"Back to the land", 1900s. Cartoon showing two disreputable looking men smoking pipes whilst lying on a piece of grass next to a small shed. They have a collection box for donations, a pick and shovel and a sign saying 'Trespassers beware'. A pub called 'The Travellers Rest' is in the background. This is a hostile view of the 'Back to the land' movement of the first decade of the 20th century, which included campaigns for land reform, occupation of land with the intention that it could be cultivated by unemployed workers, and 'hunger marches' of unemployed men looking for work

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