Inverinan Forest Nursery circa 1963
Photograph taken by Don MacCaskill and image courtesy of Bridget MacCaskill, Strathyre.
Don was based as Head Forester at Inverinan from about 1960 through to 1968 before transferring initially to Allean Forest and then Strathyre Forest in 1972. No information was attached to the photograph but with help from Duncan MacDougall, this has been identified as Inverinan Forest Nursery.
In this shot 6 men are working on cutting the vertical soil face for the next line of trees following a guiding rope which marks out the edge. Every so often in the previous row can be seen the ring topped metal pins which held the lining out boards in place while they are being back filled with soil.
Note the filled lining out boards ready waiting for the men to finish cutting the edge and one of the ladies at the back moving in to pick up an open empty board and get that filled as well. The ladies will be working behind the hessian shelter on the right but from the way the wind is blowing the cover it looks as though they are on the windward side.
Duncan says ‘I think that this could be the Eredine squad in Inverinan nursery as they filled in at times because their nursery closed before ours’.
Note the two wheeled tractor on the far side of the people.
Can anyone name the people in the nursery?
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