Forestry Memories

Drummond Hill Forest road making 1964

Drummond Hill Forest road making 1964

Date Added: 01 December 2008 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1964 Picture No: 410

Photograph courtesy of Douglas Archibald of Banchory.

Douglas Archibald driving International Drott with London based number plate at Drummond Hill Forest. The banks man, on the right, was responsible for being a second man on site for safety and keeping a watch out for any passing traffic or people who could be endangered by the operation. The banks men were often from the local forest.

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Groups: Forestry Areas, Forestry in Action, Road and Bridge Engineers and Works

1 Comment

I took this photo, one of many of my time as mobile mechanic in Perthshire and Fife from 1962 to 1970.


Comment left on 19 May 2011 at 20:07 by Ian Cameron of Abergairn, Ballater.
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