Daily Herald Contact Sheet: Underground mushroom farm

PART OF:
The photographic library of the 'Daily Herald' newspaper
Made:
1963-06-13 in Bradford-on-Avon
photographer:
Ron Burton
maker:
Daily Herald
Daily Herald Contact Sheet: Underground mushroom farm Daily Herald Contact Sheet: Underground mushroom farm

Daily Herald Contact Sheet: Underground mushroom farm
Science Museum Group
© Mirrorpix/SMG Images

Daily Herald Contact Sheet: Underground mushroom farm
Science Museum Group
© Mirrorpix/SMG Images

One contact sheet comprising two strips titled 'Underground mushroom farm'. Caption on the back reads: 'A quarry is being used in Bradford-on-Avon for growing mushrooms, as the underground tunnels provide perfect conditions for growing them. In total darkness the girl pickers go down wearing miners lamps. O.P.S In the culture room in the laboratory where everything has to be sterile Mrs. Audrey Pointing (left) , wife of the Managing Director and Mrs. Marlene Montecute checking the mushroom spores.'

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/41829
Materials:
paper
type:
contact sheets