Scutching of hemp plant fibre mb-code AF20090226 Roses 018C06 25th September 1975

25th September 1975

the River Thames and Chelsea from East Wandsworth

Group portrait of the Holborn Valley Improvements Committee at Holborn Viaduct

'The Grand Old Janus'

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Scutching of hemp plant fibre mb-code AF20090226 Roses 018C06 25th September 1975Illustration of the process of scutching [beating] hemp fibres to remove impurities such as leaves, weeds and dust and to separate the fibres. Once beaten by the scutch on a scutching frame, the hemp was tied into bundles for heckling and would go on to be used in rope making and cloth production . The scene shows workmen processing the plant and this is surmounted by a decorative border with hemp plants Cannabis sativa, heckling combs and other