taking place in April alongside the river. The willow wands were made into a range of objects, such as eel traps shown in the picture next to a foreman. The working people are all wearing hats. The foreman in charge is wearing a jacket and a bowler hat as a sign of his higher status.

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Oxfordshire Oxford

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Victorian (1837 - 1901)

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These are the foundrymen of James Hews the Ironmongers. They are standing in the yard of their work premises with various iron pipes in the background and some of the tools of their trade. The men are wearing different clothes and hats that give clues to their jobs and status. The boss, office workers or possibly shop assistants are wearing a jacket, collar and tie. The workers and apprentices have flat caps and leather aprons. The men wearing bowler hats would have been overmen (foremen).

Fisher Row, Oxford, Oxfordshire

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