Hop pickers use stilts on a farm at Wateringbury in Kent. Image: Crouch/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images The flowers of the hop plant have been used in the brewing of beer for ...

IT was a case of “Hi-gh there” when a hop-picker on stilts demonstrated his trade to the Duchess of ­Cornwall at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show yesterday.

In fact, stilts have a long, proud history of weirdness that continues today. ... Getty Images Most people ... Working on Stilts. Hop pickers, fruit pickers, ...