24/03/2025
Jim Armstrong, from Castle Carrock, Cumberland, built a career as a mole-catcher. Employed by a committee of farmers, he earned £5 a week to cover an area of 7,000 acres in Cumberland. Supplementing his income, he sold the pelts to the export trade.
In this photograph, he is seen skinning the day’s catch on a farm in Cumwhitton. Over two and a half years, Armstrong successfully caught 27,000 moles, indirectly contributing to increased home food production. (1948)
