Inverinan Forest Nursery circa 1963

Date Added: 09 June 2013 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1963 Picture No: 1865

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. 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’.

Here an unidentified lady is in one of the board filling stations part way through filling a lining out board with Sitka spruce seedlings. The boards do have marker notches on them but the fixed filling root board has very definite notches and may be at a more up to date spacing than those originally made on the lining out boards.

Can anyone name the lady and the row of houses seen in the distance above the hessian edge?

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Groups: Forest Nurseries, Forestry Areas, Forestry in Action

3 Comments

The lady is Chrissie MacPhee from Inverinan. The house is Inverinan Beg (The Croft), the house I was brought up in. Comment left on 04 December 2018 at 13:06 by John Bergant

I can confirm this is Chrissie McPhie, i'c of the ladies who worked in the nursery and did brashing, and, wife of Jock, the Forest Ranger. They lived in the village. I was an Assistant Forester here 1964-66 with Don MacCaskill. Comment left on 04 September 2026 at 15:22 by Dr.Phil Ratcliffe

I'm assuming that John Bergant is the son of Frank? I lodged with Frank and Betty when I first worked at Inverinan in 1964, having driven up in a Series 1 Land Rover from North Wales. Comment left on 04 September 2026 at 15:25 by Dr.Phil Ratcliffe

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