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A study of a Scottish Papermill and Forest
Paper, by T.H. Masterton, the pdf scan is of a school book from around 1970. It explains t...

FC Diamond Jubilee - Staff Newspaper Slasher Item
Some articles from the FC staff newpaper 'Slasher' the Jubilee edition distributed in 1975...

History of Plough Development in British Forestry
Image courtesy of FC Huntly Office. This is one of a series of four illustrated articles ...

Plough
Trailed Tine Plough...

10 South Laggan - Shian Cottage
This house was a 3 up 3 down tied forestry house. John 'Jock' MacRae lived here between 1...

1946 Group photo
The reverse of the photo states "Spring 1946" and the name "Hughie MacDonald" in the corne...

1953 Storm in Whitehaugh Forest and clear up
This file is courtesy of Forestry Commission office, Huntly. This decription of the Jan...

22RB on road to Rosarie Quarry
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. A front loading shovel version of...

Access policy of yesteryear
Sign illustrating the grudging access policy of yesteryear. Thanks to Jake Willis, Sunart...

Achnamara
The village of Achnamara at head of Loch Sween - No Knapdale - Argyll (c)The Scotsman P...

Adam and Eve at Blackstand Bothy
Partially uncovered mural of Adam and Eve at the Blackstand Bothy. Blackstand, now in t...

Aerial fertilising - BEAS Helicopters
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour. This is a companion photograph of no 445 s...

Aerial fertilising - BEAS Helicopters
Photograph courtesy of Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff. BEAS helicopter taking off wi...

Aerial fertilising - BEAS Helicopters
Photograph courtesy of Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff. Visit by school children to B...

Aerial fertilising - Forest of Deer
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour. Emslie Wilson, Bill Scott and Edith Wilson...

Aerial Fertilising by Helicopter- Ariundle, Sunart
Autair helicopter possibly piloted by Peter Nutting switching buckets. Having just dropped...

Aerial Fertilising Guidance System
In this case at Ardnamurchan forest area, Glenmore, the aircraft dropped fertiliser over a...

Aerial fertilising with BEAS helicopter
Photograph courtesy of Roy Neish. Aerial fertilising in Clashindarroch Forest about 1973...

Aerial fertilising with BEAS helicopter G-AWFY
Photograph courtesy of Roy Neish who is sitting aboard the helicopter in Clashindarroch Fo...

Aerial Fertilising with Cessna aircraft G - AXFF
Photograph courtesy of Roy Neish who is in the aircraft seat. This is the same aircraft a...

Aerial Fertilising with Fixed wing aircraft
One of the few occasions that fixed wing aircraft were used to fertilise plantations with...

Aerial view of Kirkney Hill, Clashindarroch
Picture courtesy of family of late Davy Anderson, former Chief Forester. The aerial photog...

Aerial View of Pulp Mill Site
An aerial view of the pulp mill site, a former Naval repair base. The housing that now ex...

Alean Forest road making 1966
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. Douglas Archibald driving Interna...

Alean Forest road making 1966
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. Operators lined up with their mac...

Alean Forest road making 1966
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. Douglas Archibald driving Interna...

All Terrain Vehicle - early version
Photograph courtesy of Pat McAuley. This was demonstrated to Benmore Forestry Students in...

Alp Cable crane extracting timber at Altsaigh
Picture courtesy of Jim Pratt and photographer Graham Whistler FBIPP FRPS. Series of pho...

Altsaigh slopes above A82 - Loch Ness
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt and photographer Graham Whistler FBIPP FRPS. This photog...

Ardentinny Team, Glen Finart Area
Back: Jack McPherson, John (Jock) McIntyre, Donald McPherson, Unknown, Jock McDonald. Fro...

At Nobseat, Fetteresso Forest
Picture courtesy of family of Davy Anderson. Senior staff from Forestry Commission on tour...

Atlas1304 loading DAF Tipper- Bennachie
Photograph courtesy of George Beaton (Kintore)thought to about 1994 Excavator and tippe...

AUDIO - BBC Reconstruction
This is a reconstruction of a BBC interview with Mr. Spraggan, the Area Manager at Fort Au...

AUDIO - Bob Dunsmore talks about his first day
Bob Dunsmore talks about is first day at the FCS in Glen Quoich, near "Hell's Glen"....

AUDIO - Peter Quelch talks about old foresters
from his early days in the forestry - characters, conventions and taboos....

AUDIO - Sandy Bell talks about foreign workers.
Sandy Bell talks about foreign forestry workers, with some interuptions from Monty....

AUDIO - Sandy Bell talks about the pay parade.
Sandy Bell tells of what you had to go through to collect your pay....

AUDIO - Sandy McLure talks about nursery work
- the various tasks needing done, and a foreman's uusual method of rainfall measurement....

AUDIO Charlie Greenlees talks about his early days
and an abortive attempt at roadbuilding. Click on "audio" above to hear it....

AUDIO -Sandy Bell - social life in Argyll villages
Sandy Bell compares now to then and talks about the social scene amongst the villages....

Aultmore Forest squad in road material quarry
Photograph courtesy of Frank Calder, Enzie. Another excellent photograph from Frank showi...

Avelling Barford grader circa 1984
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. Douglas Archibald driving new Ave...

Beatrice Cumming - Timber Corps
This photograph courtesy of John Baillie, Garmouth is of Beatrice Cumming of Rothes (later...

Bellows driven fire warning horn
Fort Augustus, home made date unknown....

Bemore Forester Students - Edinburgh Botanical Gds
Photograph courtesy of Pat McAuley. A group of Benmore students gathering to play cricket...

Bemore Forester Training Students -1st year group
Photograph courtesy of Pat McAuley. The 1st year group of students are heading out to a w...

Benmore Forester School class Circa 1936
Photograph courtesy of Don Macleman, son of Alex MacLeman former Chief Forester. Alex MacL...

Benmore Forester School class Circa 1936
Photograph courtesy of Don MacLeman whose father Alex MacLeman was in this student class a...

Benmore ForesterTraining School - 1964
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt showing the Billiard Room, Benmore. John Povall at the...

Benmore ForesterTraining School - 1964
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt shows back of Benmore House and what would have been the ...

Benmore ForesterTraining School - 1964
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt. A view of the building used as a Forester Training Scho...

Benmore ForesterTraining School - 1964
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt. This photograph shows in more detail the purpose built ...

Benmore ForesterTraining School - 1964
Front view of the training school which was formerly a large mansion house and gardens bui...

Benmore ForesterTraining School - 1964
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt. A view from across the extensive front lawn showing the...

Benmore ForesterTraining School - Met Station
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt shows the comprehensive little Met station at the Benmore...

Benmore Forestry School students - Uig Nursery
Taking a break from a working session in Uig Nursery, Benmore, Dunoon. At the time the Hea...

Benmore Forestry School students - Uig Nursery
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt. The students of the 1962-64 session in Uig Nursery gain...

Benmore Forestry Student planting Sitka spruce
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt. The photograph shows Pat McAuley wielding the spade and...

Benmore Forestry Student planting Sitka spruce
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt. Pat McAuley, Benmore Forestry School student, busy plan...

Benmore Forestry Students
Picture courtesy of Frank Thom. This group of 1st and 2nd year students from Benmore Fores...

Benmore Forestry Students - Mark and Measure
Photograph courtesy of Pat McAuley. A little bit of posing perhaps but too dark to photog...

Benmore Forestry Students planting site - Bernice
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt. The landscape photograph shows clearly the Bernice Gap ...

Benmore Forestry Students planting site - Bernice
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt. View from high up on the Bernice Gap planting site in t...

Benmore Forestry Training School - June 1965
Last Class of students just before Benmore, Dunoon, finally closed as a FC forestry school...

Bert Legge and son on BTD8 - Huntly area
Picture courtesy of Ronnie Legge, Huntly. Taken about 1967. Bert Legge and his youngest...

Bert Legge on a new County Tractor - Durris Forest
Picture courtesy of Ronnie Legge, Huntly. Taken Circa 1961. Bert Legge (Huntly) on a ne...

Bert Legge on County ploughing tractor
Picture courtesy of Ronnie Legge, Roads Foreman Aberdeenshire. Picture of Ronnie's father,...

Betty Wilson - Timber Corps
This photograph is courtesy of John Baillie, Garmouth and shows Timber Corps lady Betty Wi...

Billhook
This one is a Yorkshire bill. It is a two handed type. Many of the English counties had th...

Bin Forest - Burma road construction
First page of a work log book sent in by Mr D MacTavish of Pontygates, Llanelli, which bel...

Bin Forest - Burma road construction
Second picuture of log book sent in by Mr D MacTavish which his father had kept as a recor...

Blackhall Forest - Dick Sanderson
Photograph courtesy of Bill Taylor, Enzie. At Blackhill Forest, Banchory, trapper Dick Sa...

Blackstand coldstore grafitti
Coldstore grafitti at Blackstand, probably 1980s....

Bogged JCB JS130 in Elchies Forest about 1985
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. The JCB JS130 is shown bogged at ...

Bogged ploughing tractor - Benmore in Shin Forest
'Where did I leave my piece bag?' Bogged Caterpillar D4D tractor and double furrow plough ...

Bogged ploughing tractor - Benmore in Shin Forest
Donny Junor's Super Low Ground Pressure Caterpillar D4D with double furrow trail plough in...

Boots, log calipers and chainsaw rivet driver.
Fort Augustus area, date unknown....

Boots, peavys and an adze head
Fort Augustus area. Date unknown. Peavys are used for turning logs....

Bruce Douglas
Plodda DF...

Buchan Forest District open day at Huntly Office
Buchan Forest District held a series of very successful Open Days to the general public at...

Bunzeach Forest road maintenance
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. Douglas Archibald outside the roa...

Cable crane extraction - Glen Nevis
Load of pulp just hauled into skyline and about to be dragged down hill to roadside. Dougi...

Cable crane training - artificial spars
A training course held in Glengarry? for harvesting foresters in the working and managemen...

Cable crane training - Isaacson Winch
Training even in Glengarry with Hugh Thom and Alec Sandilands as instructors about 1971. N...

Cable crane training - Isaacson Winch
Training event in Glengarry with Hugh Thom and Alec Sandilands as instructors about 1971. ...

Cairnbaan 1930s
Canal with lock and road curving through glen with wooded hills on either side. Ruined cot...

Cairnbaan 1934 Timber Yard
View looking down on the canal. A motor boat is sailing towards the lock. A yacht is moore...

Cairngorm Bridge washed away, 5 Aug 1978
The second washaway of the Cairngorm bridge. The first, in 1960, is the subject of other p...

Cairngorm road repairs, 1960
Shot of the newly repaired Cairngorm road after the 1960, washaway. There were a few cars ...

Caledonian Pine at Sron na Croiche, Rosehall,Lairg
Dornoch Forest District Native and Broadleaved Woodland Photographs 1987 – 1992 Do...

Canal - Knapdale?
Small thumbnail size slide found in a forestry office drawer along with another of two for...

Cat D7 bogged at Fochabers area
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. The Cat D7 ploughing tractor MGN5...

Cat D9 Ploughing Tractor - Restock at Devilla
Very little info other than taken in 1973 at Devilla. The tractor Reg No MGN581L looks ver...

Caterpillar furrower
J Ross (Tractor Driver) Moor ploughing in a Caterpillar Tractor August 1937....

Challenger 33 heavy plough Tractor
Picture courtesy of Norman Sutherland, Kemnay. The photograph shows a Challenger 33 trac...

Challenger 33 in Glendevon
Picture courtesy of Norman Sutherland, Kemnay who was the operator of this Challerger 33 t...

Challenger 33 in Glendole
Picture courtesy of Norman Sutherland, Kemnay who was the operator of this machine. This C...

Charles Kennedy visit
In May 1998...

Charlie Greenlees
models a forestry uiniform from the 1950's. Photo taken in 2006, Lochgilphead, Argyll....

Christ's passion, mural, Blackstand.
One of the best Blackstand Murals, depicting the passion of Christ. Blackstand, now in ...

Civil Engineering staff farewell to Sandy Milne
Photograph courtesy of George Beaton (Kintore) Retirement of Sandy Milne (Inspecting Mech...

Clashindarroch Forest History 1930 - 1952 Part 2
This is the final part of Clashindarroch Forest History containing 20 odd pages on Appendi...

Clashindarroch Forest History 1930 -1952 Part 1
I have loaded a large 40 plus page report under the PDF button. This is a long and convolu...

Clashindarroch Supervisor List dated 1952
This is a page of an extensive 75 page Forest History written for the Clashindarroch Fores...

Clearfell at Dalcataig, Glenmoriston
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt and photographer Graham Whistler FBIPP FRPS. Photograph ...

Clearing snow Aultmore Forest, Moray
Photograph courtesy of Frank Calder, Enzie. A winter scene on the main road into Aultmore...

Clothing 1980s
Forestry jacket and shirt, 1980s, with Benmore Forestry School Tie....

Compartment Record of Cluny Area - (Scare Wood?)
Image courtesy of Forestry Commission office, Huntly This old hand written record of plan...

Cone collecting - The tree-net
Used especially for small-coned species, once set up the tree-net was a time effective met...

Cone gathering: The cone-rake
The cone-rake can be used in conjunction with other tools, such as the tree bicycle, for p...

Cone gathering: The tree bicycle
The Swiss device was used for climbing straight and branch-free stems. Easy to transport a...

Corpach Pulp Mill
The Corpach Pulp Mill 1964-1981. Stretching from the two 'dolphins' cranes on the islet, ...

County 4X4 and Vibrating roller
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. George Henderson is driving the Cou...

County Crawler
Caithness. On its way down, a last desperate attempt to get a tow rope fixed! The driver...

County Crawler II
Tractor after de-bogging, June 1965, Caithness....

Couple with Cupid
Couple with Cupid, Blackstand mural. Blackstand, now in the possession of the McKeggie ...

Cross draining at Aultmore Forest, Moray
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour. Cross draining the ploughed hill at Aultmo...

Cross draining at Aultmore Forest, Moray
Photograph courtesy of Frank Calder, Enzie. The full cross draining team in action at Aul...

Cross draining at Aultmore Forest, Moray
Photograph courtesy of Frank Calder, Enzie. Jimmy Sangster on his Track Marshall tractor ...

Cross draining at Aultmore Forest, Moray
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour. Circa 1967. Cross draining the ploughed h...

Cross draining at Aultmore Forest, Moray
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour. Cross draining the ploughed hill at Aultmo...

Crossing Loch Sunart to Glencripesdale
Photograph courtesy of Arthur Bickerstaffe who holidayed in the area in the 1960s. John M...

Crossing Loch Sunart to Glencripesdale
Photograph courtesy of Arthur Bickerstaffe who holidayed in the Ardnamurchan area in the 1...

Cuthbertson Type F plough
Photgraph courtesy of family of the late Davy Anderson, former Chief Forester. This is an ...

Cutting the paper
A jet of water cuts the edge off the paper web before it solidifies....

Dalavich Ferry 1952
Horse pulling the ferry up onto the beach in 1952. The ferry is the easiest way to reach c...

Dalavich Holiday Houses
Leaflet offering holiday homes to let in Dalavich, Argyll. Probably 1970s/80s....

Deep draining plough
Possibly in Glen Creran...

Deer's foot lamp
lampstand made with by product of forestry industry....

Delgaty Forest - Forest Squad 1967
Photograph courtesy of Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff The working squad at Delgaty F...

Delgaty Forest - Forester and Trapper
Photgraph courtesy of Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff Emslie Wilson in his role as tr...

Delgaty Forest Office
Photograph courtesy of Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff The Delgaty Forest office sit...

Deliveries of Wood by Road
While woodchips from Nova Scotia accounted for a large amount of the chips processed, the ...

DF Plodda
DF Plodda Discovery Mast...

Dickson and Innes report 1957, Port Clair image
This is an image of a sample plot Port Claire forest, planted in 1932. The image comes fro...

Dickson and Innes report, 1957, p101.
This page comes from a report by Dickson and Innes, two senior foresters, based in Inverne...

Dickson and Innes report, 1957, p74
This page comes from a report by Dickson and Innes, two senior foresters, based in Inverne...

Dickson and Innes report, 1957, p75
This page comes from a report by Dickson and Innes, two senior foresters, based in Inverne...

Dickson and Innes, 1957, p102
This page comes from a report by Dickson and Innes, two senior foresters, based in Inverne...

Dickson and Innes, 1957, p103
This page comes from a report by Dickson and Innes, two senior foresters, based in Inverne...

Digging snow from fences - Glenlivet Forest
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour taken by her husband Jack Christie when he w...

Discovery masts
Peeling DF Plodda...

Discovery masts
Plodda DF Timberjack Skidder...

'Dolphins' - Cranes
On an Islet just off of The Pulp Mill were two cranes or Dolphins, as they were known, tas...

Domestic scene, Blackstand mural
Domestic scene, Blackstand mural Thanks to the McKeggie family....

Don Amer in Radio Branch office, Dunkeld circ 1988
Photograph courtesy of Don Amer, Blairgowrie. Don was in charge of the Forestry Commiss...

Dornoch Nursery photographic record 1987 - 1989
Donald Beaton arrived at Dornoch Forest District circa 1985 as District Forester in ch...

Dornoch Nursery photographic record 1987 - 1989
(This image shows a map of Dornoch nursery) See the PDF for photographs of nursery and...

Dornoch Nursery photographic record 1987 - 1989
Donald Beaton arrived at Dornoch Forest District circa 1985 as District Forester in ch...

Draining plough bogged
Callop plantation near forestry gate at head of Loch Shiel, Glenfinnan. part of this area ...

Drott in Rosarie quarrie 1989
Picture courtesy of Norman Sutherland, Kemnay. Hanomag Drott operated by Norman Suther...

Drum flail on Atlas in Drumtochty Forest
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. Atlas 1404M operated by Douglas A...

Drummond Hill Forest road making 1964
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. Douglas Archibald driving Interna...

Duncan Jamieson with Challanger 33 and plough
Photographs courtesy of Duncan Jamieson, Insch. Duncan is operating a Challenger 33 tra...

Duncraig - Head Forester's House, Salen
Photograph courtesy of Arthur Bickerstaffe who spent holidays in the Ardnamurchan area dur...

Emslie Wilson presentation - 1992
Photograph courtesy of Emslie Wilson, Greenness. Presentation at Buchan Forest District O...

Ex-forestry truck put out to grass...
Alasdair Cameron tells us that this Haflinger was retired to the farms of the Black Isle a...

External shot of Blackstand Bothy (top) floor.
Above the cold store is the Blackstand Bothy with the murals. Blackstand, now in the po...

Extracted Douglas fir - Inchnacardoch Forest
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt and photographer Graham Whistler FBIPP FRPS. Large Dougl...

Extracting Douglas fir at Dalcattaig Invermoriston
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt and photographer Graham Whistler FBIPP FRPS. In this sce...

Extracting timber with Highland Bear at Altsaigh
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt and photographer Graham Whistler FBIPP FRPS. Highland Be...

Extracting timber with the Alp Cable Crane
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt and photographer Graham Whistler FBIPP FRPS. Hugh Greig...

Faskally Forestry School - 1964
Photograph courtesy of Bill Taylor, Enzie. At Faskally Forester Training School in 1964 s...

Faskally Forestry Students - 1964
Photograph courtesy of Bill Taylor, Enzie. Students at Faskally Forester Training School ...

Faskally Forestry Students - 1964
Photograph courtesy of Bill Taylor, Enzie. Relaxing at Faskally Forester Training School ...

Faskally Forestry Students - 1964
Photograph courtesy of Bill Taylor, Enzie. Students at Faskally Forester Training School ...

FC - 75th Anniversary Staff Newsletter - Slasher
Courtesy of FC and Douglas Archibald, Banchory who kept a copy. Special anniversary staff...

FC Diamond Jubilee- Staff Newspaper -Slasher Item
Some articles from the FC staff newpaper 'Slasher' the Jubilee edition distributed in 1975...

Felling Douglas fir at Dalcataig, Invermoriston
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt and photographer Graham Whistler FBIPP FRPS. Felled Do...

Felling Trees in Gartly Moor Forest
Picture courtesy of Roy Neish who is seen working with a Husqvarna 162 chainsaw. Note all ...

Felling trees in Gartly Moor Forest
Photograph courtesy of Roy Neish who is in action felling a thinning rack in Gartly Moor i...

Fertilising at Aultmore Forest, Morayshire
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour. Photograph taken by Jack Christie The Hill...

Fertilising at Aultmore Forest, Morayshire
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour. Photograph by Jack Christie The Hiller Hel...

Fertilising at Aultmore Forest, Morayshire
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour The Hiller Helicopter of Management Aviatio...

Fertilising at Aultmore Forest, Morayshire
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour. Photograph taken by Jack Christie The Hill...

Fertilising at Aultmore Forest, Morayshire
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour Three Aultmore Forest staff with their land...

Fertilising at Aultmore Forest, Morayshire
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour The Hiller Helicopter Reg G-ATOM or G-ATDM ...

Field testing prototype Huntly Herbicide Applicato
Photograph courtesy of family of Davy Anderson, former Chief Forester. Some of the Bin and...

Field testing prototype Huntly Herbicide Applicato
Picture courtesy of family of Davy Anderson former Chief Forester. Roy Neish is trying out...

Field testing prototype Huntly Herbicide Applicato
Photograph courtesy of family of Davy Anderson, former Chief Forester. Location is Ardonal...

Fire Hut - Aultmore Forest, Morayshire
Photograph courtesy of Frank Calder, Enzie. Frank Calder, in person, up in the Fire Hut o...

Fire Sign
The famous signs that were popular 'collectors items'...

Fire Tower
Fire tower at Aldie Hill...

Fire Warning Horn
Fort Augustus area. Adapted from a fire bellows!...

First operational harvester in the UK.
Osa 20/706 doubl grip harvester 1985. Knapdale forest, Seafield Road. First operational ha...

First timber clearfell in Rumster
Dornoch Forest District Harvesting Photographs 1987 – 1992 Donald Beaton arrived a...

Five employees Inchnacardoch 1926
These gents were already working on the Inchnacardoch Estate in 1919 when it was acquired ...

Forest accounts
Knapdale forest accounts for Bellanoch horse work. Anyone know when they stopped using hor...

Forest Nursery Tour - Alltcailleach
Photograph courtesy of family of Davy Anderson, former Chief Forester. One of a series of ...

Forest Nursery Tour - Altonside Nursery
Photograph courtesy of family of Davy Anderson, former Chief Forester. This is one of a se...

Forest Nursery Tour - Newton
Picture courtesy of family of Davy Anderson, former Chief Forester. This is one of three p...

Forest of Deer - Office Party
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour. Office party! Uncertain of year. A very d...

Forest Officers Helmet
The forest officers helmet was standard issue in the 1960s. Thanks to Ian Collier....

Forest walks guide book
for Knapdale forest, Argyll....

Forest workers shirt
Argyll, 1960s....

Forester Training Schools 1904 - 1971
Cover photograph of a hand produced and photocopied booklet by Henry Smith and Geoff Waygo...

Foresters at roadside
Small thumbnail size slide found in forestry office drawer in Huntly along with picture nu...

Foresters Housing Contract
Except from Forestry Housing contract for house in Inverinan. 1969...

Foresters on Black Isle
Meeting of foresters on the Black Isle, 06/09/1938. If you know more about this photo ple...

Foresters Uniform
1950s...

Forestry Commission Chapelhall works, 1980.
This picture shows the staff of the Forestry Commission’s Chapelhall Works in 1980 welco...

Forestry Group
Details on reverse: 1st right, Bill Ingles(Cook) 2nd, Wm Mackay Centre Front Hugh Pennet ...

Forestry group, Auchterawe
Outside the cookhouse. Note that this picture has been printed in reverse! Click on the "L...

Forestry in Dornoch Forest District
Photographs courtesy of North Highland Forest District. Dornoch Forest District Gene...

Forestry in Dornoch Forest District
Photographs courtesy of North Highland Forest District. Dornoch Forest District Genera...

Forestry in Dornoch Forest District
Dornoch Forest District General Forestry Photographic Record 1987 – 1991 Photographs...

Forestry Marking Tool or Scriber
Used for marking trees selected for felling. The pint was used as a pivot for making circl...

Forestry men and Timber Corps women at Loch loy
This photograph showing some Forestry men and Timber Corps women around and in a rough Sco...

Forestry men and Timber Corps women at Lochloy
This photograph is courtesy of John Baillie, Garmouth who worked for some years in the For...

Forestry men and Timber Corps women at Lochloy
This photograph is courtesy of John Baillie, Garmouth which shows some of the combined tim...

Forestry men and Timber Corps women at Lochloy
This photograph is courtesy of John Baillie, Garmouth is the second showing another rail t...

Forestry officials at Corrour Lodge
Back row (l to r) J Maxwell Macdonald (then District Officer in south-west Scotland); A M ...

Forestry reminscence group
Lochgilphead, December 2006...

Forestry Road, nr Glenmore Lodge
This is on the forestry road between Coylumbridge and Glenmore Lodge, near AlltnaGhabha, w...

Fort Augustus Group, Auchterawe Nursery, 1946
Tommy Fraser, Jim Fraser, Jock McLaren, Colin Matheson, Dan Williamson, Colin Campbell, Da...

Fort Augustus Plantation
On the left hand side, top, is Inverwick Forest with Inchnacardoch below it. The large ye...

Foundations of Pulp Mill
25th October 1963. Dumper Truck preparing the North West Corner of site. Courtesy of Ale...

Front of the Blackstand FCS site
Modern picture of the Blackstand site. Blackstand, now in the possession of the McKeggi...

Gartly Station forest storage base
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. New Massey Ferguson 50B wheeled d...

Glenartney blonden tackle
Glenartney...

Glencripesdale -relocated, refurbished, relettered
When the FCS Forest at Glen Cripesdale was sold to private operators, the staff approriate...

Glenlivet Forest in winter 1963
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour taken by her husband Jack Christie when he w...

Glentress Forester School Football Team 1950
Photograph courtesy of Moira Mackay, Bonar Bridge. Glentress Forestry School Football T...

Glentress Forester Training School Circa1952
Photograph courtesy of Bill Hunter, Spean Bridge. The picture of 6 students at Glentres...

Glentress Forester Training School 1950-52 Class
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie but unfortunately Jack had not written names on the p...

Glentress Forester Training School 1949-53 Classes
Glentress Forestry School Class of 49-51 and 50-52 Photograph courtesy of Jean Christi...

Glentress Forester Training School Circa1952
Photograph courtesy of Bill Hunter, Spean Bridge. Students at Glentress Forester Traini...

Glentress Forestry School (Peebles) 1952/53
Picture courtesy of Arkle Fraser retired District Manager of Dornoch Forest District. Sta...

Glimpse of LochAwe and new forestry houses at Ford
View down an open hill to a group of new semi-detached houses. The hill is covered in roug...

Grader and Roller Woking at Bennachie Circa1994
Photograph courtesy of George Beaton (Kintore). Grader and roller working on forest roa...

Grave of Mr Torres, Honduran Forester, Golspie.
Robert Beaton of the Golspie Heritage Society told me that there were about 50 Honduran (a...

Guidebook, Loch Awe
for the nature trail and forest walks. Pre-decimalisation, so therefore 1971 or earlier....

Hand Draining in Bin Forest - Huntly
Photographs courtesy of the family of the late Davy Anderson, former Chief Forester. The B...

Hand Planting and Draining Tool catalogue 1950
I remember the Forestry Commission tool catalogue as late as 1960s and the page on hand pl...

Hangar barn interior, Blackstand.
Former RAF hangar converted into a barn. New cladding on the original shell. May also have...

Harvesting Altsaigh slopes above Loch Ness
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt and photographer Graham Whistler FBIPP FRPS. The photo...

Harvesting kit
Harvesting boots, boot socks, mitts and visor....

Harvesting large Douglas fir at Inchnacardoch
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt and photographer Graham Whistler FBIPP FRPS. County skid...

Harvesting Machinery in Harriet's Wood, Dornoch
Dornoch Forest District Harvesting Photographs 1987 – 1992 Donald Beaton arrived a...

Head Forester Willie Skene retirement 1968
Cutting retained by Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff Newspaper cutting of Willie Skene...

Helicopter in Glen Creran
Bell helicopter working on fertilisong in Glen Creran. On hire from Dollar Helicopters....

Histories of Forests in North East Scotland
File courtesy of Forestry Commission, Huntly The letter written in 1975 by GGM Taylor f...

History Plough Development in British Forestry 2
Image courtesy of FC Huntly Office. This is one of a series of four illustrated articles ...

History Plough Development in British Forestry 3
Image courtesy of FC Huntly Office. This is one of a series of four illustrated articles ...

History Plough Development in British Forestry 4
Image courtesy of FC Huntly Office. This is one of a series of four illustrated articles ...

History Whitehaugh Forest, Aberdeenshire 1934-51
History courtesy of Forestry Commission Office, Huntly. A number of these Forest Historie...

History of Forest of Deer - Aberdeenshire1926 - 51
Courtesy of Forestry Commission Office, Huntly. The attached PDF (click on PDF below imag...

History of Forest of Deer, Aberdeenshire 1926-51
Courtesy of Forestry Commission Office, Huntly. The attached PDF (click on PDF below imag...

History of Forestry Ploughs
This is the first of a series of three excellent, detailed and very descriptive articles b...

History of Plough Development in British Forestry
...

Home made montage - view of Dalavich
View of Dalavich, home-made by Margaret Gauld nee Stewart....

Horse working in log hauling
Name of horseman and also horse? Courtesy of Margaret Gauld nee Stewart...

Hugh and Moira MacKay leaving Ratagan
Presentation to Hugh and Moira MacKay on their departure from Ratagan in 1978. Presenting ...

Huntly Herbicide Applicator development
Picture courtesy of family of Davy Anderson former Chief Forester. Davy Anderson is sta...

Inverlussa House in Achnamara
Drawing by Andrew L Hunter of INverlussa House in Achnamara, where Frances Plummer, who pr...

Invitation to Opening of Farigaig Forest Walk
Image of card courtesy of Moira Mackay, Bonar Bridge. Formal invitation to Hugh Mackay ...

Isaacson Cable Crane - Glen Nevis
John Dodds from Caol sorting the timber on the pulp stack. He and Dougie Stansfield operat...

Isobel Thain - Timber Corps
This photograph is courtesy of John Baillie, Garmouth who obtained the photographs from Is...

Iternational 125 tracked dozer about 1984
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. The photograph shows Internationa...

James Jones Harvesting Machines Circa1972
Photograph courtesy of Heather McPherson. These two machines was snapped in Ten Rood Wood...

James Jones Highland Bear Forwarder
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt and photographer Graham Whistler FBIPP FRPS. James Jones...

James Thom retirement presentation
Picture courtesy of Gordon Thom retired ganger. Retirement of James Thom who worked at C...

Jim Sangster on Atlas 1304 Excavator - Circa 1994
Photograph courtesy of George Beaton (Kintore). Excavator working on forest road making...

Jimber Jills felling trees Garlogie or Corsindae
Picture courtesy of John Coutts husband of late Gladys Coutts WTC. Picture taken in 194...

Jimmy Mair going over the Struie
Shot taken at the Stuie viewpoint looking back towards Bonar Bridge. Jimmy Mair in his old...

Jimmy Riddoch presentation
...

Jock "The Fiery" has a smoke
Jock, the engine man at Balgate Sawmill, Kiltarlity, has a break from his labours. Photo b...

Jock MacRae
This picture is taken above Loch Oich, to the left is the area where the Great Glen Water ...

Jock MacRae
Jock retired in 1967 after 40 years in the Forestry and moved to Caol where he lived until...

John Keenleyside - Dublin Bothy Essay
A familiar face to many in the FCS, John Keenleyside recently retired after a life working...

John McLeod - Head Forester - Sunart Forest
Photograph by Arthur Bickerstaffe who used to holiday in the Ardnamurchan area in the 1960...

John Strachan - WW2 Operational Base - Bin Forest
Former Forestry Commission employees John Strachan and Roy Neish (right)discuss the war ti...

Johnston Edwards presentation at Clashindarroch
Picture courtesy of Gordon Thom retired Ganger. Photograph taken about 1935 but could be a...

Keil Camp, Fuinary, Lochaline, Morvern
This old forestry camp in Fuinary Forest used to be a WWII refugee camp. The site is sched...

Ken McRae - self employed tree surgeon
In the early 1970s Ken started up his own tree surgery practice, before returning to Edinb...

Ken McRae at Bonchester Bridge
Ken McRae had a lifelong career in forestry, with the FCS in the early days prior to worki...

KenMcRae and colleagues at Bonchester Bridge
In the early days of his forestry career Ken McRae was stationed at Bonchester Bridge in t...

Keyring from the Blackstand Coldstore
Original keyring from the Blackstand coldstore, obviously clipped from a Forestry Commissi...

Knapdale Retirement Party, 1982
Argyll. Are you here? Do you know anyone?...

Launch of the Prof. H. M. Stevens tribute cairn
Glen Affric Caledonian Forest reserve. Prof Stevens two sons are centre front. The rest a...

Laying out
Len Stewart, father of the contributor Margaret Gauld nee Stewart, "laying out" a tree to ...

Lenabo Forest - Lenabo Airship Base 1914-1919
This plan is courtesy of Great North of Scotland Railway Association who drew up plan. T...

Lining out at Lower Nursery, Pitfichie Forest
Photograph courtesy of George Beaton, Kintore. On left is young George Beaton with his co...

Loading logs at Dalcataig, Invermoriston
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pratt and photographer Graham Whistler FBIPP FRPS. Riddochs lo...

Loch Etive Sawmill
...

Logging and samill camp, poss Eskadale
Shot looking North North West, over the River Beauly, from Eskadale. Logging camp and temp...

Logs for Riddoch
Derek Mair, Lochaber district, sent this shot in of his father James Mair (L) and Bill Din...

Lokomo Draining Plough
Shot of the Lokomo Draining plough at the British Forestry Heritage Collection at Ae Fores...

Lokomo Plough and International Tractor - Aultmore
Photograph courtesy of Frank Calder, Enzie. Frank Calder’s son, Colin, dwarfed in fro...

Lokomo Plough at Aultmore
Photograph courtesy of Frank Calder, Enzie. This shows the Lokomo plough blade and main p...

Long service award to Duncan Jamieson
Photographs courtesy of Duncan Jamieson, Insch. Duncan Jamieson is receiving his Long S...

Long Service presentation to Emslie Wilson
Photograph courtesy of Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff. Emslie Wilson’s retirement ...

Long Service presentation to Emslie Wilson
Photograph courtesy of Emslie Wilson. Emslie Wilson being presented with his long service...

Lorry log lifting - Fort Augustus area
...

Lost in Glencoe, found in Argyll.
Thanks to Ken Bowker, who located this sign in Duror. Not his house, that's what he is say...

Lumberkids, Uig, 1945
Joyce Holt writes... "The shortage of labour at this time <1945, during the war> was grea...

Mark 1 Chainsaw
Supposedly it had such a kick it took two men to start it up!...

Mary Current in the Women's Timber Corps
Mary Current, at the right end of the front row, was stationed at Aberuthven Forestry Cam...

Mary Current of the Women's Timber Corps
Mary Current is in the centre of his picture, taken in 1943 or 44. She served at Aberuthve...

Maxproof hood
for inclement weather....

Meeting of Foresters
Foresters meeting on the Black Isle 6th September 1938. Billy Mackay's Dad is 5th left on...

Monaughty Forest - Deep cultivation
Photograph courtesy of George Beaton (Kintore) Ploughing machine operator Bob Esson (fr...

Mosstodloch
Fish boxes...

Mosstodloch Mill
Riddochs of Rothiemay...

Mounted Tine Plough - Glenbranter - Fiat 70
Side view of previous Fiat 70 tractor picture showing raised plough and the tine sock that...

Mounted Tine Plough- Glenbranter - Fiat 70
As in the two previous photographs this shows a Fiat 70 Reg No YYR824H with its mounted ti...

Mounted Tine Ploughing - Glenbranter - Fiat 70
According to title on slide this was taken in Glenbranter in 1974. The Fiat 70 tractor has...

Mr Annand - Divisional Officer
Mr Annand was a divisional officer, sometime round 1930. This shot was scanned from a p...

Mr Cameron - District Officer - Fort Augustus
Mr. Cameron was the District Officer in Fort Augustus around 1930. This shot was scanne...

Mr Hunter Blair - District Officer
Mr Hunter Blair was a Forestry Commission district officer round about 1930. This shot ...

Mr Scott - Divisional Officer
Mr. Scott was a divisional officer with the Forestry Commission in Scotland sometime aroun...

Mr. Murray- Divisional Officer
Mr. Murray was a divisional officer with the Forestry Commission round about 1930. This...

Musketeers mural, Blackstand.
Probably the best of the Blackstand Murals, depicting a scene, probably from Dumas' "The T...

Nanny Archibald - Timber Corps
This photograph is courtesy of John Baillie, Garmouth and shows Timber Corps lady Nanny Ar...

Nanny Stephen, Lumberjill - Glenurquhart
Nanny Stephen gets a short break from her labours as a lumberjill during WWII. Though not ...

Newhall Moor Ploughing
Ploughing for planting. The plough is a Caterpillar (with Twenty Two written above it)...

Newspaper clippings from Fort Augustus
Newspaper clippings from Fort Augustus, with some mention of Forestry Commission partnersh...

No admittance sign
Sign from forest entrance stating that the roda is closed to traffic but that foot acces w...

North Scotland Staff – mid 1970
Back row L to R: Graham Hamilton, DO Lochaber District, Torlundy, Fort William Howard B...

Nursery coldstore shelves, Blackstand
New plants were raised in a controlled environment. Thanks to the McKeggie family....

Overloaded
From Derek Mair, Lochaber District. James Mair bought a new lorry in the 1960s and still ...

Paper Machine
In the finishing end was the paper machine which worked at 17 mph non stop day and night. ...

Peat Removal at Annat
October 1963. Peat Removal from South West corner of the site, by numerous dumperr trucks...

Pick up point for Aultmore Forest
Photograph courtesy of Frank Calder, Enzie. Circa 1969 - at the pick up point at Toll B...

Plane
Plane 'parked' on Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin...

Planting at South Laggan
Planting at South Laggan, near Invergarry. Billy Mackay's dad is 2nd left....

Planting squad at Nobseat, Fetteresso Forest
Picture courtesy of family of Davy Anderson. This record is of a visitation to Fetteresso ...

Planting squad at Nobseat, Fetteresso Forest
Picture courtesy of family of Davy Anderson. Occasion of a visit to Fetteresso Forest, Nob...

Ploughing at Bennachie circa 1955
Photographs courtesy of Duncan Jamieson, Insch. Duncan Jamieson operating a BTD 6 Inter...

Ploughing Corrydown in Clashindarroch Forest
Picture courtesy of the family of the late Davy Anderson, former chief Forester. Another r...

Ploughing Corrydown in Clashindarroch Forest
Photograph courtesy of family of late Davy Anderson, former Chief Forester. Description in...

Ploughing in Clashindarroch Forest
Picture courtesy of family of the late Davy Anderson, former Chief Forester. Side view of ...

Ploughing in Fetteresso 1952
Picture courtesy of family of late Davy Anderson, former Chief Forester. Does anyone know...

Ploughing on rannoch Moor Forest about 1969
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. Two ploughing machine operators h...

Ploughing tractor Fiat 100C with mounted tine
At the time this was a fairly new and larger tractor than the Fiat 70 on which tine plough...

Ploughing Tractors
Unknown tractors (Bowen 60s?) at an unknown site with lorry and Hiab type crane in 1980. T...

Ploughing tractors bogged at Lochans near Lairg 1
Picture No 1 - courtesy of Frank Thom, retired District Forester. Two Caterpillar D4 low g...

Ploughing tractors bogged at Lochans near Lairg 2
Picure No 2 - courtesy of Frank Thom, retired District Forester. The lightweight tracked S...

Ploughing tractors bogged at Lochans near Lairg 3
Picture no 3 - courtesy of Frank Thom, retired District Forester. Len Newman looks on as S...

Ploughing tractors bogged at Lochans near Lairg 4
picture no 4 - courtesy of Frank Thom, retired District Forester. Debogging strategy being...

Ploughing tractors bogged at Lochans near Lairg 5
Picture no 5 - courtesy of Frank Thom, retired District Forester. Dirty, cold and wet! Slu...

Ploughing tractors bogged at Lochans near Lairg 6
picture no 6 - courtesy of Frank Thom, retired District Forester. Angus Ross and Sandy All...

Ploughing tractors bogged at Lochans near Lairg 7
Picture no 7 - courtesy of Frank Thom, retired District Forester. By keeping the water awa...

Ploughing tractors bogged at Lochans near Lairg 8
Picture no 8 - courtesy of Frank Thom. The pull has started! The bogged tractor is moving ...

Ploughing tractors bogged at Lochans near Lairg 9
Picture no 9 - courtesy of Frank Thom. Moving forward and slowly coming onto an even keel ...

Ploughing tractors bogged at Lochans near Lairg 9a
Picture no 9a - courtesy of Frank Thom. 'Come on baby!' or words to a similar and perhaps ...

Pole trap
Most fence posts were made from round timber, hence the shape. This barbaric devise was us...

Presentation JB Thow,Head Forester Forest of Deer
Photograph courtesy of Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff. Presentation to J B Thow at F...

Presentation to Bill Taylor leaving Forest of Deer
Photograph courtesy of Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff. Leaving presentation to W R (...

Presentation to Jack Christie, Forester, Aultmore
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour The forest squad from Speymouth and Aultmor...

Presentation to Margaret Milne - Forest of Deer
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour. Presentation to Margaret Milne who was cle...

Presentation to Tom Ritchie, Machine Operator 1992
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. Road engineering colleagues and f...

Prototype Huntly Herbicide applicator
Photograph courtesy of family of Davy Anderson former Chief Forester. Close up view of han...

Prototype Huntly Herbicide applicator
Photograph courtesy of family of Davy Anderson former Chief Forester. Prototype handle...

Prototype Huntly Herbicide applicator in action
Photo courtesy of famaily of Davy Anderson. Ted Skeard trying out the prototype applicator...

Pulp Mill Labour Camp
In order to build the Pulp Mill on site lodgings were crucial. These were located just a f...

Pulp Mill Powerhouse
The Pulp Mill taking shape. One of the tallest in Fort William at 170 feet high is the Po...

Pulp Mill Rail Track
Pulp Mill Rail Track and Unloading Bay. The Chlorine was transported to the Mill by rail,...

Radio Communications - Early days
Thanks to Bill Irvine of Radio and Electronics Branch of FC at Dunkeld for passing this on...

Radio Mast and Hill Top Base
Thanks to Bill Irvine of Radio and Electronics Branch of FC at Dunkeld for passing this ph...

Radio Mast and Hill Top Base - Fiunary
Thanks to Bill Irvine of Radio and Communication branch for sending this photograph in. ...

Radio Mast and Hill Top Base - Glenorchy
Thanks to Bill Irvine of Radio and Conmmunication branch for sending the photograph. The ...

RAF hangar now a barn, Blackstand.
Former RAF hangar converted into a barn. New cladding on the original shell. May also have...

Rannoch Moor Forest road making 1964
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. Douglas Archibald driving Internati...

Repairs to the Cairngorm Bridge
Cairngorm Bridge undergoing repairs after the 1960 washaway. The hill behind is Meall a Bu...

Replanting the felled forest at Ratagan
The forest above and slightly west of Ratagan overlooking Loch Duich must have been felled...

Rest break - Fence distribution -Glencripesdale
Picture courtesy of Jimmy Cameron (Caol , Fort William but formerly Arivegaig, Acharacle) ...

Retirement Gift
This clock was presented to Jock MacRae in 1967. The inscription reads: "Presented to Jo...

Retirement Gordon Innes, Forest of Deer
Photograph courtesy of Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff. Presentation to Gordon Innes,...

Retirement of Albert Lowe - Forest of Deer
Paper cutting courtesy of Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff. Presentation to Albert Low...

Retirement of Bill Burnett, Forest of Deer
Cutting and photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour. Presentation to Bill Burnett o...

Retirement of Bill Scott, Forest of Deer
Photograph courtesy of Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff. Retirement presentation to Bi...

Retirement of Duncan Jamieson 1985
Photograph courtesy of Bert Thomson, Archiestown. Long service certificate and retireme...

Retirement of Harold Ritchie - Forest of Deer
Paper cutting courtesy of Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff. Farewell presentation to F...

Retirement of John Ogilvie - Monaughty Forest
Photograph courtesy of Bert Thomson, Archiestown. Retirement presentation in Oct 1971 t...

Retirement of Sidney Farquhar - Forest of Deer
Paper cutting courtesy of Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff. Retirement of Sidney Farqu...

Retirement Presentation to Bert Thomson
Photograph courtesy of Bert Thomson, Archiestown. Retirement presentation to Bert Thoms...

Retirement presentation to John Strachan
Photograph courtesy of John Strachan Presentation to John Strachan, Cairnie of gifts an...

Riddoch's Lorry and Loader rig - Bin Forest
Photograph courtesy of Roy Neish. Riddochs timber lorry (new loader?) driven by Robbie ...

Ritirement - Jimmy Riddoch, Ganger, Forest of Deer
Photograph courtesy of Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff. Slightly damaged photograph o...

RLR Plough
Photograph courtesy of the family of the late Davy Anderson, former Chief Forester. Possib...

Road maintenance in Kirkhill Forest 1979
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. County 4X4 operator Willie Reid a...

Road making in Rannoch Moor Forest circa 1964
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. Hanomag Drott operated by George ...

Road repairs at Dramlachs, Speyside
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. Repairing a landslip at the Draml...

Road Squad Tippers in Quarry near Rothes
Photograph courtesy of George Beaton of Kintore. Collection of Forestry Commission Tipp...

Roy Lister Robinson - Lord Robinson
Roy Lister Robinson - Lord Robinson of Kielder Forest. Seconded to the explosives departm...

Royal Scottish Forestry Society outing? Year 1955?
Picture courtesy of family of late Davy Anderson a former Chief Forester who is standing s...

Rutter spade carving
Carving, by Sandy Robertson, of forester using a rutter or "big spade". Possibly self port...

Safe Driving award - Bill Scroggie Forest of Deer
Photograph courtesy of Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff. Bill Scroggie, from Old Deer,...

Sam Harrison and Benmore colleagues on Kilmun Hill
Holy Loch, American Depot Ship in background. Benmore Students (class of 1962-64) Location...

Sam Harrison at Benmore College
Sam Harrison and colleagues in Younger Botanical Gardens, Benmore, Dunoon. The Sequoia Ave...

Sam Harrison at Benmore Forestry School 1962
Sam was a student at Benmore Forestry School, Cowal from 1962 - 1964. and ended his career...

Sam Harrison saw at Benmore
Younger Botanical Gardens - Glen Massan side. Student Sam Harrison felling mature Douglas...

Sawmill site at Kirkney Bridge, Clashindarroch
Picture courtesy of family of Davy Anderson former Chief Forester. View from the Tillymina...

Sawmilling team, Glenrinnes, Banffsire
As this was in Tommy Inch's photo collection, we might assume he was in it. However, he wo...

School group, Dalavich
Names to follow. Courtesy of Margaret Gauld nee Stewart....

Sigle Furrow Ploughing - Glenbranter - Bowen 60
Two Bowen 60s pulling single furrow ploughs (S45/-/t) in Glenbranter according to writing ...

Signage - Mull Forest
The best of the signage on display at the Touchwood 2007 Festival at Dingwall Football Aca...

Silver fir felled at Gallow Hill - nr Kemnay
Photograph courtesy of James Mackay, Blairdaff who has added the following information. ...

Silviculture (N) Research Group, Roslin, early 7Os
Dave Wilmott, Andy Mair, Roger Lines, John White, Alan Green, Ken Mills, Walter Patterson,...

Sime's Sawmill, Eskadale
The team at Frank Sime's sawmill Eskadale. Note that this has the look of a permanent yard...

Single Furrow Plough - Kilmichael - Fiat 655
Photograph details only say that this is a Fiat 655 pulling a single furrow plough (S45/-/...

Snow clearing at Mytice, Clashindarroch Forest
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. Douglas Archibald driving the gra...

Some of Aultmore Forest squad
Photograph courtesy of Frank Calder, Enzie. Another excellent photograph from Frank showi...

Starlet reclining mural, partially uncovered.
Partially uncovered woman reclining mural, the clothing and pose would suggest a cinematic...

Stockholm Forestry Students Tour - East Scotland
File courtesy of Forestry Commission, Huntly. In 1966 Forestry Students from the Royal ...

Stone Crushing in Balloch Forest quarry
Photo courtesy of Ronnie Legge. Nick Webster from Spey Bay loads dug rock into the primary...

Stone in the Sluggan
This is the stone on the Sluggan Pass commemorating the inauguration of the Queens Forest ...

Storno Viscount Radio Base Station
Photograph courtesy of Bill Irvine who snapped this shot in the barn at Kielder Forest whi...

Strontian Radio mast and hut
Thanks to Bill Irvine of Radio and Communications branch for sending this photograph. T...

Students at Benmore Forestry Training School 1964
1st and 2nd year students in 1964. Back row L-R: Brian Foggo, Pete Humphries, Johnny Thom...

Styer Cable Crane - First trials in Scotland
Circa 1972. This was the first time this crane was worked in Scotland. Please update detai...

Styer Cable Crane - First trials in Scotland
Circa 1972. This was the first time this crane was worked in Scotland - possibly in Glenga...

Sunart Forest - Alastair Ferguson -Forestry Keeper
Photograph by Arthur Bickerstaffe who used to holiday in the Sunart Area during the 1960s...

Sunart Forest - New Deer fencing in Achanellan
This team is erecting a new deer fence along the top edge of the Achanellan block above Po...

Sunart Forest - Ploughing in Achanellan
Ploughing the top edge of the Achanellan area just above Polloch with a mounted tine ploug...

Sutherland Floods - Slasher article 1978
Slasher Magazine article courtesy of Moira Mackay, Bonar bridge. The article recounts ...

Tag found at Blackstand coldstore
Tag found at Blackstand Coldstore, probably 1980s. Blackstand, now in the possession of...

Tame Capercaille
This one used to visit the green at Dalavich. The sound of the hedge clippers used to draw...

The Cairngorm Bridge washed away.
Apparently the locals had warned the engineers that they were taking the wrong line on the...

The last team from Forest of Deer
Photograph courtesy of Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff. A line up of the last staff a...

The Late George McBeth hard at work
George McBeth beloved colleague, hard at work, c2000. Is that a rutter, or is the blade to...

Thermocouple in coldstore, Blackstand
Thermocouple for monitoring nursery coldstore environment, Blackstand. Blackstand, now ...

Timber Corps Badge for Margaret Angus
Margaret Augus receives her 2008 badge and citation signed by the Prime Minister in recogn...

Timber Corps Ladies at Fordyce Lodge
This photograph is courtesy of John Baillie, Garmouth and shows Timber Corps ladies Gertie...

Timber Corps Women at Buckie area
This photograph is courtesy of John Baillie, Garmouth who believes the photograph may have...

Timber Corps Women at Lochloy Forest
This photograph is courtesy of John Baillie, Garmouth who worked with these Timber Corps m...

Timber Corps Women on D2 Tractor
John Baillie, originally from Grange, Keith, started working in the Forestry (Home Grown T...

Timber to Scandanavia via Buckie
Photograph courtesy of Roy Neish. About 1992 Buchan Forest district was involved in sendi...

Timber Workers near Garlogie Aberdeenshire
Picture courtesy of John Coutts husband of the late Gladys Coutts (nee Donald)WTC. Thes...

Timberjack Skidder
DF Plodda Disovery Masts...

Tom Ritchie with the County 4X4
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. Tom Ritchie driving County 4X4 pu...

Tomintoul in winter 1963 - Glenlivet Forest Squad
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour taken by her husband Jack Christie when he w...

Tommy Inch after his retirement
Tommy Inch birdwatching at Rogie Falls with his wife Gladys. Born in 1907, in Culburni...

Tommy Inch on a sawn wood stack
This shot may be of Tommy Inch around 1950 Born in 1907, in Culburnie, near Kiltarlity,...

Tommy Inch with a working horse
Tommy Inch, with the hat on, with "Dot" McLeod, the horse handler and a working Clydesdale...

Tommy Inch with workmates, Kiltarlity
Tommy, on the right, seizes a photobreak with is workmates. Jock "the fiery", who worked t...

Touchwood History Stall at Touchwood Festival
at Dingwall Football Academy, 1st and 2nd of June. Showing the old metal forestry signs an...

Track Marshall team at Rannoch Moor Forest
Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory. Two Track Marshall 70 wide track tr...

Tractor and Plough draining team - Callop
A new humpy draining plough pulled by two Track Marshall tractors the front one driven by ...

Transporting deer fencing posts - Glencripesdale
Picture courtesy of Jimmy Cameron (Caol, FortWilliam formerly Arivegaig, Acharacle)taken a...

Tree Planting Machine trial - Aultmore Forest
Photograph courtesy of Frank Calder, Enzie. One of the early tree planting machines on tr...

Trees on Corpach clearance peatbog
When the Corpach Pulpmill was being built, a large amount of soft surface peat was skimmed...

Tulliallan Nursery - visit by Benmore Students
Photograph courtesy of Pat McAuley. The attitude of the students graphically demonstrates...

Two Fiat 70 c tractors at New Luce
The front one was being driven by Allan Little, who sent this in, and the back one, by Dre...

Two Forestry Ploughing Operators and Cat D7
Picture courtesy of Ronnie Legge, Huntly. Taken circa 1974 Bert Legge left and Dod Irvi...

Two Men in Furrows
Demonstrating the depth of furrows required to ensure good drainage prior to planting....

Uig Nursery - Benmore nr Dunoon Argyll
Photograph courtesy of Pat McAuley who with the help of Jim Pratt developed and printed al...

Uig Nursery - Benmore nr Dunoon Argyll
Photograph courtesy of Pat McAuley. Benmore Forester Training School students John Povall...

Uig Nursery - Benmore nr Dunoon Argyll
Photograph courtesy of Pat McAuley. Norman Davidson and John Povall from the Benmore For...

Uig Nursery - Benmore nr Dunoon Argyll
Photograph courtesy of Pat McAuley. This shows the small tree nursery on a rainy day when ...

Uig Nursery - Benmore nr Dunoon Argyll
Photograph courtesy of Pat McAuley. A view up the transplant beds where the lines of seed...

Unknown Mounted tine Plough
No details of forest, year, type of machine or driver available. Possibly a Fiat 100? but ...

Unknown ploughing tractor
Could be a Caterpillar D4 which is pulling a double furrow plough (D60/-/t). Very wide spa...

Unknown Ploughing tractor - mortars and shells
This tractor is a bit like a D4 but perhaps some one can confirm the actual type and model...

Using one of the first power saws
Tommy Stewart, brother of Margaret Gauld, nee Stewart, using one of the first power saws, ...

VIDEO - Alan McDonald at Auchterawe
Alan McDonald, lifelong forester, describes the changes he has seen around Auchterawe, nea...

VIDEO - Bracken cutting above Dalavich, c1970
Short video of the women of Dalavich cutting bracken and resting....

VIDEO - Buddy Gillies at Knapdale
Born and brought up in Knapdale Forest, beside the Crinan Canal, Argyll, Scotland, lifelon...

VIDEO - Forestry operations in Dalavich, c1966
Short video of forestry operations in Dalavich, Argyll, featuring helicopter, log-hauling ...

VIDEO - Forestry Process c 1970 Part 1
Thanks to Bill Mason, Argyll for this video of forestry processes, captured around 1970. T...

VIDEO - Recently retired forester Peter Quelch
talks about and demonstrated his enthusiasm for forestry machinery. This is an extended...

VIDEO - Retired Forester George Ivison remembers
wind damage and cleaing up after the Great Gale. This is an expanded extract of a CDROM...

VIDEO - The use of the rutting spade
Mr.Dugald Kennedy, Fort Augustus, explains the use of the rutting spade in forestry practi...

VIDEO - working horses, Dalavich, 1966
Video of working horses on their day off in Dalavich, sometime round 1966....

Violet and Carl Kaiser
Violet and Karl Kaiser pictured in Scotland somethime prior to September 1945. Violet, nee...

Wedding of Karl Kaiser and Violet McDougall
The military wedding in the Forestry Camp, Kiltarlity of Karl Kaiser of 19 Corps, Canadian...

Wellington Bomber
...

Wellington Bomber
Wellington Bomber in Loch Ness....

Wellington Bomber crash site, 1942, Affric NNR
This is the only photo we have of the Wellington crash site at approx GR078195. This is...

Whale on Culbin Forest beach
Photograph courtesy of Bill Taylor. Bill Taylor and the elderly family dog Goldie examini...

Whitelees Forest - A step too far!
A slide found in Aberdeenshire District Office along with a few others on ploughing and dr...

Whitelees Forest - draining with a side bucket
One of a set of slides found in Aberdeenshire District office showing draining activity in...

Whitelees Forest - draining with ploughs
Photoslide found in Aberdeenshire District Office with annotation 'Cross draining, very so...

Whitelees Forest - draining with ploughs
Second of a small set of slides found in Aberdeenshire Disrtict Office showing draining in...

Whitelees Forest - draining with ploughs
Slide found in drawer in Aberdeenshire District Office with three others that refer to Whi...

Whitelees Forest - planting trees on ploughing
One of a set of slides found in Aberdeenshire District Office showing operations in Whitel...

Wind Tatter flags - Glenlivet Forest
Photograph courtesy of Jean Christie, Pitfour taken by her husband Jack Christie when he w...

Windblow at Inverliever Forest
Set along the shores of Loch Awe and Loch Avich, Argyll, the aftermath of the 1968 gale. ...

Windblow at Inverliever Forest (2)
Windblow, Arichamish block, Inverliever....

Windblow at Inverliever Forest (3)
Windblow on leeward side of Ford block, Inverliever....

Windblow at Inverliever Forest (4)
Windblow, Ford block, Inverliever....

Wire Bridge
Athnamulloch, Affric...

Wire Crane Loader
Plodda DF Discovery masts...

Wire Crane Loading Lorry
Plodda DF Discovery masts...

Wm Clark and Son (Parkgate) Forestry Catalogue
Former sales catalogue circa 1980 for Forestry Ploughs courtesy of Douglas Clark the third...

Woman Timber Cutters
St Andrews...

Woman's face, mural, Blackstand
Smaller sketch of woman's face, Blackstand mural. Thanks to the McKeggie family for their ...

Women's Timber Corps at Garlogie or Corsindae
Picture courtesy of John Coutts husband of late Gladys Coutts (nee Donald) Three Timber J...

Women's Timber Corps Badges and Insignia
Badges courtesy of Margaret Angus (nee Stewart) who was based at Glenkindie House. The bad...

Women's Timber Corps based at Glenkindie House
Photograph courtesy of Margaret Angus (nee Stewart) formerly Pitlochry A group of the T...

Women's Timber Corps based at Glenkindie House
Photograph courtesy of Margaret Angus(nee Stewart), Huntly. Glenkindie House in Strathdon...

Women's Timber Corps from Edinburgh
Photographs courtesy of John Coutts husband of late Gladys Coutts (nee Donald). Gladys as ...

Women's Timber Corps in Glenkindie
Photograph courtesy of Margaret Angus (nee Stewart) formerly Pitlochry. Margaret (extreme...

Womens Timber Corps ladies in Glasgow
Picture courtesy of John Coutts husband of late Jean Coutts WTC. Photograph taken in Gl...

Womens Timber Corps plant for National Tree Week
Four ladies from the war time Women's Timber Corp help Gordon Thom plant some trees to cel...

Women's Timber Corps staff in Moray circa 1942
Photograph courtesy of Mrs Beatrice Sutherland(nee Cumming), Huntly. Most of names are ...

Workers registration log
Knapdale. Anyone remember any names?...

Workers registration log page 2
Anyone put any faces to these names?...

Working horse and cart, Kiltarlity
Lunchtime for the working horse. Man in background having a seat too. Photo by Tommy Inch....

Workplace Accident Log Book
For Frank Sime's Sawmill, though by this time, managed by Tommy Inch, known locally as "To...