Turves Collection

Shetland Islands - Cutting a peat bank
A Crofter cutting a peat bank on The Shetland Islands, Scotland. Date: circa 1920s

A Shetland Peat Carrier
A Woman of the Shetland Islands carring turves of peat in a wicker back pack basket. She does her knitting whilst she walks (possible some distance). Date: circa 1910s

Cut turf and donkeys - Ireland
Piles of cut turf and a group of donkeys, Lough Shindilla, Connemara, Co Galway

Unloading turves - Hede, Sweden
Two men unload turves from a cart in Hede, Harjedalen Municipality, Jamtland County, Sweden Date: circa 1910s

Turfing on the Somerset levels. This bears the caption: " The weather is terrible with rain, snow, thunder etc." - rather a neat link to 99 years later

Iceland - Bondaboer. A group of villagers with their dogs standing in front of their houses with turf roofs. Date: circa 1910s

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