Herefordshire Life Through A Lens: Stories From the Hop Yards

Stories From the Hop Yards: Inspired by the rediscovered Derek Evans’ photographic collection

Stories from the Hop Yards brims with archive photos and films, alongside newly-recorded interviews. An essential ingredient of British beer, hops, with their evocative aroma, have been an integral part of Herefordshire life for centuries. During the hand-picking heyday, families arrived for a working holiday by train, cattle lorry or charabanc. Dinners were cooked over open fires and children picked hops into old upturned umbrellas, while their mothers worked at the cribs.

Pickers, farmers, traders and brewers come together in this first film in the Herefordshire Life Through a Lens project to recount tales of hop-picking days, past and present, and with an eye to the future.

PRICE VARY AT EACH VENUE, PLEASE SEE BELOW.

W: herefordshirelifethroughalens.org.uk

Upcoming Screening Dates
Tuesday 4 September, 7.30pm Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard HR7 4LL
£6 – £7

Monday 10, 7.30pm and Tuesday 11 September, 1pm Regal Theatre & Cinema, Tenbury Wells
£6 – £7.50

Thursday 20 September, 7.15pm Lady Emily Community Hall, 16 School Rd, Tarrington, Hereford HR1 4EX   (please note venue change from Bartestree to Tarrington) – Hosted by the Hereford Photographic Society.
£3 – £5

Friday 5 October, 8pm The Market Theatre, Ledbury HR8 2AQ
£6

Friday 12 October, 7.30pm Much Marcle Village Hall
(ticket prices available on direct enquiry)

Saturday 17 November, 7.30pm Lady Emily Community Hall, 16 School Rd, Tarrington, Hereford HR1 4EX
£3 – £5

Monday 21 January, 7pm Colwall Village Society, Colwall Village Hall
(ticket prices available on direct enquiry)