More Info →Spreading the Fibre in Paddocks Opposite the Racecourse

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Inscriptions on reverse read: “16 Flax. Return to Foxton Historical Society P O Box 7, Foxton.”

“Spreading hanks of fibre in drying paddocks opposite Racecourse, Foxton. Paddocker unidentified. Exact date unknown (about 1920 – 1950)”

“Gordon Burr says 1951.”

Donor unknown. (Copy negative held by I R Matheson)”

An unidentified worker spreads hanks of fibre in drying paddocks opposite racecourse in Foxton. The hanks of fibre are spread flat on the ground in the foreground, while in the background flax fibre is hanging over wire fences in another part of the processing.

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