Five minutes of fame!
We’re on the hunt for models to feature in our forthcoming hop picking photo shoot!
Hop growing is intrinsically linked with Farnham. At its peak in the late 19th century, hop fields covered around 40% of all available farmland in this area, and Farnham hops were highly-prized for their aroma. Although hop cultivation dwindled over the next 100 years, we created our own revival hop garden in 2014 and we’re celebrating our 10th Hop Harvest this autumn.
To mark this milestone, we’re recreating some of the historic photographs on display in the Tap, including this one taken at a local hop field in 1958, showing hop pickers reading a copy of the Farnham Herald.
Image courtesy of the Museum of Farnham
So we need your help! If you’d like to be one of the stars of the modern-day versions of these photos, please put yourself forward by emailing jill@hogsback.co.uk.
The new photos will be taken at the Hogs Back Hop Garden Open Evening on Thursday, 15 August, so you’ll need to be available then from 6.00 – 8.00 pm. Volunteer models will receive free entry to the Open Evening for themselves and a guest, plus a pint each of beer, and The Business beer box each. As well as the thrill of seeing yourself on the wall of the Hogs Back Tap wall! So get emailing to jill@hogsback.co.uk for your 5 minute of fame!
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