RSSIn the early 1970s I used to pick strawberries and gooseberries around Kings Lynn and Wisbech. In those days it was a sideline job for local people. You just turned up in a field and started filling a basket. When you filled a basket it was weighed and you would be given cash. Nobody ever told the taxman. But then Eastern Europeans and Indians were brought in to pick the fruit. They worked harder for less money. I suppose the farmers are making more money out of it, but the big money is being made by the foreign gangmasters. Many of the fruit pickers are little more than slaves.
This link explains what is going on :
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/701860/Back-breaking-hell-paid-peanuts-why-Brits-won-t-slave-on-farms-swamped-by-EU-migrants
Helen Shapiro, the singer, may not have been world famous but she was very famous in the UK in the early 1960s. She came from a poor family but I would guess that they are rich now.
Are there any black surnames? I thought Toney was black but then a quick image search showed some white faces.
Ah, yes, I remember her well!
Helen Shapiro, the singer, may not have been world famous but she was very famous in the UK in the early 1960s.