Picture No | 11077509 |
Date | 1919 |
Description | Chicken farm, central London |
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An intensive egg farm overlooking Westminster Abbey. A unusual rooftop poultry farm, run by A.W thompson at 2 Great George Street, Westminster.
"Here, on the roof, in the very centre of the heart of London, 100 feet up above the din and roar of traffic, is an intensive "poultry farm", which would gladden the hear of any poultry keeper. It is a object lesson in British grit and thoroughness."
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Source | Unattributed illustration in 'Fortunes from Eggs', 1919. Page 95. |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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