Half term or Tatie picking week?

shepshedpoolie · **Posted:** Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:18 pm

What do you and yor kids call it?
Does anyone actually still go tatie picking or is it all machines now?
What are your memories of the ancient art of tatie picking?

Obafemi Obsession · **Posted:** Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:18 pm

Both.

Loid Haw-Haw of Sussex · **Posted:** Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:26 pm

Had lorries picking up in Darlo market when i was a lad between 6 and 8 quid a day.. boy did you earn it :shock:

shepshedpoolie · **Posted:** Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:32 pm

If you were a jammy tw@t you could get a job on the trailer, half the work for twice the pay.
Me owld man went with us a few times and was a tally man ........now that was a bobbies job.

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:17 am

I never done it cos I was too young but my brothers and sister done it!!!! confised

It's defunct now isn't it???? confised

poolieineastlondon · **Joined:** Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:08 pm **Posts:** 453

I can remember that the wages varied quite a lot. You got £4 a day Brown's farm in Hart but the bloke was a complete slave driver and made sure very last spud was picked. I can remember walking home from there in agony.

You got £2 a day at Darling's farm up behind High Tunstall but it was so much easier - I always wondered why he grew spuds because he didn't seem to get that much of a yield. Maybe it was some sort of subsidy thing?

Happy days, I don't think................

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:04 pm

Never did any meself but can confirm my immediate entourage always called it taty picking week.

Our school was a lot posher however and called it Blackberry Week. Now "Bramble Week" I might have been able to accept at a push but Blackberry Week FFS!

Loid Haw-Haw of Sussex · **Posted:** Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:43 pm

A milk round payed on average 6 quid a week.. two lads jumping out of a van non stop from 6.00 till 7.30 ...Only lasted a week it was freezing :grin:

Half term or Tatie picking week?

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