Shippea Hill station in Cambridgeshire. The request-only stop was, until recently the least used station in Britain. In latter years it has become more popular as migrant workers commute from the villages surrounding the Ely rail terminus to the 07.17 train for the nine minute ride to the packhouses of the fens which surround the towns of Soham and Mildenhall.
Shift change at Fleet Hargate, Lincolnshire.
Migrant workers harvesting cabbages near Boston, Lincolnshire during a rainstorm.
Romanesc broccoli awaiting harvest, Lincolnshire.
Field Supervisor
Contraband & Counterfeit cigarettes concealed in a chair, uncovered by Trading Standards during a raid on a newsagents in Lincolnshire.
An abandoned pig-sty in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire which was formerly occupied by two female migrant workers who were eating dog food to survive.
A English flag painted on a the door of No 11 Falcon Rd, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Young workers from Eastern Europe fishing at Boston docks, Lincolnshire on a Saturday morning.
A demonstration in Boston, Lincolnshire, UK calling the invocation of Article 50, which would initiate the process of the UK leaving the EU.
Unpicked apples in orchards by theA47,Wisbech Cambridgeshire.
Anti-loan shark campaign, March, Cambridgeshire
Migrant workers from Eastern Europe shopping in Boston, Lincolnshire.
A woman on a splitshift walking to work, Wisbech,Cambridgeshire
Lithuanian workers on a Saturday morning, Norfolk.
LIttle Europe shop in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
The former Bull & Monkie public house, Spalding,Lincolnshire, now occupied by some of the town’s East European homeless.
Newsagents window with advert for a rented room in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Closed Polish shop in Great Yarmouth.
Mihai, a worker from Romania in a vegetable processing factory in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire sitting on a bench in the town centre on his day off from work.
Rooftop graffiti depicting the Virgin Mary cradling a bottle of beer in Boston Lincolnshire, UK. apparently representing the dependence on alcohol & religion
Wash day, King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Waiting for trransport at the Britannia Cafe, Blackfriars Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire,UK
Newly arrived migrant workers from Lithuania looking at adverts for accomodation in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Celery cutting team, Cambridgeshire.
Portuguese cafe, King's Lynn
Hoeing weeds by the A47, Norfolk.
A police raid on a car wash suspected of employing illegal workers.
A room to rent,advertised in Russian, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Reflections in a kubus window,New England, Peterborough,Cambridgeshire
The growing of pumpkins in the peat rich Cambridgeshire Fens is a profitable business thanks to the proximity of a number of US airbases and the American enthusiasm for celebrating Halloween. For almost fifty years the community of Soham has come together in the autumn to show off their husbandry skills and compete to grow the heaviest pumpkin or the longest leek.
Pumpkins await collection and weighing.
The pumpkins are collected by Hiab for weighing.
After weighing the pumpkins are arranged into categories.
The pumpkins are carefully guarded.
The pumpkins are divided in catergories.
The vegetable are graded and put into their categories.
Prizes are awarded for length and weight.
Entries are laid out for inspection by the judges.
Officials judging the competition for the tallest sunflower.
Officials measuring the sunflower heads.
Judges measuring the leeks.
Traders selling pumpkins to the public.
Fancy dress competition entrants.
Fancy dress competition winner.
Jill & Hob ferrets (male & female) at the Soham Pumpkin Fair. The species of polecat were traditionally used for hunting rabbit, but are now mostly kept as pets.
A ferret gets its teeth inspect by a member of the Cambridgeshire Ferret Welfare & Rescue Society who attend the fair to give advice about ferret welfare both as working animals and as pets.
A boy sits by the winning entry which weighed in at 408 kgs (64 stone) and was grown by a Mr John Richardson of Chatteris, Cambs. When it was growing the pumpkin required 12 gallons of water and 4 gallons of tomato feed each day and would gain up to 15lb
